WHERE ARE YOU IN GOD'S PLAN?

By: Bishop Albert Gran

Colossians 3

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¹⁰ And have put on the NEW MAN, which is RENEWED IN KNOWLEDGE AFTER THE IMAGE OF HIM THAT CREATED HIM:

¹¹ Where there is NEITHER Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but CHRIST IS ALL, and IN ALL.

THE PROPHECY ERA: GOD'S DIRECT PLAN FOR ISRAEL

It’s worth fantastic to harness our knowledge regarding His purpose. Somehow when you begin to understand rightly dividing the Word of Truth principles, you'll be in savour of good taste before Him in glory.

It happened when you believe His word and doctrines. Perhaps, a question like what's posted above made you overwhelmed how come and in what instance God's plan was not directly for all people.  

Acts 3:25-26

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²⁵ Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

²⁶ UNTO YOU FIRST God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

While it's true ever since from the past that God was for the entire humanity, yet it's surprising to note  however that, starting from the raising up of Abraham's seed until its fulfillment through the first coming of the Messiah, then on the cutting off of the Messiah account (as a New Covenant sacrifice), His resurrection pronouncement, Jacob's trouble (Great tribulation), and His second coming to reign the earthly Millennial  Kingdom until the coming down of the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth; God's plan was always directed to His people, Israel. She is a nation above all nations in our planet earth.

The phrase "unto you first" in the context was spoken to the Jews in confirmation of His plan under prophecy about the Messiah who is the redeemer of Israel. Clearly, Christ's visit to Israel had its relative purpose which was to save His people.

Luke 1:67-69

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⁶⁷ And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

⁶⁸ Blessed be the Lord God of ISRAEL; for HE HATH  VISITED AND REDEEMED HIS PEOPLE,

⁶⁹ And hath RAISED UP HORN OF SALVATION for us in the house of his servant David;

Peter and Zacharias  knew so much about God's plan for Israel. They're aware that God's plan of salvation through His Son was set primarily  to the house of Israel. It indicates that during the time of the raising up of God's Son on his WISE birth, it's underlying objective was FIRST directly viewed for the salvation of His people Israel, then I believed  to Gentiles as well in the latter times once Israel got national repentance.    

THE KINGDOM IS UPON THEM

Many Christians however thought that the ministry of Jesus Christ in the New Testament as appeared in the so-called four gospels was directly in view of the purpose to give salvation to all people without distinction. The verses below helped to direct your attention how that GOD'S KINGDOM was upon the Jews.

The context speaks about Christ pronouncement of giving up the kingdom which He offered to the house of Israel to be believed upon the spiritual and political leaders headed by their priests, scribes, elders, Pharisees, Sadducees, and all her rulers with all Jews from the most noble to the poorest.     

Matthew 21:42-44

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⁴² Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

⁴³ Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and GIVEN TO A NATION bringing forth the fruits thereof.

⁴⁴ And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

Jesus' audience in this passage were priests, scribes and elders who find fault against Him on his performing miracles as to whose authority He did these things. And because of this, many sinners like the publicans and harlots believed Him. These religious leaders supposed to believe Him as the promised Messiah however they resisted Him at all times. The opposite happened when the most sinners came to believe Him as the savior of Israel when the kingdom was offered.

At the onset, this kingdom freely offered by Christ to Israel was taken out from the unbelieving Jews with its spiritual and religious leaders even in their political leaders respectively. He gave the kingdom to a nation not nations which I believed refers to certain group of believers who followed Christ and believed Him as the Messiah and promised king.

Let me add one other proof who are these recipients of the kingdom when Christ took it out from the unbelieving religious and political leaders. Maybe we can ask; What nation is Christ talking about when the kingdom shall be given to it?

Luke 12:31-33

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³¹ But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

³² Fear not, LITTLE FLOCK; for it is your FATHER'S GOOD PLEASURE TO GIVE YOU THE        KINGDOM.

The disciples headed by Peter were those who were called "little flock" and the primary recipients of the kingdom as the Father pleased. Many Christians thought it's God's command to us today to seek the kingdom of God. We are not in a position or situation to do that because that kingdom is not for us but the same nation of Israel comprising the little flock who were disciples and followers of Christ even John the Baptist. It's God's objective through Jesus as the savior of Israel to give them the kingdom and reign in David's throne. We're not in the position to apply this truth for our application today knowing that it belongs to His direct recipients when God is the LORD OF ISRAEL.

So, this is the summation of God's plan during the earthly ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ. He offered the kingdom with the gospel presentation "repent and be baptized for the kingdom of heaven is at hand " TO ISRAEL. Since  the religious and political leaders were grossly motivated by Satan to oppose God's word of salvation by simply believing their MESSIAH, God took out the kingdom from them and gave it to the believing Jews more so with the LITTLE FLOCK (disciples and apostles) based on the God the Father's pleasure.     

Relative to God's plan of salvation to Israel, John recorded how such many RECEIVE HIM AND HIS OWN RECEIVE HIM NOT.  

John 1:10-12

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¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

¹¹ He came unto his own, and HIS OWN RECEIVE HIM NOT.

¹² But as many as RECEIVE HIM, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

There were two groups of Jews during their first encounter with THE MESSIAH. The "those who received him" and  "those who receive him not". Why the term received was used? It was so because God raised up the visible Lord through the Spirit, made into the flesh and someone they can touch and had the power to manifest visible miracles for the infirmities of the flesh knowing that His dealings were primarily set for the earthly kingdom to be established on earth. This is the Davidic kingdom wherein the promised seed Jesus Christ shall reign for all eternity. In the book of Revelation there's a truth about the coming down of the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth because the Millennial Kingdom will be expired. It's just a temporary kingdom ruled by Christ. The forever kingdom to be established is such mentioned in Rev. 21.

 Revelation 21 

And I saw a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN FROM GOD OUT OF HEAVEN, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. ...

In this passage you can't see that the people are 

classified or separated into races. Racial 

discrimination is nowhere in the context of this 

passage.

 

Let's go back into the account of Acts when Peter preached the whole people of Israel and face the GENERAL PUBLIC and reminded them about God's intent when He directed His plan to save His people.

Acts 3:25-26

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²⁵ Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy SEED shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

²⁶ Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, SENT HIM TO BLESS YOU, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

Indeed, Christ on the basis of His first coming was sent to bless ISRAEL and He then allegorically  mentioned this blessing as BREAD for His children.

 Matthew 15:25-27

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²⁵ Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

²⁶ But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the CHILDREN'S BREAD (Israel), and to cast it to DOGS   (Gentiles) .

²⁷ And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

 

THE KINGDOM PROPHECY THROUGH ISRAEL

Zephaniah 3:7-9

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⁷ I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

⁸ Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

⁹ For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.

This prophecy will be on its completion after this dispensation of grace. This phrase "until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy" is an account during the time when God shall pour out His anger or wrath which we called Great tribulation. Based on His plan throughout ages, this shall happen after the dispensation of Grace. It's the resumption period of the prophetic world to come when Christ poured out His wrath.

The next statement, "⁹ For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent" signifies the time in the second coming of Christ when He shall rule the people and turn their language into one just like the account in Genesis 11:1 when the people only spoke one language.

If there were Gentiles in time past and even during the kingdom era got save, it's because of the Jews who guide them and gave them the blessing not unless they directly believed Jesus as the Messiah and King of the Jews who will reign in David's throne. This is what Paul wrote to them who had given the law, who had the capacity to guide the blind Gentiles, and those who had no law.

 Romans 2:18-20

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¹⁷ Behold, THOU ART CALLED A JEW, and RESTEST IN THE LAW, and makest thy boast of God,

¹⁸ And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

¹⁹ And art confident that THOU THYSELF ART A GUIDE OF THE BLIND, a light of them which are in darkness,

²⁰ An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of THE TRUTH IN THE LAW.

It's plain indeed what is the role of a Jew in time past as they had the law exclusive to them. This is something made them different from Gentiles. They had the bread of God, the truth about God which they have to obey and follow. This truth is what was called THE TRUTH IN THE LAW.

How about the truth today which is for the Body of Christ? Shall we be like them too? Is this the truth of the kingdom and about the kingdom which we also anticipated to come in the future? Could we claim those that God primarily and directly promised to ISRAEL during the time when He was called THE LORD OF ISRAEL? What is the truth for members of the body of Christ today? Let's contemplate and examine these things.

Romans 6:14

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¹⁴ For sin shall not have dominion over you: for YE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE.

The truth for today in matters of greatest issue of sin and salvation is not BY THE LAW BUT BY GRACE. How about the works of the law or to be bound by the duties of the law if you put yourself seems like a real Jew or by believing to yourself you're called a spiritual Jew? Notice this carefully how Paul made plain statements about the WORKS OF THE LAW.

Galatians 2:15-17

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¹⁵ We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

¹⁶ Knowing that a MAN IS NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW, but BY THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that WE MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED BY THE FAITH OF CHRIST, and NOT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW: for by the WORKS OF THE LAW SHALL NO FLESH BE JUSTIFIED.

¹⁷ But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

If you think you're part of Christ's circumcision ministry then acknowledge the truth of putting yourself like a JEW who ahs the truth in the law. While Paul taught us those things for our learning, today we have to appreciate that there's a new dealing of God when God DIRECTLY revealed the truth about the truth of the  mystery which he revealed to PAUL who is our minister and apostle today. To tell you openly, our secrets in the judgment seat will be tested by fire and that's we firmly believed on the basis of Paul's MY GOSPEL. ( 1 Cor. 3:10-15, Rom. 2:16)   

Folks, it pays to know the distinctiveness of truths in the Scripture. Through the principle of rightly dividing the Word of truth you would see how magnificent is the wise plan of God over the ages. What common loopholes the world of Christianity today had committed in the truths revealed today is failure of understanding rightly dividing the word of truth in accordance to dispensational Bible study. God's actions revealed in the scriptures by all means and truth were classified as PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.

Thanks for reading and paying attention to this informative dispensational study approach.

2 Timothy 2:15

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¹⁵ STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.

Grace and peace to you all.

     

     

SPIRITUAL ADULTERY: A DANGER TO THOSE WHO MISHANDLED AND MIXED UP THE TRUTH OF TODAY

By: Bishop Albert Gran

Romans 7:1-6

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1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

² For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

³ So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

⁴ Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

⁵ For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

⁶ But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

This study was conceived as a matter of giving emphasis and consideration to the present reality which have had happened in the realm of Christianity of which majority are united in the stand of LIVING and ABIDING in the law of flesh, serving the flesh after the law which is the OLDNESS OF THE LETTER (Galatians 2:16).

It's interesting to note however that any believer of Christ had to recognize the power of God working in us today with the might brought by the gospel of Christ whereby we were made in Christ as His new creatures who had the strength to live, used the power of God and His might by the Spirit's tool which is the Word of God. Interestingly, it was expressed in accordance to the revelation of the mystery ( Eph. 2:10; Eph. 1:18-20; Eph 3:1-5; Eph 3:16).

Not just a thought but based on divine perspective in view of the revelation of the mystery, Paul from his pen through the Spirit gave us two major and distinct ways of living in this world. These two living way principles indeed were such realities obvious in the faith of every person regardless of his or her religion and denominational affiliation ( Romans 2:16). What are these two ways? Now, let's consider this fact.

A. LAW VS. GRACE

Romans 6:14

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¹⁴ For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not UNDER THE LAW, but under GRACE.

B. FAITH VS. WORKS OF THE LAW

Romans 9:31-33

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³¹ But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

³² Wherefore? Because they sought it NOT BY FAITH, but as it were by the WORKS OFTHE LAW. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

³³ As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

C. WORKS VS. GRACE

Romans 11:5-7

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⁵ Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

⁶ And IF BY GRACE, then is it NO MORE OF WORKS: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

⁷ What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

Although these are three sets of passages presented here, but in summary there were just two-fold distinct operation in matters of every persons kind of living which not only possibly but definitely working and operating in his life.

This study will pose self evaluation to determine what kind of spirit being you are who's living in this world of vanity, devastation, and or corruption. Are you craving towards meritorious act of self reliance to gain salvation and favor from God with that condemnation of hell, establishing own righteousness to gain men's approval only? Haven't not faith to the free gift of salvation that our Lord Jesus Christ has offered from the eternal condemnation of hell and such made you obtained the position as one NEW MAN in Christ with life classified as all triumphant and victorious in spite sufferings?

OUR LIVING IN GRACE IS FREEDOM

Our relationship with Christ in this dispensation of grace allegorically compared with the relationship of husband and wife.

Clearly, Paul addressed this instruction to those who KNOW THE LAW. Without doubt these are those who had given the law, specifically the people of Israel who were avid teachers and doers of the Law God preached by Moses for their obedience. Accordingly, we clearly understood the benefits which were gained and profited by Israelites in terms of THE LAW.

Romans 9

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1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

² That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

³ For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

⁴ Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of THE LAW, and the service of God, and the promises;

⁵ Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

In time past, God clearly mandated those covenanted people, the people of Israel who had received THE LAW. This is that which have had DOMINION AND RULE OVER THEM. The body of human flesh had no choice to oppose and ignore it. They had to live consistently to the mandate of God's COMMANDMENTS so anyone, being a Jew or Gentile proselyte could have had peaceful relationship with God and received fleshly blessings from the fruit of their labor and in the land as God caused them to do it in condition of one's performing action and obedience to it.

Another featuring account of God's dealing in time past is that those who will not live and abide by THE LAW were subjected to corresponding curses knowing it's a total missing the mark  (sin) of not submitting God's word because the LAW is the truth of God in time past.

In other words, this is a way to challenge God's justice and establish righteousness brought by His statutes and laws, thus made him execute his punishment and immediate judgement which is visible in the flesh.

Joshua 8:33-35

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³³ And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

³⁴ And afterward he READ ALL THE WORDS OF THE LAW, THE BLESSINGS AND CURSINGS, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

³⁵ There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

Clearly, it's evident that to be in subjection under the law, there had been much significance in matters of CONDITIONAL DEALINGS which God himself instructed to His people through the mouth of His prophets.

Bible believers often thought these instructions in accord to the law seems the WAY or the SAME WAY God has dealt the church the Body of Christ with Paul as our apostle and minister in our time. Unknowingly, many remarkable attempts done by lots of preachers and church ministers today had viewed their services in application of the Mosaic law. Recent doctrines about the physical and fleshly manifestation of God in view of the conditions stated above were such thoughts believed to be the same principles operating in this dispensation of grace. However we found that those were just cliches and viewed traditional doctrines in accordance to the law. Those were things Paul says which are something corresponding the OLDNESS OF THE LETTER.

The OT LAW which was continued in the NT so-called four gospels correspond to the OLDNESS OF THE LETTER which Paul in the context the members of the Body of Christ are being delivered (verse 6).

WHY SPIRITUAL ADULTERY?

Please notice these verses:

Romans 7:1-6

1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

² For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

³ So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

As I wrote above, recipients of these verses speaks about the people of Israel that know the law, except those Gentiles today who believed they're called "SPIRITUAL JEWS" and became MOSAIC LAW ABIDERS. It's a fact nowadays that many Gentiles who were Christians held the doctrines in the Jewish religion, establishing righteousness which is of the law, doing services in accordance to the law.

 
DISPENSATIONAL UNDERSTANDING IN THIS ALLEGORICAL MARRIAGE TYPE RELATIONSHIP

Folks, there is deeper wisdom in light with this passage that the Lord through Paul would want us to convey.

Many verses in Scriptures helped us understand that Christ 's relationship to Israel is a type of marriage bond and or husband-wife relationship. I believed he used an allegorical illustration for the church the Body of Christ in these set of passages found in Romans 7.

I perceived that Christ through Paul had in mind about his dealings in comparison between them who knew the law (the people of Israel in time past) and WE(v.6) who were DELIVERED FROM THE LAW AND SERVED IN THE NEWNESS OF THE SPIRIT.

MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP IN THE DISPENSATION OF LAW

In time past account, God gave the law to Moses to be His words for the people of Israel to obey. He indeed established conditions of SET BLESSINGS in physical nature and CURSINGS in view of physical afflictions such as plagues, nature disaster which God Himself caused against evil doers may it His own people who disobeyed Him.

God's dealing to the people of Israel is purely a commonwealth of Israel whereby the WORD OF GOD AND THE TRUTH were big issues FOUND IN THE LAW ( Eph. 2:11-12). THE LAW is a view type of relationship in the allegorical marriage of God to the NATION ISRAEL.

The people of Israel had to stick to be obedient to the law of her husband as long as he lives. This is the clear indication of which a MAN WHO IS CALLED A JEW should keep and observe THE LAW because this is the condition current in the time wherein her husband (speaking of Israel) was yet alive. Even the time prior Christ's death, the ACCOUNT OF THE LAW was still in view to be established when someone wants to find the truth about the God of Israel.

OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 3:1-3

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1 My son, FORGET NOT MY LAW; but let thine heart KEEP MY COMANDMENTS:

² For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

³ Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

NEW TESTAMENT

John 14:14-16

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¹⁴ If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

¹⁵ If ye love me, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.

¹⁶ And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

In these verses in view of comparison, THE LAW and COMMANDMENT KEEPERS have to implore in based on THE LAW. Even in the truths and doctrines communicated by John and the 12 apostles, such were truths in view of the law and the commandments. Every man who is called JEW must show love to God and render services to Him in view of KEEPING COMMANDMENTS.

To sum it up, it's the condition in the so-called four gospel account how a man implore the commandments pertinent to the kingdom and about the kingdom to be established ON EARTH in consonance TO THE MOSAIC LAW.

It's observable therefore how God in time past prior the ushering of this dispensation of grace became deeply jealous when His people associated another god or gods for worship of which instant punishment was executed among the violators. Along this notion is the verdict to call his people an adulteress or someone committed a SPRITUAL ADULTERY due to recognizing small gods in behalf of the ALMIGHTY GOD IN HEAVEN. In other words, that's an ultimate violation of the moral law which is: "Thou shall not have other gods before me".

Exodus 20:4-6

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⁴ THOU SHALL NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

⁵ Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a JEALOUS GOD, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

⁶ And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.

A SUDDEN DEATH OF HER HUSBAND

This is today's current allegorical relationship with Christ and of God TO SERVE IN THE NEWNESS OF THE SPIRIT under the dispensation of grace. This relationship has to be preserved and not to be stained again with THE YOKE OF BONDAGE, THE LAW for doing such is an indication of committing SPIRITUAL ADULTERY when going back to the law.

Christ had already put an end OF THE LAW at the cross of Calvary ( Romans 10:4, Col. 2:13-15). Now, Paul proclaimed that our justification should not be by the law but by the faith of Christ's blood (Rom. 3:24-25). It's His offering of grace which made us enjoy the assurance of salvation and fellowship with one another in the fellowship of the mystery (Tit. 2:11, Eph. 3:9).

An allegory of the BOC's current marriage relationship is something must not BE ADULTERATED BY LIVING UNDER THE LAW AND MIXING DOCTRINES WITH THAT OF THE REVIVED MOSAIC LAW as in the case of the churches of Galatia wherein many perverted the gospel of Christ and went back to establish works for righteousness ( Romans 6:14, 2 Cor. 4:2).

A CALL TO LIVE BY GRACE

Romans 7:4-5

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⁴ Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

⁵ For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

Romans 6:6-10

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1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

² God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

³ Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

⁴ Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE.

⁵ For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

⁶ Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

⁷ For he that is dead is freed from sin.

⁸ Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

⁹ Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

¹⁰ For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

After knowing the Church's present relationship, our services to God must be akin to SERVE IN THE NEWNESS OF THE SPIRIT AND NOT IN THE OLDNESS OF THE LETTER. What if many today served the OLDNESS OF THE LETTER instead having services in THE NEWNESS OF THE SPIRIT?

 
Paul was very emphatic by saying that "ye also are BECOME DEAD TO LAW BY THE BODY OF CHRIST" ( Romans 7:4). So why revived the law in our present service in the dispensation of grace? Would you like to commit a spiritual adultery after knowing your standing in the present relationship you had with Christ?

Since we were already dead to the law what does it imply? It implies to LIVE IN ACCORDANCE TO GRACE .

Folks, don't ever wish for yourself to LIVE UNDER THE LAW IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL after knowing that the present relationship with Jesus Christ to the Church, the Body of Christ is the WAY OF GRACE when THE LAW WAS PUT TO DEATH ON THAT CROSS AND NO LESS THE KIND OF SERVICE WE HAVE TO MANIFEST BEFORE HIM.

If you want to commit spiritual adultery then preach and teach MIXED UP TRUTHS.

Grace and Peace,