2Tim 2:15 - the context here is truth vs lies
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Anyone who does not correctly cut God's Word, as per 2Tim 2:15, is NOT approved by God and has need to be ashamed. According to Strong's, rightly divide means to make a straight cut, correctly dissect, or correctly cut. Any version that uses milky little terms like "rightly handling", like the NIV, ESV, ISV, or the RV, is weak, wrong, stupid, and corrupt. The words cut, divide, or separate have to be present to understand the verse. Also, the terms "Divide" or "make A straight cut", indicate that only ONE single cut is needed to satisfy God.
I just downloaded 2 documents from fellow Ac 28:28 dispensationalists, about 10 pages, in all, which list a total of 36 things which were a part of the Acts church that are contradictory to things that are a part of the post-Acts Church. In each, it is impossible for a believer to believe both, so the believer must make a choice of which one he wants to add to his own private interpretation of scripture. These differences are things like
(1) the Callings - the church in Acts had a calling of the New Jerusalem (Gal 4:26 and several vss in Hebrews) and the post-Acts church's calling is Heaven (Col 1:5 - hope always means resurrection; Phil 3:20 - conversation means citizenship; Compare Eph 1:20, where Christ is, with Eph 2:6, where the post-Acts church will go -- same place) . I always dreamed that, if I had a spare million dollars lying around, I would offer it to anyone that could prove, in scripture, that any group besides those Saints in Paul's 7 post-Acts books, have a hope of ever going to Heaven. Of course, my money would be safe
(2) In Eph 5:23, Col 1:18, 2:19, and others, the post-Acts Church is the actual Body of Christ, where He is the actual Head. During Acts, the body of Christ designated the "body of believers". These 2 churches can't be the same, since the members are described as part of the head, ears and eyes, in 1Cor 12:16. The post-Acts church, which is actually part of Christ, will, along with Christ, make up the bridegroom, where the church in Acts will be the Bride, as the abode of the Bride is the New Jerusalem, which, as a figure of speech, was spoken of as the Bride, in Revelation.
Eph 1:10
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
Eph 5:30-32
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Those different callings and the different churches are only the tip of the iceberg. My 2 lists contain 36 more of these scriptural conflicts which need not exist, if we would only obey 2Tim 2:15.
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Anyone that does not rightly divide God's word will never be able to understand the Bible because of all these conflicts, unless one first removes them.There is no scripture that says that but why else would God not approve you if you did not rightly divide. He's not the author of confusion - we are. He wants you to know the truth and He doesn't want you to be confused. He gives yoi So the question is: where could one single cut through scripture eliminate the contradictions and the confusing pick and choose method that is, and has always been, the single greatest problem in Christendom. It is the sole reason behind the wretched denominational church system. I propose there is only one place in scripture where a single cut would accomplish everything. That is at the very end of Acts. Here are what this is the place a single cut will solve all these problems.
What Right Division is
It is a simple way of determining exactly what applies directly to you, as a Gentile, n the Gentile Church today. What and where is your calling and the hope "resurrection) of your calling. It divides out and separated from your doctrine the callings and hopes of other dispensations from your mind and focuses on what is yours today.
What Right Division isn't
It isn't a total elimination of those other 59 books, not in the least. It's only a separating out, of the doctrine that doesn't apply to you, in your mind, when you're trying to figure out what's going to happen to you, your family, etc. It doesn't effect our enjoyment and the tears that can still be shed when we read John, specially. It just tells us that, since Christ was sent ONLY to the lost sheep of the House of Israel, much of what He said to them, applied only to them. Very simple. Just believe what your Bible says, where it said it, when it said it, and to whom it said it.
Here's a story that might help you see how this works.
Assume that you and your brother are roommates and are both in your 20s. Once a week, your mother sends a letter to each of you and, since these letters contain a lot of news about what she and your father are doing and other news about things that have happened with mutual friends and other members of your family. In these letters, there will be some things that will only pertain to the person receiving the letter.
Let's say your brother is driving to your parent's house next week and your mother told him in his letter that no one would he home when he got be home and she would put a key under the doormat and there would be plenty of food in the fridge if he was hungry.
Since both brothers are very interested in the news of family and friends, which always make up part of the letter, the two brothers share their letters with each other. Of course, you also read the part about your parents not being home when your brother arrives but, you don't apply it to yourself because you know it was only meant for your brother. When you get your letter, there will be some things that only apply to you.
Same thing as the Acts period vs the post-Acts period, just more complicated.
In the Acts books, there were general topics, like history, but mostly, there are specific items about the church, the gifts, the mysteries, the hope (resurrection = rapture)) of the church, which is essentially all Jewish, because all the saved Gentiles were grafted into Israel are shared a few (very few) of Israel's blessings, like the Gifts and the future rapture.
At the end of Acts, Paul preached to the Jews for the very last time, and it vss 25-27, he pronounced the curse of Isa 6:9-10 against Israel, which rendered them fully blind, as far as a understanding of the scriptures was concerned, especially of seeing Christ as the Messiah proven by the OT. This was prophesized in Hos 1:9, where Israel is called Loammi, not my people. In Hos 6:2, it says that after 2 days (2000 years), God will revive them. This is why I believe that Israel will be back on the scene in 2063, 2000 years after Paul pronounced them fully blinded. In Roman 11:7-10, where Romans was written about Ac 20, Paul pronounced the Isaiah curse, but it says in vs 25 that they were only partially blinded. This partial blindness obviously didn't stop Paul from continuing to go the Jew first, and " I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come", Ac 26:22
The pronounced Isaiah curse give in Ac 28 fully blinded Israel and that's when they were set aside. In the 7 books written after that, there is no evidence of any Jewish activity and all of the Jewish things from Acts, like the Acts Jewish church, and healing and the other Gifts are totally absent . What IS found is a brand new church, with a brand new Calling, and a brand new hope (heaven), With these 3 main things being different, nothing can be the same as Acts.. Also, the ordinances, like the 4 things the Gentile saints in Acts had to keep, the Lord's Supper, water baptism,etc, etc., etc., are done away with. Actually, anything from Acts that is not re-mentioned in Paul's After-Acts booksm hs been done away with, at least for this present no Jew, no Gentile, just individuals, 2000 year present period
