THE PRIZE OF A FUTURIST!

By: Bishop Albert Gran

2 Timothy 4:8

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⁸ Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing

Romans 8:22- 25

²² For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

²³ And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

²⁴ For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

²⁵ But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Matthew 24:20-30

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²⁰ But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
²¹ For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
²² And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
²³ Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
²⁴ For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
²⁵ Behold, I have told you before.
²⁶ Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
²⁷ For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
²⁸ For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
²⁹ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
³⁰ And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 

Just a thought made significant in view of the doctrine of "Preterism", a doctrine denying a certain period in the "future" eachatological events wherein having such an idea presumed futurist believers who they thought baselessly deny what has been fullfilled in the prophecy, challenged me to really review few passage of Scriptures through the light of Paul's epistles. The verses posted above were truths needed to be pondered. Now, let's be sensible in dealing whether Berean test would merit the philosophical twist compared to the wholesome truth of God's word available in our hands today.

Unification of doctrinal belief generally divides among the preterists considering that they were also disunitied in the stand between Partial Preterism and Full Preterism. Noticeable from the standpoint of majorities' understanding among the circle of preterists hold a firm premise where there won't be any realization of future hope.

How can we get rid through avoidance of future promises the Lord Jesus Christ himself promised to the church, the Body of Christ? How come many interpreted as though God's promises for us today were already fulfilled upon the twist of their illogical premises? How can this vile body would soon unable to function in glorification to his creator when one unrealistically see the future hope ensured to us through our God Almighty as far as the resurrection issue is concerned?

Jesus Christ once mentioned about the Lord's day where heavenly creatures brought cataclysm and disorder which would soon melt the planet earth to the point where people would encourage death to come upon them. No record of history even by speculation proving such accounts or events were true when one investigated the historical scene that happened last A.D. 70. Events recorded in the year A.D. 70 perfectly disqualifies the preterists allegation that God's prophecy and past recorded prophetic accounts prophecied by the prophets had been fulfilled last A.D. 70. Sensible student of God's word must be keen to compare if those things mentioned by Christ in reality through fact check had recorded such amazing account not once happened in the earth's history. The fact that Christ told his disciple that the events falls on that day are NOT ONCE happened in the history's past neither in the ending portion of the present dispensation of grace leading to the resumption of the prophetic program in the era of the man of sin, the god of this world Satan who was known as the anti Christ.

How could the believers in this dispensation of grace consider the thought of preterism if the most denied resurrection account for the members of the Body of Christ which is known as the caught up event was too far from the reality as a future hope for them? Why they thought there's nosuch thing as bodily resurrection as best promised of God to not pass the future event not once named in the  earth's history?

The prevailing truth of futurists made a very spectacle sound basis how soon we as members of the body of Christ shall fill-in the heavenly places promised by Christ through the gospel as we're all joint heirs of Christ, the soon to be rulers of angels who possessed significant ruling power to the praise of His glory.

Be a futurist and not a preterist.

Grace to you and peace!                       

WHY BISHOP NOT PASTOR?

By: Bishop Albert Gran

Ephesians 4:10-12

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¹⁰ He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
¹¹ And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
¹² For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Titus 1:1-10

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1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

² In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
³ But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
⁴ To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
⁵ For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
⁶ If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
⁷ For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
⁸ But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
⁹ Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
¹⁰ For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

Get the relevance of sound presentation as many years had passed opened to the hearers during Paul's time with an applaud doctrinal thought in view of God's perspectives. Bishoprick is what was mostly an ignored office designated by Paul as majority thought such term correlates pagan exercise or practice not even worthy to be used in our era today.

Grace believers thought it unwise to apply this idea today as only Catholics and other Protestant groups applied this office when their leaders called to ordain elders and leaders to function church leadership.

Let's even know the fact if we truly believed what has been ordained as current instruction when Christ stopped giving men as gifts in the church after he ascended up on high. It's even spectacular to bow down the authority of God's word written in His word as we knew there were changes of dealings in matters of choosing gifts.

Christians thought that Christ still acted the same active involvement in giving men to the church today after the completion of His revealed will not knowing the fact that those gifts were really for the Body of Christ prior  to the completion of the mystery truth in this age of grace.

Having consistent to the extent of that old notion many believers even grace believers in out times resort their edification solely to those whom they thought the source and basis of their edification who were their spiritual mentors whom they called  "Pastors, evangelists, and teachers" as they thought the office of apostles and prophets were no longer in operation today. The idea of Christ sending these remaining gifts (Pastors, evangelists, and teachers) is what the majority thought even if the reality speaks that Paul called elders to choose qualified elders known as Bishops as per command of Christ as Christ no longer set those offices when the complete source of edification through the written revelation for the Gentile age of grace had been fulfilled.

Why not resorting to the true comfort and source of your edification when you read and obey the instruction of Christ current in our times in view of the mystery truth revealed to Paul? Why being saddened when your Pastor will no longer function to scratch itchy and fleshly religious observance? Why feeling discomfortable when one shall plainly declare the good news how you could be free from the bondage of slavery again to fear?

Ultimate change in the giving of gifts whom Christ himself performed leading to the idea when He called Paul to ordain men as leaders in the church and charge to commit the same to faithful men is the idea of transitional delineation of office from direct to indirect form similar from direct edification and indirect edification through the complete written word of God. That means that the idea of basing believers' edification from men (Pastors) as their inspiration correlates the traditional idea when Christ still choose to give gifts when the source of edification which is the word of God was not yet fulfilled. Thus, if you thought of ignoring the Scriptures and giving heed to the basis of your spiritual mentor who competes the source of true edification from the word of God in view of truth then the sound teaching of grace prohibits you to do that. Paul has instructed in 2 Tim. 2:15 to study and even call to apply in other passage to give attendance to reading and exhorting and not cling to the fables and stories from your traditional spiritual mentors. They were those who are the modern-day  Pharisees in our time who continually oppose the doctrine of grace, mixing the doctrine of grace ordained by Christ since the world began.

If you are afraid of applying bishoprick principle for having thought of inclining to the supposed pagan type of exercise then you are bias in your own judgement. Consider why Paul commanded Timothy and Titus as elders to ordain elders known as Bishops to supply the things wanting in every city or place around the world whenever propagating the gospel of the grace of God. They were not introducing paganism doctrine, instead,  telling the truth the right office called to be named and apply in your ministerial plans and purposes.

This grace alternative is for you to see the glimpse of truth form transition to purity of grace doctrines.

Grace to you and Peace!

         

WHY SHOULD YOU THINK OF HINDERING THE GOSPEL?

By: Bishop Albert Gran

1 Corinthians 9:11-15

King James Version (KJV)

 

¹¹ If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
¹² If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
¹³ Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
¹⁴ Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
¹⁵ But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

Straight from my heart, emphasis for these most misunderstood verses often quote by our folks in their assumption to apply law principle governing the things at the altar was something their clue in adherence to what has been thought an ordained giving principle of grace. However, those were all conjectures for those who would resort to use God's business for material gain rather than the most edifying gospel which is the grace of God. 

At the onset those who try to reject the principle used by Paul of not hindering the gospel in connection to the carnal or material giving basically had their defence and confirmation how their ministries simply embraced the doctrines under the law. The imposition of tenth (10%) as nowhere in the almanac of today's dispensation of grace  excluding the modified invented types of religious givings was all the most popular stress in the Christendom. Pulpit sermons are simply overloaded with the supposed  conditional blessings from God as though such were responsibilities how they could pay back the goodness of God. Others thought those types of givings were means for God to act upon his duty to bless his saint in the most supernatural way.

Carefully examine if such idea was really sound or indeed true for those who supposed following the Pauline way of ministering the gospel. The point is we're ministers of Christ ministering with the gospel and for the gospel without an exchange of carnal or material things for such would lead to hindering the gospel.

Spiritual eyesight rather lead to see the glimpse of thought how a minister could offer himself as a true servant of God even not considering himself and or his flesh to establish spiritual purpose of nourishing our inner man through the gospel. 

The mystery truth really made something very significant and special to His saint considering the fact how His manifold wisdom reflects to our eyes of understanding that what reigns today was His ultimate grace and the blessings of His grace depends on the establishment brought by the things from the Spirit which was basically revealed to us today.

There is much more beyond to carnal things laid on the temple or the tenth giving under the law and that is the "pureness of the gospel", the grace of God which surpasses all knowledge and understanding.

Haven't not known how these grace of God revealed to Paul made him say,  ¹² If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless WE HAVE NOT USED THE POWER; but SUFFER ALL THINGS, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.  Did we really suffer for Christ sake by not naming those things (as in the issues of carnal givings under the law) to hinder the gospel of Christ.

The thrust of a true servant of Christ was his selfless desire as someone bought with the costly price in order to not work for his own but for Him that called him WORKMAN!