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THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL HIDDEN?
2
Corinthians 4:3 - 2 Corinthians 4:5 "- - But even if our
gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4)
whose minds the God of this age has blinded, who do not believe,
lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the
image of God, should shine on them. 5) For we do not preach
ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bond
servants for Jesus' sake.
In
today's secular society it is hard to know what to believe. In
the decades following the turn of the 21st Century discourse has
turned to the subject of "fundamentalism" and in
keeping with the spirit of the times, a conclusion seems to be
drawn that connects fundamentalism of any kind to
represent a non-thinking, highly dangerous and threatening
religious viewpoint. Theologians more and more quickly
disassociate themselves with anything called fundamentalist
Christianity. Thousands are turning away from the true Gospel
which is the original and fundamental Gospel. That which
was brought into being by the Apostle's of Jesus Christ the
Messiah.
Instead
of accepting the Gospel in its purity and simplicity, churches
are turning to a message of an evolving Gospel.
They are altering the text of the Bible or throwing out
conventional Bible interpretation. They can not accept the Bible
as a reliable document to follow literally. This is called
"Progressive Christianity."
Such a viewpoint is
taught by highly intelligent theologians, strong on intellect but
dangerously weak in truth. Obviously the original text presented
features that these "thinkers" considered too
restrictive or too unpopular for the secular, instant
gratification masses. They have judged Almighty God not to be the
sort to have presented a Gospel that required one door, Jesus;
one mediator, Jesus; one chance, believe or perish; one commodity
that can save from sin, the blood of Jesus the crucified 'Lamb of
God.' Such blind leaders of the blind have judged themselves to
be more enlightened and qualified to explain the nature of God
and His Gift than those who originally were blinded by the
magnitude of resurrected Lord's glorious presence.
If the
Gospel is not taught in its fullness, it remains hidden. Who is
wise enough to receive it? Jesus explained it this way, " -
- unless you be converted (to be) like a small child, you can not
enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. " The qualifications are
to believe as a child, simply and unquestioning.
The
Gospel, 'good news' bring blessings not hurt; peace not warfare;
sharing not taking and hoarding; Godliness, not cruelty and
violence toward others. There is nothing that equates the
fundamental Islam to fundamental Christianity. They have another
Jesus, another spirit, another 'revealed' message. It should not
be difficult to see that the message of the Quran of Islam is not
consistent with the Gospel of 'Good News' to all humanity.
Cults
and religions at times, disallow the free gift of God,
which includes peace with God; righteous standing before God,
freedom from God's judgment; or the Joy of His presence. They
deny the identity of Jesus as God's son as the Savior who paid
the price for sin. They deny that Judgment will fall upon those
who would have it any other way.
The
Bible explains, there is one man, one
savior, one Lord destined to reign over the whole
earth and He is the one who was pierced for us and
rose to allow us to inheritors of the same resurrection. This is
the gospel. We are free to choose. But to choose wrong is to
choose NOT to avail yourself the gift of eternal life.
Matthew
16:16 But who do you say that I am?
(This
question will separate true believers from unbelievers)
Jesus
asks his disciples this question; "Who do you say that I
am?" Peter, answers and says, "You are the Messiah,
(the Christ) the son of the Living God." Jesus then tells
Peter, "- - - Flesh and blood have not revealed this to you,
but my Father who is in heaven. This is an example of how we
receive knowledge of hidden things,
Hidden things
of God: Revealed by the Holy Spirit:
1Corinthians
2:0 - -"Eye has not seen nor ear heard, neither has entered
into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for
those that love him. 10: But God has revealed them unto
us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things,
yes, the deep things of God. 11. For what man knows the things of
a man, except by the spirit of man which is in him? Even so the
things of God, know man knows, except by the Spirit of God.
THE
GOSPEL IS ABOUT ONE MAN
Jesus of Nazareth, The Jesus of
the Gospel
It
seems that in the course of living a "religious" life,
we can lose sight of some of the most basic essentials of
Christianity, essentials which contain within them foundational
truths and indispensable revelation. Among these essentials
truths is the fact that the Christian faith is built upon a man,
one man who is the only begotten son of God. Who is this man and
what makes him special? Did he come to teach about love? Did he
come to model a moral lifestyle? Did he come to found a religion
replete with ritualistic protocols? Who do men say that I am?,
Jesus asked his disciples. If we do not get the correct answer to
that question, you can not avail yourself of the 'gift of God'
which he brings. There is a simple African hymn-tune that states:
God loved the world and sent a savior, That we might live with
Him forever, If you believe, if you receive, You can be born
again. Jesus was born a man, he was a man, but he was more than a
man.
His
name in Hebrew was Jeshua, or Yeshua (Yeshua equals Jesus meaning
- JHVH (Jehovah) is salvation.) It was only after his ministry,
death and resurrection that he became known as the Christ. Christ
was not his last name. Christ (Greek, Kristos) is the
equivalent title for the Hebrew Meshiach (Messiah), the Anointed
One, the Son of God. Jesus name in Hebrew, Yeshua , means Jehovah
is Salvation. Angels were sent to announce the miraculous birth
both to Mary and to Joseph, in the gospel accounts. The angels
told them what his name was to be, You shall call His name Jesus
(Yeshua) for he shall save his people - -(Matthew 1:21; Luke
1:31). Prophecy foretold the Messiah's birth in detail. Prophecy
is the testimony or witness of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 19:10.)
It began in the earliest verses of the Book of Genesis and
continues through the books of the law, the psalms, and the
prophetic books of the first covenant, (old testament.) There is
an unbroken line of scriptural promises and scriptural
fulfillment attesting to the birth of Jesus. In addition Jesus
Christ was portrayed metaphorically as a spiritual type
throughout all of the Old Testament. In a sense the whole Bible
is a composite picture which, when constructed shows the fullness
of God in one Man, the Son of God, Jesus Christ.
Prophetic
words spoken and recorded hundred of years in advance, describe
the birth, life, and death of Jesus Christ in perfect detail. His
birth was to be at a certain place, at a certain time, under
certain circumstances. At the birth of Jesus, God affirmed that
Word of prophecy with precision. Precisely and in perfect timing.
Jesus' life continued on its prophetic course, as sure as hands
on fine clock, from the time of Jesus matured and was presented
to the public, to his being received as the messiah (by some)
rejected, tried, and crucified. All of these events followed a
precise time line corresponding to the sure words of prophecy.
God's
prophets were afforded no misses in their predictions. A prophet
who missed only 10% of the time was declared a false prophet and
subject to death by stoning.
There
are many interesting books and commentaries which biblical
scholars have written that detail the scores of specific
prophetic scriptures and their fulfillment in the life of Jesus.
Though the study of prophecy per-se goes beyond the scope of this
writing, it is important to note that Messiah was clearly
promised by God. Jesus and Salvation is of the Jews. (From and
through the Jews.)
The
Jews were the people that God chose and nurtured in order to
bring forth the Messiah. God chose a man, (Abraham) made a
covenant with him with the singular purpose of having a people
for His own special treasure and pleasure. These are they whose
way was foreknown from Moses to King David, and to the prophets,
through trials, through captivity and deliverance. This people of
God was to prepare for the "seed." His man, His king,
His savior.
It
was God's Wisdom, to construct this Way, in such a manner as to
make the working impossible in man's eyes and in man's reasoning,
so that He could prove the excellency of His own power. When God
chose and man (Abraham,) he chose one as good as dead, old in
years and whose wife (Sarah) was far past the age of childbearing
and nurturing.
When
He chose a king, He chose a shepherd boy, (David). When He chose
a woman to bear the Messiah He chose a virgin. When Jesus Christ
chose his disciples he chose unlearned fishermen or workmen. When
He chose how to establish a kingdom he chose a king who would
forgo an earthly crown and die the death of sinful man upon a
cross.
God
chose the way of faith.
Faith
is essentially a way of being persuaded by believing rather than
by observation and reasoning.
God chose to make reason and
human smartness a pitfall to hearing and believing His word and
His promises.
Jesus
the Son of God; The Messiah
The
Anointed One, The prophesied Son of David. This Messiah, destined
to sit upon the throne of an earthly kingdom will yet sit upon
the throne of an earthly kingdom. But that time is still to come.
He will at the end of this age put a total end to all opposition
and rebellion against God's purposes. This end time event is
described prophetically as The Day of Vengeance (Day of Wrath) or
the Day of the Lord. The Day of the Lord is a time promised in
scripture, when all unbelief, unrighteous, and rebellion will be
addressed and overcome by God himself. It will not be
accomplished through negotiation or compromise; it will not be
accomplished with reasoning, negotiation, nor with political
bargaining, nor with treaty making. Rather, God will exercise
supernatural power, all of the forces of heaven and earth against
all the nations and peoples who stand in rebellion against the
Kingdom of Jesus Christ. (See Rapture
------ See commentary on
preterist doctrine.)
In
a prophetic period which through our best understanding of
present day news and signs, is coming in the very near future,
the Messiah of the Gospels will return in majestic glory revealed
in the skies. He will not be that charismatic politician winning
over the peoples of the earth. He will rule with the force and
authority of the name of God Almighty. And one more very
important attribute, lest you should be deceived; He is the
one who carries the imprint of the nails in His hands!
(Zechariah 13.6.)
Who
is Jesus? The Son of God.
Jesus
was conceived by the Spirit of God. This makes him the only
begotten son of God. He is the seed of the woman who is mentioned
in Genesis 3:15. It is important to understand that the father's
blood line of Jesus' parental inheritance is that of God himself
who was and is sinless and undefiled. Yet within the human seed
is the nature of humanity, weaknesses, want and human emotion.
The
life that Jesus lived was a life lived within the limits of the
human condition. Yet scripture states that He knew no sin, and
though he was tempted in all areas just as we are. He remained
undefiled and separate from the sin nature which is particular to
all of the natural born human race. (Hebrews 4:15, 7:26)
He
was a man, but certainly unlike humanity in a special way. The
human race according to the bible, has an Adamic hereditary line
or genealogy, descended from the line of Adam. Since Adam the
human race is under a curse. The fall and the curse is portrayed
in the first chapters of Genesis. At the moment, you may not
believe in Adam or in any kind of curse, but for the time being,
set that argument aside. God can work that issue out with you at
a later time. It is necessary to believe that the Bible is not a
fable or fiction. To argue against the Bible is to lose the
blessing of believing in it, both in small questions and in
larger questions.
Jesus
submitted his will to God the Father
The
Jesus of the Gospels demonstrated meekness, submission and
servant-hood. He did not present himself as a worldly leader, nor
a member of the religious establishment.
Jesus
did not demonstrate Godlike powers at will from his infancy
onward, though some apocryphal tradition states this. Scripture
indicates he did no miracles until his baptism in the Jordan
river by the prophet who announced and made the way for Jesus'
ministry, John the Baptist. After his baptism at about the age of
30 the Spirit of God came upon him and filled him with the
necessary endowment of miracle-working power. Even with
supernatural spiritual endowments there were times when Jesus
himself was not able to heal or do mighty works, this was owing
to the belief or unbelief of those he ministered to.
While
Jesus did not flaunt God-hood it would be an error to say that he
did not know of his DIVINE nature or of his divine calling. He
spoke of being about his Father's business even as a child. Jesus
was filled with grace and wisdom, both of which are spiritual
enablements given by God. Jesus was the Logos (the Word, the
whole counsel of God) made flesh.
A
movie which came out several years ago, The Last Temptation of
Christ, portrayed Jesus as mostly human and flawed with the worst
of human weaknesses, dark passions, indecision and unbelief. It
is a depiction of a Jesus with no divine or supernatural
inheritance, whose only vision was of some kind of vague personal
sacrifice. Though this is interesting fiction it does not dignify
the person of Jesus Christ as having transcendent divinity or as
having any potential for impacting humanity with eternal
consequences.
Jesus
Christ, The Word Made Flesh
The
Son of God, the Word was made Flesh. He was born into human form
but he also had preexistence with God. This can not, however, be
said of the rest of the human race. Jesus spoke of His own glory
which he had with the Father before the world was in his prayer
recorded in John chapter seventeen. From this it can be stated
with certainty that Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God was also
God. This becomes one awesome mysteries of the nature and person
of God. I find it beyond my ability to comprehend but I expect
that it will be revealed to my understanding at another time.
pre-incarnate
Jesus
The
Man Jesus Christ existed in eternity before his manifestation as
the Son. Because Christ was preexistent some may conclude that we
all preexisted. The question is appealing in some ways, curious
and interesting at least. It is argued as a reality by those who
have received spurious, demonically inspired revelation. But let
it be said by a person who once thoroughly believed in
reincarnation, that I have set that belief aside in favor of the
Bible's teaching. It is appointed unto man to die once, and after
that the judgment.(Hebrews 9:27).
Reincarnation
or Resurrection?
The doctrine of resurrection is
affirmed in the Bible. Resurrection excludes the possibility of
reincarnation. One life is promised, one body and eternal
judgment for that one life at some time in eternity. The
resurrection of Jesus' own physical body from the dead, will be
replicated for every living human soul, both the good and the
bad, righteous and unrighteous. Jesus was called, the first
fruits of they that sleep (1Corinthians 15:20.)
The
doctrine of the resurrection is given so much attention in the
New Testament especially in the epistles that I could quote texts
by the dozens, but at this reading it would be beyond the scope
of this writing. Yes, it is unreasonable to the rational mind, to
assert that a body which is dead or has even returned to dust can
be brought forth alive out of the dust. But that is in fact the
teaching of scripture from the prophet Daniel to Jesus, and
restated by the apostle Paul in particular.
The
returning Messiah Jesus, will be presented as he was already
presented to the disciples in Gospel accounts, alive in the
flesh, bearing the same nail scars and the same spear wound in
the side. As he left in a physical body ascended into glory, he
will also return in a physical body. As he departed from the
Mount of Olives he will also return in glory to that same spot to
begin his reign.
No
Resurrection, No Gospel
The doctrine of the
resurrection is the proof and the cornerstone of the Gospel.
Jesus had to rise again, having defeated death, alive with the
keys to hell and the grave. The gospel which the apostle Paul
presented stated this, If Jesus Christ is not risen from the
grave, then all of our preaching, is for nothing and our faith is
for nothing; furthermore our futures would hold only misery. (1
Corinthians 15:17-19 paraphrased)
We
could not have a supernatural Gospel without a supernatural
Christ. We could not derive supernatural spiritual benefits from
believing in a Gospel presented by a mere man, even if he was a
great man! If this were the gospel we followed, the best we could
do would be to try to live an honest and moral life with the
limited powers of our own willpower, but we could not have
received total acceptance by God without Jesus Christ's
sacrifice. Because he was the Lamb of God.
Who
is Jesus Christ? The Lamb of God
A sacrifice is made, The
price is paid.
I
believe that certain Christian religious traditions have shorted
us on any one thing. This is the knowledge and understanding of
Jesus Christ's sacrifice as the Lamb of God and the legacy of
blessing that His sacrifice brings to change the life and
circumstances of every soul on earth. This is the ante-type which
is depicted in detail by the Passover of the Israelites from
Egypt but even centuries earlier in the story of Abraham and
Isaac at Mount Moriah. (Genesis 22)
The
sacrificial death of Jesus, God's only begotten, is the principle
reason that Jesus came. It is the cornerstone of the Good News,
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This Gospel message of good news
is not one option among many for possible consideration. The
gospel of the Lamb is established in the very heavens where the
Book of John's revelation depicts with great emphasis how the
lamb is the focal point of the heavenly realm. Every person on
the earth will be held to account for it. For, the earth is the
Lord and everything that is in it. (Exodus 9:29 Psalm 24:1)
The
sacrifice of the lamb of God is a better sacrifice than any of
the First Covenant, in which bulls and goats were killed and the
blood of those offerings was applied to cover (but not remove)
the sin of the nation. These offerings could not touch the innate
sin nature of the people themselves, but were only a temporary
fix, a covering over for the sin of the people. The Book of
Hebrews goes into detail about the new covenant and the nature of
the sacrifice which Jesus made on our behalf. If we compare the
first and second covenant and the provisions of the new which
transcend the original. In the Old Covenant, The lamb of God was
prefigured in the sacrifice which Abraham was prepared to make of
his own son, Isaac Here on Mount Moriah, where the crucifixion
was to occur 2000 years later, Abraham uttered the prophetic
words recorded in Scripture in Genesis, "God Himself will
prepare us a lamb."
Isaac was the son of God's
promise. Abraham took his only begotten, Isaac, to the mountain
and as he prepared to put him to the knife, said to his son, God
himself will provide the lamb. (Genesis 22:8). ----
The
lamb of God was described prophetically in the Book of Isaiah,
chapters 52 and 53. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter and as
a sheep before the shearer is silent, he did not open his mouth.
(Isaiah 53:3-9). ---- The description of the purification of the
priests who prepared to bring offerings into the Holy of Holies
is a depiction of Jesus Himself. It was His blood that would
purify and sanctify the mercy seat It was blood that was
sprinkled seven times upon heaven's altar.
Jesus'
Blood: Shed for all humanity
--
Was shed, when He sweat drops blood in the Garden of Gethsemane,
gripped with the terror of separation from his Father, who turn
from him, abandoning to death; and the prospect of being made a
Curse separated from God by the sins of the world.
- -Was
shed, when the servant of the high priest smote him upon the
face.
- - Was shed, when the Roman soldiers ridiculed him,
mocked him, stripped him, buffeted him and torn out His beard.
-
- Was shed, When he was flogged with the Roman flagellum, the
deadly scourging with the lash, Each of the nine strands were
tipped with an object which cut or wounded.
- - Was shed,
when the crown of thorns was plaited upon Jesus' head.
- -
Was shed, when Jesus hands and feet were penetrated by the spikes
which would hold him suspended above the earth upon a Roman cross
(the curse of hanging on a tree.)
- - Was shed, when the
Roman officer pierced his side with a spear and blood and water
flowed out upon the ground.
Blood
Purchased the Provisions of the Gospel
Discussing
the blood of the lamb may strike you as something primitive,
strange or disgusting but it is the fact that it is the living
blood which makes a sacrifice spiritually effectual. From the
writings of Moses we learn that the Life is in the blood.
Blood is the life of the soul and holds potential for both
blessing and for defilement. Innocent blood is said to cry out
from the earth. The blood of victims of war and of violence cry
out with a certain voice from the earth.
Jesus'
blood was blood untainted by sin or the curse or death. It is 100
per cent imbued with the power of life. This blood had within it
perfect eternal life; it still has, in the present, perfect
eternal life. That blood that sprinkled the earth from the Mount
of Olives, to Pilate's hall of judgment, to the Via Dolorosa, to
the hill called Golgotha, is still nurturing the whole earth. As
Jesus was dying the death of crucifixion upon a cross, he
declared the sentence which his blood would continue to enforce,
Father forgive them, they do not know what they do. Jesus blood
purchased the price for our sins, sins past, sins present, and
sins future. "Father forgive them- - " Among the
last words spoken by Jesus upon the cross is the legacy which any
person whose soul is in want can appropriate as his or her own
personal blessing and legacy, eternal life.
Who
is Jesus?(Aside from being the Son of God) A Really Nice
Guy
It is written in the law of Moses that we should make
no graven image. Among all of the ten commandments this one may
not lend itself readily to application although the first
references seem to figure in the question of idolatry. I think,
however, it has much more to apply to our present knowledge or
lack of knowledge about God. One of the characteristics of human
nature is to draw inferences and conclusions based upon things we
see with the natural eye.
Throughout
the nearly two thousand years of Christian tradition we become
the victims of iconography, Icons which in some manner or another
depict God or the Son of God. Any of us who have ever been to a
major museum have seen depictions of Jesus Christ created during
different historical eras. The characteristics of portrayal is to
make a presumptuous statement about the personality, the humanity
or the divinity of the subject that is being portrayed.
Iconography has colored our interpretation of who Jesus is. Some
of these images are very static with a very narrow portrayal. A
sense of Jesus Christ's humanity was not apparent for centuries.
When he was depicted by the first Christian artists there was not
a trace of life or humanity. For the period from the 4th century
until the 14th, he was no more than an stylized icon, lacking any
features which would make him like us. Later, after the fifteenth
century, he was portrayed as very human in works by Rembrandt, or
Caravaggio, Rubens, and others. The point that I am making is in
respect to narrowness and misunderstanding of who Jesus was.
Religious traditions sometimes portray Jesus in such a narrow
light that we can not associate him in all of his attributes,
human and divine.
The
human quality of Jesus, a perfect man living among us, needs to
be preserved. I think the phrase "Jesus was a nice guy,"
may strike a negative chord among some who are religious and
formalize so much of Christian life into liturgy. But I say it
for a reason. We need to demystify Jesus and make Jesus
accessible to people, especially in the now of the Gospel rather
than the then of religion. The Lord is not someone who placed
himself out of the reach of humanity.
To
think of Jesus as a friendly, loving and kindly person does not
interfere with his divinity nor his sovereignty. There are other
aspects to Jesus too, as depicted by the the Hebrew names of
Jehovah: Nissi, Tsidkenu, Rapha, Shama, Jireh, Sabaoth, and
numerous others, as well as: the 'Righteous Judge', the 'Captain
of the Army of God', or as the 'Ancient of Days', and many other
powerful and illuminating titles. One day, we will all fall
before Christ, the Righteous Judge. But for now Jesus is still
bringing gentle compassion, forgiveness, restoration and blessing
to those of us with a need. He is extending a hand of friendship
to those who need a friend.
Jesus'
friendly and compassionate personality is described as a friend
to sinners, one who went out of his way to meet and have
fellowship with those that the religious community had excluded
(Matthew 9:10-13.) Jesus was known to have been in the middle of
fun and frolic where there was feasting and drinking. He said of
himself, that he was accused of being a glutton and a
wine-bibber, but in spite of this Jesus, declared that wisdom is
known by her offspring. (Matthew 11:19 paraphrase).
Notable
Encounters That Jesus Had With Individual Men & Women
Stories
are numerous where men or women who were considered 'the wrong
sort,' received mercy from the Lord's hand of compassion and
acceptance: Zaccheus the publican; (described in Luke 19:2-10)
The Samaritan woman at the well of Sychar; (John 4:5-30).
The woman taken in adultery; (John 8:4-11).
Mary, a
former prostitute anointed Jesus feet at the house of Simon the
leper; (Luke 7:37-47).
Jesus who came to the grave side of
Lazarus and wept; (John 11).
Jesus who consoled the man
healed of blindness after the church council expelled him; (John
9).
At a certain future day when Jesus will be the host at a
great feast and serve all of those attending.
(Luke 12:37).
The friendship factor as it pertains to the person of
Jesus is something that must not be lost. There is a proverb that
states, There is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.
(Proverbs 18:24) This is the love and friendship of Jesus Christ.
There are so many hurting, there are man who are bruised, and
there are man needing a friend. The love and power of the Spirit
of Christ Jesus can supply this. It is a kind of supernatural
miracle that someone who needs and asks believing can receive.
THE
GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Jesus'
Message was the Gospel of the Kingdom
Too
often, religious tradition has taken away the spiritual nature
and power and potential of our relationship with Jesus Christ and
replaced it with human- centered ideas and institutional church
behaviors.
The foundational Gospel is the message of God's
plan for restoring the earth and reconciling its people under His
own ruler ship; to gather them unto himself. (Exodus 19) It is a
prophetic plan and timetable for God's ruler ship. (Matthew 4:23)
"And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing
all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the
people."
The Gospel addresses the restoration and
redemption of the race of mankind, delivering the people from the
control of Lucifer. It was Satan, Lucifer, who once had the
dominion of worldly ruler ship. Jesus regained authority over
principalities and powers and made a triumph (a victorious
parade) before every spiritual power entity, ( angels and demons)
and displayed that He, Jesus, the son of man had received
kingship, all ruling authority, in the World. "The Son of
God came to destroy the works of the Devil."(1John 3:8)
Jesus came Against Satan's Kingdom With
Messianic Power
"And Jesus went about all the cities
and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the
gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every
disease among the people." (Matthew 9:35) "The blind
receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed,
and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the
gospel preached to them. "(Mat 11:5) "But is now made
manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath
abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light
through the gospel:"(2 Tim 1:10) "Remember that Jesus
Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to
my gospel:" ( 2 Tim 2:8)
Destroying Bondages and
Removing the Curse
The curse of the law fell to Adam and
was/is evident in all sickness and evil that is manifest in the
world. Satan is reluctant to surrender control and authority and
must be driven out by the conquering king. Those who have been
born of God are given authority in His Name.
Just how long
will Satan's "lease" be allowed to stand? There are
differences of opinion on this. The answer is hidden in the
"mystery of iniquity". Most agree that the "end
times" are here and now. The Mount of Olive discourses that
Jesus outlined the end-time events are recorded in Matthew 24,
Luke 21 and Mark 13. They describe the end of the age and the
final defeat of the Evil One in an all-out conflict in the end.
The
day of the Lord is the prophetic reference to the time of the
Judgment of God against those who resist his Gospel and live in
rebellion to Him.
Judging
the True Gospel
The Gospel of the Kingdom is a Gospel of
power, peace and righteousness: The Gospel I believe, has three
important elements, all of which touch or are founded upon the
ruler ship and authority of the King and Heir of all things,
Jesus Christ.
The King Who is this King of Glory?This one
man, Jesus of Nazareth, has been ordained to be the Head of the
Kingdom of God? It is He who has been given all authority within
the Kingdom. It is He who was appointed by
God the
Father, approved by Him in the resurrection of His body from the
dead.
Redemption, Being freed from the Consequences of
Our Old Nature. Redemption goes much further than belief and
ideology. Fallen man had to be changed supernaturally from the
inside out. A Provision had to be made to deal with the sinful
nature residing within every person in a fallen race. God's plan
to is to make something new out of that man, a new creation,
recreated by the Spirit of God. This new right-standing status is
not achieved by philosophy, theology or religious ritual or
belief but through the power of a New Life.
The issue of
righteousness outside of the law hangs upon this "New
Creation". He who was without sin was made sin for us, so
that we could become the righteousness of God. The teaching of
the "power of the cross" and the "exchange at the
cross" are the hinge upon which the miracle of the new birth
and righteousness articulates. The Extension of Jesus
Ministry
The Hidden Gospel The long hidden Gospel of the
Kingdom has to the do with the EXTENSION OF JESUS MINISTRY upon
the earth by Christ acting through every believer. We become as
Kings and Priests in the earth, with Jesus in us and working
through us to minister the supernatural work God. Through the
enablement of the Holy Spirit who was given to each disciple for
the sole purpose of doing these works. It is this third aspect
which has been missing in the revelation of Christianity for
hundreds of years and is only now coming to light, although there
is great resistance to the message by the spirits of darkness.
The very wonderful truth of "Christ In Us, our hope of
Glory" expresses a new life, a new character, and new
spiritual potential. We become not church members in the manner
of the worldly tradition but partakers of Jesus character and of
his ministry (gr. diakonia).
Commissioning Disciples
The gospel of the Kingdom is expressed in relationships more than
in knowledge. Jesus chose men and women to grow close to and to
share in the witness of His glory. It was they who witnessed all
of the miracles and wonders of His word and deed. Yet amazingly,
it was not enough for his living disciples to witness His words
and His works for 3 years, the Gospel required more than that.
They needed a empowerment from God; the same power that was in
Jesus had to re-energize each man and woman .
The Enabling
"Anointing" Spiritual Ministry:
Healing,
Preaching and Deliverance "The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the
poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised," (Luke 4:18)
"Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell
John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see,
the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead
are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached." (Luke 7:22)
"And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching
the gospel, and healing every where." (Luke 9:6) Darkness
continues to withstand the full gospel message from being taught.
The "leaven of the Pharisees" is still an active agent
of resistance to the Gospel of the Kingdom. It is this religious
spirit that brings a believer into the bondage of unbelief and
the traditions of man. The Gospel says that we are transformed
into a new life of provision and authority and supernatural
ministry but tradition says otherwise; The gospel says we are as
He was in this world, tradition says otherwise; The gospel says
we are Kings and Priests and the anointing teaches all things,
tradition says otherwise; The gospel says he ascended and gave
gifts to man and that every man has received these gifts in order
to minister, tradition says otherwise; The gospel says there is
but one mediator between God and man and we do not go to man to
meet God, tradition will direct otherwise. The gospel says not by
man, not by man's own will, or by any worldly means, tradition
says otherwise.
The Gospel of the Kingdom is Manifested
Power "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for
it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that
believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."(Romans
1:16) "Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power
of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about
unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ."
(Romans 15:19)"
Good News: Hope and Blessing
Why is the Gospel called the "good news"?
Through it is found liberty, peace with God, joy and
righteousness. "And how shall they preach, except they be
sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that
preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good
things!" (Romans 10:15) "And I am sure that, when I
come unto you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of
the gospel of Christ." (Romans 15:29) The Message of the
Gospel is Hidden to Human minds. The natural man with all of his
intellect can not receive things which are spiritual, for it
takes faith to believe. "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid
to them that are lost:"
(2 Corinthians 4:3) "But
they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who
hath believed our report?" (Romans 10:16) "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 Corinthians 4:4)
"For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them:
but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with
faith in them that heard it." (Hebrews 4:2) "Now to him
that is of power to establish 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) "For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to
preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of
Christ should be made of none effect." (1 Corinthians 1:17)
False
Gospels
There are many cultic or non Christian
"gospels" being taught. Every cult and sect has any of
three things which are wrong with it: The wrong Jesus, the wrong
Gospel, the wrong spirit.
"For if he that cometh
preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye
receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another
gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him."
(2 Corinthians 11:4)
"I marvel that ye are so
soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ
unto another gospel:" "Which is not another; but there
be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of
Christ." (Galatians 1:6,7)
"But though we, or
an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that
which we have preached unto you, let him be cursed." "As
we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other
gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed."
(Galatians 1:8,9)
Fellowship with the Holy Spirit
"Instructs us in the Gospel"
The
Gospel of the Kingdom was communicated directly to the Apostle
Paul by revelation of the Spirit of God, and face to face with
Jesus Christ (revealed "to one out of due time " a time
after the forty days when Jesus made in the flesh visitation with
his disciples before ascending into heaven.) Paul was visited
personally by Jesus. The epistles indicate a time of
extraordinary revelation of His Gospel.
Now for any who will
seek it, there is the same Spirit of revelation, "the Spirit
of Wisdom and Truth". The Holy Spirit will communicate all
the things which are of Christ and show them to us in prayer,
reading of the word and in meditation.
"But I
certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me
is not after man."
(Galatians 1:11) "And I went up
by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I
preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of
reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain."
(Galatians 2:2)
The Gospel is the Good News of
Salvation
Salvation
is not limited strictly to promised heavenly
rewards, having been made free of the fierce
judgment of God's wrath upon sinners. Salvation
encompasses total restoration, (salvation,
healing and deliverance.) "In whom ye
also trusted, after that ye heard the word
of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in
whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed
with that holy Spirit of promise," (Ephesians
1:13) A
Prayer of Faith,The Prayer Which Brings Salvation:
My Youtube Video-
less than 5 minutes.
If
any person believes the Gospel in their heart and declare this
aloud to witnesses, that person shall be saved; changed and made
alive in Christ! The testimony of the believer which brings
salvation is a prayer of Faith, which is a spoken proclamation
declaring a promise from the Word of God. It should include some
of the following understandings. "Who is Jesus? What did he
do for ME? What will He do in ME because I believe?" These
are elements of the Gospel you should know after reading these
chapters. Grafted into the Vine of God's Elect
The
gospel of Jesus Christ extends God's grace and provision outside
of circle of the people of God's original covenant. Beyond the
fellowship of the Elect of Israel -- outside of the boundary of
the Abrahamic line.
"That the Gentiles should be fellow
heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in
Christ by the gospel:" (Ephesians 3:6) "For the hope
which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in
the word of the truth of the gospel;" (Colossians 1:5)
When
the Gospel is Preached in its Fullness
Through mighty
signs and wonders by the Spirit of God, from Jerusalem and round
about, I have preached fully (the gospel in its full measure) the
Gospel of Christ. (Romans 15:19)When Fully Preached there are
Signs Attesting its Truth.
Yes,
God can and will manifest His power to bless in order to
demonstrate His power! "For our gospel came not unto you in
word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much
assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for
your sake." (1 Thessalonians 1:5)The Gospel Age is the
Season of the Lord's Favor
The
church age has been called the age of Grace, the year of the
Lord's favor, or the acceptable year of the Lord. (Read Isaiah
Chapter 61, the portions the Jesus quoted in
Luke Chapter 4.)
In a future time, which may be nearly upon us, the night will
come when no man can work. The time will come for judgment and
purifying the earth. This promised, prophetic time will see "the
thorough purging of the threshing floor with fire. (a figurative
picture of Jesus spoken by John the Baptist, (Matthew chapter
3:12 and Luke Chapter 3:17.)
The day of the free access to
Christ's forgiveness of sins is a window of opportunity which
will not be extended indefinitely and in terms of us as
individuals we do not know what tomorrow will bring. We may have
no tomorrow, as the evangelist Billy Graham has expressed so
strongly in all of his appeals.
It
is a certainty that there is coming a time of wrath and judgment
upon those who have not believed or received the word of Gospel.
"In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God,
and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:" (2
Thessalonians 1:8) "Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto
themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are
now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto
you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the
angels desire to look into." (1 Peter 1:12)The Gospel Begins
in Simplicity
The
Gospel begins simply in its scope as a simple seed of promise,
but deepens and grows as the mustard seed of the parable into a
great size; into greater and greater revelation and spiritual
wisdom of Christ.
"But the word of the Lord endureth for
ever.
And this is the word which by the gospel is
preached unto you." (1 Pet 1:25) "Now to him that is of
power to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching
of Jesus Christ -" (Romans 16:25)
As long as any
disciple lives and grows in the knowledge of Christ he or she
will never exhaust the fullness of its splendor, or the greatness
of its wisdom. We are as the apostle says, looking in a foggy or
cloudy mirror. But some day that mirror will be clear.
The
Message of Jesus' teaching and preaching was: The "Gospel of
the Kingdom"
The Kingdom can be viewed in two views:
The present manifested kingdom that we refer to as the 'Kingdom
of Heaven' and the second which addresses the restored earth
under the rule of righteousness in the 'Kingdom Age.' The
covenant people Israel had in mind the promised kingdom where
God's Messiah was to govern and rule the world. They did not have
a clear understanding of how the nations, the gentiles, would
figure in this covenant. That remained in the realm of the
mysteries of God only to be revealed after the death and
resurrection of the Messiah of Israel. The two aspects of the
Kingdom continue to be confused by most every nominal Christian
and certainly those who still embrace religious Judaism.
The
Lord's Prayer is a constant reminder of the Kingdom which, while
still promised in a future natural manifestation, has a very real
present reality in the here and now, the kingdom asks for the
life of God within us both individually and corporately be
revealed.
Too
often, religious tradition obscures the spiritual; the power and
the potential to be found in Jesus Christ. Religion replaces
Spiritual life with human-centered ideas and institutionalized
church behaviors. The foundational Gospel is the message of God's
plan for restoring the earth and reconciling its people under
divine ruler ship; to gather humanity unto himself. (Exodus 19)
It is both a prophetic plan and timetable for God's ruler ship.
"And Jesus went about all
Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel
of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner
of disease among the people." (Matthew 4:23)
The
Gospel of the Kingdom addresses the restoration and redemption of
the human race, delivering its people from the control of the
Devil. It was Satan (Lucifer) who in times past held the reigns
of dominion in terms of worldly ruler ship. Jesus regained
spiritual authority over all principalities and powers and made a
triumph (at the time of the resurrection, Jesus led a victorious
parade in which the vanquished king and all of his princes are
paraded in chains) before all hierarchies of spiritual power
including angels and demons. In this spiritual display it was
made known that He, Jesus, the son of man, had received kingship
and all ruling authority. "The Son of God came to destroy
the works of the Devil." (1John 3:8)
Jesus
came Against Satan's Kingdom With Messianic Authority
After being baptized by John, Jesus, In the messiah's
earthly ministry, carried the Spirit of God in full measure and
exercised the power the was inherent in his being God the Son.
"And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching
in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdom, and
healing every sickness and every disease among the people."
(Matthew 9:35) "The blind receive their sight, and the lame
walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are
raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them."
(Matthew 11:5) "But is now made manifest by the appearing of
our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath
brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel:"(2
Timothy 1:10) "Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of
David was raised from the dead according to my Gospel:" ( 2
Timothy 2:8)
Destroying
Bondages - Removing the Curse
The curse of
the law and the curse of Adam was/is evident in all of the
sickness and the evil that is manifest in the world. Satan is
reluctant to surrender control and authority and must be driven
out in the name of the Victorious King. Those who have been born
of God are given authority in His Name. In the present situation,
Satan knows that he no longer has the authority to rule in this
world, but he, being a cheat and a liar, will not tell us that he
is disqualified.
Therefore
until we are informed about his unlawful trespasses and
violations and begin to exercise the authority that God has given
us over him, he will continue to rule by deception and fraud. God
wants us to read him his rights. The fact is he no longer has any
rights and he must remove himself from God's property.
Just
how long will Satan's fraudulent "lease" be allowed to
stand? There are differences of opinion on this. The answer is
hidden in the "mystery of iniquity". I believe this
mystery of iniquity is part of the agreement that God has made
with Satan to allow him an opportunity to test, sift, and to
attempt to deceive the saints. At the culmination of this time of
the mystery of iniquity, Satan will even be allowed to set up a
bogus kingdom with a false messiah. At the end of this age, Satan
will present the world with false messiah. Those in the world who
are not redeemed will accept him and worship as God. Most agree
that the 'end-times' are very near to the present time.
In
the Mount of Olive discourses, Jesus outlined end-time events.
These prophetic revelations are recorded in Matthew 24, Luke 21
and Mark 13. This series of revelations answer particular
questions relevant to the end of the age and the final defeat of
the Evil One in an all-out conflict in the end.
The
day of the Lord is the prophetic reference to the time of the
Judgment of God against those who resist his Gospel and live in
rebellion to Him.
Judging
the True Gospel
The Gospel of the Kingdom is a Gospel of
righteousness, power, peace and finally judgment: The Gospel I
believe, has three important elements, all of the central
elements touch and are founded upon the ruler ship and authority
of the King and Heir of all things, Jesus Christ.
The
King: Who is this King of Glory? This one man, Jesus of Nazareth,
is ordained to be the "king" of the Kingdom of God? It
is He who has been given all authority within the Kingdom. God
the Father appointed him heir of all things and approved by Him
in the resurrection of his body from the dead.
Redemption:
Freed from the Consequences of Our Old Nature
Redemption
goes much further than belief and ideology. Fallen man had to be
changed supernaturally from the inside out. A provision had to be
made to deal with the sinful nature residing within every person
in a fallen race. God's plan to is to make something new out of
that man, a new creation, recreated by the Spirit of God. This
new right-standing status is not achieved by philosophy, theology
or religious ritual or belief but through the power of a new
life.
The
issue of righteousness outside of the law hangs upon this "New
Creation". He who was without sin was made sin for us, so
that we could become the righteousness of God. The teaching of
the "power of the cross" and the "exchange at the
cross" is the hinge upon which the miracle of the new birth
and righteousness articulates.
The
Hidden Gospel: Not only Redemption, but the Extension
of Jesus Ministry
A
long hidden feature of the Gospel of the Kingdom has to the do
with the "extension of Jesus Christ's ministry" upon
the earth. In this provision of the Gospel, Christ becomes an
active power within each believer and is enabled to act through
every believer. We become as Kings and Priests in the earth.
Jesus becomes resident in us in order to work through us to
minister the supernatural work God. Through the enablement of the
Holy Spirit who was given to each disciple for the sole purpose
of doing these works.
It
is this revelation of the Christian Gospel which has been missing
for hundreds of years but is now slowly coming to light. There is
great resistance to the message which activates God's children to
their full potential, Godly calling, and maturity. The enemy of
our souls desperately works to keep God's children in darkness.
Many church "pillars" set forth arguments sighting
ample Scriptural documentation which has the net effect of
resisting the liberty of the Spirit. These arguments when spoken
or preached, work a spiritual uneasiness inside of the servant of
God who seeks to follow the right pathway. A nagging sense of
condemnation is experienced by those seeking wholeness and
liberty. Men and women who bring this message find themselves as
targets of criticism or ostracism, they are viewed as agents of
evil or as purveyors of radical, unbiblical doctrine.
Nevertheless,
the wonderful, wonderful truth of "Christ In Us, our hope of
Glory" expresses a new life, a new character, and new
spiritual potential. We become so much more than mere church
members in the manner of the religious tradition but partakers of
Jesus character and of his ministry (Gr. diakonia).
Commissioning
Disciples The Gospel of the Kingdom is expressed in relationships
more than in an informational components, or knowledge. Jesus
chose men and women to grow close to and to share or "bear
witness" to his glory. It was they who witnessed all of the
miracles and wonders in his words and deeds. Yet amazingly, it
was not enough for his living disciples to witness his words and
his works for 3 years, the Gospel required more than that. They
needed an empowerment from God; the same power that was in Jesus
had to re-energize each man and woman. The Enabling "Anointing"
Spiritual Ministry: Healing, Preaching and Deliverance "The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to
preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
bruised," (Luke 4:18)
"Then
Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what
things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame
walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are
raised, to the poor the Gospel is preached." (Luke 7:22)
"And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching
the Gospel, and healing every where." (Luke 9:6)
The
anointing to minister came upon Jesus (called The Son of Man in
the Gospel writings) The day that John the Baptist baptized
Jesus, the Holy Spirit descended bodily in the form of a dove and
alighted upon him. He (the Holy Spirit) has a divine function,
that is to identify and to initiate the purposes of God toward
people in all kinds of circumstances with all kinds of needs.
However, the circumstances and needs themselves did not
move Jesus to minister to one person or another. It was the inner
voice of the Spirit who directed which of the sick folks in the
five porches was to receive the special healing. Those who become
his disciples today, which is to say all of those who are reborn
of the Spirit, are eventually deigned to minister "Christ."
We
believers must have the same "Holy Spirit power" to
equip this ministry. We must become familiar with the voice of
God through the Holy Spirit within us, who will direct us into
the purposes of God. To minister "in Jesus name" is a
feature of this anointing.
As believers we know that we
have "Christ is in us". We are qualified to say "in
the name of Jesus," we are authorized to lay hands on the
sick that they may recover. Is not Jesus present with us to work
on our behalf?
Traditions
and ignorance continue to withstand 'the full Gospel message'
from being taught. The "leaven of the Pharisees" is
still an active agent of resistance to the Gospel of the Kingdom.
It is this Antichrist religious spirit that brings a believer
into the bondage of unbelief and the traditions of man.
The
full Gospel message says that we are transformed into a new life.
Through Him the Body is given needed provision and authority for
supernatural ministry but tradition says otherwise; the full
Gospel message says we are as he is in this world, tradition says
otherwise; the full Gospel message says we are kings and priests
and the anointing teaches all things, tradition says otherwise;
the full Gospel message says he ascended and gave gifts to man
and that every man has received these gifts in order to minister,
tradition says otherwise; the Gospel says there is but one
mediator between God and man and we do not go to a man in order
to meet God, tradition may direct otherwise. The Gospel says not
by man, not by man's own will, or by any worldly means, tradition
says otherwise.
The
Gospel of the Kingdom is expressed with manifested power
"For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is
the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to
the Jew first, and also to the Greek."(Romans 1:16)
"Through
mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so
that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully
preached the Gospel of Christ." (Romans 15:19)" Paul
said in essence that he preached the Gospel in full measure, or
the "full Gospel message."
Good
News: Hope and Blessing
Why
is the Gospel called the "good news"? Through it is
found liberty, peace with God, joy and righteousness. "And
how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How
beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace,
and bring glad tidings of good things!" (Romans 10:15)"
(Romans 15:29)
The
Message of the Gospel is Hidden to Human Minds
The
natural man with all of his intellect can not receive things
which are spiritual, for it takes faith to believe. "But if
our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:" (2
Corinthians 4:3) "But they have not all obeyed the Gospel.
For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?"
(Romans 10:16) "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 Corinthians 4:4) "For unto us was the
Gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did
not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard
it." (Hebrews 4:2) "Now to him that is of power to
establish 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) "For
Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel: not with
wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none
effect." (1 Corinthians 1:17)
What
makes a cult? False Gospels, Other Gospels?
There
are many cultic sects and non Christian "Gospels" being
taught. Every cult and sect has any of three things which
disqualify them from representing the true Gospel of Jesus
Christ. The wrong Jesus, the wrong Gospel, or the wrong spirit.
"For
if he that cometh preaches another Jesus, whom we have not
preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not
received, or another Gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might
well bear with him." (2 Corinthians 11:4)
"I marvel
that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the
grace of Christ unto another Gospel:" "Which is not
another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert
the Gospel of Christ." (Galatians 1:6,7)
"But
though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other Gospel unto
you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be
accursed." "As we said before, so say I now again, If
any man preach any other Gospel unto you than that ye have
received, let him be accursed." (Galatians 1:8,9)
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