799 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 3 Book 67 - But God! (Gave the Increase) - Part 3

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK 67 BUT GOD! (Gave the Increase) – Part 3 I Corinthians 3:7 and Other Pertinent Scriptures Okay, again, for those of you that may be tuning in for the first time, we are a simple Bible study. I always call it a glorified Sunday School Class. All we want to do is teach the Word in such a way that anybody can understand it and read it. Again, we’re going to put our little quote from a theologian back in the 1500’s on the screen, because this is the best instruction for Bible study that I’ve ever seen in one statement. It’s really what dispensationalists are all about. We separate who’s talking to whom and what are the circumstances. Well, I guess I can read it from here. “It shall greatly help you to understand Scripture if you mark not only what is spoken or written, but ask of whom and to whom, with what words or at what time, where, to what intent, with what circumstances, considering what goes before and what comes after.” Now, that’s the best creed for Bible study that I have ever come across. Always stop and ask, what is the circumstance, who is writing, who’s he writing to? That’ll just make all the difference in the world. You know, I’ve done this a long time ago. Let’s see, how do you put it? Pilots will say they “fly by the seat of their pants,” that is without any particular, prescribed plan. Well, that’s the way I teach. Now, I didn’t intend to do this, but I’m going to give you a good example of what this is talking about. Come back with me to Leviticus. We did this years and years ago. Back to the book of Leviticus, the book of Law, and if people would consider the statement we just put on the screen, they would understand that a portion like Leviticus chapter 5 is certainly not for us to practice. Yet every once in a while, I’ll get a letter or a phone caller who says, “Les, you’re always emphasizing Paul. I don’t just stay with Paul. I use the whole Bible.” “Oh, you do?” I’ll ask. They’ll say, “Well, absolutely. If the Bible says it, then that’s what I do.” Then you’re in trouble already, because you just can’t do that. And this is a good example. This is what I use, Leviticus chapter 5. If someone pulls it on you – says, well, I don’t just go by what Paul says, I go by what the whole Bible says. Then say, oh, you do, well, let’s just go back and see if you can do this. Leviticus 5 starting at verse 1. Leviticus 5:1-2 “And if a soul sin, (That, of course, is obvious. We all do, and they did, and remember, this is to Israel.) and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. (He’s sinned, and he’d better recognize it.) 2. Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, (Now, that wasn’t too hard back in Israel’s economy, because only seven species were clean animals, the rest were unclean.) whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.” He’s guilty of a sin. Oh, not a moral sin, he hasn’t committed adultery. He hasn’t done anything that gross. But he’s touched something that’s unclean. So, he’s got a sin that has to be dealt with. All right, now let’s jump on down and see what this man has to do. Leviticus 5:5-6 “And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, (Either he’s said something blasphemous, or he’s touched a dead carcass.) that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: (Can he stop there? No, go on to the next verse.) 6. And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, (Here’s what he has to do.) a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.” Goodness sakes, can anybody do that today? Can you? Well, in the first place, most of you couldn’t find a lamb or a goat if you tried. Secondly, if you were fortunate enough to have a herd in your community, you still couldn’t find a priest. If you found somebody who was willing to say, well, I can be a priest, he hasn’t got a Temple. So, how in the world can people say, “Well, I do everything that the Bible says.” You can’t. It is the same way in Christ’s earthly ministry. He demanded things that you and I could not fulfill today, because we’re not under those set of circumstances. So, this becomes the common sense approach to Scripture. Is it written to us? Is it for us to practice? If it’s to Israel, then the answer is no. But, when Paul comes on the scene and says, “I am the Apostle of the Gentiles,” #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible