2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
If the Plain Sense Makes Perfect Sense, Seek No Other Sense
2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Rule #1: Unless we’ve been born again we cannot understand the Word of God
Rule #2: We must read our Bible prayerfully
Rule #3: There is a Progressive Revelation in the Bible.
Rule #4: The Law of First Mention in the Bible.
Rule #5: All of the Bible is about Jesus.
Rule #6: The Bible is Full of Literary Devices and Differences.
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which
the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said,
Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Genesis 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not
well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule
over him.
Genesis 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
Genesis 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham,
and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Genesis 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering
upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Genesis 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you, (KJV)
Isaiah 28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Isaiah 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: (KJV)
There is a Progressive Revelation in the Bible
Revelation 10:8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. ”
Revelation 10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. ”
Revelation 10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was inmy mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
This Food Is An Acquired Taste
