SALVATION SENT TO THE GENTILES APART FROM ISRAEL I have read in the writings of both mid-Acts and Acts 28 believers that before the dispensation of the mystery began salvation had never been sent to the Gentiles “apart from Israel”. I believe that the Gentiles have always had the opportunity to partake in God’s gift […]
IS JERUSALEM “MYSTERY BABYLON”? INTRODUCTION I must confess that the first time I heard that “Mystery Babylon” is Jerusalem, my immediate reaction was, “Oh I don’t think so, God loved Jerusalem, but His angels rejoiced over the destruction of “Mystery Babylon”. My thoughts went to Luke 13:34, where we read, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest […]
THE TRINITY: PART THREE The emphasis of part one, “The Trinity: Is God Three Persons In One?” was to point out that “Father”, “Son” and “Holy Spirit”, are not three different Persons, they are three titles of God. This is consistent with the fact that in the Old Testament, as well as the New Testament, […]
THE TRINITY : IS GOD THREE PERSONS IN ONE? It is abundantly obvious from Scripture that there is but one God. “Hear O Israel: The Lord our God is one” (Deut. 6:4).”Jesus answered, ‘The first is, Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, is one’” (Mark 12:29). For many years I have wondered about God […]
TRINITY PART FOUR: DOES JESUS CHRIST SIT NEXT TO GOD IN HEAVEN? Many Christians have a picture in their minds of God seated on a throne in heaven and our Lord Jesus Christ sitting next to Him at His right hand. And indeed there are passages that do seem to say just that. However, I […]
DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVE IN US? INTRODUCTION Most Christians today believe that the Holy Spirit, dwells in the heart of each believer. I have questioned that belief for some time. This paper is an attempt to explain why I questioned this view and my conclusions, based, of course, on Scripture. I must say […]
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE MID-ACTS POSITION SOME THOUGHTS ON THE MID-ACTS POSITION The mid-Acts position is that the dispensation of the mystery began at Acts 9, or 13. I believe that the dispensation of the mystery began after Acts 28. Does it really make any difference as to when the dispensation of the mystery began? […]
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACH ABOUT UNIVERSAL SALVATION? There are many Christians who believe that there will come a time when all men will be saved, regardless of whether they believed in Christ in this life or not. They believe that those who did not accept Christ will be raised for the great white […]
IS THERE MORE THAN ONE GOSPEL OF SALVATION? We read in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life”. But Peter preached in Acts 3:19, “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be […]
THE OUT-RESURRECTION AND THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING THE OUT-RESURRECTION AND THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING THE OUT-RESURRECTION Phil. 3:10-11, “I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like him in His death, and so somehow to attain to the […]
WAS PAUL AN ANTI-SEMITE AFTER ACTS 28? Was Paul anti-Semitic after Acts 28? This may seem like an outrageous question, but it comes from a study of the Greek word “ethnos” translated “Gentiles” in the prison epistles. Let us begin this study with a definition of terms. What is the scriptural definition of “Gentiles”? As […]
IS THE CHURCH CALLED TO HEAVEN? Some believe that the church which is His body is called to earth for resurrection life. Others say it is to heavenly places that we are called. In order to come to a scriptural understanding of this question, we will study the following topics: FAR ABOVE ALL HEAVENS EPH. […]
WHEN DID THE CHURCH BEGIN? I believe that the Church, which is His body began with the beginning of the dispensation of the mystery. That mystery was that “the nations are together-heirs, together-bodies even together-partakers in the promise in Christ by the gospel” (Eph. 3:6). (Please see the paper on this web-site What Exactly Is […]