772 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 4 Book 65 - But God! (The Body of Christ) - Part 4

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 65 BUT GOD! – (The Body of Christ) - PART 4 Even if it’s small. I say, "Look, with God little is much!" All right, we left off at verse 19, where the Scripture makes it so plain that Christ is not the King of the church, but rather He’s the head. We are joint-heirs with Christ. After being declared the head of the Body, which is the church, now verse 20: All right, now verse 21. Colossians 1:21 "And you, (Remember, he’s writing to Gentiles as the Apostle of the Gentiles.) Even the most wicked, unbelieving rebel, his sins are forgiven, so far as God is concerned, because the work of the cross completed it. Reconciled. Well, historically, yeah, I believe Christ died a Roman crucifixion. No, I’m talking about trusting that work of the cross as your salvation. Well, he evidently left for work. It hasn’t changed his life." I’m not talking about just a head knowledge. God won’t take it. Your sins are forgiven - past, present, and future. All the sins of the world were paid for at that cross of Calvary, but lost people have to believe it to appropriate it. Colossians 1:21 reconciled…" All right, let’s back up a page, another verse comes to mind. Back up to Ephesians chapter 2 starting at verse 11. All right, here it is. Now, Paul is writing to Gentiles in western Turkey and he says: Ephesians 2:11-12 12. That at that time (while Gentiles were still out there and God was dealing with Israel on the covenant promises) ye (Gentiles) were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:" See how plain that is? Did Gentiles have any right to claim the Abrahamic Covenant promises? No! Let’s come back to where Paul is telling it like it was for the Gentiles while God was dealing with Israel, all right, "Ye were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and (What?) without God in the world." Now, people don’t like that! My, I’ve been reading ancient history again lately. I’ve been reading about Alexander the Great. Oh! Wicked. The society that Paul had to live in - absolute gross immorality. Ephesians 2:13 After the finished work.) in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off (you Gentiles) are made nigh (That is, to God.) by (What?) the blood of Christ." Come back with me now to Colossians chapter 1 verse 22. Colossians 1:22 "In the body of his flesh through death,…" Now there’s another thought. New life. New life. Colossians 1:22a "In the body of his flesh through death, (through His work of the cross) to present you holy (Now, that doesn’t mean sinless. The word holy simply means set apart. Once we’ve placed our faith in that finished work of the cross, can God ever again point a judgmental finger at us? Never! Look at what Paul writes. I Corinthians 1:7 "So that ye come behind in no gift; (In other words, if you’re a believer, there’s nothing lacking.) All right, so the Corinthians were already "waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." Now verse 8 and people don’t like this. I Corinthians 1:8 "Who (Jesus Christ) shall also confirm you unto the end, (Now, what does that word confirm mean? that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." God will never come back and accuse the believer, we’re unblameable. If you have appropriated by faith the finished work of the cross, then you are unblameable. All right, now reading on. You are unblameable and "blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." What day was Paul talking about? All right, what if the Lord should come? I Corinthians 1:9 "God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." All right, I’m still not through with Colossians 1. Colossians 1 verse 23: "If you continue in the faith grounded and settled,…" You trust the work of the cross and that glorious resurrection - and nothing but. All right, if you’ve done that, then we will not: Titus 2:11 says, "that the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men." "Who…" Now the modification is – Paul. Paul didn’t sit and wrack his brain on how he could word this. Colossians 1:24 All right now verse 25 and here is the parallel with Ephesians 3 verse 2. Israel. This whole body of truth that is wrapped up in – the dispensation of the Grace of God. In that dispensation of the Grace of God are all these mysteries, or secret things, that have never been revealed before in Scripture or in all of human history until God speaks it through this one man. Yes, even if the words of the Lord Jesus don’t agree. Remember, that what Paul says are the words of the Lord Jesus just as much as what’s back there in red, because it’s Holy Spirit directed, and Christ is speaking through that Apostle. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible