The Apostle Paul noted that he and the other apostles had been given the “ministry of reconciliation” by which God would reconcile the two Houses of Israel (2 Cor. 5:18-20), making them one House–the Commonwealth of Israel) again. During this time God would be drawing to Himself “whosoever will” seek after Him from among the Gentiles. This […]

The Lord sent the Word to earth in the Person of Jesus of Nazareth (Jn. 1:1-4,14) Who personally ministered to the Jews (tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi) living in the Promised Land whose ancestors had returned from Babylonian captivity generations earlier. His personal ministry complete, Jesus sent His apostles “… into all the world” to find […]

Israel’s refusal to obey the Ten Commandment Covenant God had with cut with them caused Him to eventually divorce them (Jer. 3:6-11) and scatter them throughout the world (Eze. 4:13;12:15). Contrary to popular church opinion, the divorce was temporary (Rom. 11:1). There would come a day when He would begin to gather them back to Himself.  This regathering […]

For over 1700 years there has been within professing Christendom a controversy involving the two covenants–one old, one new–that God made with those who are called by His name. The Old Covenant, we are told by the Scriptures, was God the Father’s written arrangement with the Children of Israel (Jacob). The New Covenant, we are told by […]

Many years ago I rented a house from a man who ran a small grocery store in the town where we were living. One day I stopped by his store for a jar of honey. For a reason I did not understand at the time he began telling me about honey, specifically the brand I had chosen. Pointing […]

Bible students will note that God’s first warning to mankind concerned touching. In Genesis 2:16,17 we find Him telling Adam that He had planted “… the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” in the center of the Garden of Eden. He then told Adam not to partake of the tree–not to so much as […]

If the past five postings have not convinced you that judging and correcting is a foundational principle of the Church of God, let me remind you that none other than the Apostle Paul, who received his gospel through revelation directly from Jesus Christ, judged men named Alexander, Hymaneus and Philetus who had turned away from […]

The Holy Bible was written to, for and about God’s people. His initial Words involved the ancient Israelites–His “church in the wilderness” (Acts 7:38). The more recent edition involves the “Israel of God”–His end-time church (Gal. 6:16) made up primarily of the physical descendants of the wilderness Israelites along with a contingent of biological Gentiles. See White Fields. Within the […]

The act of correction involves judgment, a fact which causes those of professing Christendom to refrain from righting obvious Scriptural wrongs. Another aspect of this problem is that most church people do not know the difference between truth and error. Due to a lack of Scriptural knowledge, what God declares to be wrong is often believed to be right by […]

Those whom God uses to correct others will invariably hurt their feelings and degrade their self-esteem, which today is of utmost importance to a self-worshiping populace. I have been corrected and it hurt. Nevertheless, it was necessary and I (later) appreciated it greatly. TO SPEAK GOD’S TRUTH TO CORRECT SPIRITUAL ERROR IS TO USE HIS “SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF THE LORD” (EPH. […]