RIGHTLY DIVIDING : (2 TIM 2:15) OUR SHARINGS FROM THE WORD OF GOD DOES NOT COMMETH FROM HISTORY BUT TRUE SCRIPTURE. We are Gods Grace Ambassadors - (Article from Grace Ambassadors) 2 Tim 3 : 13-14 “ ... evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and beingdeceived. But continue thou in the things which tho u hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; ...” 1. Defining the issue: Our history is unknown, unpopular, or unappealing a. So what. The object is Truth (God) not History. – Gal 4:16 b. What is right is more important than who is right - Gal 1:8-10 c. Paul did not receive it of man - Gal 1:11 d. The nature of our message was a mystery – Col 1:25-26 2. Finding us in history is not easy a. Bible Believers – literal interpretation b. Pauline – 1 Tim 1:16; 6 aspects of the mystery c. Nonconformist – Col 2:8-9; Rom 12:2 d “His”-story is not a children’s book – It is a battle! e. All in Asia be turned away from me – 2 Tim 1:15 3. “All men have not faith” a. Bandwagon fallacy – argumentum ad populum b. All men have not the faith - 2 Thess 3:1-2 c. God never promised a majority, but he died for all men - 1 Tim 2:4; Eph 3:9 d. Some shall depart from the faith – 1 Tim 4:1-3 4. Church Historians – 2 Cor 10:12-13 a. Their basis for authority - 1 Tim 3:5 ... but... b. “Historical Christianity” does not have a solid consensus c. Much disputing, no small dissension - Acts 15:1-2, 4-7 d. Removed from ... the grace of Christ unto another gospel - Gal 1:6-8 e. Preacheth another Jesus, another spirit, another gospel - 2 Cor 11:1-4 f. The time will come .... 2 Tim 4:3 – 2 Tim 3:1-6 5. Our authority is God (not History) a. Our final authority is Jesus Christ, and his book – Rom 3:4; 2 Tim 3:16-17 b. The Lord has a history – martyrs and outcasts c. The book has a history – trail of manuscripts; AV1611 KJV1769 d. Be suspicious of history books written by the winne rs and funded by politicians 6. First-Century Christians – (Restorationists) a. Their answer: Scrap history and go back to the first-century ... but... b. History is there for learning – Rom 15:4 (spiritual application) c. The first-century did not have a consensus! (see above) d. They ignore Paul! – Rom 11:13; 2 Tim 2:7 e. Tradition is not always bad; bad tradition is bad 2 Ti 3:10-14; 2 Th 2:15; Rom 16:17
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