SCRIPTURAL CONFUSION*By Pastor Bob Hanna

SCRIPTURAL CONFUSION *
*By Pastor Bob Hanna*
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God has provided for our comfort and security, His plan, purpose,
demands, blessings, requirements and final, eternal destiny. We have, as
it were, a complete road map to guide us through the course of our
entire life span in accordance with His will. We are in possession of
His complete revelation in convenient form: the Holy Bible. The Book is
to be found in nearly every place where human beings dwell. It is
cherished by many as though it were a talisman or phylactery. Millions
of church goers carry it in and out of their respective places of
worship once a week. It is loosely quoted, carelessly studied and
ignorantly disrespected for what it is: the Word of God.

The vast majority of believers rely on the utterances of preachers,
evangelists and other platform speakers as the authority re God's
communication with His people. The result is that there is needless
frustration, fear, doubt and insecurity tormenting their lives. In the
course of his missionary journeys the Apostle Paul preached in the
Jewish synagogue in Berea, having just spoken to the church at
Thessalonica. The writer of the Book of Acts writes, "These [Bereans]
were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the
word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily,
whether those things were so" (Acts 17:11). Good advice! The Bereans
listened attentively to Paul's address, then they turned to the real
authority (the Scriptures) for verification.

Paul instructed young Pastor Timothy, "Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the
word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15). Two excellent guidelines: rely on the
Scriptures as the one true authority for confirmation, and make a
concentrated effort ("study to") to properly allocate ("rightly divide")
the word of truth. To rightly divide the word of truth is to define what
is spoken, to whom it is spoken, under what circumstances, with what
intent and in what context and time frame. Unless one studies Scripture
for himself, he will never gain the knowledge and confidence to mature
into a testimony pleasing to God.


*The only way to worry about nothing is to pray about everything.*
*Frank A. Clark*


** Our Purpose and Mission

The ministry of "Grace and The Truth" has the purpose of encouraging
Christians to believe what God says.

Message "CHRIST" Rom. 16:25, Col. 1:28
Material "All Scripture, 2 Tim. 3:16, 17
Method "Rightly Dividing The Word of Truth, 2 Tim. 2:15
Mission "To Make All See" Eph. 3:9

"But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by
the blood of Christ." Eph.2:13.

**We are dedicated to helping Christians to a fuller knowledge of Him,
and the Grace of God. Until we all come into the Unity, Ephesians 4:13
"Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the
Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ:"

We are willing to help you on this journey just give us a call, 1 623
546 8866, Paris