Power for Abundant Living

The Rightly-divided WordAn example of people trying to stand approved ofGod is a sadly ridiculous commentary on so-calledChristians. Many years ago when I was doing researchin the archives of the University of Chicago DivinitySchool, I came across a clipping from a newspaper ona denomination which had two factions. The cause ofthe rift was the question whether or not God originallyhad created Adam and Eve with or withoutnavels. Incredible! One group said that Adam and Evedid not have navels while the other faction believedthat God had given both Adam and Eve navels. Theone group built a new church just across the streetfrom the old one and called their new denominationthe First Church of the Navelites. Christians bringdisapproval to themselves when they become sidetrackedon such irrelevant matters.It does not make any difference to God whetherone wears a long dress or a short one; it does notmake any difference to Him whether I wear a tie orwhether I do not. I could teach The Word just aseffectively with a tie as without one. The greatness isnot in what we wear or how we adorn ourselves, butwhether we rightly divide The Word. This Word ofGod is the greatest thing in the whole world andrightly divided it gives us the true Word; it gives efficacy,power, exuberance and the more abundant lifewhich Jesus Christ, made available.125