CHRIST TO ISRAEL
- PAUL TO GENTILES
Pastor J. C.
O’Hair
In this lesson we are to study the life and ministry of the Lord
Jesus on earth as recorded in the Gospel of Luke, with Paul’s Christ-given
ministry in Romans and Ephesians.
In Romans 15:8 we read that “Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision
(Israel).” In Romans 15:16 we read that “Paul was the minister of Jesus Christ
to the Gentiles.” Not only were these two ministers for different people, but
the ministry in the verses above quoted from Luke’s Gospel are quite different
from Paul’s ministry to the Gentiles, recorded in such verses of Romans and
Ephesians as Romans 10:5 to 12 - Ephesians 3:1 to 11.
We often hear that a Christian is one who follows Jesus Christ: but Paul said, in Philippians 3:17, “be followers together of me.” And in I Corinthians 11:1 , “follow me as I follow Christ.” In I Corinthians 3:10, Paul wrote, “I, the wise masterbuilder, have laid the foundation.” How important it is to understand the meaning of II Corinthians 5:16 and 17.
Many, many sincere Christians have been workmen who needed to be ashamed,
because they went to Matthew Mark and Luke to select the program for the
Church, or Body of Christ, without heeding the instructions of the Lord,
through Paul the wise masterbuilder. The Christian errs who does not study the
earthly ministry of Christ in the light of Paul’s Epistles.
Some Christians are told to present their infants for public dedication,
because the “Infant Jesus” was dedicated. But they should be Bereans (Acts
17:11) and read Luke 2:39 with Romans 6:14. In Luke 2:39 we learn that all that
was done for Christ was according to the law; whereas Christian parents and
children are not under the law. Some Christians want a little water put on the
heads of their children; but Christ was not sprinkled when He was a little
baby. He was circumcised. (Luke 2:21). The Christian’s circumcision is
spiritual and not physical. (Colossians 2:11 - Philippians 3:1 to 3). Some say
that the sprinkling takes the place of circumcision in the Old Testament. Then
why sprinkle baby girls?
There may have been some water used in
the dedication of Christ, for there were many different baptisms in Israel’s
religion (Hebrews 9:10); but the principal part of the ceremony was the turtledove
or pigeon. (Luke 2:24). Why not bring turtledoves to Church when little
children are publicly dedicated? Christ was baptized when He was 30 years old.
(Luke 3:21). Then He was baptized on the cross several years thereafter. (Luke
12:50). If we should follow Christ in baptism, which of these two baptisms?
Every one who has really accepted His second baptism has been saved. Should we
follow Christ in circumcision? As believers are baptized with Christ’s death
baptism, so they are—and must be—circumcised with His circumcision to get into
heaven. (Colossians 2:11 and 12 - Philippians 3:3). Should we do as He did, go
to the synagogue of the Jews on the seventh day sabbath? (Luke 4:16).
Should we obey Luke 6:29, 30 and 35, by giving our coat when we are sued for
our cloak; by giving to every one that asketh and expect nothing to be paid
back when we lend money? Should we sell our property and give our money away,
in obedience to Luke 12:33?
Should we, in this age of grace, tell a man to keep the commandments and sell
all that he has, to receive eternal life? (Luke 18:18 and 19 to 26). How does
this harmonize with Romans 4:4 and 5 and Ephesians 2:8 and 9? Let us remember
that Christ on earth was under the law.
Let us test things that differ. Jesus of Nazareth, a Man in the Land of the
Jews (Acts 10:38 and 39 and 2:22) is quite different from Christ in the Gentile
- the hope of glory. (Colossians 1:27 and II Corinthians 5:16). The one Gentile
to whom Christ ministered in Luke loved Israel and built a synagogue for them.
(Luke 7:1 to 12). Christ did not interfere with the offering of animals while
He was on earth.
What is te Gospel?
Believing
Christ died, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ died for YOUR sins and rose again, that’s SALVATION.
Moreover,
brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which the preached unto you, which also
ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep
in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For
I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ
died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried,
and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. 1.
Corinthians 15:1-4
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