1. Rightly Dividing The Word of Truth

2. Getting To The Truth Sometimes Differences In Understanding Arise Between Reasonable, Sincere People. We Should Seek The Truth: – The Bible Affirms The Correspondence View of Absolute Truth. – The Bible Rejects The Relativistic View. We Should Seek To Be of One Mind: – 1 Corinthians 1:10, Romans 14:1-8 We Should Remember God Is Absolutely True – Romans 3:4

3. Accurately Handling God’s Word Requires Prioritizing Jesus Over Tradition. – Mt. Gerazim: Deuteronomy 11:29, John 4:20 Requires Understanding Figurative & Literal Language. – “Elijah” Malachi 4:5, Matthew 11:14 Requires Keeping Scripture In Context. – Matthew 4:6, 2 Peter 3:16-17, Galatians 3:24-27 Requires Attention To Detail. – John 21:18-22

4. Getting To The Truth “One who is determined to know and to do the will of God will struggle with those “hard to understand” passages until he finds, not a plausible interpretation, not even a defensible interpretation but the ONE correct interpretation – what is in “the mind of the Lord.” Sewell Hall, Hallmarks pg. 128

5. Rightly Dividing The Word of Truth