Love it. It sucks that .. our brethren are deceived all over the world. Taking the Grace of God for granted ... Just thinking they can achieve some sort of righteousness in this decaying flesh not giving glory to God thinking they're giving glory to God. Mixing the body of Christ scriptures with the ones for Israel. I used to be deceived too but always felt confused reading Paul's EPISTLES and then reading the books meant for Israel. Clearly there's a difference between Paul's EPISTLES and the books for Israel but we act like there's none. Different things for different people. For example the book of James where it says that faith without works is dead and then Paul saying in Romans 3:28 that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.. so.. clearly a contradiction. But they act like there's none.. just sad. It's like they're scared of going against God and his word.. not understanding that we are allowed to ask questions.. so that we can understand what we're reading. They lie saying the holy spirit is guiding them when he's clearly not guiding them to confusion which is what they're trapped in..
@@anthonyshaw8698 you know as well as I do cording to scripture and according to life people today are stuck in Cults they're following after what they're flesh and what their emotions are telling them rather than with scripture we need to be very careful because there are gnostics Babylonians around spreading their own perception of theology making it really hard I'm going to be making a video on this subject in the near future
Amen . . The overcomers that come from the Body of Christ, will one day replace that incumbent ruler, Satan, and his emissaries, the principalities and powers, and rule with Christ from the heavenly places. This is what the Christian "hope" is all about. See Eph. 1:18 and Col. 1:27 for just two examples. One of the Lord's main goals revealed to Paul was to present each believer holy and unblamable and unreprovable in his sight, Col. 1:22. But there was a condition attached, and that was, "IF they continued in the faith grounded and settled, and were not moved away from the "hope" of the Gospel which they heard ..." Col. 1:23. In order for Christians to rule and reign with Christ in his heavenly kingdom, they had to meet certain conditions as laid out in the Pauline epistles. In other words, the Lord takes sanctification very seriously.
@stephenkimbley5997 Using the kingdom program as an analogy, note what the Lord says in John 14:2: Jhn 14:2 KJV - In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Pastor Reid: loved this message! At the very end, you said "lets stop there and pickup in the next hour". Did you record the next hour; I want to hear that too! If not, do you have more on the role of the heavenly body of Christ in heaven?
This is truly fascinating!! I've never heard this before. So he believes we're going to be replacing the angels that betrayed God? That would be such an honor, it would be unbelievable! I would gladly do that. But what about the women that are saved? Aren't all angels men?
Gal. 2 simply means that Peter spoke the "good news" of Christ to the Jews (circumcision), while Paul spoke the "good news" of Christ to the Gentiles (uncircumcision). And besides all of that, Paul, when he entered a new city, would first go into the synagogue, which meant he went to the Jew first.
Please can you explain 2 Cor 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. Who is he talking to?
@@ColumbusBibleChurch Thank you, why would that be when we will not be married to Him, being His Body? The words "as a " could be misleading to those who think we are a Bride, don't you think?
The problem I find is that paul's letters are different from what he spoke in the book of acts. For instance, paul only mention repentance once in his letters, only to the Corinthians but in the book of acts he mentions it several times. Also Paul would keep weird vows such as not cutting his hair, baptized the jailer in water right after believing, things he didnt teach in his letters. Could you elaborate on this and explain to me why is this?
Acts is a transition book in which Paul does many things that he does not do later in his ministry (e.g., healing, blessing handkerchiefs, etc.) I would be cautious about reaching doctrinal conclusions from the book of Acts.
@@ColumbusBibleChurch thanks for replying. Out of all the doctrines of different denominations I know, what you teach makes more sense to me but I still find a few discrepancies or verses that don't seem to fit in. Thanks for replying, I appreciate it.
@@ColumbusBibleChurch just 2 more questions. 1) I understand paul preached the gospel of grace because it was entrusted to him and peter the gospel of the kingdom. Why then does the book of acts finish saying in acts 28:31 that paul preached the KINGDOM OF GOD right after verse 28 that says salvation has been sent to the gentiles? Is grace and kingdom the same? Why did paul preach kingdom after the end of the book of acts? 2) I googled when exactly in the book of acts paul wrote his epistles, and according to the websites I checked, most were written on his second missionary journey about acts 15-18. allegedly, he wrote Corinthians and galatians during this period. These epistles talk about spiritual baptism (1 cor 12:13) and a separation of the gospel from baptism (1 cor 1:17) and galatians 3:27. If these epistles were written between acts 13 to 18? Why did Paul continue to baptize in water in acts 16, 18 and was also involved in a baptism in Jesus's name in acts 19 if he had already written about spiritual baptism during this period? That's confusing to me, unless he meant water baptism in these letters. Would you please explain to me both questions? Thanks a lot.
And then again some folks wrongly divide by making two different Bodies based on which Gospel they were saved under when in fact the Bible makes one Body at 1 Cor 12:13 based on whom is indwelt by the Spirit. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Mark 10:9 KJV That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: Ephesians 3:6 KJV When the Bible says “same Body” on what grounds do we separate out the early apostles?
You preach about Peter's Kingdom ChurchChurch but you never tell what it happened to it. If Peter preached another gospel to Paul, Galatians 1:6-9, has Paul condemning Peter to hell!
@RobertEdmunds-pz6i Gal 1:6-7 does not forbid all preaching of Peter's gospel. Those verses only forbid the preaching of Paul's gospel to Paul's audience. Grace.
There are way to many Religions and Bible Translations for anyone to truly know which one is the True Church! There's One Lord, One Faith, one Baptism and one God The Father of All... SO, whats the One True Religion/Church??
We (the body of Christ believers, BoC) Paul’s Grace Gospel WE ARE NOT ISRAEL NATION JEWS WE ARE NOT THE PROPHETIC PROGRAM WE ARE NOT THE PEOPLE JESUS CAME TO SAVE YOU ARE NOT Born Again A holy nation Bride of Christ Peculiar people Kingdom gospel Royal priest hood The Lost 12 tribes New testament jew Follower Jesus Law Selected food eaters Nation of circumcision Meek who inherit the earth WE DO NOT Forgive sins Cast out devils Baptised by fire Confess our sins Baptised in water Speak in Tongues Shall receive power Sell our possessions Do miracles lay hands Name in the book of life Raise the dead by words Be clothed in white raiment Handle vipers & deadly things Endure unto the end tobe saved Take Bread and Wine Communion Pray Lord’s prayer thy kingdom come Witnesses to Jerusalem Judaea Samaria We are redeemed (Gal 3:13) We are new creatures (2Cor 5:17) We are called to be saints (Rom 1:7) And Ye Are Complete in Him (Col 2:10) We are accepted in the beloved (Eph 1:6) We have the forgiveness of sins (Eph 1:7) We are more than conquerors (Rom 8:37) We are Ambassadors for Christ (2Cor 5:20) We are justified freely by his grace (Rom 3:24) We are the temple of the living God (2Cor 6:16) We have redemption through his blood (Eph 1:7) We have now received the atonement (Rom 5:11) We are free from the law of sin and death (Rom 8:2) We are sons and heirs of God through Christ (Gal 4:7) We have been given the ministry of reconciliation(2Cor 5:18) We are justified by faith without the deeds of the law(Rom 3:28) We are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ (2Cor 3:3) We are not our own, for we are bought with a price(1Cor 6:19-20) We are not far but now made nigh by the blood of Christ(Eph 2:13) We can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth us (Php 4:13) We are sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption (Eph 4:30) We are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God (Col 2:12) We are to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery (Eph 3:9) We are blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ (Eph 1:3) We are presented holy, UN-blameable and UN-reprove able in his sight (Col 1:22) We are to endure hardness, as a good soldier of the Lord Jesus Christ (2Tim 2:3) We are justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him (Rom 5:9) We are confident that he which hath begun a good work in us will perform it (Php 1:6) We are to wait for the Lord Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come (1Th 1:10) We are saved by grace through faith and not of works lest any man should boast (Eph 2:8) We are justified by his grace, and made heirs according to the hope of eternal life (Titus 3:7) But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1Cor 15:57) We are crucified with Christ: nevertheless we live; yet not us, but Christ liveth in us (Gal 2:20) We are workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (2Tim 2:15) We are washed, sanctified, justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, by the Spirit of our God (1Cor 6:11) We are persuaded that nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ (Rom 8:38-39) We are looking for that blessed hope, the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13) We are justified by the faith of Christ, not by the works of the law for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified (Gal 2:16) WE ARE THE RAPTURE!!
1 Cor 12 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. Phi 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. 1 Cor 4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 1 Cor 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. Rom 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. Rom 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 2Ti 2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: Gal 1:25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; 26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
First off, there are two different sets of believers/saints in the Bible, namely the body of Christ in the here and now during the dispensation of grace (Ephesians 3) which us raptured before the tribulation. (The meeting of the saints with the Lord in the air). Then there is Israel and the new testament saints which come out of the tribulation and then Christ returns physically to earth to reign for 1000 years during the Millennium. One has to discern between the church and Israel, as well as between prophecy and mystery in the Bible. God remains the same, but the way he deals with people during different ages, changes, eg: Adam and Eve were told not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Noah was told to build an ark. Abraham was told to move out of Ur and then later to be circumcised. Israel was told to keep the commandments and believe the Messiah had come to offer her her kingdom but instead rejected him, and is thus lo-ammi today., so salvation is sent directly to individuals and Gentiles. Today, through the Apostle Paul's epistles, we are told to believe the gospel of 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 plus noting (Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7) in order to be saved. Our doctrine today is found in Romans to Philemon. In times to come, Israel will have to believe Christ is the Son of God and keep the commandments once again as God still has to deal with Israel in future. God has an earthly people (Israel and those who bless her during the trib), as well as a heavenly people, the body of Christ. There is more than one gospel in the Bible - Galatians 2:7-9.
It is said,“If you are not in the new testament, how can you call yourself a Christian?” The answer is realising that Christ did more than mediate for the new testament made with Israel, he also created a new creature called the church, the Body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27). While both of Israel’s testaments speak prophetically of Christ, neither one speaks of the mystery of Christ to create this new creature where there is neither Jew nor Gentile. The mystery of Christ was kept secret since the world began, which means it was not contained in the covenants of promise made with Israel (Eph 3:4-5).The new testament does not explain the creation of the mystery church, but it does guarantee that Israel will not cease to be a nation, which has little relevance to the hope of the church today.“If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.” - Jeremiah 31:36New Testament is a Law Covenant It is said, “The new testament is faith in Jesus Christ.”Yes, the new testament requires faith in the Messiah to be a partaker, but that is not all that it requires. Remember, faith without works is dead for the new testament participant, because the laws of God are written in their heart and mind causing them to do them (Eze 36:27).“…I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts:…” -Heb 8:10 Rather than a lack of works testifying to dead faith, a lack of works today can testify to a strong faith in the power of Christ’s finished work for salvation. New Testament and the Kingdom It is said,“The new testament is the kingdom of God on earth.”While this may be true, according to the promises of the new testament we are not living in that kingdom today.“And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them,…” -Jer 31:34 Instead of not needing teachers, teachers of the Bible abound in trying to exposit the truths of scripture. Instead of all Israel knowing the Lord, the majority of Israel is still in unbelief. All of Israel will not be saved and the new testament fulfilled until the kingdom is brought by the Lord from heaven.“And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.” - Rom 11:26-27 No New Testament Christians Today, The new testament WAS NOT made FOR Gentiles, it does not describe Christ’s work for the church, it is a law covenant, and it is not being fulfilled today. No believer today can be a new testament Christian if the Bible means what it says to whom it says it. Meanwhile, the believer today should be more than excited to be a member of the body of Christ, saved by grace without works, not under the law, teaching the gospel of the grace of God to a religious world whose only hope is wrongly thinking they have a special covenant with God.
To follow Israel prophetic program in this Grace dispensation Is to Reject the Mystery which from the beginning of time God had planned to revealed to Paul the Apostle of the Gentiles Through Jesus Christ the 2nd Gospel on the road to Damascus. Gal 1:11-12 Eph 3: 1-9
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Amen
Yes! Love this...Thank you brother
Thanks for the kind words. Alleluia.
Wonderful teaching brother David, grace and peace to you,oh yes and thank you.
Thanks for the very kind words.
Excellent!!!!!!!
Glad I found your channel!!!!
Love it. It sucks that .. our brethren are deceived all over the world. Taking the Grace of God for granted ... Just thinking they can achieve some sort of righteousness in this decaying flesh not giving glory to God thinking they're giving glory to God. Mixing the body of Christ scriptures with the ones for Israel. I used to be deceived too but always felt confused reading Paul's EPISTLES and then reading the books meant for Israel. Clearly there's a difference between Paul's EPISTLES and the books for Israel but we act like there's none. Different things for different people. For example the book of James where it says that faith without works is dead and then Paul saying in Romans 3:28 that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.. so.. clearly a contradiction. But they act like there's none.. just sad. It's like they're scared of going against God and his word.. not understanding that we are allowed to ask questions.. so that we can understand what we're reading. They lie saying the holy spirit is guiding them when he's clearly not guiding them to confusion which is what they're trapped in..
Wow!!!!
Unbelievable message!!!!!
Totally awesome!!!!
Gotta share!!!!!
This man is right on.
Thanks!
No doubt about it!!!!!!
I love right divider pastor's.
They are spot on!!!!!!
We just have to wake up the rest of the world, before it's too late.
@@anthonyshaw8698 you know as well as I do cording to scripture and according to life people today are stuck in Cults they're following after what they're flesh and what their emotions are telling them rather than with scripture we need to be very careful because there are gnostics Babylonians around spreading their own perception of theology making it really hard I'm going to be making a video on this subject in the near future
Amen . . The overcomers that come from the Body of Christ, will one day replace that incumbent ruler, Satan, and his emissaries, the principalities and powers, and rule with Christ from the heavenly places.
This is what the Christian "hope" is all about. See Eph. 1:18 and Col. 1:27 for just two examples.
One of the Lord's main goals revealed to Paul was to present each believer holy and unblamable and unreprovable in his sight, Col. 1:22.
But there was a condition attached, and that was, "IF they continued in the faith grounded and settled, and were not moved away from the "hope" of the Gospel which they heard ..." Col. 1:23.
In order for Christians to rule and reign with Christ in his heavenly kingdom, they had to meet certain conditions as laid out in the Pauline epistles. In other words, the Lord takes sanctification very seriously.
Great teaching! Question: Will we have a home to live in, or some kind of habitat in the new heaven?
@stephenkimbley5997 Using the kingdom program as an analogy, note what the Lord says in John 14:2:
Jhn 14:2 KJV - In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Pastor Reid: loved this message! At the very end, you said "lets stop there and pickup in the next hour". Did you record the next hour; I want to hear that too! If not, do you have more on the role of the heavenly body of Christ in heaven?
I believe the next hour was recorded but that it was on a different topic, not a continuation of this topic.
This is truly fascinating!! I've never heard this before. So he believes we're going to be replacing the angels that betrayed God? That would be such an honor, it would be unbelievable! I would gladly do that. But what about the women that are saved? Aren't all angels men?
All angels are men, but women members of the body of Christ will replace them (Gal 3:28).
@@ColumbusBibleChurch Ner, ner! Men still need us women! lol
@@awatchwoman Very true.
We won't be angels. We will replaced them only.
Gal. 2 simply means that Peter spoke the "good news" of Christ to the Jews (circumcision), while Paul spoke the "good news" of Christ to the Gentiles (uncircumcision).
And besides all of that, Paul, when he entered a new city, would first go into the synagogue, which meant he went to the Jew first.
Please can you explain 2 Cor 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. Who is he talking to?
The Corinthian saints and thus the body of Christ.
@@ColumbusBibleChurch Do people take this as we being a Bride, how do you answer that? Thanks again and bless you.
@@awatchwoman The body of Christ is described with similar terminology.
@@ColumbusBibleChurch Thank you, why would that be when we will not be married to Him, being His Body? The words "as a " could be misleading to those who think we are a Bride, don't you think?
The problem I find is that paul's letters are different from what he spoke in the book of acts. For instance, paul only mention repentance once in his letters, only to the Corinthians but in the book of acts he mentions it several times. Also Paul would keep weird vows such as not cutting his hair, baptized the jailer in water right after believing, things he didnt teach in his letters. Could you elaborate on this and explain to me why is this?
Acts is a transition book in which Paul does many things that he does not do later in his ministry (e.g., healing, blessing handkerchiefs, etc.) I would be cautious about reaching doctrinal conclusions from the book of Acts.
@@ColumbusBibleChurch thanks for replying. Out of all the doctrines of different denominations I know, what you teach makes more sense to me but I still find a few discrepancies or verses that don't seem to fit in. Thanks for replying, I appreciate it.
Is his later ministry after acts 28?
Yes, it is.
@@ColumbusBibleChurch just 2 more questions.
1) I understand paul preached the gospel of grace because it was entrusted to him and peter the gospel of the kingdom. Why then does the book of acts finish saying in acts 28:31 that paul preached the KINGDOM OF GOD right after verse 28 that says salvation has been sent to the gentiles? Is grace and kingdom the same? Why did paul preach kingdom after the end of the book of acts?
2) I googled when exactly in the book of acts paul wrote his epistles, and according to the websites I checked, most were written on his second missionary journey about acts 15-18. allegedly, he wrote Corinthians and galatians during this period. These epistles talk about spiritual baptism (1 cor 12:13) and a separation of the gospel from baptism (1 cor 1:17) and galatians 3:27. If these epistles were written between acts 13 to 18? Why did Paul continue to baptize in water in acts 16, 18 and was also involved in a baptism in Jesus's name in acts 19 if he had already written about spiritual baptism during this period? That's confusing to me, unless he meant water baptism in these letters.
Would you please explain to me both questions?
Thanks a lot.
And then again some folks wrongly divide by making two different Bodies based on which Gospel they were saved under when in fact the Bible makes one Body at 1 Cor 12:13 based on whom is indwelt by the Spirit.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Mark 10:9 KJV
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Ephesians 3:6 KJV
When the Bible says “same Body” on what grounds do we separate out the early apostles?
snark nado nope I was the one realized the square one wouldn’t fit and searched out the round one.
Yes there is only one body and Jesus Christ Amen is the Head AMEN
You preach about Peter's Kingdom ChurchChurch but you never tell what it happened to it.
If Peter preached another gospel to Paul,
Galatians 1:6-9, has Paul condemning Peter to hell!
@RobertEdmunds-pz6i Gal 1:6-7 does not forbid all preaching of Peter's gospel. Those verses only forbid the preaching of Paul's gospel to Paul's audience. Grace.
This is the second video with annoying background noise. Very distracting. Sorry to complain but it really takes away from the message.
@Fred Ost Our apologies that some of the older recordings had technical problems. The newer ones do not have these issues. Grace.
There are way to many Religions and Bible Translations for anyone to truly know which one is the True Church! There's One Lord, One Faith, one Baptism and one God The Father of All... SO, whats the One True Religion/Church??
We (the body of Christ believers, BoC) Paul’s Grace Gospel
WE ARE NOT ISRAEL NATION JEWS
WE ARE NOT THE PROPHETIC PROGRAM
WE ARE NOT THE PEOPLE JESUS CAME TO SAVE
YOU ARE NOT
Born Again
A holy nation
Bride of Christ
Peculiar people
Kingdom gospel
Royal priest hood
The Lost 12 tribes
New testament jew
Follower Jesus Law
Selected food eaters
Nation of circumcision
Meek who inherit the earth
WE DO NOT
Forgive sins
Cast out devils
Baptised by fire
Confess our sins
Baptised in water
Speak in Tongues
Shall receive power
Sell our possessions
Do miracles lay hands
Name in the book of life
Raise the dead by words
Be clothed in white raiment
Handle vipers & deadly things
Endure unto the end tobe saved
Take Bread and Wine Communion
Pray Lord’s prayer thy kingdom come
Witnesses to Jerusalem Judaea Samaria
We are redeemed (Gal 3:13)
We are new creatures (2Cor 5:17)
We are called to be saints (Rom 1:7)
And Ye Are Complete in Him (Col 2:10)
We are accepted in the beloved (Eph 1:6)
We have the forgiveness of sins (Eph 1:7)
We are more than conquerors (Rom 8:37)
We are Ambassadors for Christ (2Cor 5:20)
We are justified freely by his grace (Rom 3:24)
We are the temple of the living God (2Cor 6:16)
We have redemption through his blood (Eph 1:7)
We have now received the atonement (Rom 5:11)
We are free from the law of sin and death (Rom 8:2)
We are sons and heirs of God through Christ (Gal 4:7)
We have been given the ministry of reconciliation(2Cor 5:18)
We are justified by faith without the deeds of the law(Rom 3:28)
We are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ (2Cor 3:3)
We are not our own, for we are bought with a price(1Cor 6:19-20)
We are not far but now made nigh by the blood of Christ(Eph 2:13)
We can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth us (Php 4:13)
We are sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption (Eph 4:30)
We are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God (Col 2:12)
We are to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery (Eph 3:9)
We are blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ (Eph 1:3)
We are presented holy, UN-blameable and UN-reprove able in his sight (Col 1:22)
We are to endure hardness, as a good soldier of the Lord Jesus Christ (2Tim 2:3)
We are justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him (Rom 5:9)
We are confident that he which hath begun a good work in us will perform it (Php 1:6)
We are to wait for the Lord Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come (1Th 1:10)
We are saved by grace through faith and not of works lest any man should boast (Eph 2:8)
We are justified by his grace, and made heirs according to the hope of eternal life (Titus 3:7)
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1Cor 15:57)
We are crucified with Christ: nevertheless we live; yet not us, but Christ liveth in us (Gal 2:20)
We are workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (2Tim 2:15)
We are washed, sanctified, justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, by the Spirit of our God (1Cor 6:11)
We are persuaded that nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ (Rom 8:38-39)
We are looking for that blessed hope, the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13)
We are justified by the faith of Christ, not by the works of the law for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified (Gal 2:16)
WE ARE THE RAPTURE!!
1 Cor 12 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Phi 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
1 Cor 4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
1 Cor 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Rom 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Rom 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
2Ti 2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
Gal 1:25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; 26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
First off, there are two different sets of believers/saints in the Bible, namely the body of Christ in the here and now during the dispensation of grace (Ephesians 3) which us raptured before the tribulation. (The meeting of the saints with the Lord in the air).
Then there is Israel and the new testament saints which come out of the tribulation and then Christ returns physically to earth to reign for 1000 years during the Millennium. One has to discern between the church and Israel, as well as between prophecy and mystery in the Bible.
God remains the same, but the way he deals with people during different ages, changes, eg: Adam and Eve were told not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Noah was told to build an ark. Abraham was told to move out of Ur and then later to be circumcised.
Israel was told to keep the commandments and believe the Messiah had come to offer her her kingdom but instead rejected him, and is thus lo-ammi today., so salvation is sent directly to individuals and Gentiles.
Today, through the Apostle Paul's epistles, we are told to believe the gospel of 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 plus noting (Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7) in order to be saved. Our doctrine today is found in Romans to Philemon.
In times to come, Israel will have to believe Christ is the Son of God and keep the commandments once again as God still has to deal with Israel in future. God has an earthly people (Israel and those who bless her during the trib), as well as a heavenly people, the body of Christ. There is more than one gospel in the Bible - Galatians 2:7-9.
It is said,“If you are not in the new testament, how can you call yourself a Christian?”
The answer is realising that Christ did more than mediate for the new testament made with Israel, he also created a new creature called the church, the Body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27). While both of Israel’s testaments speak prophetically of Christ, neither one speaks of the mystery of Christ to create this new creature where there is neither Jew nor Gentile.
The mystery of Christ was kept secret since the world began, which means it was not contained in the covenants of promise made with Israel (Eph 3:4-5).The new testament does not explain the creation of the mystery church, but it does guarantee that Israel will not cease to be a nation, which has little relevance to the hope of the church today.“If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.” - Jeremiah 31:36New Testament is a Law Covenant It is said, “The new testament is faith in Jesus Christ.”Yes, the new testament requires faith in the Messiah to be a partaker, but that is not all that it requires. Remember, faith without works is dead for the new testament participant, because the laws of God are written in their heart and mind causing them to do them (Eze 36:27).“…I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts:…” -Heb 8:10
Rather than a lack of works testifying to dead faith, a lack of works today can testify to a strong faith in the power of Christ’s finished work for salvation. New Testament and the Kingdom It is said,“The new testament is the kingdom of God on earth.”While this may be true, according to the promises of the new testament we are not living in that kingdom today.“And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them,…” -Jer 31:34
Instead of not needing teachers, teachers of the Bible abound in trying to exposit the truths of scripture. Instead of all Israel knowing the Lord, the majority of Israel is still in unbelief. All of Israel will not be saved and the new testament fulfilled until the kingdom is brought by the Lord from heaven.“And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.” - Rom 11:26-27
No New Testament Christians Today, The new testament WAS NOT made FOR Gentiles, it does not describe Christ’s work for the church, it is a law covenant, and it is not being fulfilled today. No believer today can be a new testament Christian if the Bible means what it says to whom it says it.
Meanwhile, the believer today should be more than excited to be a member of the body of Christ, saved by grace without works, not under the law, teaching the gospel of the grace of God to a religious world whose only hope is wrongly thinking they have a special covenant with God.
To follow Israel prophetic program in this Grace dispensation
Is to Reject the Mystery which from the beginning of time
God had planned to revealed to Paul the Apostle of the Gentiles
Through Jesus Christ the 2nd Gospel on the road to Damascus.
Gal 1:11-12 Eph 3: 1-9