Rightly Dividing The Word of Truth

Getting To The Truth• Sometimes Differences In Understanding Arise

Between Reasonable, Sincere People.• We Should Seek The Truth:– The Bible Affirms The Correspondence View

of Absolute Truth.– The Bible Rejects The Relativistic View.

• We Should Seek To Be of One Mind:– 1 Corinthians 1:10, Romans 14:1-8

• We Should Remember God Is Absolutely True– Romans 3:4

Accurately Handling God’s Word• Requires Prioritizing Jesus Over Tradition.– Mt. Gerazim: Deuteronomy 11:29, John 4:20

• Requires Understanding Figurative & Literal Language.– “Elijah” Malachi 4:5, Matthew 11:14

• Requires Keeping Scripture In Context.– Matthew 4:6, 2 Peter 3:16-17, Galatians 3:24-27

• Requires Attention To Detail.– John 21:18-22

Getting To The Truth• “One who is determined to know and

to do the will of God will struggle with those “hard to understand” passages until he finds, not a plausible interpretation, not even a defensible interpretation but the ONE correct interpretation – what is in “the mind of the Lord.”• Sewell Hall, Hallmarks pg. 128

Rightly Dividing The Word of Truth