1. The Purpose! (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.”

Do you give diligence to the Word of God?

2. The Priority! (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.”

The key phrase for this point is approved unto God. The word approved is δόκιμος (dok’-ee-mos), which means tested, approved, acceptable, tried. This means a student of the Bible will have been tested and approved.

Have you been tested? Questioned? Ready to give a defense?

3. The Principal! (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.”

The word workman means laborer; i.e., a hard worker. It takes a great amount of discipline to study the Bible—not just on Sunday! This is especially true for one to keep up the study for years and decades.

The words rightly dividing are ὀρθοτομέω (or-thot-om-eh’-o), which means to cut straight, to handle correctly, to teach rightly.

Can you say you cut the line straight? None of us, no matter how long we’ve studied the Bible, will ever exhaust its insight.

Love y’all,
Dr. Randy Reese