It is quite odd, that ‘mid-Acts-ers’ boldly claim PAUL, PAUL, PAUL, preached the cross in a unique way and that PAUL had ‘new information, never before revealed’ .... yet when 3 of the evening preachers have had message titles focused on the cross, they have all 3 preached the cross almost entirely OUTSIDE of PAUL. Again tonight, I was astonished to see yet another ‘mid-Acts-er’ venture so far away from Paul.
The speaker made the statement (without a verse) that "Satan lost the title deed to the universe." Then he proceeded to divide the saints of Israel from the saints of the Gentiles. Thus, in regular ‘mid-Acts’ tradition, he divided to create separate destinies for the 2 different groups of saints .... even though the apostle PAUL put them TOGETHER:
Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
God did not start an entire NEW TREE comprised of both Jew and Gentile. He MERGED the Gentiles into ISRAEL’s tree:
Rom 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
That is what the mystery was, that Jew and Gentiles would be ONE, not 2:
Eph 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs,
and of the same body,
and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Gentiles used to be excluded in time past .... but now, we are included WITH Israel, who were already ‘in Christ before Paul’ (Rom 16:7):
Eph 2:19-22 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners,
but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: (also see 2 Cor 6:16)
22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Gal 3:28-29 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
A few years ago, when I talked with this speaker about using the KJV word 'bishop', instead of using The Living Bible's word 'pastor' .... he gave me the lame excuse that he did not want to be called a 'bishop' because he did not want to be associated with a certain other religious group in his local area. I know of no other KJV word that 'mid-Acts-ers' boycott with such stubbornness. They firmly defend the KJV word 'dispensation' and often preach about preserving it, and not changing it.
The speaker followed the leader, the ‘mid-Acts’ paradigm, the school, and the chart .... saying what they say. The problem is that there are many verses that prove they are wrong.
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
