How Many Times Hould God Say It?
How Many Times Should God Say It?
It is evident in the bible that God went to every possible end to make
it known that he put a difference between the nation of Israel and all
the other people of the earth in TIME PAST. It is also plain that God
went to every extent possible to make us know that today he is
not dealing with Israel, and that Israel is fallen, cast away and
"Loammi," or "not God's people," as the prophet Hosea said in Hosea 1:9.
But blindness, in part, has happened
to Israel for a reason and for a
season. It was so that God could offer salvation to unworthy,
rebellious, sinful people like you and I. Not on the basis in which he
dealt with Israel in time past, but on the basis of his love, mercy and
grace.
In order to make the message of grace
known to the world, God called a
sinful, hate-filled rebel of a man named Saul of Tarsus, and revealed
things to him for us today that were never before known. It is called
the "preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the
mystery."
It is amazing how little attention
religion pays to the fact that just
as God put a difference between Israel and all other nations in time
past, he has also put a difference between the preaching of the gospel
of the Kingdom by the 12 Apostles, and the preaching of the grace
salvatlion message by Paul.
Over and over, the bible repeatedly
says that Paul's message was a
secret, and kept secret since the world began, that it was
hidden, that it was not made known, and that nobody knew it before Paul.
The message the Lord revealed to Paul
beginning on the road to Damascus
in Acts chapter nine, and by the abundance of visions and revelations
from the Lord that Paul received sits in stark contrast to the
conditional, tribulation, endure to the end message of the gospel of
the Kingdom, as preached in Matthew, Mark,Luke and John and by Peter in
the book of Acts.
Today's salvation message was so
hidden and unknown, that not only did
the Devil not know it, but nobody on the planet knew it or had ever
heard of it, or even thought of it. The very fact that people who had
once cursed rather than blessed the seed of Abraham could now be saved
apart from, and even in spite of the fact that Israel was concluded in
unbelief.
So, sometimes you just have to wonder
how many times God has to say it.
Religion seems to stumble blindly along with their look good, feel good
things as if they do not have a clue.
How about you? Have you really
searched these things out and studied
them? God doesn't do things or say things without a reason, and time
and again in ordinary, easy to understand words, God has told us of his
love, mercy and grace, and how he wants all men to receive it...free,
without cost or obligation, but as a gift, by grace.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Take the time to ponder over these
next few verses. There is something
very important written in them:
(Gal
1:11 KJV) But I
certify you, brethren, that the gospel which
was preached of me is not after man.
(Gal 1:12 KJV) For I
neither received it of man, neither was I
taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Paul's Gospel was KEPT
SECRET:
Romans 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,
Paul's Gospel was HIDDEN:
1 Corinthians 2:7 But
we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery,
even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our
glory:
Paul's Gospel for
today was NOT
MADE KNOWN:
Ephesians 3:5 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;
Paul's Gospel for
today was HID
IN GOD:
Ephesians 3:9 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:
Paul's Gospel for
today was A
MYSTERY:
Colossians 1:26 Even the
mystery which hath been hid from ages and from
generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
Paul's Gospel for today was UNSEARCHABLE:
Ephesians 3:8 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;
Yes, the Apostle Paul
has both a unique ministry from all the
other Apostles....and most certainly a unique message...different from
that of the others. It was not until Jesus Christ appeared to Paul and
gave him this special and unique ministry and message that we were ever
told to "rightly divide the word of truth." BUT NOW it is an absolute
necessity in order to avoid the religious trap of compromise and
confusion which is the lot of most of religion today.
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.
