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I am a retired pastor of
the Church of God (Tennessee). My name is Isaac Livingston. I am from Neyyoor India. |
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Preface
We saw in the the second chapter, that if Christians are unrighteous, God considers them as non-Christian; in the same way, if non-Christians lives in the righteousness of God, God will consider them as Christians, and they will inherit the kingdom of God in heaven, while the unrighteous Christians will be cast into hell and in the lake of fire. So, we can say, God considers our righteous in lives for our eternity, but not our ceremonial Christianity. Jesus Christ says in "Matthew 8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." At now those from east and west are non-Christians, and children of the kingdom represent Christians.
The same
flow continues in the third chapter. Further only two groups of people are
mentioned in this chapter. They are; 1) Only those Jews who has received the
oracle of God, but do not obey them. And 2) Only those Gentiles who has the same
rebellious mind-set of these Jews, but none others are included in this chapter.
So, take caution as you study this chapter; if not, you will be deceived and end
up in hell. So, do not trust all preachers. Most preachers preach the context of
this chapter, as if it is about all humanity, including sincere followers among
Christians, which include you and me. By doing that, they ignorantly teach the
doctrine of Satan, which is the Old Serpent, who has deceived Eve at the garden
of Eden. God uses the epistles of apostle Paul in such a way that rebellious
preachers and believers should fall. If your intention is to exploit God without
obeying him, you are among them that are mentioned in this chapter. If you
do not
have a clean mind and do not
have the intention to please God, you will also fall.
"1-3. 1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God." The ceremonial circumcision and the oracle of God were given to the Jews. But we just saw that any ceremony and knowledge are of no use to those who will not live according to them. "3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?" So, what, if they do not believe the oracle, can they make a dent in the oracles or commands of God; or ruin the plan of God? No!
So, this chapter is about the Jews who have received and then rejected the oracles of God. It is very important to know this, because the servants of Satan include all the sincere servants of God in this and make no difference between the godly and devilish people by twisting the context of these verses. But Godly people are not in this, and they must not be included in this. It refers only to all the disobedient Jews.
"4-6.
4 God
forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, (here
every man is who are among the disobedient Jews only, but godly righteous people
are not included in this)
That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou
art judged."
So, let us know that
God is true and he will be proved as the righteous judge. "5
But if
our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? (even
here, the we represent as if we are among the disobedient people, but if you are
righteous obedient person, you are not in this we)
Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man,)
here he mentions that he speaks as an unrighteous man.
6
God forbid: for
then how shall God judge the world?"
We are unrighteous
people. Will God judge according to our unrighteousness? Will that be his
righteousness? If he does, how can God take vengeance against unrighteousness?
God will judge the entire world with his righteousness, with respect to no
persons, but equally without bias between Christians and non-Christians of the
entire world, but according to what we have done righteously or unrighteously in
our lives.
"7-9. 7
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why
yet am I also judged as a sinner?"
Most preachers preach lies. They say God will do things for us and you, whereas
God will not do those things, but may be he will do just the opposite. They are
false promises, and they think that God is glorified in their lies. No! God
refuses to be glorifies in their lies. God will cast such preachers into hell
for their lies. Preach the truth as truth and lie as lie; beyond that it is sin.
"8
And not rather,
(as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do
evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just."
Good will never come out of evil. These preachers purposely lie as the
politicians and the news media do, and think that they are doing good. No, they
are children of Satan. "9
What then? are
we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and
Gentiles, that they are all under sin;"
These preachers are equally
bad or even worse than the disobedient Jews and Gentiles.
Again, here 'all' refers to those who do not believe and obey the oracles of God; they are from
the Jews, and Gentiles also followed them in the same way. Then they tried to
justify saying some nonsense as if God is glorified from their lies. No, God
will judge righteously no matter what.
"10.
As it is
written, There is none righteous, no, not one:"
God led apostle Paul to write in this way, so that it should be stumbling verses
to the disobedient rebellious people.
Preachers quote this verse and claim that no one that is born in this world, is
righteous. So, we are all sinners because we are born in flesh; and we accept
it. As a general statement we may accept this as true since the desire of the
flesh is to sin. But the work of the holy Ghost is to convert the repented
people into righteous living. These righteous people, who obey God should not be
included in this. But false preachers slap this on the entire world, which include you and me.
It is not an accidental lie, but it is purposeful deception. They know that
there are many God-fearing people in this world. Even while they live in the
flesh, they are guided by the Spirit of God and obey the commands of God, in the level of their calling, according
to what is given to them. So, the context refers to 'all' the unbelieving Jews,
and the unbelieving Gentiles only.
Verses 10-18,
describe the worst criminals of the world and preachers pick them up and slap it
on God loving obedient righteous Christians.
They do it on purpose. Let us read the verses, and you will find that these
descriptions are for ungodly criminals, but not for us.
"10
As it is
written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11
There is none
that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They
are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is
none that doeth good, no, not one.
13
Their throat is
an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps
is under their lips:
14
Whose mouth is
full of cursing and bitterness:
15
Their feet are
swift to shed blood:
16
Destruction and
misery are in their ways:
17
And the way of
peace have they not known:
18 There
is no fear of God before their eyes."
These verses are not for even common Christians. So, if you are a normal Christian,
it is not about you. Do not fall for such traps of false preachers. If you give
in, they will lead you to false salvation of Satan. It will take you straight to
hell. So, do not trust them. Read the verses in its context and perceive the
meaning.
"19
Now we know
that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law:
that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God."
God gave the laws to Jews through Moses. They were all to Jews as a nation, but
not to anyone else. It is deception to preach as it belongs to all, and those
who do
will be guilty before God, and God will judge them for deceiving people.
"20
Therefore by
the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the
law is the knowledge of sin."
God says that by obeying the laws of Moses, no one will be made righteous, since
they were for the nation to flourish, but not to inherit eternal life. At the
same time, the law will alert them what is sin.
"21
But now the
righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law
and the prophets;"
The law and the prophets refer to old testament Jews. But the righteousness of
God is seen even by Gentiles, which will qualify them even for eternal life.
The same God who called Abraham as his servant, Mosses as his servant, and David
as his servant, also called Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, as his servant.
It is in
"Jeremiah 25:
9
Behold,
I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this
land."
God has manifested his righteousness, even outside Jews; and so, Gentiles also saw it.
"22
Even the
righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all
them that believe: for there is no difference:"
Even though Jesus Christ came to his own people Jews, as in "John 1:11,
He came
unto his own, and his own received him not,"
he broke the middle wall and made Jews and Gentiles as one by his cross.
"26&27. 26
To
declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the
justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
27
Where is
boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of
faith."
That is, Jesus Christ is just, and he converts his people to become righteous.
So, since it is Jesus Christ who is doing the conversion, nobody else can be
boasted for what he has done. It is not done by Judaic laws, or by ceremonial
circumcision. But, if we have faith in Jesus Christ with the proof of doing what
he tells us to do, we will become righteous.
"28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law." That is, we are made just or righteous people, which is called justified, and it is done by Jesus Christ. If we have faith in Jesus Christ, he will make us righteous.
"29
Is he the God
of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:"
Now we know that God, through Jesus Christ, broke the middle wall, making Jews and Gentiles as one, reveals that
both are together.
"30&31. 30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. 31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law." What is by faith, and what it differs from when we say as through faith? The circumcision was given the laws and commandments. However, the one thing that they must overcome is by the faith in Jesus Christ. But the Gentiles, and we must apply this to non-Christians, will be led by their conscience, and then by the Spirit of God, even though they do not know it is done by Jesus Christ. If they follow the way of the Spirit, they will be made righteous, and they will inherit the kingdom of heaven.
Note:
If any point needs explanation,
OR,
if you find an error according to scripture,
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Matthew 28:20, & Mark 16:15. Jesus Christ preached his commandments to obey, as his
Gospel; it is the true Gospel to inherit Eternal life. Genesis 3:1-4 & 2 Corinth 11:2-4. But Preachers, who are Serpents of Satan, preach the life of man Jesus just to believe, but not to live as a chaste virgin, as the gospel; it is another gospel, which cannot and will not give Eternal life.The true gospel will convert evil people to do good and thereby they will inherit the kingdom in heaven.
John 3:19-21 say that people are two kinds, evil and true. Evil doers will not come to the Light, who is God; but people of truth come to God for their deeds to be made manifest. We have good and evil people by our standard of our society or culture. These evil people may be converted to be doers of truth by the power of God, and they may inherit the kingdom of God in heaven.
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