Notes on J. Vernon McGee's Guidelines #10 from Through the Bible Radio at TTB.org
In this installment which was the tenth, Mr. McGee wandered into dangerous territory when he spoke of some obvious dangers which tend to be completely ignored in Church. Devotion is a dangerous thing. We can get so wrapped up in something that we can no longer even see what it is. How many people read bumper sticker length sayings so often that they no longer know where they're from, what they're about or even what they really say? If I hear "I know the plans I have for you" or "I can do all things" put to mean "I can have anything I want" again, I'm going to scream.
He also spoke of the danger in false doctrines and the value of
commentaries like Dr. G. Campbell Morgan's. He warned us to give credit where credit is due, read everything but then put messages into our own words as one of his professors put it- we should graze on everybody’s pasture but then give your own milk.
Some read The Bible and some do it.
Second Corinthians in the third chapter states that we
are the epistle and we're read of all men. The letter now is written
not on tables of stone but tables of hearts.
Christianity is hurt more today
by church members than any other group. I agree with him there.
In a time when most people knew what The Bible said, there were plenty who didn't follow it, but the whole society spoke the same vocabulary and at least people knew what The Bible said. Rebellion on
the outside of the Church is a reflection of the rebellion against the establishment which is a product of the division inside
us. Church No, Jesus Yes. The world isn’t reading
the Bible now but they are reading us. We’re not a
very attractive advertisement.
The last guideline of the seven is to pass on the teaching one learns to others. Before we start in Genesis tomorrow on The Bible Bus, Dr. McGee went through the ten guidelines series about seven steps. Pray, read, study, read what others have written about it, meditate on it, obey it and share. When you reach a saturation point it’s
because you didn’t pass it on to others.
God won’t let you go further until you teach it. That is how learning is applied. I know how this works. Explaining computers to others has taught me much that I didn't know or care to know until it was time to explain it. If you can explain something to a five year old; you actually know it.
If you can't, you don't.
Genesis One, here we come.
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