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24/07/2025

🎒 Should We Take Nothing for Our Journey?

💭 Is Luke 9:3–5 Our Commission Today?

📖 Luke 9:3–5 KJV

“And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. And whosoever will not receive you... shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.”

This is often preached as a spiritual challenge:
👉 “Go out with nothing — just trust God!”

But is this really our pattern for ministry today?
Let’s rightly divide and find out 📖✂️

🧭 1. The Context: Kingdom Commission

These instructions come from Jesus’ earthly ministry to Israel.

In Luke 9, Jesus sends out the twelve disciples with power and authority to preach the gospel of the kingdom (Luke 9:1–2). This is not the gospel of the grace of God (Acts 20:24), but the kingdom message promised to Israel.

🔍 Matthew 10:5–6 adds:

“Go not into the way of the Gentiles... but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

This was a limited, temporary commission to a specific group — the twelve — in preparation for the coming earthly kingdom.

🛑 2. Not for the Body of Christ

What Jesus said in red must be understood in light of what He revealed in mystery to Paul.

Paul is the apostle of the Gentiles (Rom. 11:13), and his instructions are not the same as those Jesus gave to the twelve.

In fact, Paul teaches:

💼 1 Timothy 5:8

“But if any provide not for his own... he hath denied the faith...”

💰 Philippians 4:16

Paul accepted money and support — he didn’t go out empty-handed.

👔 Acts 18:3

Paul worked as a tentmaker. He labored for his provision.

So no, the “take nothing” instruction is not our pattern today — and trying to follow it would actually contradict Paul’s teaching.

🔁 3. Even the Apostles Didn’t Keep Doing It

Jesus Himself later changed these instructions.

📖 Luke 22:35–36

“When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything?”
“Nothing.”
Then said he unto them, “But now... he that hath a purse, let him take it... and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.”

📌 Jesus reversed the Luke 9 instructions — because Israel was rejecting their kingdom, and the program was shifting.

📢 4. What Is Our Commission?

Today, we follow Paul’s instructions under the dispensation of the grace of God:

💒 2 Corinthians 5:18–20

We are ambassadors of Christ, with the ministry of reconciliation.

🗺️ Acts 20:24

Paul testifies to the gospel of the grace of God.

🛠️ 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12

“...work with your own hands... that ye may walk honestly...”

💡 Instead of being sent with signs and no supplies, we are told to live peaceably, work diligently, support missions, and preach Christ crucified — not the coming kingdom to Israel.

🧨 5. The Danger of Misapplying Luke 9

Many well-meaning Christians try to live out the Gospels as if they are written directly to them — and it leads to:

• Confusion about healing, provision, and rejection

• Guilt over not “living by faith” (i.e., going without)

• Division between those who “obey Jesus literally” and those who don’t

Rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Tim. 2:15) helps us avoid this.

💭 Thought to Ponder:

✋ If your commission tells you to “take no money,” but your apostle tells you to “provide for your own,” which one do you follow?

🤔 If Jesus later changed the Luke 9 instructions, should we go back and claim them for today?

✅ Summary: What We Learn from Luke 9

Question: Was Luke 9 given to us today?
Answer: ❌ No — it was for Israel under kingdom preaching

Question: Is “take nothing” our pattern?
Answer: ❌ No — we are to work and support ourselves

Question: Does Jesus ever change that instruction?
Answer: ✅ Yes — in Luke 22:36

Question: What is our commission today?
Answer: ✅ The gospel of grace given to Paul (Acts 20:24; 2 Cor. 5:18)

📚 Further Study:

• Luke 9:1–6 vs. Luke 22:35–36

• 1 Corinthians 9:14 vs. 1 Thessalonians 4:11

• 2 Timothy 2:15 — rightly dividing

🛠️ God isn’t testing your faith by making you travel broke... He’s building your faith through the message of His grace. 🙌

Right division changes everything.

👉 Follow for more truth rightly divided.

24/07/2025

🤔 Why Are There So Many Religions?

It’s a question people have asked for centuries:

“If there is one God, why are there so many different religions?”

“Why do so many churches and beliefs claim to teach the truth?”

The confusion is real — and unfortunately, religion has often done more to hide the truth than to reveal it.

Let’s explore the Bible’s answer to this question — rightly divided (2 Tim. 2:15) 📖👇

🌍 1. Man Made Religion – God Gave Grace

The first thing to understand is this:

Religion is man’s attempt to reach God.
The Bible is God’s revelation to man.

🔁 From the very beginning, when sin entered the world (Genesis 3), humans began covering themselves — not just physically (with fig leaves), but spiritually.

They tried to make their own way to God, through works, systems, sacrifices, and rituals.

💥 That’s what religion does — it focuses on what man must do to please God.

But the Bible teaches something different:

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works…” — Ephesians 2:8–9

🧱 2. Religion Is a Counterfeit

Throughout Scripture, you see religion in conflict with truth.

From Cain’s offering (Gen. 4:3–5) to the Pharisees in Jesus’ day (Matt. 23:27), religious systems often opposed what God actually said.

Why?

Because religion loves power, tradition, and self-righteousness.

Paul warned:

“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof…” — 2 Timothy 3:5

📌 Religion says: “Try harder, do more, earn your way.”
✝️ Grace says: “Christ did it all — trust Him.”

🤫 3. Satan Uses Religion to Blind People

Here’s a sobering truth: Satan doesn’t just work through atheism or immorality — he works through religion.

“...Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” — 2 Corinthians 11:14

He loves religious confusion, ceremony, and systems that keep people busy but blind.

👁️‍🗨️ That’s why there are so many religions — they distract from the one truth: the gospel of Christ.

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not…” — 2 Corinthians 4:3–4

📖 4. God Gave ONE Way of Salvation

Amid all the noise of religion, God gave one clear message of salvation:

“...that Christ died for our sins… and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day…” — 1 Corinthians 15:3–4

Paul calls this the gospel of the grace of God (Acts 20:24), revealed to him as part of the mystery kept secret since the world began (Rom. 16:25).

✅ It’s not through law, works, or religion — it’s by grace through faith.

🧱 5. Right Division Clears the Confusion

One reason people get confused is because they mix the Bible up.

They try to follow Israel’s program (law, covenants, prophecy) instead of the mystery program for the Body of Christ (grace, heavenly position, no law).

📍 Religion often picks verses from everywhere, mixes law with grace, Israel with the Church, and ends up creating manmade systems that God never intended.

Right division teaches us that:

• God had a program for Israel (Prophecy – Law & Kingdom)

• God now has a program for the Body of Christ (Mystery – Grace & Heaven)

“Rightly dividing the word of truth…” — 2 Timothy 2:15

🙌 6. Religion Can’t Save — But Christ Can

You can join a religion, attend services, follow rules — and still be lost.

Salvation is not in a religion. It’s in a Person — Jesus Christ.

“...that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law…” — Galatians 2:16

💡 If religion teaches you that you must do more to be saved, it’s not the gospel of grace.

But if you hear the gospel of Christ’s finished work, you are hearing the truth.

✅ Final Answer: Why Are There So Many Religions?

Because mankind rejects grace and prefers control, pride, and performance.

But God is not the author of confusion (1 Cor. 14:33). He has revealed ONE gospel for today — and it’s found in the letters of Paul, the apostle of the Gentiles (Rom. 11:13).

🔑 Key Verses to Study:

• Romans 16:25 – Mystery kept secret

• 2 Corinthians 4:3–4 – Gospel is hidden by Satan

• 2 Timothy 3:5 – Form of godliness, no power

• Galatians 2:16 – Not by works of the law

• 1 Corinthians 15:1–4 – The gospel that saves

• Ephesians 2:8–9 – Saved by grace through faith

✝️ Don’t Choose Religion — Trust Christ

📖 Study the Bible rightly divided
🙏 Trust in Christ alone
🙌 Rest in the finished work of the cross

You don’t need a religion.
You need a Savior.

👉 Follow for more truth rightly divided.

23/07/2025

❓Does Hebrews 13:8 Contradict Right Division?

📖 “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” — Hebrews 13:8 (KJV)

This verse is often quoted to suggest that God’s dealings with mankind never change — and therefore, dispensational distinctions are invalid. But is that what the verse really teaches?

Let’s rightly divide the Word of Truth (2 Timothy 2:15) and examine it closely 👇

🧱 1. The Verse Is About Christ’s Character — Not His Instructions

Hebrews 13:8 is a beautiful truth: Jesus Christ is unchanging in His character, nature, holiness, love, and deity. This is a comforting, eternal truth.

🔁 But this verse is not saying that God’s dealings with mankind, or His instructions to people in different dispensations, are always the same.

✅ His essence does not change.

🚫 But His instructions to mankind certainly do change across dispensations.

📜 2. God’s Dealings Have Changed — Even in the Bible!

Let’s take a look at a few examples:

🔸 Adam was told not to eat from one tree (Gen. 2:17)
🔸 Noah was told to build an ark and eat animals (Gen. 6:14; 9:3)
🔸 Israel was given the law (Exodus 20), including tithes, Sabbaths, sacrifices
🔸 Today, Paul tells us we are not under the law but under grace (Romans 6:14)

Are these contradictions? No.

They are progressive revelations in God's plan — different instructions for different people at different times.

✝️ 3. Jesus’s Earthly Ministry Was to Israel, Under the Law

📖 “But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” — Matthew 15:24

Jesus’ earthly teachings were directed to Israel in fulfillment of prophecy and the law (Romans 15:8). He preached:

• The gospel of the kingdom (Matthew 4:23)

• Required baptism and repentance (Mark 1:4)

• Told followers to sell all (Luke 18:22)

But when we read Paul’s letters, we find something very different!

💡 4. Paul Reveals the Mystery: A New Dispensation

Paul was given a new revelation — the mystery — that had been kept secret since the world began (Romans 16:25).

📖 “...the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward.” — Ephesians 3:2
📖 “For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles...” — Romans 11:13

In this new dispensation:

✅ We are saved by grace through faith, not by law (Eph. 2:8–9)
✅ There is one baptism — spiritual (1 Cor. 12:13)
✅ We walk by faith, not by signs (2 Cor. 5:7)

These are not contradictions of Jesus’ earlier message — they are a new revelation from the risen, glorified Christ to Paul.

🤔 5. Then What Does “Jesus Christ the Same...” Mean?

Simply put:

🔒 Jesus is always faithful, true, and unchanging in His divine person.

But the way He administers His purpose does change over time — this is why we have different dispensations.

📖 God has not always told people the same thing.

🔄 Hebrews 13:8 is not a verse about doctrine, dispensations, or programs — it's about Jesus’ unchanging faithfulness.

🧱 6. Right Division Clears the Confusion

🔎 When we rightly divide:

• We don’t ignore Jesus’ words — we understand to whom He spoke

• We don’t reject Scripture — we put it in its proper context

• We see that God gave different instructions to Israel and the Body of Christ

• We rejoice that the same unchanging Lord is behind it all!

📌 Conclusion

✅ Jesus Christ never changes in His person.
🔁 But God’s instructions for people have changed throughout the Bible.
🧱 Right division doesn’t deny Jesus — it honors His Word by putting it in the right context.

So no — Hebrews 13:8 does not contradict Mid-Acts Right Division.

Instead, it glorifies the unchanging God who administers His purposes through different programs at different times — all according to His perfect will.

📖 Verses to Study:

• 2 Timothy 2:15 — Rightly divide the Word

• Romans 15:8 — Jesus was a minister to Israel

• Ephesians 3:1–9 — The mystery revealed to Paul

• Hebrews 13:8 — Jesus’ unchanging nature

• Romans 16:25 — Kept secret since the world began

• Galatians 2:7 — Two gospels: one to the circumcision, one to the uncircumcision

🙌 Final Thought:

God’s Word is perfect — but it must be rightly divided to avoid confusion.

Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever — and that includes how faithful He is to His promises in every dispensation.

👉 Follow for more truth rightly divided.

23/07/2025

💧 Does Mark 16:16–18 Teach Baptism Is Required for Salvation?

Many Christians read Mark 16:16–18 and ask:

❓“Does this mean baptism is necessary for salvation?”
❓“Should believers today be casting out devils and speaking in tongues as proof they are saved?”

Let’s take a careful look — and rightly divide the Word of Truth (2 Timothy 2:15) 📖

🔍 Mark 16:16–18 KJV:

“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”

This is one of the clearest kingdom gospel passages — and it’s important to handle it in its prophetic context.

🧱 1. Baptism Was a Requirement Under the Kingdom Gospel

In Mark 16:16, Jesus is giving final instructions to His apostles concerning the gospel of the kingdom (Matt. 24:14). At this point, the mystery of the gospel of grace had not yet been revealed to Paul.

✝️ “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved…”

This matches the Acts 2:38 message Peter preached at Pentecost:

“Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins…” (Acts 2:38)

And it matches John the Baptist’s message before that:

“...John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.” (Mark 1:4)

✔️ So yes — in the kingdom program to Israel, baptism was required as an outward expression of repentance and faith, tied to Israel’s covenant promises.

🤯 2. What About the Signs That Follow?

Verses 17–18 list miraculous signs that would follow believers:

• Casting out devils 😈

• Speaking in new tongues 🗣️

• Surviving snake bites and poison 🐍☠️

• Healing the sick through touch 🙌

These signs were real, and they did occur in the early Acts period:

• Acts 2 – Tongues at Pentecost
• Acts 5:16 – Healings by the apostles
• Acts 28:5 – Paul survives a viper bite
• Acts 19:12 – Handkerchiefs from Paul heal the sick

Why did they happen? Because signs were for Israel:
📖 “For the Jews require a sign…” – 1 Corinthians 1:22
Jesus even said:
📖 “Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.” – John 4:48

Signs were proof of the kingdom to the nation of Israel. They were part of prophecy (see Isa. 35:5–6; Joel 2:28–31) — and they accompanied the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom, not the gospel of grace.

✈️ 3. What About Today?

Today, we live in the dispensation of the grace of God (Eph. 3:2) — not in Israel’s kingdom program.

Paul, the apostle of the Gentiles (Rom. 11:13), writes:

📖 “For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel…” – 1 Cor. 1:17
📖 “For by grace are ye saved through faith… not of works…” – Eph. 2:8–9
📖 “There is one baptism…” – Eph. 4:5 (and it’s spiritual, not water – 1 Cor. 12:13)

In this dispensation, salvation comes by faith alone in the finished work of Christ (1 Cor. 15:1–4) — not through signs or rituals like water baptism.

🚫 4. Are These Signs for the Church Today?

No.

Today, we walk by faith, not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7). The sign gifts have ceased (1 Cor. 13:8–10), because God is no longer dealing with Israel as a nation under covenants, signs, and wonders.

Instead, He’s forming the Body of Christ, a new creature, through the preaching of the mystery revealed to Paul (Eph. 3:3–9).

✅ Final Answer: Mark 16:16–18 Was for Israel, Not for the Church

💧 Baptism was required under the gospel of the kingdom
🔮 Signs followed believers as proof to Israel
🧱 These were part of Israel’s prophetic program, not Paul’s mystery gospel
✝️ Today, we are saved by grace through faith alone, without baptism or signs

🔑 Key Verses to Study:

• Mark 16:16–18 – Baptism & signs under the kingdom gospel

• Acts 2:38 – Baptism for remission of sins

• 1 Corinthians 1:17 – Paul sent not to baptize

• Romans 11:13 – Paul: Apostle of the Gentiles

• Ephesians 3:2–9 – The mystery given to Paul

• 1 Corinthians 15:1–4 – The gospel of grace today

• 1 Corinthians 13:8 – Sign gifts shall cease

• 1 Corinthians 12:13 – Spiritual baptism into the Body

🙌 Conclusion:

Don’t confuse the gospel of the kingdom (with baptism and signs) with the gospel of grace (faith alone, no works, no signs).

Rightly divide the Word, and rejoice in the complete, finished work of Christ for your salvation — no signs required 🙏

👉 Follow for more truth rightly divided.

23/07/2025

🏛️ Am I Required to Attend Church?

It’s a question many sincere believers ask:

❓ “Do I have to attend church to be a faithful Christian?”

Let’s explore what Scripture teaches — rightly divided — about gathering together, the function of the church, and what it means under grace.

📖 1. What Is “Church” in the Bible?

The word church simply means “assembly” or “called out ones.” It’s not about a building or a weekly ritual — it’s about people.

⛪ In the Bible, there are different churches:

• The church in the wilderness – Acts 7:38 (Israel under Moses)

• The kingdom church in Jerusalem – Acts 2:47

• The church, the Body of Christ – Ephesians 1:22–23

💡 Today, the church that matters is not a denomination or physical location — it’s the Body of Christ, made up of all who believe the gospel (1 Cor. 12:13, Eph. 3:6).

✝️ 2. Are We Commanded to Attend Church?

Some people quote Hebrews 10:25:

“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together…”

📌 But this verse is written to Hebrew believers under the law, awaiting the kingdom and enduring tribulation (see Heb. 10:26–31).

In contrast, Paul — our apostle — never commands weekly attendance at a church building.

Instead, he speaks of edification, fellowship, and doctrine:

“Let all things be done unto edifying.” – 1 Corinthians 14:26
“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another...” – 1 Thess. 5:11

👥 Paul encouraged gathering — not out of law, but for spiritual growth.

💬 3. So Should I Go to Church?

✅ Yes — if the church teaches sound doctrine and rightly divides the Word of Truth (2 Tim. 2:15).

⚠️ Sadly, many churches today teach law, tithing, prophecy confusion, or emotionalism over doctrine.

Instead, Paul instructs us to:

🎯 “Mark them which cause divisions... contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.” – Rom. 16:17

So the goal isn’t just to attend church — the goal is to find right doctrine and mutual edification.

🧱 4. What Did Paul Say About the Church?

Paul says the church is:

• The pillar and ground of the truth (1 Tim. 3:15)

• A place of teaching, not entertainment (2 Tim. 2:2)

• Where the Body ministers to itself in love (Eph. 4:15–16)

The early Body of Christ gathered in homes (Rom. 16:5), not cathedrals.

🙌 It’s not about a building — it’s about building up the Body.

🤝 5. The Real Purpose of Gathering

We gather to:

•💡 Learn sound doctrine (Titus 1:9)

• 🧱 Be established in truth (Rom. 1:11)

• 🤲 Use our spiritual gifts to help one another (1 Cor. 12:7)

• 💬 Encourage and comfort each other (1 Thess. 5:11)

If a group of two or three believers meet and rightly divide — that’s church.

It’s not about the pews, the steeple, or the stage.

It’s about the doctrine and the edification of saints.

✅ Final Answer: Am I Required to Attend?

No — there’s no law commanding church attendance in the dispensation of grace.

But yes — it is profitable and beneficial to gather with others who rightly divide the Word, study Pauline doctrine, and build one another up in Christ.

🎯 The real question is not “Am I required to attend?”
👉 It’s “Am I growing in sound doctrine, and helping others grow too?”

📖 Key Verses to Study:

• 2 Timothy 2:15 – Rightly divide the Word

• Ephesians 4:12–16 – Edifying the Body in love

• 1 Corinthians 14:26 – All things done to edify

• Romans 16:17 – Mark and avoid false doctrine

• Colossians 2:6–7 – Be rooted and built up in Christ

🔑 Final Encouragement:

✅ You don’t go to church to become the church.
✨ You are the church — if you’re in the Body of Christ.

So find a group that teaches the truth rightly divided, and grow together in grace.

🙌 You’re not under law — but under grace.
📖 So walk worthy, stand fast, and be established in the truth.

👉 Follow for more truth rightly divided.

23/07/2025

🙏 Prayer and Faith: Mark 11 vs. Philippians 4

What’s the difference between “speak to the mountain” and “pray with thanksgiving”?

It’s a great question — and one that highlights the importance of rightly dividing the Word of Truth (2 Tim. 2:15).
Let’s take a closer look 👇

📖 The Verses in Question

🗣️ Mark 11:23–24 (KJV)

"…whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed… and shall not doubt… he shall have whatsoever he saith…"

🙏 Philippians 4:6–7 (KJV)

"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God… and the peace of God… shall keep your hearts and minds…"

These two sound similar at a glance — both speak about prayer and faith — but they come from two very different programs in the Bible.

Let’s break it down.

🧱 1. Two Different Ministries: Jesus vs. Paul

Mark 11:23–24
➡️ Spoken by Jesus during His earthly ministry to Israel (Matt. 15:24, Rom. 15:8).
➡️ He’s teaching the gospel of the kingdom (Matt. 4:17).
➡️ His audience is under law, awaiting their Messianic kingdom.

Philippians 4:6–7
➡️ Written by Paul, the apostle of the Gentiles (Rom. 11:13).
➡️ He’s teaching the mystery of Christ — the gospel of grace (Rom. 16:25).
➡️ His audience is the Body of Christ, living under grace (Rom. 6:14).

🧠 Key Point: Right division helps us understand that these verses are not contradictory — they belong to different dispensations!

🏔️ 2. Mark 11 – Kingdom Power and Visible Results

In Mark 11, Jesus had just cursed a fig tree (Mark 11:13–21), and it physically withered.
He then tells His disciples that by faith they too could move mountains — literally!

This is consistent with what Jesus promised Israel:

📖 “These signs shall follow them that believe…” – Mark 16:17–18
📖 “If ye have faith… ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence…” – Matt. 17:20

🧱 These signs were part of Israel’s prophetic program, where miraculous power was tied to their covenant relationship (Exo. 19:5–6).

✡️ The apostles were being prepared to preach in power during the kingdom offer — with signs, wonders, and authority (Acts 2:43; 3:6–8).

🕊️ 3. Philippians 4 – Grace, Prayer, and Peace

Now contrast this with Philippians.

Paul doesn’t tell us to speak to a mountain or expect miraculous results. Instead, he tells us to:

✅ Bring our requests to God
✅ Do so with thanksgiving
✅ Trust that the peace of God, not always the result we want, will guard our hearts

📖 “Let your requests be made known…” – Phil. 4:6
📖 “…the peace of God shall keep your hearts and minds…” – Phil. 4:7

Paul doesn’t guarantee outcomes — he points us to inner strength through Christ in us (Col. 1:27).

Why? Because we are not Israel looking for a kingdom on earth — we are members of the Body of Christ, destined for heavenly places (Eph. 1:3; 2:6).

🧩 4. Rightly Dividing Helps Avoid Confusion

Trying to apply kingdom verses to the church today leads to frustration:

❌ “I spoke to the mountain and nothing happened…”
❌ “I believed and prayed, but didn’t get what I asked…”

Many believers get discouraged because they confuse Mark 11 power with Philippians 4 peace.

📖 2 Timothy 2:15 tells us to “rightly divide the word of truth.”

That means recognizing that Jesus’ earthly ministry and Paul’s epistles are different instructions for different purposes.

💬 5. So How Should We Pray Today?

As members of the Body of Christ:

✅ We pray with confidence — not to move mountains, but to commune with God (Rom. 8:26–27)
✅ We trust God's grace is sufficient (2 Cor. 12:9)
✅ We rejoice in His peace — even if the circumstance doesn’t change (Phil. 4:7)
✅ We give thanks in everything (1 Thess. 5:18)

🧱 Our life is not ruled by signs, but by faith in Christ and His completed work (2 Cor. 5:7).

📌 Final Takeaway

📖 Mark 11:23–24 = Kingdom promise to Israel
📖 Philippians 4:6–7 = Grace-age instruction to the Body of Christ

You are not Israel waiting for the kingdom — you are already seated in heavenly places in Christ!

Let your faith rest not in what you see, but in who you are in Him.

🔑 Key Verses for Study

• 2 Tim. 2:15 – Rightly divide the word of truth
• Rom. 11:13 – Paul is the apostle of the Gentiles
• Eph. 1:3 – Spiritual blessings in heavenly places
• 2 Cor. 12:9 – Grace is sufficient
• Col. 1:27 – Christ in you, the hope of glory
• 1 Thess. 5:18 – In everything give thanks

🙌 Final Encouragement

Don't let kingdom promises rob you of the peace that comes from rightly understanding grace.

🕊️ In the kingdom, the mountain may move.
🙏 In grace, your heart is kept.

👉 Follow for more truth rightly divided.

23/07/2025

❗ Is John 3:16 Really the Gospel for Today?
Though John 3:16 is cherished in mainstream evangelism, it lacks key gospel elements revealed in Paul’s epistles essential for salvation today.

📖The Main Issues:

✝️ 1. No Mention of the Cross

📖 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.”

🔍 This refers to God giving His Son to Israel through whom (their rise) would be a blessing to the world, it does not refer to the crucifixion/Resurrection and redemptive blood of Christ.

📖Isaiah 60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising

⚠ Jesus had not yet died, and the disciples did not understand His coming death and what it would accomplish for humanity:

📖Luke 18:34 – “And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.”

💡 Paul’s Gospel centers on the cross & the risen Glorified Christ: Our glory

📖1 Corinthians 1:18 – “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.”

📖Galatians 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

📖2 Corinthians 5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more

🩸 2. No Mention of the Blood or Forgiveness of Sins

📖Romans 3:25 – “Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood…”

🧼 John 3 contains no teaching on forgiveness by Christ’s blood, which is a cornerstone of Paul’s gospel.

📖Ephesians 1:7 – “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.”

🌅 3. No Resurrection

⚠ Resurrection is absent in John 3:16, yet without it our faith is in vain:

📖1 Corinthians 15:17 – “And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.”

Paul includes the resurrection as an essential part of the gospel:

📖1 Corinthians 15:3–4 – “Christ died for our sins… he was buried, and… rose again the third day.”

📖1 Corinthians 15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain

💸 4. No Mention of Christs Finished Work

John 3 emphasizes who Jesus is (Son of God), not what He did.

John 3:16 mentions belief in Christ as Messiah, His Name, but not:

🎯His finished crosswork,

🎯Imputed righteousness,

🎯Or justification by grace through faith in Christ alone without the works of the law.

Meanwhile, Paul preaches salvation by grace alone:

📖Ephesians 2:8–9 – “For by grace are ye saved through faith… not of works…”

📖Romans 3:24 – “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”

🧩 5. Israel’s Message vs. Paul’s Mystery

📖Romans 15:8 – “Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God…”

📖John 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews

📜 John 3:16 is part of the prophetic program to Israel, not the mystery of the Body of Christ - the Focus was on the nation of Israel, the middle wall of partition was still in effect

📖John 20:31 – “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God…”

Contrast that with the mystery revealed only to Paul:

📖Ephesians 3:1–2, 5–6 – “...the dispensation of the grace of God... which in other ages was not made known... that the Gentiles should be fellowheirs and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel…”

📖Galatians 2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

John was a minister of the circumcision preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, he knew nothing of the New Creature - Body of Christ consisting of Jew and Gentile alike in equal standing with a heavenly inheritance until later communicated to him by our Apostle Paul..

📖Romans 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I (Paul) am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office

📢 6. The True Gospel for Today

📖1 Corinthians 15:1–4 “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you…
By which also ye are saved…
How that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”

📖Romans 5:8 – “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

✅ Conclusion: Great Verse, But Not Our Gospel

✔️ John 3:16 is beautiful for its time — a message to Israel during Christ’s earthly ministry.
❌ But it lacks the death, blood, resurrection, and grace now revealed through Paul.

🎯 Preach the gospel Paul received from the risen Christ with the power to save — not a message spoken to Israel before the cross.

📖Romans 1:16 or 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.

📖Romans 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel

📖 Galatians 1:11–12 – “...the gospel which was preached of me is not after man… but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

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