2 Timothy 2:14 – 15 “Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. (15) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
This passage of scripture is mostly to Ministers and
Pastors; however, it is also extended to all Christians. Paul is writing to
Preacher Timothy his second letter, and here he is telling this preacher to be
strong in the Lord and to be a good soldier for the Lord. “Thou therefore,
my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 2:1 The
best soldier of the Lord is one that “rightly divides the word of God” The only
Truth in the world is God’s word, we can believe and trust it from cover to
cover to be nothing less that truth. Today preachers use a lot of commentaries
to gather information and to conclude the truth of a passage of scripture.
However, only God’s word is truth, therefore, we must take all commentaries
with a grain of salt and depend only on the bible as a reliable source of
truth. God said concerning our biblical teaching that it is He whom teaches us,
“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to
your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26 There is
only one who knows the deep things of God and that is God whether Father, Son,
or Holy Spirit. The Prophet Danial wrote in Daniel 2:22 “He revealeth the
deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light
dwelleth with him.” While great men worked diligently over their life
to learn and rightly divide the truth of the bible, none, no not even the
greatest of them are infallible. The only infallible Truth is the bible, and
the only infallible teacher is the Holy Spirit. God told us to “study” and that
word means -to use speed,
that is, to make effort, be prompt or earnest: - do (give)
diligence, labor. – If we are lazy and depend on commentaries to get our
learning of the bible, then we failed God in His command to study so that we
are not seen to be ashamed. But enlightened in our study of the infallible
bible rightly dividing God’s
word of Truth as the Holy Spirit teaches us. This is the responsibility of
every Teacher, Minister, and Pastor, but it does not stop there, it also includes
every Christian. Do not allow any man to be the controller of your spiritual
understanding. Acts 17:11 “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,
in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the
scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” It is the responsibility
of every Christian to hear, study, and be able to rightly divide the word of
truth. Every student of the "Word of God" is here spoken of as a workman,
“a workman that needeth not to be ashamed.” So, what is a workman, he is
one that has a pattern and a plan as though you are building something. And we
are all building an understanding of the Word of Truth. The building project is
not complete until every detail is finalized as beautiful and perfect as we can
make it. While our building of God’s Truth will never be complete as long as we
breath air on this earth, we are to never get lazy or stop the building of
knowledge and understanding of God’s Truth. The bible is full of multitudes of information
and of multitudes of different subjects. It is deep, deeper than anything you
will ever read or study. It speaks of the past times; it is the only complete
detail about creation. It tells of different customs through the timeline of
the world, and ever tells us of future events that have yet to be fulfilled. It
tells us of God, creation, the Trinity, the works of the Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit, but one God. It tells us of God’s salvation and how it is if grace and
through Jesus Christ. It tells us of the church and how it started, how it grows,
and how it survives. It tells us of our live as Christians and how God expects us
to live and grow in grace and knowledge. Pastors and teachers study hard, they
live their lives trying to gather enough understanding to feed the sheep and
make the bible understood, but our work is not enough. Every believer also need’s
the be a workman, needs to make a plan and build their own database of
knowledge and understanding, “rightly dividing the word of truth.” Showing
ourselves “approved unto God,” People cannot be a good servant to God if
we fail to be good workers in our study of His word every day.
