The speaker said he was happy to share the platform with men of God who understand the word of God rightly divided and are not ashamed to preach it. He presented a ‘generic’ message, which was okay, except for the expected remarks about right division peppered through it. It was classic ‘mid-Acts’ preaching, using mostly all PAUL’s writings, but selecting other scriptures to use or disregard at will.
He used Adam (Gen 2:9,15) and Cain (Gen 4:1) and Able (Heb 11:4) for examples.
He read
Psa 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
.... and commented, “Only what’s done for Christ will last.” I agree with that, but are ‘mid-Acts-ers’ allowed to go ‘outside of Paul’ for application? They preach that you can’t, but then they do, when they want to!
The speaker quoted James for “life is a vapour”:
James 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Then later, he read but dismissed this next verse in James, saying that it “doesn’t work today”, because James was written to the 12 tribes (James 1:1):
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
He took one verse and rejected another from the same epistle. Then he asked, “Where’s your wisdom at?” He said we needed to be obedient to the body of information that’s written to us today, which ‘mid-Acts-dispensationalists’ believe is only in the epistles of Paul, regardless that PAUL wrote:
2 Tim 3:16-17 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.
This is David Dowell, saying, “Think about it!”
