The World - Part II

The World - Part II

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Continued from Part I. This leads to the question: what world is in view in John 3:16? Without hesitation, gospel preachers answer: the world that God did “so love” is the world of His elect, “as many as” the Fat

The World - Part II

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Continued from Part I. This leads to the question: what world is in view in John 3:16? Without hesitation, gospel preachers answer: the world that God did “so love” is the world of His elect, “as many as” the Father gave the Son before the world began (John 6:36-37; 17:2). “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29). There is a world whose sins are gone (Jeremiah 50:20; Micah 7:19; Isaiah 38:17; Psalm 103:12; Hebrews 9:26; Daniel 9:24, 26) their sins are no more, what world is that? It is that world, that God loved, as He loved Jesus Christ (John 17:23). The world that God so loved is that world that Christ Jesus loved and washed from their sins in His own blood (Revelation 1:5). The world That God so loved is that world that Christ redeemed “out of” every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation (Revelation 5:9) Christ Jesus did not redeem every man of all the nations, but some men out of the nations. The world that God did so love is that world that was taken “from among” men (revelation 14:4) selected from among them, picked out of them: certain individuals chosen unto eternal salvation in Jesus Christ and accepted in Him before the world was made. The world that God so loved, is that world that is freely given the faith of God’s elect (Titus 1:1), and therefore it is the world of “whosoever believeth” - “through grace” (Acts 18:27) it is through the grace of God in Christ Jesus that any man is given the ability and will to believe the true gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Love of God is not unrequited love: for it is written: “We love him, because he first loved us.” (I John 4:19): particular attention should be given to “because” as it connects the first and second clauses of the verse. There is a cause and effect relationship in these two clauses, in the first clause, the cause is stated, which is the love of God to His church and people whom He gave to Christ from everlasting in the covenant of grace (John 17:2); in the second clause we have the effect stated, which is produced in the hearts of those whom God did so love as to give His only begotten Son for them, and that effect is reciprocal love of Him who gave His only Son for those whom He had loved without beginning. But it must be understood that the effect here, which is, the love of the people of God, for God, is not the immediate result of the love of God for His people, no there must be some intervening work on the part of God which prepares the heart of the people for this love (Proverbs 16:1), and that is the birth from above, as it is written, “ye must be born again” (John 3:7). In His violent, bloody, cross death, our Lord Jesus Christ, not only redeemed His people (Galatians 3:13) but He also purchased, by His precious blood, “all spiritual blessings” and “all things that pertain to life and godliness” for those who the Father had given Him before the world began (Ephesians 1:3; II Peter 1:3). The natural sons of Adam are, as King David declared, “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.” (Psalm 59:5). By natural birth, our minds are “enmity against God” (Romans 8:7). All the race of men are rebellious children, but, some are God’s rebellious children, by His sanctification in eternal election (Jude verse 1), and in time, by the sanctification of the Spirit, which is, the birth from above (I Peter 1:2; II Thessalonians 2:13). In the new birth, the children of God are given a new heart of love for God and His unadulterated gospel. The “word of truth” (James 1:18) is planted in the hearts of the elect by the Holy Ghost, as it is written: “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But by the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Who by him do believe in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope should be in God. Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but by incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” (I Peter 1:18-23). The force of this verse (I John4:19) is not, in some instances true; and in other cases false: no it is always true. Those whom God has loved, He has loved and does love immutably; not because of any good thing for-seen as in them, as faith, and not for any thing done by them, as good works, but because it pleased Him to make them His own peculiar treasure (Psalm 135:4), as it is written: “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, (such as the gift of faith, and the gift of repentance: writer) and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.” (James 1:17-18).   

Consider the ramifications, if, God does love all men. Many who say they are preachers of the word of God in our day, say that God does love all men; and that God wants to save all men. They say that Jesus Christ died for all men, without exception or distinction. And they say that all men receive the same call of the Holy Ghost. This is the common belief of men in those countries that are called Christian. Are these things true? To this question the writer must answer, no, they are not true.  God does not love all men, the concept is foreign and also contrary to the word of God: first because there are many clear statements of scripture that declare that there are those who God does not love, as before, here are just a few: God hatest all workers of iniquity, (Psalm 5:5) God abhorred those nations whom He expelled before Israel (Levitius 20:23), God hated Esau (Romans 9:13), “God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.” (Psalm 53:5). “But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep,” (John 10:26). “Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.” (Romans 11:7-8) “For the scripture saith unto pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, (through the destruction of Pharaoh, his army, and his nation: writer) and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.” (Romans 9:17-18). To continue in Part III. 

See the writers blog at www.hebrews915.blogspot.com hear the truth of the gospel preached at www.13thstbaptist.org webcasting live at listed service times.   

 AJ Ison

  

  

    

her gave the Son before the world began (John 6:36-37; 17:2). “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29). There is a world whose sins are gone (Jeremiah 50:20; Micah 7:19; Isaiah 38:17; Psalm 103:12; Hebrews 9:26; Daniel 9:24, 26) their sins are no more, what world is that? It is that world, that God loved, as He loved Jesus Christ (John 17:23). The world that God so loved is that world that Christ Jesus loved and washed from their sins in His own blood (Revelation 1:5). The world That God so loved is that world that Christ redeemed “out of” every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation (Revelation 5:9) Christ Jesus did not redeem every man of all the nations, but some men out of the nations. The world that God did so love is that world that was taken “from among” men (revelation 14:4) selected from among them, picked out of them: certain individuals chosen unto eternal salvation in Jesus Christ and accepted in Him before the world was made. The world that God so loved, is that world that is freely given the faith of God’s elect (Titus 1:1), and therefore it is the world of “whosoever believeth” - “through grace” (Acts 18:27) it is through the grace of God in Christ Jesus that any man is given the ability and will to believe the true gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Love of God is not unrequited love: for it is written: “We love him, because he first loved us.” (I John 4:19): particular attention should be given to “because” as it connects the first and second clauses of the verse. There is a cause and effect relationship in these two clauses, in the first clause, the cause is stated, which is the love of God to His church and people whom He gave to Christ from everlasting in the covenant of grace (John 17:2); in the second clause we have the effect stated, which is produced in the hearts of those whom God did so love as to give His only begotten Son for them, and that effect is reciprocal love of Him who gave His only Son for those whom He had loved without beginning. But it must be understood that the effect here, which is, the love of the people of God, for God, is not the immediate result of the love of God for His people, no there must be some intervening work on the part of God which prepares the heart of the people for this love (Proverbs 16:1), and that is the birth from above, as it is written, “ye must be born again” (John 3:7). In His violent, bloody, cross death, our Lord Jesus Christ, not only redeemed His people (Galatians 3:13) but He also purchased, by His precious blood, “all spiritual blessings” and “all things that pertain to life and godliness” for those who the Father had given Him before the world began (Ephesians 1:3; II Peter 1:3). The natural sons of Adam are, as King David declared, “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.” (Psalm 59:5). By natural birth, our minds are “enmity against God” (Romans 8:7). All the race of men are rebellious children, but, some are God’s rebellious children, by His sanctification in eternal election (Jude verse 1), and in time, by the sanctification of the Spirit, which is, the birth from above (I Peter 1:2; II Thessalonians 2:13). In the new birth, the children of God are given a new heart of love for God and His unadulterated gospel. The “word of truth” (James 1:18) is planted in the hearts of the elect by the Holy Ghost, as it is written: “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But by the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Who by him do believe in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope should be in God. Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but by incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” (I Peter 1:18-23). The force of this verse (I John4:19) is not, in some instances true; and in other cases false: no it is always true. Those whom God has loved, He has loved and does love immutably; not because of any good thing for-seen as in them, as faith, and not for any thing done by them, as good works, but because it pleased Him to make them His own peculiar treasure (Psalm 135:4), as it is written: “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, (such as the gift of faith, and the gift of repentance: writer) and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.” (James 1:17-18).   

Consider the ramifications, if, God does love all men. Many who say they are preachers of the word of God in our day, say that God does love all men; and that God wants to save all men. They say that Jesus Christ died for all men, without exception or distinction. And they say that all men receive the same call of the Holy Ghost. This is the common belief of men in those countries that are called Christian. Are these things true? To this question the writer must answer, no, they are not true.  God does not love all men, the concept is foreign and also contrary to the word of God: first because there are many clear statements of scripture that declare that there are those who God does not love, as before, here are just a few: God hatest all workers of iniquity, (Psalm 5:5) God abhorred those nations whom He expelled before Israel (Levitius 20:23), God hated Esau (Romans 9:13), “God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.” (Psalm 53:5). “But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep,” (John 10:26). “Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.” (Romans 11:7-8) “For the scripture saith unto pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, (through the destruction of Pharaoh, his army, and his nation: writer) and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.” (Romans 9:17-18). To continue in Part III. 

See the writers blog at www.hebrews915.blogspot.com hear the truth of the gospel preached at www.13thstbaptist.org webcasting live at listed service times.   

 AJ Ison

  

  

    

The World - Part I

The World - Part I

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

Many, very many indeed, are the mistakes, errors, and false doctrines that have arisen from misconceptions of the meaning of these words. Invariably the misuse of these words lead to Christ dishonoring doctrines, which undermine the truth of the gospel; and are destructive of the true gospel of Jesus Christ. While at the same time, the misuse of these words give place for the natural enmity of the carnal mind of men to deny the discriminating love of God, His election of His beloved children in Christ, and the denial of His predestinating goodness; and this is the cause of those, who wish to exalt man’s touted freewill as the real motive force, difference maker, and distinguishing power, of the salvation of the sinner. O! Our God: we, as mercy beggars, ask that you give us, this hour, a perspicuous view of the meaning of these words, that we might rightly divide the word of truth, Amen. 

First we shall consider the errors made through a misconceived meaning of: “The World”. The mistake that is very often made and which gratifies the fleshly pride of the natural man, is to take these words to mean all and every man without exception or distinction. Consider the use of these words in the subject verse: “ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have ever lasting life.” (John 3:16). In this verse, if, “the world” is the inclusive world of men then God loves all men without exception: but is that alleged meaning congruous with the preponderance of the scriptures? No indeed, not so, for certainly the scriptures will not agree in point of fact. Consider the following: “ Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau, and laid all his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.” (Malachi 1:2-3; Romans 9:13). This is exceedingly plain, and easy to be understood, but it is impossible for the carnal mind to receive, for, this destroys the pride of men of the flesh: it puts men in the dust before a sovereign Lord who can save or kill. Consider the following: “An ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.” (Leviticus 20:23). The Lord abhorred those nations He cast them out of the promised land before Israel. Another portion of the word of God, which clearly shows that God does not love all men without exception: “The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.” (Psalm 5:5-6), and: “There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.” (Psalm 53:5). And another: “ The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD will fall therein.” (Proverbs 22:14). The strange woman in Proverbs is usually speaking of false religion, and so it is in this case; and so, world over, there are multiplied billions that are partakers of false religion; they are fallen into that deep pit because the LORD hath abhorred them. God does, as He said He would, He sends the whole world of the ungodly (II Peter 2:4-6; Romans 11:7-10; I John 5:19: Revelation 12:9; Isaiah 29:9-12) strong delusion, as it is written “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: (in this day the strong delusion is the lie of universalism, that, God loves, and Christ died for all men without exception: writer) that they all might be damned that believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” (II Thessalonians 2:11-12). Men of this dark day say things like: “love everybody, and God will sort it out”. The scriptures do not command us to love all devils, nor, every preacher of false doctrine, not everyone who preaches lies in the name of Jesus Christ. We should hope and pray for their recovery “out of the snare of the devil” (II Timothy 2:26), but, those who believe the truth must withdraw from the fellowship of those who preach evil doctrine, as it is written: “If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.” (I Timothy 6:3-5). “The fear of the lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.” (Proverbs 8:13). A froward mouth is one that speaks perversely, that is, one who perverts the truth of the word of God, such as those who say that God loves all men universally. The people of God should be of this paradigm: “Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.” (Psalm 119:104); and “Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.” (Psalm 119:128).          

The way of salvation is a strait gate, and narrow way, few there be that find it. (Matthew 7: 14). Texts could be multiplied, but, He that hath an ear let him hear: still, to the serious seeker of truth: let him consider the following texts: (Matthew 11:25-27; 13:10-17; 23:13-35). God destroyed “the world of the ungodly” (II Peter 2:5) in the days of the flood; and yet saved eight persons, Noah and his family alive. The following verses show the attitude of God toward the world of the ungodly:  “whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God” (James 4:4), “If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (I John 2:15) “And we (the children of God I Jn. 4:4) know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.” (I John 5:19) “the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world:” (Revelation 12:9) that is, the whole world of the ungodly is left under the deception of Satan.

The world of the ungodly will deny these truths, because if they admit that the love of God is a discriminating love, then their doctrines of universal atonement, and that the supposed, free will of man is the real meritorious cause of the salvation of man is fallen into the pit from whence it came: for, if Christ died for those who perish in hell, as well as for those who are delivered from hell fire, then the blood of Christ made no difference, therefore the difference must have been made by something in, or, from the sinner, and according to the doctrine of most so called preachers of our day that difference maker is  the choice and decision of the sinner. If the decision to be saved is the sinner’s, then he is saved by his decision, and not by the blood of Christ.  Continued in part II.

See the writers blog at www.hebrews915.blogspot.com hear the gospel preached in truth at www.13thstbaptist.org webcasting live at listed service times.    Allan J Ison

Christ's Fullness

Christ’s Fullness

Colossians 1:19

For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; 

The fulness that is in Christ Jesus is for His church, that He might be all and in all to His people, who is their wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, redemption, and life, (I Corinthians 1:30; Colossians 3:4; I John 5:7, 11). 

What created intelligence is capable of comprehending the fullness of the creator? And especially the creator of this, our vast and visible universe? It is little we know of our visible universe, and what know we of the invisible? We know it is, but we are unable to apprehend it by our visual and auditory faculties. And what we see of far distant worlds was long ago real in that world, and is only discernible to us in our world at present, and may not now exist in the world where it was earlier. So that natural faculties fail in our perception of the material universe, and what shall be said of the immaterial world of spirits? Our God is a Spirit, a perfect, pure, immaterial, immense Spirit, incomprehensible to any but Himself; He is “the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15). The things that we know of God are those things that He has been pleased to reveal by His Word to us. “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him (John 1:18). Our God has come to us out of the invisibility of His Godhead in the Person of Jesus Christ, the only visible Jehovah, for “the Word was made flesh and dwelt amount us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth,” (John 1:14). And we were given a view of “the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God” “in the face of Jesus Christ” (I Timothy 1:17; II Corinthians 4:6; John 14:9). And “in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily,” (Colossians 2:9). The human nature of Jesus Christ is the true tabernacle of the Triune Jehovah (Hebrews 8:2; 9:11; John 2:19) for in the Person of Jesus Christ; God purchased His church with His own Blood, (Acts:20:28). Were these things not true the princes of this world could “not have crucified the Lord of glory” (I Corinthians 2:8).

God the Son, coming to us “in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin” (Romans 8:3) makes it plain that He came to “save his people from their sins (Matthew 1:21; I Timothy 1:15; Luke 19:10), for “both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified” (Hebrews 2:9) must be all of one nature, for He took not on the nature of angels but He took on him the seed of Abraham,” (Hebrews 2:16). “For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead,” (I Corinthians 15:21). One of the chief offices of Christ Jesus in the mediation of the everlasting covenant of grace is that of Great High Priest; that office requires that He who executes the office must be a man, for it is written “For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:” (Hebrews 5:1). “For such an high Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;” (Hebrews 7:26). “Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need,” (Hebrews 4:14-16). “Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man,” (Hebrews 8:1-2).

Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Great High Priest of the everlasting covenant of grace, and the Testator of the New Testament; His blood is God’s own blood (Acts 20:28), and perfection is by His Priesthood (Hebrews 7:11-21; 10:14). The blood of Christ Jesus, God-man, is “the blood of the everlasting covenant” (Hebrews 13:20), and Christ’s blood is the “blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins” (Matthew 26:28). It is the Godhead of Jesus Christ that adds infinity to all that He undertakes in His Mediation of the everlasting covenant of grace. His Godhead acting in His perfectly Holy Humanity brings forth the exceeding glory of His finished work; wherein He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified, that is, those who were chosen in Christ, and set apart in Christ, before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4; Jude 1; I Corinthians 1:2). It is the person of Jesus Christ, God-man, that is vested with the priesthood of the everlasting covenant, it is the infinite dignity of His most glorious person which brings forth the perfection of all He undertakes in His person through both His natures. “Every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer,” (Hebrews 8:3). Therefore the Son of God offered His perfectly holy and sinless humanity (Luke 1:35) for the perfection of His church, whom He perfected in that offering.    

“For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell,” (Colossians 1:19). It has been stated earlier in this article that the fullness that is in Christ Jesus is for His church, His beloved spouse. All fullness is in Christ Jesus in His Godhead and this fullness is according to the essential essence of His Godhead. This fulness is underived, it is of Himself, of His Deity, and this fullness is incommunicable to any creature. The fulness that is in Christ Jesus for His church is that fulness of which all believers have received, “grace for grace” for saith John the Apostle “And of his fulness have all we received, and Grace for Grace,” (John 1:16). Believers are saved by grace, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God,” (Ephesians 2:8) and this grace was given the children of the covenant, before the world began, for it is written “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,” (II Timothy 1:8-9). It is grace wherein we stand Justified by the righteousness of God. “Therefore being Justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God,” (Romans 5:1-2; 1:16-17; 3:21-24). It is the grace wherein we stand, accepted in Christ Jesus: “To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved,” (Ephesians 1:6). Believers have received of the fullness of grace in Christ Jesus to stand in state of grace, wherein “sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under Grace, (Romans 6:14). In Christ Jesus is the fulness of all grace for the children of God, justifying Grace, pardoning Grace, sanctifying grace, redeeming grace, electing grace, predestinating grace, keeping Grace, regenerating Grace, all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ, (Ephesians 1:3) and all things that pertain to life and godliness (II Peter 1:3). There is the grace of faith, that is, the willingness and ability to believe the truth of the gospel, this is freely given by the grace of Christ, worked in the heart of sinners by the Spirit of Christ, there is the grace of love, by the Spirit of Christ, and all the fruit of the Spirit by the grace of God in Christ. “All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him A-men, unto the glory of God by us. (II Corinthians 1:20), and this by His grace. All believers have in and of the kingdom of God, is in the fulness of Christ and must be received from the fulness of Christ Jesus our Lord. See the writers blog at www.hebrews915.blogspot.com hear the true gospel preached at www.13thstbaptist.org  webcasting live at listed service times.  

A.J. Ison