358 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 2 - Book 30 - What Happens When We Die - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 30 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE - PART 2 II Corinthians 4:4a We were just talking at break time about how the Devil blinds people and I think that this is just another ploy of the god of this world who transforms himself into an angel of light, because he won't do this clothed in the black robes of magic. Matthew 15:24 "But he (Christ) answered and said, `I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'" "Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision (Jews only) for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers;" (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.) II Corinthians 4:4 "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." You have no idea how many people are asking the question, "Well, Who is Christ?" A lot of people are confused. Some have the idea that Christ never really amounted to anything until He was born at Bethlehem. John 1:1-3 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. John 1:14a So Jesus is the fleshly manifestation and is the image of that invisible eternal God. Colossians 1:15 is the image (or visible manifestation) of the invisible God, the first born of every creature:" Now verse 16, and here we find that Paul, by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, attributes The Lord Jesus with the Creation. Colossians 1:16 II Corinthians 4:5 "For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake." Here Paul is again defending his apostleship. Let's go for a moment to Ephesians Chapter 3. Ephesians 3:1 "For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles." And not only was Paul a bond slave of Christ, but also a literal prisoner of Christ for this distinct purpose. Well you want to remember that Paul early on was a religious zealot, and he earnestly thought that by stamping out anything that referred to Jesus of Nazareth in Israel, he was doing the God of Abraham a service. But you see God all of a sudden stopped the man in his tracks, and you find the story of his salvation on the road to Damascus. God had been dealing only with the Jew. Saul of Tarsus. So then this is why He raises the Apostle Paul to go to the Gentiles. Let's read that verse again. Ephesians 3:1 "For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles," Well let's back up a page and see which cause Paul is speaking of. Chapter 2 verse 8 and 9. Ephesians 2:8a "For by grace are ye saved through faith;..." What do a lot of people think should also be in this verse? Ephesians 2:8a Then Christ shall profit you nothing. Ephesians 2:8,9 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Now back to Ephesians Chapter 3 again, and let's look at verse 1 again. Ephesians 3:1,2 "For this cause I Paul, the prisoner (the bond slave) of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of the dispensation (or administration) of the grace of God (not Law, not works, not legalism, but the grace of God) which is given me to you-ward." Gentiles. Israel. So God gave the Law to Moses, and Moses gave it to the Nation of Israel. But now about 1500 years later God does much the same thing, and yet totally different. All I can tell people when they call with questions is I can't help you unless the Holy Spirit helps you to understand it. Ephesians 3:14 Ephesians 3:16 Now verse 17, and Paul is still praying. Ephesians 3:17,18 We're understanding prophecy like never before. Now verse 19. Ephesians 3:19 To know Him is beyond knowledge,) that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God." I think that it was Dwight L. Moody who, at the beginning of his tremendous ministry, had read a quote by a previous great man of God. But that man of God on his death bed had said, "I had always hoped that I could be the man that God had used to the full, but I've failed." There has never been a man that has lived out the full potential of what God has in store. Now verse 6. "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness,..." Let's look at that in John's Gospel Chapter 1. John 1:6-9 "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same (John) came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, (Christ) that all men (not just a few)through him might believe. Remember the true Light lighteth every man that comes into the world. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible