887 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 3 Book 74 - Connecting the Dots of Scripture - Part 11

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 74 CONNECTING THE DOTS OF SCRIPTURE -PART 11 Genesis through Revelation Okay, good to see everybody back. We’re just going to jump right in where we left off in the last program. We’ve got a lot to cover. My, I thought I’d be way beyond this by now. But we’re going to take it slow enough that anybody, hopefully, that will read and listen will understand. We’re going to start with that same verse in Romans 15 verse 8, because it says it so plainly. That Jesus Christ came to the Nation of Israel. Not to the whole world, yet, but to the Nation of Israel. It isn’t until after the Apostle Paul is saved on the road to Damascus, and the ascended Lord saved him and instructed him to go the Gentiles. Until that time, as you’ve been seeing, I hope, on the daily programs in the Book of Acts, it’s all Jewish. And how in the world anybody could push Gentiles into the first eight chapters of Acts, I’ll never understand. But here it is again. Romans 15:8 “Now I say that Jesus Christ was (past tense) a minister of the circumcision (the Nation of Israel) for the truth of God, to confirm (or to fulfill) the promises made unto the fathers:” All right, now let’s come back to Matthew 9 where we left off in our last program. Matthew 9 verse 35 again. Matthew 9:35 “And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, (That is in the Nation of Israel.) teaching in their synagogues, (And you know Gentiles didn’t have much access to the synagogue.) and preaching the gospel (or the good news) of the kingdom, (and along with it) and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.” Now, you see, this is what a lot of people are trying to push into Christendom today. This very verse: that along with salvation you should be able to experience healings and all these miracles. No, that’s not for us in the Body of Christ. This is Jesus dealing with Israel. It was part of the Kingdom Gospel. All right, again for sake of comparison, I didn’t get time in the last program. We looked at I Corinthians 15:1-4, but now I want you to turn over to Acts 20:24 a moment. And just note the difference in language. Language. The use of words. That’s why we have language - to express and to define certain things. All right, now in Acts 20:24, Paul is at the end of his ministry. He is on his way back to Jerusalem for the last time, and he is meeting with the Ephesian elders, if you’ll remember. Luke is writing and is quoting Paul, of course, but Paul says, Acts 20:24 “But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, (Because he’s been persecuted and tortured and has been suffering for twenty some years. And so he says--) that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry,…” Well, now that’s the same word that he uses concerning Christ’s ministry to the Nation of Israel. In other words, he was God’s sent one. He had a ministry, not specifically to Israel, but to the Gentiles. And over and over he refers to himself as the Apostle of the Gentiles. Of course he had a ministry with the Jews. But just like we are today, most of our response comes from Gentiles, a few Jews here and there. We had a couple again in the last few weeks. But it’s not very often. All right, so now in this verse in Acts, Paul refers to his ministry as having been received, like we saw in the last half-hour in Galatians 1:11-12. He received it from the ascended Lord Jesus in Glory. Acts 20:24b “…that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the (kingdom? No, but rather the gospel of the--) grace of God.” Two totally different messages. The good news of the Kingdom was that the King is here. He’s ready to offer the Kingdom. Believe it. But Paul’s message is that the work of salvation has been accomplished. Christ finished it. It’s God’s grace that is now being poured out. Believe it. Two totally different messages. And then preachers and teachers try to mix them. Horrors. Well anyway, back to Matthew. Now we can just slip into chapter 10. Here we have the direction that this Gospel of the Kingdom is to go from the Lord’s own lips. Matthew chapter 10 and I know a lot of people don’t like these verses either, but I can’t help that, because that’s what the Book says. Jesus is just beginning His earthly ministry. He’s chosen the twelve disciples in verses 1 through 4. And now verse 5. Matthew 10:5-6 “These twelve (The same twelve that you’re all acquainted with.) Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, (Now, that’s as strong a word as you can get. He commanded them.) saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible