Sunday Sermon: Acts 14-18
Acts 14 through Acts 18. Paul spreads the good news and the Jews undermine the Gospel.
Acts 14 through Acts 18. Paul spreads the good news and the Jews undermine the Gospel.
Jew is a Bible Word — you don’t need anyone’s permission to use it. Because it is a Bible word, its lessons endure forever, yet it’s rarely preached on. Entire denominations have been established on scriptures with fewer references than to those of the Jews. Examples:

Yet “Jew” is mentioned eighty-three times in the Book of Acts alone. The role of the “Jews” is no more temporary than speaking in tongues or healing, or the resurrection of the dead or casting out demons, let alone something esoteric as a pre-tribulation rapture or the millenium. In order to address the dearth of knowledge of “Jew” and Jews, a Christian ought simply read what the Scriptures themselves say.
Death of Jesus Christ …
Acts 8 through Acts 13. Learning what to preach about and learning who will aways oppose the message of Jesus Christ and how they operate to undermine the Gospel.
The Book of Revelation has always fascinated. The book is a revelation of Jesus Christ, a revealing of the Son of God. Over the years I’ve enjoyed reading how Babylon the Great will be destroyed in one hour, almost immediately, and I’ve pondering her character as the goddess of trade and commerce and wealth; and the suddenness of her destruction.
Today I write on the whore — for what she is:

OK, here are some clues to the whores identity: this is what the whore does, she is: …
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The Jews are not “God’s chosen people.” Some Christians criticize this position and rail against “Replacement Theology” as some kind of heresy. In fact, “replacement theology” is as legitimate as the replacement of Judas Iscariot with Matthias.
Judas Iscariot was replaced. Another man filled his ministry. His ministry and calling did not go away, but Judas did. Someone filled that gap. Judas is a type of the Jew, starting with his name, Judas, and linked to his town, Iscariot/Kerioth, located in the land of Judea.
Jesus Christ (God) himself called Judas Iscariot to the ministry — it was Judas’ calling and purpose. Jesus did not make a mistake when he called Judas. Never-the-less, Judas turned aside and went his own way and the disciples understood that he had to be replaced. So Matthias stepped into his ministry and took his place. Judas was replaced.
Gods intent to replace the ancient Nation of Israel was clear from its very inception — God himself told Moses to stand aside so he could wipe them out and start a new nation afresh from Moses. This replacement would be fulfilled in Jesus Christ — who was the fulfillment of both Moses (who willed to be sacrificed for His people), and from Him (Jesus), from which a new race would be born. That ancient nation was a stiff-necked and hard hearted people who always were resisting the Holy Spirit. Stephen encapsulates this in Acts 7 when he reminds them that they rejected both Joseph and Moses as well as killed the prophets and became the murders of the Righteous One.
Jesus Christ told the Jews that they would be replaced. He told Jerusalem that your house would be left desolate and cursed the fig tree (a type of Israel) with eternal barrenness. And in the parable of the wedding feast, those invited refused to come, and God replaced them with other guests. …