586 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 2 Book 49 - Turning Your Back Scornfully - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 49 Turning Your Back Scornfully - Part 2 We’re under Grace. Also remember Grace is not license but it is that tremendous fulfilling of God’s tremendous plan of redemption - we enter in by Faith and Faith alone. Because I don’t want people to get these two concepts mixed. There is a big difference between "apostasy"and "backsliding." Because I don’t want people to confuse the issues. It’s very possible to be a backslider as a believer, and never lose your salvation. But on the other hand, for people who were never really saved, it’s not hard for them to turn their back on revealed truth and become an apostate. Jeremiah chapter 3, and verse 11. Now granted this is Israel under the Law. Jeremiah 3:11 "And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah." Jeremiah 3:12 "Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever." Where God says, "I will show mercy on whom I will show mercy, and I will show compassion on whom I will show compassion." "Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree,…" Now again, let’s come into the New Testament account. And I suppose the most flagrant instance of backsliding would be in I Corinthians chapter 5, and we’ll start in verse 1. There’s not one word of Scripture to indicate that this man was ever lost, because he was a believer. If we don’t fail anywhere else, we fail in the thought processes. "My little children, (what a term of endearment) these things write I unto you, that you sin not. And (what’s the next statement) if any man sin, we have an advocate. (we have someone there at the Father’s right hand interceding for us constantly) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2. And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." Whereas – "apostasy" - oh, what an awful word. There is no other way that God will deal with apostasy but by judgment. Now remember we saw the first instance of that when Israel refused to go in at Kadesh-barnea. Consequently, what happened to that generation of people? Paul makes it so plain. Invariably I think you can answer – "They never were." Alright but let’s go a little further now in Hebrews chapter 6 and so now we’ll go into verse 5. Let’s just stop there again. How long would you survive if you never did anything but taste something? Well, you’ll taste it. Just take a little bit. Tasting will never do it. Put in a little more salt, a little more sugar, a little more cinnamon and stir it up and taste it. Well, these people were the same way. Alright, so now let’s move on in verse 5. Hebrews 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, (but wouldn’t swallow it. Then Paul goes one more step) and the powers of the world to come," He said, "You’ve understood the powers of the age to come." What’s the age to come? The whole Old Testament is full of promises of this earthly kingdom that’s coming for the Nation of Israel. "Next year Jerusalem!" So let’s turn to Isaiah chapter 35, and I just want to give you a little inkling of how these Jews up through their national history had this inkling of this glorious Kingdom that was coming to the Nation of Israel. And these people to whom Paul is writing the letter to the Hebrews were no different. They had an understanding of this age to come. Isaiah 35:5-7a "Then (when this Kingdom comes in. (you’ve all heard those terms) The Kingdom. Starting at verse 1. Isaiah 11:1 The Christ. Now verse 2. Isaiah 11:2-3a "And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:4a. In the Kingdom. Now verse 5. Isaiah 11:5 Isaiah 11:6 Isaiah 11:7-9 No sin, no sickness. And this is what Israel was looking for. See?) Well you see, Israel was looking forward to all of these promises of this glorious coming Kingdom. Amos chapter 9 verse 13. And Israel knew all this. Amos 9:13a "Behold the days come, saith the LORD,…" God’s eternal! Amos 9:13a Amos 9:13b Verse 14, God said: Amos 9:14a "And I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel,…." The Nation of Israel should have disappeared 1,500 years ago. Driven from place to place and yet they never lost their national identity. The land that was deeded to their Father Abraham. I just can’t understand it. Never lost their identity, still have a lot of their old ancient customs and now they’re miraculously back in that same terra firma that God deeded to their Father Abraham. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible