169 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 1 - Book 15 - Christ's Earthly Ministry

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 15 CHRIST'S EARTHLY MINISTRY Luke Chapter 1. Remember, too, it's all under the Law, The Temple is still operating, sacrifices are still being offered. And even these people who become believers and followers of Christ don't shed their Judaism. God doesn't just suddenly tell the Old Testament people everything that's coming. Luke 1:30-33 "And the angel said unto her, `Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shall conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David.'" Old Testament promises? Now read on: kingdom (see why I'm always talking about the Kingdom? Look again at verse 67. Here we are dealing with the father of John the Baptist, Zacharias. Luke 1:67,68 "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel (are there Gentiles in there? When the children of Israel were in Egypt, God said He was going to put a division between His people and Egypt. God kept emphasizing all through the Old Testament that His people, the children of Israel were not to commingle with the Gentiles, but to be a separated people. That recalls what Jesus said in Matthew 15:24, "But he answered and said, `I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'" Paul tells us in Romans 15:8, "Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision (Jews) for the truth of God, (Why?) to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) Keep this in mind as we study the New Testament. Even in Acts Chapter 10, what was Peter's answer to the Lord when, in a vision, the Lord let down a sheet before Peter filled with creatures, and told him to kill and eat? "Not so, Lord. Why? Acts 10:28, "And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing (Jewish Law) for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me..." Well, God had something else now in store. He's now going to turn to the Gentiles through the Apostle Paul. But up until that time it was predominately only His Covenant people. Let's read on: Luke 1:69-71 Luke 1:72,73 "To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham," What was the Covenant God made with Abraham back in Genesis 12? That out of Abraham and Sarah, one day would come a nation of people, and that God would put them in a geographical area of land. That's why we call it the Promised Land. Isaiah 9:6,7 Zacharias is still resting on this. However, by the time Zacharias is speaking, Israel is a nation of people, they are in the Promised Land, they have their Temple, priesthood, and worship. The Greek for The Messiah is The Christ. So when you speak of Jesus Christ you're actually saying, "Jesus the Messiah!" It's out of those Old Testament promises that He now comes. Go back to Matthew Chapter 4. We went through Christ's appearance and His baptism. Look at Chapter 11. Matthew 11:2 "Now when John (John the Baptist) had heard (where?) in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples," John the Baptist had announced the coming of the King, and preached repentance and baptism (I think he saw quite a few come to his preaching). In prison. John felt the same way. Is Jesus really the Christ? Matthew 11:3 Look at Jesus' answer. Matthew 11:4,5 Everything that Jesus says and does is to prove to the Jew of His day that He is this promised King. The Apostle Paul writes in I Corinthians 1:22 "For the Jew require a sign,..." Now lets go to Matthew Chapter 5 for a moment. This is Jesus speaking: Matthew 5:17 Fulfill what? These Covenant promises, basically, this one, because two have already come on the scene. Israel has already become a nation. They are already in the Promised Land, but the government part hadn't happened yet. By comparison let turn to Paul's writings and come all the way back to I Timothy Chapter 1:15. "This a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to (to be the King of Israel? Now let's get that answer in the Book of Romans Chapter 11. When He presented Himself as The King, and did everything to prove He was their King, what did Israel do? God wasn't caught by surprise. Romans 11:7 Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for (what was that? The King and the Kingdom! Romans 11:11 God forbid: but rather through their fall (through their rejection of all these promises) salvation is come unto the Gentiles (without the Nation of Israel), for to provoke them to jealousy." Paul is saying the Jew had those promises, but they rejected them. God had to send them out into dispersion, and He has now turned to the Gentiles. The Gospel of Grace. Faith plus Nothing! Romans 11:12 #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible