The word “dispensation” appears four times in the inspired Holy Bible. A “dispensation” may be defined as “stewardship, administration, oversight, or management of another's property.” For example: In 1st Corinthians 9:16 the Apostle Paul said, “๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ.” Paul is simply saying that God entrusted him with stewardship of the Gospel.
There is nothing in the four Scripture passages in which the word “dispensation” appears, that justifies the Dispensational system invented by John Nelson Darby (1800-1882), the leader of the Plymouth Brethren, which makes SEVEN DIVISIONS of the Word of God. Dispensationalism is a manmade doctrine!
I encourage you to read the helpful book by Phillip Mauro (1859-1952) titled, "The Gospel Of The Kingdom," particularly chapter 3, "The Law And The Gospel."
As Dr. Mauro rightly explains (a rebuttal of C.I. Scofield's Dispensational teachings), God has already made TWO great divisions to His inspired Word of OLD and NEW Testaments; or respectively, LAW and THE GOSPEL. The emphasis is upon preaching the Gospel to win the lost.
Whereas in manmade Dispensationalism, SEVEN divisions are made to God's Word, so that the emphasis is switched from the Gospel to the future Kingdom of Israel instead. For these reasons I reject Dispensational teaching and I encourage you to do the same. We don't need the help of crafty men to tell us how to study God's Word. God said what He meant, and He meant what He said. I am leery of theology, because much of it is not based on the Scriptures.
I encourage you to read the helpful book by Phillip Mauro (1859-1952) titled, "The Gospel Of The Kingdom," particularly chapter 3, "The Law And The Gospel."
As Dr. Mauro rightly explains (a rebuttal of C.I. Scofield's Dispensational teachings), God has already made TWO great divisions to His inspired Word of OLD and NEW Testaments; or respectively, LAW and THE GOSPEL. The emphasis is upon preaching the Gospel to win the lost.
Whereas in manmade Dispensationalism, SEVEN divisions are made to God's Word, so that the emphasis is switched from the Gospel to the future Kingdom of Israel instead. For these reasons I reject Dispensational teaching and I encourage you to do the same. We don't need the help of crafty men to tell us how to study God's Word. God said what He meant, and He meant what He said. I am leery of theology, because much of it is not based on the Scriptures.
John exhorts all men in John 5:36, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” The dear Lord didn't command us to go buy a bunch of theology books, learn Dispensationalism, attend a theological seminary (cemetery); but rather, Jesus simply told us to SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES!!!
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