Rev. Chris Oyakhilome
Sunday, 05 October 2025
THE WORD TRAINS US IN RIGHTEOUSNESS
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16).
An effective Christian life isn’t something you stumble into; it’s the result of spiritual training; training in righteousness through the Word. The Word conditions your life for victory every day. That’s why the Scriptures are given to us; they’re not just to inform us but to form your personality, condition your thoughts, build your life and train your spirit to discern God’s way of doing things.
When you immerse yourself in the Word, it causes you to reason like God, judge like God, and respond like God. You’re no longer swayed by emotions or circumstances because your decisions are shaped by divine truth. That’s because God’s Word is His thoughts, opinions, character, personality, will and emotions revealed to us.
Consider the Lord Jesus; He didn’t respond to situations from the senses or based on pressure or sentiments. His words and actions were expressions of His divinity. He spoke and manifested truth. He had no sense of need or lack. He had no sense of limitation. He thought like God. He talked like God, and He acted like God. He was the manifestation of the Word of God, being the Word made flesh.
Guess what? As He is, so are you in this world (1 John 4:17). You were born again by the Word (1 Peter 1:23, James 1:18) and must grow and be trained by the Word because you have the life of the Word. Never be casual with the Word. Every time you study it, it’s an opportunity to be transformed, receive impartation and be established in righteousness.
God’s Word is what you need for your spiritual growth and development and for a balanced life of continual victory and success. Acts 20:32 says, “And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.” The Word is able to build you up because that’s where you came from; you’re born of the incorruptible seed of the Word. The Word is your instruction manual for life and your guide in fulfilling God’s divine purpose.
CONFESSION
I’m trained by the Word, instructed in righteousness and furnished unto every good work. I function with divine insight and precision. My life is a reflection of God’s wisdom and excellence, and through me, others are aligned to His perfect will. The Word of God is working in me, producing in and through me the result of its message, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
2 Timothy 3:15-17
15 And how from your childhood you have had a knowledge of and been acquainted with the sacred Writings, which are able to instruct you and give you the understanding for salvation which comes through faith in Christ Jesus [through the leaning of the entire human personality on God in Christ Jesus in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness].
16 Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience, [and] for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God’s will in thought, purpose, and action),
17 So that the man of God may be complete and proficient, well fitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work.
1 Peter 1:23
23 You have been regenerated (born again), not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm), but from one that is immortal by the ever living and lasting Word of God.
Acts 20:32
32 And now [brethren], I commit you to God [I deposit you in His charge, entrusting you to His protection and care]. And I commend you to the Word of His grace [to the commands and counsels and promises of His unmerited favor]. It is able to build you up and to give you [your rightful] inheritance among all God’s set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul).
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Philippians 3:12-4:1-3 &
Isaiah 40-41
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
John 4:1-9 &
1 Kings 10-11
