Biblical Mathematics (division and subtraction)
2 Timothy 2:15 (NKJV)
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Here we see Paul calling God's people to diligence, to being people who are not ashamed when it comes to understanding and correctly interpreting the truth of His word – people who know how to divide it in the right way.
A major key for rightly dividing the word of God is reading it in context. Always take the time to understand the context of what was being spoken – for example, who was being spoken to and when? The most important part of this context is whether it was spoken before Jesus died (the perfect redeeming work of the cross) or after? You must always divide the word with the understanding that there really is an old and a new testament; more specifically, there is an old and a new covenant. This we can never afford to forget
There is an old and a new and we are called to live in accordance to, and find our identity in, the new and not the old. Fact: the old was replaced by the new; it was replaced by God, not man, because it was not good enough. That is why a place was sought by God for a second! The first was not able to make a man righteous (justified) because it was based on the performance of man. The second (new) covenant is able to make a man righteous (justified) because it is based solely on the perfect performance of Jesus. To walk in victory you need to rightly divide the old and the new covenants and subtract (take away, make obsolete) what is no longer relevant to your walk with God because of what Jesus has fulfilled and finalised on your behalf.
Think about it, if you are trying to live in two very different agreements you will never completely or effectively live in either. Everything changed when Jesus died – the old covenant based on us fulfilling the law daily was finalised and replaced, the new covenant establishing us as righteous (justified) because of what Jesus did on our behalf began. Let us not spend our lives trying to add up what will never make sense. Subtract from your walk with God what is no longer relevant to your life now that it is "in Christ", and live wholehearted in what is relevant (the new). The fact is a person is saved and regenerated by placing their faith in the grace (unmerited favour) of God and that alone. By grace are we saved!
Divide the word correctly by subtracting what is not longer relevant to you because of what Jesus has done for you!
Andy
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