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This is a podcast of FRSimeon's Bible Studies and Messages. We will focus heavily on the Gospel of Grace, the King James Bible, the Epistles of Paul, who is our apostle, as well as the Right Division of Scriptures.
Our desire is to get the Gospel (Christ's Death, Burial, and Resurrection) to everyone who needs it, to encourage believers by teaching the Mystery as revealed by the Apostle Paul and God's words rightly divided.
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If there is a huge difference in the dispensations in terms how God dealt with man, there must also be a difference in prayer and provision during Different dispensations. The question is this - In the Dispensation of Grace, do you still pray like you're under the Law? What are your expectations for God's answers to your prayers? Did God promise you that He would give you all these material blessings if you were faithful to Him? In this study, we talk about the God's blessings and provision for the Children of Israel before the cross and how those things differs from His blessings and provision for us, the Church the Body of Christ, today.
The Body of Christ is made up of both Jews and Gentiles where the Pauline Epistles declare that there is no difference at all and the Middle Wall of Partition is broken. Where that wall still stands, the Church which is the Body of Christ cannot exist. So when did the wall come up? Who put it up and who took it down? When was it taken down? The Devil knows this is a huge point of confusion with people who call themselves Christians and the consequences are harsh.
If a man who has no Right Division, he would come to the conclusion that either God is a liar or that He was fickle minded and changed His mind all the time. 1 Corinthians 12:5-6 says: "...there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all." God is the same and He never changes in that His attributes never changes but the way He changes with men, who change all time, is different in different times. For example, His administration or operation with the nation of Israel in the Old Testament is different than His administration with the Body of Christ today! The enemy is wise and subtle so he confuses people as to where they should get their doctrine from, their gospel from, or their church from and the consequences are serious!
Many times, we read into the Old Testament, The Synoptic Gospels and the the Beginning of Acts what we want it to say. A big example is that we make Acts 1-7 say that Peter is talking to the Church when just reading the text and being honest about what the words say proves that He was clearly talking to the Circumcision. If we make the Circumcision in Acts 1-7 one with the Church which is the Body of Christ, then how do we explain Galatians 2:7-9 which says "but contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; (for he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision."
Romans 11:6 says "And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work." This means that it'e either 100% Grace or 100% works but it cannot be both or some weird combination of Both. It cannot be 99% Grace plus 1% Sinner's Prayer because Col 4:12 says that Praying is work! Skeptic A immediately throw in an excuse that says that the Sinner's Prayer is merely the way a person receives the Gospel. 1 Thes 2:13 actually defines receiving as believing. Skeptic B throws in Luke 18:13 and Romans 10:13 as proof verse for the Sinner's Prayer. Right Division and Dispensationalism and just pure, honest to goodness studying of the Bible can cure that.
Much like the Tripartite Man, Music also has three Parts - Melody, Harmony and Rhythm. Melody speaks to or appeals our Mind. Harmony appeals to our Heart. Rhythm appeals to our Flesh. Because Lucifer, before he became Satan, was created with built in musical instruments (EZ 28:13, Yes He Did! We as people do too!) he knows music. And Because Satan cannot create, he can only pervert, then he knows how to pervert music as well! Satan knows how to destroy Melody, Harmony and Rhythm. All three parts of music are co-equally important just like aevery part of man is or else, we would be dead if one was absent from the three. The Bible, however, actually commands us that we should focus on one of those three but Satan turned things around and now a lot of churches and Christins are focusing on the wrong thing.
Love is a generic word thrown around by christianity as if it is always a positive thing. The application of the word love actually dependents on things like subjects and objects or, in other words, its context. For instance, one can love God and another can love sin. The Bible mentions loving God with all of your heart, your mind and your soul while it also says to love NOT the world, neither the things that are in the world. Because of the confusion over the word Love, the unparalleled Authorized King James Bible uses the term Charity. Though satan and the world has also made an attempt to water it down to simply mean giving to the poor, Charity is the love aimed specifically towards the edification or building up of others. Join us as we look ash the differences of love and charity in the Bible. We also have an exciting Pop Quiz on the misleading, and often parroted, Agape and Phileo Greek teaching from modern day preachers who would do better if the simply believe what the English Bible says.
After a few weeks of talking about how important the King James Bible is, let's look at some ways in which the mighty, unparalleled Authorized King James Bible has impacted our history, our language and our lives.
The church's (the body of Christ) history and Bible history has alway been intertwined. They cannot be separated. Through the pages of those two histories, however, there has always been three kinds of christians: The first group is the "Bible Receivers." We all start from here. Someone shares the Bible to us and then we receive it. There is nothing wrong with being here unless you decide to simply stay here. The second group is the "Bible Deceivers". A Christian gets to a point where he leaves his final authority and hold the church fathers, bible scholars or the preachers he's most impressed with on a higher pedestal than that of the Bible's. He's both deceived and deceiving others to think the same way he's thinking. Sadly people who are deceived are not aware that they are. Finally, there's the "Bible Believers". This is the group in which 1 Thessalonians 2:13 applies - "For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe." God's words take effect in those that believe it. In this study, we talk about the 7 signs of a pseudo-Bible believer.
The Bible says that there is no new thing under the sun. The Devil's tactics today have the same patterns from the beginning in Genesis chapter 3. He casts doubt on God's words, subtracts from Gods words, adds to God's words, waters down God's words, and outright denies or lies about God's words. It happened then in the garden. It's happening now and the Devil does not have to eliminate every single copy of the Bible from the world. He just need to cast that one doubt in the heart to take it away from the modern unsuspecting christian- so much so that when he hears that this is what the King James Bible says, the first thing that comes to mind is anything other than belief. It may not have happened in its entirety from the world but from that person's heart and mind, the omission of God's words has been accomplished!
"If God cannot preserve his perfect words, how can we expect Him to preserve our souls and our perfect salvation?" The Lord chose to use man, made of earth, to write down His revelation. Man, however, had to have a flame lit in him- just like a furnace! In this study we learn how God chose a specific people make sure his written words, from the original to the copies, are preserved "from this generation forever."
This is the second part of our study on how we received God's words as well as how we study it, live it and share it. A lot of Bible teachers talk about Revelation, Inspiration, Preservation and Illumination. then stop there. What happens beyond that? How do we receive it? We receive it by believing it. After receiving, we study and rightly divide God's words. Then we get understanding. Then we are able to live a life of honest application of Pauline doctrine and that's when we can share God's words.It's not enough that we have God's words. We have to believe it, study it, live it and share it!
This is Part 1 of our study on How God gave His words to man, how God inspired man to write it down, how God preserved the copies and translations, how we actually receive God's words, and how we study God's words. Part 2 next week will talk about how studying God's words the way He intended us (an only us, the Body of Christ - since we are the only ones commanded to rightly divide Scriptures) to will give us illumination. Proper illumination will give us correct application. Correct application will make it easier for us to communicate God's words to other people.
Everyone who goes to a Christian church deserves to have a pastor who is honest about his stand on the Bible. This topic is often set aside by many preachers because they do not want to say their quiet belief out loud - that no bible is perfect today; only the originals are perfect and these originals are long gone and presently non-existent. Christian, how could you put your trust in God to preserve your soul if He cannot even preserve His book like He promised in Psalm 12:6-7, AV1611? Pastor, why would you be waste your time and pretend like everything is going along swimmingly when your foundation, the Bible, is imperfect? In this study, we talk about how the Bible defines the term inspiration. The term Theopneoustos is only one application of that term. We also take a look at how God treated the original manuscripts.
We live in a society that keeps redefining words. All of a sudden, it's wrong to hate or be angry. Hate is not a sin because there are instances in the Bible that said that God hates the wrong things. Anger and wrath are not sins because God the Bible also shows instances of His anger and wrath. The difference is the object of your anger or your hate. It becomes sin when we do something wrong because of it.
The Catching Away of the Body of Christ is one of the mysteries in the Pauline Epistles that the Apostle Paul was the first one to break in the Scriptures. Prior to that, everyone talked about the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus to establish His literal Kingdom. This is why a lot of people are confused. This is why a lot of people do not believe in the Rapture or the catching away of the Bible of Christ. In this study, we talk about the inheritance that the nation of Israel is waiting for compared to the inheritance that we, the Body of Christ, are waiting for. The Second Coming of Christ is a prophesied event while the Rapture is a mystery. This is why it is wrong for members of the Body of Christ to watch for signs for the Rapture. The Jews require a sign. We walk by Faith and not by sight! Looking for signs for an event that does not involve us keeps us earthly minded when we're supposed to be looking up.
Is There A Difference Between Being Religious & Being Spiritual? Religion, rendered down to its definition is the outward show of our beliefs. Websters 1828 says that "Religion, in its most comprehensive sense, includes a belief in the being and perfections of God, in the revelation of his will to man, in man's obligation to obey his commands, in a state of reward and punishment, and in man's accountableness to God; and also true godliness or piety of life, with the practice of all moral duties. It therefore comprehends theology, as a system of doctrines or principles, as well as practical piety; for the practice of moral duties without a belief in a divine lawgiver, and without reference to his will or commands, is not religion." If we were to create a mathematical equation to it, Religion = Faith + Works. Being Spiritual, on the other hand, is understood by studying the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the Dispensation of Grace. There are things that the Holy Spirit did "in times past" that He dose not do anymore in our dispensation. After running the cross references, we find that being Spiritual is being Biblical.
Applying the basic bible study principles that were discussed in "Porch Pirates," we take a look into the question that stemmed from a letter mailed to us. Per the JW's, are we in the kingdom already right now? Before doing that, however, we take a look into their own statement of belief to be fair with everyone.
In addition to the continuation of some basic but very important steps on studying your bible, we also talk about some basic yet fundamental differences between Israel and the Church which is the Body of Christ. Israel's Inheritance is Earthly while ours is Heavenly. Israel's program is Prophecy while ours is the Mystery. Israel's Operating System, or Dispensation if you will, is the Law while ours is Grace. These fundamental differences have grave implications that leads us one way or the other. We cannot have the best of both worlds. A lot of churches in Christendom say that they believe in the dispensation of Grace but put their members under the law.
Many Christians and Churches today do not know how to study the Bible! They read a portion of the scripture and misapply a verse when it says something totally different! All of God's words are written for us but not all of them are written to us! When we apply verses that is not addressed to us, that is the same as stealing someone else's mail. It's the same as being a porch pirate! In this first part of two messages, we talk about some of the basic rules of studying the Bible. Then we go into some basic differences between Israel and the Body of Christ.
The Bible already knows that in the last days people who start in the right doctrine will not endure it and depart from it. In this episode we start with the thought that demons are not in the business of Halloween horror stories. They are in the business of doctrine. They've watered down so much doctrine that it's amazing what passes for preaching these days. They're really just fables just like the Bible says! We talk about why people who start in the correct doctrine leave. We talk about why it is important to learn doctrine. And finally we talk about what our attitude should be toward preaching so we can arm ourselves from these story tellers.
Our Standing has to do with What God sees while our State has to do with what Man sees. Our Standing says that "All things are Lawful" meaning, we can't lose our salvation, while our State says "Not all things are expedient." Our Standing cannot change while our State changes all the time.
In this Episode we take a look at the importance of even the smallest pronouns like those "pesky" thee's, thou's, ye's, etc. There is a reason why we shouldn't mess with God's words and that reason is found in Luke 4:4. Jesus Himself said that EVERY word is important so that includes those "pesky" thee's and thine's. We also take a deeper look into whether Adam and Eve were really naked before the fall or if they were wearing something. This leads us back to our discussion about the difference between the image of God and the image of Adam.
In this message, the Bible shows that there is a difference between the Standing and the State of the Believer. Before diving into that, however, we talk about the difference of the image of God and the image of Adam. When God created Adam, he was created in God's image but after man's fall, everyone was born in Adam's image. No matter what kind of religious works or works of righteousness we do, it does not count since it is done in Adam. We need to be put IN-CHRIST who is the express image of God. This happens only upon Salvation.
God's will is not a secret. There are actually verse that says that He has revealed His will to us. The problem is we have this made-up idea in our heads about what our "God's Will" is and then we don't pay attention to what He actually wants us to do. We cannot know God's will until we get saved and our minds are transformed. Before salvation, our minds were enmity against God so it needs be transformed. This is the most important thing that needs to happen before a person concern himself with what God's will is. If salvation is neglected, wondering about what God's will is just not going to work. After salvation, the Bible tells us what God's will for our lives is. We don't have to guess or come up with stuff.
Before we got saved, we were enemies of God. It took the Blood of Christ to appease God's wrath for His Enemies. After we placed our trust in Christ's Death, Burial, & Resurrection, not only did we get access to the forgiveness of sins in Christ but we are also declared righteous. We are no longer God's enemies. God has reconciled us to Him. We have transformed from enemies to ambassadors whose ministry is the ministry of reconciliation. We only get Peace WITH God upon salvation. Peace OF God is a different thing. It is something that we need to let rule in our hearts.
This study is a continuation of the message titled, "Heaven: If We Only Knew What Happened Behind The Scenes," as well as a supplement to the message titled, "Are Saved People God's Children or are We Just Adopted?" The doctrine of Predestination is often misinterpreted by many. The common explanation is that before the foundation of the world, God chose who is to be saved and who is to remain lost and that the number of those who will be saved and who will remain lost is set in stone that it may not be increased or decreased. While the word Predestination is indeed a biblical term, this interpretation is nowhere to be found in the Bible. The people whom God predestinated are people that are IN HIM. The People that are IN HIM have a PRE-planned-DESTINATION. Because, however, our physical bodies cannot operate in the heavenlies, then God PRE-planed that our bodies be DESTINED to the ADOPTION.
During his rebellion, Lucifer had a five-fold plan (Is 14:12-14) and the last point of that plan was that he wanted to "be like the most High." Cross-referencing the term "Most High" brings us to Gen 14:19, which says that the Most High is the possessor of Heaven and Earth. Satan wanted both Heaven and Earth for himself but God promised Earth to Abraham and his seed and that they will dwell there forever. As for Heaven, God has a plan for it as well and if Satan knew about this plan, he wouldn't have crucified the Lord of Glory.
A 2017 Gallup poll shows that only 24% of Americans believe that the Bible is the word of God. While this is not only detrimental to the country but also to each and every christian who claims to be one, this is caused by christians themselves. Many christians do not actually believe the Bible. They believe in a set of teachings or belong to schools of thoughts whether they be denominational or just what they got used to hearing while growing up. Then when challenged with what the Bible actually says, they think that the Bible is weird. Because of this attitude, it is easy for anyone who watches from the outside to come to the conclusion that the goalposts are indeed movable. If to the christian the Bible may be challenged and changed then what's to stop the unbeliever from not submitting to it either?
Christendom often read the Bible with preconceived biases. They read or hear the word Gospel and think that every instance means the same thing! In the last episode, we discussed why praying the sinner's prayer is not a requirement for Salvation. This episode, we discuss why Water Baptism is not required for any of us in this dispensation to be saved. During His earthly ministry, The Lord Jesus along with John the Baptist, Peter and the rest of the apostles preached the Gospel of The Kingdom. Water Baptism and healing (and other sign miracles) were always attached to this gospel. In this study, we learn why. We also take a look at the Gospel of Christ and how different it is from the Gospel of the Kingdom. Which one is the Gospel for our Salvation? Which one is the one we received, believe and preach?
Prayer is a WORK according to Colossians 4:13. Praying the sinner's prayer, therefore, is not a requirement for Salvation in our dispensation. In this study, we go into some of the verses that christendom stand on to make praying a requirement for Salvation and expose how these are interpreted out of context. We also take a slow motion look on the sequence of events that lead to Salvation with the hope that this outline is helpful for every regenerated individual when they do the work of an ambassador and share the Gospel to their family, friends and, really, anyone.
The Doctrine of Adoption of Sons is lost in many preaching today but this is a very important doctrine that leads to the definition of what the Adoption is. In the Bible, only the Firstborn Male holds the birthright so he gets the inheritance. God made a way for all of us that are saved today- man, woman, boy, or girl- to become co-heirs with Christ. So Biblical adoption is different from our modern concept of it. We are misled when we come to the Bible and define things with our contemporary or cultural mindset. Rather, we must let the the Bible define and teach us rightly divided doctrine so we can apply it in our lives today. We also talk about the difference between how the Bible defines the terms child and sons and how they have differences in rights and responsibilities.
In this first ever question and answer series, we talk about three questions that has been turned in over the past few months. These are: How down receive Christ? Did the 12 Apostles Preach And Believe What We Now Preach and Believe? Why is it Important To Be Thankful? We will try to do one of these maybe once or twice a month. If you have any questions that you would like to see answered, please do not hesitate to send us an email at frsimeon1611@gmail.com
It is just impossible for The Lord Jesus to die on a Friday and resurrect the next Sunday when He was in the Heart of the Earth for three days and three nights. So when did He die? In this study we talk about what happened to Jesus' Body, Soul and Spirit when He died. We talked about what He did in Hell and whether he was punished or burned in Hell for our sins.
Knowing the tactics the Devil from last week's study (Why Satan Hates The Mystery), We talk about how he does not want to totally eradicate the doctrine of Hell, he wants to water it down so churches and believers do not take it seriously and so the lost are no longer scared of it. Hell is described as something that resembles prison. It also has fire that is never quenched. When the Bible describes one aspect of Hell in one book and another aspect in a different book, that does not mean that the previous aspect of hell ceases to exist. Finally we also discuss how a person goes to Hell after he dies.
A Mystery is defined in the Bible as a Hidden Wisdom. This Mystery was hid in God and was hid even from Satan. If Satan knew about it, he wouldn't have crucified the Lord Jesus Christ. Satan's main Goal is to be "Like the Most High" so his tactics of deception are very subtle. He does not try to deceive christian churches today with a "gospel of Satan" but something that is LIKE the real gospel but with perversions here and there. He does not try to deceive the body of Christ with a bible labeled "Satan's Bible". That's just too obvious. Rather, he deceives with something that looks like the Holy Bible and changes or perverts words here and there.
The differences between Faith IN Christ and Faith OF Christ are rarely preached on in churches these days because modern bibles do not care about prepositions. In this message, we talk about whose Faith they are and what the effects are of these two.
Salvation is something that Satan cannot steal from us so what he steals is our joy. Christians are motivated by a lot of weird things like material things, recognition, having the biggest church in town but being excited about our salvation and what God did for us as well as being in a place where our hearts stand in awe of God's words should help motivate us in our daily walk. Justification does not just mean forgiveness of sins. It means Forgiveness of Sins and being declared righteous. Because Romans is an Acts period epistle, the apostle Paul was ushering in the dispensation of Grace to a crowd who was primarily used to the Law. During that period, Paul had to deal with a few groups of people. He dealt with the Jews first that’s why he would always go to the synagogues. Then he would deal with jews who were saved under the law period called the little flock. Then he talked to people like us, Gentiles who were without the law. Doing the works of the Law brings in the Righteousness which is of the Law and this does not satisfy Gods plan. It has to be the Righteousness which is of God.
The Law teaches us about sin and then our flesh starts to do it because that is our nature. Even Gentiles who did not know anything about the Law kept doing the works of the Law written in their hearts (Rom 2:15), which offers the righteousness which is of the Law. But by the Faith OF Christ, God's righteousness was made available to us. We also talk about the wonderful parallelism between Romans 3:24 and Ephesians 2:8.
Many professing christians claim that they are saved but when asked about what they base their claim from, they either point to their own works or are unable to define what the gospel is. In this episode, we discuss what the gospel is and define what the Apostle Paul call "Another Gospel" in the book of Galatians. Sadly, most professing christians unknowingly stand on "Another Gospel" as the basis of their salvation.