Acts 1:1-8 - The Jerusalem Commission

[@kristenb2460]

I love that you include the outline so we can take all the notes!! So appreciate your brain and the studying you have done with it and the hard work you put into everything you teach us!! Not one church in my state and the surrounding states rightly divide or are mid-Acts dispensationists. Sad that so little Christians even study or read their Bibles. I can not get enough, Literally!! How can one ever be done learning?!

[@heatherrollins4636]

Thanks - starting the series now. Thankful for this teaching.

[@estorey1465]

Thanks so much for all your videos and the notes , just wonderful

[@Lu_Hums1527]

I thank God for coming across your channel. I've been praying and looking for a teacher to teach Dispensation of Grace. I was introduced to this teaching a few years back but unfortunately, the church that I am attending stopped teaching this, and I wanted to know more about this. I will continue to watch your lessons to fully understand Right Division. God bless you more and continue to be an instrument of God reaching out to more Christians so we can fully understand the Word of God and its mysteries entails to it.

[@58seas]

Doesn’t LK 24:47 interpret what John 20:23 actually means? And doesn’t it show that it was more than just the 11 there?

[@billpangel]

oops,john 20..........at the end of chapter john saw and believed.....,, thanks pastor

[@candacegrooms8997]

Justin God bless, got a question? the revelation revealed, was going on before Paul was saved18 verses before discussing the revelation of the mystery, Paul clearly says that people were in Christ saved in the church and in the body before he was. Salute Andronicus and Junia my kinsman and my kinsman and my fellow prisnors who are of note among the apostles who also were in Christ before me Romans 16:7. can you help me with this cause I like the mid acts view but there is a clear difference unless I'm missing something, but thank you for your teachings don't let it go to your flesh. thanks and God bless you and yours. Nahum 1:7. amen and so be it

[@donaldt.hughes5349]

+Candace Grooms Try this link. graceambassadors.com/midacts/in-christ-before-paul

[@ellenl.5581]

+Candace Grooms I wonder if it is that we are all one body, one church regardless of dispensation. Meaning the ultimate one new man coupled with the bride to be the eternal family of God. One body does not have to be the body of Christ. In the OT mentions a body. The Israelites were called a church.

[@ReplaceYourFate]

been 7 years so hopefuly you already got an answer, but just in case, anyone can search topics on grace ambassador's website. Here's an article written by Justin that addresses your question: In Christ Before Paul Justin Johnson Skeptics of the special revelation given to Paul are quick to point out that there were people “in Christ” before Paul. “Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.” - Romans 16:7 Out of the 78 times in the Bible the phrase “in Christ” shows up, Paul uses the phrase 75 times. It is clear that the phrase is distinctively Pauline. Afterall, to Paul was revealed the mystery of God’s will that… “in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:” - Ephesians 1:10 The all things in Christ consist of the prophesied earthly things, but also the heavenly things revealed as the mystery of Christ kept secret since the world began. It is evident that God’s purpose has always been for all things to be in Christ. So, when Paul describes Junia and Andronicus as being “in Christ before me”, this is seen as an admission that those before Paul taught the same thing as him. Yet, this would be an hasty conclusion since merely being in Christ is not the mystery of Christ kept secret since the world began (Rom 16:25). Both the prophets and the Lord in his ministry to Israel talked about being in him. We can read in the prophets that Israel would be justified in the Lord: “In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.” - Isa 45:25 Throughout the prophetic writings finding refuge in the Lord was a common theme. Being glad, rejoicing, and resting in the Lord were common admonitions. That salvation was found in the Lord, and subsequently in the Lord Jesus Christ was no mystery. Peter and the twelve, along with Adronicus and Junia, had to be in Christ according to God’s earthly prophetic purpose. The phrase “In him”, found at the end of Ephesians 1:10, is the phrase used more often by John in his writings about being in Christ. “And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him.” - 1 John 3:24 Jesus taught his disciples to abide in him (John 15:4) as the true vine. If they did not abide, by keeping his commandments, they were cut off and cast forth. Fortunately, your position in Christ is not that of a branch but a body member (Eph 5:30). God does not cut off body parts. You and I are in Christ according to the revelation of the mystery of Christ. Our position in Christ is without the commandments of the law, and is apart from Israel’s covenants. Being in Christ was always part of God’s plan for heaven and earth. That Israel needed to be found in the Lord was nothing new. When Christ came, he taught they needed to be in Him, and that they would be one with the Father (John 17:21). Those in Christ according to prophecy were part of Israel’s kingdom covenants (John 15:5). Those that are in Christ according to the mystery dispensation of Christ are part of a new creature, without Jew or Gentile (2 Cor 5:17, Col 3:10-11). Out of two, Jew and Gentile, God made one new man in Christ in this dispensation (Eph 2:15-16). The difference between prophecy and mystery is not that one would be in Christ and the other would not. The dispensational difference is how we come to be in Christ. This has always been the difference. The mystery of Christ explains how ungodly Gentiles could be in Christ without the law and access to the covenants. This mystery was not known by any of the prophets in time past until the Lord chose to reveal it to the apostle Paul.

[@analyticalfaith]

The Greek word that the KJV translates as Infallible proofs, is "tekmerion" which means "proof" or "convincing proof." The other translators are not deleting a word from the Greek. A more detailed meaning of the word is "that which causes something to be known in a convincing and decisive manner." [from BDAG] Infallible means "unable to make a mistake or be wrong" which I guess can kind of be inferred from the Greek word. I think translating it "convincing proofs" would be more accurate which is the translation in the ISV, NIV, NASB, NET, etc. Wuest Expanded Translation is "indubitable proofs" which means "unquestionable proofs." The translations that just have "proofs" aren't technically wrong, but I think they are insufficient.

[@ReplaceYourFate]

2 Timothy 3:3 CHG of those that are good TO good NI, NAS, NKJ, RS, NRS, NC 2 Timothy 4:1 REM "the Lord" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 2 Timothy 4:22 REM "Jesus Christ" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, NC Hebrews 1:3 CHG "by himself purged our sins" TO "provided purification for sins" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, NC Hebrews 2:7 REM LAST 10 WORDS (and didst set him over the works...) NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Hebrews 3:1 REM "Christ Jesus" (High Priest of our...) NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Hebrews 7:21 REM "after the order of Melchisedec" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, NC Hebrews 10:34 REM "in heaven" (ye have in heaven a better) NI, NAS, RS, NRS, NC Hebrews 11:11 REM "was delivered of a child" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC James 5:16 CHG "faults" TO "sins" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, NC 1 Peter 1:22 REM "through the Spirit" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 Peter 2:2 REM "of the word" (sincere milk of the word) NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 Peter 2:2 CHG "grow thereby" TO "grow up in your salvation" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 Peter 3:15 CHG the Lord God TO Christ as Lord et al. NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 Peter 4:1 REM "for us" (Christ hath suffered for us) NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 Peter 4:14 REM LAST 15 WORDS NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 Peter 5:10 REM "Jesus" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 Peter 5:11 REM "glory (to Him be glory and dominion) NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 Peter 5:14 REM Jesus NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 2 Peter 2:1 CHG damnable TO destructive NI, NAS, NKJ, RS, NRS, LB, NC 2 Peter 2:17 REM "for ever" (darkness is reserved for ever) NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 2 Peter 3:9 REM "us" TO "you" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 John 1:7 REM "Christ" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 John 3:16 REM "of God" (love of God) NI, NAS, NKJ, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 John 4:3 REM "Christ is come in the flesh" (antichrist) NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 John 4:9 REM "begotten" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 John 4:19 REM him (We love him, because he first...) NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 John 5:7 REM LAST 15 WORDS NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 John 5:8 REM FIRST 9 WORDS NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 John 5:13 REM LAST 13 WORDS NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC 1 John 5:13 ADD continue to (denys eternal security) NKJ 2 John 1:3 REM the Lord NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Jude 1:25 REM "wise" (Referring to God) NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 1:8 REM "the beginning and the ending" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, NC Rev. 1:9 REM Christ (TWICE) NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 1:11 REM "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last . NI, NAS, RS, NRS, NC Rev. 1:18 REM hell NI, NAS, NKJ, RS, NRS, NC Rev. 2:13 CHG Satan's seat TO Satan s throne NI, NAS, NKJ, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 2:15 REM "which thing I hate" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 5:14 REM "Him that liveth for ever and ever" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 6:8 REM Hell NI, NAS, NKJ, RS, NRS, NC Rev. 6:17 CHG his wrath TO their wrath NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 8:13 CHG "angel" TO "eagle" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 11:15 CHG "kingdoms" TO "kingdom" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 11:17 REM "and art to come" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 12:12 REM "inhabiters of" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, NC Rev. 12:17 REM "Christ" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 14:5 REM "before the throne of God" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 15:3 CHG King of saints TO King of the ages et al. NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 16:5 REM and shalt be (refers to deity of Jesus) NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 16:7 CHG And I heard another out of the altar say TO And I heard the altar respond NI, NAS, RS, NRS Rev. 16:17 REM "of heaven" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, NC Rev. 20:9 REM "from God out of" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, NC Rev. 20:12 CHG "God" TO "throne" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, NC Rev. 20:13 REM hell NI, NAS, NKJ, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 20:14 REM hell NI, NAS, NKJ, RS, NRS, NC Rev. 21:24 REM "of them which are saved" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 22:14 CHG "do his commandments" TO "wash their robes" NI, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NC Rev. 22:21 REM Christ NI, NAS, RS, NRS, NC

[@ReplaceYourFate]

Verses "Taken Away" in the New Testament T = Taken Away F = Taken Away in Footnote VERSE NIV NASV NKJV RSV NRSV NCV LIV Matt 12:47 F T F Matt 17:21 T T F T T T F Matt 18:11 T T F T T T F Matt 21:44 F T F F Matt 23:14 T T F T T T Mark 7:16 T T F T T T T Mark 9:44 T T F T T T T Mark 9:46 T T F T T T T Mark 11:26 T T F T T T T Mark 15:28 T T F T T T F Mark 16:9-20 F F F T F F F Luke 17:36 T T F T T T Luke 22:43 F F F T F Luke 22:44 F F F T F Luke 23:17 T T F T T T T Luke 24:12 F T F Luke 24:40 T T F John 5:4 T T F T T T F John 7:53 - 8:11 F F T F F F Acts 8:37 T T F T T T F Acts 15:34 T T F T T T T Acts 24:7 T T T T T Acts 28:29 T T F T T T T Rom. 16:24 T T F T T T 2 Cor. 13:14 T James 1:8 T T

[@avail1.]

ACTS 1:6 THE KINGDOM WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN ISRAEL. JESUS SAW BEASTLY ROME POWER, AND CORRUPT RELIGIOUS LEADERS. SOUND FAMILIAR.? JESUS KINGDOM IS NOT* OF THIS WORLD JOHN 18:36. LUKE 13:28,29 WILL BE PROOF, WHEN IT WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN JERUSALEM

[@avail1.]

ACTS 1:6 KINGDOM WILL ESTABLISHED IN ISRAEL ISAIAH 2:2,3. PROVEN THEN, BY LUKE 13:28,29 WHEN YE SEE ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, AND ALL THE PROPHETS . . .UNTIL THAT FUTURE TIME. JESUS KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS* WORLD - JOHN 18:36/ WHICH IS PASSING AWAY - 1 JOHN 2:17. LIKE JESUS OBSERVED BEASTLY POWER OF ROME, AND CORRUPT RELIGIOUS LEADERS. WHO WERE WILLING TO MURDER THE RIGHTEOUS, IN ORDER TO CONTINUE DICTATORSHIP.

[@geraldritchey6382]

Acts 2:38 is the only plan of salvation. There is NO MYSTERY GOSPEL OF PAUL.

[@ReplaceYourFate]

reread acts, pay attention to the words. 36Therefore let all the house of *Israel* (...) ACTS 2 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. (...) 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. Romans 11 23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. GALATIANS 1 18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. Galatians 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. ACTS 13 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, ROMANS 1 15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, 16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: 17Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. GALATIANS 1 (Paul is speaking of being separated from Israel, He was already grown on the road to Damascus, When God revealed his Son in him.) ACTS 9, PAUL BECOMES THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE BODY 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 16 For I will shew *him* how great things he must suffer for my name's sake. ACTS 9 1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. 2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. 3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: 4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: 5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. 6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference *added nothing* to me: 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel *of* the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel *of* the circumcision was unto Peter; 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) 9 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. GALATIANS 2 10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 1 CORINTHIANS 3

[@ReplaceYourFate]

Some traditions are just no good Gerald. Context is key no matter what one is reading, Especially when reading the scriptures. 17 For Christ sent me *not* to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. (WHAT PAUL PREACHED CAN'T BE WHAT YOU PROPOSE AS PAUL SEPERATES BAPTISM FROM THE GOSPEL HE PREACHED) 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 1 CORNTHIANS 17 “It shall greatly help ye to understand the Scriptures if thou mark not only what is spoken or written, but of whom and to whom, with what words, at what time, where, to what intent, with what circumstances, considering what goeth before and what followeth after. ” ― Miles Coverdale You ACTS 2 guys better stay away from fantasy, you might start claiming to be Orcs. LOL

[@danle5255]

The mystery is that Christ's death is the salvation to those who believe. If Satan knew of that mystery, then Satan wouldn't have killed Christ via tempting Judas.

[@BrockJamesStory]

@@danle5255I would like someone to respond to you, however there was also the mystery that blindness would come to israel