Consider an epic battle filled with two armies. Generals, soldiers, orders and the like. Older soldiers fully equipped, and seeking to share the discipline with new recruits. This is exactly what we see in 2 Timothy chapter 2. Apostle Paul is an older soldier in the battle of standing for The Lord Jesus in a way approved by Him. Paul is sending his young accomplice in leading out by sharing with him the life likened to being a soldier. The entire Book is a letter from Paul- inspired by The Holy Spirit- and written to Timothy about what it takes as a soldier in standing for The Lord. In the midst of the instruction, this little gem of a nugget is delivered as instruction to young Timothy...
Here's the thing. The Word of God (Scripture) is most powerful in and of itself. It does not need man's commentary except for just a little relate-ability to people's common situation. In fact THAT is one of the main problems we find... spending a ton of money and going here and there to find out what Scripture really means. There are books and books and books on subjects from The Word and the sad fact is SO many will not just take a Scripture... stew over it carefully and use many tools provided and simply OBEY it. We want to allow others to do the work and feed us- which IS important but NOT the totality of the full satisfaction. Just looking at the Scripture above, there are specific words in it... set in order... and it has meaning. Like the "Discipline" of Science... a taking of elements and studying them, Biblical truth is a "discipline" of language. The God who claims to have created all that we see and are and the purpose of our life... has chosen most specifically to define Himself in words... in words in a book. The Bible is a book. In that it was written by God Himself (through human authors), it stands above the rest. In other words- "The BOOK of books." In speaking of authority, kings are respected in antiquity and so are "lords" -or those that had rule. God Himself is the ultimate KING and ultimate LORD- in that He is perfect. So, the Bible could then be considered the BOOK of books that leads us to The KING of kings and LORD of lords. It is very unique, each word deeply intentional, therefore- we should just take it at face value and simply meditate on it unto assimilation and application. It really is enough.
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