Hebrews 6:1-2
"Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment."
Leave behind those doctrines of baptisms, laying on of hands, repentance from dead works and resurrection of the dead. Those are all valid concepts of course, but they are now of no real basis for the Gospel of Grace and the New Covenant which was spoken of by Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Now Ezekiel speaks of an Everlasting Covenant unlike the one that the Lord had made with Israels forefathers that they broke that one. On more than one occasion so He was not duty bond to honor His part, though He did and still has and will again. So most of what the Psalms and these two prophets talk about are related to this New Covenant in which we now stand and it is tied to the New Gospel of Grace because they were both inaugurated by both the Lord's Last Supper and the Blood of the Lord spilled on the cross and which He took into Heaven as the bases of a Better Covenant because it is an Everlasting Covenant a Covenant in which we have received the power of an Endless Life, as life is in the blood. (Leviticus 17:11; John 6:53, 54; Revelation 5:9, 12:11)
I’m going to stop right here a moment, and we’re going to jump clear back to Romans chapter 2, and even though it may not fit, I’m going to insert it here, because I want people to know that when I stand up and proclaim Paul’s Gospel of the Grace of God, it is because this is what God has mandated. And anybody that slips out into eternity with less than Paul’s Gospel for their Salvation is in trouble. Alright, Romans chapter 2 verse 16 it’s a verse that can pretty much stand by itself.
Romans 2:16a
"In the day (that will be at the Great White Throne) when God shall judge (now you see, God won’t be the judge until the Great White Throne) the secrets of men…"
I don’t think I have to explain what that is. The very thought processes of an individual. What is his faith basis? With what is he going into eternity? Those are the secrets of men that Paul is referring to. Alright, let’s look at it.
Romans 2:16
"In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ (He’s going to be the judge. Not the Savior – the judge. And He’s going to judge them) according (Paul says) to my gospel."
Think about that. Wake up at 2 o’clock tomorrow morning and think about it. What is going to be the basis of Christ's judging not only lost humanity but those who call themselves by His name? What did you do with Paul’s Gospel? And that’s why I stand up unashamed and proclaim Paul’s Gospel because this is what people have to hear. What is Paul’s Gospel? Yes, that Christ was the Son of God. That’s what we’ve seen in Hebrews. He’s the Son, He’s the Creator of everything, but He took on human flesh and He went the way of the Cross. He suffered, He died, He shed His blood, He was buried and He arose again the third day to satisfy all the demands of a Holy God! And all we have to do for our redemption is accept it as our own from the heart or center of our being unto Salvation this is what we're to believe that with all our heart or being.
I’ve been rehearsing over and over in my personal testimonies and so forth, that twice in all of human history, God did something that was so perfect. You know what I’m talking about? It was so perfect that He couldn’t add one thing to it, He couldn’t enhance it, He couldn’t embellish it, it was perfect! And because it was perfect, He sat down.
The first one of course, is Creation. Genesis 1 the last verse says that God looked at all that He had created and made and it was what? Very good. And then Hebrews expounds it a lot more. It was perfect. There wasn’t a thing wrong that He could correct. So you get into chapter 2, what did God do? He rested! And you remember I made the statement, now ordinarily you come home from a day of hard work and if you’re going to rest, what do you do? You sit down. Take the load off. Well, that’s what Christ did, because it was perfect. Now again, you get to Hebrews chapter 1 and what did it say?
Hebrews 1:1-3
"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets. Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right had of the Majesty on high;"
Why? Everything was perfect! He couldn’t add to that work of the cross one iota. It was perfect! And then He offers it to the human race, through the Apostle Paul. And what does the human race say, "that’s not enough. I’ve got to do this, I’ve got to do that." And that’s why God is so displeased with that kind of unbelief.
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