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Evening School of the Bible
Dispensations and Ages
Household rule of the Dispensation:
Knowing good and evil, man is to do good and rule over sin, Genesis 4:7
No law is given
Steward of the Dispensation is Cain
Instructed by God to rule his sin nature, Genesis 4:7
Evening School of the Bible
The First Dispensation
In the Garden of Eden
Household rule of the Dispensation
Do not eat from the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, Genesis 2:17
Only one law
Penalty for breaking the law was dying
Spiritual Death (Separation from God), Romans 5:15
Physical Death (Soul and Spirit separated from the body), Romans 5:12-14
Other instructions involving daily activity but not conduct
Tend to the garden, Genesis 2:15
Multiply and fill the earth, Genesis 1:28
Rule over all animals and sea life, Genesis 1:28
Diet consist of herbs and fruit, Genesis 1:29
The first dispensation begins when God creates mankind and places him in a garden in Eden, Genesis 2:8. Its title comes from the characteristics of the dispensation. Humans are in a state of being innocent, not knowing good (that which is beneficial) or evil (that which causes calamity).
Adam is given instruction by God concerning the standard by which he and those of the household are to live.
And Yahweh Elohim commanded unto Adam saying, “From every tree of the garden eating you will eat, but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil do not eat from it because in the day you eat from it dying you will die.”, Genesis 2:17
Adam chose to knowingly disobey God by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat and that it was desirable to the eyes, and a tree of delight to make wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate and she gave also to the man with her and he ate, Genesis 3:6
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was thoroughly deceived having come to be in a transgression, 1 Timothy 2:14
The Law of The Christ – Download paper in PDF.
Caring for Members of the Body
Pastor Luther Walker
In the book of Galatians[1] Paul states that the bearing of another person’s weight[2] is filling up again the law of the Christ; yet, in Romans he writes that a Christian is not under any quality of law[3]. How do we reconcile passages of Scripture that seem to contradict each other? What does Scripture mean when it states a Christian is not under any quality of law, yet then indicates there is a law of the Christ and a law of the Spirit? Is a Christian under law or not? Ultimately this leads to the underlying question, “As a Christian, what are the guidelines for my life?” To better understand the rules of our household[4], that is to say God’s expectation for how the saved are to live their life today, we can examine how the word “law” is used in Scripture along with its normal meaning and use in everyday life so we know the difference between being under the Mosaic Law or any quality of law and filing up again the Law of the Christ by loving another saint while fulfilling the law the Spirit of life by our walk.
Since we are in the Dispensation of Grace, not the Dispensation of Law, the standard for our household is different. Scripture is very clear on the fact that a Christian is not under the Mosaic Law or any quality of law[5]; however, there is still a standard by which those who are a […]
The Dispensation of Law – The Fifth Dispensation
The nation Israel was a miraculously delivered segment of mankind living under law, with fresh memories of God’s gracious dealings with the nation under promise.
Responsibilities:
The nation of Israel was to live under the bondage of law in a righteous manner so that the surrounding nations would know that Israel has a peculiar relationship to a unique God – Jehovah.
Test:
Being selected by God would Israel, as a representative for all nations order their lives so as to, be a holy nation before God.