RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH-- BYRL BROCKMAN

                                RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH

      There is so much misunderstanding of the message of the Bible because

          many do not know the purpose of the Old Testament, writtem by inspired

      men of God.

    A careful consideration concerning the purpose of the law of Moses,

      will help us to a better understanding of the Bible.

   God promised Abraham that all nations would receive a blessing

      through his seed or family. He gave the Old Testament as a law 

  and formed the nation of Israel in order that Christ would come from

     Abraham's family or seed.

  When God's law through Moses served it's purpose, it expired by

     divine limitation. The law was our schoolmaster--tutor to bring

  us to Christ (Gal. 3:24). The world needed to be taught that "God is,

     that He alone is the rightful ruler in the affairs of men, and that

  sin brings ruin upon us, and too, the world needed to be trained

    in the elements of worship. Men needed to be lifted above the

  carnal things of sense and sight to a higher spiritual plane,where

    they might appreciate and take hold of the eternal things of

  faith. "But now that faith is come, ye are no longer under a

   tutor," or a schoolmaster, (Gal. 3:25)

Friend, let the Bible speak to you in it's context. Believe it, and obey it,

and heaven will be your eternal dwelling place.