I Beseech You

One way I enjoy studying scripture is to read a word or phrase in scripture that peaks my interest and then search for all the other occurrences of it. This, by the way, is the best Bible dictionary there is. Your King James Bible will define words for you all the time if you will take the time to find all the other uses of a word throughout scripture. Actually, most times the Bible will define the word in the same verse by repeating the hard word with other words. I started studying Romans 12 tonight and in verse one Paul uses the phrase “I beseech you” Just by reading the previous use of this phrase by Paul in Acts 26:2 you see the Bible helping define the meaning for you by Paul saying “I beseech thee to hear me patiently” when talking to Agrippa. So, it is obvious that Paul means to speak something quite important to Agrippa and is imploring him to listen and understand the gravity of the words. It looks like Paul uses the word beseech about 22 times but I’d like to point your attention to the use in I Cor 1:10.
1Co 1:10 ¶ Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Although all 22 uses are important, personally I feel this use is especially pertinent for us today. Paul is imploring us to do 4 things all of which ARE POSSIBLE. Personally, I don’t think many Christians would agree with this statement. Can we ALL speak the same thing, with no divisions, be perfectly joined together in the same mind and judgment? YES! However, many Christians would say; “sure if you all join my church and believe what my pastor teaches” The Bible position would be; If you would all believe every verse literally, to whom it is addressed, in the age it is intended to be applied. A very simplified version of this principle is to read and apply scripture as Paul instructs by believing that scripture applies to “time past”, “but now”, and the “ages to come” (See Ephesians chapter 2) The false teaching that the Old Testament belongs to Israel and the New Testament belongs to the church is just one of the causes of the myriad of denominations and divisions today. Paul beseeches us to ALL speak the same thing. Only Paul instructs us as to how this is possible. We must rightly divide the scriptures by applying scripture as the Bible instructs and not how the vast majority of popular Bible teachers tell you to. We are to trust the Holy Spirit MORE THAN your favorite commentator. The Holy Spirit penned these words for you:
1Co 4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
Yes, this is your Apostle Paul, beseeching YOU to follow HIM. This is not because Paul is arrogant or a narcissist. This is because the mystery information Jesus revealed to Paul was not known prior to these revelations. Our doctrine must be based on the mystery revealed to Paul. If you refuse this plain and clear teaching you are rejecting the direct and clear teaching of the Holy Spirit. I am beseeching you to follow your Apostle so you can be pleasing to your Savior Jesus. There is no other way.