From the day that the first page of The Berean Expositor was written to the present

moment, the outstanding feature of its witness, to the glory of God and the building up of

the One Body, has been the setting forth of what is termed Dispensational Truth, the

principles and the results of putting into effect II Tim. 2: 15. An endeavour has been

made to emphasize the supreme importance of distinguishing between the truths that

pertain to one dispensation from those of another. Many and precious things have been

discerned in the light of II Tim. 2: 15, as those who have tasted of the riches of grace in

the Epistles given through Paul the prisoner of the Lord can testify.

It is becoming evident, however, that the time has come for another step to be taken in

the direction of rightly dividing the Word. We must go on from Ephesians to Philippians.

We know "the dispensation of the grace of God" which was given to Paul with a view to

the Gentiles. That we learn from Ephesians. We must now give heed to the necessity

indicated in Phil. 1: 10 (margin), we must seek the abounding love that gives the

knowledge and discernment that tries "the things that differ." Unless we take this step,

much confusion will never be dispelled. So much of current belief is based upon the

assumption that certain parallel lines of truth are synonymous. Clear understanding is

impossible unless we definitely "try the things that differ." This principle applies not

only to dispensational distinctions, but to those doctrines that belong to all or most

dispensations. The doctrine of Sin, for example, belongs to every dispensation since the

fall of Adam until the New Heavens and New Earth. There are differences with regard to

this one doctrine, the discernment of which is vital to our understanding.

Just as the Word of God, inspired and authoritative from one end to the other, presents

successive revelations and an ever widening horizon, so the God of the Word, the same

unchanging One, is revealed under a variety of titles, titles that mean something, and are

not merely empty appendages. In one dispensation one attribute is prominent, in another

dispensation quite a different aspect of God's character is presented.  Under one

dispensation He reveals Himself by a cluster of glorious titles, under another He reveals

Himself by but one. It is very important, when considering the teaching of any portion of

Scripture, that we give due regard to the title under which God is for the time regarded.

Is He acting as JEHOVAH? Is He revealed as ELOHIM, or EL-SHADDAI? Is He the

"God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob," "the Lord of Hosts," or "the God and Father of our

Lord Jesus Christ"? The revelation of the Father by the Son takes us a long way in

advance of O.T. revelations. The Son Himself also is revealed under a variety of titles,

involving distinct and distinguishable characteristics. As Son of Man, Son of David, or

Son of God, His actions and relations vary. Truth connected with the Saviour as Head of

the Body the Church may be foreign to the teaching pertaining to the same Lord as King

of Israel. Even the titles JESUS CHRIST, CHRIST JESUS, and JESUS are used with

accuracy and inspired selection. No one could justly charge us with preaching "another