Page 54 - The Prophetic Word Newsletter Archive 2009

…A WORKER WHO DOES NOT NEED TO BE ASHAMED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.” 2nd.Tim. 2:15 55

A simplistic, but very practical, method I use for rightly dividing the Word of truth is to take verses that

are in context and divide them into Column A and Column B. Often I find that what is in Column B builds

upon the truth placed in Column A. Below are seven such contextual passages that illustrate this point.

The Scriptures I selected show that God is calling us to higher levels of truths, than what is stated in

Column A. If we allow Column B to be divorced from column A we will only have half the truth God

intends for His people to embrace. These passages make a distinction between the Body and the Bride

of Christ.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
(produces THE BODY of Christ) (produces THE BRIDE of Christ)

“…YOU HAVE KNOWN “ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN… FOR DOCTRINE, FOR
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES WHICH ARE ABLE REPROOF, FOR CORRECTION, FOR INSTRUCTION
IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY
TO MAKE YOU WISE FOR SALVATION
THROUGH FAITH WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.” BE COMPLETE, THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED FOR
EVERY GOOD WORK” 2 Tim. 3:16
2 Tim. 3:15

“FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED “FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN
THROUGH FAITH, AND THAT NOT OF CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS, WHICH GOD
PREPARED BEFOREHAND THAT WE SHOULD WALK
YOURSELVES; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD, NOT OF
WORKS, LEST ANYONE SHOULD BOAST.” Eph. 2:8- IN THEM.” Eph. 2:10
“AS OBEDIENT CHILDREN, NOT CONFORMING
9 YOURSELVES TO THE FORMER LUSTS... BUT AS HE
“THEREFORE GIRD UP THE LOINS OF YOUR MIND,
WHO CALLED YOU IS HOLY, YOU ALSO
BE SOBER, AND REST YOUR HOPE FULLY BE HOLY IN ALL YOUR CONDUCT.”
UPON THE GRACE THAT IS TO BE BROUGHT TO 1 Pet. 1:14-15
YOU AT THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST.”

1 Pet. 1:13

“BUT WHEN THE KINDNESS AND THE LOVE OF “...THESE THINGS I WANT YOU TO AFFIRM
GOD OUR SAVIOR TOWARD MAN APPEARED, NOT CONSTANTLY, THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BELIEVED
BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE
DONE, BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED IN GOD SHOULD BE CAREFUL TO MAINTAIN
US…THAT HAVING BEEN JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE GOOD WORKS. THESE THINGS ARE GOOD AND
WE SHOULD BECOME HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROFITABLE TO MEN….AND LET OUR PEOPLE

HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.” ALSO LEARN TO MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS…
Titus 3:4-7 THAT THEY MAY NOT BE UNFRUITFUL.”
Titus 3:8,14
“THEREFORE HAVING BEEN JUSTIFIED BY FAITH,
WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD “AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE ALSO GLORY IN
JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH WHOM ALSO WE HAVE TRIBULATIONS, KNOWING THAT TRIBULATION
ACCESS BY FAITH INTO THIS GRACE BY WHICH WE PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE; AND PERSEVERANCE

STAND, AND REJOICE IN HOPE OF THE (PRODUCES) CHARACTER; AND CHARACTER
GLORY OF GOD.” Rom. 5:1-2 (PRODUCES) HOPE.”
Rom. 5:3-4
“…YOU RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION BY
WHOM WE CRY OUT “ABBA, FATHER”. THE SPIRIT “AND JOINT HEIRS WITH CHRIST IF WE SUFFER
HIMSELF BEARS WITNESS WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT WITH HIM, THAT WE MAY ALSO BE GLORIFIED
WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD, AND IF CHILDREN,
TOGETHER. FOR I CONSIDER THAT THE
THEN HEIRS-HEIRS OF GOD …” SUFFERINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME ARE NOT
Rom. 8:15-17a WORTHY TO BE COMPARED WITH THE GLORY

“…ADORN THE DOCTRINE OF GOD OUR SAVIOR WHICH SHALL BE REVEALED IN US.”
IN ALL THINGS. FOR THE GRACE OF GOD THAT Rom. 8:17b-18

BRINGS SALVATION HAS APPEARED TO ALL “TEACHING US THAT, DENYING UNGODLINESS
MEN…” Titus 2:10-11 AND WORLDLY LUSTS, WE SHOULD LIVE SOBERLY,
RIGHTEOUSLY AND GODLY IN THIS PRESENT
AGE… Titus 2:12

(COLUMN A is only HALF the TRUTH God imparts) (COLUMN B is the REST of the TRUTH God imparts)