Correctly Cutting the Word of Truth

[NickHassan]

Hi CO,
1Jn1
5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Darkness is not of the God of lights.

James 1:17
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

[Proclaimer]

Quote (chosenone @ July 26 2008,12:52)

Nick.     I agree, “All is of God” Ro.11:36.  I've never said it isn't Gods gospel if you read my posts properly.  It's just that He (God) sent His Son to preach the to the “lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Matt.15:24), and commissioned Paul to the “nations' (Ro.15:16).  They are not the same.  There is no scriptural reference to any “eternal gospel for all”, this is false teaching. Blessings.

Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

[chosenone]

Quote (t8 @ July 26 2008,17:56)

Quote (chosenone @ July 26 2008,12:52) Nick.     I agree, “All is of God” Ro.11:36.  I've never said it isn't Gods gospel if you read my posts properly.  It's just that He (God) sent His Son to preach the to the “lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Matt.15:24), and commissioned Paul to the “nations' (Ro.15:16).  They are not the same.  There is no scriptural reference to any “eternal gospel for all”, this is false teaching. Blessings. Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Hi t8.
Notice that this is refering to just before the “consummation” (verse 13), after the second coming of Christ Jesus, when the kingdom is realized, and they (Jews) with Christ their king will rule for the millenium. And then it says in verse 14 …and then the consummation shall be arriving.

Blessings.

[NickHassan]

Hi CO,
So this is the same gospel Jesus preached?
Matthew 4:23
Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.

Matthew 9:35
Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

Luke 16:16
” The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

[chosenone]

Yes, to “the lost sheep of the house of Israel”.

[NickHassan]

Hi CO,
This is the same kingdom being preached that Paul spoke of?
Galatians 5:21
envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:5
For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Colossians 1:13
For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

[chosenone]

Nick.
What the scripture you quote means, is, this is our sinful nature, the flesh, which cannot please God. But though “His achievement” (Eph.2:10) we are being pefected.

“All is of God” (1Cor.11:12) If you cannot accept this in all your beliefs, then you have too much pride.

Blessings.

[Proclaimer]

Quote (chosenone @ July 26 2008,18:05)

Quote (t8 @ July 26 2008,17:56) Quote (chosenone @ July 26 2008,12:52) Nick.     I agree, “All is of God” Ro.11:36.  I've never said it isn't Gods gospel if you read my posts properly.  It's just that He (God) sent His Son to preach the to the “lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Matt.15:24), and commissioned Paul to the “nations' (Ro.15:16).  They are not the same.  There is no scriptural reference to any “eternal gospel for all”, this is false teaching. Blessings. Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. Hi t8.      Notice that this is refering to just before the “consummation” (verse 13), after the second coming of Christ Jesus, when the kingdom is realized, and they (Jews) with Christ their king will rule for the millenium.  And then it says in verse 14 …and then the consummation shall be arriving.     Blessings.

13 but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

The word end is mentioned in both verses. Is it the same end being spoken of? Or are you saying that they are to different ends, the first the end of this age and the second the end of the millennium.

[NickHassan]

Hi CO,
Should you accuse me or others of pride because we do not accept a new gospel?
We dare not as our inheritance in the kingdom is at stake.

[Proclaimer]

Matthew 4:17
From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 9:35
Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.

Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Acts 28:30-31
30 For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him.
31 Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.

So Jesus and Paul both preached the gospel of the Kingdom.

Granted that Jesus preached to the Jews. But he did say the following in Acts 1:8:
but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

There was a definite order, but the same gospel called the gospel of the Kingdom. Looks very similar to dropping a stone in a pond and the wave radiating outward

NOTE: This post was made in the remotest part of the earth.'

[chosenone]

Hi t8.
This is how I see it. As you know, I believe that Jesus' teaching is to the Jews (Matt.15:24). But in these verses, it is after His resurrection, when still not accepted as their “Messiah”, that He is speaking about before the “Consummation”, the end of creation. At this point I believe you are partly correct in saying the first 'end' is the end of the eon, while I believe the second 'end', is the end of creation, the “consummation”.
Now having said that, I am not infallible, prone to error as any human is, but this is my belief.

Blessings.

[NickHassan]

Hi,
How sad it would be if all Jesus said was to be cast aside as useless because we were not standing with him at the time.
Such is not the ways of God and they were written down so all could learn from them.

[chosenone]

Correctly Cutting the Word of Truth
2 Timothy 2:15

There is a good rule to follow for finding out what a text or a section or a chapter or a book means. It is attributed to both Miles Coverdale and John Wycliffe. It is worth knowing and should be copied into one's copy of the Bible for constant reference and for constant application to all studies made of the Sacred Scriptures. Here it is:

THE GOLDEN RULE OF SCRIPTURE INTERPRETATION

“It shall greatly helpe ye to understand Scripture,
if thou mark not only what is spoken or wrytten,
but of whom, and to whom, with what words,
at what time, where, to what intent, with what circumstances,
considering what goeth before and what followeth after.”

Circumcision Scriptures
Concerning the Kingdom of God, in Fulfillment of the Hebrew Scriptures

MATTHEW PRESENTS THE KING
Say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo! Your King…”
– Matthew 21:5

SENT TO ISRAEL

“I was not commissioned except for the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
– Matthew 15:24

MARK PRESENTS THE SERVANT
“The Son of Mankind came, not to be served, but to serve…”
– Mark 10:45

WHO SERVED ISRAEL

“Hear, Israel! the Lord our God is one Lord.”
– Mark 12:29

LUKE PRESENTS THE PERFECT MAN
“Really, this Man was just.”
– Luke 23:47

THE GLORY OF ISRAEL

“The Glory of Thy people Israel.”
– Luke 2:32

JOHN PRESENTS THE SON OF GOD
“He came out from God, and is going away to God.”
– John 13:3

MANIFESTED TO ISRAEL

“that He may be manifested to Israel…”
– John 1:31

ACTS PRESENTS THE TRANSITION
“To you (the Jews) first was it necessary that the word of God be spoken. Yet since … you are thrusting it away … lo! we are turning to the nations.”
-Acts 13:46

HEBREWS – A NEW COVENANT WITH ISRAEL
“Lo! the days are coming,” the Lord is saying, “And I shall be concluding with the house of Israel and with the house
of Judah a new covenant.”
– Hebrews 8:8

JAMES – SALVATION BY WORKS
The faith cannot save him.
– James 2:14

APPLICABLE TO THE TWELVE TRIBES

James … to the twelve tribes in the dispersion.
– James 1:1

PETER'S PROMISES TO THE CHOSEN RACE
Yet you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation…
– 1 Peter 2:9

JOHN STRESSES THE LAW
And in this we know that we know Him, if we should be keeping His precepts.
– 1 John 2:3

TO THOSE WHO CAME OUT

they came out for the sake of the Name, getting nothing from those of the nations.
– 3 John 7

JUDE – A REMINDER TO THOSE ONCE AWARE
to remind you, you who once are aware of all, that the Lord, when saving the people out of the land of Egypt, secondly destroys those who believe not.
– Jude 5

REVELATION – JEWISH PROMISES FULFILLED
“I have granted to those… (who are saying that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but are lying) Lo! I shall be making them that they will be arriving and worshipping before your feet, and they may know that I love you.”
– Revelation 3:9

Uncircumcision Scriptures
Concerning the Body of Christ, The Mystery Hidden in Past Ages

Paul Presents Christ to the Nations
“But, on the contrary, perceiving that I have been entrusted with the evangel of the Uncircumcision, according as Peter of the Circumcision … James and Cephas and John … give to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we, indeed, are to be for the nations, yet they for the Circumcision.”
– Galatians 2:7-9 –

The Evangel for Today
“To me, less than the least of all saints, was granted this grace: to bring the evangel of the untraceable riches of Christ to the nations, and to enlighten all as to what is the administration of the secret, which has been concealed from the eons in God.”
– Ephesians 3:8-9 –

ROMANS-JUSTIFICATION, CONCILIATION
through Whom we obtained grace and apostleship for faith-obedience among all the nations…- Romans 1:5

But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God is manifest…- Romans 3:21

Being justified gratuitously in His grace…- Romans 3:24

seeing that out of him, and through Him and for Him is all…- Romans 11:36

their (Israel's) casting away is the conciliation of the world…- Romans 11:15

God locks up all together all in stubbornness, that He should be merciful to all.
– Romans 11:32

1 CORINTHIANS – THE BODY OF CHRIST
but we are speaking God's wisdom in a secret, which has been concealed,   which God designates before the eons for our glory …
– 1 Corinthians 2:7

Now you are the body of Christ, and members of a part, whom also God, indeed, placed in the ecclesia,
– 1 Corinthians 12:27

For even as, in Adam, all are dying,  thus also, in Christ, shall all be vivified. … that God may be All in all.- 1 Corinthians 15:22,28

2 CORINTHIANS – A NEW CREATION
So that, if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: the primitive passed by. Lo! there has become new!- 2 Corinthians 5:17

Yet all is of God, Who conciliates us to Himself through Christ, and is giving us the dispensation of the conciliation, how that God was in Christ, conciliating the world to Himself, not reckoning their offenses to them, and placing in us the word of the conciliation.
– 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

GALATIANS – FAITH, NOT WORKS OF LAW
I am marvelling that thus, swiftly, you are transferred, from that which calls you in the grace of Christ, to a different evangel, which is not another, except it be that some who are disturbing you, want to distort the evangel of Christ.- Galatians 1:6-7

we also believe in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by the faith of Christ; and not by works of law; seeing that by works of law shall no flesh at all be justified.
– Galatians 2:16

did you get the spirit by works of law or by the hearing of faith…?
– Galatians 3:5

For whoever are of works of law are under a curse,
– Galatians 3:10

EPHESIANS – SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who blesses us with every spiritual blessing among the celestials…
– Ephesians 1:3

Wherefore, remember that once you, the nations in flesh … were, in that era, apart from Christ, being alienated from the citizen- ship of Israel, and guests of the promise covenants, having no expectation, and without God in the world.
– Ephesians 2:11-12

Yet now, in Christ Jesus, you, who once are far off, are become near by the blood of Christ.
– Ephesians 2:13

On this behalf I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you, the nations — since you surely hear of the administration of the grace of God that is given to me for you, for by revelation the secret is made known to me: in spirit the nations are to be joint enjoyers of an allotment, and joint partakers of the promise
– Ephesians 3:1-6

PHILIPPIANS – OUR REALM IN THE HEAVENS
For our realm is inherent in the  heavens, – Philippians 3:20

that in the name of Jesus every knee should be bowing, celestial and terrestrial and subterranean, and every tongue should be acclaiming that Jesus Christ is Lord, for the glory of God, the Father.
– Philippians 2:10-11

COLOSSIANS – CHRIST THE HEAD
And He is the Head of the body, the  ecclesia, … and through Him to reconcile all to Him (making peace through the blood of His cross), through Him, whether those on the earth or those in the heavens.
– Colossians 1:18-20

which is granted to me for you, to complete the word of God–
– Colossians 1:25

1 THESSALONIANS – MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR
for the Lord Himself will be descending from heaven with a shout of command … and the dead in Christ shall be rising first. Thereupon we, the living … shall at the same time be snatched away t
ogether with them in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. And thus shall we always be together with the Lord.
– 1 Thessalonians 4:16

2 THESSALONIANS – BE NOT QUICKLY SHAKEN
be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be alarmed, either through spirit, or through word, or through an epistle as through us, as that the day of the Lord is present. … should not the apostasy be coming first …?
– 2 Thessalonians 2:2-3

1 TIMOTHY – SAVIOUR OF ALL
For there is one God, and one Mediator of God and mankind, a Man, Christ Jesus, Who is giving Himself a correspondent Ransom for all … for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle … a teacher of the nations in knowledge and truth.
– 1 Timothy 2:5-7

Faithful is the saying and worthy of all welcome (for for this are we toiling and being reproached), that we rely on the living God, Who is the Saviour of all mankind, especially of believers. These things be charging and teaching.
– 1 Timothy 4:9-11

2 TIMOTHY – WHO SAVES US AND CALLS US
in accord with the power of God, Who saves us and calls us with a holy calling, not in accord with our acts, but in accord with His own purpose and the grace which is given to us in Christ Jesus before times eonian, 10 yet now is being manifested through … the evangel of which I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher of the nations.
– 2 Timothy 1:8-11

TITUS- SAVED ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY
Yet when the kindness and fondness for humanity of our Saviour, God, made its advent, not for works which are wrought in righteous- ness which we do, but according to His mercy, He saves us …- Titus 3:4-5

PHILEMON – THE CONDUCT OF GRACE
I am thanking my God always, … that the fellow- ship of your faith may be- come operative in the reali- zation of every good thing which is in us for Christ Jesus … seeing that the compassions of the saints are  soothed through you, brother. – Philemon 6

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[GeneBalthrop]

Chosenone………Good Post Jerry, hope everyone read it and thinks about it.

love and peace to you and yours………………………gene

[NickHassan]

Yes CO,
The words are wonderfully encouraging to those in Christ to whom they were written.
The heathen cannot take much comfort from them.

[NickHassan]

Hi,
What a tragedy it would be if one was to take these teachings of Paul to oneself as if they belonged to all and not then come to the door of the kingdom, Lord Jesus, for salvation. Worse still to preach them as stumbling blocks to other heathen.

[chosenone]

NH.
How sad it is when ones understanding is clouded by not knowing how to “correctly cut the word of truth”.

[NickHassan]

CO,
Where did you gain these personal insights?
Not from our Master so is Paul your master?

[GeneBalthrop]

Quote (chosenone @ June 13 2007,18:35)

Here is part of Romans, Chapter 11:26-36,  explaining how Israel will be saved in the future, and how He will save all: 26 And thus all Israel shall be saved, according as it is written, Arriving out of Zion shall be the Rescuer. He will be turning away irreverence from Jacob. 27 And this is my covenant with them Whenever I should be eliminating their sins. 28 As to the evangel, indeed, they (Jews) are enemies because of you, yet, as to choice, they are beloved because of the fathers. 29 For unregretted are the graces and the calling of God. 30 For even as you (Gentiles) once were stubborn toward God, yet now were shown mercy at their stubbornness, 31 thus these also are now stubborn to this mercy of yours, that now they also may be shown mercy. 32 For God locks up all together in stubbornness, that He should be merciful to all. 33 O, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How inscrutable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! 34 For, who knew the mind of the Lord? or, who became His adviser? 35 or, who gives to Him first, and it will be repaid Him? 36 seeing that out of Him and through Him and for Him is all: to Him be the glory for the eons! Amen! What a powerfull statement that last part (verse 36)  of scripture is, God is in complete control.  He is the potter, we are the clay, He molds us as He pleases, we have no choice. Blessings.

Chosenone……….Amen, Good post

love and peace to you and yours……………………..gene

[chosenone]

Gene, good post, thanks.

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