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Hi,
Christ established the kingdom on earth and returned to His Father. He was the apponted cornerstone for the new building of God and one by one other living stones were added to the structure.The vine of the Gardener had new branches grafted on to produce fruit and serve God enlivened by the Spirit of God.
The head of the body of Christ, Jesus himself, lives in heaven and the Spirit of Christ, containing all the graces that were fully shown in him, was and is distrubuted to the others reborn into him with other lesser but still important roles.
Every part of the body serves the head but the head to needs a body to be fully functional.
Hi Nick
Yeah yeah ok
I think I already know this but you explained it much much better
Im still standing by my Sabbath though
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PhoenixHi Nick
Hebrew 4 says the Sabbath still stands. Im not sure of the “which one” you are talking about. I only know of the weekly one.
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PhoenixHi P,
I think that Heb 4 refers to the seventh day of 1000 years, the restful millenial kingdom that those resurrected first are raised into. I will find the thread.Hi,
CO said this in another post.
” Now regarding Acts 2:
34-37 The whole passage shows that Peter is proclaiming a literal king and a literal kingdom for Israel. The descent of the spirit had nothing to do with the formation of the body of Christ, but was a well known sign which indicated the approach of the judgment era which precedes Messiah's advent. In accordance with the burden of his message Peter chooses to bring before them king David and the covenant God made with him, because, if they accept his words, it is this covenant which would be fulfilled. They had crucified Him as the King of Israel. His resurrection proves Him to be the One Whom David foretold. All that remains to be done, should Israel, as a nation, repent, would be the judging of His enemies. This will occur in the judgment era. Here is no hint of, or preparation for, the present interval of undiluted grace, in which God is raising up His enemies, like Saul of Tarsus, to sit with Christ on His celestial throne.”Anyone agree with him that the body of Christ is not enlivened by the Spirit of Christ?
Hi CO,
You say
“Here is no hint of, or preparation for, the present interval of undiluted grace, in which God is raising up His enemies, like Saul of Tarsus, to sit with Christ on His celestial throne.”So how do we access this grace?
What is your gospel?Nick.
In Acts 2, Saul (later named Paul) was still persecuting the Church. It wasn't till Acts 9 that he was struck down on the road to Damascus, and appointed by Christ Jesus to be an apostle to the Nations. When the Jews still rejected Christ Jesus as their messiah, God set them aside and turned to the nations (Gentiles)…Paul says “To you first (Jews) was it necessary that the word of God be spoken. Yet, since, you are thrusting it away, and are judging yourselves not worthy of eonian life, lo! we are turning to the nations”. (Acts13:46). Let it be known to you, then, that to the nations was dispatched this salvation of God, and they will hear. (Acts28:28)
You also say “So how do we access this grace?”. We can do nothing to “earn”, “do works”, or as you ask, “access” this grace. It is of God, His grace… “that the purpose of God may be remaining as a choice, not out of acts, but of Him Who is calling. (Ro.9:11-12)
You also say, “What is your gospel?” I have none, I depend solely on God, “for His Achievement are we”. (Eph.2:10)Blessings.
Hi CO,
Paul was thrown down and established in Christ.
He was baptised calling on the name of the Lord.
All have sinned.
All must repent.
All must be reborn from above.
Unless we have the Spirit of Christ
we are no part of Him.All those he and the apostles wrote to were in Christ.
The apostles were not writing a newspaper for the public.
Those words do not apply to the unsaved nations.
They are not a new gospel.Hi CO,
I have no gospel but I do know Paul and the apostles preached the gospel of Christ.
All men everywhere are called to repent.
That is truth.When God's Spirit fills and leads a man he becomes a stone fit to be laid in God's building.
Eph 2
“16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through”
Hi kj,
To bring the thread up when someone has touched on something relevant to it
so as discussion is deepened and we all learn.Re: “all have sinned”. “All must repent”. What did Christ die for? He took on the sins of the world, and died in our place, for us. He was ressurrected, “having justified us”. God sees our sin no more! I guess for you this was not sufficient, still need more justifying, Christ have to die again to satisfy you? I can see God, shaking His head, Wondering what else Nick needs (repentance). Shame on you for the rejection of Gods Christ, His death and ressurrection, as not being sufficient for you.
Hi CO,
So because Christ has died as a sacrifical lamb the scriptures about the need for men everywhere to repent are redundant? This is distorting the truth of scripture. It is a new gospel.
There are no new gospels.
repent.CO,
Just for the sake of curiosity, do you no longer lie? Have all lusts fled from you? Do you sometimes say hurtful things to others? Or have you become perfect? I'm not trying to mock you, but trying to figure out wherer you think this repentence does or doesn't belong. Are you speaking of after you accept the free gift of God, or before?
I cannot think of a single person who does not continue to daily struggle with the flesh. People do things that are contrary to God's Will almost every day. Failure to recognize these sins because you have an attitude that your sins are “covered by the blood” is haughty and self-serving. Yes, your sins are covered by the blood of the Lamb, but for every sin that you do not recognize, you do damage to your witness and relationship to God.
Please clarify. Thanks.
Quote (chosenone @ July 05 2007,18:28) Re: “all have sinned”. “All must repent”. What did Christ die for? He took on the sins of the world, and died in our place, for us. He was ressurrected, “having justified us”. God sees our sin no more! I guess for you this was not sufficient, still need more justifying, Christ have to die again to satisfy you? I can see God, shaking His head, Wondering what else Nick needs (repentance). Shame on you for the rejection of Gods Christ, His death and ressurrection, as not being sufficient for you.
Please see that Nick is right.Quote (kejonn @ July 06 2007,08:22) CO, Just for the sake of curiosity, do you no longer lie? Have all lusts fled from you? Do you sometimes say hurtful things to others? Or have you become perfect? I'm not trying to mock you, but trying to figure out wherer you think this repentence does or doesn't belong. Are you speaking of after you accept the free gift of God, or before?
I cannot think of a single person who does not continue to daily struggle with the flesh. People do things that are contrary to God's Will almost every day. Failure to recognize these sins because you have an attitude that your sins are “covered by the blood” is haughty and self-serving. Yes, your sins are covered by the blood of the Lamb, but for every sin that you do not recognize, you do damage to your witness and relationship to God.
Please clarify. Thanks.
I believe this to be true. Some are at different levels than others and that's ok.
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