“Stewards of the Mysteries of God”
“Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.” Mark 13:31
The LORD promised to preserve His written Word to every generation and I trust that He did exactly what He said He would do (Psalms 12:6-7). I take Him at His blessed Word. Bible “correctors” are full of pride and arrogance. They are self-deceived, delusional, and heretics to be “rejected” (Titus 3:9-11). God will judge them eternally for taking away from His Word (Revelation 22:18-19). They foolishly pretend to be wiser than the Almighty in picking and choosing, according to their own sinful liking, what they believe is and is not divinely inspired from the Bible. What nonsense! “Let God be true and EVERY man a liar” (Romans 3:4).
“The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.” Psalms 12:6-7
One must believe that God gave us His Word in the 66 glorious books of the canon of the Holy Bible to be a Christian. Otherwise, there is no basis for truth. God did keep His promise to “preserve” His Word to every “generation,” including ours, this last “generation.”
Prophesied and Defined Apostasy
“I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.” 2 Timothy 4:1-5
Corrupting God’s truth in order to fulfill sinful lusts is as old as mankind. Divine and eternal judgment will be the result if the individual refuses to repent and return to the LORD.
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! … 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 25 Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.” Isaiah 5:20-25
“Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. … 5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” Hosea 4:1-6
“Many” are Corrupting God’s Word
To do anything with God’s Word except read, learn, and dispense it is to corrupt or pervert it.
We are warned of many who would pervert or “corrupt” the word of God in this last hour.
“For we are not as many, which corrupt (pervert, twist) the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.” 2 Corinthians 2:17
“Pillar and Ground of the Truth”
“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar (support) and ground of the truth.” 1 Timothy 3:15
The body of Christ is the housing or pillar and the sole entity in the earth given to steward and dispense the Holy Word to the body and to the lost.
“Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.” 1 Corinthians 4:1-2
We, the “stewards of the mysteries of God,” are “required” to be “found faithful.” The word “stewards” in 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 means fiscal agent or treasurer. The true remnant body of Christ is known by their custodial duty and diligence to keep, to dispense, to preserve, to walk in, to earnestly defend, to teach, to diligently contend for the faith once delivered to the saints, documented in the Holy Scriptures of the Holy Bible (Philippians 1:17; Jude 3-4).
All deceit and mishandling of the Word of God must be denounced.
“Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.” 2 Corinthians 4:1-2
The great apostle of Jesus then tells Timothy his understudy that it has been “the holy scriptures” which have and will continue to “make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
“And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 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, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” 2 Timothy 3:15-17
“The Doctrine of Christ”
The Holy Scriptures are given to us by the Holy Spirit in order to reveal the living Word, Jesus Christ. The “holy scriptures” exclusively establish in us “the doctrine of Christ” without which we cannot be saved if we do not continue in “the doctrine of Christ” given us in the written Word. By the divine inspiration of the Holy Ghost, the apostle John warns us of the “many deceivers” who would come and seek to move us off of “the doctrine of Christ” given to us in God’s precious Precepts.
“For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” 2 John 7-11
The primary way God leads His New Testament saints is by His Word. He told us that His written Word “is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16). The LORD has chosen to lead and guide His New Testament church/saints primarily by His written Word which is given by His Holy Ghost and is His “more sure word.” (2 Peter 1:19-21). Walking in the Word and in the Spirit are fully congruent. There is no separation because they are fully divine and of divine origin and therefore cannot contradict. Those who want to move you off the Word under the guise of being led of the Spirit, are beguilers.
Some want to boast that they are led of the Spirit and hear God’s voice. All God’s children hear His voice and are led of Him (John 10; Romans 8:14, etc.). The LORD leads His people primarily through His written Word (Psalms 119:105) and also by His Spirit who gave us His written Word and will never contradict it (Psalms 89:34; 119:89; Malachi 3:6; Mark 13:31, etc.).
Discernment requires that we be wise and reason according to the Holy Scriptures which are able to make us wise unto final salvation (2 Timothy 3:15-17). Beware of those who speak of being “led by the Spirit” and yet speak little of the Holy Scriptures which were given to us by the Holy Spirit to protect us from being deceived. What did God give us to be “a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path”? – The written Word (Psalms 119:105).
When they heard and discerned the apostle Paul, the “more noble” disciples at Berea, didn’t say “well let’s just be led by the Spirit to discern if Paul is telling the truth.” No! They “searched the scriptures (written Word) daily, whether those things were so”(Acts 17:11).
There is clearly a “conspiracy” among most who pose as Christian leaders today – a “conspiracy” against the LORD. This is seen in their brazen perversion of His Word.
—-BEWARE of the many false prophets on the internet who come across with so-called prophetic utterances and words that are not Holy Scripture and may appear to be according to Scripture and yet, aren’t perfectly aligned. WHY not stick with that which we know to be of divine origin and utterance? Every true disciple hearkens to the full-counsel of God’s written Word which contains all that man needs for everything that “pertain(s) to life and godliness” (2 Peter 1:3-4; John 8:47; Isaiah 8:16, 20). The written Word is God’s revelation to mankind …. period…. no need for modern prophecies that supposedly supersede God’s Word such as some espouse. The truth is, that “ALL things that pertain to life and godliness” are found in our LORD’s “exceeding great and precious promises” (2 Peter 1:3-4; 19-21). The LORD told us that “the thoughts of his heart” have been given to us in His written “counsel” (Psalms 33:11). The primary way God leads His New Testament church/people is by His Word and His Spirit (2 Timothy 3:16-17). The LORD told us that His written Word is “the MORE SURE word of prophecy” (2 Peter 1:12-21).
Question Received:
“Hi. I need to ask you a simple question, do you believe in the scriptural doctrine of speaking in tongues, the gifts such as prophecy, healing, miracles, casting out demons as outlined in 1 Cor.12, the 5 fold ministry outlined in Ephesians 4:11? Thanks,” Christopher
Response:
YES! Yet, “the MORE SURE word of prophecy” takes authority over all which must be judged against that holy Standard — see 2 Peter 1:12-21 and Acts 17:11. The gifts of the Holy Spirit are still in full force but they don’t take precedence over the written Word and must be judged against the written Word …. memorize Acts 17:11.
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