Lesson 2158

(Lesson 2158)(11-05-17)  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.”

   For today’s lesson we will revert back to the first verse of yesterday’s quote wherein Paul Told Timothy to be a workman who is ”rightly dividing the word of truth”.
    Paul applied that instruction to studying God’s word as a requirement so as to assure that if one chooses, or is chosen as were Paul and Timothy, to teach it, that one will be teaching the true gospel of Jesus Christ in a manner that pleases God, in every respect.
    Today there are far too many “teachers” who are doing the work of Satan by spreading distortions of God’s word, as well as downright heresies, because they do not take the time to study so as to “rightly” divide “the word of truth”. A perfect example of one such distortion is the false doctrine that requires water “baptism” as pre-requisite to eternal salvation. Almost all religious isms teach that eternal salvation from sin comes by grace (as a gift) through faith in Jesus Christ, many of those same isms contend that one must also be baptized in water to gain the same salvation while “rightly dividing” the word clearly establishes that if one’s faith is in the old Hebrew Law, or in some other earthly ritual such as water baptism, then that one’s faith cannot be entirely in Jesus Christ.
    In order for a lost soul to gain eternal salvation from sin, that lost soul need only to believe that Jesus Christ lived, died, was resurrected from the grave on the third day and later ascended to the Father in heaven as a required sacrifice for the sins of all those who will place their faith in Him ONLY.
    “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: NOT OF WORKS, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)~