Thursday, May 30, 2019

Averting the Subverting - by Pastor Ricky Kurth


Averting the Subverting  
by Pastor Ricky Kurth

"...there are many...vain talkers...of the circumcision: whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake" (Titus 1:10,11).
When Paul warned Titus about vain talkers of the circumcision "who subvert whole houses" with their teaching, that word subvert means to turn something upside down. The prefix "sub" should make you think of the ships that travel under water, and the suffix vert refers to something vertical. So subvert means to turn something vertical upside down.
Now that's an interesting thing for Paul to say about these unsaved Jews, for that was a charge that they were leveling at him. They were saying that Paul and his helpers had "turned the world upside down" (Acts 17:5,6). Paul wasn't turning the world in general upside down, of course, for the world in general was taking little note of him. But when some other unsaved Jews called Paul "a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world" (Acts 24:5), it shows that the only world they cared about was the world of the Jews. That was the world that Paul's new message of grace was turning upside down!
Now here I should point out that saved Jews accepted Paul's new ministry of grace among the Gentiles (Acts 15:19-29; Gal. 2:9). But unsaved Jews didn't want their world turned upside down, and they weren't going to take it lying down! They fought back by teaching the Law, subverting those Gentiles who are not under the Law (Rom. 6:15), and trying to take the world that Paul had turned upside down with his message of grace and turning it upside down again back to the Law. God calls that subversion.
Does that remind you of what happened when some Jews first taught the Law to Gentiles? The leaders at the Jerusalem council heard about it and wrote a letter to those new Gentile converts, saying,
"...we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, ye must... keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment" (Acts 15:24).
The saved leaders of the Hebrew church said, as it were, "We didn't authorize those Jews to teach the Law to you new Gentile converts." And they said the same thing Paul says here in our text, that teaching the Law to Gentiles was "subverting" them--subverting their very "souls." Beloved, it turns the soul of a Gentile upside down to put him under the Law, for he's bound to wonder why the Law doesn't work in his life!
For instance, he is going to wonder why God isn't blessing him with good health when he obeys God, as God did for the Jews under the Law (Ex. 15:26). He is going to wonder why God isn't blessing him with wealth when he pays his tithes, as God did for the Jews under the law (Mal. 3:10). It is sad to think of how the souls of men are still being turned upside down, all because men are still teaching the Law to this day.
When Paul adds that they were teaching the Law "for filthy lucre's sake," that means they knew better than to teach the Law, but didn't care because it was profitable. Men do some pretty despicable things for money. Human traffickers prostitute women--and even children--for money. Evil men scam elderly people out of their life savings for money. But there is nothing lower on the face of the planet than religious men who know the truth and teach error for filthy lucre's sake. So if your pastor is teaching grace, why not encourage him to continue in the message he received from Paul (I Tim. 3:14

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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

The Twelve and the Sign of His Coming - by Pastor Ricky Kurth



The Twelve and the Sign of His Coming 
by Pastor Ricky Kurth


"If the 12 didn't know the Lord had to die (Luke 18:31-34), why did they ask for the sign of His coming (Matt. 24:3)?"
The Lord had often told them that He would have to die (Matt. 16:21; 17:22,23; 26:2), but evidently it was hard for them to believe that someone who could calm a storm and raise the dead could Himself die.
It is tempting to say that they eventually figured it out, but hours before His death Peter tried to prevent Him from even being arrested (John 18:10). Even after His resurrection, some of the disciples indicated they still didn't know He had to die when they lamented that His death had dashed their hopes that He was their Christ (Luke 24:13-21).
So I believe that while they didn't know He had to die, they at least knew He had to go away. He had often spoken of leaving them (Matt. 23:39; John 14:2,3,28; 16:7), although they weren't sure what He meant by that either (John 16:16-18). He had compared Himself to "a man taking a far journey" (Mark 13:34-37), so when they found it hard to believe He could die, they perhaps chose to believe He would just be going on a trip. But even the 12 who were closest to Him didn't know where He was going (John 14:5).
But while they didn't know where He was going, they knew He would come again, for He had mentioned His coming often (Matt. 10:23; 16:27,28; 24:27,30,37,39,44; 25:13,31). This prompted them to ask Him, "What shall be the sign of Thy coming?" (Matt. 24:3).
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Monday, May 27, 2019

Who Did Christ Come to Save? - by Pastor Ricky Kurt



Who Did Christ Come to Save?
by Pastor Ricky Kurt

Years ago, a brokerage firm known as E. F. Hutton aired a TV commercial that featured two people talking about financial investing in the midst of a crowded room. When one said to the other, “Well, my broker is E. F. Hutton, and E. F. Hutton says…,” all the people around them hushed their conversations, and leaned toward them so as not to miss out on E. F. Hutton’s advice. I thought of this recently when I read I Timothy 1:15:
“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners…”
Imagine you’re not saved, and you’re hearing that verse read in church. If the pastor paused at the word “save” to turn the page, I daresay you’d lean forward in your seat in eagerness so as not to miss out on hearing who Christ had come to save. How thankful you would be when you heard He came to save sinners, for if you are honest you have to admit that you are among the “all” who “have sinned” (Rom. 3:23).

But the news would not have been as good for you had you been a Gentile reading the Bible before the inclusion of Paul’s epistles. When the angel told Joseph that his wife Mary would bear a son, he added, “He shall save His people from their sins” (Mt. 1:21), and the Lord’s people were Jews. Aren’t you glad the Apostle Paul later made it clear that Christ came to save sinners, whether they be Jew or Gentile?
But if you’re not saved, “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” is a saying that is worthy of all your acceptation! Christ did come into the world, and He came to save sinners like you. If the greatest need of men were education, God would have sent us a teacher. If our greatest need were money, He would have sent us an economist. If our greatest need were philosophy, He would have sent us a philosopher. But our greatest need was salvation, so He sent us a Savior who died for our sins and rose again (I Cor. 15:3,4). “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31).

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Saturday, May 25, 2019

Faith And Hearing - by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam


Faith And Hearing
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

“Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God” (Rom. 10:17).
This important passage of Scripture is, sad to say, little understood. Many people think of faith in the abstract, as though it had some mysterious power in itself. They speak of faith, but what do they mean? Faith in what? or in whom? Surely it is not possible just to have faith, without something or someone to have faith in.
Faith is not wishing hard, or feeling confident. It is not optimism or presumption or imagination. Faith must have a basis, a foundation. Thus the Christian’s faith is founded on “the Word of God” — on what God has said in the Bible.
The above passage explains: “Faith cometh by hearing.” Isn’t that simple? Isn’t it true? Some have said that “seeing is believing,” but a moment’s reflection will reveal that, like the phrase: “I’m from Missouri,” this saying is an expression of unbelief. When we have seen a thing we need no longer believe it; it has been demonstrated to us. But when we hear [or read] a matter reported, we may either believe or doubt it. “Faith cometh by hearing.” And likewise hearing comes through what has been said. We believe, or doubt, what we hear and we hear what has been said. The Christian’s faith, then, comes by hearing (God) and hearing by the Word of God. All true Christian faith is founded on the Word of God.
Actually the word “hearing,” in Rom. 10:17, however, has the idea of heeding — paying attention, listening eagerly. This is why Gal. 3:5 speaks of “the hearing of faith.” And thus Eph. 1:13, referring to Christ, says: “In whom ye also trusted, having heard the Word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.” Thus, too, we read in John 5:24 the words of the Lord Jesus:
“HE THAT HEARETH MY WORD, AND BELIEVETH ON HIM THAT SENT ME, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, AND SHALL NOT COME INTO JUDGMENT, BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE.”


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Thursday, May 23, 2019

Peace With God - by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

Peace With God
 by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

When our Lord was born at Bethlehem, the angels proclaimed:
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14).
Today we see anything but peace on earth, for He, “the Prince of Peace,” has been rejected, and this world will never know peace until He is in control. This is why the Father said to the Son: “Sit Thou on My right hand, till I make Thine enemies Thy footstool” (Matt. 22:41-45). It is possible, however, for each individual to enjoy peace with God and to know that all is well as far as his eternal destiny is concerned.
Job 22:21 rightly says: “Acquaint now thyself with Him and be at peace,” and Psa. 25:12,13: “What man is he that feareth the Lord? …His soul shall dwell at ease.” Even when the multitudes were about to crucify Christ, He said to His own:
“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27).
Every one of Paul’s epistles opens with an important official declaration which God sent him to proclaim to all men: “Grace be to you and peace.” And he explains how we may have this peace.
By nature all of us have sinned against God, but in Paul’s epistles we are told that “He [Christ] is our peace” (Eph. 2:14), “having made peace through the blood of His cross” (Col. 1:20). In other words, we have sinned against God but Christ died for our sins so that we might be reconciled. And those who trust Christ and His finished work at Calvary are thus reconciled.
Surely this great truth could not have been more plainly stated than it is in Rom. 4:25; 5:1:
“[Christ] was delivered for our offences and was raised again for our justification. THEREFORE, BEING JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.”
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