15LHCD10-2 - Howard Pittman - RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD OF TRUTH - The purpose of Pittman’s message is to rightly divide the word of truth concerning some perceived conflicts in the Bible. What is important to God is what is in our heart, the context of what we really believe, our real intention. When an imperfect man tries to reflect a perfect law, he has to deal with conflicts. There is a difference between the letter and the spirit of the law. The letter kills but the spirit brings life. The law was not to be man’s executioner, but his friend and his guide. We need the life-giving spirit of the Rhema word to operate in conjunction with the Logos of God, the letter of the law. Rhema means a specific spoken word. Everything was created with the Rhema word. This is the only way for a miracle to occur. The Rhema word does not violate Logos, it simply sets it on the side. Logos means the natural law, the driver and conductor of time and has no provision for a miracle. For example, every child of God is created by the specific spoken Rhema word of God when we come through the fountain of Jesus’ blood and become born again. God set in place the principle of toleration to deal with man’s failures in relationship to His perfect law. The Holy Spirit will lead us to all truth.