WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.840 Look down at your Bibles in verse 16. 00:02.840 --> 00:03.840 It says, 00:03.840 --> 00:06.380 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of. 00:06.380 --> 00:10.960 For necessity is laid upon me, yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel. 00:11.300 --> 00:16.980 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward. But if against my will, a dispensation of the 00:16.980 --> 00:23.780 gospel is committed unto me. And the title of my sermon this morning is biblical dispensationalism. 00:23.780 --> 00:29.100 biblical dispensationalism. Now believe it or not, the Bible does teach the 00:29.100 --> 00:31.100 concept of dispensations. 00:31.300 --> 00:35.460 And in fact, it's mentioned four times in the New Testament. 00:35.460 --> 00:38.100 And in this particular sermon, I want to go through each of those mentions 00:38.100 --> 00:42.180 and give you the biblical interpretation of those instances. 00:42.180 --> 00:46.580 Now, obviously, we see that the term dispensation is used in the Bible, 00:46.580 --> 00:51.060 but I don't think it's good or wise to call ourselves dispensationalists, 00:51.060 --> 00:53.380 even though it would be accurate to say that we are, 00:53.380 --> 00:55.220 because we believe in the biblical dispensation. 00:56.400 --> 01:06.400 And I don't think it's wise to do so because of the fact that, you know, this term has been hijacked by false prophets and hyper Zionists that, you know, carries with it a very negative heretical connotation. 01:06.400 --> 01:19.400 The truth remains though that dispensation is a biblical term and its interpretation, you know, throughout the years has unfortunately been misconstrued, corrupted to address another false doctrine. 01:19.400 --> 01:24.000 Now before I get into my actual points this morning regarding the term dispensation, I 01:24.000 --> 01:24.400 want to give you a little bit of a recap of what I'm talking about. 01:24.400 --> 01:30.640 you an overview through my introduction of the false doctrine of modern dispensationalism 01:30.640 --> 01:32.440 and what its origins are. 01:32.440 --> 01:37.600 Now hold your place there in 1 Corinthians chapter 9 if you would and go to Ephesians, 01:37.600 --> 01:43.000 actually I'm going to have you go to, let me see here, go to Acts chapter 10 actually, 01:43.000 --> 01:45.800 Acts chapter 10, hold your place there in 1 Corinthians chapter 9 and we're going to 01:45.800 --> 01:47.360 come back to that in just a bit. 01:47.800 --> 01:51.640 Now let me give you what the term dispensationalism means. 01:51.640 --> 01:54.680 Now let me just say this is this sermon is going to be very educational. 01:54.680 --> 01:57.400 So you're going to have to do your best to pay attention as much as possible. 01:57.400 --> 01:58.920 This is an important sermon. 01:58.920 --> 02:01.320 You have to educate yourself on this particular topic 02:02.120 --> 02:05.320 to be able to answer the gainsayers and people who bring this up to you. 02:05.320 --> 02:06.680 And it's important for you to know these things. 02:06.680 --> 02:10.360 So what is the definition of modern dispensationalism? 02:10.360 --> 02:11.640 Well, here's a good definition. 02:11.640 --> 02:15.720 Modern dispensationalism is the belief that God has divided biblical. 02:15.800 --> 02:23.000 history into distinct dispensations or economies in which he deals with mankind in different ways 02:23.840 --> 02:28.460 specifically concerning salvation and the nation of Israel, okay? 02:29.100 --> 02:37.700 Thereby placing national Israel the modern state of Israel at the center of God's prophetic program and essentially treating the church or 02:38.300 --> 02:44.660 Gentile believers as a temporary parenthetical era within that larger plan, okay? 02:45.600 --> 02:47.040 Now, here's the thing is that I would 02:47.040 --> 02:48.680 think that most dispensationalists would actually 02:48.680 --> 02:49.880 agree with that definition. 02:49.880 --> 02:53.440 They actually say that that's an accurate description, 02:53.440 --> 02:55.840 depiction of dispensationalism. 02:55.840 --> 02:58.320 Now, there are various degrees of dispensationalism, 02:58.320 --> 03:01.560 but in general, that is the accurate definition of it. 03:01.560 --> 03:02.920 And in fact, let me just say this 03:02.920 --> 03:06.280 is that we would agree with at least half of that definition, 03:06.280 --> 03:07.920 believe it or not. 03:07.920 --> 03:10.200 You think to yourself, oh, all dispensationalism 03:10.200 --> 03:11.440 is completely heretical. 03:11.440 --> 03:12.900 Well, you have to understand something 03:12.900 --> 03:13.600 is that in. 03:13.600 --> 03:16.940 In order for heresy to spread and to be believed 03:16.940 --> 03:19.900 amongst people, there has to be a measure of truth 03:19.900 --> 03:21.680 introduced as well, right? 03:21.680 --> 03:25.840 And I would even say that most heresy has a lot of truth. 03:25.840 --> 03:28.960 It's that little bit of lie, that little leaven 03:28.960 --> 03:30.960 that leavens the whole lump, okay? 03:30.960 --> 03:33.960 So you think of just any type of heresy that's out there, 03:33.960 --> 03:39.120 there is going to be a good percentage of actual doctrine, 03:39.120 --> 03:41.600 truth that's being demonstrated with mixed in with 03:41.600 --> 03:47.840 some lies, okay? And the same goes for dispensationalism. There has to be a percentage of truth in order 03:47.840 --> 03:49.360 to pass it off as being true. 03:49.900 --> 03:54.060 Well, here's the thing is that when it comes to this particular doctrine, the truth that's 03:54.060 --> 03:59.380 actually being presented is that yes, God did divide history, biblical history into 03:59.380 --> 04:03.620 various eras in which God dealt with people in various manners, right? 04:03.620 --> 04:08.580 You think of the fact that, you know, Adam and Eve, this was the time of innocence. 04:08.580 --> 04:12.140 You think of the time after it's an era of conscience. 04:12.140 --> 04:15.040 You have the law being introduced through government. 04:15.040 --> 04:17.900 You have the mosaic law thereafter on Mount Sinai. 04:17.900 --> 04:24.220 being introduced there after you have the new covenant right and the spread of the gospel and then 04:24.220 --> 04:31.160 Towards the end of the world you have the millennial reign and obviously God is dealing with people in different ways in that regard 04:31.340 --> 04:35.440 the major deception when it comes to dispensationalism is 04:36.020 --> 04:42.220 actually found in the division between the church and the nation of Israel and salvation 04:43.200 --> 04:49.200 So, you know, they rely upon the broader definition of this regarding the division of eras, but 04:49.200 --> 04:55.080 then they insert this and say, but it's all about the nation of Israel and the way salvation 04:55.080 --> 04:57.120 has changed throughout history. 04:57.120 --> 05:01.840 That is the heresy that's actually within dispensationalism. 05:01.840 --> 05:05.380 Now today you have a lot of people who are on edge regarding dispensationalism because 05:05.380 --> 05:07.960 of its association with Zionism, right? 05:07.960 --> 05:08.960 And rightfully so. 05:08.960 --> 05:10.520 A lot of people are waking up to that. 05:10.520 --> 05:11.200 They're starting to see. 05:11.200 --> 05:14.700 the deception, the fact that the Jews are not God's chosen people, 05:14.700 --> 05:17.900 the fact that Zionism is a political ideology, 05:17.900 --> 05:22.400 and people are using the Bible to try to substantiate its claims. 05:22.400 --> 05:25.300 But let me just tell you right now, the biggest heresy 05:25.300 --> 05:27.900 when it comes to dispensationalism is not Zionism. 05:27.900 --> 05:30.600 That's a major heresy for sure, but it's not the biggest one. 05:30.900 --> 05:34.420 The biggest heresy is in regards to salvation. 05:34.420 --> 05:39.060 Okay, what they teach about salvation, that is the major heresy. 05:39.060 --> 05:44.340 That is the leaven within that doctrine that is leavening the entire lump. 05:44.340 --> 05:47.860 Okay, now let me explain to you some of the various dispensational views, 05:47.860 --> 05:51.220 because to us, well, dispensationalism is just dispensationalism. 05:51.220 --> 05:52.820 Like it's what we know it to be. 05:52.820 --> 05:54.500 It's pushing Zionism. 05:54.500 --> 05:57.380 It's pushing, you know, the Jews as being God's chosen people. 05:57.380 --> 05:58.880 But let me give you the. 05:58.900 --> 06:02.060 three to four various types of dispensationalism. 06:02.060 --> 06:04.320 The first one is the one that we're most familiar with, 06:04.320 --> 06:07.780 and it's referred to as classical dispensationalism. 06:07.780 --> 06:08.400 OK? 06:09.100 --> 06:13.360 This is the one that is largely associated with John Nelson 06:13.360 --> 06:17.320 Darby, Clarence Larkin, and your favorite guy, C.I. 06:17.320 --> 06:19.000 Schofield. 06:19.000 --> 06:23.840 This is the trinity of heretics that make up 06:23.840 --> 06:25.400 classical dispensationalism. 06:25.400 --> 06:26.800 We'll get into that in just a bit. 06:26.800 --> 06:30.640 After that, you have revised dispensationalism. 06:30.640 --> 06:32.920 Or another way to describe this is progressive 06:32.920 --> 06:34.100 dispensationalism. 06:34.200 --> 06:38.780 Now, this type of dispensationalism is what, like, our fundamental Baptist brethren would 06:38.780 --> 06:45.240 fall into, because these people, they agree with a lot of the, you know, the prophetic 06:45.240 --> 06:48.080 statements, the Bible interpretation. 06:48.080 --> 06:51.540 The only difference is they want to separate themselves as much as possible from classical 06:51.540 --> 06:56.260 dispensationalism because of the heretical teaching of salvation. 06:56.260 --> 06:58.500 So these people are right on salvation, okay? 06:59.600 --> 07:01.600 You know, they're right on salvation. 07:01.600 --> 07:03.880 They believe that salvation is by grace through faith, 07:03.880 --> 07:06.720 that all you have to do is believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 07:06.720 --> 07:09.640 that people in the Old Testament look forward to the cross 07:09.640 --> 07:12.240 just as we look back to the cross in order to be saved. 07:12.240 --> 07:13.560 They agree with all that, 07:13.560 --> 07:16.080 but they still believe that the Jews are God's chosen people. 07:16.080 --> 07:18.960 They believe that God has a plan for them in the end times 07:18.960 --> 07:22.320 and all these other fairy tales that don't really exist, okay? 07:23.300 --> 07:27.580 Now, here's the thing though, folks, is that a lot of people will look at dispensationalists 07:27.580 --> 07:31.100 today on the internet and be like, well, none of them are saved. 07:31.100 --> 07:33.720 All the Zionists are just not saved whatsoever. 07:33.720 --> 07:38.480 But hold on a second, there is a group called Revised Dispensationalists that do agree with 07:38.480 --> 07:40.020 us when it comes to salvation. 07:40.020 --> 07:41.020 And so they are saved. 07:41.020 --> 07:48.120 They're just off on this particular section where they interpret the Bible as being centered 07:48.120 --> 07:51.300 around the nation of Israel and that God will use them once again. 07:51.300 --> 07:52.700 in the future and so forth. 07:52.700 --> 07:54.220 So this is revised dispensation. 07:54.220 --> 07:56.300 In fact, I would say, believe it or not, 07:56.300 --> 07:57.700 don't throw any tomatoes at me. 07:57.700 --> 08:01.300 I was a revised dispensationless at one point or another. 08:01.300 --> 08:03.260 Don't boo me, please. 08:03.260 --> 08:05.700 I've changed my ways long ago. 08:05.700 --> 08:07.780 I was only a revised dispensationless probably 08:07.780 --> 08:10.020 for a couple of maybe two or three years. 08:10.020 --> 08:12.700 And then obviously, I came to the knowledge of the truth. 08:13.200 --> 08:15.520 So you have classical dispensationalism, 08:15.520 --> 08:17.680 you have a revised dispensationalism, 08:17.680 --> 08:21.280 and then you have hyper-dispensationalism. 08:21.280 --> 08:22.700 Now these guys are bad. 08:22.700 --> 08:28.380 Okay, not only as noted by hyper, okay, you know, they're like hardcore 08:28.860 --> 08:35.940 You know dispensational salvation and these guys even go as far as to say it's not seven different dispensations 08:35.940 --> 08:42.420 There's like ten different there's like fourteen different dispensations and a lot of their arguments and positions are centered around 08:42.820 --> 08:46.820 When did the church actually start? They didn't start in Matthew chapter 16 08:46.820 --> 08:50.460 it started well after the day of Pentecost somewhere in between or 08:50.700 --> 08:55.260 in the middle of the book of Acts, and they get into a lot of vain jangling and navel 08:55.260 --> 08:57.800 gazing when it comes to the start of the church. 08:58.200 --> 09:00.160 So let's talk about the main one, which 09:00.160 --> 09:02.120 is classical dispensationalism. 09:02.120 --> 09:06.120 This is essentially where all dispensationalism comes from. 09:06.120 --> 09:09.040 And this is why dispensationalism should just 09:09.040 --> 09:11.200 be rejected outright. 09:11.200 --> 09:11.700 Why? 09:11.700 --> 09:12.840 Because of its origins. 09:12.840 --> 09:14.520 It doesn't have any righteous origins. 09:14.520 --> 09:17.640 It doesn't have a person who started off right, 09:17.640 --> 09:20.160 but then he got off track somewhere along the line. 09:20.160 --> 09:21.400 Bro started off bad. 09:22.400 --> 09:24.860 Now when we think of classical dispensationalism, 09:24.860 --> 09:26.960 though there are people in the past 09:26.960 --> 09:29.280 that taught some of this structure 09:29.280 --> 09:31.540 that we know today as dispensationalism, 09:31.540 --> 09:34.960 the main guy, the father of modern dispensationalism, 09:34.960 --> 09:38.540 as they call him, is John Nelson Darby, okay? 09:39.580 --> 09:41.900 He is the human instrument, 09:41.900 --> 09:45.160 the architect of modern dispensationalism, 09:45.160 --> 09:47.000 and he's the one who's largely responsible 09:47.000 --> 09:49.240 for constructing this idea. 09:49.240 --> 09:49.400 you 09:49.400 --> 09:52.200 and fathering it. 09:52.200 --> 09:56.000 Now originally he was actually an Anglican clergyman 09:56.000 --> 09:59.840 in Ireland before he became a major figure 09:59.840 --> 10:01.560 within the Plymouth Brethren. 10:01.560 --> 10:05.140 In the early 1820s, 1830s or so, he 10:05.140 --> 10:07.840 began to construct the principal doctrines of what 10:07.840 --> 10:10.240 became known as classical dispensationalism. 10:10.300 --> 10:11.900 Now what a lot of people think is that 10:11.900 --> 10:15.660 Johnathan Darby was the one responsible for dividing history 10:15.660 --> 10:19.260 into various ages, but that's actually not true, okay? 10:19.800 --> 10:25.600 Meaning that you know a lot of people think oh man dispensationalism the divisions of history that guy's the one who came up with it 10:25.600 --> 10:28.200 Well, technically you can see that in the Bible 10:28.280 --> 10:34.460 But even then there's people even prior to him that taught the divisions throughout history 10:34.500 --> 10:41.680 He's the one who's largely responsible for interpreting those divisions as relating to salvation and the nation of Israel 10:41.680 --> 10:43.680 That's an important thing to know okay? 10:44.700 --> 10:48.340 And so he's the one who constructed that particular idea, 10:48.340 --> 10:51.440 and he's the one responsible for asserting, listen to this, 10:51.440 --> 10:53.480 that there are two peoples of God. 10:54.300 --> 10:59.940 Now, you hear this a lot today where people say, you know, the Jews are God's chosen people, 10:59.940 --> 11:00.940 but so are we. 11:00.940 --> 11:04.860 You know, if we're believers, if we believe the right gospel, we're the chosen, we're 11:04.860 --> 11:07.340 God's people, but they're also the people of God. 11:07.340 --> 11:09.780 And it's just like, that kind of doesn't make sense because the Jews are going to go to 11:09.780 --> 11:11.900 hell if they don't believe on Jesus Christ. 11:11.900 --> 11:14.660 How can the chosen people of God go to hell, right? 11:14.660 --> 11:16.520 It just doesn't make any sense whatsoever. 11:16.520 --> 11:20.980 But he's the one who actually constructed the idea that there are two peoples of God, 11:20.980 --> 11:22.300 And that is an absurd. 11:22.300 --> 11:26.940 It's not a third idea, it's not true, it's not a biblical concept, okay? 11:26.940 --> 11:29.500 And this is not a sermon against Zionism, obviously we're going to mention a little 11:29.500 --> 11:33.980 bit of it, but you know, the Jews were God's chosen people in the Old Testament. 11:34.500 --> 11:39.380 Under the old covenant doesn't mean they were saved. It just means collectively as a physical nation 11:39.980 --> 11:48.160 They were viewed as the chosen people of God through the physical act of circumcision and the keeping of the old covenant 11:48.160 --> 11:56.020 Okay, but once we transition into the New Testament, you know God emphasizes the circumcision of the hearts, right? 11:56.980 --> 11:58.600 circumcision of the spirit 11:58.700 --> 12:02.500 What that circumcision is referring to is the belief in our heart 12:03.100 --> 12:05.620 Our play our faith that's placed on Jesus Christ 12:05.660 --> 12:06.380 Okay 12:06.380 --> 12:13.140 The fact that the old man is crucified with him with the affections and lusts the fact that we've placed our faith in him exclusively 12:13.220 --> 12:16.640 For salvation I mean I say this if you're visiting with us today 12:16.640 --> 12:21.880 And you have not believed on the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Bible you will go to hell 12:22.600 --> 12:29.240 Meaning that if you were to die at this moment, you would split hell wide open. 12:29.240 --> 12:34.200 Not because, oh, well I've never murdered anybody, I've never committed some horrible 12:34.200 --> 12:35.200 crime. 12:35.200 --> 12:38.280 Yeah, but the Bible says whosoever keepeth the whole law, yet offendeth in one point, 12:38.280 --> 12:39.160 he is guilty of all. 12:39.400 --> 12:42.100 And the Bible says for all that sin it comes short of the glory of God. 12:42.100 --> 12:45.300 That there's not adjustment upon earth that do with good and sin it not. 12:45.300 --> 12:50.700 And so according to the Bible, you go to hell because you are a sinner regardless of how many sins you've committed. 12:50.700 --> 12:55.900 Because in God's eyes you're just categorized as a sinner for breaking even the least of the commandments. 12:55.900 --> 13:01.700 However, if you place your faith in Jesus Christ, who sacrificed himself 2,000 years ago, 13:02.500 --> 13:07.140 where the sins of the whole world, yours included, came upon his own body. 13:07.140 --> 13:10.340 He paid for sins past, present, and future, big and small. 13:10.340 --> 13:17.220 If you place your faith in him, the Bible says that his righteousness, his perfection, is imputed unto you. 13:17.220 --> 13:22.260 You are forgiven of all sins, and you are given eternal life indefinitely. 13:22.900 --> 13:28.400 Meaning it's never taken away. Okay, it's called everlasting for a reason because it never ends 13:28.400 --> 13:33.740 And if you could lose your salvation that means it was a temporal salvation because you could lose it at any time 13:33.740 --> 13:37.660 But the Bible promises us eternal life meaning a life that never ends 13:38.260 --> 13:42.980 Jesus said I give unto them eternal life and they shall listen to this never perish 13:43.340 --> 13:46.140 Neither shall any man yourself included obviously 13:46.600 --> 13:49.240 neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand, the Bible says. 13:49.240 --> 13:51.600 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life, 13:51.600 --> 13:53.800 he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, 13:53.800 --> 13:55.840 but the wrath of God abideth on him. 13:55.840 --> 13:59.040 So if you're tired of being a second class citizen to the Jews, 13:59.040 --> 14:00.000 just get saved. 14:01.000 --> 14:06.040 If you're tired of just like, oh man, I'm not chosen, I'm a second class citizen, well, 14:06.040 --> 14:07.480 you don't have to be. 14:07.480 --> 14:13.880 You can actually be a saved, chosen person of God, the elect, if you believe on the Lord 14:13.880 --> 14:15.840 Jesus Christ, and that's all that's needed. 14:15.840 --> 14:19.800 And of course, we know that we're not second class citizens in comparison to the Jews. 14:19.800 --> 14:23.100 According to the Bible, they are of the synagogue of Satan. 14:23.100 --> 14:27.280 They will go to hell because they not only rejected Jesus Christ, but they promoted his 14:27.280 --> 14:28.960 crucifixion thereby 14:29.000 --> 14:34.460 curing the wrath of God upon them from all ages since the you know the 14:34.460 --> 14:36.400 crucifixion 2,000 years ago. 14:36.600 --> 14:42.200 The point being here is that John Nelson Dobry was the one largely responsible for infiltrating 14:42.200 --> 14:48.620 Christianity with this heretical teaching, thereby placing the nation of Israel on a 14:48.620 --> 14:54.440 pedestal above all nations and essentially trying to fit that into Bible prophecy. 14:54.440 --> 14:58.460 He's largely responsible for propagating the false doctrine, even of the pre-tribulation 14:58.460 --> 14:58.960 rapture. 15:00.000 --> 15:03.040 Now again, a lot of people have this knee-jerk reaction 15:03.040 --> 15:05.080 when they hear about the rapture because of the fact 15:05.080 --> 15:09.160 that it's largely associated with the pre-tribulation 15:09.160 --> 15:09.880 rapture. 15:09.880 --> 15:11.340 And people automatically think, well, 15:11.340 --> 15:13.440 because the pre-tribulation rapture is false, 15:13.440 --> 15:15.440 because it's a false doctrine, that means 15:15.440 --> 15:17.560 the rapture is a false doctrine. 15:17.560 --> 15:19.560 And this is why a lot of people today 15:19.560 --> 15:23.720 are being deceived by another heresy known as preterism. 15:23.720 --> 15:26.680 So they're hopping from one heresy to the next. 15:27.300 --> 15:31.700 They can't stand the pre-tribulation rapture, Zionism. 15:31.700 --> 15:38.900 They reject it so hard that it pushes them into another false doctrine known as preterism. 15:38.900 --> 15:47.100 The idea that all of these prophetic statements in the book of Revelation, in the New Testament, have already happened. 15:47.100 --> 15:50.400 The rapture is not a real thing. This is what they'll say. 15:51.100 --> 15:52.980 You know, it essentially already took place. 15:52.980 --> 15:55.540 The second coming of Christ has already taken place. 15:55.540 --> 15:58.060 But that is also a heretical teaching. 15:58.060 --> 16:00.700 And let me just remind you, you can believe in the rapture 16:00.700 --> 16:03.540 and still reject the pre-tribulation rapture. 16:03.540 --> 16:04.900 Because the biblical position when 16:04.900 --> 16:07.100 it comes to the second coming of Christ 16:07.100 --> 16:11.340 is the fact that we have to know when is that, OK? 16:11.340 --> 16:13.740 And according to Matthew 24, the Bible 16:13.740 --> 16:17.620 tells us that he comes after the tribulation, not before it. 16:17.620 --> 16:18.120 OK? 16:18.120 --> 16:18.200 you 16:19.000 --> 16:21.440 But who's the one responsible for pushing this? 16:21.440 --> 16:22.960 John Nelson Darby. 16:22.960 --> 16:27.840 Now, you know, a lot of people have asserted that he 16:27.840 --> 16:32.240 essentially got this idea from a Scotswoman named Margaret 16:32.240 --> 16:34.000 McDonald, who had this dream. 16:34.000 --> 16:35.240 She had this vision. 16:35.600 --> 16:38.800 Okay? In 1830 about the eminency of Jesus Christ. 16:38.800 --> 16:43.500 I would agree with that accusation because he's so closely associated with this person 16:43.500 --> 16:47.300 that it's possible that he adopted this particular teaching from this woman. 16:47.300 --> 16:50.300 But for sure they got it from the same demon. Okay? 16:50.300 --> 16:54.200 Whatever demonic entity Margaret got it from, you know, 16:54.200 --> 16:56.800 he just went to John Nelson Darby and he got it too. 16:56.800 --> 17:01.900 It's like the same demon that appeared to Joseph Smith as the same one who appeared to Muhammad. 17:01.900 --> 17:02.500 Right? 17:03.300 --> 17:06.700 You know, whatever demon that was, he just wasn't very creative. 17:06.700 --> 17:10.940 He just repackaged it and went west. 17:10.940 --> 17:14.500 You know, he did it to Muhammad and he was just like, well, just go over there and say the same thing. 17:14.500 --> 17:21.540 Just, just, just call yourself Moroni, you know, and, you know, do it to a white man over there, you know, whatever. 17:21.540 --> 17:22.580 It's the same thing. 17:22.580 --> 17:25.740 So, yeah, you know, Joseph Smith and Muhammad never met. 17:26.000 --> 17:30.800 But they definitely encountered the same demonic entity that was teaching that doctrine, right? 17:30.800 --> 17:34.200 And the same thing goes with John Nelson Darby and Margaret MacDonald. 17:34.200 --> 17:38.000 And so it's likely that he borrowed the idea from her and then later developed it, 17:38.000 --> 17:41.200 matured it to what we know today as being the pre-Tribulation Rapture. 17:41.200 --> 17:47.800 Well then Darby ended up coming to the states in order to teach the dispensational system 17:47.800 --> 17:52.300 amongst Bible conferences, brethren assemblies in the late 1800s. 17:52.800 --> 17:54.540 And he's the one who essentially provided 17:54.540 --> 17:57.640 that theological architecture. 17:57.640 --> 17:59.080 Now the person who was largely responsible 17:59.080 --> 18:01.120 for transmitting Darby's ideas. 18:01.600 --> 18:04.400 was actually a guy by the name of C.I. Schofield. 18:04.400 --> 18:07.760 So Darby was very successful in constructing 18:07.760 --> 18:10.640 this heretical position and even preaching 18:10.640 --> 18:12.400 in amongst the churches in America, 18:12.400 --> 18:16.480 but the one who really gave it a lot of momentum, 18:16.480 --> 18:19.040 the one who really disseminated this doctrine 18:19.040 --> 18:22.640 was actually Cyrus Ingersun Schofield. 18:22.900 --> 18:25.900 A lot of you know him as C.I. Schofield 18:25.900 --> 18:31.100 and often associate him with the Schofield reference Bible. 18:31.100 --> 18:33.900 Well, this is a Bible, a commentary Bible, 18:33.900 --> 18:35.800 that was published in 1909. 18:36.100 --> 18:42.100 And this is one of the first kind of it because what he did was essentially insert his commentary. 18:42.100 --> 18:47.100 There was very dispensational, it was very dispensational salvation. 18:47.100 --> 18:51.100 It emphasized the Jews of law and the nation of Israel within the Bible. 18:51.100 --> 18:58.000 And people often read that commentary almost as if it was just as inspired as the Bible. 18:58.500 --> 19:04.500 And so, you know, this was propagated in a lot of Bible colleges, a lot of seminaries, a lot of pulpits. 19:04.500 --> 19:09.500 They spread that Bible within Christianity in America. 19:09.500 --> 19:17.500 And in fact, by the time World War II ended, they had sold at least two million copies of the Schofield Reference Bible. 19:17.500 --> 19:22.500 And people had largely accepted its dispensational teaching as being biblical. 19:22.500 --> 19:26.500 Okay, now you fast forward a couple decades, that's why dispensate. 19:26.500 --> 19:29.980 Nationalism is so ingrained within a lot of churches, 19:29.980 --> 19:32.620 not just Baptist churches, non-denom churches. 19:32.620 --> 19:34.280 People just accept it as, well, that 19:34.280 --> 19:35.680 is the position of Christians. 19:35.680 --> 19:37.620 That's always been the position of Christians. 19:37.620 --> 19:38.700 Wrong, it hasn't. 19:39.900 --> 19:45.980 It gained a lot of momentum in the 1800s and, of course, 19:45.980 --> 19:50.100 early 1900s through these particular individuals. 19:50.100 --> 19:52.980 And he's the one who's largely responsible for talking 19:52.980 --> 19:57.020 about the law versus grace, using terms such as the church 19:57.020 --> 20:01.740 age, talking about the prophetic clock of Israel. 20:02.400 --> 20:05.440 Talking about the church as a parenthetical era. 20:05.440 --> 20:06.280 Okay? 20:06.280 --> 20:09.740 You know, talking about the pre-tribulation rapture. 20:09.740 --> 20:12.640 The future seven year tribulation. 20:12.640 --> 20:13.700 And you're listening to this like, 20:13.700 --> 20:16.540 well, I thought this was, isn't that what the Bible teaches? 20:16.540 --> 20:19.440 No, you just heard it so much that you thought it's true, 20:19.440 --> 20:21.580 but none of this stuff is in the Bible. 20:21.580 --> 20:22.300 Okay? 20:23.000 --> 20:27.600 There is no prophetical clock for Israel in the Bible. 20:27.600 --> 20:30.880 There is no future seven-year tribulation. 20:30.880 --> 20:33.640 There are a total of seven years being mentioned 20:33.640 --> 20:35.880 in the book of Revelation, but again, 20:35.880 --> 20:38.720 what is the leaven that leavens the whole lump? 20:38.720 --> 20:40.160 That term tribulation. 20:40.400 --> 20:48.920 Asserting that those entire seven years are all tribulation when it's not okay, and they often assert that this seven year tribulation is all about the nation of Israel 20:48.920 --> 20:53.320 It's all about the Jews you and I will be gone before that we don't have to worry about that 20:53.320 --> 20:59.360 And then what happens the Antichrist comes and he starts chopping off Christians heads because they were under this deception 20:59.360 --> 21:05.920 They're supposed to be gone by them okay, and of course the teaching that there would be a return of national Israel 21:06.500 --> 21:09.500 to the center of God's earthly dealings, 21:10.500 --> 21:12.500 which is why we should support 21:12.500 --> 21:15.500 the political ideology of Zionism. 21:15.500 --> 21:17.500 So now you understand, you're like, 21:17.500 --> 21:21.500 why do so many Christians, why are they so pro-Israel 21:21.500 --> 21:23.500 and pro-the political ideology of Israel? 21:23.500 --> 21:26.500 It's because people have tied it into the Bible. 21:26.500 --> 21:28.500 Not that there's any tie there. 21:28.900 --> 21:33.060 But if you teach this deception for so long, 21:33.060 --> 21:34.940 after a while, just people start believing it 21:34.940 --> 21:37.200 without actually researching it themselves. 21:37.200 --> 21:39.460 Then they come into Christianity or they go into church 21:39.460 --> 21:42.100 with these preconceived ideas believing that, 21:42.100 --> 21:43.240 well, this must be true, 21:43.240 --> 21:44.900 because it's what my pastor taught. 21:44.900 --> 21:46.780 This is what all the great preachers have taught 21:46.780 --> 21:48.360 over the last couple of decades. 21:48.360 --> 21:49.900 This is what all the books are saying. 21:49.900 --> 21:52.700 I mean, how about left behind, right? 21:52.700 --> 21:53.980 I read all the books. 21:53.980 --> 21:54.100 you 21:54.300 --> 21:56.140 You know, I saw the movies and all this. 21:56.140 --> 21:57.600 And so people just start thinking, 21:57.600 --> 22:01.020 well, if this is the common narrative in Christianity, 22:01.020 --> 22:01.860 it must be true. 22:01.860 --> 22:06.500 But that's not a proper way to approach a doctrine. 22:06.500 --> 22:09.300 And so we see that C.I. Schofield 22:09.300 --> 22:13.620 was the one largely responsible for this, its dissemination 22:13.620 --> 22:14.220 throughout. 22:14.220 --> 22:14.400 you 22:15.000 --> 22:20.000 Now, another guy that I want to mention is a man by the name of Clarence Larkin. 22:20.000 --> 22:26.000 Clarence Larkin, if you ever look at dispensationalism or its charts, he's the one who's responsible 22:26.000 --> 22:31.000 for actually drawing out those charts and systematizing them, making them look all elaborate. 22:31.000 --> 22:35.000 Those are the charts that are actually found in the Schofield Reference Bible. 22:35.700 --> 22:39.700 And so he is the one responsible for drafting a lot of those things. 22:39.700 --> 22:44.700 He was a mechanical engineer and a draftsman prior to him becoming a Baptist minister. 22:44.700 --> 22:53.700 And he essentially systematized these dispensational teachings into diagrams that were very visually elaborate and enticing. 22:53.700 --> 22:56.700 People liked it and said, oh man, it's a chart so it must be true. 22:57.100 --> 22:59.280 You know, you make a char, you put all these drawings on it, 22:59.280 --> 23:01.440 and it's just like, yep, checks out, you know, 23:01.440 --> 23:02.660 just because it looks elaborate. 23:02.660 --> 23:04.260 But obviously, it's not biblical. 23:04.260 --> 23:05.360 It's not true. 23:05.360 --> 23:07.400 Now let me just say this is that, you know, when you talk 23:07.400 --> 23:08.640 to dispensationalists, 23:09.000 --> 23:11.340 and you let them know this history and say, 23:11.340 --> 23:14.000 hey, you know, John Nelson Darby is this guy 23:14.000 --> 23:15.300 from the Plymouth Brethren. 23:15.300 --> 23:16.740 He didn't believe in the right salvation. 23:16.740 --> 23:17.720 You know, you go to a Baptist, 23:17.720 --> 23:18.900 someone who believes in the right salvation, 23:18.900 --> 23:20.900 you say, you know, this stuff is like associated 23:20.900 --> 23:24.460 with the guy who, you know, did not teach the right salvation. 23:24.460 --> 23:25.900 He wasn't even a Baptist. 23:25.900 --> 23:27.780 This guy was an absolute heretic. 23:27.780 --> 23:31.340 He's believing these dreams and visions of McDonald 23:31.340 --> 23:33.960 and he has a lot of questionable things about him, 23:33.960 --> 23:35.380 including C.I. Schofield. 23:35.380 --> 23:37.000 They'll say, oh no, you know. 23:37.000 --> 23:39.640 He's not the first one who taught this. 23:39.640 --> 23:43.240 There's people before John Nelson Darby that actually 23:43.240 --> 23:45.520 promoted dispensationalism. 23:45.520 --> 23:49.600 Now, they're simply parroting what other people have said. 23:49.600 --> 23:53.040 And again, there's a half truth to that. 23:53.040 --> 23:54.120 Now, what is the half truth? 23:54.120 --> 23:55.660 The half truth is this is that there 23:55.660 --> 23:59.400 have been people prior to John Nelson Darby who 23:59.400 --> 24:01.800 taught the divisions of biblical history. 24:02.800 --> 24:09.800 But these people did not teach that these divisions affect salvation or the nation of Israel. 24:09.800 --> 24:14.800 So it's very crafty, okay? It's a very crafty statement. 24:14.800 --> 24:19.800 And often when you talk to these people, they're like, oh, so you don't think God divided the Bible? 24:19.800 --> 24:26.600 You don't believe that there is an age of Adam and Eve and Noah and then the old covenant with Moses 24:26.600 --> 24:28.200 and that we're in a new covenant? 24:28.200 --> 24:29.800 And it's just like, well, I do believe that. 24:29.800 --> 24:32.800 Oh, OK, then you must believe in dispensationalism. 24:32.800 --> 24:35.800 But what are they doing? This is called a false dilemma. 24:37.000 --> 24:41.840 What they're doing is they're saying, well, if you reject the divisions of the Bible, 24:41.840 --> 24:45.720 that means that you reject the Bible because the Bible teaches these divisions. 24:45.720 --> 24:49.840 And if you believe in the divisions of the Bible, then you should also believe that the 24:49.840 --> 24:55.120 Jews are still God's chosen people and that God did divide these eras into various forms 24:55.120 --> 24:56.420 of salvation. 24:56.420 --> 24:57.980 But that is 100% false. 24:57.980 --> 25:02.080 And we often say, well, John L. Sundarby is the father of modern dispensationalism. 25:02.080 --> 25:04.680 They're like, no, people have taught this for years. 25:05.000 --> 25:07.940 not the one who came up with this. There are plenty of people who have talked about this, 25:07.940 --> 25:12.640 but what they don't mention to you is none of these people, none of these individuals, 25:12.640 --> 25:16.240 which some of them are even questionable, but none of them taught that any of that was 25:16.240 --> 25:20.360 associated with salvation or the modern state of Israel. 25:21.600 --> 25:24.960 Let me give you a couple people here before we get into some Bible. 25:24.960 --> 25:33.200 There's a man in 1687 named Pierre Poiret who talked about the divisions of the Bible. 25:33.200 --> 25:37.760 He wrote a book entitled The Divine Economy in 1687. 25:37.760 --> 25:41.920 A man by the name of John Edwards, not to be mistaken with Jonathan Edwards, 25:41.920 --> 25:49.360 in 1699 he published a complete history or survey of all the dispensations referring to those divisions. 25:49.600 --> 25:53.920 of the Bible. Isaac Watts, early 18th century, 25:53.920 --> 25:57.760 wrote about the different dispensations of God in the harmony of all religions 25:57.760 --> 25:59.120 which God ever prescribed 25:59.120 --> 26:02.680 to men. You know, he recognized the dispensation of 26:02.680 --> 26:06.080 innocence, the fall, Noah, 26:06.080 --> 26:09.360 the Abrahamic dispensation, the Mosaic dispensation, 26:09.360 --> 26:12.440 and the Christian dispensation. But again, 26:12.440 --> 26:14.600 none of these individuals taught 26:14.900 --> 26:18.180 that because God divided history into various eras, 26:18.180 --> 26:21.300 that means the gospel was also divided, 26:21.300 --> 26:23.420 because that's just not true. 26:23.420 --> 26:26.540 And I'm telling you right now, that is the major leaven 26:26.540 --> 26:29.180 that these hyper-dispensationalists 26:29.180 --> 26:32.940 and classical dispensationalists insert into the Bible. 26:32.940 --> 26:34.340 It's a false dilemma. 26:34.340 --> 26:35.980 Now, you're in Acts chapter 10. 26:35.980 --> 26:37.300 Let's look at verse 43. 26:38.200 --> 26:44.200 Let me say this is that biblical dispensationalism does not teach multiple ways of salvation. 26:44.200 --> 26:45.920 Okay? 26:45.920 --> 26:50.360 Meaning that people throughout history have gotten saved the same exact way that you and 26:50.360 --> 26:52.040 I got saved. 26:52.040 --> 26:53.040 So how did you get saved? 26:53.040 --> 26:58.000 I got saved by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. 26:58.000 --> 27:01.400 And now people say, yeah, but what about people in the Old Testament who didn't know the name 27:01.400 --> 27:02.400 of Jesus? 27:02.400 --> 27:05.920 Well, they didn't know the name of Jesus, but they knew the Christ. 27:07.400 --> 27:09.400 Okay, which is still Jesus 27:10.280 --> 27:16.800 They believed on the Christ and of course, we know that the names of God are progressively being revealed 27:17.120 --> 27:20.320 Throughout the Old Testament by the time we get to the New Testament 27:20.520 --> 27:25.080 The Bible tells us that we have to believe on the Lord, but not just the Lord the Lord Jesus Christ 27:25.800 --> 27:33.680 Which is why you have disciples going into various synagogues throughout the New Testament preaching Christ and saying that Jesus is the very Christ 27:34.300 --> 27:35.840 In other words, it's like, hey, you know the Christ 27:35.840 --> 27:37.100 that you claim to believe in? 27:37.100 --> 27:39.460 OK, Jesus is actually him. 27:39.460 --> 27:41.980 If they rejected that, they're not saved. 27:41.980 --> 27:43.980 If they're like, oh yeah, checks out, makes sense, 27:43.980 --> 27:45.640 this person's saved. 27:45.640 --> 27:46.140 Why? 27:46.140 --> 27:49.360 Because people have to believe on Jesus in order to be saved. 27:49.360 --> 27:51.220 And let me make myself very clear. 27:51.220 --> 27:54.140 Jesus. 27:54.140 --> 27:56.460 People weren't talking about Yeshua. 27:56.460 --> 28:00.060 They weren't talking about Yahweh or whatever. 28:00.060 --> 28:00.300 Thanks for watching! 28:00.500 --> 28:06.100 The Greek New Testament uses the term that we transliterate today as being Jesus. 28:06.100 --> 28:07.100 Okay? 28:07.100 --> 28:09.100 You know, in Spanish it's Jesus. 28:09.100 --> 28:13.100 Obviously in other forms it's Isus, but generally it's that name Jesus. 28:13.100 --> 28:15.100 It's not Yahashua. 28:15.100 --> 28:15.900 Okay? 28:16.300 --> 28:22.540 So it's very important for us to make that distinction because a lot of times you have people who are constantly promoting this name 28:22.540 --> 28:28.100 And you may think to yourself well that sounds kind of legitimate isn't that what they call them isn't that what his name was 28:28.100 --> 28:30.940 Well number one you don't know how Hebrew was pronounced first and foremost 28:30.940 --> 28:36.180 But number two even when Jesus spoke of himself or when other people spoke of him they used the Greek name 28:36.900 --> 28:42.560 Okay, and a lot of times people who use that name Yahushua. They don't have the right salvation 28:43.000 --> 28:45.240 They have a lot of other weird doctrines. 28:45.240 --> 28:49.840 This is commonly referred to as the Hebrew Roots Movement. 28:49.840 --> 28:51.480 But that's a sermon for another day. 28:51.480 --> 28:56.160 Point being here is that people were saved throughout history 28:56.160 --> 28:57.960 with the same salvation by believing 28:57.960 --> 28:59.320 on the Lord Jesus Christ. 28:59.320 --> 29:00.700 Now you say, why is that important? 29:00.700 --> 29:02.440 Well, because dispensationalism asserts 29:02.440 --> 29:05.120 no, people in the Old Testament were saved 29:05.120 --> 29:07.600 by the animal sacrifices. 29:07.600 --> 29:08.100 Right? 29:08.300 --> 29:13.800 Because you'll have people getting their sins forgiven by offering a sacrifice in various forms like that. 29:13.800 --> 29:19.100 And they think to themselves, well that means that the message of salvation was different back then. 29:19.100 --> 29:20.100 Okay? 29:20.900 --> 29:27.100 But let me just remind you that the Bible teaches that the blood of the bulls and goats can never take away sin. 29:27.100 --> 29:27.900 Amen. 29:27.900 --> 29:28.900 So the Bible says. 29:28.900 --> 29:29.400 Right. 29:29.400 --> 29:31.100 That there are shadow of things to come. 29:31.100 --> 29:31.600 Right. 29:31.600 --> 29:35.100 Meaning sacrificing an animal in the Old Testament. 29:35.200 --> 29:38.700 cannot permanently remove your sins. 29:39.700 --> 29:44.700 They were intended to be a foreshadowing of the Lamb of God 29:44.700 --> 29:46.200 who should take away the sins of the world. 29:46.700 --> 29:47.200 Understand? 29:47.700 --> 29:50.700 And the people who are performing these sacrifices 29:50.700 --> 29:53.700 are doing it already believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. 29:54.700 --> 29:59.700 The reason they're performing these sacrifices is to get their daily sins forgiven. 30:00.100 --> 30:02.500 Just like you and I, each and every day, what do we do? 30:02.500 --> 30:04.300 We confess our sins unto the Lord, 30:04.300 --> 30:07.380 not to maintain salvation, not to get salvation, 30:07.380 --> 30:11.780 but to maintain communion with God, a right relationship 30:11.780 --> 30:12.940 with the Lord, right? 30:12.940 --> 30:14.740 The Bible says if we confess our sins, 30:14.740 --> 30:17.020 He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 30:17.020 --> 30:19.460 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 30:19.460 --> 30:21.140 So yeah, at the moment of salvation, 30:21.140 --> 30:23.300 we get our sins forgiven, past, present, and future. 30:23.300 --> 30:25.660 But let's just be honest, we sin every single day, though. 30:25.660 --> 30:25.700 you 30:26.400 --> 30:31.120 We commit sins with our mind, we commit sins with our tongue, we commit sins with our actions. 30:31.120 --> 30:37.040 Therefore, it is important for us to confess our sins on a daily basis. And you know what? 30:37.040 --> 30:41.280 We don't need to offer our animal sacrifice like they did in the Old Testament. We can literally, 30:41.840 --> 30:47.840 as the priest of God, go before the Lord and offer the sacrifices of praise unto him, as the Bible 30:47.840 --> 30:51.760 says. Confess our sins and be forgiven. Look at Acts 10 verse 43. 30:52.400 --> 30:55.800 It says here, to him give all the prophets witness. 30:55.800 --> 30:57.560 Now who are the prophets? 30:57.560 --> 30:59.800 The prophets of the Old Testament? 30:59.800 --> 31:06.480 Jeremiah, Isaiah, Malachi, Nahum, Micaiah. 31:06.480 --> 31:09.000 All the prophets witness to him, referring to Jesus, 31:09.000 --> 31:13.040 give all the prophets witness that through his name, 31:13.040 --> 31:16.800 whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. 31:16.800 --> 31:19.000 Sounds to me like salvation hadn't changed. 31:20.000 --> 31:22.800 Because this is exactly what we're preaching today. 31:22.800 --> 31:25.440 That if you're going to receive the forgiveness of sins, which 31:25.440 --> 31:28.680 is exactly what remission means, what do you have to do? 31:28.680 --> 31:31.240 Believe on the Lord. 31:31.240 --> 31:33.600 And the Bible says that this is what the prophets were preaching. 31:33.600 --> 31:35.920 No, they had a different gospel. 31:35.920 --> 31:37.120 And they'll even say this. 31:37.120 --> 31:40.280 They'll say that Paul's gospel, listen to this, 31:40.280 --> 31:43.640 is different from Jesus' gospel, which is crazy. 31:44.800 --> 31:47.600 You know, you have people today even asserting that Paul 31:47.600 --> 31:48.900 was a false prophet now. 31:48.900 --> 31:50.680 They're saying that Paul's a false prophet, 31:50.680 --> 31:54.080 that he corrupted Christianity, that all this nonsense. 31:54.080 --> 31:56.160 You know, the people that Paul was warning us about 31:56.160 --> 31:58.520 are now warning us about Paul. 31:58.520 --> 31:59.760 Define irony, right? 31:59.760 --> 31:59.800 you 32:00.900 --> 32:05.700 So you have people saying that Paul had a different gospel than Jesus Christ had. 32:05.700 --> 32:07.800 Well that's interesting because the Apostle Paul said, 32:07.800 --> 32:10.700 in whom you also trusted, after that you heard the word of truth, 32:10.700 --> 32:13.900 the gospel of your salvation, in whom also after that you what? 32:13.900 --> 32:17.100 Believed you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. 32:17.100 --> 32:18.300 And what did Jesus say? 32:18.300 --> 32:20.500 Whosoever believeth in him, right? 32:20.500 --> 32:23.500 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, 32:23.500 --> 32:26.600 that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. 32:26.600 --> 32:28.200 Sounds like it's the same. 32:30.000 --> 32:34.000 How can Jesus have a different gospel than Paul when they're literally saying the same exact thing? 32:34.560 --> 32:35.680 Okay 32:35.680 --> 32:39.920 And what they're asserting is this is like well if you look throughout Jesus's ministry 32:40.400 --> 32:44.660 He often says repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 32:45.300 --> 32:49.900 And that is a different gospel message than just believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. 32:49.900 --> 32:51.700 No, it's not. It's the same exact message. 32:51.700 --> 32:55.600 Because when we believe on Jesus Christ, the Kingdom of God comes within us. 32:55.600 --> 32:58.100 That's why Jesus said the Kingdom of God is within you. 32:58.900 --> 33:04.100 And he's not saying repent of your sins, you know, and be a part of the Kingdom of God. 33:04.100 --> 33:08.300 He's saying repent, meaning stop trusting in whatever it is that you're believing in for salvation 33:08.300 --> 33:09.900 and trust on Jesus Christ. 33:10.300 --> 33:12.100 Why? Because the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. 33:12.300 --> 33:17.620 It's very similar to what the Apostle Paul said in Romans 10 when he said that the word is nigh thee 33:17.780 --> 33:21.800 You know the kingdom of God is nigh into you the word is nigh thee even in thy mouth 33:21.860 --> 33:25.540 That is the word of faith which we preach unto you that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth 33:25.780 --> 33:29.660 The Lord Jesus and believe in thine heart that God had raised them from the dead thou shalt be saved 33:29.940 --> 33:34.700 Okay, and so no there's not any there's there's no different forms of salvation 33:35.060 --> 33:39.580 It's always been the same the Bible says in Acts 13 go to Acts 13 if you would 33:40.300 --> 33:45.300 Acts chapter 13, look at verse 39. 33:45.300 --> 33:48.460 Well I still think that 33:48.460 --> 33:54.420 the animal sacrifices redeemed people because that's that's kinda what it says 33:54.420 --> 33:55.100 in the Old Testament. 33:55.100 --> 33:59.940 I just believe the Bible, brother. I'm just gonna believe the Bible. 33:59.940 --> 34:04.940 That's what the Bible says. Okay then just believe this verse too then. 34:05.900 --> 34:11.500 Look at verse 39, by him all that believe are justified from all things, and I want 34:11.500 --> 34:17.900 you to notice this, from which he could not be justified by the law of Moses. 34:17.900 --> 34:20.660 Believe that? 34:20.660 --> 34:23.660 You know, he's saying there, look, if you believe on Christ, you're justified, and by 34:23.660 --> 34:26.700 the way, the law of Moses can't justify you. 34:26.700 --> 34:27.700 Why? 34:27.700 --> 34:31.100 Because the Bible says, therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the 34:31.100 --> 34:32.700 deeds of the law. 34:33.800 --> 34:35.500 The law could never save anybody. 34:35.500 --> 34:37.800 The Bible says that the law was our schoolmaster 34:37.800 --> 34:39.900 to bring us unto Christ. 34:39.900 --> 34:41.900 Meaning that the intention of the law 34:41.900 --> 34:44.800 is to strip away your righteousness. 34:44.800 --> 34:47.900 To help you to realize that you are not a righteous person. 34:47.900 --> 34:49.400 That you cannot be saved. 34:49.400 --> 34:52.000 The law is there, as it says in Romans 7, 34:52.000 --> 34:55.400 to slay you, to kill you. 34:55.400 --> 34:56.600 Okay? 34:56.600 --> 34:58.200 You know, we're all born with the living spirit 34:58.200 --> 34:59.200 according to the Bible. 34:59.800 --> 35:02.080 But once we're exposed to the standard of God, 35:02.080 --> 35:03.320 we are slain by the law. 35:03.320 --> 35:04.960 And the Bible says in Ephesians 2 35:04.960 --> 35:08.080 that we are dead in our trespasses and sin. 35:08.080 --> 35:10.080 But then what happens when we believe on Christ? 35:10.080 --> 35:12.680 We're quickened together with him, the Bible says. 35:12.680 --> 35:14.160 What does it mean to be quickened? 35:14.160 --> 35:15.720 It means to be brought back to life. 35:15.720 --> 35:19.720 So he resurrects our spirit the moment we're saved. 35:19.720 --> 35:21.080 The law can't do that. 35:21.080 --> 35:22.660 Keeping the law of Moses can't do that. 35:22.660 --> 35:25.000 It couldn't do that then, and it definitely can't do that now. 35:25.600 --> 35:30.240 God never intended for the mosaic law to save anybody. 35:30.240 --> 35:33.840 It was intended to point you to the cross. 35:33.840 --> 35:37.880 And say, hey, you realize how much of a sinner you are, 35:37.880 --> 35:40.880 how godless you are, how you can't save yourself? 35:40.880 --> 35:41.840 Well, guess what? 35:41.840 --> 35:45.400 There's a man who can keep all of God's commandments. 35:45.400 --> 35:47.320 He kept the law of God perfectly. 35:47.320 --> 35:48.400 He is the Christ. 35:48.400 --> 35:51.240 And if you believe on him, you can be saved. 35:51.240 --> 35:51.740 OK? 35:52.300 --> 35:56.860 And it's interesting, you know, the Bible tells us not by works of righteousness, which we have done. 35:58.140 --> 36:02.940 You know, the biblical salvation removes the responsibility from us because we can't save ourselves. 36:04.140 --> 36:10.860 It removes the effort from us. It removes our self-righteousness and it's helping us to realize like I can't save myself. 36:11.580 --> 36:13.580 That's why salvation requires humility. 36:14.780 --> 36:18.720 It requires humility because it requires for you to recognize like I can't do this. 36:20.300 --> 36:22.940 You know, well I don't believe that, I just think you have to repent of your sins. 36:22.940 --> 36:23.940 They're the same thing. 36:23.940 --> 36:26.140 They're the same thing. 36:26.140 --> 36:28.300 People don't realize. 36:28.300 --> 36:33.020 Repenting of your sin and keeping the law of God, same thing. 36:33.020 --> 36:34.860 It's two sides of the same coin. 36:34.860 --> 36:35.860 Why? 36:35.860 --> 36:41.260 Because the Bible says that sin, listen to this, is the transgression of the law. 36:41.260 --> 36:43.220 So when you repent of your sin, what are you doing? 36:43.220 --> 36:44.020 You're keeping the law. 36:45.300 --> 36:47.500 So if you think you have to repent of your sins to be saved, 36:47.500 --> 36:50.000 you're essentially saying, I have to keep the law of God 36:50.000 --> 36:51.420 to be saved. 36:51.420 --> 36:53.980 So you're wrong. 36:53.980 --> 36:56.180 Because you can't do that. 36:56.180 --> 36:59.820 And if you think you can, you just deceive yourself. 36:59.820 --> 37:00.700 Because you can't. 37:01.500 --> 37:06.380 And this is not saying, this is not a sermon, this teaching, this doctrine is not asserting 37:06.380 --> 37:10.160 that we should never keep the laws of God, because obviously the Bible tells us that 37:10.160 --> 37:13.620 if we love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, what happens? 37:13.620 --> 37:18.660 We end up loving our neighbor, and by loving our neighbor, we fulfill the whole law. 37:18.660 --> 37:25.540 In other words, God wants us to keep His statutes, His laws, His precepts, His commandments, 37:25.540 --> 37:28.300 but not for salvation. 37:29.500 --> 37:34.300 And the life hack, the way we can circumvent, 37:34.300 --> 37:36.700 just trying to take off all the commandments of God, 37:36.700 --> 37:39.100 is just love God, love your neighbor, 37:39.100 --> 37:41.460 and if you do that, you fulfill the whole law. 37:41.460 --> 37:44.940 Walk in the spirit and you're fulfilling the law. 37:44.940 --> 37:46.460 Point being here is that there are not 37:46.460 --> 37:47.900 multiple forms of salvation. 37:47.900 --> 37:50.940 Go to Acts 26, Acts 26. 37:50.940 --> 37:52.340 Acts chapter 26, if you would. 37:55.100 --> 37:58.060 And you know what's silly about this dispensational teaching 37:58.060 --> 38:00.060 about salvation is that they assert like, well, 38:00.060 --> 38:01.900 the gospel during Adam and Eve's time 38:01.900 --> 38:04.580 was that they were to not eat of the tree of knowledge 38:04.580 --> 38:05.420 of good and evil. 38:05.420 --> 38:07.140 But that's so silly and absurd because they 38:07.140 --> 38:09.580 didn't need salvation. 38:09.580 --> 38:11.060 They're already alive. 38:11.060 --> 38:14.820 But it's just them trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. 38:15.400 --> 38:18.400 They want dispensationalism to work so bad 38:18.400 --> 38:20.900 that they have to come up with this silly idea 38:20.900 --> 38:24.100 that, well, by not eating that, that's how they got saved. 38:24.100 --> 38:26.300 Wrong, because they were already, quote unquote, saved. 38:26.300 --> 38:29.900 In fact, they weren't even saved, they were just alive. 38:29.900 --> 38:31.800 Okay? 38:31.800 --> 38:34.500 Also, along with that, is the Bible does not teach... 38:34.700 --> 38:37.700 multiple ways of salvation or multiple Gospels 38:37.700 --> 38:39.700 Acts 26 verse 22 look what it says 38:39.700 --> 38:42.700 Having therefore obtained help of God I continued unto this day 38:42.700 --> 38:44.700 witnessing both to small and great 38:44.700 --> 38:46.700 this is the Apostle Paul speaking 38:46.700 --> 38:49.700 saying none other things 38:49.700 --> 38:52.700 than those which the prophets and Moses 38:52.700 --> 38:54.400 did say should come 38:54.600 --> 38:59.080 that Christ should suffer and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead 38:59.080 --> 39:02.080 and should show light unto the people and to the Gentiles. 39:02.080 --> 39:05.320 Now that's important because a lot of these dispensationalists assert that 39:05.320 --> 39:08.480 people in the New Testament didn't even know about a resurrection. 39:08.480 --> 39:10.280 They're like, oh, they didn't know about the resurrection. 39:10.280 --> 39:14.800 Well, how come Paul's saying that he's saying the same exact thing that Moses is saying 39:14.800 --> 39:16.400 and he's talking about the resurrection? 39:17.200 --> 39:21.360 that he should rise from the dead and should show light unto the Gentiles. 39:21.360 --> 39:23.760 I'll tell you why, because that's the sermon that Moses preached. 39:24.400 --> 39:27.840 In other words, the same gospel that they're preaching is the same gospel that the apostle 39:27.840 --> 39:33.280 Paul is preaching as well. Go to Romans 11, Romans chapter 11 if you would, Romans chapter 11. 39:33.280 --> 39:36.720 So there's no multiple ways of salvation. You get saved the same way. 39:36.720 --> 39:39.440 The Jews in the Old Testament got saved the same exact way. 39:40.200 --> 39:42.700 You know, the Benjamins got saved the same exact way. 39:42.700 --> 39:46.900 And in fact, the Canaanites got saved the same exact way. 39:46.900 --> 39:51.140 There's people outside of Israel that got saved. 39:51.140 --> 39:52.500 And in fact, the Bible specifically 39:52.500 --> 39:56.200 said that their sound went into all the earth, 39:56.200 --> 39:59.820 meaning that the gospel was spread in all the earth, 39:59.820 --> 40:01.460 even in the Old Testament. 40:01.460 --> 40:05.300 Now, albeit it spread so much further once we 40:05.300 --> 40:06.540 get into the New Testament. 40:06.900 --> 40:09.400 But it did go pretty far in the Old Testament too. 40:11.400 --> 40:12.900 Look what it says in Romans 11. 40:12.900 --> 40:17.900 So it does not teach that unbelieving, the Bible does not teach that unbelieving Jews are saved 40:17.900 --> 40:20.900 or spiritually privileged outside of Christ. 40:21.900 --> 40:22.400 Okay. 40:22.900 --> 40:24.400 This is what dispensationalism asserts. 40:24.400 --> 40:25.900 Look at Romans 11 verse 7. 40:25.900 --> 40:26.900 What then? 40:26.900 --> 40:29.900 Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for, 40:29.900 --> 40:33.900 but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 40:34.900 --> 40:36.560 Now, define irony. 40:38.900 --> 40:41.500 Zionists love going to Romans 11. 40:41.500 --> 40:43.200 That's like their go-to. 40:43.200 --> 40:44.500 That's like their gotcha, right? 40:44.500 --> 40:46.700 They're like, ah! 40:46.700 --> 40:50.040 You quote Jesus, you quote John 8.44, 40:52.240 --> 40:55.160 you know, Revelation 2.9 and 3.9. 40:56.780 --> 40:58.360 You quote all these verses and it's just like, 40:58.360 --> 40:59.200 Romans 11! 41:01.060 --> 41:01.800 Gotcha! 41:02.000 --> 41:06.440 Well, Romans 11 says that Israel is not the elect, though. 41:06.440 --> 41:08.400 So how do you explain that? 41:08.400 --> 41:11.160 Because it's literally making a distinction between Israel 41:11.160 --> 41:11.720 and the elect. 41:11.720 --> 41:14.920 It says Israel did not obtain that which he's seeking for, 41:14.920 --> 41:17.800 but the election hath obtained it. 41:17.800 --> 41:20.200 So how do you explain that? 41:20.200 --> 41:21.960 If elect, which means chosen, 41:21.960 --> 41:22.000 you 41:22.500 --> 41:28.420 Okay, and if the Jews are the elect they are the chosen then why is it saying that Israel did not obtain it? 41:28.420 --> 41:32.380 But the elect have I'll tell you how because it's referring to saved Israelites 41:32.860 --> 41:35.780 And what does it say the Israelites someone who's believed on the Lord Jesus Christ? 41:36.900 --> 41:42.060 And by proxy according to the Bible. We're also considered the Israel of God 41:42.900 --> 41:48.260 Okay, and so and this is something that is frustrated a lot of people within recent 41:48.700 --> 41:56.300 times within recent years, this hyper fixation on the modern state of Israel and all these things. 41:56.300 --> 42:00.940 And so, you know, it's important to talk about this and to teach people what the Bible actually says. 42:00.940 --> 42:08.220 Right. By the way, Romans 11 debunks Zionism because of the fact that it says that Israel has 42:08.220 --> 42:14.460 been cast away. They assert, well, it says in verse one that they're not cast away. Yeah. But it says 42:14.460 --> 42:16.600 It says in verse 15 that they were. 42:17.000 --> 42:18.240 And why is it saying that? 42:18.240 --> 42:19.920 It's not because it's contradicting itself. 42:19.920 --> 42:22.400 It's because it's saying that unsaved Israelites have 42:22.400 --> 42:23.360 been cast away. 42:23.360 --> 42:27.160 The ones who remain attached to the vine are saved Israelites. 42:27.160 --> 42:28.040 And let me just say this. 42:28.040 --> 42:31.200 People are like, brother, you were crafted in, though. 42:31.200 --> 42:32.640 You're grafted into the vine. 42:32.640 --> 42:35.520 Yeah, the vine is Jesus. 42:35.520 --> 42:36.600 Not Israel. 42:40.900 --> 42:44.660 Brother here, let me just tell you something brother you were grafted into that vine 42:46.120 --> 42:49.000 Yeah, I know and the vine is Jesus Christ and 42:49.900 --> 42:53.280 unbelieving Jews were were were broken off of that and 42:54.740 --> 43:01.940 Here's the problem the dispensationalism has done is that it has caused Jesus to be replaced with Israel 43:02.800 --> 43:10.240 to the point where they just view passages that clearly talk about Jesus as though it's referring to Israel. 43:11.240 --> 43:15.160 And in fact, you know, you think of the suffering servant in Isaiah, right? 43:15.160 --> 43:19.440 The very famous passage of scripture, he's born of griefs and our sorrows. 43:19.640 --> 43:20.720 He was smitten of God. 43:20.800 --> 43:23.400 We know that to be referring to Jesus, they say referring to Israel. 43:23.400 --> 43:26.000 Now, like, 43:26.300 --> 43:31.300 You know, Christian Zionists, those who are saved, they will agree with us that that's referring to Jesus. 43:31.300 --> 43:36.300 But most hyper Zionists, and Jews for sure, believe that that's referring to them. 43:36.300 --> 43:40.300 Because they are their own God. 43:40.300 --> 43:43.300 And so, very important to note that. 43:43.300 --> 43:46.300 Go to Ephesians chapter 2. 43:46.300 --> 43:50.300 This is all introduction by the way. 43:50.300 --> 43:52.900 I haven't gotten to my main points yet. 43:54.200 --> 43:59.200 And dispensationalism, or the Bible, does not teach that there are two peoples of God. 43:59.200 --> 44:10.200 This is kind of like a, you know, just a desperate attempt to try to reconcile their beliefs to what the Bible says that obviously contradicts their beliefs. 44:10.200 --> 44:15.200 Because, you know, people who believe in the right salvation, they're not going to deny that we're God's people. 44:15.200 --> 44:17.200 Right? They're not going to deny that. 44:17.800 --> 44:21.600 But they're trying to fit in this dispensational idea 44:21.600 --> 44:23.400 that the Jews are God's chosen people with that. 44:23.400 --> 44:25.160 So the way they reconcile is like, well, 44:25.160 --> 44:27.760 there's just two peoples of God. 44:27.760 --> 44:30.280 They're the chosen, and we're the people of God. 44:30.280 --> 44:31.520 They don't like to call us the chosen. 44:31.520 --> 44:33.440 They just say we're the people of God. 44:33.440 --> 44:34.720 Look at verse 14. 44:34.720 --> 44:37.040 Ephesians 2 verse 14. 44:37.040 --> 44:38.520 When writing to Gentile believers, 44:38.520 --> 44:42.920 he says, for he is our peace who hath made both one. 44:43.900 --> 44:45.620 Now what both is he talking about? 44:45.620 --> 44:47.020 He's talking about the circumcision 44:47.020 --> 44:50.740 and the uncircumcision, the Gentiles and the Jews. 44:50.740 --> 44:53.460 Made both one and hath broken down the middle wall 44:53.460 --> 44:56.900 of partition between us, having abolished in his flesh 44:56.900 --> 44:59.060 the enmity, even the law of commandments 44:59.060 --> 45:00.740 contained in ordinances. 45:00.740 --> 45:03.540 And I want you to notice this, for to make in himself 45:03.540 --> 45:08.860 of twain, twain meaning two, one new man, so making peace. 45:08.860 --> 45:09.100 Thanks for watching! 45:09.400 --> 45:13.960 What's that saying? The Bible is telling us here that in the New Testament, there's no two peoples of God. 45:13.960 --> 45:17.640 There's just one made up of both Jew and Gentile. 45:19.160 --> 45:23.480 You know, and I kind of get frustrated with people sometimes when they're just like, 45:23.480 --> 45:27.320 you're just saying that, you know, you're just better than the Jews. 45:27.800 --> 45:33.320 No, no, no, no, no. I'm saying that believing Jews and believing Gentiles are better off than unbelieving Jews. 45:34.500 --> 45:36.800 You're saying that you've replaced all the Jews? 45:36.800 --> 45:38.900 No, not all of them. 45:38.900 --> 45:40.900 Because some of them are saved. 45:40.900 --> 45:43.000 And if they're saved, they're part of this game. 45:45.300 --> 45:49.740 They're part of the new covenant, right? 45:49.740 --> 45:52.140 But they don't want to talk about that, though. 45:52.140 --> 45:53.940 They want to control the narrative 45:53.940 --> 45:55.380 and assert that, no, you're saying 45:55.380 --> 45:59.340 that all Gentiles and no Jews are the chosen people of God. 45:59.340 --> 46:02.220 No, what we're saying is that what the New Testament teaches, 46:02.220 --> 46:04.860 that both are made one now. 46:04.860 --> 46:07.660 And this is the time, let me explain to you 46:07.660 --> 46:10.180 when they typically say this, is when you talk about, 46:10.180 --> 46:12.700 hey, there's no such thing as a Masianic Jew. 46:14.200 --> 46:15.040 Right? 46:15.040 --> 46:17.880 You hear that a lot, like a Jew gets saved, 46:17.880 --> 46:21.600 and they still got the duct tape around the, 46:21.600 --> 46:24.520 the electrical tape around their arm, right? 46:24.520 --> 46:26.560 They got the box and the electrical tape 46:26.560 --> 46:29.240 and the prayer shawl and all that. 46:29.240 --> 46:31.600 Their phylacteries and whatnot. 46:31.600 --> 46:33.280 And they got that and it was just like, 46:33.280 --> 46:35.240 oh, they can't wear that. 46:35.240 --> 46:36.560 And my wife never wore that, 46:36.560 --> 46:38.480 never invited someone who was wearing that here. 46:38.480 --> 46:38.500 you 46:39.000 --> 46:41.000 It's not acceptable here. 46:43.000 --> 46:44.000 But you know, they wear that and it's just like, 46:44.000 --> 46:45.000 hey, you shouldn't be wearing that. 46:45.000 --> 46:46.000 Like, well, I'm a believer. 46:46.000 --> 46:48.000 Yeah, you really should not wear that then. 46:49.000 --> 46:51.000 Because it's associated with a Christ-rejecting religion. 46:52.000 --> 46:54.000 And that's literally what the Pharisees did. 46:54.000 --> 46:56.000 The Pharisees are Christ-rejecters. 46:56.000 --> 46:58.000 And it's just like, whoa, hey, leave him alone. 46:58.000 --> 46:59.000 Leave him alone. 46:59.000 --> 47:01.000 He's a Masianic Jew. 47:02.000 --> 47:03.000 He can do that. 47:03.000 --> 47:05.000 He's Masianic. 47:05.500 --> 47:09.180 And it's just like the aura is just like, oh man, 47:09.180 --> 47:10.300 I didn't know that. 47:10.300 --> 47:10.800 My bad. 47:10.800 --> 47:16.380 Like, you know, just carry on. 47:16.380 --> 47:17.780 But that's false. 47:17.780 --> 47:18.280 OK? 47:18.280 --> 47:20.020 There is no such thing as a Masianic Jew. 47:20.020 --> 47:22.220 And in fact, let me take that statement back. 47:22.220 --> 47:24.100 There's only one Masianic Jew. 47:26.200 --> 47:28.200 Jesus. 47:28.200 --> 47:31.000 Because he's the Savior, and he's of Judah. 47:31.000 --> 47:32.040 Isn't that interesting? 47:32.040 --> 47:33.080 They call themselves Mazean and Jews. 47:33.080 --> 47:36.200 They're just trying to be God again. 47:36.200 --> 47:37.160 It's like, oh, no, no, no. 47:37.160 --> 47:39.440 Yeah, they're saved, but they're like their own kind of saved, 47:39.440 --> 47:41.720 though. 47:41.720 --> 47:43.280 They're like, they're really cool. 47:43.280 --> 47:45.840 It's so amazing that this Jew got saved, 47:45.840 --> 47:49.320 and he believed in his Savior now. 47:49.320 --> 47:51.000 Well, start acting like it. 47:51.800 --> 47:55.960 and stop dressing like what you previously were. 47:55.960 --> 47:57.760 You know, if a Mormon gets saved, 47:57.760 --> 47:59.800 we don't let him keep his elder name tag. 48:02.400 --> 48:05.680 And I'm not gonna ask this, it's just like you ain't doing the holy underwear thing anymore, right? 48:08.200 --> 48:11.040 You know, it's just like you don't get to retain 48:11.040 --> 48:14.560 the practices and beliefs of your previous false religion 48:14.560 --> 48:16.160 because you want to maintain your identity 48:16.160 --> 48:17.800 or something like that. 48:17.800 --> 48:20.680 You know, and you know Mormonism is part of like Utah, 48:20.680 --> 48:21.680 you know, ethnic identity. 48:21.680 --> 48:24.400 That's what white people do out there, you know? 48:24.400 --> 48:27.760 They just say, hey, get yourself some long sleeves. 48:27.760 --> 48:31.240 Put away the 10-speeder, get a car, okay? 48:32.100 --> 48:33.100 Right? 48:33.100 --> 48:37.020 Like we want to disassociate ourselves from false religion as much as possible. 48:37.020 --> 48:39.660 And Judaism is a false religion. 48:39.660 --> 48:42.220 And so, you know, there's no Masianic Jew in the Bible. 48:42.220 --> 48:44.300 It's just you're just a Christian at that point. 48:44.300 --> 48:46.140 You're a believer. 48:46.140 --> 48:47.620 You're one with us. 48:47.620 --> 48:48.620 Okay? 48:48.620 --> 48:52.940 And you don't get any special privileges just because you are, you consider yourself to 48:52.940 --> 48:56.500 be a Jew ethnically or you're a religiously. 48:56.500 --> 48:59.100 You know, you should just completely denounce that. 48:59.700 --> 49:01.700 and not even talk about it. 49:01.700 --> 49:06.700 If you're a Jew who got saved, I'm not saying be ashamed of it, but just like, you know, don't be like, 49:06.700 --> 49:14.700 I was a Christ projector, you know, synagogue of Satan, you know. 49:14.700 --> 49:19.700 Well, they have a right to maintain their... No, no they don't. 49:19.700 --> 49:22.700 You know, I don't call myself a Mexican Christian. 49:25.500 --> 49:28.940 I don't call myself a Guatemalan. 49:28.940 --> 49:30.540 It's just I'm a Christian. 49:30.540 --> 49:31.380 I'm a believer. 49:31.380 --> 49:33.460 You don't attach your ethnic identity to that. 49:33.460 --> 49:36.220 Because in Christ Jesus, there is neither Jew nor Gentile. 49:36.220 --> 49:37.100 And it's interesting. 49:37.100 --> 49:38.780 You say, oh, look at this guy. 49:38.780 --> 49:40.940 He's trying to just completely eradicate 49:40.940 --> 49:42.220 their ethnic identity. 49:42.220 --> 49:45.060 Oh, because I quoted the Bible? 49:45.060 --> 49:48.220 That's literally what the Bible says. 49:48.220 --> 49:48.820 But what is it? 49:48.820 --> 49:52.180 It's an infiltration of Christianity. 49:52.600 --> 49:56.360 where they want to maintain this because they still want to infiltrate Christianity 49:56.360 --> 50:01.080 with all this Jew nonsense, all this Israeli propaganda, 50:01.080 --> 50:04.120 all this garbage that has a lot of false doctrine attached. 50:04.120 --> 50:05.640 We need to reject that. 50:05.640 --> 50:10.200 You know, the previous generation did a really horrible job at doing that. 50:10.500 --> 50:17.080 inviting Jews in, letting them retain their ethnic beliefs and the synagogue this and you know 50:17.080 --> 50:20.500 prayer shawl that and the shofar and all this stuff 50:20.500 --> 50:22.500 that needs to be rejected 50:22.500 --> 50:23.500 okay 50:23.500 --> 50:26.500 because we're one now, okay 50:26.500 --> 50:28.500 it's important 50:28.500 --> 50:30.500 alright, now go back to 1 Corinthians chapter 9 50:30.500 --> 50:36.500 and obviously the Bible does not teach that God's prophetic purpose centers around modern political Zionism 50:36.500 --> 50:38.200 that was made up 50:38.300 --> 50:42.300 in the late 1900s, right? 50:42.300 --> 50:49.300 Through the Zionism and all of these political ideologies 50:49.300 --> 50:52.300 that asserted that the Jews needed a home, 50:52.300 --> 50:55.300 and so they needed to go back to their homeland in order to do so, 50:55.300 --> 50:59.300 and they essentially centered that around that particular ideology, 50:59.300 --> 51:01.300 but that's not biblical. 51:01.300 --> 51:04.200 Let's just say it was a biblical concept. 51:04.400 --> 51:09.600 that you know the Jews and Israelites of today, which obviously they're not real Jews, 51:09.600 --> 51:16.900 but let's just pretend for a second that the Bible teaches that they will inherit that land and it's going to be theirs. 51:16.900 --> 51:19.400 I'm talking about the people who are there now. 51:19.400 --> 51:25.100 Nowhere in the Bible does it say that we have to push a political ideology in order to fulfill that. 51:25.100 --> 51:26.100 You know what I'm saying? 51:26.500 --> 51:29.340 So in the Bible it says, oh, because that's true, 51:29.340 --> 51:33.780 therefore we need to support Benji and every war 51:33.780 --> 51:35.460 that they're involved in or whatever, 51:35.460 --> 51:39.420 and just not condemn them for all of the murders 51:39.420 --> 51:41.740 and the wars and all this nonsense that they promote. 51:41.740 --> 51:42.820 Nowhere in the Bible does it say that. 51:42.820 --> 51:45.660 Nowhere in the Bible does it say that that's 51:45.660 --> 51:47.460 how we arrive to that conclusion, 51:47.460 --> 51:50.820 is by supporting the political modern state of Israel. 51:52.400 --> 51:55.440 Because the Bible does say that Jews will inherit that land, 51:55.440 --> 51:57.480 but let me just help you to understand something. 51:57.480 --> 52:01.040 It's referring to Jews who are already dead of the Old 52:01.040 --> 52:03.000 Testament. 52:03.000 --> 52:07.040 Those who were saved in the Old Testament, it belongs to like, 52:07.040 --> 52:09.080 let me tell you a Jew that that land belongs to. 52:09.080 --> 52:11.200 His name is Peter. 52:11.200 --> 52:12.920 How about John? 52:12.920 --> 52:15.760 How about Matthew? 52:15.760 --> 52:17.680 I mean, Jesus literally told them. 52:18.500 --> 52:23.060 That they will be sitting, they, the 12, will be sitting on the 12 thrones, judging who? 52:23.060 --> 52:24.060 The 12 tribes of Israel. 52:24.060 --> 52:29.820 Well, if those 12 tribes don't exist today, because no Jew can say that they are a part 52:29.820 --> 52:31.740 of any of those tribes, what tribes are you referring to? 52:31.740 --> 52:33.660 I'll tell you which ones, the ones from the Old Testament. 52:33.660 --> 52:37.060 There's something called the resurrection. 52:37.060 --> 52:40.700 So everyone's making a big deal about this fake, modern state of Israel when there's 52:40.700 --> 52:44.780 There's like thousands of years of history of legitimate Israelites. 52:45.600 --> 52:47.600 who deserve that land? 52:47.600 --> 52:50.100 People that we love. 52:50.100 --> 52:52.940 Daniel, I like Daniel. 52:52.940 --> 52:54.940 Daniel's a stand-up guy. 52:54.940 --> 52:56.440 How about David? 52:56.440 --> 52:57.940 I like David. 52:57.940 --> 52:59.940 That's who the land belongs to, okay? 53:00.400 --> 53:05.600 So this is not a sermon on end times prophecy, but it's important to note that that's not what the bible teaches 53:06.160 --> 53:11.280 That they will somehow inherit that now. What is biblical dispensationalism in these last few minutes? 53:11.280 --> 53:14.400 I'm just going to go over these four portions of scripture. It's very simple 53:14.880 --> 53:21.200 What is biblical dispensationalism? Well number one the dispensation of the gospel look at first corinthians 9 verse 16 again 53:21.600 --> 53:28.320 The apostle paul says for though I preach the gospel. I have nothing to glory of for necessity is laid upon me. Yay. What was unto 53:28.400 --> 53:32.400 me if I preach not the gospel for if I do this thing willingly I have a reward 53:32.400 --> 53:37.680 but if against my will listen to this a dispensation of the gospel is committed 53:37.680 --> 53:44.080 unto me now dispensations will say yes see it's a different dispensation it's 53:44.080 --> 53:48.240 a dispensation of the gospel but what does it mean to dispense got water 53:48.240 --> 53:53.760 dispensers here don't we means it's to give something out so what is the 53:53.760 --> 53:55.840 Apostle Paul saying here, he's saying that God... 53:56.300 --> 54:00.460 has given, commissioned, dispensed the responsibility 54:01.940 --> 54:04.180 to preach the gospel. 54:04.180 --> 54:08.680 Just like we're all given the dispensation of the gospel. 54:08.680 --> 54:10.600 It's not referring to an era. 54:10.600 --> 54:13.880 It's not referring to a parenthetical stage of history. 54:13.880 --> 54:17.500 It's referring to the responsibility to preach the gospel. 54:17.800 --> 54:24.340 To dispense it. The responsibility is dispensing to us and guess what? By me preaching this, I'm dispensing the responsibility to you. 54:25.080 --> 54:27.080 That's all it means. 54:27.080 --> 54:33.080 Okay, and you know obviously it's important for us to recognize the importance of that responsibility. 54:33.080 --> 54:38.340 You know Christians like to talk about how we're the chosen and we're the elect. Okay, but you know what? 54:38.340 --> 54:40.340 You're also supposed to be a soul winner then. 54:42.340 --> 54:44.720 And don't repeat 54:45.600 --> 54:50.080 the same mistake that the Israelites did in the Old Testament. 54:50.080 --> 54:51.240 He said, what was the mistake? 54:51.240 --> 54:54.320 They were supposed to be a light unto the Gentiles. 54:54.320 --> 54:54.780 You know what that means? 54:54.780 --> 54:57.300 It means they were supposed to win Gentiles to the Lord. 54:58.200 --> 55:03.360 But because they're so high and mighty, they thought so highly of themselves, they had 55:03.360 --> 55:09.560 this superiority complex, they were so racist against all the Gentiles, they refused to, 55:09.560 --> 55:13.520 which is why Jesus said, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation 55:13.520 --> 55:15.600 bringing forth the fruits thereof. 55:15.600 --> 55:17.760 Meaning they weren't putting in the work. 55:17.760 --> 55:19.560 They were lazy employees. 55:20.100 --> 55:21.940 They weren't producing fruits. 55:21.940 --> 55:24.380 So he's like, I'm going to give the responsibility, 55:24.380 --> 55:26.760 the dispensation of the gospel, to someone who's actually 55:26.760 --> 55:28.700 going to bring forth the fruit. 55:28.700 --> 55:29.580 And you know what? 55:29.580 --> 55:31.740 Don't be like them. 55:31.740 --> 55:32.460 Don't be. 55:32.460 --> 55:34.780 Don't have the superiority complex. 55:34.780 --> 55:36.860 You feel like you're better than everyone else. 55:36.860 --> 55:39.780 Look, folks, we're better off because of salvation. 55:39.780 --> 55:41.820 But the Bible says that you can be a saved person 55:41.820 --> 55:44.380 and just be good for nothing, though. 55:44.380 --> 55:45.780 Just a good-for-nothing Christian. 55:45.780 --> 55:46.860 That's what the Bible says. 55:47.600 --> 55:50.200 Like, does it really say that? 55:50.200 --> 55:51.400 I'm just good for nothing? 55:51.400 --> 55:53.360 Yeah. 55:53.360 --> 55:54.960 You are the salt of the earth. 55:54.960 --> 55:57.560 But if the salt hath lost its savor, 55:57.560 --> 55:59.280 wherewith shall it be salted? 55:59.280 --> 56:00.080 It is thenceforth. 56:00.080 --> 56:00.920 Listen to this. 56:00.920 --> 56:02.600 Good for nothing. 56:02.600 --> 56:04.840 But to be cast down, to be trodden under the foot of man, 56:04.840 --> 56:05.760 the Bible says. 56:05.760 --> 56:08.400 So you want to be a salty Christian, preach the gospel. 56:08.400 --> 56:09.800 If you're not preaching the gospel, 56:09.800 --> 56:11.680 you're good for nothing. 56:11.680 --> 56:13.480 Here's another way of saying good for nothing. 56:13.480 --> 56:14.400 You're worthless. 56:14.400 --> 56:14.600 you 56:17.000 --> 56:17.500 Right? 56:17.500 --> 56:19.800 Does anybody want to argue that point? 56:19.800 --> 56:21.900 It's literally what it means. 56:21.900 --> 56:24.360 Meaning that you're a bad employee. 56:24.360 --> 56:26.760 Because we're all laborers of the Lord, right? 56:26.760 --> 56:29.680 Now thankfully, you are attending a church that 56:29.680 --> 56:32.740 places a heavy emphasis on the first works. 56:32.740 --> 56:35.600 Meaning the preaching of the gospel. 56:35.600 --> 56:37.280 And all of us as Christians should 56:37.280 --> 56:39.800 desire to learn how to do that. 56:39.800 --> 56:40.300 OK? 56:40.600 --> 56:44.040 And we're not talking about setting up a tent 56:44.040 --> 56:48.420 and passing out tracts or doing door hangers 56:48.420 --> 56:51.040 or having this evangelistic service. 56:51.040 --> 56:54.540 These things are good, but it doesn't replace 56:54.540 --> 56:56.920 actually going to someone with the Bible in hand 56:56.920 --> 56:59.620 and showing them how to get saved. 56:59.620 --> 57:01.200 And you can do that. 57:02.700 --> 57:05.200 If the dispensation of the gospel's been given to you, 57:05.200 --> 57:07.200 that means God will enable you to do so. 57:07.700 --> 57:09.200 The Apostle Paul said it, right? 57:09.200 --> 57:12.200 Who hath enabled me, count me faithful, 57:12.200 --> 57:14.200 he counted me faithful and he enabled the Apostle Paul 57:14.200 --> 57:15.200 to preach the gospel. 57:16.200 --> 57:18.080 So, you know, you're in this church, 57:18.080 --> 57:19.940 you can be trained how to preach the gospel. 57:19.940 --> 57:23.040 You know, it's the most fulfilling thing you'll ever do 57:23.040 --> 57:25.340 when you learn how to lead others to Christ. 57:25.340 --> 57:26.180 When you learn, you're like, 57:26.180 --> 57:29.120 actually I know how to open up the Bible 57:29.120 --> 57:30.960 and demonstrate to someone 57:30.960 --> 57:32.800 how to be saved through the scriptures. 57:32.900 --> 57:37.060 and leading them to call upon the name of the Lord in faith, 57:37.060 --> 57:40.540 that is a very fulfilling thing to do. 57:40.540 --> 57:42.240 Something that you should desire to do. 57:42.240 --> 57:44.020 Desire to read the Bible, yes. 57:44.020 --> 57:45.420 Desire to learn the Bible, of course. 57:45.420 --> 57:46.580 Desire to be in church, yes. 57:46.580 --> 57:47.580 But you know what you should desire too 57:47.580 --> 57:48.900 is learn how to preach the gospel. 57:48.900 --> 57:50.660 That's not just the, the dispensation 57:50.660 --> 57:53.420 is not just given to me, it's given to you too. 57:53.420 --> 57:54.260 Okay. 57:54.260 --> 57:55.660 We should. 57:56.200 --> 58:01.080 desire to go and preach the gospel he says in verse 18 what is my reward then 58:01.080 --> 58:04.960 verily that when I preach the gospel I may make the gospel of Christ without 58:04.960 --> 58:09.720 charge that I abuse not my power in the gospel he says in verse 17 if I do this 58:09.720 --> 58:13.840 thing willingly I have a reward but if against my will a dispensation of the 58:13.840 --> 58:16.840 gospel is committed unto me what is he saying he's saying look there's gonna be 58:16.840 --> 58:20.400 times when I desire to preach the gospel but if I don't desire to do it I still 58:20.400 --> 58:22.400 have the responsibility to do it though 58:23.300 --> 58:26.000 Okay, so do it when you feel like it, do it when you don't, 58:26.000 --> 58:28.260 but make sure you're fulfilling your duty, 58:28.260 --> 58:30.820 your responsibility to get other people saved. 58:30.820 --> 58:32.860 And I'm not saying that, you know, 58:32.860 --> 58:35.400 you have to learn like right now, 58:35.400 --> 58:37.440 because it takes time. 58:37.440 --> 58:38.740 You know, there's people in our church 58:38.740 --> 58:40.140 who learn to preach the gospel. 58:40.140 --> 58:43.640 They're full-fledged soul-winners in our church 58:43.640 --> 58:46.140 who just learn within the last couple of months, 58:46.140 --> 58:47.500 because they put in the work to do so. 58:47.800 --> 58:52.260 They memorize the verses, they practice their introductions, they're placed on the team, 58:52.260 --> 58:57.260 their team leader teaches them, he trains them, he shows them, they go out, and then 58:57.260 --> 58:58.720 they get more comfortable doing it. 58:58.720 --> 59:02.880 They got their Bible, they got the tabs on their Bible, they got the verses highlighted, 59:02.880 --> 59:05.960 and now they're just ranking in the salvations on a weekly basis. 59:05.960 --> 59:07.280 It could be done. 59:08.100 --> 59:10.100 The dispensation has been given to you. 59:10.100 --> 59:13.100 The Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 2,4, you don't have to turn there. 59:13.100 --> 59:17.100 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the Gospel, 59:17.100 --> 59:22.100 even so we speak not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 59:22.100 --> 59:23.100 Let me just say this. 59:23.100 --> 59:25.100 Here's a good motivation for you to preach the Gospel. 59:25.100 --> 59:27.100 If you don't, you won't learn the Bible anymore. 59:28.100 --> 59:30.100 That's the honest truth. 59:30.100 --> 59:33.100 Because one of the telltale signs... 59:34.000 --> 59:35.620 that someone stopped learning the Bible 59:35.620 --> 59:36.820 is they stopped preaching the gospel. 59:36.820 --> 59:38.660 They don't go souling anymore. 59:38.660 --> 59:41.540 He that wins his souls is wise, the Bible says. 59:41.540 --> 59:43.540 And the more you interact with the public, 59:43.540 --> 59:45.300 the more you interact with others 59:45.300 --> 59:48.220 when you talk about the Bible, the more you learn. 59:48.220 --> 59:50.700 Because you're placed in situations 59:50.700 --> 59:55.140 where you're forced to actually give a biblical answer. 59:55.140 --> 59:57.020 It's one thing to actually study the Bible. 59:57.020 --> 01:00:01.020 It's another thing to enact it, to put it into practice. 01:00:01.020 --> 01:00:01.520 OK? 01:00:01.520 --> 01:00:01.600 you 01:00:01.800 --> 01:00:06.760 So very important to do that. I have more verses, but we're gonna we're gonna continue here go to Ephesians chapter 1 01:00:07.240 --> 01:00:08.840 Ephesians chapter 1 01:00:08.840 --> 01:00:14.840 So the dispensation changes, but the gospel does not right the era has changed for sure, but the gospel has not 01:00:16.120 --> 01:00:20.500 The responsibility to preach the gospel was given to the Apostle Paul just like the prophets just like everyone else 01:00:22.500 --> 01:00:27.220 I mean think about this, Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness 01:00:27.220 --> 01:00:30.180 that's quoted in Romans chapter 4 in the context of salvation. 01:00:30.180 --> 01:00:31.180 Okay? 01:00:31.180 --> 01:00:36.220 You say, man, is that true though that like, you know... 01:00:38.100 --> 01:00:40.260 You know the Jews of the Old Testament, they just stopped doing it. 01:00:40.260 --> 01:00:42.180 Yeah, I mean the Apostle Paul said, 01:00:42.180 --> 01:00:43.980 Behold thou are called the Jew, 01:00:43.980 --> 01:00:45.380 Rest in the law, 01:00:45.380 --> 01:00:47.100 Make us thy boast of God. 01:00:47.100 --> 01:00:49.860 You know he talked about how they knew his will, 01:00:49.860 --> 01:00:51.140 they approved things that were more excellent, 01:00:51.140 --> 01:00:52.260 they were a guide to the blind, 01:00:52.260 --> 01:00:53.780 but they refused to do so, 01:00:53.780 --> 01:00:56.140 and therefore God had to use someone else. 01:00:56.140 --> 01:00:57.020 And you know what? 01:00:57.020 --> 01:01:00.020 We will never be replaced as the chosen people of God, 01:01:00.020 --> 01:01:03.980 but you can be replaced as a laborer though, 01:01:03.980 --> 01:01:05.620 if you refuse to do the job. 01:01:06.100 --> 01:01:07.100 Okay. 01:01:07.100 --> 01:01:10.100 All right, so that's the dispensation of the gospel. 01:01:10.100 --> 01:01:11.100 Check. 01:01:11.100 --> 01:01:13.100 Number two, the dispensation of the fullness of times. 01:01:13.100 --> 01:01:15.100 Look at Ephesians 1 verse 9. 01:01:15.100 --> 01:01:19.100 It says, having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, 01:01:19.100 --> 01:01:24.100 which he hath purposed in himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of times 01:01:24.100 --> 01:01:24.600 games. 01:01:24.700 --> 01:01:31.540 He might gather together in one all things in Christ both which are in heaven and which are on earth 01:01:31.900 --> 01:01:38.640 Even in him. So what is that referring to? What is the dispensation of the fullness of times? 01:01:38.640 --> 01:01:43.920 Now here's a good way to study the Bible in order for you to understand what a phrase means in the Word of God 01:01:44.080 --> 01:01:48.300 What are the best things to do first is look for that phrase and other portions of the Bible? 01:01:49.000 --> 01:01:52.040 It kind of gives you like an expanded understanding of that, right? 01:01:52.040 --> 01:01:56.600 Defines for you what it is. Go to Galatians chapter 4. Galatians chapter 4, if you would. 01:01:57.880 --> 01:02:02.680 So let me reread that here. In Ephesians 1, he says that the dispensation of the fullness of times 01:02:03.200 --> 01:02:07.600 He might gather together in one all things in Christ. So whatever this 01:02:08.200 --> 01:02:10.200 dispensation of the fullness of times is 01:02:10.760 --> 01:02:16.800 The result of that is that God will gather together in one all in Christ, right? That's what it's saying 01:02:17.600 --> 01:02:20.400 Look at Galatians chapter 4 and verse 1 01:02:20.920 --> 01:02:25.180 Now I say that the heir as long as he is a child defereth nothing from a servant though 01:02:25.180 --> 01:02:29.840 He be Lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father 01:02:30.500 --> 01:02:34.080 Even so we when we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world 01:02:34.940 --> 01:02:38.440 Listen to this but when the fullness of the time was come 01:02:39.180 --> 01:02:41.260 God sent forth his son 01:02:41.780 --> 01:02:49.220 Made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons 01:02:49.660 --> 01:02:52.120 so what is the fullness of times well the 01:02:52.900 --> 01:02:56.560 Galatians for definition of this is referring to the coming of Christ 01:02:57.400 --> 01:03:01.400 the first time that he arrived in the first century AD, 01:03:01.400 --> 01:03:05.400 that is the biblical definition of the fullness of times. 01:03:05.400 --> 01:03:10.400 It's when Christ came. It's when God fulfilled his promise 01:03:10.400 --> 01:03:12.400 that he would bring forth to Christ. 01:03:13.000 --> 01:03:19.580 So the fullness of the times is referring to the birth of Jesus Christ and of course along with that his life death and resurrection 01:03:19.580 --> 01:03:25.360 Now what did that particular time bring it brought together both one in Christ? 01:03:26.160 --> 01:03:32.180 Why because once he died it brought in the new covenant which amalgamated both Jew and Gentile 01:03:32.900 --> 01:03:37.620 So when we look at Ephesians chapter 1 referring to the dispensation of the fullness of times, 01:03:37.620 --> 01:03:40.340 we can say that this is referring to the fact that when Christ came, 01:03:40.340 --> 01:03:43.860 that died on the cross, resurrected, brought about the new covenant, 01:03:43.860 --> 01:03:46.740 He made both Jew and Gentile one in Christ Jesus. 01:03:48.260 --> 01:03:53.620 Okay, pretty simple. Not hard to understand at all. Go to Ephesians chapter 2, 01:03:53.620 --> 01:03:56.500 or actually go to Ephesians 3. 01:04:00.200 --> 01:04:05.800 Ephesians chapter 3. This will be the last one. There's another mention of dispensation 01:04:05.800 --> 01:04:10.360 in the book of Colossians, but it is essentially referring to the same thing that we see in 01:04:10.360 --> 01:04:16.560 1 Corinthians chapter 9, which is the responsibility. In Colossians, it talks about the dispensation 01:04:16.560 --> 01:04:19.080 has been committed unto me for the Word of God. 01:04:19.500 --> 01:04:21.780 It's basically saying the responsibility of him 01:04:21.780 --> 01:04:24.020 to preach the word of God, which we can relate that 01:04:24.020 --> 01:04:25.660 to the dispensation of the gospel 01:04:25.660 --> 01:04:26.740 to preach the word of God. 01:04:26.740 --> 01:04:28.300 But look at Ephesians chapter 3. 01:04:28.300 --> 01:04:29.980 Here's the last one is the dispensation 01:04:29.980 --> 01:04:32.020 of the grace of God. 01:04:32.020 --> 01:04:34.380 Now this is something that dispensations will assert 01:04:34.380 --> 01:04:37.540 is referring to the age of grace. 01:04:37.540 --> 01:04:38.540 OK? 01:04:38.540 --> 01:04:41.820 They'll say this is the ironclad proof 01:04:41.820 --> 01:04:45.340 that we are in an era of grace. 01:04:45.340 --> 01:04:45.840 Wrong. 01:04:45.840 --> 01:04:46.000 you 01:04:46.600 --> 01:04:49.960 Grace has always been available to people throughout history. 01:04:51.000 --> 01:04:54.440 Listen to this, Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 01:04:55.960 --> 01:04:59.080 What do you do in finding grace? That doesn't even exist, bro. What do you do? 01:04:59.080 --> 01:05:03.880 What do you mean he found grace? What is this word grace? We're under the law. 01:05:04.680 --> 01:05:07.960 There's no grace here. No, of course there's grace because God has always been gracious. 01:05:08.760 --> 01:05:11.240 He's always extended grace to others. 01:05:11.900 --> 01:05:15.980 Now the term grace is used more frequently in the New Testament, of course. 01:05:17.020 --> 01:05:19.980 You know, just as mercy was used frequently in the old. 01:05:20.940 --> 01:05:23.820 And keep in mind, mercy and grace are two sides of the same coin. 01:05:24.620 --> 01:05:28.460 Grace is not getting what, or excuse me, grace is getting what you deserve. 01:05:29.100 --> 01:05:30.860 Mercy is not getting what you do deserve. 01:05:31.980 --> 01:05:35.580 So it's accurate to say that we're saved by grace, we're also saved by mercy. 01:05:36.600 --> 01:05:38.620 I mean the Bible literally says both. 01:05:38.620 --> 01:05:40.440 For by grace are you safe through faith, 01:05:40.440 --> 01:05:41.720 and that not of yourselves. 01:05:41.720 --> 01:05:44.200 And then it says in Titus 3.5, not by works of righteousness, 01:05:44.200 --> 01:05:47.320 which we have done, but according to his mercy, 01:05:47.320 --> 01:05:48.720 he saved us. 01:05:48.720 --> 01:05:49.840 So it's accurate to say both. 01:05:49.840 --> 01:05:51.600 So you can make the argument, oh yeah, 01:05:51.600 --> 01:05:53.760 but grace wasn't really mentioned in the Old Testament. 01:05:53.760 --> 01:05:55.880 Yeah, but mercy was though. 01:05:55.880 --> 01:05:59.520 And you kind of can't have one without the other. 01:05:59.520 --> 01:06:00.880 Look at Ephesians chapter 3, verse 1. 01:06:00.880 --> 01:06:03.080 For this cause I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ 01:06:03.080 --> 01:06:03.840 for you Gentiles. 01:06:04.300 --> 01:06:11.860 ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which is given me to you word, how that by revelation 01:06:11.860 --> 01:06:13.860 he may known unto me the mystery. 01:06:14.200 --> 01:06:22.240 I wrote afore in few words whereby when you read you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ and here's what the 01:06:22.880 --> 01:06:25.920 Dispensationalist will fixate on verse 5 which in other ages 01:06:26.520 --> 01:06:33.240 Was not made known unto the sons of men as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets 01:06:33.400 --> 01:06:34.800 by the Spirit 01:06:35.000 --> 01:06:40.120 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs and of the same body and partakers of his promise 01:06:40.120 --> 01:06:44.920 in Christ by the gospel. So what they'll assert is like, oh the dispensation of grace 01:06:45.560 --> 01:06:52.600 is this church age. It's a parenthetical era where God is being super gracious to all humanity, 01:06:52.600 --> 01:06:55.480 but not true. He's been gracious to all humanity throughout history. 01:06:56.760 --> 01:07:00.760 I mean think about this. There's people who did some wild stuff in the Old Testament. 01:07:02.500 --> 01:07:04.120 Right? 01:07:04.120 --> 01:07:05.660 Polygamy? 01:07:05.660 --> 01:07:07.720 I mean, just like some of the crazy, 01:07:07.720 --> 01:07:10.160 and they weren't severely punished for it. 01:07:10.160 --> 01:07:11.800 We would say that they received a what? 01:07:11.800 --> 01:07:13.460 A lot of grace. 01:07:13.460 --> 01:07:15.160 And in fact, the Bible specifically says that 01:07:15.160 --> 01:07:18.100 in those times, God winked at that. 01:07:18.100 --> 01:07:20.760 But now, committed all men to repent everywhere. 01:07:20.760 --> 01:07:23.360 So that kind of demonstrates that God was very much gracious 01:07:23.360 --> 01:07:24.900 in the Old Testament. 01:07:24.900 --> 01:07:27.360 Not that the exclusion of him being gracious in the new. 01:07:27.360 --> 01:07:27.500 you 01:07:27.600 --> 01:07:32.560 We just know that he was extremely gracious with people because they didn't have the entire revealed word of God 01:07:33.120 --> 01:07:36.540 So he's being merciful to them. He's being gracious with them now 01:07:36.540 --> 01:07:40.480 What is he referring to here when he says that he's been given the dispensation of grace? 01:07:40.880 --> 01:07:44.560 Well because of the fact that the Apostle Paul is a benjamite 01:07:45.240 --> 01:07:46.800 He's a Jew 01:07:46.800 --> 01:07:50.280 His nation as a whole has just been replaced 01:07:51.900 --> 01:07:58.700 But God is extending grace to him to now be the instrument by which he will reach other Gentiles. 01:07:58.700 --> 01:08:06.300 And in fact, he specifically says that he is like the main instrument to reach it, like his office is to reach Gentiles. 01:08:07.000 --> 01:08:11.640 even though he's ethnically a Jew, even though he's of the tribe of Benjamin, 01:08:11.640 --> 01:08:17.640 even though he's physically of the seed of Abraham, God has given him grace amongst other people 01:08:17.640 --> 01:08:23.560 to be able to dispense the gospel and get a lot of Gentiles saved, even though he himself is not 01:08:23.560 --> 01:08:29.240 a Gentile. Now when it says in verse 5, which in other ages was not made known into the sons of men, 01:08:29.240 --> 01:08:34.360 this is referring to the fact that in the Old Testament people saw through a glass darkly. 01:08:35.300 --> 01:08:39.300 Meaning that they didn't really understand everything that was going to take place in the New Testament. 01:08:39.300 --> 01:08:46.000 They didn't really realize how massive a conversion the Gentiles would become. 01:08:46.500 --> 01:08:49.300 They didn't really realize how much that would actually be. 01:08:49.300 --> 01:08:51.700 Okay, because in their minds, it's all about Israel. 01:08:51.700 --> 01:08:52.500 It's all about the Jews. 01:08:52.500 --> 01:08:58.900 But he's saying here that the Gentiles verse 6 should be fellow heirs and of the same body, 01:08:58.900 --> 01:09:01.600 partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel. 01:09:01.600 --> 01:09:09.300 Whereof, look what it says, I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God 01:09:09.300 --> 01:09:12.300 given unto me by the effectual working of his power. 01:09:13.100 --> 01:09:17.100 He's like, I'm given this privilege to see all these Gentiles saved. 01:09:17.100 --> 01:09:23.100 And make no mistake about it, the Apostle Paul was the one largely responsible in the New Testament 01:09:23.100 --> 01:09:29.100 for reaching a ton of Gentiles. It wasn't Peter. It wasn't even John. 01:09:29.100 --> 01:09:33.100 It wasn't any of the disciples. Why? Because they all wanted to reach Jews. 01:09:33.100 --> 01:09:37.100 You look at the book of Acts, that's what it was all about. They stayed in Jerusalem, they only wanted to reach Jews. 01:09:37.100 --> 01:09:40.460 The only one who is willing to step out and reach the Gentiles. 01:09:41.000 --> 01:09:42.800 It was Paul. 01:09:42.800 --> 01:09:44.600 So it's accurate to say that he was 01:09:44.600 --> 01:09:47.640 given the gift of grace of God to be able to do so 01:09:47.640 --> 01:09:48.640 and have more fruit. 01:09:48.640 --> 01:09:49.600 And in fact, the apostle Paul, what 01:09:49.600 --> 01:09:51.280 did he say in 1 Corinthians 15? 01:09:51.280 --> 01:09:54.600 That the grace of God was given to him, right? 01:09:54.600 --> 01:09:58.080 And that he labored more abundantly than they all. 01:09:58.080 --> 01:10:02.040 Yet not I, but the grace of God was in me. 01:10:02.040 --> 01:10:03.460 It's not referring to a dispensation, 01:10:03.460 --> 01:10:04.040 because guess what? 01:10:04.040 --> 01:10:05.240 We got the same grace today. 01:10:05.240 --> 01:10:05.400 you 01:10:05.700 --> 01:10:11.300 And you know what? There's people in the Old Testament who are giving a lot of grace too to reach a lot of people. 01:10:11.300 --> 01:10:17.200 The Bible testifies of various prophets who went through all the world, that their sound went through all the world. 01:10:17.200 --> 01:10:20.100 Romans chapter 10 talks about them reaching a lot of people. 01:10:20.100 --> 01:10:29.100 However, the gospel of Jesus Christ with His name that's born in the message was more permeated throughout society by the time we get to the New Testament. 01:10:29.100 --> 01:10:29.800 Okay. 01:10:30.100 --> 01:10:31.220 Very important there. 01:10:31.220 --> 01:10:32.460 That's pretty much it. 01:10:32.460 --> 01:10:33.700 What's the sermon this morning? 01:10:33.700 --> 01:10:35.900 The sermon is simply this. 01:10:35.900 --> 01:10:38.260 It's more accurate to say that we're the real dispensationalists, 01:10:38.260 --> 01:10:40.680 because we actually believe in what the Bible says about it. 01:10:40.680 --> 01:10:43.500 But don't call yourself that. 01:10:43.500 --> 01:10:46.500 We don't want to scare people away here. 01:10:46.500 --> 01:10:49.140 I'm just saying that we actually have a biblical definition 01:10:49.140 --> 01:10:50.140 for dispensation. 01:10:50.140 --> 01:10:52.620 And look, dispensation is mentioned four times 01:10:52.620 --> 01:10:54.460 in the Bible. 01:10:54.460 --> 01:10:56.700 Why do dispensationalists break it up into seven? 01:10:57.700 --> 01:11:01.140 Why are there seven different dispensations when it's only mentioned four times? 01:11:01.860 --> 01:11:05.380 Now the hyper dispensation said there's like 14 different dispensations. 01:11:05.380 --> 01:11:10.020 How if there's only four times that it's mentioned in the word of God? I'll tell you why, 01:11:10.020 --> 01:11:15.140 because they've corrupted those verses, they've corrupted the definition, and it's time we get 01:11:15.140 --> 01:11:19.860 back to the biblical description of these words. Let's pray. Father, we thank you so much for your 01:11:19.860 --> 01:11:24.660 Word. Thank you for the dispensation of the gospel that's been committed unto us. 01:11:25.100 --> 01:11:30.540 We're thankful that we've been dispensed grace to reach people for Christ. 01:11:30.540 --> 01:11:36.540 And we're thankful Lord that in the dispensation of the fullness of times that took place 2000 01:11:36.540 --> 01:11:44.020 years ago, Christ came, lived a perfect life, died on the cross, resurrected, thereby bringing 01:11:44.020 --> 01:11:47.820 about the new covenant, making both one in Christ Jesus. 01:11:48.200 --> 01:11:52.840 And I pray that Lord you to help us to continue to study to show ourselves approved unto God 01:11:52.840 --> 01:11:58.040 help us not to be ashamed help us to rightly divide the word of truth and not allow heresy 01:11:58.040 --> 01:12:05.240 to infiltrate our minds through these cunningly devised fables by false prophets Lord. 01:12:05.240 --> 01:12:08.840 May you bless us as we go on our way we love you we thank you pray this things in Jesus name amen. 01:12:12.800 --> 01:12:16.400 Song number 145 as our last song this morning. 01:12:17.840 --> 01:12:21.920 Song number 145, It is Well With My Soul. 01:12:23.120 --> 01:12:24.500 Song number 145.