Beware Of The Crowd--The Many!

[ScottA]

And, sadly, that is your opinion based on your particular bias and theological understanding, for you alone.

Others may form a very different view based upon what other people may post.

Shalom

You are basing your comment on your assumption that I have been speaking my "opinion" and my own "theological understanding"--when I have told you that is not the case. Which shows you doing just what you have accused me of. Typical.

Which, by the way, by definition is not "peace."

 

[bdavidc]

It takes so little to spot your error!

Which is it "rightly dividing" or "wrongly splicing?" (Rhetorical) Dividing or separating is not "splicing"--meaning you are wrong from the get-go. Oh, and your opinion doesn't actually matter or count.

You are arguing against a metaphor instead of addressing the biblical issue.

“Rightly dividing the word of truth” does not mean separating verses from their contexts and recombining them however one wishes. Paul told Timothy to study so that he would be “a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15). The point is to handle God’s Word accurately.

“Wrongly splicing” describes taking portions of separate passages and joining them together to produce a meaning that neither passage teaches in its own context. Dividing correctly and splicing incorrectly are not the same action, so there is no contradiction in what I said.

You have again avoided showing from the context that your interpretation is actually what the passages teach. Telling me that my opinion does not matter proves nothing. My opinion is not the standard, and neither is yours. Scripture is the standard.

If you believe your interpretation is correct, demonstrate it from the words, grammar, and context of the passages. Otherwise, this has become nothing more than wordplay and personal dismissal. I have stated my position and supported it from Scripture. I will not continue repeating the same exchange.

 

[Jay Ross]

You are basing your comment on your assumption that I have been speaking my "opinion" and my own "theological understanding"--when I have told you that is not the case. Which shows you doing just what you have accused me of. Typical.

Which, by the way, by definition is not "peace."

I believe that Paul instructed the Saints to listen to a "prophetic 'word'" and to then consider that word and to evaluate that 'word' to determine if that word is true.

People are commenting on your "words" with respect to what our respective understanding of the applicable Scriptures present to us.

Now since you do not respect what others present, then please do not be offended if others do not respect your offerings of "wisdoms" which you claim that you are receiving directly from God. I for my part have had reservations on what you post and as such my posts reflects my reservation on what you post as being the Gospel truth or God's words for us today.

Goodbye "Scottie A"

 

[IndianaRob]

People are defining rightly dividing by their own ideas. The Bible defines "rightly dividing for us if you just look at it.

The Old Testament is earthly things.
The New Testament is heavenly things.

Rightly dividing means knowing when the Bible is speaking literally and when it's speaking spiritually. The words in the Bible mean EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAY. The only judgment we make as readers is which realm it's speaking of — is this earthly or is this heavenly.

This is a short list, but almost everything literal thing in the bible is pointing to or foreshadowing the spiritual thing that is more real than the literal thing.

Earthly / Old Testament	Heavenly / New Testament
Earthly Jerusalem	Heavenly Jerusalem (Galatians 4, Hebrews, Revelation 21)
Literal temple, tabernacle, priesthood, sacrifices	Spiritual temple, believer as temple, Christ as high priest
Third dimension — physical, visible, tangible	Fourth dimension — spiritual, unseen, eternal
Levi, third son — Levitical priesthood, earthly priests, physical tribe, earthly sanctuary	Judah, fourth son — Jesus, heavenly priest, spiritual priesthood, Melchizedek order
Earthly Jew — natural born, physical descent from Abraham, circumcision of flesh	Spiritual Jew — born again, spiritual descent from Abraham by faith, circumcision of the heart
Adam — earthly man, made of dust, natural life	Christ — last Adam, heavenly man, life giving spirit (1 Corinthians 15:45-47)
Moses — earthly mediator, law given on earthly Sinai	Jesus — heavenly mediator, new covenant, heavenly Sinai (Hebrews 12)
Law — commandments written on stone, external	Grace — law written on heart, internal
Blood of bulls and goats — earthly atonement, temporary covering	Blood of Christ — heavenly atonement, eternal redemption
Earthly Canaan — physical promised land, rest through conquest	Heavenly Canaan — spiritual rest, entering by faith (Hebrews 4)
Circumcision of flesh — physical sign of earthly covenant	Circumcision of heart — spiritual sign of new covenant
Earthly sabbath — literal day of rest	Spiritual sabbath — rest in Christ, ceasing from our own works
Natural birth — born of water, flesh	Spiritual birth — born of Spirit