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Second Series
Second of a series on "Rightly Dividing The Word Of Truth". Feel free to send comments or questions that you have about the Bible.
2 Timothy 2:15: Study to shew ourselves approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. In 2 Timothy 2:15 the first key word is the first word; study. Most people will read but not study and therefore their comprehension goes to the wayside. Others think that God didn't give us the Bible to confuse us, (which he didn't), but they believe most everything should be understood as one reads it. The problem with this is that people's point of reference to passage's may vary due to what level of understanding they may have. This level of understanding may come from many different things but mainly from preachers, teachers, friends etc. with certain or different theological positions. No matter how much you know or don't know about the Bible everone uses what's called Hermeneutics. This means the art of interpretation. This has been made a dirty word by some but it's very important in "Rightly dividing the word of truth". There are many but I will just state four of the most important heremeneutical rules: 1. Face Value-plain statement of truth, self explanatory, ie.: John 3:16 (For God so loved the whole world). 2. Context-reading a passage or passages to be able to understand the main point, ie: (the story of the Prodigal and the phrase "I Die Daily"). 3. Collaborating scriptures ie: (Matthew 3:11 with Acts 1:8, 2:4. (Prophecy of Spirit baptism by Jesus fulfilled in Acts 2:4). 4. Historical Record-who, what, where, and whens of the customs and times. ie: (Throughout both old and new testaments with the Israelites, God's chosen people and the church Christ's body just to name a couple. I pray these will be of help to those who may not have known these or understood them clearly or maybe they thought they weren't necessarily that important. And for those who already knew and understood them may it be a real refreshing and encouragement to stay focused on understanding the word. My goal is to encourage people to study the word and enjoy it. This can be accomplished by learning to rightly divide the word of God's truth. Remember God gave us capacity to think and reason understand and comprehend. At the same time God also expects us to pray for the Holy Spirit to help us in the search for truth;(John 16:13). Jesus feeds those who are hungry for righteousness. Have a Blessed Month, Jerry Kelso 
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