Power for Abundant Living

The Rightly-divided WordPrecious in the sight of the Lord is the death ofhis saints.We say, "It is precious, it is good, in the sight ofthe Lord that he is dead." Talk about wrongly dividingThe Word! It is not good in the sight of the Lordthat Herman died or that John died or that Mary diedbecause they cannot help God any after they aredead. The only time they could help God is when theywere alive. The word "precious" in the text is"costly."We speak of a diamond as a precious stone becauseit is costly and rare. The more costly it is, the moreprecious it is. This is what is meant by "precious inthe sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." Itdoes not cost God anything when an unbeliever or aGod-rejector dies. They have not done anything forGod anyway. But if a believer died, it would be costlyto God. That is why the Psalmist said, "Costly in thesight of the Lord is the death of his saints."The Word of God is the true Word only when it isrightly divided. When it is wrongly divided we haveerror at the particular place where it is wronglydivided. To illustrate, if I rightly divide the Word ofTruth on salvation, I will have the true Word on salvation.But if I wrongly divide the Word of Truth onthe subject of the Holy Spirit, then at that place I do123