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Everything in it's own Time

"If you tell someone the truth before they’re ready to hear it, you can push them further away no matter how well intentioned you might be."

From Chapter 12
Jake Colsen

25 Years Ago

I found this over on Wayne's Blog

“If the church were to lose its hierarchy, its clergy, its vast collection of buildings, its stores of learning amassed over the centuries, even the text of its sacred books, and had to face the world with nothing but the living presence of the Risen Jesus and its mission to proclaim the Good News to all nations and people, it would be no less a church than the church of Peter and Paul was. Perhaps it might be more of a church than it is now.”  Leadership Journal

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Jesus as God’s Judge Pt.1

“For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment
unto the Son”   John 5:22

According to John, does God the Father judge people?

Who did God give the authority to judge to?

So who is the only one that will ever judge anyone or anything?

“And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they
which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.”
John 9:39

Why did Jesus say He had come into the world?

“Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgment
is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.”
John 8:14-16

Whom did Jesus say He would judge?

So if Jesus came into the world for judgment, but would not judge any man,
does it make sense that the only alternative is that He came to be judged?

“Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be
cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all [men] unto me.
This he said, signifying what death he should die.”    John 12:31-33

When did Jesus say the judgment of the world was?

When did Jesus say the prince of the world would be cast out?

What did John say that Jesus’ statements signified?

So what exact event would occur, to signify judgment day, and the casting
out of the prince of the world?

Has this event already happened, or is it still in the future?

Do you agree that Jesus was lifted up on the cross?

What did Jesus say would happen when He was lifted up?

How many people did Jesus say He would draw unto Himself?  Does this
leave anyone out?

So what exact event would occur that would draw all men into Christ?

Has this event already happened, or is it still in the future?

Selah
Mr. Melt

Bringing Salvation

“And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to
be the Saviour of the world.”   1 John 4:14

According to John, whom did Jesus come to save?

Does this verse say Jesus would be the Saviour only of those who
believe in Him, or of the entire world?

“For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.”
Matthew 18:11

“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which
was lost.”   Luke 19:10

Whom did Jesus, the Son of man, come to save?

How many people were lost?

So how many people did Jesus come to save?

{Jesus said} “I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the
work which thou gavest me to do.”   John 17:4

“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished:
and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”   John 19:30

We read in the previous verses that Jesus came to save the entire human race,
and that He would take away the condition of unbelief from everyone.  According
to what He said in John 17:4, did Jesus accomplish what He came to do?

When Jesus said “It is finished”, does it make sense that He had completely
done everything He came to do?

Does that include saving the world?

So did Jesus succeed in His mission – saving the world?

Selah
Mr. Melt

Jesus’ Mission on Earth

Taking Away Sin
“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” 
John 1:29

So what sin is John saying Jesus came to take away?
What was that sin?

Selah
Mr. Melt

The Prophets of God pt.2

“So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal
shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that
is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O
grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of
sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ.”    1 Corinthians 15:54-57

What did Paul say would be swallowed up when the corruptible would put
on incorruption, and the mortal would put on immortality?

When Jesus rose from the dead, did He overcome death?

Does it make sense that, in overcoming death, Jesus showed that death
and the grave have no victory?

Paul, here, quotes from the prophet Isaiah, who foretold that death would
have its sting taken away. What did Paul say was the sting of death?

And what did Paul say was the power of sin?

DID YOU KNOW?

The Apostle Paul only used the word “Hell” (Greek: Hades) once in all of His
writings. In fact, the Greek word Hades is used only 11 times in the entire
New Testament.

In 1 Corinthians 15:55, we read “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where
is thy victory?” The word translated as ‘grave’ here is the Greek word Hades. 
10 out of 11 times, its translation is Hell, but this one time, in Paul’s writings,
it is translated as ‘grave’.

If we were to use the word “Hell”, like the rest of the New Testament does,
we would see that what Paul is really saying,

“O death, where is thy sting. O Hell where is thy victory? … But thanks be
to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ”.
1 Corinthians 15:55, 57

The Lord Jesus Christ, in His death and resurrection, defeated Hell and
the grave, and now He has the victory.

We learned earlier that Jesus took away the law. So if the law was taken
away, does sin have any power?

If sin has no power, does death have any sting?

When was death’s sting taken away?

Through whom does Paul say the victory over death came?

So when was this prophecy fulfilled?

“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for
him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will
be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” Isaiah 25:9

This verse is the conclusion of the three previous verses we read in Isaiah.
From what we learned from Paul in 1 Corinthians, when was this prophecy fulfilled?

Isaiah wrote, “In that day…” In what day was he referring to; that is, in
which day was the prophecy fulfilled?

When did God swallow up death in victory, stop rebuking human beings,
and wipe away everyone’s tears?

“And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement
with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,
then ye shall be trodden down by it.”      
Isaiah 28: 15-18

How many humans had an agreement with death because of Adam’s sin?

What did Isaiah say would happen to every human’s agreement with death?

What did Isaiah say would happen to the human race’s agreement with hell?

In 1 Corinthians 15:55-57, Paul says that Jesus won the victory over Hell,
fulfilling Isaiah’s prophecy.
If Jesus fulfilled this prophecy and defeated hell,
does any human being have an agreement with hell?

So will any human being go to hell?

“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city,
to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and
to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.”
Daniel 9:24

What are the six things Daniel says would happen by the end of the
70th week?

Remember Jesus said He came to fulfill all prophecy. Does it make sense
that when Jesus fulfilled all prophecy, He sealed up the vision and prophecy?

Do you believe that Jesus has already been anointed the most Holy?

So if Jesus has already fulfilled the last two things on this list of
“things to be accomplished”, would it make sense that He also completed
the first four?

If Jesus fulfilled and completed these prophecies, as He claimed, is
transgression of the law finished?

If the transgression of the law is finished, is it possible for you to break
(transgress) God’s law?

If Jesus fulfilled and completed these prophecies, as He claimed,
has sin come to an end?

Since sin has come to an end, is it possible for you to be a sinner?

If Jesus ulfilled and completed these prophecies, as He claimed,
did He make reconciliation for iniquity?

Since iniquity has been reconciled, is it possible for God to see you with
iniquity (sinfulness, imperfection)?

If Jesus fulfilled and completed these prophecies, as He claimed, was
everlasting righteousness brought in?

Since everlasting righteousness was brought at the cross, is it now possible,
for righteousness to be ended (that is, is it possible for some people to be unrighteous)?

Selah
Mr. Melt

The Prophets of God pt.1

When Jesus was on Earth, He said “Do not think that I have come to
abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to
fulfill them.” (Matthew 5:17). He also said, “This is what I told you while
I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me
in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”

“Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with
righteousness. And the destruction of the transgressors and of the
sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be
consumed.”     Isaiah 1:27-28

What does Isaiah say will produce the redemption of Zion (Jews)?

How will Zion’s converts (non-Jews who are ‘chosen’ of God regardless
of their heritage) be redeemed?

Does it make sense that Jesus brought both judgment and righteousness
to the world?

Looking at this prophecy as a whole, does Isaiah ever say that only
believers in Jesus would be redeemed?

Why do you think Isaiah distinguished between transgressors and sinners?

Does Isaiah say there will be a difference in the judgments of transgressors
and sinners?

Do you agree that this is a prophecy that Jesus came to fulfill?

Many times in his writings, Paul talks about being baptized into
Christ (for example, he says in 1 Corinthians 12:13 that we are
“all baptized into one body”). Did you know that the word “baptized”
that Paul used means to be immersed or consumed in something?

Who does Isaiah say will be consumed?

According to Isaiah, then, how many people would be consumed
(baptized) into Jesus?

“And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me
this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep
shall be scattered.”  Mark 14:27

How many did Jesus say would forsake Him at his death?

So how many people were baptized into Jesus’ death?

“Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no
transgression.” Romans 4:15

Remember, earlier we learned that Jesus took away the law. So is
there such a thing as transgressions of the law?

Jesus came to remove the condition of sin from the world. Did he
succeed or are there still people in the world with the condition of sin?

So if Jesus did what he came to do, and there are no more transgressors
and no more sinners, would it be fair to say that transgressors and sinners
had been destroyed?

“And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a
feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of
marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.”     Isaiah 25:6

According to Isaiah, for how many people was God going to
make a feast?

“And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast
over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.” Isaiah 25:7

“And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children
of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail
untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done
away in Christ.”    2 Corinthians 3: 13-15 

According to Paul, in 2 Corinthians, when are people’s minds veiled?

So what is it that veils people’s mind?

What did God say, in Isaiah’s prophecy, would happen to the
“covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread
over all nations”?

What does Paul say blinded the Israelite’s minds, but is now abolished?

In whom does Paul say this veil was done away with?

At Jesus’ death, the temple veil was torn. This symbolized the removing
of the separation between God and man. When did the doing away of the
separation/veil take place?

“He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away
tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away
from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.”   Isaiah 25:8

Who is the “He” being spoken of in Isaiah’s prophecy?

Whose tears did Isaiah say God would wipe away?

What did Isaiah say would happen to God’s rebuking of His people?

For how many people did Isaiah say this would happen?

Assuming Jesus fulfilled this prophecy, how many people is God upset with –
how many does He rebuke?

“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for
the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and
we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal must put on immortality.”   1 Corinthians 15:51-53

How many people did Paul say would be changed?

What does Paul say would happen to the corruptible and the mortal
at the last trump?

 
DID YOU KNOW?

At the moment Jesus died, not only was the veil in the temple ripped in
two, but a trump sounded in the temple, because it was Jewish law that
a trump be sounded at that hour.

Since, after Jesus’ sacrifice, God no longer cared about animal sacrifices,
this trumpet’s sound would have been the “last” one, from God’s perspective.

The last trump isn’t something that will happen in the future. It refers to the
trump that sounded at Christ’s death, announcing the final sacrifice for mankind.

Selah
Mr. Melt

 

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