685 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 1 Book 58 - Calling God a Liar

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 58 CALLING GOD A LIAR I John 5:8–18 Well, now that’s Israel. So as we study these little Jewish epistles, they are still all under the Jewish economy. "That if Israel would yet repent of having crucified their promised Messiah, God would still send Jesus Christ to set up the Kingdom." So now then God does something different in chapter 9 He saves another Jew, the Apostle Paul, outside of the land of Israel. (Romans 11:13) All right, now if you’ve got Acts chapter 9 we’re going to look at verse 15 where God is talking to Ananias, one of those devout law keeping, believing Jews. Now when I say believing Jews at this time I’m talking about Jews who have embraced Jesus of Nazareth as their Messiah, the Son of God. That’s what they’ve believed for salvation. All right, so the Lord is speaking to this Jewish believer, Ananias. Verse 15 of chapter 9. Well, Ninevah was Gentile. Old Testament. "preaching the word, to none but Jews only." So going to the Gentiles is left for the Apostle Paul, just exactly as God wanted, and you’ll never find Paul mixing Law and Grace in his epistles that he wrote. Romans chapter 16 verse 25. Romans 16:25 Hidden in the mind of God. All the Old Testament was speaking of was this coming Messiah and Redeemer of Israel. Come on over to Ephesians chapter 3. Now remember this is still review of our introduction of James and Peter and John. (Romans 15:8) And those Old Testament promises were concerning a King and a Kingdom. Paul doesn’t mention that. "That the Gentiles (see? It was given because of the grace of God to this rank persecutor. 8. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, (he never forgot the misery that he brought into the believing element of Israel) is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles (not Israel, although Israel is going to have an opportunity, but it’s primarily to the Gentiles) the unsearchable riches of Christ; 9. Israel didn’t recognize their King and they crucified Him and God in turn, now turns to the Gentile world through this Apostle with this whole magnificent message of the Grace of God. Come back with me now a minute remember now what we’ve just seen that God is going to send Paul to the Gentiles and Jesus and Peter and the other eleven men have been dealing only with Jews. About twelve years after Paul has begun his ministry among the Gentiles and Peter has already gone to the house of Cornelius. And yet, the Jerusalem Jewish believers are not convinced that Paul’s Gospel is the real thing. It’s either Paul’s Gospel is right, or he has been misleading the Gentiles. Galatians 2 verse 9, after the argument had been settled between Paul and Peter, James and John, here’s their conclusion. So consequently with that agreement in mind are these little Jewish epistles written. The Gospel of Grace. Paul’s Gospel of Grace is all that’s left. II Peter chapter 3 and this is an amazing statement. We never take that away from one word of Scripture. II Peter 3 starting with verse 15 and this is so crucial to understanding this separating Paul from the rest of the Jewish economy until the Jewish program disappears completely. II Peter 3:15a "And account (understand) that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation;…" All right, so here Peter is saying the same thing. II Peter 3:15b "…even as our beloved brother Paul…" There has never been an instance that Peter, James and John recommend the Jewish people listen to or read Paul. Now look what Peter says, The revelation of the mysteries. And according to those mysteries that have been revealed unto him) given unto him hath written unto you;" Now verse 16. "Even if it’s an angel from heaven, preach and twist Paul’s Gospel of salvation, to mean something else there’s only one future for them and that’s anathema. All right, I John chapter 5, we covered verse 8 in our last program, but we’ll read it. All right, now then, verse 9. I John 5:9a "If we receive the witness of men, (we take them at their word,) the witness of God is greater:…" Men can lie. But can God? God cannot lie. I John 5:9b-10 "…for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 10. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record (that is the written record) that God gave of his Son." Remember the first part of verse 10 "he that believeth on the Son of God has witness in himself." Now let’s come back to John’s Gospel, like I said it’s so much, almost identically word for word. Come back with me now to John’s Gospel chapter 3, and if this isn’t almost the same thing that you saw in I John. Let’s start with verse 17. John 3:17-18 "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but the world through him might be saved. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible