The Servant of God For Today - by Pastor Ricky Kurth

The Servant of God For Today

by Pastor Ricky Kurth

"Paul, a servant of God..." (Titus 1:1).

It's interesting that Paul would call himself a "servant of God," for that exact phrase is only used four times earlier in the Bible, and each time it was used of Moses (I Chron. 6:49; 24:9; Neh. 10:29; Dan. 9:11). So while all believers should try to serve God, in using that exact phrase, Paul was saying that he was the servant of God for us Gentiles (Rom. 11:13), just as Moses was the servant of God to the people of Israel.

When I was young man, the CBS affiliate in Chicago promoted itself as "the ten o'clock news." Of course, those who preferred to watch the news on other channels would have disputed that claim! But when Miriam disputed Moses' claim to being the servant of God to the Jews, insisting that she had as much authority in Israel as he had, she was stricken with leprosy (Num. 12:2-10). In light of the severity of that judgment, anyone today claiming to be a servant of God on a level with the apostle Paul should be thankful we live in the dispensation of grace! This would include any man who calls himself a prophet, for prophets in the Bible were men who could "prophesy" and speak the very Word of God (cf. Ezek. 37:4).

But while most Christians know better than to think that they are as important as Paul, most of them believe that the other apostles in the Bible were of equal importance with him. After all, James also calls himself a "servant of God" (James 1:1a). But, like Moses, James was the servant of God to the twelve tribes of Israel (James 1:1b), while Paul was sent to us Gentiles (Acts 22:21; 26:17,18; Gal. 1:16; 2:2,7; Eph. 3:8; I Tim. 2:7; II Tim. 1:11).

And that word "Gentiles" includes everyone living in "the dispensation of the grace of God" (Eph. 3:2), for now that Israel has lost her favored nation status with God, she is just another one of the nations. That means "the apostle of the Gentiles" (Rom. 11:13) is the apostle of the Jews as well, and that makes Paul more important to people living today than Moses or James or any of the other New Testament writers.

We might compare how each of the 50 governors in the United States is of equal authority in our country, but you must look to the governor of your state to learn the rules and regulations that have a direct bearing on your life. In the same way, all of the Bible writers are of equal authority in Scripture, but as Gentiles living in "the dispensation of the grace of God" we must all look to the writings of the man who was appointed to be "the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles" (Rom. 15:16) to learn the things that have a direct bearing on our lives, the Apostle Paul.

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( 1 Video ) The TRINITY OF THE GODHEAD - By – Les Feldick

( 1 Video ) The TRINITY OF THE GODHEAD

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Grace, Faith And Salvation - by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

Grace, Faith And Salvation 

by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

The largest segment of the organized Church has long opposed the teaching that salvation is by grace, through faith alone. She teaches that it is by grace, through faith and good works, protesting that we do not place the proper stress on good works, and that she does place as much emphasis upon grace and faith as we.

One advocate of this religious denomination agrees that men cannot be saved without Christ or faith or grace, but objects that the grace of God, accepted by faith in Christ, is not enough to save.

He says: “All men are born in original sin, and all must be cleansed by Baptism. In Baptism, Grace is implanted in the soul by God and confers the right to heaven.”

But what about the thief on the cross, who looked to Christ in his dying moments and never had an opportunity to be baptized? Was he not saved? (See Luke 23:42,43).

If, according to Heb. 10:4, it is not possible for the blood of bulls and of goats to take away sins (even though required by God), could this writer explain to us how any amount of water could possibly wash away one sin or right one moral wrong?

But one might gather from the above quotation that the baptized soul at least is safe and secure, since the grace implanted by God “confers the right to heaven.” But not so. “The Church” never gives her devotees true peace or assurance; never sets them free. “The right to heaven,” conferred upon the baptized person, is the right to strive for it! This writer goes on to say, “We worship God by the practice of our religious duties in order to obtain our salvation.”

How satisfying and reassuring is the Word of God itself on this subject:

“Now to him that worketh [i.e., for salvation] is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

“BUT TO HIM THAT WORKETH NOT, BUT BELIEVETH ON HIM THAT JUSTIFIETH THE UNGODLY, HIS FAITH IS COUNTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS” (Rom. 4:4,5).

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SALVATION PAID IN FULL - By Robert E. Hanna

SALVATION  PAID IN FULL  

By Robert E. Hanna

Scripture Reading: Colossians 2:13 

"Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed  unto the day of redemption .... Be ye kind one to another,  tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's  sake hath forgiven you" (Ephesians 4:30, 32). "And you, being  dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath  He quickened together with Him, having forgiven you all  trespasses" (Colossians 2:13).

An old familiar hymn declares, "Jesus paid it all: all to  Him I owe." What a precious truth! There is nothing one can  do to attain salvation: it cannot be earned by works of  righteousness. "For He [God] hath made him [Christ] to be  sin for us, [He] who knew no sin; that we might be made the  righteousness of God in Him" (II Corinthians 5=21). Sadly, all  too many (both believers and nonbelievers) are laboring under  the illusion that salvation requires keeping the law of  commandments; but "ye are not under the law, but under  grace" (Romans 6:14

The Day of The Lord- Isiah 2:14

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Paul, The Pattern - by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

Paul, The Pattern  -

by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

Many religious people take the Lory call Him “The Great Example”. When problems arise, they ask themselves: “What would Jesus do?” They seek salvation by “walking in His steps”.

While our Lord’s moral and spiritual virtues are indeed worthy of emulation, there were many details in His conduct which we should not imitate. For example, none of us would be in a position to pronounce upon the religious hypocrites of our day the bitter woes which our Lord pronounced upon the Pharisees of His day — simply because we all have so much of the Pharisee in us.

Certainly we cannot be saved by “following Christ,” or striving to live as He did. His perfect holiness would only emphasize our unrighteousness and condemn us. He came to save us, not by His life, but by His death. “CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS” (ICor.15:3), and sinners are “reconciled to God by the deathof His Son” (Rom.5:10).

But God has given us a pattern for salvation. It is none other than the Apostle Paul, the chief of sinners saved by grace. Hear what he says by divine inspiration:

“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, THAT CHRIST JESUS CAME INTO THE WORLD TO SAVE SINNERS, of whom I am chief” (ITim.1:15).

Paul, as Saul of Tarsus, remember, had led his nation and the world in rebellion against God and His Christ. He was “exceedingly mad” against the disciples of Christ and “breathed threatening and slaughter” against them. Why then, did God save him? He goes on to tell us in the next verse:

“Howbeit [but] for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, FOR A PATTERN to them which should hereafter believe on Him to life everlasting” (Ver.16).

The moral: Take your stand with Paul. Admit you are a sinner and his Saviour will save you too.

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ETERNAL SECURITY - John Baker

ETERNAL SECURITY - 

John Baker

Scripture Reading: Romans 8:33-39

A study of salvation would not be complete without a reference to eternal security of the believer. We can have assurance that our salvation is eternally secure. We should realize that we had nothing to do with our salvation in the first place. We are not saved because of who we are or what we have done. It is a gift of God's grace (See Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 4:5, and Titus 3:5). We must then conclude that who we are or what we have done will not cause us to lose our salvation. We receive the gift of salvation by faith through acceptance of God's Word. We also can have assurance, by accepting God's Word.

TThe following references should provide us this assurance:

1. Romans 8:33-39 assures us that nothing can separate us from God's love.

2. Paul explains that we can have assurance in the gospel; "For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance" (I Thessalonians 1:5).

3. Paul's prayer was: "That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto the full assurance of understanding"(Colossians 2:2a).

4. "These things have 1 written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life" (I John 5:13).

The believer possesses eternal life (I John 5:13) and his salvation is called eternal salvation (Hebrews 5:9). He has been redeemed by an eternal redemption (Hebrews 9:15). Eternal life is forever, and cannot be lost.

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THE DAY OF THE LORD IS AT HAND - AND TRIBULATION

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Reflections on Ephesians - by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

Reflections on Ephesians 

by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

There is no epistle in which we find more about the grace of God than that great and wonderful epistle of Paul to the Ephesians! It is one of his prison epistles and, interestingly enough, he was actually and literally in jail for telling a secret, the secret of the mystery (Eph. 6:19,20). Evidently he had a great deal of opposition in trying to make this secret known. That's rather unusual, isn't it?

The Ephesian epistle was probably written about 64 A.D., and was evidently sent by the hand of a man named Tychicus (6:21,22), along with two other letters, one to the Colossians (Col. 4:7-9), and that to Philemon (Col. 4:7-9 cf. Phile. 10-12). Never, never were more valuable documents entrusted to human hands!

Now, in the earlier epistles of Paul, we learn a great deal about dispensational change and development, but in Ephesians we have arrived, and find ourselves on the highest, broadest spiritual ground. Here the Holy Spirit reveals to us, in all their fullness, those blessed truths which distinguish this dispensation from others.

For example, the mystery or the sacred secret is here revealed in all its fullness. He says that this secret is now made known (1:9) through him (3:1-3), but it is for all to see (3:9), for it concerns our close relationship to Christ (5:30,32). And since Satan will oppose the proclamation of this secret, boldness is needed to proclaim it (6:19,20).

In this epistle, the one Body of Christ, the Church of this dispensation, is emphasized throughout. The whole body, he says, is the fulness, the complement, the fulness of Christ (1:23). He says God is making one new man today (2:15), reconciling Jews and Gentiles to Himself in one body (2:16), a joint body (3:6), in which we are to keep the unity of the Spirit (4:3,4). The Body, he says, must grow up, and it must build itself up in love (4:11-16). Christ is the Head of the Body, and its Savior (5:23), and we are the members (5:30). How close that brings all believers to each other! How close it brings us to Christ!

Our position in the heavenlies is prominently brought out in this epistle. We read that, immediately upon conversion, we are blessed with all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies (1:3). We're told that God's power in raising Christ from the dead and exalting Him far above all is now extended to us-ward who believe (1:19-21). Positionally, he says, we've already been raised from the dead and seated in the heavenlies (2:6). Now, he says, it is ours to occupy this position by faith, as a witness to the principalities and powers in the heavenlies (3:10). Hence we must wrestle with the rulers of the darkness of this age, wicked spirits in the heavenlies (6:12). And for this, he says, we're going to need the whole armor of God (6:10,11).

In this epistle, all is grace. Read Ephesians and see how it is permeated with grace. Even the salutation speaks of grace and peace (1:2). Compare that with what we read about the second coming of Christ to this earth, where He will come to judge and make war (Rev. 19:11). Grace and peace is the exact opposite of judgment and war! Thank God He hasn't declared war yet. He hasn't visited this world in judgment yet. He still offers to sinners everywhere, and to saints, of course, in greater measure, grace and peace.

Now the doxology--oh, what a doxology of grace! The doxology in the Ephesian epistle is the longest of all of Paul's doxologies, and in the original it is his longest sentence. We're blessed because we are chosen by God the Father to the praise of His glory (1:4-6). We're made accepted in the Son to the praise of His glory. We're sealed by the Spirit to the praise of His glory. Glory to the triune God! Glory for His grace!

We read individual things, too, about the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. All throughout this epistle, everything emanates from the Father. The Father is always the source. The Father has chosen us (1:3,4) according to the good pleasure of His will (v. 5), according to the riches of His grace (vv. 6,7), according to His good pleasure (v. 9), according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will (v. 11), according to the working of His mighty power (v. 19), and according to His eternal purpose (3:11). There's more about that in the epistle, showing that everything finds its source in the will of God.

Then we see how our salvation centers in the Son. He's always the second person in the Trinity. His place is always in the midst. We read, for example, that we're blessed with all spiritual blessings in Christ (1:3), and have redemption through His blood (v. 7), in whom we are greatly enriched (v. 11), in whom also we are saved (v. 13), and sealed (v. 13). Think of that! We are in Christ, and because of His finished work, the believer is sealed until the day of redemption.

Then we come to the Spirit. It all comes down to us through, or by the operation of, the Spirit. We're sealed by the Spirit (1:13), and we have access to God the Father by the Spirit (2:18). We are an habitation of God through the Spirit (2:22), and we're strengthened by the Spirit (3:16). We must not grieve the Spirit (4:30), but rather bear the fruit of the Spirit (5:9). We must be filled with the Spirit (5:18), use the sword of the Spirit (6:17), and we must pray in the Spirit (6:18).

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Light Out Of Darkness - by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

Light Out Of Darkness 

by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us” (II Cor. 4:6,7).

Any instructed Christian reading this passage from the pen of the Apostle Paul naturally goes back in his mind to the time when God first said: “Let there be light,” and dispelled the darkness of the primeval world.

He might also recall the incident related in the book of Judges, when Gideon’s army went to battle against the Midianites, each man with a sword in one hand, and a lamp hidden within a pitcher in the other. At Gideon’s command the soldiers broke the earthen vessels and the lights shone out to strike terror into the hearts of the enemy, who could not account for the crash and the blaze of light at this midnight hour.

For every believer God has caused light, wonderful light, to shine out of the darkness and fill the heart, just as once He said to the dark and chaotic earth: “Let there be light — and there was light.”

But we believers have come into “the light of the knowledge of the glory of God” by coming to know Christ. Our Lord rightly said: “No man cometh unto the Father but by Me” (John 14:6). God is unknown and unknowable apart from Christ, who is God manifested in the flesh. It was He who lived a perfect life and then died a sinner’s death in order to bring us into relationship and fellowship with God.

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