Peter’s Further Revelation from the Risen, Glorified Lord

Scripture details Peter’s vision with the Lord, after He was ‘risen’ and ‘glorified’ .... but ‘mid-Acts-ers’ don’t like to mention it because it messes up their ‘Pauline’ paradigm:

Acts 10:9-20 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Like Saul in Acts 9:4, Peter heard a voice, but saw no man:
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
Like Saul in Acts 9:5, Peter called the voice he heard, “Lord”:
14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
Like Paul in Acts 26:19, Peter described his experience as a ‘vision’ -- also from ‘heaven’ as was Paul's (Acts 10:11):
17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing:
for I (the Spirit) have sent them.

Peter testified that it was God that showed him the equality of the Gentiles:

Acts 10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

Peter knew that God specifically picked him out to take the gospel to the Gentiles:

Acts 15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us,
that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

Peter understood the ‘no difference’ issue back in Acts 10, and he told the council at Jerusalem about it later:

Acts 15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Peter preached the gospel of salvation to the Gentiles:

Acts 11:11-14 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.

What gospel did Peter take? According to the Bible (and NOT the 'mid-Acts-ers'), it was the same gospel the 12 took, the same gospel Paul took:

1 Cor 15:3-5, 11 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5 And that he was seen of Cephas (that is, Peter),
then of the twelve:
11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach (that is, Paul or them), and so ye believed.

Paul was not the only apostle to get ‘further revelation’ .... Peter got it, too!

The Bible disrupts ‘mid-Acts’ doctrine, so they follow a man with a chart instead. How sad!

This is David Dowell saying, “Think about it!”

The Gospel of God or the Gospel of Christ?

We will just consider 1 of Paul’s 13 epistles for this topic .... his letter to the saints at Rome (Rom 1:7).

Paul wrote that he was separated unto the gospel of God:

Rom 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

Then Paul wrote that the gospel of Christ is the power of God unto salvation:

Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Paul wrote that he ministered the gospel of God:

Rom 15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

Paul wrote that he preached the gospel of Christ:

Rom 15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

Paul wrote that he will go to Rome with the gospel of Christ:

Rom 15:29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

Was Paul confused? Back and forth, back and forth .... the gospel of God .... the gospel of Christ .... Could Paul not make up his mind WHICH gospel he had? .... But the HOLY SPIRIT inspired his words .... so they MUST be RIGHT.

The Cunning (Eph 4:14) Royal Jester and his Jokers commonly refer to the gospel Paul preached as the gospel of Christ. They do NOT call attention to the fact that PAUL preached the gospel of God. They’re afraid some of their ‘mid-Acts-ers’ followers may venture ‘outside of Paul’ sometime and see that PETER also wrote about the gospel of God .... and that does not fit their wrested (2 Peter 3:16) paradigm:

1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ believe that even though Paul and Peter wrote the SAME words and phrases .... they were talking about DIFFERENT things .... like, the gospel of God, for example.

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

Turning the Grace of God Unawares?

Paul warned the churches of imposters, who pretended to be fellowcitizens with the saints (Eph 2:19), entering in among them (also see Acts 20:29-30; Matt 7:15, 10:16; Luke 10:3) .... that would draw them away from the grace of Christ (John 1:17b) and put them under the law (John 1:17a):

Gal 2:4-5 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

The contrast IN THE BIBLE is between grace and law ....
not between Peter and Paul.

From what were the saints being pulled away?

Gal 1:6-7 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

Spiritual perverts?! Turning the grace of God?!

Jude 1:3-4 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of
the common salvation, (also see ‘the common faith’ in Titus 1:4)
it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
(There is only ONE faith - Eph 4:5.
Paul preached ‘the faith’ that he once destroyed - Gal 1:23.)
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Luke recorded Peter’s words before the apostles and elders (Acts 15:6), telling about God chosing HIM to take the gospel of salvation to a group of Gentiles gathered at Cornelius’ house (Acts 10:1,24):

Acts 11:14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.

Acts 15:10-11 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Are ‘Mid-Acts-ers’ turning the grace of God unawares? They are not trying to put saints under the law. But what they are doing, is accusing Peter and the rest of the apostles of it .... even though the SCRIPTURES teach otherwise.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ deny that Peter and the other apostles taught salvation by grace through Christ, like Paul did.

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

ABC's from the CRJ - Going Back to Basics

If I had not recognized the SBC pulpit this evening, I would have figured the Cunning Royal Jester (Eph 4:14) was speaking to an audience that had never heard his ‘mid-Acts’ doctrine before! Oh, no! Could a passage in Hebrews apply?

Heb 5:12-14 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Evidently the Cunning Royal Jester thought the 'Wednesday night faithful' needed a refresher of his paradigm .... or maybe his false foundation is crumbling beneath him as we chisel it away! He drew his infamous chart, with a circle around Paul’s epistles. He pointed that, inside the circle, there is ‘no difference’, indicating that there was a difference outside the circle. One problem with that teaching is Peter’s testimony of ‘now, no difference’ (Acts 15:9) .... when God chose him (Acts 15:7) to take the gospel (Acts 15:7) of salvation (Acts 11:14) to Cornelius and his kinsmen and near friends (Acts 10:24) who were Gentiles (Acts 10:1):

Acts 15:7-9 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
9 And put no difference between us and them,
purifying their hearts by faith.

God sent Peter to leave from Joppa and go to Caesarea (Acts 9:36-43, 10:1-48) to preach to the Gentiles, directly after God’s announcement to Peter that He had cleansed the Gentiles (Acts 10:9-33, 11:4-14).

Here is a thought: If Saul (Paul - Acts 13:9) was the ‘first member’ of a ‘new’ church, called the ‘body of Christ’, made up of Jew and Gentile with ‘no difference’ .... then WHY did God not send him, instead of Peter?
Well now, that throws a wrench in ‘mid-Acts’ heresy, huh?

Let’s continue on in the scripture passage:

Acts 15:10-11 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

There is Peter, before Paul, taking salvation by grace to the Gentiles!

Matt 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind.
And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Woops! The Cunning Royal Jester and his jokers are in the ditch!

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

Peter Paved the Way

Saul of Tarsus was saved in Acts 9. He immediately preached to Jews at Damascus that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God:

Acts 9:19-22 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.

Then Saul went to Jerusalem.
From there he went to Caesarea .... interestingly BY-PASSING Cornelius ....
and then into Tarsus, his hometown:

Acts 9:26-30 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
30 Which when the brethren knew,
they brought him down to Caesarea,
and sent him forth to Tarsus.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ use Gal 2:7 to say that Paul and Peter preached 2 different gospels:

Gal 2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that
the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me (Paul),
as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ ignore the verse in the chapter before, that shows that ‘if they did preach 2 different gospels, then Peter would be accursed’:

Gal 1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

But .... for the sake of argument .... let’s see how absurd the ‘mid-Acts 2 different gospels’ doctrine works in the case of Cornelius and his kinsmen and near friends (Acts 10:24), who were the first Gentiles to receive the gospel after God declared them clean (Acts 10:15).

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ teach that God started a new church .... with Paul (the apostle of the Gentiles) in Acts 9 .... called ‘the body of Christ’. But they cannot give an answer why God picked PETER - NOT PAUL - in Acts 10 to go to the Gentiles .... just after Saul/Paul was saved.

Peter testified that God specifically chose him to take the gospel to these Gentiles .... which he did in Acts 10 .... just after Paul went right through the same area (Caesarea):

Acts 15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago
God made choice among us,
that the Gentiles by my (Peter’s) mouth
should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

Here are some questions for ‘mid-Acts-ers’.

Did Peter take the gospel OF the circumcision .... TO the UNcircumcised .... since that was the gospel that was committed to him?

(In other words, did Peter give the gospel OF the Jews .... TO the Gentiles .... since that was the only gospel he had?)

- OR -

Did Peter take the gospel OF the UNcircumcision .... TO the UNcircumcised .... since they were UNcircumcisied?

(In other words, did Peter give the gospel OF the Gentiles .... TO the Gentiles .... since that was the gospel that belonged to them, being Gentiles?)

If God had begun a new entity with Saul/Paul in Acts 9 .... Peter would not have been the one God sent to the Gentiles in Acts 10.

Don’t forget that Peter also testified that the Jews would be saved through grace, the same as the Gentiles:

Acts 15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Does that sound like a different gospel to you?
Not to me!

Peter paved the way to the Gentiles .... before Paul.

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

Changing Words?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ are notorious for changing words in songs. They alter messages in traditional hymns in order to replace the doctrine with what-they-think will make them ‘rightly’ divided. When I did my own investigation, I discovered information from the Greek that proved even more of the Cunning Royal Jester’s teaching was wrested. I found that he builds doctrines on words, particularly prepositions, that do not bear out to be true when you test them.

For example, he creates 2 different gospels (1 for Peter and 1 for Paul) from the word ‘of’ that does not even have its own word in the Greek:

Gal 2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that
the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me (Paul),
as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;

The Cunning Royal Jester furthers his 2 different gospels deception with the prepositions ‘by’ and ‘through’. With Rom 3:30, he teaches that
Israel is justified ‘by’ faith ....
and we Gentiles are justified ‘through’ faith:

Rom 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify
the circumcision by [Greek: ek] faith,
and uncircumcision through [Greek: dia] faith.

Many times I have heard him preach, "You don’t need the Greek! You can’t read Greek! You read English!" He can read Greek, so we were supposed to trust him. But unless you check out the Greek for yourself, you won’t catch his errors. Since I got away from the Jester and looked at the Greek myself, I realized he deceived me. When you compare Rom 3:30 (above) with Eph 2:8 (below), it seems that he is right. But when you look at another verse, and compare Rom 3:30 (above) with Rom 5:1 (below), you can see that he is wrong.

Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through [Greek: dia] faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Rom 5:1 Therefore being justified by [Greek: ek] faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Now see how the Greek and English switch yet again:

Gal 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through [Greek: ek] faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

The Greek word [ek] is written 921 times.
It is translated
‘of’ 366 times
‘from’ 181 times
‘out of’ 162 times
‘by’ 55 times
‘on’ 34 times
‘with’ 25 times
and miscellaneous words for the others.

The Greek word [dia] is written 646 times.
It is translated
‘by’ 241 times
‘through’ 88 times
‘with’ 16 times
‘for’ 58 times
and miscellaneous words for the others.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ ought to be careful not to change the KJV word ‘bishop’. But for ‘bishop’, they substitute the word ‘pastor’ like The Living Bible does. Then they defend the KJV word ‘dispensation’ with vigor, and will allow NO substitutions for it .... yet the KJV translates the same Greek word 3 times as ‘stewardship’. So, a word of caution .... beware of the Cunning Royal Jester’s ‘sleight of word’ and his (along with other 'mid-Acts-ers') unfaithfulness to the scriptures.

Col 1:20 And, having made peace through [Greek: dia] the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

Eph 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by [Greek: dia] the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

As for me, I will still sing the old hymn ‘AT the Cross’ and rejoice!

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

Divide and Conquer

Even if ‘mid-Acts-ers’ engrave a plaque with a school logo based on Eph 4:4-6, don’t be fooled into thinking they support bringing all God’s people together in a unifying message. Far from it! They believe only ‘certain’ believers (specifically, just those who have been saved since Saul of Tarsus’ conversion in Acts 9, and by his ministry alone) are made ‘one’ in the body of Christ. But God wants us to have, and make an effort to maintain, a unity, a one-ness of the Spirit .... (which 'mid-Acts' teaching tries to destroy):

Eph 4:3-6 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body, (also see Eph 3:6)
and one Spirit, (the Holy GHOST is not separate or distinct from the Holy SPIRIT)
even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; (there are not '2 hopes' as 'mid-Acts-ers' think .... 1 being for the 'body of Christ' - who 'mid-Acts-ers' see as 'just themselves' .... and yet another, different hope being for Israel)
5 One Lord, (the -SAME- Jesus .... not 'another Jesus' as 'mid-Acts-ers' teach)
one faith, (Paul preached the -SAME- faith which once he destroyed .... not a different faith - Gal 1:23)
one baptism, (THIS is the only 'one' 1 of the 7 that 'mid-Acts-ers' believe)
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Jesus even prayed for that when He was on earth:

John 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

John 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

Clearly, God wants us to have a one-ness with each other, and with Him .... a unity of the faith:

Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Chloe’s family told Paul about the strife in the church of God .... who were debating over which minster brought them into the faith. Quite frankly, it did not matter ‘WHICH MINISTER’ gave them the gospel .... whether it was PAUL .... or Apollos .... or Peter .... or Christ. But 'mid-Acts-ers' don't agree with anyone's testimony who claims to have been saved by reading the epistles of Peter, or even the words of the Lord Jesus, much less any of the 4 gospel records while Jesus ministered on earth:

1 Cor 1:11-13 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith,
I am of Paul; (This is the only one 'mid-Acts-ers' will accept. They think all the others are FALSE conversions.)
and I of Apollos;
and I of Cephas;
and I of Christ.
13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

Christ is not divided .... and neither should His body be! We are ONE body:

Rom 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. (also see 1 Cor 10:17, 12:12-13,20; Eph 2:16; Col 3:15)

Initially, Apollos knew only the water baptism of John the Baptist. Aquila and Priscilla expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. Then Apollos helped them much which had believed through grace (Acts 18:24-28). Obviously, Apollos preached the gospel to people at Corinth, since some of his converts were joined to the church of God there:

1 Cor 3:3-9 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul;
and another, I am of Apollos;
are ye not carnal?
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos,
but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
6 I (Paul) have planted,
Apollos watered;
but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, (Paul is nothing.)
neither he that watereth; (Apollos is nothing.)
but God that giveth the increase. (also see John 3:30)
8 Now he that planteth (Paul) and he that watereth (Apollos) are one: ('Mid-Acts-ers' say that Paul and Apollos were in SEPARATE 'programs' .... but GOD said they were ONE!)
and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

Paul and Apollos are one. So why won’t ‘mid-Acts-ers’ be ‘one’ with those ‘in Christ’ before Paul (Rom 16:7)?

After Paul detailed the gospel that he preached "unto you" (at Corinth in 1 Cor 15:1-4 .... just like "unto you" in Gal 1:9 .... and "unto you" in 1 Thess 4:15) .... he listed many other ministers (1 Cor 15:5-7) and showed again .... it did not matter WHICH MINISTER they got the gospel from:

1 Cor 15:11 Therefore whether it were I or they,
so we preach,
and so ye believed.

That's just what Abraham did .... he believed .... and God counted his faith for righteousness (Rom 4:3). UNITY .... NOT DIVISION .... has been enjoyable among God’s people for a long time. I think I’ll be glad in that. "What about you?"

Psa 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

It is NOT ‘right division’ to divide God’s saints from each other. It is wrong! There are no verses that teach that foolishness. 'Mid-Acts-ers' are protecting their paradigm, charts, etc.

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

First in the Body?

For those ‘mid-Acts-ers’ who insist that Paul was the 1st person saved into the body of Christ, I ask .... why don’t YOU get into the body the same way Paul got in?

What are you waiting for? Follow Paul, get up, and get baptized!

Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Just because Paul said he was sent not to baptize, but to preach the gospel (1 Cor 1:17), does not change the fact of what he did when he got saved. Paul was water baptized!

I’m not preaching water baptism .... but ‘mid-Acts-ers’ ought practice what they preach!

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

Whether I or They

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ will not admit that Paul and Peter both wrote to the same people .... even though the Bible says they did. The verse plainly says so:

2 Peter 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

So we must go back to the beginning of this epistle to find out to whom Peter addressed it. Right here it is:

2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

There you have it! Simple as can be! I’m not going to allow ‘mid-Acts-ers’ to twist the word of God for me. I choose to believe GOD’s word .... instead of the Cunning Royal Jester’s paradigm .... because they are not the same.

When you read on past where ‘mid-Acts-ers’ stop in 1 Cor 15:4 .... you see that there were a lot of men preaching the gospel .... not just Paul. ANY of them were "ministers by whom ye believed" (1 Cor 3:5):

1 Cor 15:11 Therefore whether it were I (Paul) or they (Peter, James, any of the 12 apostles, and over 500 men - in the context),
so we preach (the gospel by which ye are saved - 1 Cor 15:1-11),
and so ye believed.

That is plain as day! Whether I or they!

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

A Trusted Book in the Hands of Untrustworthy Men

The Cunning Royal Jester demonstrated why he holds the title tonight! He began wasting time on opening night by telling folks to turn in their Bibles to Psalm 33, and without even reading it, he immediately took off into Story-Telling Land for more than half an hour, pivoting from television personalities to politics to a trip with his wife to falling down an escalator to a dog chewing up his Bible to his rule on whether you should sing in public or not to musical instruments he can play to the first time he preached on the street and at the mission when he was 16 years old to losing a parked car ..... and on .... and on .... and on. His audience seemed entertained like they were watching a variety show. He is a Cunning Royal Jester, indeed.

Eph 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

One story was about a man who didn’t know that the good Samaritan was from the Bible. The Jester described him as a blank (meaning, I assume, that the man had no Biblical knowledge), so the Jester just quit talking to him. Then he said you should think about your opportunity to be a light in a dark world. Why encourage others to do what he himself did not do? By his own testimony that he just gave, his experience was a bad example.

For a ‘speaker’ who claims to be celebrating 400 years of the KJV, it is a tragedy that he avoids the KJV word ‘bishop’ for the very office he holds, written by inspiration of God from the very apostle he pretends to follow .... all the while preferring The Living Bible word ‘pastor’ instead.

1 Tim 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

Oddly, the Cunning Royal Jester does not handle the word ‘cross’ like he does ‘bishop’ by switching the ‘cross’ to be called the ‘tree’ since many religious denominations with which he disagrees use the word ‘cross’. Neither does he substitute even the KJV’s other translation ‘stewardship’ (Luke 16:2,3,4) for the KJV word ‘dispensation’ (Eph 3:2), by which he identifies himself.

When he finally got around to reading the Bible, the ‘instructor’ who teaches others to ‘divide Paul’ from the rest of the scriptures, taught from ‘outside of Paul’ as he expressed the authority of the Bible. He admitted he "talked too long getting started" .... but, hey, why should that matter, since "we’re people of the book"?

Prov 20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:
but a faithful man who can find?

Prov 25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

1 Cor 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards,
that a man be found faithful.

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

LOVE SHOWS

When a scribe questioned Jesus about the first commandment, He answered him with BOTH the first and second commandments .... BOTH about love .... first for God; second for others in the kingdom of God:

Mark 12:28-34 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth:
for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
And no man after that durst ask him any question.

All the law and the prophets are hung on just two commandments:

Matt 22:34-40 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Here is the 1st one:
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
Here is the 2nd one:
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

‘Mid-Acts-hyper-dispensationalists’ don’t like for Paul to mention the law in a ‘working’ manner .... yet he did. ‘Mid-Acts-ers’ need to look at what Paul said about ‘US .... fulfilling the law’. It is all about showing love:

Rom 13:8-10 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another:
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour:
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Being free from the law does not mean that we disregard it. The law is expressed by love:

Gal 5:13-14 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

John understood this issue, too. Believers in Christ love each other:

1 John 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

This is the very same thing Paul said that GOD taught:

1 Thess 4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

We love God, and we love others. That is not a problem for believers, but it sure seems to be one for ‘mid-Acts-ers’ who SEPARATE from God’s children who don’t ‘follow Paul’ the way they do:

1 John 5:2-3 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Our heart will not condemn us and we will have confidence toward God (1 John 3:20-21) and not be ashamed before Him at His coming (1 John 2:28). We will not feel guilty when we live and show love this way:

Rom 8:1-4 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Read Luke 10:25-37 about a certain Samaritan, who had mercy on a man who fell among the thieves that robbed him, stripped him of his clothes, wounded him, and left him half dead.

Love God, love your family, love your brothers and sisters in Christ, and love your neighbor. Let your love show!

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

When Saints Judge

In the Psalms, it was prophesied that God’s saints would be judges:

Psa 122:5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

Psa 149:6-9 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9 To execute upon them the judgment written:
this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

Jesus prophesied to Peter that His 12 disciples/apostles will be judges:

Matt 19:27-29 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ teach that a portion of God’s saints (those who have trusted Christ through the apostle Paul’s ministry, who-they-call, solely, the body of Christ) will be in heaven for eternity .... and that all the rest of God’s saints (meaning those who were saved BEFORE Paul and AFTER their unscriptural pre-tribulation, pre-70th-week-of-Daniel rapture of just Paul’s converts) will inherit the earth, especially and particularly the nation Israel. ‘Mid-Acts-ers’ ignore the very apostle they claim to follow, Paul, when he prophesied to the saints that they/we will be judges:

1 Cor 6:2-3 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

Recently, I heard the Cunning Royal Jester ask, ‘Do you know what world the saints will judge?’ .... Then he answered his own question, ‘The world of angels, that’s what world!’

For Paul to tell the saints that they shall judge the world, presupposes the fact that the saints will have to be ‘in the world’ in order to judge it. We know where ‘the world’ is. We know about this world .... and the world to come (Matt 12:32; Mark 10:30; Luke 18:30; Eph 1:21; Heb 2:5, 6:5).

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

Faithful Ministers of the Mystery?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ spout about Paul being the ONLY ONE who had ‘the mystery’ .... well, according to the scriptures, he wasn’t! In this passage, we see that Apollos and Cephas were ALSO faithful stewards of the mystery, as well as Paul:

1 Cor 3:21-23 Therefore let no man glory in men.
For all things are yours;
22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
1 Cor 4:1-2 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Let’s re-read 1 Cor 4:1, in sections, with analysis:

1 Cor 4:1 Let a man so account of us (us, who? us in the context = Paul, Apollos, and Peter),
as of the ministers (Greek [huperetes] also translated ‘servants’) of Christ,
and stewards (Greek [oikonomos] like ‘dispensers’ from the same root word as [oikonomia] for ‘dispensation’)
of the mysteries (Greek [musterion] also translated in the singular, mystery) of God.

The passage (1 Cor 3:21-23, 1 Cor 4:1-2 together) proves that at least 2 other men -- other than Paul -- were dispensers of the mystery of God.

Do you listen to a FAITHFUL minister, who is TRUE to God’s Word (as found in the English language in the KJV), or do you heed the words of an unfaithful servant?

Prov 20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:
but a faithful man who can find?

If you’ve given your attention to ‘mid-Acts-ers’ .... you should realize, by reading the verses, that they are grossly unfaithful with God’s word.

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!

Standing on the Promises of God

Talking about ‘mid-Acts’ preachers before him, I have heard the Cunning Royal Jester say that we stand on their shoulders, but they did not see as far as we see. He excused them, stating they just didn’t have time to think things through. In retrospect, I believe they were not as radical at dividing as the CRJ is. He makes nearly 2 of everything .... 2 Jesus’ .... 2 groups of saints (those saved through Paul’s ministry vs. all other believers) .... 2 sets of last days .... 2 or 3 future comings of the Lord .... 2 different eternal destinies .... 3 churches (those before Paul, those by Paul, those after Paul) .... 3 or more resurrections .... the Holy Spirit / Ghost, etc.

Instead of standing on the shoulders of earlier ‘mid-Acts’ preachers .... to divide even more than they did, I would rather stand on God’s promises, like GOD, through ‘our’ apostle Paul, said:

2 Cor 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

GOD, through ‘our’ apostle Paul, explained that the promise of the Spirit we have, was the PROPHETIC one that God promised Abraham way back when:

Gal 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Gal 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Gal 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Rom 4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

Anyone who denies the verses that Abraham is their father .... well, maybe they will get what they believe and want:

2 Tim 2:12-b if we deny him, he also will deny us:

Matt 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

God, through Paul, gave us Gentiles the benefits that He formerly promised to His people Israel. You can reference those promises in the scriptures and see Paul repeat them, and apply them to us Gentiles:

Eph 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

2 Cor 6:16-18 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
2 Cor 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Paul wasn’t the only prophet and apostle who sent ‘grace and peace’ in the opening of every one of his epistles .... Peter did, too, when he wrote to those of the same faith in Christ. Peter also recognized the wonderful promises of God to His saints:

2 Peter 1:1-4 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Since I got away from the Cunning Royal Jester’s denial of God's promises, and I have rejected his ‘mid-Acts’ madness .... I rejoice and glorify God for His promises to me!

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

Scolded for Study?

When I began studying on my own and got away from following the Cunning Royal Jester .... I did something ‘forbidden’ by the ‘mid-Acts’ Jokers! I looked into the Greek! I admit that I am no English grammar major, but I do have some sense. With a lexicon I am able to compare Greek words and their translation in different verses. I found out that ‘mid-Acts-ers’ completely distort God’s words through Paul by saying that Paul preached a different gospel than Peter preached:

Gal 2:7 But [alla]
contrariwise [tounantion],
when they saw [eido]
that [hoti]
the gospel [euaggelion]
of the uncircumcision [akrobustia]
was committed unto me [pisteuo] (The same Greek word is written 248 times, and translated "believe" 239 of them.)
as [kathos]
[the gospel] of the circumcision [peritome] (The same Greek word is written 36 times .... it is translated "circumcision" 15 times, "the circumcision" 12 times, "of circumcision" 4 times, "of the circumcision" 3 times, "with the circumcision" 1 time, and "circumcised" 1 time.)
[was] unto Peter [Petros]; ([Petros] is just Peter’s name .... with no preposition 'unto'.)

Led by the Cunning Royal Jester, ‘mid-Acts-ers’ are his staunch defenders. Both he and, likewise, they teach that Peter and Paul preached 2 separate gospels .... based upon the word ‘of’ in Gal 2:7. Let’s look at that to see why they are wrong:

Gal 2:8 (For [gar]
he that wrought effectually [energeo] (This same Greek word, similar to our English word "energy" is translated later in this same verse as "was mighty".)
in Peter [Petros] ([Petros] is just Peter’s name .... with no preposition ‘in’. Obviously, to create a doctrine with the word 'in' in this phrase would not be right, but that is how 'mid-Acts-ers craftily handle the word 'of'.)
to [eis] (This same Greek word is translated later in this same verse as "toward".)
the apostleship [apostole]
of the circumcision [peritome], (This Greek word is ‘circumcision’ and the words ‘of’ and ‘the’ are added to make an English sentence. But ‘mid-Acts-ers’ invented a doctrine of ‘2 different gospels’ from the preposition ‘of’ that does not even have its own Greek word.)
the same [kai]
was mighty [energeo] (This Greek word was translated at the first in this same verse as "he that wrought effectually".)
in me [emoi]
toward [eis] (This same Greek word was translated earlier in this same verse as "toward".)
the Gentiles [ethnos]:) (similar to our English word "ethnic")

I believe the KJV is the Word of God in the English language.
I accept it as the final authority.
I do not have any problem with the KJV.

However, I now understand that the KJV translators, from the Greek, made proper English sentences by adding prepositions, adjectives, etc. This I did not realize before. I took the Cunning Royal Jester’s word that the KJV is a word-for-word translation, and thus, there was never any reason to consult the Greek. I trusted him as my teacher, who told me that only the words in italics had been added, but I have since discovered that is not the case.

The Cunning Royal Jester announced that Strong’s numbers are .... maybe not quite "unreliable" .... but, at least, "very abbreviated" .... which may just be "code words" indicating that we common folk who can’t read Greek, have no business investigating them. He also mocked that a person would dare to consult the Greek who could not recite the Greek alphabet. For years, he has signed correspondence with the Greek word ‘Maranatha’:

1 Cor 16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ,
let him be (the next two words are Greek words):
Anathema Maranatha. (Maranatha means "our Lord cometh or will come". Well, I may not pronounce the Greek properly, but I believe "what saith the scripture" about WHEN the Lord will come, and I am not like the ‘mid-Acts-ers’ who are mixed up about it.)

The CRJ uses the Greek, and wants everyone else to trust him .... yet he scolds others who want to use it themselves.

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

Who Are the Lord's Saints?

God chose and commissioned Paul to be the apostle of the Gentiles:

Rom 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

That is one of the basic teachings of ‘mid-Acts-ers.’ However, they disregard the words of the very man they claim to follow and they disrespect the Lord’s word. "My brethren, these things ought not so to be." ‘Mid-Acts-ers’ wrest the scriptures .... even those scriptures that PAUL wrote (2 Peter 3:16-17).

1 Thess 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ do not believe that. They say that the ONLY saints that will return with Christ when He comes .... are those who were saved through Paul’s ministry. Thus, they SEPARATE the SAINTS into different groups of saints, when the Bible makes no such division. Actually, the word of God teaches UNITY of the church, which is all believers of all ages.

Old testament prophecies said that all the LORD’s saints will judge the people:

Psa 149:4-9 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them (the saints) sing aloud upon their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their (the saints’) mouth, and a twoedged sword in their (the saints’) hand;
7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

Paul taught the same truth:

1 Cor 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

When the LORD said "all His saints" .... He meant "ALL" His saints.

• God meant what He said .... through Moses:

Deut 33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

When the LORD said "all His saints" .... He meant "ALL" His saints.

• God meant what He said .... through Zechariah:

Zech 14:3-9 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

When the LORD said "all His saints" .... He meant "ALL" His saints.

• God meant what He said .... through Paul:

1 Thess 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

When the LORD comes .... He will bring all His saints with Him.
I will take GOD’s word -- instead of the ‘mid-Acts' stories and fables.

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

Faithful Ministers of the Mystery

The ‘mid-Acts-ers’ spout about Paul being the ONLY ONE who had ‘the mystery’ .... well, not according to the scriptures! In this passage, we see that Paul, Apollos, and Cephas were ALL faithful stewards of the mystery:

1 Cor 3:21-23 Therefore let no man glory in men.
For all things are yours;
22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. (Keep reading on into the next verse in the passage.)
1 Cor 4:1-2 Let a man so account of us
(us, who? us in the context =Paul, Apollos, and Peter),
as of the ministers (Greek [huperetes] also translated ‘servants’) of Christ,
and stewards (Greek [oikonomos] like ‘dispensers’ from the same root word as [oikonomia] for ‘dispensation’)
of the mysteries (Greek [musterion] also translated in the singular, mystery) of God.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Do you listen to a FAITHFUL minister, who is TRUE to God’s Word (as found in the English language in the KJV), or do you hear an unfaithful servant?

Prov 20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:
but a faithful man who can find?

If you’ve given your attention to ‘mid-Acts-ers’ .... you need to be looking around somewhere else.

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

Who Is Ashamed of the Words of God and Who Is a Liar?

It is an absolute SHAME for men to CELEBRATE 400 Years of the King James Version of the Bible .... all the while REFUSING to ACCEPT the King James’ WORD for the OFFICE they hold.

Luke 9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.

Men who CLAIM to believe that the KJV is GOD’s word .... are LIARS when they REJECT the TITLE of their office. They CLAIM to follow PAUL .... but in practice, they do NOT follow him.

1 Tim 3:1 This is a true (not a lie) saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

Paul did not magnify HIMSELF, but he did hold his OFFICE up in honor. These ‘fake KJV-ers’ acknowledge Paul’s APOSTLESHIP, but IGNORE his example concerning the dignity of his OFFICE.

Rom 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

The ‘mid-Acts’ dispensational preachers who identify themselves as PASTORS (metaphorical for ‘shepherds’ of ‘sheep’) strictly preach that ISRAEL is God’s sheep. How DECEITFUL! They say they are PASTORS, but they have NO SHEEP! Instead they try to be SHEPHERDS of a ‘BODY of Christ’ .... not of a FLOCK. Don’t let them ‘pull the wool’ over your eyes!

They made a big issue with the KJV word ‘dispensation’ .... how to USE it, PRESERVE it, not CHANGE it. But they do not handle the KJV word ‘bishop’ with the same RESPECT. That is a double standard.

‘Faithfulness’ is what God, through Paul, said He seeks:

1 Cor 4:1-2 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers ([huperetes] also translated ‘servants’) of Christ, and stewards ([oikonomos] a similar Greek word as [oikonomia] translated ‘dispensation’) of the mysteries ([musterion] also translated in the singular ‘mystery’) of God.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

The church bulletin of the Cunning Royal Jester has his title changed from ‘Pastor’ to ‘Elder’. Now he describes himself as a ‘teaching elder’. Why the change? An admission of guilt? Why not get right? Why not BE the bishop you ARE? When a man who IS a bishop AVOIDS the KJV word ‘bishop’ .... he is being UNFAITHFUL to the word of GOD.

Luke 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:
and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

They DODGE the one KJV word ‘bishop’ .... and SUBSTITUTE other words, like ‘pastor, brother, minister, elder, preacher, etc.’. Thus, they are NOT ‘KJV’ as they PRETEND to be. For example:

1 Cor 5:6 Your glorying is not good.
Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Gal 5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

EVERY time the KJV uses ‘bishop’ .... The Living Bible uses ‘pastor’ in its place.
The bishops who EVADE the name of their office are TWO-FACED. On one face, they give lip service to the KJV; on the other face, they SPURN the KJV name of the OFFICE they hold.

None of them have any problem with the KJV word DEACON:

1 Tim 3:10, 13 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

A man who is a TRUE KJV Bible believer, who takes care of the church of God, will call himself what GOD calls him .... a BISHOP. He desires doing a good work for the Lord:

1 Tim 3:1-2 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop,
he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

The IMPOSTORS who claim to be KJV, but are not, are deceiving people.

Titus 1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward ([oikonomos] like ‘dispenser’) of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

Paul addressed his epistle to the saints, BISHOPS, and deacons at Philippi:

Phil 1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

The KJV TRAITORS are having Bible conferences this year with the 400 Years of KJV theme. What a shameful MOCKERY of God’s HOLY Word! Do you really want to support liars?

They do not believe God, and they do not follow Paul.
Instead they follow the Cunning Royal Jester, as he follows Paul.

1 Cor 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

This is David Dowell saying, “Think about it!”

Repositioning on a Slippery Slope?

During Sunday Evening Story-Time on September 19, 2010, with the IL teaching elder, he mentioned, at least 3 times, that (to change his paradigm) you have to “redefine the day of the Lord”.

The Cunning Royal Jester makes a lot of statements, telling you how to ‘think like he thinks’ .... but he cannot prove his paradigm with scripture verses. Some of his quotes in the above mentioned message were as follows:

We call ourselves ‘pre-trib rapture believers’.
I study 50 things about it, but only teach 4 things.
The ‘gelling’ factor ....
Some things sort of formulate for you.
How strong and clear Paul is .... ‘when - then’ is the timing element.
But that’s a contrast - a progression of thought from chapter 4.
The day of the Lord will not overtake you,
.... the day of the Lord .... not ‘when the Lord comes’.
We know what we’re talking about.
There are 2 places where the prophecy and mystery programs intersect with each other. The timing is connected - but WE are NOT connected.
You can have similar events at the intersection but they’re not going to be the same.
The day of the Lord is during tribulation - not at the end,
.... understanding WHEN the day of the Lord is.
Rev 1:10 is the definition of the day of the Lord.
The day of the Lord is not Sunday.
I would make the whole book of Revelation fit into the day of the Lord. The rapture takes place before all that.
They (his 2 different programs theory of Israel’s program and the body of Christ program) share the moment in time, where they intersect momentarily, but we were careful to define what the day of the Lord is .... the 70th week of Daniel.
It’s a slippery slope. When they let go of pre-trib, they slide to the end.
We’re through before that prophetic program begins, that makes us ‘Pre’.

The ‘pre-tribulation rapture’ heresy can surely generate ridicule during the last days .... like, “What’s up? Ha! Ha! You thought you were supposed to be caught up outta here before all this!”

2 Peter 3:3-4 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

Listening to the Cunning Royal Jester over the past few months, could make one think he may be losing his footing .... trying to prevent a slide. On August 22, 2010, talking about getting ‘the time’ (of the catching up) wrong -or right - he threw his arms up in the air and questioned, “So what if I’m wrong?” In the same message, he said of Jesus, “It’s the same Jesus.” For years, he and his jokers have taught that the ‘earthly Jesus’ was ‘another Jesus’. On August 10, 2010, he said, “The earth is in the heavens.” So is he now putting his ‘different destinies’ together in the same place? On September 5, 2010, he referred to Jesus as ‘our King’.

Have you noticed? The Cunning Royal Jester is repositioning several of his long-time teachings. Maybe he’s cushioning for a slide on the slippery slope, or at least, trying not to look so obviously disconnected with what the verses actually say.

This is David Dowell saying, “Think about it!”

Targeted Wrath and Reward?

When Jesus’ disciples asked Him about the sign of His coming and of the end of the world (Matt 24:3), He taught them about events to recognize the beginning of sorrows (Matt 24:8), and what would happen after great tribulaton when Jesus will return from heaven. (We will read Matt 24:37-51):

Matt 24:37-39 But as the days of Noe were,
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood
they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,
until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away;
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

The point here is, that people can be right beside each other, yet God’s wrath is pointed and precise:

Matt 24:40-41 Then shall two be in the field;
the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill;
the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Jesus gave the instruction is to WATCH and BE PREPARED for His coming:

Matt 24:42-44 Watch therefore:
for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Jesus’ coming will be a time of JUDGMENT .... a time for REWARD of His saints:

Matt 24:45-47 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

Jesus’ coming will be a time of JUDGMENT .... a time for PUNISHMENT of His enemies:

Matt 24:48-51 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

According to PAUL also, writing by inspiration of God to the Thessalonians, when Jesus comes from heaven .... it will be a day of judgment for EVERYONE. (We will read 2 Thess 1:7-10):

On the LOST, Jesus’ coming will be a day of wrath and vengeance:

2 Thess 1:7-9 And to you who are troubled rest with us,
when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

On the SAVED, Jesus’ coming will be a glorious day:

2 Thess 1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

According to PAUL also, writing by inspiration of God to the Romans, when Jesus comes from heaven .... it will be a day of judgment for EVERYONE. (We will read Rom 2:5-11):

Rom 2:5-6 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

On the SAVED, Jesus’ coming will be a glorious day of REWARD and everlasting life:

Rom 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

On the LOST, Jesus’ coming will be a day of wrath and vengeance:

Rom 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Paul repeated it again .... on the LOST, Jesus’ coming will be a day of wrath and vengeance:

Rom 2:9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

Paul repeated it again .... on the SAVED, Jesus’ coming will be a glorious day of REWARD:

Rom 2:10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

NO ONE will be exempt from God’s righteous judgment:

Rom 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.

NO ONE will escape the judgment of God .... which will be .... when Jesus comes the 2nd time:

Heb 9:27-28 And as it is appointed unto men once to die,
but after this the judgment:
28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

God’s wrath is targeted against His enemies .... not toward His saints:

Nahum 1:2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth;
the LORD revengeth, and is furious;
the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries,
and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

Even back in MOSES’ day, God promised BOTH vengeance on His enemies and reward for His saints:

Deut 32:41-43 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people:
for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries,
and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

PETER also taught God’s judgment on BOTH the righteous and the unrighteous .... in the same day:

2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how
to deliver the godly out of temptations,
and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

JOHN also taught God’s judgment on BOTH the righteous and the unrighteous .... in the same day:

Rev 11:15-18 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come;
because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come,
and the time of the dead, that they should be judged,
and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great;
and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

In the CONTEXT of the day of the Lord, PAUL told the saints to watch and be sober:

1 Thess 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

In the CONTEXT of the day of the Lord at the end, PETER told the saints to watch and be sober:

1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ are always focusing on Paul’s ‘program’ or Israel’s ‘program’ .... they better REPENT (change their mind) and get with GOD’S PROGRAM to see that when Jesus returns from heaven, in the end, at the last trump .... it will be HIS day!

This is David Dowell saying, “Think about it!”

An Instant Advantage?

During Sunday Evening Story-Time, on September 5, 2010, the IL teaching elder was talking about 1 Thess 4:16-17, and said, ‘The dead in Christ have an advantage over the alive because they get their glorified bodies an instant before we do.’ He mentioned this more than once. So what is his point in that? It seems like he is just filling up his story-time.

1 Thess 4:16-17 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

The Cunning Royal Jester kept focusing on the ‘reunion with the Thessalonians’ loved ones’ as ‘the comfort factor’ .... yet he teaches that ONLY the saints that have believed through PAUL’s ministry will be in what-he-calls ‘the rapture’. Therefore, what about any of the Thessalonians’ relatives or friends who trusted Christ through some other minister, such as Apollos, Peter, or even Christ Himself? Saints alive during the time Paul wrote this epistle had certainly believed through other ministers besides him. The Cunning Royal Jester teaches that there will be NO gathering together with them. He puts them in a different program, and a different church, and a different resurrection, and a different destiny:

1 Cor 1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith,
I am of Paul (that’s the ‘mid-Acts hyper-dispensationalist’ group who claim to ONLY follow Paul);
and I of Apollos (he is not really an issue for the ‘mid-Acts-ers’ today);
and I of Cephas (that’s Peter, who ‘mid-Acts-ers’ say taught a DIFFERENT gospel than Paul taught .... and therefore, they believe a person cannot be saved today through Peter’s writings);
and I of Christ (‘mid-Acts-ers’ teach that Jesus in His earthly ministry was ‘another Jesus’ and that a “right-divider” cannot follow Christ).

GOD’s word through Paul in the same epistle said that it is CARNAL to make an issue over WHICH preacher taught you the gospel. ‘Mid-Acts-ers’ really need to pay attention to that:

1 Cor 3:4-5 For while one saith, I am of Paul;
and another, I am of Apollos;
are ye not carnal?
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos,
but ministers by whom ye believed,
even as the Lord gave to every man?

Paul taught by inspiration of God .... that the MAN who brought you to faith in Christ did not matter. But to the ‘mid-Acts-ers’, it does. If you don’t claim to be ‘of Paul’ .... then they EXCLUDE you from being in ‘the church, the body of Christ’. They make you an OUTCAST, when the scripture says that you belonging to Christ is the issue:

1 Cor 3:21-23 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
22 Whether Paul,
or Apollos,
or Cephas,
or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

The Cunning Royal Jester leaves all those saints in the ground, that have not believed through PAUL, at his ‘rapture-resurrection’. The Thessalonian saints would have no hope of reuniting with them! The Jester and the Jokers who promote his paradigm needs to accept GOD's WORD:

1 Thess 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

The Cunning Royal Jester preaches doctrines that are contrary to plain verses of scripture .... even those written by Paul.

This is David Dowell saying, “Think about it!”

It’s Elementary, My Dear Watson

During Sunday Evening Story-Time on September 19, 2010, speaking of 1 Thess 5:2, the IL teaching elder asked, “Am I being clear enough with that? Here it’s called the day of the Lord. You and I are NOT going to experience the day of the Lord.”

Then he mentioned the references of 2 Thess 2:2 and Phil 1:6, and said, “We ARE going to experience the day of Christ.”

Then he said, “It’s elementary, my dear Watson.”

I would suggest he read the CONTEXT of 2 Thess 2:2 .... because it shows that the coming of the Lord and our gathering unto Him in the day of CHRIST .... CANNOT HAPPEN BEFORE a falling away and that man of sin is revealed when he sits in the temple and proclaims himself to be God.

The odd thing is .... the Cunning Royal Jester does not preach what the CONTEXT says about the day of Christ! He does not teach that the church will be on Planet Earth during the 70th week of Daniel. He says the church will be ‘raptured’ off the earth more than 7 years PRIOR to the time Daniel’s 70th week begins. During half-time is when that man of sin will be revealed for the imposter he will be.

2 Thess 2:1-4 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Since the Cunning Royal Jester says we will NOT be here for the day of the LORD .... but we WILL be here for the day of CHRIST .... (because he makes them SEPARATE DAYS, separated by 7+ years), then, I wonder, which day would he say is the day of our LORD JESUS CHRIST? Is it the day of the LORD or the day of CHRIST? Or is it yet ANOTHER day?

1 Cor 1:8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Which day would the Cunning Royal Jester say is the day of the LORD JESUS? Is it the day of the LORD or the day of CHRIST? Or is it yet ANOTHER day?

2 Cor 1:14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Which day would the Cunning Royal Jester say is the day of GOD? Is it the day of the LORD or the day of CHRIST? Or is it yet ANOTHER day?

2 Peter 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

The Cunning Royal Jester’s doctrine of DIVISION is outrageous and wrong!

This is David Dowell saying, “Think about it!”