(LLTB) Recognizing and Understanding the Divisions in the Bible

Learning Point One will never reach their full potential and service to God until one understands where to look in the Bible to find God's will for them.

Recognizing and Understanding the Divisions in the Bible

Why are there so many different denominations? Why are there so many different opinions about topics such as water baptism, speaking in tongues, the Sabbath, eternal security, etc.? It is because many do not obey 2 Timothy 2:15. They do not rightly divide the word of truth. The only way to understand the Bible is to study it according to the divisional instructions given by God.

(LLTB) Why is Israel God's chosen people?

Learning Point The Lord thy God hath chosen thee [Israel] to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.  Deut.7:6

Why is Israel God's chosen people?

In this post I mentioned that most of the bible is written for Israel, God's chosen nation, and that most of the bible is addressed to, and is applicable to them. Why is this? How did Israel get to be God's chosen nation? What happened in the past to get us to the reality of this scenario? Well, let me explain this in a very summarized way.

(LLTB) Not all of the bible is for you

Learning Point All of the Bible is written for our learning, but not all of the Bible is addressed to us and for our practice.

Not all of the bible is for you

It might sound strange to hear this, but I'm going to give you a very valid point. Firstly, it's easy to see that the bible is a BIG book. It was written over a period of 1300 years by more than 40 authors (though God is the one TRUE Author) and its content is directed to different people groups over many centuries of time. So, my point is that people would be quite self-centered if they thought that ALL of the bible is directly addressed to them and is about them. 

(LLTB) The Absolute Fundamentals of Learning and Living the Bible (Introduction)

Look out for a new series of posts that I will be publishing soon under the banner of "The Absolute Fundamentals of Learning and Living the Bible".

Each post in this series will take a casual and exploratory look at concepts and topics that fall into one of two absolutely fundamental categories,

1. how to learn the bible,
• accepting the key concept of dispensational divisions within the bible
• understanding the separation of Israel from the Body of Christ
• distinguishing the differences between the prophecy program and the mystery program
• recognizing that what is written is either for our learning or for our direct application
  
  
2.  how to live out the bible, putting it into practice in this day and age,
• growing in the knowledge of the word
• keeping in step with the indwelling spirit of life
• behaviours and practices of grace living today

The concepts or topics discussed in the posts will be uploaded randomly. I will not be following a sequential order as I write these posts. I will however be generating a table of contents based on the titles of each post in this series into a separate post, and there I'll attempt to order the titles in a way that makes sense. One will be able to refer to this table of contents and then click the title link to take you to the appropriate post, thereby reading it the order that you choose.

I trust this series will be informative and educational and that you will be blessed by the content. I will prefix the post titles with (LLTB), as well as add the abbreviation to the labels section for quick reference and searches.  I trust this series will help you in continued growth and learning of the Bible and help you in developing a deeper connection and love for it. The Word is of course, by its own definition, a person, —Jesus Christ.

Grace and peace to you.