Scriptures On The 1000 Year Reign of Christ

ROMANS 15: 1 A View of the Future of Jews and Gentiles

Let’s open our Bibles tonight to the 15th chapter of Romans. We’re fast coming to a conclusion in our study of this wonderful epistle this is my 255 th sermon from the book of Romans when I started this in 2009 at Rivers of Joy Baptist Church, Minford, Ohio. But even though we are coming near the end, there is still great and rich truth for us. We’re going to be looking tonight at chapter 15:1 7, and this is part five in our series on “The Unity of Strong and Weak Believers.”

Let me just say by way of introduction that it’s obvious to all of us and it really begs the issue to say much about it except by way of reminder that discord strikes a deadly blow at the work of God in the church. Chaos, confusion, strife, envy, jealousy, anger, bitterness, dissension, fighting, hatred, indifference to the needs of others, selfishness, a lack of sacrificial love, all of these things violate the unity of the church and therefore they violate the will of God and they cripple His testimony in the world. The loving harmony and unity of the church is of grave concern to God. And I want to see if I can’t point that out to you as we begin our study.

First of all, let me just say that the unity of the church is the concern of God the Father. The unity of the church is the concern of God the Father. And just by way of background to that, in Psalm 133, a very brief Psalm, I want you to listen to the three verses that make up that Psalm. “Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity; it is like the precious ointment upon the head that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard, that went down to the skirts of his garments.” In other words, like a fragrant and beautiful and lovely perfume, like the dew of Hermon, the glistening dew of the morning that settles on that great mountain peak in the north of Israel, “like the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion, for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life forever more.”

And here the psalmist says that unity, to God, is a sweet and fragrant and beautiful thing. In Jeremiah 32, we find another reference to this in a couple of verses in that 32^{nd chapter, a section dealing with the New Covenantwe read, and God says, concerning those people who someday will become partakers of the New Covenant, “they shall be My people and I will be their God and I will give them one heart and one way that they may fear me forever for the good of them and of their children after them.” I love that. I will give them one heart and one way. That is one internal attitude and one external path of behavior.}

One other Old Testament text — and I’d like you to look carefully at it — is the 37th chapter of Ezekiel’s prophecy, Ezekiel 37. And if you’ve ever studied Ezekiel, you’ll remember chapter 37 begins with the vision of the valley of dry bones, a picture of God’s re-gathering of the nation Israel in final salvation. But I want you to notice that as the Lord looks ahead to the future glory of His redeemed nation Israel, beginning in verse 15, the Word of the Lord comes to the prophet and says this, “Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick and write upon it for Judah and for the children of Israel his companions; then take another stick and write upon it for Joseph the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel, his companions, and join them one to another into one stick and they shall become one in thy hand.”

Now Ezekiel carried out a lot of object lessons in his ministry and this is another very unique one. God says take one stick and identify it as Judah, the southern kingdom; take another stick and identify it as Israel, also called Ephraim, for the son of Joseph, who became the leader of the nations in the northern kingdom, and identify it as Israel. Those two sticks represent the divided kingdom which was divided under Jeroboam. And take them and put them together and make them one stick in your hand because that’s the way it’s going to be some day. Some day God is going to take His divided kingdom and join it back together in final glory.

Now taking such a stick is not foreign to the audience of Ezekiel 17. If you go back to the  Numbers 17:2, you will read there that every tribe had a stick to identify it. And here God simply takes that same idea and joins those two together as if to say the day will come when God will join His people as one again, this to come in the future.

I want you to notice, also, Zephaniah 3:9 the minor prophets, There are only three chapters. It’s right at the end of this little prophecy,  again God looking forward to the salvation of His nation Israel, “For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language.” A pure language, that is a spiritual speech, “That they may all call upon the name of the Lord to serve Him (With what?) with one consent.”

Look at Zachariah 14:9. “And the Lord shall be King over all the earth. In that day shall there be one Lord and His name one.” That is, all the inhabitants of the earth will hold up and exalt the one name of the one who is alone, the Lord.

And if we were to back up in the minor prophets to Hosea 1:11 the first of the minor prophets,  we would read, “Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, appointing themselves one head and they shall come up out of the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.”

Now in these prophecies we see that God has intended through the New Covenant and ultimately through His design with the nation Israel to bring them together as one people. It is the same for the church. Just as in the future of the nation Israel, all the rebels will be purged out and there will be a wonderful oneness among those redeemed people, so it is in the church. And to see that, we look at John 10:14 Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd and know My sheep and am known of Mine.” That is, they know Me as well. Now listen to this, “As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father and I lay down My life for the sheep and other sheep I have that are not of this fold.” That is, they’re not Jews, they’re Gentiles. “Them also I must bring and they shall hear My voice and there shall be one fold and one shepherd and for that reason does My Father love Me because I lay down My life.”

In other words, it is God’s purpose that Christ lay down His life to redeem Jew and Gentile and make them one people. That is God’s desire. God’s desire was to make of one the nation of Israel which was fragmented. God’s desire was to take that one redeemed nation and the redeemed church and blend them together as well. In fact, in 1 Corinthians  15:28 we find the consummation  It says, “And when all things shall be subdued unto Him,” that is Christ, “then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him that put all things under Him that God may be all in all.” In other words, everything will ultimately resolve in a great, glorious eternal unity under God.

So what we gain from just looking over those scriptures briefly is the desire of God that His people, whether they be the covenant people Israel or the New Covenant people, whether they be Jew or Gentile, whether they be talking about the past, the present or the future millennial kingdom, it is God’s desire that His people be one people with one heart and one voice and one consent to the way and the will of God, who worship one God who is known by one name. The unity of the redeemed is indeed the purpose of God. And that purpose, of course, ultimately finds its consummation in eternal glory, and we are reminded in Revelation 21 something of that scene. “A new heaven and a new earth, a new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, the tabernacle of God is with men, He will dwell with them, they will be His people, God Himself shall be with them, be their God, wipe away all tears from their eyes, no more death, no sorrow, no crying, no pain. The former things are passed away.” And there in that eternal glory, all people are brought together under the kingship of God forever and ever.

Now we know that at any given point in redemptive history, it is God’s desire that His people be one. And that is their ultimate consummation.

Judgment Seat of Christ Part 1

2 Corinthians 5:10  Romans 14

The Judgment Seat of Christ

FOR WE MUST ALL APPEAR BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST: tous gar pantas hemas phanerothenai (APN) dei (3SPAI) emprosthen tou bematos tou Christou: (Genesis 18:25; 1Samuel 2:3,10; Psalms 7:6, 7, 8; 9:7,8; 50:3, 4, 5, 6; 96:10, 11, 12, 13; 98:9; Eccl 11:9; 12:14; Ezekiel 18:30; Matthew 25:31-46; Acts 10:42; 17:31; Romans 14:10, 11, 12; 1Peter 4:5; Jude 1:14,15; Revelation 20:11, 12, 14, 15, 15)

The certainty of the Bema Seat of Christ occurring at a specific point in time in eternity in the life of each individual believer, should serve as a strong motivator, causing us to forget what lies behind and like the runner determined to win the race and receive the coveted prize, to press on toward the goal, lunging toward the finish line, laying aside every encumbrance, coming out from the world, not even touching what is unclean, abstaining from even things with the “form” of evil , living in holy conduct and godliness, and all the more as we see the day drawing near.

WHEN DOES THE BEMA JUDGMENT TAKE PLACE?

The question of when the Bema Judgment take place is difficult to answer with any degree of “dogmatism”. The majority of evangelical scholars favor this event taking place after the Rapture but before the return of Jesus to set up His Millennial Kingdom. The highly respected scholar Dwight Pentecost has the following explanation on the timing of of bema…

The time of the bema of Christ. The event herein described takes place immediately following the translation of the church out of this earth’s sphere. There are several considerations that support this.

(1) In the first place, according to Lk 14:14, reward is associated with the resurrection. Since, according to 1Th 4:13-17, the resurrection is an integral part of the translation, reward must be a part of that program.

(2) When the Lord returns to the earth with His bride to reign, the bride is seen to be already rewarded. This is observed in Rev 19:7, where it must be observed that the “righteousness of the saints” is plural and cannot refer to the imparted righteousness of Christ, which is the believer’s portion, but the righteousnesses which have survived examination and have become the basis of reward.

(3) In 1Cor 4:5; 2Ti 4:8; and Rev 22:12 the reward is associated with “that day,” that is, the day in which He comes for His own. Thus it must be observed that the rewarding of the church must take place between the rapture and the revelation of Christ to the earth.’ (From Things to Come, 1958)

One other Scripture that points to the Bema occurring during the Tribulation period is Revelation 11:18where John writes…

And the nations were enraged, and Thy wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged (this is the Great White Throne Judgment – see comments beginning at Rev 20:11. ), and the time to give their reward to Thy bond-servants the prophets and to the saints and to those who fear Thy name, the small and the great (this could refer to the Judgment Seat of Christ), and to destroy those who destroy the earth.

If one reads the Revelation literally (which results in a chronological order for the successive unfolding of the seven sealed scroll, the seven trumpets and the seven bowl judgments), Revelation 11:18 seems to coincide with the events of the middle to the seven year period known as the Tribulation.

To reiterate, most conservative evangelical scholars (especially pre-trib, pre-millennial) believe that this judgment will take place after the church is raptured and before the Second Coming of Christ at which time He inaugurates His 1000 year reign on earth from His throne in Jerusalem. For example Master’s Seminary (John MacArthur) takes this view regarding the timing of the Bema Seat in their “Statement of Faith”…

The Rapture of the Church – We teach the personal, bodily return of our Lord Jesus Christ before the seven-year tribulation (1Th 4:16; Titus 2:13) to translate His church from this earth (Jn 14:1-3; 1 Corinthians 15:51-53; 1Th 4:15-5:11) and, between this event and His glorious return with His saints, to reward believers according to their works (1Co 3:11, 12, 13, 14, 15; 2Co 5:10).

The Tribulation Period – We teach that immediately following the removal of the church from the earth (Jn 14:1-3; 1Th 4:13-18) the righteous judgments of God will be poured out upon an unbelieving world (Jeremiah 30:7; Daniel 9:27; 12:1; 2Th 2:7-12; Re 16:1ff), and that these judgments will be climaxed by the return of Christ in glory to the earth (Mt 24:27-31; 25:31 46; 2Th 2:7-12). At that time the Old Testament and tribulation saints will be raised and the living will be judged (Da 12:2-3; Re 20:4-6). This period includes the seventieth week of Daniel’s prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27; Mt 24:15-31; 25:31-46).

The Judgment of the Lost – We teach that following the release of Satan after the thousand year reign of Christ (Re 20:7), Satan will deceive the nations of the earth and gather them to battle against the saints and the beloved city, at which time Satan and his army will be devoured by fire from heaven (Re 20:9). Following this, Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone (Mt 25:41; Re 20:10) whereupon Christ, who is the Judge of all men (Jn 5:22, 27), will resurrect and judge the great and small at the Great White Throne judgment (Re 20:11ff). We teach that this resurrection of the unsaved dead to judgment will be a physical resurrection, whereupon receiving their judgment (Jn 5:28,29), they will be committed to an eternal conscious punishment in the lake of fire (Mt 25:41; Re 20:11-15_{). (TMS – TMS Statement of Faith – Eschatology)}

THEREFORE WHETHER WE LIVE OR DIE WE ARE THE LORD’S:

THEREFORE WHETHER WE LIVE OR DIE WE ARE THE LORD’S:  Romans 14

Pastor Charles and Richard Lemaster

John MacArthur – The last phrase of Ro 14:8 is one of the greatest injunctions to holy living in all the Bible: “We are the Lord’s.” Every Christian is subject to the unconditional sovereignty of God. We are the Lord’s–we are His possession. First Corinthians 6:19-20 says, “Know ye not that … ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price.” I’m not my own, so I don’t live to myself and I don’t die to myself. I am His, so I live to Him and I’ll die to Him. All believers have the same relationship to the Lord; we all serve the sovereign Lord we have embraced as our Redeemer. If we’re weak and we limit ourselves to living a certain way, we do so because we believe we are pleasing Him. If we enjoy our freedom in Christ, we do so because we believe we are pleasing Him. Since those are matters of preference and not sin, let’s not cause a rift in the church over them…. Some would have us believe that weak believers accept Jesus as their Savior, but not as their Lord. He may not yet understand all that his new life in Christ means, but he understands the basics of the Christian life–and nothing is more basic than the lordship of Christ in the believer’s life. No one can tell me that I can have Jesus as Savior but not as Lord. In all the years I’ve known Christ, there has never been a time when I didn’t sense a tremendous weight of responsibility to obey Him. Jesus is Lord. _{(Receiving One Another with Understanding, Part 2)}

“None of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord: and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live, therefore, or die, we are in the Lord’s.”–Ro 14:7-8.

Spurgeon’s devotional from Morning and Evening (June 10 AM) –

If God had willed it, each of us might have entered heaven at the moment of conversion. It was not absolutely necessary for our preparation for immortality that we should tarry here. It is possible for a man to be taken to heaven, and to be found meet to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light, though he has but just believed in Jesus. It is true that our sanctification is a long and continued process, and we shall not be perfected till we lay aside our bodies and enter within the veil; but nevertheless, had the Lord so willed it, he might have changed us from imperfection to perfection, and have taken us to heaven at once. Why then are we here? Would God keep his children out of paradise a single moment longer than was necessary? Why is the army of the living God still on the battle-field when one charge might give them the victory? Why are his children still wandering hither and thither through a maze, when a solitary word from his lips would bring them into the centre of their hopes in heaven? The answer is—they are here that they may “live unto the Lord,” and may bring others to know his love. We remain on earth as sowers to scatter good seed; as ploughmen to break up the fallow ground; as heralds publishing salvation. We are here as the “salt of the earth,” to be a blessing to the world. We are here to glorify Christ in our daily life. We are here as workers for him, and as “workers together with him.” Let us see that our life answereth its end. Let us live earnest, useful, holy lives, to “the praise of the glory of his grace.” Meanwhile we long to be with him, and daily sing—

Paul is “not talking about funerals, and life and death in that sense. He is talking about those who feel free to enjoy liberty to the fullest. They are living, while others, because of deep convictions of their own, limit themselves, and to that degree they are dying, because death is limitation The important thing is that we belong to the Lord. He understands.” That, therefore, is what we ought to remember in our relationships with one another. We belong to the Lord. We are brothers and sisters. We are not servants of each other. We are servants of the Lord and he has the right to change us.”

 

 

 

The Judgement Seat of Christ: Romans 14:10 and 2 Corinthians 5:10

Romans 14:10 was the text and the reference text was 2 Corinthians 5:10 and thus this toopic of The Judgment Seat of Christ

This was the verse that changed my life for ever.

This is the subject that I will address this first Sunday of 2016

1. 2 Corinthians 5:10   Greek: tous gar pantas hemas phanerothenai (APN) dei (3SPAI) emprosthen tou bematos tou Christou, hina komisetai (3SAMS) hekastos ta dia tou somatos pros a epraxen (3SAAI), eite agathon eite phaulon.
2. Amplified: For we must all appear and be revealed as we are before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive [his pay] according to what he has done in the body, whether good or evil [considering what his purpose and motive have been, and what he has achieved, been busy with, and given himself and his attention to accomplishing]. (Lockman)
3. Barclay: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one of us may receive the consequences of the thing we did while we were in the body, consequences which will correspond to what each one of us has done, be it good or bad.  (Westminster Press)
4. ESV:  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil  (ESV)
5. KJV: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
6. Macent:  for we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ; that every one may receive the retribution, according as his actions in the body were either good or evil.
7. MLB (Berkley): for we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, so that each may receive as his due what he practiced while in the body, whether good or bad.
8. Moffatt: for we have all to appear without disguise before the tribunal of Christ, each to be requited for what he has done with his body, well or ill.
9. Montgomery: For we must all be made manifest, in our true characters, before the Judgment-seat of Christ; so that each one may receive according to that which he has done in his body, whether good or evil.
10. NET: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.   (NET Bible)
11. NJB: For at the judgment seat of Christ we are all to be seen for what we are, so that each of us may receive what he has deserved in the body, matched to whatever he has done, good or bad.
12. NLT: For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.  (NLT – Tyndale House)
13. Phillips: For every one of us will have to stand without pretence before Christ our judge, and we shall be rewarded for what we did when we lived in our bodies, whether it was good or bad. (Phillips: Touchstone)
14. TLB: For we must all stand before Christ to be judged and have our lives laid bare—before him. Each of us will receive whatever he deserves for the good or bad things he has done in his earthly body
15. Way’s translation: For we have all to stand, stripped of all disguise, before Messiah’s bar, that each may receive the recompense for deeds whereof the body was the instrument, Yea, even according to that which he hath done, Be it good, be it evil. (I don’t agree however with his translating it as “evil” which is what the Textus Receptus has [kakos]. The Nestle Aland has “phaulos” which means useless or of no effect).
16. Weymouth: For we must all of us appear before Christ’s judgment-seat in our true characters, in order that each may then receive an award for his actions in this life, in accordance with what he has done, whether it be good or whether it be worthless.
17. Wuest: for it is necessary in the nature of the case for all of us to be openly shown as to our true character before the judgment seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive the things which were practiced through the agency of our body, whether they were good or bad. (Eerdmans) 
18. Young’s Literal: for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things done through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;

This verse 2 corinthians 5:10 was first taught to me by Mr. Fred Henson back in 1963 in our church: Roanoke Baptist Temple that was on Airport Road in Roanoke,  Virginia.  My life was changed for ever.

(Genesis 18:25; 1Samuel 2:3,10; Psalms 7:6, 7, 8; 9:7,8; 50:3, 4, 5, 6; 96:10, 11, 12, 13; 98:9; Eccl 11:9; 12:14; Ezekiel 18:30; Matthew 25:31-46; Acts 10:42; 17:31; Romans 14:10, 11, 12; 1Peter 4:5; Jude 1:14,15; Revelation 20:11, 12, 14, 15, 15)

Romans 12:1-14 overview Outline

AN OVERVIEW OF ROMANS 12
charles e. whisnant, pastor/teacher
Romans 12:1-21 . DUTIES OF BELIEVERS, GENERAL AND PARTICULAR.

The doctrinal teaching of this Epistle is now followed up by a series of exhortations to practical duty. And first, the all-comprehensive duty.

ROMANS 12:1 1599 Geneva Bible (GNV) verses 1 to 9
1 I Beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye give up your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable serving of God.

(1) The redeeming mercy of God in Christ is, in the souls of believers, the living spring of all holy obedience
(2) As redemption under the Gospel is not by irrational victims, as under the law, but “by the precious blood of Christ” ( 1 Peter 1:18-19 ), and, consequently, is not ritual but real, so the sacrifices which believers are now called to offer are all “living sacrifices”; and these–summed up in self-consecration to the service of God–are “holy and acceptable to God,” making up together “our rational service”
(3) In this light, what are we to think of the so-called “unbloody sacrifice of the mass, continually offered to God as a propitiation for the sins both of the living and the dead,” which the adherents of Rome’s corrupt faith have been taught for ages to believe is the highest and holiest act of Christian worship–in direct opposition to the sublimely simple teaching which the Christians of Rome first received

ROMANS 12:2

And fashion not yourselves like unto this world, but be ye changed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what that good, and acceptable and perfect will of God is.

(4) Christians should not feel themselves at liberty to be conformed to the world, if only they avoid what is manifestly sinful; but rather, yielding themselves to the transforming power of the truth as it is in Jesus, they should strive to exhibit before the world an entire renovation of heart and life

Romans 12:2.

(5) What God would have men to be, in all its beauty and grandeur, is for the first time really apprehended, when “written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tables of stone, but on the fleshy tables of the heart,” 2 Corinthians 3:3 Romans 12:2 . ‘

Romans 12:3-4

For I say through the grace that is given unto me, to everyone that is among you, that no man presume to understand above that which is meet to understand, but that he understand according to sobriety, as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not one office,

(6) Self-sufficiency and lust of power are peculiarly unlovely in the vessels of mercy, whose respective graces and gifts are all a divine trust for the benefit of the common body and of mankind at large Romans 12:3 Romans 12:4

Romans 12:5-8

5 So we being many, are one body in Christ, and every one, one another members. 6 [o]Seeing then that we have gifts that are divers, according to the grace that is given unto us, whether we have prophecy, let us prophesy according to the [p]portion of faith. 7 Or an office, let us wait on the office: or he that q teacheth, on teaching: 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that istributeth, let him do it with simplicity: he that ruleth, with diligence: he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

(7) As forgetfulness of this has been the source of innumerable and unspeakable evils in the Church of Christ, so the faithful exercise by every Christian of his own peculiar office and gifts, and the loving recognition of those of his brethren, as all of equal importance in their own place, would put a new face upon the visible Church, to the vast benefit and comfort of Christians themselves and to the admiration of the world around them Romans 12:6-8 .

Romans 12:9-10

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil, and cleave unto that which is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love, give preference (to one another in honor). Not slothful  in business;  fervent  in spirit; serving the Lord; (not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the lord.)

(8) What would the world be, if it were filled with Christians having but one object in life, high above every other–to “serve the Lord”–and throwing into this service “alacrity” in the discharge of all duties, and abiding “warmth of spirit” Romans 12:11!

Romans 12:12-21

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing  instant in prayer; (rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer). Distributing  to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality (contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality) 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. } Bless them which persecute  you: bless, and curse not.

(9) Oh, how far is even the living Church from exhibiting the whole character and spirit, so beautifully portrayed in the latter verses of this chapter Romans 12:12-21! What need of a fresh baptism of the Spirit in order to this! And how “fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners,” will the Church become, when at length instinct with this Spirit! The Lord hasten it in its time!

 

¹⁵ Rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

¹⁶ Be like affectionate one towards another: be not high-minded: but make yourselves equal to them of the  lower sort: be not wise in yourselves.

¹⁷ Recompense to no man evil for evil: procure things honest in the sight of all men.

¹⁸ If it be possible, as much as in you is, have peace with all men.

¹⁹ Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine: I will repay, saith the Lord.

²⁰ Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him: if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

²¹ Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with goodness.

Qualities of the complete Christian (verses 9-21)

A Love (9-10)
B. Passion (11)
C. Heavenly-minded (12)
D. Hospitable (13)
E. Forgiving (14)
F. Encouraging (15)
G. Others-centered (16)
H. Upright (17)
I. Peaceful (18)
J. Patient (19)
K. Generous (20)
L. Victorious (21)

What Does it mean in Romans 11:26 All Israel Will Be Saved

 

 

The Olive Tree Romans 11:14-24

A Brief exposition of the verse 16 of Romans from the message.

Romans 11:16  If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.

First fruit See on 1 Corinthians 15:20 1 Corinthians 15:23 . The metaphor is from Numbers 15:19 . The LXX has aparchn puramato, first of the dough as a heave offering. The lump (to purama). From which the first fruit came. See on Numbers 9:21 . Apparently the patriarchs are the first fruit. The root (h riza). Perhaps Abraham singly here. The metaphor is changed, but the idea is the same. Israel is looked on as a tree. But one must recall and keep in mind the double sense of Israel in Numbers 9:6 . (the natural and the spiritual)

.Exodus 22:29; 23:16,19; Leviticus 23:10; Deuteronomy 18:4; 26:10; Nehemiah 10:35-37; Proverbs 3:9; Ezekiel 44:30; James 1:18; Revelation 14:4):

First piece (536) is the first fruit, which in Biblical terms describes an offering of any kind, animal as well as grain. It represents the first portion of offering set aside specifically for Lord. The first portion of the harvest was regarded both as a first installment and as a pledge of the final delivery of the whole. Here the first fruit and the lump speak of dough, not of fruit or grain.

Holy (40) (hagios) means set apart (that’s what “sanctify” means) from profane common use by God and for God. Hagios is translated “saint” which describes every believer’s position in Christ – we are set apart from that which is secular, profane, and evil on one hand and on the other hand dedicated to worship and service of God. “Saints” are not some special, elite group of men and women! Your name in fact is “St. ______.”

Root = The patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Branches = The patriarchs’ descendants: the nation of Israel.If the foundational part of a plant (the root) is holy, then that which it produces (the branches) must likewise (too) be holy

Sunday December 15 2013 Schedule and Outline

This Sunday December 15 2013 we will meet at Charles and Charity Whisnant home in McDermott Ohio for our Bible Study.  This is only for this week, we are trying something new.

We are meeting at 10:30 a.m. for our Bible study hour;

Then Charity and prepared a breakfast/lunch at 11:15 a.m.

Then the Worship Service will began after we eat around 11:45 a.m.  

Romans 11

OUTLINE FOR THE SERMON FROM ROMANS 11 1 TO 8

HAS GOD LOST THE BATTLE FOR THE HUMAN RACE? {Pritchard} has god cancelled his promise to Israel or (Macarthur) Has god rejected his people (piper)

cHARLES E wHISNANT, pASTOR/eLDER/tEACHER/eXPOSITOR OF THE sCRIPTURE

Romans 11:1 I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (NASB: )

1. That God has not cast off Israel, a Remnant being always preserved—this Remnant now, “the election of grace.” 2. That all but the election were hardened,—to let the fulness of the Gentiles come in: for the purpose of provoking Israel to “jealousy,”—that they might discover Jehovah’s mercy. 3. That although broken off from the stalk of blessing, they will be grafted back into “their own olive tree.” 4. That this will be at the coming to Zion in Jerusalem of the Lord Jesus Christ; and that then a New Covenant will be made with Israel. 5. That the Gentile will be cut off from the present privilege-place, for not continuing in God’s “goodness” (His grace to sinners); and the place of direct Divine blessing again be taken by Israel, who will return from their unbelief. 6. That this most solemn fact should warn Gentiles against individual self-confidence, and especially against the fearful delusion that Israel has been “cast away” forever, and that the Gentiles have taken their place! God has made no covenants with any nation but Israel; and that nation He will restore, the Gentiles becoming then dependent on blessing, through Israel, throughout the future. 7. That instead of being unfaithful to His promises to Israel, God has simply exercised His sovereignty (1) in cutting off Israel for the present; (2) in calling in the fulness of the Gentiles on the principle of mercy only; (3) in taking away from Israel, whom He exalted and to whom He gave His law, all claims upon Him either by national descent, personal righteousness, or any covenant commitments (for they rejected their promises and crucified their Messiah) : thus shutting them up to the one great principle of mercy. (Romans 11) I SAY THEN GOD HAS NOT REJECTED HIS PEOPLE HAS HE:(1 Samuel 12:22; 2 Kings 23:27; Psalms 77:7; 89:31-37; 94:14) Rejected (683) means literally to push aside, thrust way (from) or push off. Figuratively as used here it means to reject, repudiate, refuse to listen to, to cast away or to put away (from). “ Paul is not raising a question to cause one to doubt God’s faithfulness to fulfill His covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He is driving home the fact that God did not cast Israel away permanently. Israel is God’s elect nation. He foreknew them. He chose them, and they are His. The fact that most of the nation rejected the Messiah is not proof that God is finished with Israel although sadly this is what is taught by many, especially since about 100AD and rejuvenated in 400AD by Augustine’s teaching in the City of God that the church had replaced Israel. At stake is whether God can be trusted to keep His unconditional promises to that nation. Romans 11:2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel ? (NASB) Not (3756) conveys absolute negation of what follows. Rejected (683) means literally to push aside, thrust way (from) or push off. Figuratively as used here it means to reject, repudiate, refuse to listen to, to cast away or to put away (from). Foreknew (4267) is literally to know before. As proginosko is used of God’s eternal counsel it includes all that He has considered and purposed to do prior to human history. In the language of Scripture, something foreknown is not simply that which God was aware of prior to a certain point. Rather, it is presented as that which God gave prior consent to, that which received His favorable or special recognition. Hence, this term is reserved for those matters which God favorably, deliberately and freely chose and ordained. Scriptures (1124) means first a writing or thing written, a document. The majority of the NT uses refer to the Old Testament writings, in a general sense of the whole collection when the plural (= Scriptures – Matt. 21:42; 22:29; 26:54; Mk. 12:24; 14:49; Lk. 24:27, 32, 45; Jn. 5:39; Acts 17:2, 11; 18:24, 28; Rom. 15:4; 2Pe 3:16) is and is used in such a way that quoting Scripture is understood to be the same as quoting God!

Know (1492)(oida) means to know in an absolute manner and thus speaks of a positive knowledge such as Paul’s Jewish readers would be expected to possess.

Romans 11:3 “Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE.” (NASB: John MacArthur writes that…”When his life was threatened by Jezebel, even the godly and normally fearless Elijah became fearful and despondent, thinking in self pity that he was the only believer left on earth.”(Commentary on Romans) And I alone am left and they are seeking my life. Romans 11:4 But what is the divine response to him? “I HAVE KEPT for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal;”(NASB) Paul takes this quotation from the Hebrew of 1 Kings 19:18, with the addition of the words “for Myself” by which stress is laid upon the electing prerogative and power of God (His personal possession!) Romans 11:5 In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice. Come to be (1096) means to cause to be (“gen”-erate), to become or to come into existence. The verb “come to be” is in the perfect tense which means that this remnant has come into existence at a point in time in the past and is a permanent part of the great host of the saved. (just another small “jot or tittle” supporting the great truth that one cannot lose his or her salvation). Remnant (3005) describes that which is left or that which remains. Time (2540) (kairos) The time to which Paul had reference was a strategic one, one marked by the inclusion of the Gentiles together with the Jew in the one Body of Christ, a time at which, while the Gentiles gladly received the Word, Israel was apostate, a time at which in spite of Israel’s apostasy, there was a remnant in Israel saved in the sovereign grace of God. Grace: (5485) (charis) Grace is genitive of description. The ground or motivating factor in this choice of certain in Israel who were to be the objects of the sovereign choice of God for salvation, was grace, the spontaneous overflowing love of God bestowing the gift of salvation upon one who does not only not deserve that gift, but deserves appropriate punishment for his sins (compare a vessel of wrath otherwise prepared for destruction). God has always had a faithful group of believers. There has never been a time in the history of the world without a group of people who loved and served and were faithful to God as believers. There as always been a spiritual Israel, born again saved believers. There has never been nor will there ever be a time that God does not have a corps of loyal followers. From Adam to Noah to David to Jeremiah to Paul to the early Fathers to John Calvin to John Buynon to Charles Spurgeon to Charles e Whisnant, and on into the future. Romans 11:6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace. Note that the remnant is saved by grace and not by works (cf Romans 4:4-5) which parallels the truth Paul taught in [Romans 9:30-33]. It is impossible to mix grace and works, for the one cancels the other. Israel’s main concern had always been in trying to please God with good works (Romans 9:30-10:4). The nation refused to submit to Christ’s righteousness (Romans 10:4-5), just as religious, self-righteous people refuse to submit today. Romans 11:7 What then ? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened; What was Israel “so earnestly” seeking? The answer can be found in [Romans 9:30-10:3] — They were pursuing righteousness, a right standing before God. The situation was ironic. The Jews zealously sought to be accepted by God on the basis of works and the righteousness of the Law (cf. Romans 10:2-3). However, they were not accepted by God; only the elect were, because of God’s sovereign choice by grace. “The Chosen” (1589) Meaning to choose or select for oneself, but not necessarily implying rejection of what is not chosen Obtained (2013)= obtain, meet by chance, meet with, fall in with a person, hit the mark, to attain) means to hit, especially hit a mark with an arrow, to chance upon, and to to attain or obtain. The idea is to obtain or gain what is sought after. Hardened (4456) (poroo from poros = small piece of stone broken off from a larger one) means to make hard like a stone, and so to make callous or insensitive to touch. Here as elsewhere in the New Testament, poroo is used only figuratively and specifically only in a spiritual sense referring to the effect on one’s heart and mind. So then we may say that at the back of them this group of words has three ideas—the idea of ‘hardness’, the idea of ‘lack of the power to feel’, and the idea of ‘blindness’, lack of the power to see.

 

 

We will see how the weather is if we have Sunday Evening service are not?

 

The Gospel Is Available To The Seeking Heart

THE GOSPEL IS AVAILABLE TO THE SEEKING HEART WHO IS SEEKING THE TRUTH
ROMANS 10:16-21  –  11 -24 2013
Charles e Whisnant, Elder/Pastor/Teacher

(In 1982 I used this series in Romans as my second book to teach verse by verse: 120 lessons 1983-1985 First Baptist Church, Altoona, Kansas)

1A  THE MOST BLESSED NATION IN THE WORLD: ISRAEL
2A  GOD CHOSE ISRAEL FOR THREE REASONS
1B  To witness to the unity of God: Deut. 6:4
2B  To preserve and transmit the scripture: Romans 3:2
3B  To be the channel for the Messiah

3A  ISRAEL’S  REJECTION AND FAILURE TO BELIEVE RESULTED IN
1B  Being scattered
2B  Being blinded
3B  Being persecuted

4A  THE QUESTION IS WHY:
1B  The rejected Christ: Why?
1C  They loved their sin more than righteousness.
2D  They had always been that way from Moses.
3C   Self-imposed ignorance:
  1D  Of God Himself: 10:3
                   2D  Of The provision of Christ made for salvation: 10:4
                   3D  Of the importance of faith in Christ: 10:5-10
                   4D  Of the scope of this great salvation: 10:11-18

          1E  Salvation was for “whosoever” : 10:11.  Joel 2:32 and Isaiah 28:16
2E  Salvation:  there was no difference between Jews and Gentiles: Jonah
3E  How to get the message out to the world:   10:14
4E  The Gospel story: Beautiful feet:  10:15
5E  Not all have obeyed the Gospel!!!!  10:16
1F  There is a choice on our part!  In other words you can’t   say you are just saved because  God  made everyone saved and He is sovereign, you must make the choice to obey.
2F  The element of obedience and submission to Christ. Acts 6:7, Romans 1:5; 2:8-9; 6:19;   I Thessalonians 1:8; Hebrews 5:9
3F  They are not all believing  because they are not submitting: Isaiah 53:1; John 12:37-38; Acts 18:6
6E  “So faith by Hearing”  10:17  “and hearing by the Word of Christ.”
1F  Evangelism:  Given for you to respond to the message you hear.  But you  must know what you believe, thus the message must be the truth
7E  “Have they not heard”    10:18  Yes.  Psalms 19:1-4
1F  God has put His knowledge of Himself throughout the whole earth. It is available.
2F  It is not that every person in the world has heard the fullness of the Gospel, but if there  is a seeking heart there will be a message given to them. John 1:9, Matthew 24:14; Colossians 1:6.

    LET’S SUM UP ROMANS 10:11-18
Paul is saying this:  The gospel is not just for another local sect, nor just another            Roman cult. The Gospel is the good news which God has sent all over the world.
    5D  ISRAEL DID NOT BELIEVE THE PREDICTION OF SCRIPTURE
1F  Did Israel know that the message was for the whole world?  10:19
1E  Moses said in Deuteronomy 32:21
2E  Isaiah 65:1   Romans 10:20
3E  Isaiah 65:2  Romans 10:21

Sermon From Romans 10 9 -12