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Lord Jesus Christ after His Ascension to glory. Since Paul
was sent by the Lord Jesus Christ, we are obligated to
receive his teaching.
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having
received the word in much affliction, with joy of the
Holy Ghost: (1Thessalonians 1:6)

When we recognize Paul's writings and follow them,
we are then following the Lord by following Paul. Since
the Lord Jesus Christ gave Paul new information
previously unknown, the only way to follow the Lord today
is according to the new information given to Paul.

35. How can dispensationalism be true since it was not
invented until the late 1800's?

One criticism of dispensationalism is the assertion that
it is a relatively new way of interpreting the Bible. Some
critics suggest that it did not exist until it was "invented" in
the late 1800's and early 1900's by Scofield, Larkin, Darby
and others.

Dispensationalism, however, is not a novel invention
but instead a recognition of the truths that the Bible has
always contained. Dispensationalism was not invented; it
was rediscovered by believing exactly what the Bible says
in the particular context in which it speaks.

For the moment, let us assume that dispensationalism
was not discovered until just recently. What would that
imply?

During the Dark Ages, the gospel of salvation by grace
through faith apart from works was unknown in the

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