We continue to take a look at "team" thinking. Partisanship in many respects. We'll discuss a few more issues about which we must give our assent lest we be called names and assigned a scarlet name with an ism or phobe. These are essentially matters of the world, but when our beliefs come in conflict with the world, there will be a price to pay. Yesterday, saying certain things was deemed crazy, tomorrow, you had better agree lest you be ostracized and cancelled.

When we see that Israel has its own relationship with God, and that that relationship is currently in hiatus, do the blessings and cursings connected to the earthly hope apply in this age? We cruise on by the Catholic doctrine of grave (mortal) sins for a moment. And what we should be anxious to obey in this age.

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My blog:
https://www.contextorconfusion.com/

We expand on the key verses upon which the Reformation was built (despite the Reformed of today not paying much attention to them in any concrete way anymore). We note that they reflect two truths. First, the gift of life has always by faith, since Adam. And Secondly, that the context of Abraham's faith was directed to his line through Isaac and Jacob (Israel) and to the Gentiles blessed through Israel (as God designed it). Just as with Abraham, when we believe God's word we are accounted as righteous in His eyes (by grace alone through faith alone), but unlike Abraham the hope before us is neither the land from the Nile to the Euphrates nor the New Jerusalem which comes to earth from above. Our hope in this age is in the far above the heavens where Christ sits at the right hand of the Father!

We take a day trip to Psalm 32 and 33. While we are adamant that ALL scripture is FOR us, not all of it is TO us. Surely, there are wonderful truths on every page of scripture, but when we rightly divide the Word of Truth (2 Tim 2:15) we are able to rejoice with all believers of all ages in the mercy and grace of God as we look forward to different hopes and blessings in the coming resurrection.

The Blog:
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The Gap Theory, Proper Dispensationalism:
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Message presented to the Musterion PalTalk Group associated with the Carolina Bible Group (https://carolinabiblegroup.com) and Truth For Today (https://www.tftmin.org) ministries. General presentation on the underlying theological assumptions which lead to contradictions and a failure to rightly divide the Word of Truth. We examine the power of tradition and how a movement which once championed th Scripture as suffcient, with no reliance on tradition, has succumbed to the dangerous practice of interpreting scripture through the lens of history, time, and tradition instead of the other way around. The Musterion PalTalk group meets Tuesdays, 8:30PM EDT/EST all year long.

The former Press Secretary came out and said that nobdy supports abortion up to birth. Of course, this is a complete lie. Currently, seven states have no restrictions on abortion. At least two state legislatures have proposed even allowing mothers to let their newborns die. Former Virginia Governor, Ralph Northam, proposed making the newborn baby comfortable, and then deciding if you want to starve her to death. Monstrous. But they will lie and play word games to cover their evil. The world has rarely seen this level of wickedness and cruelty.

We dip back into Ephesians 5 and think about Paul's reminder that the days we live in are evil. God calls us to walk in the light despite this fact. But how can we do that and what does that mean we should be doing? Well, for starters, we need to know the things God has given to us in this age. We must rightly divide the Word of Truth. It's one thing to try and obey whatever verse we come across amd another to obey the verses given to us. Because obeying some commands in scripture amounts to disobedience if they're not meant for us.

We pause to comment on the state of the nation. Recent events have further exposed the rot within America. I announce my doomed campaign for president and in the unlikely event my candidacy does not catch on, I endorse nobody. Crime, debt, attacks on the Republic, it's all here in abbreviated form. We finish by referring back to a recent message on the fall of the empire, and have no good news to add apart from a reminder that God has a plan and is ultimately in control. If you're politically squeamish, you might want to wait until we get back to Ephesians 6 next time! Edited down from the original 50+ minutes... you're welcome.

When we look at the three iterations of the commandment for children to obey their parents in the Lord, we notice there is a difference (apart from the punishment attached) to the instructions given to Israel and the instruction given to the Body. We finish with a short discussion of the effects of minimum wage and taxes on an economy. There's a reason McDonald's has order kiosks.

We've recently looked at several warning passages to believers to avoid sexual immorality (fornication, adultery, lusts of the flesh, etc.). Sexual immorality cannot only destroy a testimony, it can destroy a society. But God never leaves us without hope. There is always a path back to God. Our gracious Lord is eager to forgive and restore. That does not mean there are no consequences to our sin, but it does mean we are never alone if we know the great God and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Series Note: The video "Episode 19" is a truncated version of episode 17.5 here. Hence, the "missing" episode.