Rightly Dividing the Word of God!
2 Tim 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Studying the word of God is crucial to understanding God and his principles and how to apply them to yourself.
A desire to learn, a good dictionary and a Strong’s concordance with your Bible is a good start.
Rightly divide in the Greek means correctly to understand the Word of God. We do this by precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and they’re a little, as Isaiah teaches. And always keep the Word in the context, which means the situation within which something exists or happens.
If you take any subject and then take a Strong’s and look up all the scriptures on that word, those scriptures will lead you to the Truth on that subject.
That is the correct way to rightly divide the Word. This way it is the Word that is teaching you the Truth thru many scriptures.
Many people in the church world don’t go by the word, but they rely instead on books or denominational teachings or something they heard from a preacher teach to base their doctrine on.
1 Tim3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 1 Tim 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly he furnished unto all good works.
Basing your beliefs on one or two scriptures can lead you down the wrong path. All doctrine should be based on many scriptures on whatever subject you are studying. What you base your salvation on, is doctrine, which has eternal consequences. So work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Phil 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
2 Tim 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, furnished unto all good works.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. Rightly dividing the word of God. The authority in the Bible!