Correctly Dividing The Word

11 responses to Correctly Dividing The Word

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   john madden April 12, 2011 at 3:57 am

   Pastor Moses has perfected the art of dividing the scripture to correctly fit himself!

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   Deirdre Slocum April 12, 2011 at 2:37 am

   I love this! (Methinks you will piss a few people off with this one.)

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   CSalt April 11, 2011 at 5:45 pm

   I THINK I understand the intent of this particular comic, in that you are showing that some preachers / teachers / websites “pick and choose” the scriptures that they hold as valuable. If that’s the point, then “I get it”.

   However, when it comes to the Word, we do have to “rightly divide”. For instance, I read the book of Deuteronomy. Though I can learn much about God, his historical relationship with Israel, and find his moral law for Israel – I have to “rightly divide” the scripture. I have to see the relationship that I have with that particular book of the Bible, based on the facts that I am a gentile, living in the age of grace, in a post-cross world.

   Any comments would be appreciated.
   In Christ and His grace,
   CSalt

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     mick April 11, 2011 at 6:11 pm

     Hi CSalt,
     Yeah you’re right. Correctly dividing the word is related, in my understanding, to dividing between what was spoken to those under the old covenant and what is spoken to us in the new covenant. Obviously, this isn’t how Pastor Moses interprets things, but then again, it is Pastor Moses we’re talking about

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       Dale April 12, 2011 at 6:41 pm

       Hey Mick… You sure the ‘new covenant’ is for us? I’m under the impression that’s an Israel only thing too. Jeremiah 31:31

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         mick April 12, 2011 at 7:00 pm

         Hi Dale, not sure if you are being serious or sarcastic? In any case, of course I believe the new covenant is for everyone, both Jew and Gentile.

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           Dale April 12, 2011 at 7:49 pm

           Yes, I am serious. I believe the two covenants are BOTH covenants God made with Israel alone (Jeremiah 31:31). Gentiles could only partake of the covenant promises by becoming proselyte Jews. The gospel proclaimed by Paul changed that with God welcoming Gentiles without having to come through Israel.
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           CSalt April 12, 2011 at 9:08 pm

           @mick and @Dale
           I too am under the impression that the “new covenant” (as foretold in the old testament) if for Israel. (I realize that MOST grace-folk use the term “new covenant”, but actually mean “free from the law”). Personally, it appears to me that gentiles are not strictly in the “new covenant” – but are part of the “body of Christ” – a mystery only revealed by Paul, the apostle to the gentiles. We are a “heavenly” people, saved “without the law and the prophets” – a miraculous work of grace that even the old testament saints did not see (or expect). Acts reveals the message going to the Jew firs and then to “the greek” (those who had some connection to Judaism but were not following the commandments / ceremonies. Once the leaders fully-rejected Paul’s message of the kingdom, he “turns to the gentiles” – and proclaims the gospel to all men, everywhere, apart from the law, and even apart from the promises of o.t.
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           Dale April 12, 2011 at 11:21 pm

           Exactly, CSalt. You said it perfectly… well except, what’s are “Jew firs”? j/k
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   david darrah April 11, 2011 at 7:49 am

   ……… ouch!!! betcha there are some sore toes after this one!!!!! aint it the truth of many of my brothers and sisters and the shepherds that lead them…… THANKS FOR THE FUNNY!!!!!!

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