226 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 2 - Book 19 - Acts 15

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 19 ACTS 15 We are saved by the finished work of Cross plus nothing. Paul, like Stephen in Chapter 7, is going to rehearse the whole history of the Jewish nation beginning with Abraham. What does the Scripture mean by the "Only Begotten Son of God?" We use the term so often, but I think most Church members and most Christians think of the Only Begotten Son of God as His birth at Bethlehem. In Acts 13 Paul has come all the way through Christ's earthly ministry, His Crucifixion and then in verse 30: "God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that (now watch this) he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, `Thou are my Son, this day have I begotten thee.'" Now let's go back and look at Psalm Chapter 2, because a lot of people just don't comprehend that God the Son was so vividly portrayed back here in the Old Testament. This chapter foretold His rejection, and his death by Jew and Gentile together. Psalms 2:1-7 "WHY do the heathen (Gentiles) rage, and the people (Jews) imagine a vain thing? Now here is what Paul is quoting. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, `Thou art my Son (Christ): this day have I begotten thee.'" To put the cap on that turn to Romans Chapter 1. There's no doubt the Scriptural account of the only begotten Son of God is the Resurrection! When He arose from the dead He became the only begotten Son of God in power, as Paul says here in Romans. Romans 1:1-4 "PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures), Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh (Mary was of the seed of David, as was Joseph); And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead." It was the power of God that raised Him from the dead, that declares Him to be the only begotten Son of God. That God raised Him from the dead! Victorious over sin, hell, death, and everything. envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming." Now let's go back to the Book of Romans and this time in Chapter 11. Because Christianity began to hate the Jew. If you were a Jew, how would you feel? Romans 11:7-11 God forbid: but rather through their fall [Israel had every opportunity to have The King and the Kingdom and their Messiah but they rejected it, and through that fall as a result of rejection] salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.'" And never lose sight of that, Why did God open the windows of Grace to us Gentiles? Because Israel rejected it. So Salvation is come to us Gentiles to provoke the Jew to jealousy or envy. So as the Gentiles are now hungry for The Word, and Paul and Barnabas are laying out The Word that Christ died for them and rose from the dead for them. Now verse 46: Acts 13:46 "Then (after the Jews showed their envy, and are blaspheming) Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, `It was necessary (had to be) that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you,...'" In a lot of ways you can make the comparison between Israel (when she was still under God's leadership; when they were still the Covenant people) and America today. America has had so much opportunity to have the truth of the Word of God, but what are they doing with it? God's not going to stand for it. Unless we have a tremendous turning back to the truth of this Book, then we are doomed. Here again, Paul speaking in verse 46: "...but seeing ye put it from you (in unbelief), and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life (now Paul says), lo, we turn to the Gentiles." Just that simple "...we turn to the Gentiles." Verse 47: "For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, `I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.'" Israel's Messiah was to have been a Light to Israel, but in turn a Light to the whole world. Now verse 48: Acts 13:48 Listen, that's not what this Book teaches. This Book teaches believe that Christ has done it all. "God be merciful to me a sinner." No! God has already forgiven all human beings of all sin. The world has already been reconciled to God. I don't think anyone teaches more plainly the separated walk of the believer that God demands. Turn to the Book of Hebrews Chapter 2. Every sin has been already paid for, and now the only thing that God asks is to believe it. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible