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Recent content by foundinHim

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    Question - WHY PAUL?

    Paul was called to be an apostle by God to reveal the "great mystery"/body of Christ/"the church of God"...the secret that had been hid in God from the beginning of the world. All of Paul's epistles contain the final revelation of God's counsel. Before Acts 28:25-26, Paul was delivered a...
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    The "Kingdom" and the "Church"

    Dear Jerry: I am NOT a dispensationalist, but I am a sister in Christ and a serious student of ALL SCRIPTURE, and will try and discuss this subject with you. In this present "dispensation of the grace of God", Israel, as a nation, has been set aside...neither Jews nor Gentiles are dealt with...
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    The "Kingdom" and the "Church"

    Dear Jerry: Did I say anything began at Acts 28? If I did, I'm sorry and I'm gonna try and correct this misunderstanding...I don't fit in any of the categories of Acts dispensationalists. I'm sorry that I ever said that I am a dispensationalist at all! "found in Him", Anne
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    The "Kingdom" and the "Church"

    Dear Dispy: I've been thinking and the offer of the kingdom and the rejection of the kingdom might be closer to what I'm trying to say. I saw in another thread that some/many don't accept the words 'offer', 'rejection', and 'postponement'. So how about if I use these words...Israel, as a...
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    The "Kingdom" and the "Church"

    Dear Jerry: I'm sorry that you can't understand what I'm trying to share with you...let me give it another shot. This is what happened in Acts 28...let us refer to Acts 28:28, "Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it." In...
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    The "Kingdom" and the "Church"

    Dear Jerry: You surmised wrong---that is not what I said. I said that the "mystery"/body of Christ/"the church" message was revealed by Paul during this present dispensation, which is "the dispensation of the grace of God." Believe it or not, Paul was preaching the "King" & "kingdom" message...
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    The "Kingdom" and the "Church"

    The "dispensation" of grace began when the "dispensation" of "the law" ended. The "mystery"/body of Christ/"the church" was/is revealed during this present "dispensation of the grace of God" which was not prophesied of in the O.T., the 4 Apostolic Gospels, or in the Book of Acts. The "mystery"...
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    The "Kingdom" and the "Church"

    Dear Jerry: Sorry, I didn't go to any site to get the understanding I have 'dispensationally speaking'. Most sites on 'dispensational' teaching have their own views of what other 'dispensationalists' believe or think...which may or may not be true, but usually, it is only in part or may be...
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    What is Dispensationalism?

    I agree that the word 'offer' is used...I just used it another post...but it was for lack of a better word. And I didn't use it regarding the 4 Gospels---Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. The words 'reject' and 'postpone' are other words I have used for lack of better words. Israel, as a nation...
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    The "Kingdom" and the "Church"

    Look at Acts 2:38 and Acts 3:19-26 If Israel as a nation would have repented... Christ would have returned, and "the times of refreshing" and "the times of restitution" would have happened...the "King" would have been here, hence, the "kingdom" would be here. Then there would not be "the...
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    The "Kingdom" and the "Church"

    Dear Jerry, This is a great example of man's wanting to say that those who hold the view of Acts 28 as ones who say that "the church" began at the close of Acts. This is NOT TRUE of me...so, please don't believe everything you hear from other men. I can see why other 'dispensationlists' hold...
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    The "Kingdom" and the "Church"

    Dear Jerry: All the authors you have mentioned in your post are only men. We should not take their word for it, when seeking "truth". Some expositors/commentators hinder our spiritual growth rather than help. The Divine Author's Written Word speaks for Itself!!! "So then faith cometh by...
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    The "Kingdom" and the "Church"

    A BROTHER IN CHRIST, I'm here. Christ is the Head of "the church"...but, "the church" cannot be found in the O.T. as you have referred to in Isa.49:6, 22. And the members of His body/"the church" are NOT priests.
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    The "Kingdom" and the "Church"

    Dear brother in Christ, Ken: Thanks for the kind words, but I can never claim to be so wise that I have/know nearly enough answers because I am still learning, growing, and maturing too. I am not too proud/"puffed up" to say, 'I don't know'. God's "word of truth" is inexhaustible. It is up...
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    The "Kingdom" and the "Church"

    Dear beloved Brother Ken: Just because Jerry does not agree with us, does not mean, at least not to me, that he is not a member of the body of Christ. We do not all grow in grace, faith, and knowledge of Him at the same pace. As maturing and earnest believers, we are to be encouraging...