THE GARMENTS OF THE BIBLE Pastor J. C. O’Hair

THE GARMENTS OF THE BIBLE

Pastor J. C. O’Hair

Nearly every one of the garments of the Bible, listed above, has a religious, if not a spiritual, significance. We read in Genesis 37:3 that Jacob made for the son that he loved so dearly (Joseph), a coat of many colors. Of course, Joseph was a type of the Lord Jesus Christ who was crowned with glory and honour. (Hebrews 2:9).

Note Exodus 28:2 and Deuteronomy 22:11: “And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty.” “Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woolen and linen together.”

Here we have the high priest and his garment as the type of Christ and His holiness and majesty, and the garment to instruct God’s people against unholy mixtures in their doctrine and practice.

In Leviticus 6:10 we see that God’s servants were to be clothed in linen; and we read the explanation of linen in Revelation 19:14 and 8: “clothed in fine linen, white and clean”, “the fine linen is the righteousnesses of saints.” Read also in Revelation 3:5 of the white raiment of the saints. The saints have these white robes because of the sinlessness, eternal glory and garments of Christ. See Christ in Revelation 1:13 and 19:13: “Clothed with a garment down to the foot, with a golden girdle.” “And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood; and His name is called The Word of God.”

Our blessed Lord, in Psalm 93:1, is clothed with majesty and with strength. God’s priests and servants and saints were to be clothed with righteousness, salvation, and sackcloth, in the Psalms. (Psalm 132:9 and 16 - Psalm 69:11).

Note the great contrast between the garments of Isaiah 64:6 and 10: “We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” “I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation. He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.”

So the Divine King is to ask the question of Matthew 22:12: “And He saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?” “And he was speechless.”

What will the sinner say when he stands clothed in his own unrighteous righteousness before God? We all love Luke 15:22: “The father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.” We would emphasize “BEST ROBE.” The holy God gives to the penitent sinner His own perfect, unimpeachable Divine righteousness, on the ground of the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Read this offer in II Corinthians 5:21 - Romans 4:5 - Galatians 3:14 - Romans 4:21 to 25.

How did universal unrighteousness come into the world? Through the sin of Adam and Eve. Note Genesis 3:7: “And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

Many Christians have thought that Adam and Eve were clothed with Divine Light, when they were created in the image and likeness of God, God is Light. (Genesis 5:1 to 4). When they sinned they knew that they were unclothed. So they tried to cover their nakedness. But they knew that they were not covered in God’s sight with their aprons of fig leaves. Men and women from that day to this have futilely used every scheme, religious and other schemes, to cover themselves.

Now note Genesis 3:21: “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make COATS OF SKINS, and CLOTHED THEM.”

If we, by faith, will accept God’s garment of salvation, we shall also be clothed with our house from heaven when our Saviour returns for us. (II Corinthians 5:1 to 5).

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A VISIT TO THE POTTER’S HOUSE Pastor J. C. O’Hair

 

 A VISIT TO THE POTTER’S HOUSE 

 Pastor J. C. O’Hair

  The modern Pottery Factory is quite different from the Potter’s House in the days of Jeremiah or from many of the primitive workshops in Mexico. Generally you will find the display room with the finished product in front and the workshop in the rear where the workman sits with his foot turning the wheel as he molds the clay with his hands. Sometimes the workman has a printed design before him. Sometimes it is in his mind. Often you find a little hall between the display room and the workshop with a window at either end. As you look out through the window you see the Potter’s Field, filled with broken pottery, worse than worthless. We can imagine some such primitive place of business in Jeremiah’s day: “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear My words. Then I went down to the potter’s house and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in Mine hand, O House of Israel.”
This story is almost self-explanatory. God was the Great Potter and He still is. Israel needed to be made over. So does every sinner today, whether Jew or Gentile. According to II Corinthians 11:1 to 3 and Romans 5:12 and the story of Adam’s sin in Genesis 3, can we say that humanity was marred in the Potter’s hand? Satan did the marring. Many believe, whatever has happened to the human race has been either according to God’s direct will or His permissive will. It does seem that God permitted the Serpent to present his proposition to Eve. Sin is universal. All have been conceived in sin and shapen in iniquity. Sin has marred the whole human race.
But in Romans 8:28 to 32 we learn that before Adam sinned God had an eternal purpose. (II Timothy 1:9 - Ephesians 3:11 - Ephesians 1:4 and 5 - Ephesians 1:11). God foreknew that He would have a race of sons conformed to the image of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. So when God, the Great Potter, puts a sinner on the Gospel Wheel He has His Son in His mind and wants the finished product of II Corinthians 3:18 and Philippians 3:21. The Gospel of Christ is God’s power unto salvation. (Romans 1:16). Christ died for our sins and was raised from the dead after He was buried. On the cross of Calvary His visage was marred more than any other man. (Isaiah 52:14). What a strange but wonderful story! The sinless Christ. Who had never been marred by sin, had to be marred and be made sin, wearing the cursed thorns, that marred vessels might become new creatures in Christ. (II Corinthians 5:21 - Galatians 3:13 - I Peter 3:18 - II Corinthians 5:17). Only the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit can take the child of Adam out of the wreck and ruin, and put him in Christ. Christ became a partaker of flesh and blood, even in the likeness of sinful flesh (Hebrews 2:14 and 15 - Romans 8:3), that the Great Potter might make the marred vessels into what is described in II Timothy 2:21: “a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the Master’s use.”
Note God’s eternal “show-room”: “That in the ages to come, He might show the exceeding riches of His grace, in His kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus.” For ever and ever God, in heaven, will have on display the trophies of His grace, to the glory of His Beloved Son. Are you going to be there? You will either be there or in the Potter’s Field. Poor Judas! Our contempt for him is mixed with pity. He brought back the thirty pieces of silver and gave them to the betrayers and murderers of the Lord of Glory. (I Corinthians 2:6 to 8 - Acts 7:51 to 56 - Acts 3:14 and 15 - I Thessalonians 2:14 to 16). Read carefully Matthew 27:3 to 10.
Are you headed for the Great Display Room in Heaven with Christ or for the Potter’s Field with Judas and Satan?

What is the 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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THE RESTITUTI AND THE RAPTURE Pastor. C. O’Hair

THE RESTITUTI AND THE RAPTURE  

Pastor. C. O’Hair

In Matthew 21:42 Christ told Israel that He was to be the rejected Stone in fulfillment of the Scriptures. “It was the Lord’s doing,” (Matthew 21:42 - Acts 4:25 to 29 - Acts 2:22 and Acts 3:18).
In Acts 3:19 to 21 we learn that Christ is coming back to earth for the restitution of all things, in fulfillment of the Scriptures. Samuel and all of the prophets spoke of “these days.” (Acts 3:24).
Christ came unto His own and His own received Him not. (John 1:11). At the time Christ was dying, He prayed for Israel in Luke 23:34, “Father, forgive them, for they KNOW NOT what they do.” How did that prayer change God’s attitude toward Israel? Note the Lord’s message of mercy and forgiveness after He accused Israel of “killing the Prince of Life.” (Acts 3:14 and 15). “‘And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. But those things, which God before had showed by the mouth of all His prophets, that Christ should suffer, He hath fulfilled.” (Act 3:17 and 18). Then what? The “therefore” and the RESTITUTION message of Acts 3:19 to 21.
Christ was delivered according to God’s determinate counsel and foreknowledge. He had to die when He died and as He died. (I Peter 1:18 to 20) - (Matthew 26:24). Therefore, on the ground of the “KNOW NOT,” in Christ’s prayer, and the “IGNORANCE” of Acts 3:17, if Israel’s rulers, with Israel, would repent they would receive all the kingdom blessings of Joel Two, of which Acts was but a sample (Acts 2:16 to 20). Call this a second Kingdom chance, or what you will, but there was a new PROPOSITION from God to Israel. But this differed from God’s new dispensation for Gentiles by Paul. (Ephesians 3:1 to 4 - Romans 11:30 and Romans 11:11).
Repent and God will send Christ back to earth for the prophesied kingdom RESTITUTION. Christ will return to build again the tabernacle of David. (Acts 15:15 to 18).
Israel did not repent and the RESTITUTION was postponed. The Kingdom was not restored to Israel. (Acts 1:6). God introduced a new program by a new apostle, concerning the new creation and the One New Man. (II Corinthians 5:16 and 17 - Ephesians 2:15). Christ was no longer known after the flesh. These new creatures could then say with the apostle of the Gentiles; “For our citizenship is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself.” (Philippians 3:20 and 21). When Christ appears to do this, it will not be for the RESTITUTION of Acts 3:21.
Paul did not say in his “grace” gospel, “repent, and God will send Christ back for the prophesied RESTITUTION,” which will come when Christ returns to build the tabernacle of David (Amos 9:11 to 15). No, Paul said, “believe and God will raise you up and make you sit with Christ in the heavenlies.” Note Ephesians 2:5 and 6: “Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace are ye saved); And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.” There is a great difference between Christ coming down here and our being raised up in the heavenlies.
These new creatures will all be present when the RAPTURE of I Thessalonians 4:13 to 18 takes place. The blessed hope of Titus 2:13 will be realized when Christ comes for His Church.
Between the RAPTURE and the RESTITUTION there will come trouble on the earth. Read Luke 21:24 to 33. It is the time of Jacob’s trouble—Jacob shall be saved. (Jeremiah 30:7 to 11).
The Church will be with Christ in glory before Christ’s return for the prophesied RESTITUTION. So you and I are Pretribulation Premillenarians.

What is the 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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THE CROWNS OF THE BIBLE Pastor J. C. O’Hair

THE CROWNS OF THE BIBLE 

Pastor J. C. O’Hair

First we read in Hebrews 2:6 to 9: “But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man that Thou are mindful of him: or the Son of man, that Thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; THOU CROWNEDST HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR, and didst set him over the works of Thy hands: Thou hast put all things in subjection under His feet. For in that He put all in subjection under Him, He left nothing that is not put under Him. But now we see not yet all things put under Him. But we see Jesus, Who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HONOR; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”
This is the truth revealed in Psalm 8:3 to 9.
Adam was made in the image and likeness of God. (Genesis 1:26). The Lord Jesus was the express image of God’s Person and the effulgence of His glory. (Hebrews 1:1 and 2). The first man, the first Adam, and the Second Man, the last Adam, were crowned with glory and honor. The first man lost his glory and honor when he sinned; and then his crown of glory and honor fell from his head into the dust and brought forth thorns. The Second Man on the cross exchanged His crown of glory and honor for a crown of thorns: “And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head, and a reed in His right hand: and they bowed the knee before Him, and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!” (Matthew 27:29). “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, for it is written; Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.” (Galatians 3:13).
The Lord Jesus was crowned with glory and honor, though made lower than the angels for the suffering of death. This was in fulfillment of Genesis 3:14 and 15. The first man was disobedient unto death. Because the Second Man was obedient unto death and was inherently Divine and omnipotent, He destroyed Satan’s death power. (Hebrews 2:14). Because the Lord Jesus Christ wore the thorns and bore the curse and was made sin, believing children of Adam are made righteous in Christ (II Corinthians 5:21); and then they can earn a crown of righteousness and a crown of glory.
“Henceforth there is laid up for me A CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.” (II Timothy 4:8). “Feed the flock of God”; “And when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive A CROWN OF GLORY that fadeth not away.” (I Peter 5:4).
He that doeth the will of God abideth forever, (I John 2:17), “If any man’s work abide which he hath build thereupon, he shall receive a reward.” (I Corinthians 3:14). “Our labor is not in vain in the Lord” (I Corinthians 15:58). “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible CROWN; but we AN INCORRUPTIBLE.” (I Corinthians 9:24 and 25).
The poet did not speak the whole truth when he said, “the path of glory leads but to the grave.” The path of glory here will be for the unsaved one, the “after-death” judgment of Hebrews 9:27. The path of suffering for the saved one will mean an eternity of gory. Colossians 3:3 and 4 - Ephesians 2:7).
And if the believer is faithful unto death he shall receive A CROWN OF LIFE. (Revelation 2:10). This is called the martyr’s crown. It is also the overcomer’s crown. (James 1:12).
The soul-winner’s crown is called “THE CROWN OF JOY” or “REJOICING.” (I Thessalonians 2:19 - Philippians 4:1).
Then see the conquering King, the Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, descending in glory on His white horse in Revelation 19:11 to 15. He is wearing many crowns (diadems). There is a great contrast between a crown of thorns and cursed on a tree, and many diadems, in triumph on the white horses, ready to put all things under His feet.

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CHRIST THE TABERNACLE AND SANCTUARY Pastor J. C. O’Ha

CHRIST THE TABERNACLE AND SANCTUARY

Pastor J. C. O’Hair

In Exodus 25:8 and 9 we read concerning the sanctuary and the tabernacle: “And let them make Me a SANCTUARY; that I may dwell among them. According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the TABERNACLE, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.”
Then we learn in Hebrews 8:1 and 2 that the SANCTUARY and TABERNACLE foreshadowed the true SANCTUARY and TABERNACLE: “Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum: We have such a High Priest, Who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A Minister of the SANCTUARY, and of the true TABERNACLE, Which the Lord pitched, and not man.”
Of course, the student of the Scriptures, who would receive the richest blessing from this study, should read the last sixteen chapters of Exodus and the sixteenth chapter of Leviticus. But let every one at least read the Scriptures which we have listed above.
In Hebrews 10:1 and Hebrews 9:8 and 9 and Colossians 2:16 and 17, we learn that what Israel’s priests and ministers did in and out of the sanctuary and tabernacle, according to God’s directions, foreshadowed and prefigured the abiding work of God’s true, eternal Priest, Who offered Himself without spot unto God, when He appeared once in the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. (Hebrews 9:14 and 26).
“Make Me a SANCTUARY that I may dwell among them” according to the pattern of the TABERNACLE.
Now note carefully: “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt (TABERNACLED) among us; and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). “And the angel answered and said unto her, the Holy  shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also that HOLY THING (SANCTUARY or SAINT) Which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” (Luke 1:35).
Now note II Corinthians 5:19 and 17: “GOD WAS IN CHRIST reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them.” “If ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST he is a new creature.” God and man met in Christ and they must meet in Christ for any genuine spiritual blessing.
God TABERNACLED on earth as the true SANCTUARY, in Christ Jesus.
Study Exodus 35:12 to 16 and Exodus 25:1 to 22.
What all of this foreshadowed and prefigured is told in the ninth chapter of Hebrews, which chapter every Christian should not only read a hundred times or more but should diligently study under the infallible Holy Spirit. We quote Hebrews 9:2 and 3: “For there was a TABERNACLE made; the first, wherein was the CANDLESTICK, and the table, and the SHOWBREAD; which is called the SANCTUARY.”
Then the verses that follow tell the meaning of the Sixteenth chapter of Leviticus when the high priest sprinkled the mercy-seat.
In addition to the furniture and vessels we have mentioned we read, in Exodus 30:18 and Exodus 40:30, of the laver for the water. We quoted John 1:14, that Christ, the true SANCTUARY, TABERNACLED, on earth. That word “dwelt” is translated “TABERNACLED” several times.
In the Gospel of John we begin with the Lamb of God to be offered for the sins of the world. (John 1:29). Of this the offering on the brazen altar outside the SANCTUARY spoke. Then note in John 6:37 to 53 Christ is the true SHOWBREAD. Then in John 8 and 9 Christ is the true LAMPSTAND and LIGHT, even THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. He is the true LAVER, as He uses water and speaks of water in John 3:5 - John 4:14 - John 7:38 and 39 - John 9:1 to 9 - John 13:1 to 12. Then He is the ALTAR OF INCENSE, in His intercessory ministry in John Seventeen.
Then when the ANTITYPE of all the TABERNACLE types went to Calvary, and took our sins away, the vail in the temple was rent. (Hebrews 6:19 - Hebrews 10:20 - Luke 23:45). 

What is the 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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THE CASE OF CORNELIUS THE CENTURION Pastor J. C. O’Hair

THE CASE OF CORNELIUS THE CENTURION

Pastor J. C. O’Hair

After 1900 years this case has not been thrown out of the theological and sectarian church courts. Only as we carefully and prayerfully study the Scriptures above listed can we understand this strange and unusual case.
About seven years after Peter preached to DEVOUT JEWS from every nation under heaven on the day of Pentecost, concerning what Jesus of Nazareth did in the land of the Jews, how Israel put Him to death and God raised Him from the dead, Peter preached to Cornelius and his household, concerning what Jesus of Nazareth did in the land of the Jews, how Israel put Him to death and God raised Him from the dead (Compare Acts 2:22 to 24 and Acts 10:38 to 40).
Cornelius was in Caesarea, in the land of the Jews: “A DEVOUT MAN, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.” “ . . a just man and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews; was warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee unto his house, and to hear words of thee.” (Acts 10:2 and 22).
Certainly God gave Cornelius very special attention and Cornelius had given God very special attention; and Cornelius had also given special attention to the Jews, whom he loved and to whom he gave money.
If a man in 1945 were devout and feared God and prayed to God always and gave much alms to God’s people, just, and of good report among God’s people, we would not judge that he needed salvation. But the Lord told Cornelius that Peter would tell him words “whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.” (Acts 11:14).
Many Christians have thought of Cornelius as an uncircumcised proselyte; and they have certainly wondered why the other eleven apostles were not only amazed but displeased with Peter when he preached to Cornelius. Why did Peter say, some seven years after the Lord Jesus gave the Twelve the commission of Matthew 28:19 and 20 and Mark 16:14 to 18, that it was not lawful for the apostles to go to Gentiles? (Acts 10:28 - Acts 11:1 to 5). The reason is far deeper than Jewish prejudice.
After Peter explained the “sheet” vision and the unclean creatures of Acts 10:11 to 13, (Romans 1:23), and how the Holy Spirit fell on Cornelius and his loved ones, as Peter began to speak, even before they were baptized with water (Acts 10:44 to 48 Acts 11:14 and 15) “. . they held their peace and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.” (Acts 11:18). They did not say what was said several years later. (Acts 14:27).
Moreover Christians have tried to understand the statement of Peter in Acts 15:7, about fifteen years after Cornelius was saved, that it was by “my mouth” (Peter’s mouth), that the Gentiles should hear God’s message and believe. At the time Peter declared this truth he and his fellow-apostles agreed with Paul to confine their ministry to the Jews (Galatians 2:9). But why just the one mouth? There were 12 mouths.
In the light of Matthew 28:19 and 20 how are we to explain why in all of the Book of Acts there is no record of any missionary journeys by Peter and his fellow-apostles, outside of the land of the Jews, or why there is no Scriptural proof that any of the Twelve, except Peter, preached to Gentiles? Surely we ask why Paul’s statement in Acts 13:46, as to why salvation was sent to Gentiles, if the Matthew commission authorized all of the Lord’s apostles to preach the “grace” gospel to Gentiles. (Galatians 1:11 and 12).
Paul preached to Gentiles, to provoke Israel to jealousy. (Romans 11:11). The Lord sent Paul to Gentiles, because Israel was cast away in blindness; because of Israel’s unbelief and fall. (Romans 11:7 to 15 and Romans 11:30). Israel had not been cast away at the time Peter preached to Cornelius. Peter did not preach to Cornelius, to provoke Israel to jealousy, or because of Israel’s fall, unbelief or blindness. Peter worked with the keys of the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 16:18 and 19). Paul worked “under the dispensation of the grace of God” for Gentiles. (Ephesians 3:1 to 3).
There surely was a great difference in Peter’s message in Acts 10:34 and 35 and Paul’s message in Romans 4:4 and 5 and II Timothy 1:9.
Those who believe that water baptism regeneration is taught in Acts 2:38 and Mark 16:16 are perplexed when they read that Cornelius received the Holy Spirit as the evidence of salvation before he received water baptism. He needed not the water as a witness. Tongues were for a sign.
After Peter used his key with Cornelius, one of the Twelve died. (Acts 12:1 and 2). Then the Holy Spirit sent out a new apostle for a new work, as the Lord postponed the kingdom of heaven until the culmination of Ephesians 4:13 and Titus 2:13.
Read Acts 13:2 - II Corinthians 5:16 - Acts 22:17 to 21 - Romans 15:16 - Ephesians 3:8.
It seems that the Lord’s program, as outlined in Acts 2:1 to 12:1, is a kingdom program, a pattern of the program that will follow this present age of grace, after the rapture of the Church (Body) of Christ.

What is the 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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SOME “WHY’S” IN THE BOOK OF ACTS Pastor J. C. O’Hair

SOME “WHY’S” IN THE BOOK OF ACTS

Pastor J. C. O’Hair

  Why is not the name of Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus, mentioned in Acts or in the Bible after the Holy Spirit descended from heaven on the day of Pentecost?
Why did Peter say, some years after Christ told Peter and his fellow-apostles to disciple all nations (Matthew 28:19 and 20), that it was unlawful to come unto the Gentiles? (Acts 10:28).
Why was it necessary, after the death of Christ, to choose Matthias to take the place of Judas, so that there would continue to be twelve apostles? (Acts 1:21 to 26).
Why did twelve apostles stand up on the day of Pentecost with God’s message concerning all the house of Israel? (Acts 2:14 and 2:36).
Why was it necessary for the twelve apostles to wait several years for Holy Spirit baptism, whereas three thousand, on the day of Pentecost, waited only a few moments? (Acts 1:5 and Acts 2:41).
Why did the Holy Spirit lead the disciples of the Lord Jesus, in Acts 2:44 and 45 and 4:34 and 35, to sell their real estate and earthly possessions and give the money to the apostles?
Why did the Jews, on the day of Pentecost, and the Jews of Samaria receive Holy Spirit baptism after water baptism, and Cornelius and his household received Holy Spirit baptism before water baptism? (Acts 2:38 - Acts 8:5 to 15 - Acts 10:44 to 48).
Why did the other eleven apostles condemn Peter for preaching to Cornelius some seven years after Christ said “go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature”? (Acts 11:1 to 5 - Mark 16:14 to 16).
Why did the Holy Spirit lead Peter to address the murderers of Christ as “children” in Acts 3:25 (Acts 3:12 to 15) when Christ called them “serpents and vipers” in Matthew 23:33?
Why did Peter say that God raised Christ from the dead to be Israel’s Saviour (Acts 5:31 and 32) after Christ said to Israel “your house is left unto you desolate”? (Matthew 23:38). Also why did Peter say to Israel “unto you first”? (Acts 3:26).
Why was no apostle chosen to succeed James when he died, to keep the number “twelve,” as in the case of Judas and Matthias? (Acts 12:1 to 3 - Acts 1:26).
Why is there no mention of the activities of the eleven apostles in the Book of Acts after the death of James, except as they had dealings with the apostle Paul?
Why, if the twelve apostles were told, in Matthew 28:19 and 20 and Mark 16:14 to 18, to go all over the world and preach the gospel of grace to Gentiles, were they still in Jerusalem in Acts 15:1 to 19?
Why did Paul call himself “the apostle of the Gentiles” (Romans 11:13) when Peter said that the Lord chose that by his (Peter’s) mouth the Gentiles should hear the gospel? (Acts 15:7).
If James and Peter, in Acts 15:13 to 18, said that God’s program in this age of grace is to visit Gentiles, why did they say they would go to the Jews? (Galatians 2:9).
Why did Paul, 25 years after Christ died on the cross to abolish the old testament (Hebrews 8:9 to 13), call Israel’s high priest the servant of God and apologize to him? (Acts 23:1 to 5).
Why did Paul, outside of Israel’s land, wait until Israel had the first chance at the gospel, before he said, “Lo, we turn to the Gentiles?” (Acts 13:45 and 46 - Acts 8:5 and 6 - Romans 11:11 - Romans 11:30).
Why did Paul contend for no circumcision in Acts 15:1 to 19 and then circumcise Timothy in Acts 16:3?
Why did the Book of Acts, written by Luke, close suddenly several years before Paul and Luke died (II Timothy 4:6 to 11); before Paul ceased to act?
Why did Paul cure many people with handkerchiefs and aprons in Acts 19:11 to 13 and then later on write a faithful saint to take wine for his sickness? (I Timothy 5:23).
Why did Paul say in Acts 28:20 that he was a prisoner for “the hope of Israel” and then in Ephesians 3:1 to 6 and Colossians 4:3 and 4 that he was the prisoner for the dispensation of grace, the mystery of Christ for Gentiles?

What is the 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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