Did you know that ‘mid-Acts-ers’ DIVIDE Jesus and make 2 of Him?
They say that the ‘earthly’ Jesus (in His earthly ministry)
was ‘another Jesus’ (2 Cor 11:4)
than the ‘risen, glorified Lord’ Jesus (in His heavenly ministry)
that appeared to Paul (Saul) on the road to Damascus:
The woman of Samaria (John 4:9) realized the supernatural knowledge the Messiah would have and give:
John 4:25-26 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
She believed Jesus, the MAN with Whom she spoke, was the Messiah (Hebrew), the Christ (Greek):
John 4:29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
‘Mid-Acts-ers’ acknowledge that Peter identified the MAN, Jesus Christ OF NAZARETH, the One that was crucified and resurrected, that is the head of the corner .... as the only way of salvation .... but they think He was ‘another Jesus’ for ‘Israel’s prophecy program’:
Acts 4:10-12 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom ye crucified,
whom God raised from the dead,
even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders,
which is become the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Paul also showed Jesus Christ as the MAN Who brought the free gift of God’s grace:
Rom 5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace,
which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Paul also named Jesus Christ the MAN as the sole intervener:
1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus;
Do ‘mid-Acts-ers’ think Paul was writing about the ‘earthly’ Jesus by calling Him ‘the MAN’? They say Paul taught about the ‘risen, glorified’ Lord Jesus .... not the ‘earthly’ One. If they were rational, they would realize that their ‘2 Jesus’ heresy does not meet ‘the verse test’!
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
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