Full -Mention Principle
The Full
Mention Principle is a portion of Scripture where God speaks His mind on a
certain subject. Other areas of
Scripture will, and can, deal with this same subject, but God sometimes gives
the full mention of a subject in one location of Scripture.
Holy Spirit: Acts
2: In the second chapter of Acts we have the
Full Mention of the Holy Spirit infilling people. The key verses of these three chapters are
2:4. And 2:38-39. Other Scriptures
mentioning the Holy Spirit are found in Isaiah 4:4, 28:11-12, 33:14-15, 44:3;
Zephaniah 3:9; Malachi 3:3; 1 Corinthians, etc.
Before, only selected people received the infilling of the Holy Spirit,
but in Acts 2 we have the mass infilling of thousands of people.
Salvation: Romans 10, 11, 12: These three chapters of the book of
Romans give us the Full Mention of salvation.
The key verse of this subject is 10:9, “That if thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
The plan of salvation is found in Acts 2:38, and the application of that
salvation is found the rest of the book, but salvation is explained in more
detail in these three chapters of Romans.
Christian Service:
Romans 12: The twelfth chapter of the book of Romans
gives us the Full Mention of Christian service.
The key verses of this chapter are 12:4-5, the rest of the chapter
explains it in more detail.
Duties to State and People: Romans
13: Paul tells the Roman Church to be
obedient to the government authorities in all things, and to love people. He
told them this when the government was persecuting them for being Christians.
Judging: Romans 14: Paul tells us to be patient
with each other’s sins and shortcomings and to accept each other. He then tells us to not do anything to make
younger saints fall. This is a big subject and can be found throughout the
Bible, especially in the Gospels, (Luke 6: 34-49). But this chapter puts it all in a nutshell.
Immorality in the Church: 1 Corinthians 5: The city of Corinth was a port city, filled
with sailors and the sinful business that surrounded this industry. Certainly, the church in this city was made
up of repentant drunks, prostitutes and
con men, so Paul spends an entire chapter on this subject.
Family
relations: 1 Corinthians 7: In this chapter Paul writes about
marriage, slavery, the singles and widows.
He deals with all types of family relations which is so important.
Rights
and duties of ministers: 1 Corinthians
9: The Apostle Paul teaches the
church about the rights and duties of Apostles, pastors and any type of
spiritual leadership.
Idolatry: 1 Corinthians 10: The Apostle Paul here deals with the practice
of idolatry in the diverse Roman world in which they lived. Idolatry is still with us today, we just worship
different idols. Abortion, sports,
hobbies, jobs, or anything that unnecessarily takes up our time.
Spiritual gifts: 1
Corinthians 12, 14: The Apostle Paul
talks about the spiritual gifts that church member receive from the Holy
Spirit. Two full chapters! A healthy church will operate by the
spiritual gifts of it's members. It is
divided by a chapter on love. This was
not an accident! The active ingredient
of our spiritual gifts is love.
Love: 1 Corinthians 13: The Apostle Paul teaches the church what
is a Godly love. It is a blueprint for
our behavior to be based on. It is
sandwiched between two chapters on spiritual gifts. This was not done by accident. All spiritual gifts need to be done in love.
Resurrection: 1
Corinthians 15: The Apostle Paul
teaches us about our resurrection by giving us Jesus Christ, and His
resurrection as our example. As He was
resurrected, so shall we be resurrected.
Christian Giving: 2 Corinthians 8, 9: The first mention of
organized giving money to God is found during the building of the Tabernacle in
the wilderness in Exodus 25:2. The
people are told to give willingly and with a happy heart. The idea of giving happily and with a happy
heart is the only requirement from God, and we see this over and over
again. We see this in Exodus 35:5,21; 1
Chronicles 29:9,14; Ezra 2:68; Nehemiah 11:2.
The Full Mention is of Christian giving in the New Testament is 2
Corinthians 8-9, but the key verse is 9:7, “Every man according as he
purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for
God loveth a cheerful giver.”
Christian
Liberty: Galatians 5: The Apostle Paul here starts this chapter
telling us that we have liberty in Jesus Christ, and the last part of the
chapter Paul tells us how to achieve that liberty that is available to
everyone.
Faith: Hebrews
11: The writer of the book of
Hebrews wrote a large chapter on faith.
In the proceeding chapter he tells us to come near to God. Then he writes his chapter on faith. Then the following chapter is who we need to
have faith, God our Father.
The Tongue: James
3: The Apostle James teaches us to
be careful what we say and how we say it.
It is still an excellent chapter for today.
False Teachers: 2
Peter 2: The Apostle Peter teaches
us what to look for in false teachers and the dangers and motivation of these
people. This chapter is still very much
relevant for today.
Second Advent: 2
Peter 3: The Apostle Peter gives us
an entire chapter on the promise of the Lord's coming back for His Church.
God’s Love: 1 John 4:
All of the Apostle John's writings is a warning against
Gnosticism. This chapter he teaches us
to discern the false spirit of Gnosticism.
William J. Roop, M.A.B.S.
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