Lessons

Right Division – Jew and Gentile. Following the lesson on May 24th, this lesson picks up the scriptures that Leland Maples covered with the bewares in Philippians and Colossians but takes them to a comparison between the Jew and Gentile. The lesson on May 31, 2009 covered Ephesians 3:1-6 “For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to youward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:” This is an important distinction to make that the gentiles now are receiving a hidden message that Paul was revealing by direct revelation from God. According to Paul’s prison Epistles, we were chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world (Eph 1:4), and we have been raised with Christ and seated with Christ (Eph 2:6) in the heavenlies far above. This is where our blessings are located (Eph 1:3) and where our affections should be set (Col 3:1 -4). This is our hope. This is the Body of Christ. God, Who chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, began something new at the close of the Acts period (Acts 28:28). This was The Mystery (Eph 3:3), God’s sacred secret as revealed to the Apostle Paul for us Gentiles. Our blessings are not Abraham’s. Our inheritance is in the heavenlies with Christ. We don’t look for a Kingdom here on Earth, for ours is the Kingdom of His dear Son (Col 1:12-13). For our citizenship is in the heavens from whence we eagerly await the Saviour (Phil 3:20)