Draw an accurate line in the middle
2 Timothy 2:15 (Amplified)
Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.
Yesterday we looked at the importance of being someone who rightly divides the word of God – a person who knows the difference between the old covenant and the new covenant, who knows how to subtract that which is no longer relevant because of what Christ Jesus has achieved on their behalf.
To divide the word of God (truth) correctly you must have an accurate line in your understanding of the Word that allows you to perceive correctly when the old stopped and the new started. This line is, of course, the cross of Christ.
Everything changed when Jesus shed His blood, died and rose again! We do not throw our old testament away but we must determine to daily live by the revealed truths of the new testament. Don't get me wrong: both Jesus and the plan of God for redeeming mankind are throughout the whole Bible. I have heard it put well this way: in the old, Jesus is concealed (there to be found if you are looking), He is present in so many types and shadows throughout every book of it; yet in the new He is revealed – revealed as the Saviour and Redeemer of the world and of your life. I regularly read both the old and the new testaments, yet I live and build my life in accordance to the realities of the new testament. I am no longer fashioning my walk with God according to a replaced, obsolete, old covenant based upon law, but a living and present one based on grace and a finished work.
The Old Testament can teach us so much, but the law of the covenant it represented could never, and can never, save us – in fact, in itself it continually pointed to the one who would, and did: Jesus.
Rightly divide the word of truth by accurately knowing where one covenant stopped and another begins, by knowing when things stopped being down to man's imperfect performance to Jesus' perfect one – perfect enough to perfect all who have believed. Enjoy both parts of the Bible but know accurately in your heart which part saves you and leaves you complete. We present ourselves to God approved when we present ourselves to Him positioned in Christ, living out of all that He achieved for us by His death, burial and resurrection. Draw that important line and don't rub it out. Then you will divide the word of truth correctly, getting from both sides what you were meant too.
Blessings,
Andy
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