I ask that as we go through these lessons,
that you get a Bible, read it, pray, study, and ask the Holy Spirit of the
Living God, to help guide you into truth.
By comparing scripture with scripture, and comparing
spiritual things with spiritual things, is the only way Christians are able to
discern truth from error.
In this lesson we will look at how rightly
dividing the word of truth, helps us to answer the questions in the title of
this week’s lesson. If you fail to understand, or fail to learn how to rightly
divide the word of truth, you can never come to the knowledge of the truth and
sound doctrine.
I have chosen the doctrine of Jesus
being God manifest in the flesh as the subject for the next few lessons. There
is probably no greater misunderstood doctrine in the Bible than who Jesus Christ is.
Lets start by comparing spiritual
things with spiritual things. We are not going anywhere other than the Holy
Scriptures, the Bible (KJV) to find out who Jesus is and claimed to be.
Matt.1 [1] The book of the
generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matt.9 [27] And when Jesus departed
thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou
Son of David, have mercy on us.
Matt.12 [23] And all the people were
amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
Matt.15 [22] And, behold, a woman of
Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on
me, O Lord, thou Son of David;
Matt.21 [9] And the
multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the
Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in
the highest.
When we look at the very first verse
in Matthew and the verses following, we see Jesus was called the Son of David,
and the people referred to him in the scriptures as the Son of David. We never
see Jesus tell the people not to call him the Son of David, he accepted the
title.
Matt.16 [13] When
Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,
saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? [14] And they said, Some say that thou
art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the
prophets. [15] He saith unto
them, But whom say ye that I am? [16] And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the
Son of the living God. [17]
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for
flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is
in heaven.
In Matt. 16 we see Jesus ask his disciples
who do men say that I am?, He got several different answers, the answers
all indicate the people thought he was someone very important as recorded in
the scriptures.
He then asked his disciples the same
question but wanted to know who they thought he was “whom say ye that I am?”, Simon
Peter said “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the
living God”. Jesus then tells Simon that flesh and blood did not
reveal that to him but, his Father which is in heaven.
1Cor.12 [3]
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of
God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is
the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
We have now learned a very important
point that will never change, Peter and the disciples knew who Jesus was
because it was revealed to them by the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit!
A person can never understand the
Bible, or spiritual things, or the fact that Jesus was God manifest in the
flesh by their intellect! The only way to understand who Jesus is, and
understand the Bible is by the Holy Spirit of God enlightening our eyes!
Matt.22 [41] While
the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, [42] Saying, What think ye of Christ?
whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. [43] He saith unto them, How then
doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, [44] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till
I make thine enemies thy footstool? [45] If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? [46] And no man was able to answer
him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more
questions.
In this exchange with the Pharisees,
Jesus asked them a simple question, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?
The Pharisees responded with the Son of David, now this was a good and correct
answer, because the Christ, or Messiah, prophesied in the Old Testament was to
be the Son of David.
But in this exchange with the Pharisees,
Jesus wanted to make the point even though the linage of his flesh and blood
body could be traced back to King David, and thus he could be
called the Son of David, he wanted the Pharisees to understand, and recognize,
the person indwelling that body was in fact, the God of the Old Testament, The Creator
of Heaven and Earth, and all that is in them.
John5 [15] The man departed, and told the
Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. [16] And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to
slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. [17] But Jesus answered them, My
Father worketh hitherto, and I work. [18] Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because
he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his
Father, making himself equal with God.
John10 [30] I
and my Father are one. [31]
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. [32] Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from
my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? [33] The Jews answered him,
saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because
that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
So that everyone reading this
understands that the Jews knew full well who Jesus was claiming to be, all one
needs to do to prove this is to read the verses above out of John and believe
them. The Jews sought to kill him because Jesus considered himself equal with
God!
Phil.2 [5] Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus: [6]
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal
with God: [7] But made
himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was
made in the likeness of men: [8]
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Now isn’t this wonderful, because our
Apostle Paul was given these words by the Lord Jesus for our understanding and
confirms that Jesus didn’t consider it robbery for him to be equal with God.
Now the only way Jesus could have been equal with God, was to be God himself!
The Bible is an easy book to
understand when you just read, believe it, not try and make it say things
it doesn't say.
As far as spiritual discernment, when you
know where to get your doctrine from, you will no longer be a confused
Christian, or an easy target by the sleight of men to deceive you.
Romans 10 [8] But what saith it? The word is nigh
thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we
preach; [9] That if thou shalt confess
with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God
hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [10] For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
The words of our Apostle Paul, the Apostle
to the Gentiles!
2Tim.2 [15] Study to shew thyself
approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth.
Come join with us as we study God’s Holy Word!
Remember most unsound Bible Doctrine, is
sound Bible Doctrine misapplied to the wrong time period, or
wrong group of people.
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