17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. ___ (The following is based on Richard Seymour’s, ‘Systematic Theology’.) The lesson numbers below refer to the lessons on the www.kingswaybaptist.co.za website. ___ I. VARIOUS FOR THE BIBLE A. Oracles of God (See Lesson 001) “Oracle”, Greek ‘logia’ means an utterance (Strong’s Hebrew and Greek dictionaries). The oracles of God are the utterances of God. B.-D. Scripture, The Scriptures & The Holy Scriptures (See Lesson 002) “Scripture”, Greek ‘graphe’ means ‘a writing, thing written’. ‘The ‘Scripture’, used either to denote the book itself, or its contents. A certain portion or section of the Holy Scripture.’ (Strong’s Hebrew and Greek dictionaries). E. The Law And The Prophets Before the Holy Spirit brought The Church into existent, and then gave The Church the New Testament of our Bibles, God’s children then – Israel, used like, “the law and the prophets” to refer to God’s Word. Meaning the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets. Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
(The following is based on Richard Seymour’s, ‘Systematic Theology’.) The lesson numbers below refer to the lessons on the www.kingswaybaptist.co.za website. ___ I. VARIOUS NAMES FOR THE BIBLE A. Oracles of God (See Lesson 001) “Oracle”, Greek ‘logia’ means an utterance (Strong’s Hebrew and Greek dictionaries). The oracles of God are the utterances of God. B.-D. Scripture, The Scriptures & The Holy Scriptures (See Lesson 002) “Scripture”, Greek ‘graphe’ means ‘a writing, thing written’. ‘The ‘Scripture’, used either to denote the book itself, or its contents. A certain portion or section of the Holy Scripture.’ (Strong’s Hebrew and Greek dictionaries). E. The Law And The Prophets (See Lesson 003) Before the Holy Spirit brought The Church into existent, and then gave The Church the New Testament of our Bibles, God’s children then – Israel, used terms like, “the law and the prophets” to refer to God’s Word. Meaning the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets. F. Old Testament (See Lesson 003) The “old testament” means the ‘old covenant’ (agreement, contract) which the Lord had with Israel, before He gave His ‘new covenant’, with the Church, since the Day of Pentecost as recorded in Acts 2.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. ___ (The following is on Richard Seymour’s, ‘Systematic Theology’.) The lesson numbers below refer to the lessons on the www.kingswaybaptist.co.za website. ___ I. VARIOUS NAMES FOR THE BIBLE A-G. Oracles of God, Scripture, The Scriptures & The Holy Scriptures, The Law And The Prophets, Old Testament, New Testament (See Lessons 001) H. The Word Of God i. God’s Spoken (See Lesson 004) ii. God’s Written Words (See Lesson 004 Continued…) The written Scriptures are also referred to as the, “word of God”. This term is very important teaching that the Scriptures ARE from the Lord. That they are just as authoritive, and just as true, as the Lord’s actual spoken words. In John 10:25 “the word of God” and “scripture” are spoken of as one and the same thing…
(The following is based on Richard Seymour’s, ‘Systematic Theology’.) The lesson numbers below refer to the lessons on the www.kingswaybaptist.co.za website. ___ VII. INTERPRETATION The Bible is To Be Interpreted Literally (See Lesson 021) Figurative Passages (See Lesson 022) Allegorical Interpretation (See Lesson 023) The Bible Must Also Be Interpreted Dispensationally (See Lesson 024 Continued…) (Based on C.I. Schofield's Dispensational study …) i. Definition A dispensation is a period of time during which God deals in a particular way with man in respect to sin and to man’s responsibility. The importance of dispensations is appreciated when one realizes that not all of mankind, before the Church, has had the same responsibility before God. Therefore we must read the Bible understanding which parts were written for those in the past only, with regards to their responsibilities to God, and to be able to study with the understanding of what is applicable to us in the Church age (And what is applicable to me NOW in the latter days.). The Scriptures divide time into seven dispensations of unequal length. ‘Time,’ as used here, is the whole period from the creation of Adam to “a new heaven and a new earth.” (Revelation. 21). Five of