Scofield or the Scriptures

Description: LibertyBellPublications.com presents ... Scofield or the Scriptures Author:Sisco, Paul E. Publisher:CPA Book Publisher Release Date: Seller Category:-- Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Excellent Sku: 991159 Notes: Unread and unopened! 68pp. Stapled format.PREFACE:I was an ardent dispensationalist. Since I was twenty years of age I read and studied the Scofield Reference Bible, books, pamphlets and tracts which taught this new system of Bible interpretation. My one desire after I came to Christ was to understand the Word of God and to teach others what I had learned. I took advantage of every opportunity to hear many teachers, preachers and lecturers who proclaimed the so-called dispensational premillennial approach for proper study and understanding of the Bible. Fifteen years of my life were devoted to preaching and teaching the Word of God. Obviously, I taught as I was taught. I expounded to others the "distinctive" teachings of dispensa-tionalism.But there came a time of retrospect in my life as I knew there would come a time of reckoning with God. The words of James, "My brethren, be not many masters (teachers), knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation" were not to be taken lightly. As I examined my past I wondered and questioned whether my doctrines were true to the Bible. Had I taken dispensational teachings "for granted" because certain popular and well-known preachers and teachers taught me? Surely, THEY ought to know! But why did not men of God in the past who wrote church history, commentaries, theological textbooks, concordances and sermons, teach the same? Surely they were scholars and should have known! But how strange it was that they failed to possess and teach the"light" of dispensationalism!They did not even mention a restored Jewish political state or a thousand -year reign of Christ on David's literal throne in a natural and material kingdom. They seemed to be absolutely unaware of a so-called kingdom postponement, a future national Jewish restoration, a transitional or parenthetical period, three Gospels, two or three future resur-rections, three future judgments and many other interrelated doctrines.Possibly they were just old-fashioned, and though they were in earnest and sincere, the "light" of dispensationalism had not dawned upon them and they knew not how to "rightly divide the word of truth."This reasoning, however, did not satisfy my mind and heart nor clear my conscience. As I read and studied the Bible I became confused and convicted of gross misinterpretations of many truths that a child could understand. I condemned the liberalism and modernism of my day but I now contend that I was a victim of a more subtle form of modernism though I claimed to be a fundamentalist. I believed the Bible from"cover to cover" but I divided it to the extent that certain parts, which belonged to the church of Jesus Christ, were applied to Israel during our Lord's first advent and to the so-called future Israelitish restoration period. Even some parts of Acts belonged to the "transitional per-iod" and were not ours by direct reference or application. Only the portions which could be applied to the "church parenthetical period" had direct reference to us. Of course I could hide behind the popular saying Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!

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