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Most any Christian recognizes dispensations in God’s Word. The disagreement is about how far to push it. There are others who were even more dispensational than Chafer (like E.W. Bullinger, Charles Welch, et al.).
No kidding. You have that right!
I notice the Baptist Church I attend teachers the lighter messages of God. Few controversial or condemning lifestyle behaviors are heard from the pulpit today. Lots of practical messages are offered weekly. Which are good in their own way but I consider them to fall short of effective preaching of the Word ala Spurgeon and the like.
Number two is wrong: a dispensationalist is one who rightly divides the word of truth. When this is done one knows he has no promise of any land on this earth nor are we in any covenant.
Number three: a dispensationalist does not observe any days,weeks,months,or years. No sabaths for us today
2Tim 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
In regards to #3, worshiping on a particular day of the week.
Col 2:16-23
(16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
(17) Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
(18) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshiping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
(19) And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
(22) Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
(23) Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honor to the satisfying of the flesh.
(1) Any person is a dispensationalist who trusts the blood of Christ rather than bringing an animal sacrifice.
You might be a dispensationalist if....15)you think animal sacrifices are coming back, and this is a good thing.
any person is a dispensationalist who observes the first day of the week rather than the seventh.
I know it's futile to say it, but read Vos, read Kline. Then we'll talk.
bkmk
Just yesterday I had the opportunity to chat with a recent grad of Dallas Theological Seminary. He reports that Dispensationalism, while still alive at DTS is waning. There is a new group of “progressives” that admit that much of the detail of Dispensationalism has been “proven wrong” (his words). About all that is left is a belief that Israel will somehow play a role in the Second Coming. When I asked him what is being said about 1948 (establishment of the modern state of Israel), he said that even that is no longer sacrosanct. The young man does not know what to think about eschatology and is even giving some aspects or Preterism a look.