It is not enough to use the Bible as a grand book of wonderful sayings from which we may choose what we wish for our inspiration, nor will one who truly realizes that βGod hath spokenβ ever hold so shallow an opinion of the sacred Scriptures.
βThe Word of truthβ must be βrightly dividedβ; for while it is all given for our spiritual profit, it was not all addressed to us, or written about us. Thus one who truly desires to understand and obey Godβs Word will seek first to determine what Scriptures are particularly related to him and will study all the rest in the light of these.
Sad to say, however, there are many who fail to give the Book of God the respect and reverence it deserves. They flip it open at random, let a finger light upon the open page and then read the verse indicated to see if perchance they may find leading from the Lord in that way. And if it doesnβt βworkβ the first time they try it again and again until it does βwork.β They use βpromise boxesβ in the same way, on the basis that βevery promise in the Book is mine.β They take passages out of their contexts, βspiritualizeβ them, and give them βprivate interpretations.β Finding βprecious passagesβ anywhere at all, no matter to whom addressed or when or why, they place their own constructions upon them and claim them as promises of God to them! To take isolated statements from the writings of men and use them in such a manner would be considered dishonest, but even Bible teachers do it with the Word of God!
The Word, rightly divided, is of supreme importance to the Church at large as well as to the individual believer, and it is because this fact has not yet been sufficiently recognized that we have not experienced the true, heaven-sent revival that the Church so sorely needs. source
[β¦] on the miracles of Christ, one woman in the assembly shared that, although she had known about rightly dividing the Word for years, it was the differences in the four Gospels that really helped her to see the truth of [β¦]
[β¦] the counsel of others, or by circumstances which are often manipulated to oneβs preferences. There is a better way! Like David, we need to develop a pattern of interpreting Godβs will by Godβs Word. We [β¦]
[β¦] neglect of Godβs Word to us as found in the Epistles of Paul; when men of God βstudyβ to βrightly divideβ the Word and begin teaching it from the pulpit, a great spiritual revival will inevitably follow [β¦]
[β¦] Sadly, this prophecy has come true. Most Christians would rather believeΒ a fableΒ than the Word of God, rightly divided. [β¦]