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Ultra-Dispensationalism - H.A. IronsidePage 52 of 54distinctions between clean and unclean meats, and holy and common days, and he wouldhave Gentile believers respect even the legal feeling of their Jewish brethren in thesematters. The enlightened Christian of course in a very real sense esteems every day alike,that is, every day is devoted to the glory of God, but this does not mean that he fails todifferentiate between days on which he participates in the ordinary activities of the world,and the first day of the week, which is largely set aside for spiritual exercises. We haveknown men to glory in their liberty, as they called it, who could take part in Christianservice on Lord's Day morning and spend the afternoon golfing, or in some other moreworldly way, and this on pretence of a higher spirituality than that of those who aresupposed to be legal, because they use the hours of the entire day either for their ownspiritual upbuilding or for the blessing of others.It is strange that many, who insist that there are no ordinances or commandmentsconnected with the dispensation of pure grace, should take up collections in their servicesand urge people to give as unto the Lord to support their ministry. logically, they shouldtell people that giving is legal and belongs to the old dispensation, but has no place in thepresent age, when we simply receive but give nothing in return! The passage alreadyreferred to in 1 Corinthians 11 makes it clear that though the apostle Paul did not receivehis instruction concerning the observance of the Lord's Supper from the twelve, it wasgiven to him by special revelation from heaven, thus indicating what an important place ithas in this age. Surely one is guilty of gross perversion of Scripture who dares to teachthat since Paul's imprisonment, the Lord's Supper should no longer be observed, whenthe Holy Ghost has said, "As often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show theLord's death till He come."The most sacred hours that many of us have ever known have been those spent withfellow-believers seated at the table of the Lord, recognizing in the broken bread andpoured-out wine, the memorials of our Saviour's death, and thus in a new way enteringinto and appropriating the reality of which the symbols speak. We may be thought legal,because we refuse to surrender such precious privileges at the behest of some of our selfstyledexpositors of pure grace, but we remember "that the grace of God salvationbringing for all men, hath appeared, teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldlylusts, we should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world, looking for thatfile://C:\MYtemp3\Wrongly_dividing.htm2/12/06
Ultra-Dispensationalism - H.A. IronsidePage 53 of 54blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ,"and until He come, by His grace, to remember Him in the way of His own appointment.Concluding RemarksIN closing this review of the system of teaching which we have had before us, I do notthink it necessary to go into the questions at any length of Soul-sleeping and Annihilation(conditional immortality), or the opposite view of the final restoration of Universalism.As already mentioned, the followers of the late Dr. E. W. Bullinger have largely taken upwith the first type of teaching in Great Britain; whereas in America many of them havesupported Universalist views. But these heretical teachings have been so ably answeredon many different occasions by other writers, that it would seem like a work ofsupererogation to go into them now. I only mention them, in fact, as a warning to thosewho are dabbling with this system, for that which looks so innocent in the beginning oftenends up in complete departure from "the faith once delivered to the saints."One who was a leading advocate of Bullingerism on the west coast for many years, hasput out literature recently which denies the Eternal Sonship of the Lord Jesus Christ, thetrue personality of the Holy Spirit, and many other important truths. In order to supporthis restoration system, he has put out a private translation of the New Testament which,by his disciples, is generally accepted as absolute authority. Making no pretence toscholarship myself, but simply seeking to be a reverent student of the English Bible withwhatever help I have been enabled to glean throughout more than forty years of studyingthe Word, I hesitated to pronounce upon many of the peculiar translations in this newNew Testament, but several years ago it was my privilege to spend some time in companywith the late Dr. A. T. Robertson, undoubtedly the foremost Greek scholar in America,and possibly without a peer elsewhere. I asked him if he had ever examined the Versionin question. With a look of disgust, he said, "I certainly did. The editor had theimpertinence to send me a copy, and asked me to commend his ignorance to others."I said, "Doctor, would you give me in a few words your real estimate of this work, andgive me the privilege of quoting you as occasion may arise?"file://C:\MYtemp3\Wrongly_dividing.htm2/12/06
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