Re:Verse passage – 2 Timothy 3:14-17 (day three)
“…knowing from whom you have learned them…”
Here’s something true about a local congregation: You know these people. Your Sunday school teacher is ________. Your fellow committee member is _________. You and _______ became friends at a single adults retreat in 1985 or whatever. The point is that peers, teachers, pastors, ministry project partners – these folks know you, and you know them. And sometimes, you get tired of them. They always say the same thing about certain scriptures. You and they disagree on various issues, etc. Maybe they’d admit to feeling the same about you, too. That’s not good or bad. It’s just everyday church. And it’s in the repetitive, predictable aspects of congregational life that Christ will show himself faithful to you. These people would die for you, you for them, and you teach each other about the Lord. That’s eternal.
“…knowing from whom you have learned them…”. Who is the “from whom”?