Our blog will share 30 different Bible Contrasts that show distinctions that matter when studying God’s Word. It is important to understand this perspective or we may get confused.
We see a number of dissimilar wordings within God’s Word. Some have seen them as contradictions in the Bible. We prefer the term “contrasts.” The main reason for these differences is that God is setting forth two separate programs (intimated even in Genesis 1:1). The first deals with the earth and Israel. The other concerns the heavens and Christ’s Body Church. It was given to the Apostle Paul to lay out these differences. He is God’s “apostle of the Gentiles” (Rom. 11:13).
So then we must recognize such Bible divisions if we’d truly understand God’s Word and be approved by Him (II Tim. 2:15). Then we must follow the last directives given by God through Paul as “the commandments of the Lord” for this present time (I Cor. 14:37).
Today is Part #22:
MOST ARE WRONG in religious matters. In Noah’s day God saw that “all flesh had corrupted His way upon the earth” so “the flood…destroyed them all” (Gen. 6:12; Luke 17:27). In Moses’ time “all the children of Israel murmured against” God’s appointed leaders (Num. 14:2). Jesus Christ warned religious people, “broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat” (Matt. 7:13). “All the chief priests and elders…took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death” (Matt. 27:1,20,25). And “all they which are in Asia be turned away from” Paul (II Tim. 1:15).
FEW ARE RIGHT on religious issues. “In the days of Noah,…few, that is, eight souls were saved…” (I Pet. 3:20). God told “Moses alone” to “come near the Lord” (Ex. 24:2; Num. 12:2-8). Christ told His disciples, “narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it” (Matt. 7:14). He added, “many are called, but few are chosen” (Matt. 22:14). The Apostle Paul said, “all men forsook me” but he had “kept the faith” and would receive “a crown” (II Tim. 4:7,8,16).
For more information and understanding, we recommend doing the PMA “Understanding your Bible” our 8 part lesson series available for free download at Free Bible Correspondence – Prison Mission Association
(These points come from Pastor David Adams, booklet, Bible Contrasts used by permission)