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You Gotta Rightly Divide

You Gotta Rightly Divide.

Have you ever wondered why there are so many different denominations in Christendom? How can so many groups, who all claim to be Bible believing Christians, have so many different beliefs? I mean they all claim Jesus saves but none agree on exactly how. Some say repent and be baptized, so say keep the law, some say short accounts and endure till the end, so say sacraments pave the way, on and on it goes each group cherry picking verses to fit what they want to believe and none just letting God be true and every man a liar. They miss all together the simplicity of God’s grace and reject the gift He so freely gives in their vain attempts to do what only God can and already did.

They are trying to interpret the Bible instead of allowing the Bible to interpret itself.

👉Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 2 Peter 1:20 KJV

The Bible is God’s word and therefore it must be studied God’s way. God did not start any denominations. He is only building one spiritual church.

👉There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Ephesians 4:4‭-‬6 KJV

Did you know there is a verse that tells us exactly how to study the word of God?

👉2 Timothy 2:15 KJV — “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

Notice that it does not say divide truth from error, but rightly divide the word of TRUTH. All scripture is the truth and is FOR us, but it is not all written directly TO us.

God never changes in His person and moral principles, but He has changed in His dealings with man through the ages as He gave progressive revelation. If you don’t understand this, the Bible will be a confusing book to you.

👉1 Corinthians 14:33 KJV — “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.”

We cannot possibly obey everything in the Bible. Consider the basic issue of what we are to eat:
Adam (creation, about 6,000 years ago) = no meat.

👉And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. Genesis 1:29 KJV

Noah (about 1500 years later) = meat without blood.

👉Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. Genesis 9:3‭-‬4 KJV

Moses (about 1000 years later) = clean meats.

👉This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. Leviticus 11:46‭-‬47 KJV

Paul (over 1500 years later) = nothing is to be refused. It should be noted that to teach otherwise in this age is actually considered a doctrine of devils per 1 Timothy 4:1.

👉Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For everyone creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 1 Timothy 4:1‭-‬5 KJV

We must not try to invent our own divisions nor ignore the ones God put in His word. Everybody divides the Bible to a point by the designation of the Old and New Testaments, but we must rightly divide it, by acknowledging the distinctions and details God has placed in His Word. They are so important and put there for our benefit.

There are several distinctions and divisions in Scripture but when you get right down to The meat of it they can be summed up in two major ones: Prophecy and the Mystery.

👉Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Acts 3:19‭-‬21 KJV

Prophecy has been spoken of by the prophets of God since the world began. It deals specifically with one nation of people on the earth – Israel and God’s plans and dealings with them. You find the prophetic program as it is often referred to in the Old Testament as well as the four Gospels, and Hebrews – Revelation. Prophecy began first with the promised seed of the woman in Genesis 3, then it got narrowed to the seed of Abraham and the giving of the covenants which separated one nation – Israel – from the nations, to Moses and the giving of the Law further separating Israel from the Gentiles, on down to the seed of David which is Jesus Christ who came offering that nation their promised kingdom. That’s what the prophecy program is all about.

👉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, Romans 16:25 KJV

The mystery however was a secret hid in God since before the world began. Note that carefully it was 👉kept secret 👈since the world began is way different than spoke of since the world began. That means no one knew about the mystery until it was revealed to Paul by the glorified risen Christ after the nation of Israel fully rejected their Messiah and His kingdom at the stoning of Stephen in Acts 7. It is a new and different program dealing not with the nation of Israel alone but with all men both Jew and Gentile alike as equals; All are counted in unbelief and the only hope for salvation any have is through belief in faith of Christ through His shed blood for the redemption of sins and eternal salvation.

The ONLY Gospel of Salvation today 👉1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV — “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”

Only in Paul’s epistles of Romans through Philemon do you find the mystery, the grace of God, the formation of the Body of Christ. It’s just not in the Old Testament, Gospels or Hebrews through Revelation because God wasn’t operating on an all by His grace alone program during prophecy like He is today. Instead salvation was through Israel – you either were a Jew, you became a Jew or you blessed the Jews, and salvation was through grace plus works to show faithfulness to be bestowed at the first resurrection yet future when Christ returns and sets up His kingdom.

The following passages explain this in detail.

👉For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. Ephesians 3:1‭-‬13 KJV

👉Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church: 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; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 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: Colossians 1:24‭-‬27 KJV

There is one family of God, but there is a difference between God’s earthly people and His heavenly people. If words have any meaning, there must be a difference between the nation of Israel who is destined to reign on the earth over the nations.

👉Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. Isaiah 60:1‭-‬5 KJV

And the spiritual Body of Christ (neither Jew nor Gentile,) who is seated in heavenly places and is destined to reign there eternally (Eph. 2:6-7; Phil. 3:20; Col. 3:1-4).

👉If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Colossians 3:1‭-‬4 KJV

All believers saved today are made members of that body the instant they trust Christ for their salvation by believing the Gospel of God, Christ crucified. That’s the only way to be saved today and if a person is trusting in anything other than that truth then they are still lost as a golf ball in high weeds. Similarly, if a person is saved but fails to recognize and acknowledge God’s plan and purpose for them as members of the Body of Christ in this dispensation of the age of grace then they will not be fruitful members but as 2 Timothy 2:15 points out they will be ashamed before God.

As always my beloved brothers and sisters in Christ may you be eternally gripped in His glorious grace.

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Something’s Different

Conduct

I forgot this when fellowshipping with a dear sister recently and it caused much grief for us both. Even when we are so excited to share the gospel of God’s grace and right division we must always let love and kindness, mercy and grace flavor our speech and sound doctrine from God’s word the only thing we teach.

A Wonderful Truth

What more wonderful truth is there than that we have redemption through Christ precious blood, forgiveness of sins. Not just one sin or some sins but all sins, past present and future are completely entirely forgiven because He paid for them, he became them for us! Talk about love, talk about grace that truth grips my soul in that grace eternally. It is the sweetest promise, sure and secure in who Christ is and what He did. My heart breaks that I put Him there on that cross at the same time it rejoices in gratitude that He would take my place, pay my debt, die for me. He did it all, paid it all, and saved us all who believe the gospel of God’s grace; that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose the third day according to the Scripture. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). When we believe that we are saved, sealed and delivered by the Holy Spirit into Christ, made one with Him in the new creature the body of Christ, we have eternal life in the one who died for us! And that is God’s gift to us, a gift we don’t deserve, can never earn but Christ loved us so much He gives it to all who believe in spite of that.

That Voice You Hear, Ain’t God!

In conversation once up at the Big (the Church where we work at) someone mentioned that they felt they had often heard God speak to them, telling them what to do. I was intrigued so I asked how they knew it was God. They felt calmed, felt peaceful, felt secure and hopeful, enlightened, and occasionally convicted. They further explained that it had to be God they heard because when Satan speaks he makes them feel worried, fearful, obsessed, confused, hurried, pushed and discouraged. Hmm, so they felt that anything positive was of God and negative of Satan, that is the common belief of most of Christendom today thanks to the Pentecostal and Charismatic influences that have taken hold in all denominations today. Bet that I could have been talking to most of you who read this, right? Yep, I know, there was a time I coulda had that conversation with myself, and I’d have been wrong. But before you get your nerves all tore outta the frame, keep reading and I’ll show you through Scripture why that kinda thinking is wrong. Let’s talk about the tone of the voices heard: God was always positive and Satan negative. But is there any doctrinal, dispensational or scriptural backing to this assumption? Did Satan always speak negatively, harshly, causing fear and confusion? Not exactly, think about how he assured Eve in the garden that she wouldn’t surely die: “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: Genesis 3:4 KJV” He was lying through his slimy teeth of course as he hissed that deadly deceptive assurance in her ear, but he was doing so positively, making it sound sure and good. He even continued by sweetening the pot of poison by offering her enlightenment in the next verse if she ate the forbidden yet oh so tempting fruit. “For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:5 KJV” See, it’s very possible to be encouraged in evil, to be tempted by it, hence the whole temptation thing. in Matthew 4 we see Jesus himself being tempted by the Devil. Psalm 64:5 also says that “they encourage themselves in an evil thing.”. Passages such as Jeremiah 23:16-18 show that false prophets lead men through a vision to be still and calm saying “no harm shall come upon you” when they needed to skeedadle quick cause harm was about to kick in the door. Which is why God told those specific people who were listening to those false prophets to “give no heed to them.” In addition to feeling God was always positive my friend at the Big felt Satan’s voice obsesses, worries, condemns, discourages, confuses, pushes, frightens, and rushes. All of these descriptions are negative and invoke feelings of inadequacy and forced change and none of these descriptions refer to any doctrine, dispensation, or source of truth about Satan. They only refer to what a voice makes you feel. But what if it is the Lord that discourages you from doing something? Shouldn’t you listen? Moses by direction of God discouraged the children of Israel from going into the promised land at one point, because “the LORD is not among you” and “it shall not prosper” (Num 14:41-42). Those people died who would not be discouraged, maybe they should have listened. In the Bible God pushes (Deu 33:17), confuses (Gen 11:7), condemns (Isa 54:17; John 3:18), and frightens, striking fear into men’s hearts (Matt 10:28; Rev 14:7). Oh and then there’s obsession which can be a good thing when it concerns seeking and saving that which is lost (Matt 18:11; 1 Cor 9:22; 1 Cor 16:15; Gal 4:18). That’s the kinda obsessed I wanna be for sure. Satan often speaks God’s words from other portions of scripture out of context! It is called lying. Besides, your flesh will always be at peace to follow its fallen desires. Paul’s “Oh, wretched man that I am!”. We can’t trust our hearts. There must be more to knowing God’s voice beyond reliance on how that voice may make us feel. After all, truth can hurt and wrong can feel oh so very good. So how can we know whether the voice is God’s or Satan’s? It’s easy. You just get a KJV Bible first off, then read it literally, don’t spiritualize it or try to twist it, and most importantly follow God’s instructions telling us how to read it! Guys, that verse was a life changer when I understood it. Rightly divided the word of truth… it seemed strange at first to think about dividing the word. But then it clicked. Good grief, I divide stuff all the time. Like my son’s books for school, I divide the work in them up into smaller assignments to avoid that deer in the headlights to utter panic to frazzled overload to crash that assigning and entire years work at once would cause. I divide yarn, food, clothes, my time. That’s not just the books, chapters and verses though which are very useful divisions but weren’t part of the originals, they were added much much later. It’s kinda like when I read a book on homeschool methods and I skimmed whole sections because they were for grades or levels we had already passed. Like the part written about kindergarten, I read it quickly because it was informative for gathering general teaching ideas but I really poured over the sections that covered levels my son is currently at. Basically it’s just read it naturally and look at who is talking to whom, why, when and where. If Israel is the focus then it’s not to you directly but to them. Sure you can gain and profit from reading it, you gain a clear understanding of God’s plans for Israel and for us today as members of the Body of Christ. When you begin to rightly divide you will realize that most of the Bible is written to and about Israel but there are 13 Epistles in the New Testament that God revealed to Paul just for us today. Romans through Philemon are the books where we find what God is doing today and what he expects of us today. It contains the truth of how we can know it is God talking to us, and how to tell when it isn’t. Long story short here. When Israel stoned Stephen they blasphemed the Holy Ghost which Jesus had said wouldn’t be forgiven them – they balsphemed and rejected God when they asked for a king, Jesus when they killed Him and then that day when they stoned Stephen they rejected the Holy Spirit. Stephen calls it right in this verse: “Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Acts 7:51 KJV” “One, two three strikes and you’re in time out” I often tell my littles on Sunday’s, that’s basically how God dealt with Israel after this. Christ shown down from glory and saved Paul making him the apostle to the Gentiles and God this set Israel aside for a spell, so far it’s a long time out – 2,000 years (which is what my little act like 2 minutes is) while He completes the other part of His plan to reconcile both heaven and Earth back to Himself. He forms the Body of Christ through the revelation of the mystery He had had hidden in himself since before the world began, Israel is under prophecy which was revealed to the prophets since the world began. So mystery hid in God before world began, prophecy known by prophets since the world began. That’s kinda different, another division.So this division isn’t permanent,one day the body will be complete and caught up to be with our head forever, we are going to take back heaven for God and He will begin dealing with Israel again and finish what had started when Christ came to earth the first time , the coming of God’s kingdom on Earth. That background there is the key to understanding how God is speaking to us today because it’s not the same way He spoke to Israel in the past it will in the future. See when God saved Paul and gave him the completed revelation of the mystery the signs that had been given during that time to believers (tongues, prophecy, healing, etc.) ceased because they were no longer needed in this age. Certainly, neither God nor Satan’s voice could ever be discerned by how our thoughts and experiences make us feel. They cannot be discerned by our experiences at all! When my littles are babies and have yet to learn how to talk they are greatly affected by the tone of a voice. A tone can strike fear into a child’s heart or bring comfort. Either way a baby disregards the actual words being said, they just hear the tone. Paul gave those tongue-talking Pentecostals the Corinthians who were spiritual babes this advice: “Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.” – 1 Corinthians 14:20 Mature men act like men, they are not selfish pleasure seeking individuals avoiding any sacrifice and inconvenience on their flesh. Men take responsibility to learn, understand, study, and sacrifice for the benefit of others.Certainly, neither God nor Satan’s voice can be discerned by how our thoughts and experiences make us feel. They cannot be discerned by our experiences at all! However children that cannot speak or read go by sights and sounds. This true of adults who are spiritual children as well. This is like the charismatics who listen to God’s voice in the visual circumstances and in the tone of one’s voice. When we grow in our faith we stop being swayed by feelings and emotions and we listen to the words, we learn where to find them too, in the Book. We hear God’s voice in the doctrinal understanding of the Bible rightly divided. The Bible, not voices, not feelings, just the written inspired and preserved words of God. The feeling centered perspective on God’s will is a consequence of the Pentecostal problem that teaches wrongly how God speaks. It teaches believers to trust their feelings which are fallible instead of God’s word which is perfect, sure, true, infallible! God’s perfect plan goes beyond how you feel in your life. His purpose is not to make you feel good all the time but to see you become a fruitful member of His Sons Body. Satan has an evil agenda and it is not always to make you feel bad all the time, he makes sin sound, look and feel really good. God’s will is Biblically revealed and dispensationally considered, for the record Satan’s is too. Knowing God’s voice (and Satan’s) requires having a copy of God’s complete word of truth: the Bible. Then, we must understand what God said, to whom he said it, and in what dispensational context. “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17 KJV” So I ask, whose really speaking to you? Satan through your flesh, your feelings… or God through His word of truth?

The Rapture vs The Second Coming

Denial of the Rapture – when the members of the Body of Christ are caught up to meet Him in the air – is a quick tip that a person fails to rightly divide Scripture and is at best confused and misled at worst likely not even be saved!

Anyone who thinks they have to go through or endure the Tribulation because they believe they are Israel; they aren’t, we’re the Body of Christ and have already received the atonement –
Romans 5:11 KJV — “And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom 👉 we have now received the atonement.” –
does not understand the gospel that saves today (1 Corinthians 15:3-4), and they can’t really believe what they don’t understand so they need to get saved.

The rapture ends the dispensation of grace and is one of the mysteries revealed to Paul by the glorified, risen Christ so cannot be found or connected to anything outside of Romans thru Philemon. Sorry, but it’s not in Matthew 24, Isaiah, Daniel, Luke, or Revelation. Believe me, there was a dark period before I found the key when I was ready to sell everything find a cave in the deepest wilderness and learn to survive on berries, tree bark and those weird meals you justvadd water to when I tried like mad to find it there with no luck. You can’t find what isn’t there, so I began to think maybe the people saying we had to go through the Tribulation had it right. Praise God though my husband in his study of the Bible – no teachers, no preachers, just him and God’s word and the Holy Spirit – began to see right division and share it with me. One day it clicked and Praise the Lord I saw things right!! All the confusion, doubt, fear, and worry was gone because I realized who I was, I was complete in Christ and set free from sin, dead to it and the reason I couldn’t find the rapture in the red letters or prophets was cause it wasn’t there.

But what I did find through pouring over God’s word rightly divided was the division between the Rapture and the Second Coming I had missed. I hadn’t realized that the Tribulation is the divider between the two events. The Rapture occurs, then the Tribulation begins at some point after the Body is caught up, the Tribulation then ends with Christ’s Second Coming. Below is a summary of the key differences between the Rapture and the Second Coming that right division makes glaringly obvious.

The Rapture:
• Occurs before the Tribulation period (1 Thes 1:10)
• Is a message of grace, joy and peace (1 Thes 1:1, 10; 2 Tim 4:8; Titus 2:13)
• Believers are to look for Christ, not signs (Phil 3:20-21)
• Believers have “comfort” and “rest” (1 Thes 4:18; 5:11; 2 Thes 1:7;2:16,17)
• Results in LIFE as Members of the Body of Christ are raised from the dead (1 Cor 15:52; 1 Thes 4:16)
• Marks the end of the Dispensation of Grace (Rom 11:25; 1 Cor 15:51-52)
• “Blessed Hope” for Body of Christ (1 Thes 4:14)
• Believers burden is to reach others for Christ so they are not left behind to go into the Tribulation (1 Thes 5:4-8)
• Unrevealed until the risen Christ told Paul about it (1 Cor 15:51)

The Second Coming:
• Takes place after the Tribulation (Matt 24:29)
• Is about judgment, vengeance and wrath (Psa 50:3; Joel 3:9-16; Rev 19:11-21)
• Israel is to look for the signs of Christ’s Second Coming (Matt 24:3,15,33; Luke 21:28)
• The earth will “mourn” and great fear (Zech 12:10; Matt 24:30; Rev 1:7)
• Results in DEATH, carcasses from Armageddon cover the ground (Psa 110:5-6; Zech 14:12; Matt 24:28; Rev 19:17-18)
• Marks the end of the Tribulation (Matt 24:3)
• Believers in Jesus as Israel’s Messiah MUST endure till the end to be saved by the Second Coming (Matt 10:22; 24:13; John 20:31)
• The burden of Israel will be God’s vengeance poured out on their enemies (Psa 5; 58; 59; 79)
• Predicted in the Old Testament, the Gospels and the Hebrew epistles (Isa 64:1-2; 66:15-18; Mark 13:24-26; Jude 14, 15)

What Did Jesus Say?

JESUS SPOKE THE ENTIRE KJV BIBLE

One of the common things we right dividers hear from those who reject God’s ordained method of Bible study is, “Well, I follow Jesus, not Paul.”

In other words, those who AREN’T rightly dividing the word of truth hold the RED LETTERS of their Bible in higher esteem than the rest of the scriptures.

But, wait a minute, don’t those same people accuse us of cherry picking the scriptures and cutting up the Bible? Yes, they do! All the time.

They condemn us for saying that PAUL’S EPISTLES alone are to and about the Church the Body of Christ (which is the truth of God), yet they SAY they obey the RED LETTERS because those are the words of Jesus. As if the black letters aren’t the words of Jesus (and as if they really are obeying the red letters).

The black letters of the Bible ARE ALSO the words of Jesus Christ!

The WHOLE KJV Bible are the words spoken by Jesus Christ!

And, thank GOD we have verses that teaches us that!

Here’s one. Jesus Christ said …

John 12:48 (KJV): “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.”

In that verse, Jesus said, “the word that I have spoken.”

He said “the word.”

And, “the word” is the scriptures; the Bible.

Who IS Jesus?

Jesus Christ is GOD THE CREATOR!

John 1:1-3 KJV — “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. 👉All things were made by him👈; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”

Ephesians 3:9 KJV — “And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who 👉created all things by Jesus Christ👈:”

Colossians 1:15-17 KJV — “Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For 👉by him were all things created👈, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”

So, since Jesus IS God, and the Bible is the word of God which contains the spoken words of God, then ALL OF THE BIBLE is the words of Jesus.

Denominational people reject God’s commandment to follow apostle Paul, because they aren’t understanding that the words that Paul penned ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST.

What Paul wrote in Romans through Philemon KJV, are the very words of the Lord Jesus Christ which he gave to Paul to write down!

Acts 22:12-15 KJV — “And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him. And he said, 👉The God of our fathers hath chosen thee,👈 that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. For👉 thou shalt be his witness unto all men👈 of what thou hast seen and heard.”

Galatians 1:11-12 KJV — “But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 👉For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.👈”

Ephesians 3:1-3 KJV — “For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 👉How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; 👈(as I wrote afore in few words,”

1 Timothy 6:2-4 KJV — “And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,”

2 Peter 3:15-16 KJV — “And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother 👉Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;👈 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.”

Folks, those passages directly above are STRONG in regard to Paul’s authority today, but they are also STRONG evidence to the DOCTRINE OF INSPIRATION.

The words of Christ to us TODAY, are found in PAUL’S EPISTLES. Paul’s epistles ARE NOT from Paul’s own interpretation of the things Christ revealed to him. Rather, we have the very spoken WORDS of the Lord Jesus Christ given to Paul to WRITE DOWN to give to us!

Those who AREN’T rightly dividing and who oppose following Paul, think we are suppose to follow Paul THE MAN, the personality, Paul’s flesh. But, that’s not it at all. They’re missing the whole point.

It’s not about us following Paul the person, it’s about us following Paul’s GOSPEL and Paul’s DOCTRINE!

Another reason denominational people oppose following Paul as our ONLY God-appointed apostle is because they fail to recognize that God changed his program and formed a NEW CREATURE, also called THE BODY OF CHRIST and the ONE NEW MAN, which began with PAUL in Acts 9.

1 Timothy 1:16 KJV — “Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, 👉that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe👈 on him to life everlasting.”

Ephesians 3:1-10 KJV — “For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 👉How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery;👈 (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 👉Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.👈 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; And 👉to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, 👈which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,”

2 Corinthians 5:16-17 KJV — “Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 👉Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: 👈old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

Ephesians 2:15 KJV — “Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; 👉for to make in himself of twain one new man,👈 so making peace;”

Denominational people hold on to the LIE that the Church the Body of Christ BEGAN at Pentecost in Acts 2. And, THAT lie is what BLINDS them from God’s MYSTERY truth given to Paul. And, their blindness and ignorance of Paul’s message being DISTINCT is what BINDS THEM to the law.

Without knowledge of RIGHTLY DIVIDING the word of truth, a person is literally CUT OFF from the full knowledge and understanding of God, whether they be saved or unsaved.

Understanding, and viewing, PAUL’S EPISTLES as a new, different, and separate message from Jesus’s EARTHLY ministry, is what has the POWER TO OPEN THEIR EYES, regarding UNDERSTANDING the scriptures.

Acts 26:17-18 KJV — “Delivering thee from the people, and from the 👉Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.👈”

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 KJV — “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,👉 lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them👈.”

2 Timothy 2:7 KJV — “Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.”

2 Timothy 2:15-16 KJV — “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.”

Paul writes …

1 Corinthians 4:16 (KJV): “Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.”

1 Corinthians 14:37 (KJV): “… the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.”

Following Paul means OBEYING THE SCRIPTURES THAT PAUL PENNED because they ARE the words of our Lord Jesus Christ TO us, the members of the Church the Body of Christ!

Paul WASN’T an egomaniac, as some slanderously report.

Rather, Paul was a CHOSEN VESSEL unto the Lord.

Jesus made Paul the apostle to the Gentiles.

Christ made Paul a minister to the Church the Body of Christ.

Jesus made Paul a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given to Paul for us, to fulfil the word of God.

Paul was Christ’s special messenger who revealed the MYSTERY of Christ!

Acts 9:15 KJV — “But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:”

Eph 3:1-10 (see above)

Colossians 1:23-26 KJV — “If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church: 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; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:”

Romans 11:13 KJV — “For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:”

Romans 15:16 KJV — “That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.”

So, when someone says, “I follow Jesus, not Paul,” ask them this:

What Paul wrote wasn’t the words of Jesus Christ?

If they say, “No,” then show them Ac 22:12-15; Ga 1:11-12; Eph 3:1-3; 1Ti 6:2-4; 2Pe 3:15-16 KJV.

If they say, “Yes, but …” then show them Jo 12:48; Jo 13:20; Ac 26:17-18; 1Co 1:17 KJV.

In those verses Jesus said that whomever receives WHO HE SENDS receives Jesus himself. And, Jesus said HE SENT PAUL. And, Paul also says Jesus SENT him.

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Throw Out That Trash

THROW OUT YOUR DENOMINATIONAL TRASH

LEARN ABOUT GOD’S TWO PROGRAMS, TWO AGENCIES, AND TWO METHODS OF REVEALING HIS WORD

God designed His word to be studied dispensationally. God gave Paul to give to us the KEY to understanding His word (2Tim 2:15 KJV).

It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been studying your KJV Bible, nor how long you’ve been a ‘pastor’ or a ‘Bible teacher’, if you AREN’T rightly dividing the word of truth, you ARE NOT understanding God’s word correctly. Period.

It is impossible to be a mature saint IN Christ, without an understanding of God’s TWO programs, TWO agencies, and TWO methods of God revealing His word.

God’s TWO different & separate PROGRAMS: Law vs. the dispensation of Grace.

God’s TWO different & separate AGENCIES: Nation of Israel vs. the church the Body of Christ.

God’s TWO different & separate METHODS of revealing His word: Prophecy vs. Mystery.

Nation of Israel under the Law guided by God through PROPHECY.

Body of Christ under Grace guided by God through the MYSTERY.

God gave Jesus’ 12 disciples the “gospel of Jesus Christ” according to PROPHECY. (Mark 1:1-2 KJV)

God gave apostle Paul the “gospel of Christ” according to the MYSTERY. (Romans 16:25 KJV)

The gospel according to PROPHECY required water baptism.

Whereas, the gospel according to the MYSTERY doesn’t include water baptism.

The gospel according to PROPHECY was for ISRAEL only.

The gospel according to the MYSTERY is for us today during this current dispensation of GRACE.
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Learn more …

GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PROPHECY vs. GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE MYSTERY – (POST – You’re Not A Bible Believer If … ) – https://goo.gl/Zl2Geq

JESUS WAS A DISPENSATIONALIST – (POST with Paul’s sound doctrine) and 48-min Video – by Ray Keable – https://goo.gl/qUXIdX

RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH – (POST with a Timeline Chart of the Bible and some great resource links) – https://goo.gl/3lkrTy

PAUL’S GOSPEL IS SO RADICAL THAT MOST CAN’T BELIEVE IT – (POST with a dramatic summary leading up to Paul) – https://goo.gl/hKqeBu
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Master the basics of rightly dividing the word of truth…

VIDEO – 30 min – Why Rightly Divide God’s Word? – Richard Jordan – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlBRmPEMcWI&app=desktop

VIDEOS – Through The Bible in Seven Hours! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDEA911E1C967B8C3

VIDEO – Dispel Confusion of the Bible in only ONE HOUR – Guaranteed! – Rodney Beaulieu -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py6jR_CEjlM

BIBLE TIMELINE (28 min Video ) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od8A5Ldc8T4

HOW TO STUDY THE WORD OF TRUTH – (PDF) – http://www.grace-harbor-church.org/…/How_To_Study-English.p…

THE BIBLE: THE BIG PICTURE – (PDF) – http://helpersofyourjoy.com/…/u…/2011/12/The-Big-Picture.pdf

KEY TO UNDERSTANDING YOUR BIBLE – (ONLINE) – http://www.av-1611.com/Key_Understanding_Bible.htm

THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE by Richard Jordan (PDF) – http://www.graceindiaministry.org/…/019%20The%20key%20to%20…

MOSES AND PAUL: THE DISPENSORS OF LAW AND GRACE – by C.R. Stam – (PM me with a request to email this PDF to you)

VIDEO SERIES – RIGHT DIVISION – ( Part 1 of 22 ) – by Pastor Tom Bruscha – https://www.youtube.com/watch…

VIDEO – GOD’S GREAT MYSTERY – ( 80-min ) – Pastor David Reid – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flBuUbHmRZ8&%3Frel=0

VIDEO SERIES – RIGHT DIVISION 101 – ( Part 1 of 30 ) – by Pastor Bryan Ross – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrMH6DXU7Vs

DEFENDING ANY DENOMINATION IS VAIN – 1-hr VIDEO Bible Study by Pastor Rodney Beaulieu —> 10 25 15 The Winds of Change – https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10205944322981299&id=1056404279
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Catholism Is Not Biblical

I know that many of you have been born into it, believe it, and practice it. I also know you say you love Jesus Christ and want to do what He would have you to do. Well this is what Christ says to do today:

1 Corinthians 11:1 KJV — “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.”

1 Timothy 1:16 KJV — “Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.”

Check out just a few of the historical facts about the “Church” you are claiming is what Christ would have you follow today and then go read Romans through Philemon in a KJV Bible. I know you probably have the corrupt versions pushed by the Vatican so go to BibleGateway.com and read them there, then get a real Bible one that actually contains the very words of God written by down and preserved for us today in the English language in the KJV. Don’t read the NKJV either as it’s just as corrupt as the rest.

ROMAN CATHOLIC MAN MADE DOCTRINES.

THESE WEIRD NON BIBLICAL DOCTRINES DO NOT COME FROM THE WORD OF GOD FRIENDS. THE ROMAN CULT HAS ALWAYS PRACTICED THE HIGHEST FORMS OF IDOLATRY AND DECEPTION. THEY DO NOT SERVE THE Jesus OF THE BIBLE. DON’T BE DECEIVED.

1 . Prayers for the dead . ……….. ……. 300 A.D.
2. Making the sign of the cross ………………300 A.D.
3. Veneration of angels & dead saints ……. 375 A.D.
4. Use of images in Worship…………..……375 A.D.
5. The Mass as a daily celebration……. 394 A.D.
6 Beginning of the exaltation of Mary; the term, “Mother of God” applied a Council of Ephesus ………………………………..431 A.D.
7 Extreme Unction (Last Rites of the Dead).526 A.D.
8. Doctrine of Purgatory-Gregory ……………..593 A.D..
9. Prayers to Mary & dead saints …….……..600 A.D.
10. Worship of cross, images & relics ……… 786 A.D
11 Canonization of dead saints .………………995 A.D.
12. Celibacy of priesthood ………………..…1079 A.D.
13. The Rosary …………………………………1090 A.D.
14. Indulgences .………………………..……1190 A.D.
15. Transubstantiation-Innocent III …..…….1215 A.D.
16. Auricular Confession of sins to priest …1215 A.D.
17. Adoration of the wafer Host)……………. 1220 A.D.
18. Cup forbidden to the people at communion 1414 A.D.
19. Purgatory proclaimed as a dogma..…….1439 A.D.
20. The doctrine of the Seven
Sacraments confirmed ………………………. .1439 A.D.
21 Tradition declared of equal authority
with Bible by Council of Trent……………… ..1545 A.D.
22. Apocryphal books added to Bibl…..……1546 A.D.
23. Immaculate Conception of Mary………..1854 A.D.
24, Infallibility of the pope in matters of
faith and morals, proclaimed by the
Vatican Council ……………………………….. 1870 A.D.
25. Assumption of the Virgin Mary (bodily
ascension into heaven shortly after
her death) ………………………………………….1950 A.D.
26. Mary proclaimed Mother of Church…….1965 A.D

— Compiled by Marc Roy

Check out those dates. Even if Peter the Apostle founded he church for today as the RCC claims there is no possible way he could have started these rituals. And by the way, Peter didn’t start anything, he just carried on adding to what God had already started. Paul started the church the Body of Christ the only church for today beginning in Acts 9 when Christ from heaven shined down and saved him as our pattern for today. Romans through Philemon friends. Read it, learn it, believe and obey Christ Jesus.