2 Timothy 3:16-17 — Is God a mouth-breather???

READ THIS: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

WHAT’S THIS MEAN, ANYWAY?

We certainly know scripture is helpful for teaching, correcting, calling us out, training us to be more like Jesus, and equipping us... after all, reading this plan every day has touched on each of those things! But what on earth is "God-breathed?" The word used there in Greek means "divinely breathed in," so what does it mean that God literally breathed into the Word?

When God breathes into something, He gives it life! The best example we see of this is WAY back in Genesis 2:7, when God breathes into Adam's nostrils (yes... his nostrils), giving him life. In the same way, we know that "the word of God is alive and active" (Hebrews 4:12a). God's word is capable of doing all of the incredible things that Paul lists above only because God is moving and active in it, just like how we are only able to move and live and breathe because God first breathed into us!

THINK ABOUT IT:

1. Of all the cool "ing" words used in the verses above, which of them have you seen God's Word do to you the most lately?

2. What does it mean to you that God's Word is "alive and active?"
 
TRY THIS:
 
God's breath is often compared with the Holy Spirit... the word "breath" is even in the Hebrew word for Holy Spirit! If you have time, check out this video on the Holy Spirit by the Bible Project!

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  1. AnonymousApril 17, 2023 at 5:46 AM

    God’s word is alive and active because it is just as effective and life giving today as it was when it was written over 2000 years ago! Reading it today still brings eternal life to those who BELIEVE what it says!

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