[chette777]

Stephanos,

Doctrines are very serious things. Repentence is one of them. Salvation another. the Gospel yet another.

Rightly dividiing is the only way God can help you learn his word. it is only a method of study that God himself has instituted and comanded.

Most, even you, do divide scriptures. Just not rightly. the key is Righly! how is one to learn to rightly divide. Literal interpretation in the context. seeking to answer these basic questions who, what,where when and why. who is the text speaking too, why is it being said, who is speaking, where is it spoken, when was it spoken and why is it spoken. and after that answer How. how can this be applied to my life. if in fact it is something that can be today. not all learning is doctrine most is just simple instruction in righteousness.

remember you are dealing with 66 books that has at least five different types of Literature: Naratives, Historical,wisdom/Poetry, Prophecy, Epistles/Instructional, Parables, and Gospels

without setting things into a right division you will blend the Gospels of the NT into one, you will interpret one type of literatutre the same as the rest of them. you will see repentence as a whole without seeing how God has also changed his dealings of that and you'll give it always one pinpoint meaning.

the response in this post of 2tim2:25 and that it supported repentence for salvation is a clear example of not rightly dividing.

I have only been trying to help you learn more on how to righty divide so when the Hebrew name, catholics Diet and others, pentecostal/charasmatic, Jw's and New agers come at you, you will be better equipt than they. You see they are doing the same not rightly dividing while infact saying they beleive the Bible KJV or the others.

they will use the term from their new versions like rightly handle or righlty interpreting the word of God. when in fact they are not. you have trouble because we could all use the same scripture and come up with different doctrines if we don't have a sytem of study.

When you rightly divide you draw out the truth of God's word with applical means for your life. and there can only be one true meaning of the text.

Martin Luther could not reconcile the book of Romans and the book of James. He swore to give his cap (his very diploma) to anyone who could help him. His problem was he did not rightly divide. the same with the calvinist camp . and every cult, religion and alot of Christians.

Sorry to have hurt you. but the fact remians you will be at the whim of these guys, groups and their teaching until you can rightly divide the word Of Truth. If you will learn to rightly divide you will stump them and bring many questions into their minds even about Rightly Dividing the word of Truth.