preacher1960

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Proverbs 22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

BIG MISTAKE Several times in the last few weeks commentators over radio, TV and in the newspapers have made a big mistake. This was in connection with the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr. Frank Sr., as we know, had to pay the kidnappers $240,000.00 for the ransom of his son. One after another the news commentators declared that this amount was by no means the highest amount ever paid for a ransom. In the Bobby Greenlease case, they said, the Kansas City auto dealer had to pay $600,000.00 to ransom his son—the highest price ever paid for the ransom of a human being. Here they are wrong. $600,000.00 is by no means the highest price ever paid for the ransom of a human being. St. Paul, by divine inspiration, wrote in I Timothy 2:4-6: “[God] will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. “For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. “Who gave HIMSELF a ransom for all....” Did you get that? Christ gave Himself a ransom for all

1 Corinthians 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

1. We teach that in order to be properly understood, and produce fruit, God’s Word must be studied from a dispensational viewpoint (II Tim. 2:15). We must realize that although God never changes (Heb. 13:8, Mal. 3:6) man does change. We further teach that it is not enough to simply preach the Word, we must preach the Word rightly divided if we are to be pleasing to God. 2. We teach that the key to rightly dividing the Word of Truth is to understand the erection, breaking down, and re-erection of “the middle wall of partition” (Eph. 2:11-14). In “time past” God erected a middle wall of partition around Abraham and his physical offspring through Isaac and Jacob and dealt exclusively through that group of people (Eph. 2:11,12, Gen. 12:1-3, Ex. 11:7, John 4:22). “But Now” in this present age the middle wall of partition has been broken down and God is no longer dealing with man on the basis of national distinction (I Cor. 12:13, Gal. 3:26-28, Eph. 2:11-18). The middle wall of pa