Hello everyone, welcome to an awesome Monday,
Today's write-up would focus on 2 Timothy chapter 2, with verse 15 being the key verse, which says, “Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.” AMP. This verse brings out the importance of the state of our hearts which should be eager to present ourselves to God approved at all levels, which implies that we should be working in line with what our Lord Jesus has called us for, being careful to follow in detail exactly what the scriptures say, thus walking in the Spirit with total confidence, without any mixture of adulterated material.
In Verse 5-7 of 2 Timothy, it says, “And if anyone enters competitive games, he is not crowned unless he completes lawfully (fairly, accordingly to the rules laid down). [It is] the hard-working farmer [who labors to produce] who must be the first partaker of the fruits. Think over these things I am saying [understand them and grasp their application], for the Lord will grant you full insight and understanding in everything.” AMP. Looking at these verses which were just quoted, Apostle Paul told Timothy that the things of God are not things he was to take for granted, and just as one enters competitive games, the person isn’t crowned unless he has proven himself worthy, through a fair play according to the law, in the vein, it is a person who takes whatever he puts his hand into seriously that would yield great result.
Also, the hard-working farmer was used as an illustration, that a hard-working farmer is the one who labours to produce and he is the one who would first partake of the fruits, likewise, as the hard-working farmer or the one who enters competitive games and all that they have to go through to get great result, so also is the expectation of anyone born of God, most especially the teachers.
Paul’s emphasis was on the teachers because the confusion we find today in the body of Christ is as a result of a teacher who wasn’t well grounded in the Word and was ordained to teach the Word. We shouldn’t be carried away by eloquent speeches, what we are to focus on is the Word of God if it corresponds to Jesus died to achieve and obtain through His resurrection. The sad aspect is that many teachers mix the old and new covenant which is not right.
The old covenant is about our self-effort in pleasing God, following laws which were not part of our lives, being forced to obey them in order to please God, or else we die. On the other hand, the new covenant is the establishment of a brand new life where Jesus is the first born, so as we enter this new covenant, everything that Jesus has right now automatically belongs to us, simply by believing that’s all. Another important thing is that we now have a brand new life with the Holy Spirit living in us directing our path in line with our new life which is the new life of God.
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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