new belivers

[turned around]

Hi brothers and sisters(newbies),

I write this with I believe is sincere love for the body of Christ. Paul wrote that in the last days perilous time would come. He warned by the Spirit that some would depart the faith. The questions I hear asked, the threads written are proof of those prophecies. There seems to be so little understanding of Paul's gospel. The purpose of his gospel is to reveal the dispensation of grace. How God is doing things in this present time. 1. justification by faith 2. peace with God by faith 3. sealed by the Spirit 4. finished work of the cross 5. sanctification 6. unforgivable sin 7. saved by grace through faith.

Until a believer understands Paul's gospel we remain in confusion. The Lord Jesus Christ personally gave him a revelation for the church age. We should not search for another. But we have free wills. Paul tells Timothy that a servant of Christ should be gentle to all men. Apt to teach, willing to help those who have been taken captive of the devil. Believing God would grant repentance for their recovery. If anyone is grappling with the 7 topics listed you(we) need help.

The Spirit has and is prodding me to study Paul's gospel. Its the only way for the madness to stop. Some churches are stuck in ism's, some have verse off into new age, some have gone back to Judaism. We might need to repent and, go back to Paul's gospel because Christ gave it to him for our survival and profit.

May Christ's grace be yours.

 

[1watchman]

Quite true. Hold forth -hold fast - hold faith! Look up always!

 

[Bible2]

turned around said in post 1:

There seems to be so little understanding of Paul's gospel.

Indeed.

The gospel of our salvation (Ephesians 1:13) is that we can be initially saved by believing that Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ and the human/divine Son of God (John 20:31, John 3:36; 1 John 2:23), and that he died on the Cross for our sins and rose from the dead on the 3rd day (1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Luke 24:46-47, Matthew 20:19, Matthew 26:28).

And the gospel is that we can be ultimately saved if we continue to believe this to the end (Hebrews 3:6,12,14, Colossians 1:23), and continue to perform good works of faith to the end (Romans 2:6-8; 1 Thessalonians 1:3), and repent to the end from any sin that we might commit (Hebrews 10:26-29), and get water-immersion (burial) baptized into Jesus (Mark 16:16, Romans 6:3-11), and partake of Jesus' divine flesh and blood in the bread and wine of communion (John 6:53; 1 Corinthians 11:23-30), and forgive everyone for everything (Matthew 6:14-15), and do all that we can (Romans 12:18) to make reparations to and peace with everyone whom we have ever wronged (Matthew 5:23-26), and help Christians in need (Matthew 25:34-46), and provide for our families (1 Timothy 5:8), and don't blaspheme the Spirit (Mark 3:29), and don't remove words from the book of Revelation (Revelation 22:19), and don't worship the future Antichrist or his image or willingly receive his mark (Revelation 14:9-12), and continue in God's goodness to the end (Romans 11:22), and overcome to the end (Revelation 3:5, Revelation 2:26).

Amen.

turned around said in post 1:

The purpose of his gospel is to reveal the dispensation of grace. How God is doing things in this present time.

Regarding the present age (world) ending, note that nothing in verses like Ephesians 1:21b, Ephesians 1:10, Ephesians 3:2, Colossians 1:25, Titus 2:12b, and Hebrews 6:5 says or requires that only the present age is an age of grace or a church age, or that the age to come won't also be an age of grace or a church age.

Also, the present age can include the future tribulation (Revelation chapters 6 to 18) and the subsequent millennium (Revelation 20), with the age to come being the subsequent time of the new earth (Revelation 21). For the end of the present age, when all the unsaved will be cast into the lake of fire (Matthew 13:40, Revelation 20:15), won't occur until sometime after the future millennium (Revelation 20:7-15).

turned around said in post 1:

Until a believer understands Paul's gospel we remain in confusion. The Lord Jesus Christ personally gave him a revelation for the church age.

Note that there is no such thing as the church age, for the church will continue in the world throughout all ages (Ephesians 3:21, John 17:15). For just as the church will continue in the world throughout the future tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 (Matthew 24:9-13, Revelation 13:7-10, Revelation 14:12-13, Revelation 20:4-6), and then throughout the subsequent millennium (Revelation 20:4-6, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 2:26-29), so the church will then continue forever on the new earth (Revelation 21:1 to 22:5).

turned around said in post 1:

We might need to repent and, go back to Paul's gospel because Christ gave it to him for our survival and profit.

That's right.

Similarly, the future fulfillment of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24, before Jesus returns immediately after the tribulation (Matthew 24:29-31, Revelation 19:7 to 20:6), should be relevant to every Christian, regardless of whether or not he thinks he will still be alive to go through it, just as the past fulfillment of, for example, Genesis chapters 1 to 11, should be relevant to every Christian, regardless of him not being alive at that time to experience it. For all scripture regarding all times is profitable to all Christians in all times (2 Timothy 3:16).

Also, the future fulfillment of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 should be especially relevant to every Christian alive today. For the main reason that the Bible gives clear warning ahead of time about everything that Christians alive at the time of the tribulation will have to face (Mark 13:23, Revelation chapters 6 to 18, Revelation 1:1, Revelation 22:16), before Jesus returns immediately after the tribulation (Matthew 24:29-31, Revelation 19:7 to 20:6), is so that Christians can be better prepared mentally not to be blindsided (1 Peter 4:12-13) or deceived by anything that is coming (Matthew 24:4-5,23-25, Revelation 13:13-18, Revelation 19:20), and so that they can be better prepared mentally to endure the future tribulation with patience and faith to the end (Matthew 24:9-13, Revelation 13:7-10, Revelation 14:12-13, Revelation 20:4-6), and not commit apostasy during the tribulation (Isaiah 8:21-22, Matthew 24:9-13, Matthew 13:21), to the ultimate loss of their salvation (Hebrews 6:4-8, John 15:6; 2 Timothy 2:12).