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April 21, 2009
The Gospel
1Corinthians 15:3 for I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4: And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.
Please memorize this verse. If you don't know how to witness or are unsure what to say to people then don't trust your salvation on some one's form of a sinner's prayer. This verse right here IS the Gospel. It is the Only Gospel by which people can be saved today.
This verse of scripture has the power of God in it and it can translate you right into the kingdom of Heaven if you will just believe it.
1Corinthians 21:For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
That tells me mans wisdom is worthless when it comes to your salvation, and so is religion. Religion is manmade. The problem with people today is not their sins, it is their unbelief.
Why is the verse so important? Because it was a mystery hid in God from the foundation of the world and it was revealed to the apostle Paul from the lord in Glory AFTER he had ascended up from the Apostles. The Apostles were to go to Jerusalem, and after they were saved then go to Judea, then Samaria (10 lost tribes) then to the uttermost parts of the world. That was the order and baptism was a requirement. This was a New nation of Priest being called out by the lord in His earthly ministry. It didn't get finished. They added to the church about 4,000 acts 2 and a couple thousand in Acts 3-4.
Then the Lord called the Apostle Paul and sent Him to the Gentiles. His first mission was to go to the Jew first (to bring Jacob to the lord again) and then to the Greek (after the Jews refused his teaching of grace). In Acts 18 1-8 Paul and Baranbas turned from the Jews and the Lord appeared to Paul in verse 9: Then spake the lord to Paul in the night by a vision, (Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.)
The Lord appeared to Paul on a few occasions and each time he would receive a new revelation not found in the Old Testament. There are some verses that speak of Paul to bring Jacob to Him again in Isaiah 49:1-4 Is Christ, verses 5-6 are Christ in the apostle Paul. But people try to ignore that also.
In 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
If you divide off the Books the Apostle Paul wrote from the rest of the Bible you can clearly see in the end of Christ's Ministry on earth to the 12 teaching about the kingdom and the new beginning and it is all to Israel, and then turn directly to Hebrews and it continues as if the 13 books the apostle Paul wrote were never there. If Paul's gospel is the same as the 12 there would be no need to divide them off, Paul is teaching grace and the breaking down of the middle wall of partition contained in ordinances and the lord making in Himself twain, one new man, called the Body of Christ. It is a special privilege we have to live in this time and it will not continue, when the last gentile is saved that completes the Body of Christ, we will be taken out of here. We cannot be here when the tribulation period starts. There will be a different gospel being taught then to bring Israel unto repentance and it starts over until Israel comes to repentance their house will be left desolate, the lord pronounced judgment on them and will not return until they do this.
Matthew 24:36( Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathered her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the lord.)
The State of Israel today is not a nation in God's eyes yet, it is a state. When the lord returns after their repentance during the tribulation, however, All Israel shall be saved and Jerusalem will become the center of the World and the nations of the earth will flow unto it because the lord IS There.
I have tried to show you today you may be saved and in the Body of Christ, but if you are counting on your works and other things required in religion they will all burn up at the Judgment seat of Christ. If you are in the Body of Christ you are to come out of that system. I have tried as clearly as I can to stress the importance of salvation to you today. Why? The time is at hand, I have seen things in the last 90 days go into warp speed where Christians are concerned, and you should be concerned. Don't let someone who has doctorates and diplomas educate you in their religion, The Bible says, "No man can redeem his brother." You are given salvation freely by believing the verse I showed you out of God's Word, not man's. I pray for you and hope you take this message to heart, I also know I have a lot of international readers and I am praying for you, we are all one Body if you are in Christ.
Just read 1Corinthians 15;3 until you understand that all your sins are paid for and you don't have to work to keep staying saved. It has all been done for you in A.D. 33 before you were ever born, just believe it and trust it. I love you all in Christ.
michael
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