THE BOOK OF ROMANS | CONTRASTING THE GOSPEL OF GRACE WITH THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM

Mike Balloun teaches today 08-01-20.
INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF ROMANS
CONTRASTING THE GOSPEL OF GRACE WITH THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM

VERSES: 1st Thessalonians 2:12; 2nd Thessalonians 1:11-12; Genesis 1:1-4; Isaiah 61:1-2; Numbers 21:8

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CONTRASTING THE GOSPEL OF GRACE WITH THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM (An introduction/preface to our forthcoming study on the Book of Romans)

THE NEW TESTAMENT, referred to as the Gospel (good news) answers to the Old Testament. It is made up of 27 separate accounts of Jesus the Christ’s Atonement. (The word atonement in Hebrew, when translated to Greek, is… redemption, ransom, restoration, and propitiation). The New Testament was written by 9 or 10 authors. The Gospel Message HAS TWO PARTS. Most Christians only understand the first part of the atonement, which is: THE GOSPEL CALLING OF ETERNAL LIFE through faith in Jesus Christ; with His imputed righteousness being our redemption from the wrath of God; the gift of eternal life. (Romans 3:21 & 6:23) The less understood second part of the Gospel Message is: THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST (the further calling to share in the eternal glory of God through our faithful conformance to Christ.) See the following verses which speak more clearly to the second part of the atonement as opposed to just eternal life. 1st Peter 5:10… “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.” See also 2nd Thessalonians 1:11-12… “Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.” And 1st Thessalonians 2:12… “…That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.”)

{The Mosaic Law was a step or period towards Christ. In that the Law was presented for the One Who would fill it with meaning. (Jesus) Its meaning being that God intended to bridge the realms of fallen mankind (a nature given to darkness) with that of the spirit realm (with its nature of light) through Him. In that He would be the prototype that would fully answer (and go beyond) the demands of the Law to an unearthly type of man, able to walk in the fullness of the Character of God described and demanded in the Law. The Law of Moses was “parenthetical” in that it filled in the gap from the time of Abraham until the time of Christ at the cross. During His ministry, Christ renewed this understanding of the Kingdom of Heaven. This gap being bridged answers to resuming the Gospel of the Kingdom of heavens to which it could be said had ceased or was lost after Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Hebrews 11 shows us that these men had the heavenly kingdom in mind) in this dispensation leading to God’s day of vengeance and the Millennial Kingdom to follow.}

THE GOSPEL OF GRACE (the righteousness of God granted outside of the Law. See Galatians 1:6) “Christ died for our sins according to the (Old Testament) scriptures… “ [1st Corinthians 15:3b] “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.” [John 3:14-15] The simple ‘believing’ or having faith in Christ’s Blood Sacrifice (“…without shedding of blood is no remission” (of sin) on the Cross is typed in Numbers 21:8. “And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten when he looketh upon it, shall live.” This is a picture of the Son of Man being lifted up on a cross and how when we look upon Him, we are saved. Living eternally is simply looking upon the Cross of Christ and being “born-again” instantly. There is nothing additive. (In the type, serpents were the cause of death to the Israelites and so a brass serpent was hung up. And so it is in the anti-type, that because it was a man that brought the curse of God upon us; it was the Son of Man who was brought forth as our remedy). Looking to Christ is all God requires. Christ’s death on the Cross completely satisfies God’s justness and we thereby are imputed justification. There is nothing more we can add, nor could we. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.” [Ephesians 2:8-9] Calvary is a finished Work. So therefore as far as we.....

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