God’s Word: Read It! Study It! Memorize It!

¹⁰ They are more precious than gold, 
    than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey, 
    than honey from the honeycomb. 

(Psalm 19:9-10)

Waiting to liberate and/or enrich the person who will pursue its truth and wealth. 2 Timothy 2:15 admonishes one to study. Paul’s instruction to in that verse (shown above) has been applied by serious Christians through the centuries as directive to study the Word of God. The only way to healthy, balanced, living is through the “rightly dividing” (Greek orthotomounta meaning “cutting straight”) of God’s Word. Such correct, straight-on application of God’s Word is the result of diligent study. The text calls us beyond casual approaches to the Scriptures, telling us to refuse to suit the Bible to our own convenience or ideology.

_{ὀρθοτομέω: See Strong’s #3718. orthotomeó}

¹³ Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. (1 Timothy 4:13)

Paul also admonished Timothy pay attention to the reading of God’s Word, but now he emphasized studying like worker (from the Greek ergon meaning toil or effort).

_{ἔργον, ου, τό See Strong’s #2041 ergon}

¹¹ I have hidden your word in my heart 
    that I might not sin against you.
(Psalm 119:11)

¹² For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)

¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6:17)