Christ The Centre Of The Bible.

CONCLUSION All the great truths of the Lord Jesus Christ`s purpose for the Body of Christ have been revealed. God`s word, by His Holy Spirit unfolds the process as each truth is given to Paul`s disciples. From the first understanding of the `catching away,` before the Day of the Lord, through...

Practical Advice - (1 Timothy & Titus) The Apostle Paul is coming towards the end of his ministry and he desires to pass on to the younger men practical advice for ministering among believers and for holding fast to sound doctrine. Timothy was like a son to the aging Paul. Thus he entrusts...

Paul Released and goes to Macedonia. (AD 62) After two years the Apostle Paul is acquitted and released from prison. It is then that many think that Paul wrote to the Hebrew Christians. This is an important book as it not only writes of the supremacy of Christ, but also of the different...

The Lord Jesus Christ, the Head of the Body had given the Apostle Paul all the great truths of His purpose for the Body of Christ. Paul taught these, the whole Counsel of God and also warned of the heresies trying to deceive the believer. Then the Lord gave to Paul the encouragement to give the...

Paul`s Prison Letters. (AD 56 - 60) (Acts 21: 27 - 28) Heresies - (Colossians) Paul also told the elders of Ekklesia at Ephesus that he may soon be imprisoned when he went to Jerusalem. He warned them of the dangers to come. ` For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will...

The Whole Counsel of God - (Ephesians) While Paul was on his way back to Jerusalem he sent for the elders of the ekklesia in Ephesus because he was nearby on the coast. He told them that bonds may await him but he desires to see and pray with them before he sails once more. `They all wept...

Paul`s Third Missionary Journey. (AD 53 - 56) (Acts 18: 23 - 21: 26) 4. Truth - the Day of Christ.(Corinthians) While on Paul`s third missionary journey, at Ephesus he wrote to the Corinthians. Paul wrote in detail concerning the Body of Christ and the Holy Spirit`s gifts. `For as the Body...

Paul`s second Missionary Journey. (AD 49 - 52) (Acts 15: 36 - 18: 22) 2.Truth - His Coming for the Saints. (Thessalonians) The Lord Jesus Christ, the Head of the Body, was giving Paul fresh revelation of His further purposes - the Body of Christ. This revelation was not known in previous...

Paul goes to Jerusalem. (AD 49) (Acts 15: 1 - 35) Corrections - Certain men taught circumcision. `And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” (Acts 15: 1) Thus there arose dissension and a...

Jesus is Lord of All. Many years passed as Christ by His Holy Spirit worked with His Jewish Apostles. They healed the sick and challenged the people of Israel concerning who Jesus was. However they still had a Jewish understanding of God`s purposes. Thus it was that the Holy Spirit gave Peter...

The Impartation of the Divine nature. The people heard Peter and changed their mind as to who Jesus was, they were then baptised and received the Holy Spirit. `Then those who gladly received his word were baptised; and that day about three thousand souls were added.`(Acts 2: 41) These Jewish...

The Forming of the Body of Christ. When Christ ascended to the Right hand of the Father, He was made Head of the Body by His Father. This was a whole new purpose of God for His Son. ` (God the Father)...raised Him (Jesus) from the dead and seated Him at the right hand in the heavenly places...

Jewish Converts. `Then Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.` (Acts...

OVERLAP. After the transition time there is an overlap of God`s purposes - for Israel and the Body of Christ. Let`s look at Israel first. God gave Israel different Feasts to commemorate something in their past but also to be a prophetic calendar to be fulfilled from Calvary to the...

The Revelation from the Two Men. `Now when He (Jesus) had spoken these things, while they (disciples) watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly towards heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who...

TRANSITION. From Jesus` earthly ministry to Israel to His later ministry to His Body there is a transition time. The apostles were still focused on Jesus coming again to rule through Israel and coming out from Roman rule. The book of Acts shows us this transition time, then, later how the...

OVERVIEW Jesus said, “I will build my ekklesia, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.` (Matt. 16: 18) Jesus told the disciples that He would build His ekklesia, however Jesus did not give any details of what that would be. The disciples already knew that Israel was an...

CONCLUSION I believe we have just begun to know some of our Lord`s glorious character. There is so much more to look at and meditate upon. May we be encouraged to read God`s word in a different light, not just for events and special verses, but to really look at Christ, how He thought, spoke...

RIGHTEOUS Righteousness is that which is straight and accurate, wholly devoid of duplicity, double dealing, deviation or deceit. `Gracious is the Lord, and righteous.` (Ps. 116: 5) Christ is King of Righteousness. ` King of righteousness.` (Heb. 7: 2) No one is qualified to be King of...

FAITHFUL `Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God...` (Deut. 7: 9) Faithful, is to be loyal and trustworthy. And God has shown Himself in many ways to be faithful `who keeps covenant and mercy to a thousand generations.` The Lord Jesus reveals His faithfulness as -...