Listen To The Words
Sometimes when I read a book, whether good or not so good, I might brush over long paragraphs to get past the “boring parts”, like descriptions. Sometimes those descriptions can take up whole pages! As I was reading God’s Word this morning, I thought about that. We cannot study God’s Word by just brushing over the paragraphs because they may be boring. Paul tells us to “Study to shew yourself approved unto God, a workman that need not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth,” 2 Timothy 2:15 . We often hear this verse used as an encouragement to study the Bible, and certainly it is that. But if we are going to take the verse seriously, we should not rush past its own words . Paul does not just tell Timothy to acquire information. The Greek spoudazō carries the sense of being diligent, earnest, and making every effort, while orthotomeō , translated “rightly dividing,” means handling something correctly and accurately. Paul is talking about the kind of carefulness t...
