What’s Your Plan?

What’s Your Plan for Today?

Our experiences in life teach us one thing—very few things in our lives work out as we plan them. In fact,  few of the plans for a single day become reality. This can be so frustrating, but take a look at the life of Paul. Look as his plans, and then look at what happened. Then, consider how Paul’s faith made it easy for him to deal with these events.

Paul’s Original Plans

For many years, Paul had wanted go to Rome. He had made plans for this to happen, but it just was not happening (Rom. 1:13; 15:22, 23). So, in Romans chapter fifteen, he wrote the church there and told them of his plans.

·   He would first go to Jerusalem to see the church.

·   He would deliver the contributions from the Gentile churches to the poor saints.

·   He would then go to Rome to spend time with them.

·   He would then go to Spain to preach there.

Paul’s Plans Changed Drastically

The book of Acts shows what actually happened. Paul was headed toward Jerusalem and wrote Romans shortly before the events in Troas and the meeting with the Ephesian elders (Acts 20). He arrived in Jerusalem and delivered the contribution from the Gentile saints (Acts 21:17-19). He was aware of the persecutions which would confront him and begged the Roman Christians to pray for his deliverance (Rom. 15:30-32). However, his original plans changed drastically. The Jewish mob attacked him and any hope of his leaving for Rome were crushed. For over two years, he was imprisoned in Jerusalem and Caesarea. He finally went to Rome but only after he appealed and was granted permission to be tried before Caesar.

The Blessings of “Foiled” Plans

Look at all that happened because Paul’s plans were changed.

·  He was able to preach to the Sanhedrin, the  Jewish ruling body in Jerusalem.

·   He was able to preach to Felix and Festus.

·   He was able to preach and almost convert Agrippa  the king the Jews.

·   He was able to appear before and preach to Nero.

·  He was able to introduce Christianity to the powerful palace guards, who in Augustus’ days numbered 10,000 (Phil. 1:13).

There is no divinely appointed plan for your life. Make your plans just like Paul did, and then leave all that happens in the hands of God. Do not forget Paul’s original plans, and then see something far better which happened. Live by faith and trust God for all the unknown future!

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Churches of Christ

Churches of Christ

What makes bodies of believers the Churches of Christ?

What makes bodies of believers the Churches of Christ?

“Church of Christ? Oh yeah; you’re one of those folks who think that they’re the only ones going to heaven.” How many times have we heard that? But the incredible and almost unbelievable irony is, that although those who make such charges will initially, violently and aggressively deny such, they will all eventually wind up at least paying lip service to belief in the same things as we do – if we can just get them to sit down long enough to really examine and honestly confess their own beliefs in light of biblical truth! Really! Because what we in the churches of Christ (Ro. 16:16) actually believe, is only exactly what the bible specifically teaches – and therefore, what no self-respecting and even semi-sincerely God-seeking denominationalist would ever dare deny – at least with their lips.

For example: we in the churches of Christ believe that Jesus Christ is “the way, the truth, and the life,” and that “No one comes to the Father except through [Him]” (Jn. 14:6). We believe that the bible is the divinely-inspired, inerrant, eternally inscribed in the heavens and therefore all-authoritative word of almighty God, which alone is sufficient to make the man of God all he needs to be to stand complete before God Himself (1 Ptr. 1:16-21; Psa. 19:7-11, 119:89; 2 Tim. 3:16-17).

Now, even most of our most consistent detractors in the denominational world (who are at the same time at least somewhat sincere in their pursuit of the Savior) will readily agree that they themselves, do indeed, in reality, believe those very same, exact things. And as a result, we can both certainly agree then, that based on our acceptance of those divine truths, we all believe that the only people who will be going to heaven, are the ones who will get there by following God’s instructions, can’t we? We can! Therefore, they find that both we, and they, can and do, actually agree on whom is going to heaven: those who get there through Jesus Christ, by faithfully following God’s word… correct? Correct!

This same group of some of our most devoted denominational detractors will, for the most part, also additionally claim that they absolutely believe, preach, teach and accept, the same biblical book, chapter, and verse truth which we also believe, preach, teach and practice, as contained in such divinely-inspired texts as 2 Ptr. 1:3, which emphatically states that: “His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue…” (2 Peter 1:3). In other words, both they and we again profess to believe in common and have faith in the fact, that God has truly, absolutely, and completely given us everything we need to know that pertains to the life and godliness which He wants for us to have, live, possess, perform, and enjoy, right there in His holy word.

BUT THIS IS WHERE THE ‘RUB’ COMES IN! This is where any semblance of similarity ends, and where an entire army of absolutely illogical absurdities and common-sense contradictions come into play! Consider very closely once again… Most of our denominational friends and neighbors claim to believe: that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God; that the Bible is indeed the infallible word of God; and that in His holy word, God has given us every conceivable thing we need to know and practice in life in order to please and stand complete before Him. Now that is also exactly what we as the churches of Christ believe as well. But as stated above, that is where all such similarities suddenly and summarily seem to come to a screeching halt! Because it is at this very point that most of them who have just loudly claimed to believe: that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God; that the Bible is indeed the infallible word of God; and that in His holy word, God has given us every conceivable thing we need to know and practice in life in order to please Him, will then:

  • Continue to defend attending a church which they can’t find anywhere in what they just claimed to believe are those all-sufficient and all-authoritative Scriptures;
  • Aggressively defend entrusting their eternal soul’s salvation to a process NEVER even once found in God’s holy word (which they just claimed contained everything needed to stand complete before and with this holy God): a man-designed and defined “Sinners Prayer” which they must go outside of, above, and beyond every single example of conversion reported in the New Testament Scriptures in order to find;
  • And practice worship which, not only in many cases is never found, seen, evidenced or authorized in God’s New Testament Scriptural pattern, but is an outright and direct contradiction and flagrant violation of many of those very same Scriptures!

How is it even possible, to proclaim with one’s mouth one moment, that they truly believe with all their heart that one must follow what God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit said in the word of God in order to get to heaven; and that that divinely inspired word contains everything God wanted us to know in order to stand perfect and complete before Him; and then turn right around the very next moment, and diligently defend entrusting their eternal salvation and destination, to: attending and supporting a church never once found in Scripture; insisting and depending on a plan of salvation never once seen in Scripture; and then accepting and performing a worship doctrine never ever even once found in Christ’s New Testament church’s’ Scriptural pattern; all three of which one has to go completely outside, above and beyond those very same, admittedly “all-sufficient” Scriptures to find?!?!

We in churches of Christ, simply can’t. We live what we claim regarding the Scriptures. We believe them. We believe what God said in them. We believe He told us everything that He wanted us to know and do, pertaining to life and godliness in them. And so, we simply trust, obey, and follow them – and hence Him. Everything from His church (Matt. 16:18-19; Ro. 16:16), to getting and staying forgiven and saved (Acts 2:37-42, 8:35-38, 22:16; Ro. 6:1-23, 10:8-17; Gal. 3:26-27; Eph. 4:11-5:21; Col. 2:4-12, 3:1-17; 1 Peter 3:21; Rev. 2:10); to what God commanded He wanted from us insofar as our worship practices when we come together (Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 14:33-38, 16:1-2; Eph. 5:19-21; Col. 3:16-17; 1 Tim. 2:8-15; II Tim. 3:14-4:4; Jms. 2:1-26) – these we do, due to His “book, chapter and verse” instructions. Otherwise, we would fall under the fearful and frightful condemnation Christ pronounced on the worship practices of those people in Mk. 7:6-7: “This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.”

You see, our denominational friends and neighbors’ problems with us aren’t really about what we believe regarding who is going to heaven at all. When pressed, most of them will probably readily admit that the only way there is following God’s word too. Their real problem, is reconciling what they claim to believe with their lips, with what they actually do with their lives!

 

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Hermeneutics: Testament Study

Accurate Hermeneutics:  Interpreting the Bible Correctly (5)

One Testament proclaims the covenant Christians live under.

One Testament proclaims the covenant Christians live under.

It is probably safe to say that most if not all casual to serious students of the Bible are aware that it is broken down into two basic parts: the Old Testament (Genesis through Malachi) and the New Testament (Matthew through Revelation.)  The Old Testament (or covenant) gives us the record of the beginning of this world, the universe, and mankind before turning its primary focus to the history and laws of the nation of Israel from the time of their patriarchs to when they were taken into Babylonian captivity.  The New Testament (or covenant) gives us the biography of Jesus Christ, the record of the earliest days of his church, and the writings of his divinely inspired apostles and prophets.  Both covenants claim to be Scripture and thus inspired by God (2 Tim. 3:16-17; cf. Rom. 15:4; 2 Pet. 3:15-16), and both contain commandments, examples, and principles by which people were and are to abide.

However, did you know that one was taken out of the way and fulfilled to make way for the other, and thus its laws and precepts are no longer applicable for Christians today?  Understanding this fact is a major foundational precept to keep in mind in order to interpret the Bible correctly, which is why I want to write about it today.

The Old Testament continually points to Jesus Christ through numerous prophecies (e.g., Deut. 18:15-19)  We know these prophecies are about Jesus because the New Testament proclaims them to fulfilled by him (e.g., Acts 3:18-24).  In fact, Jesus declared himself to be the fulfillment of the Old Testament (Matt. 5:17).  However, the Old Covenant also foretold of a time when it would be replaced by the New Covenant (Jer. 31:31-34), something which the New Testament acknowledged as having taken place (Heb. 8:7-13).  The New Covenant replaced the Old Covenant at the moment Jesus died on the cross (Heb. 9:15-17; Eph. 2:14-16; Col. 2:13-17).

Unlike the New Testament whose laws apply to everyone (Matt. 28:18; Acts 17:31; John 12:48), the Old Testament declared itself to be written for and applicable solely to the nation of Israel (Deut. 5:1-3; Jer. 31:32).  It was done in order to serve as a “guardian”to Israel until Christ came (Gal. 3:24).  However, now that Christ and the faith which he brought has come, the Old Covenant’s laws are no longer applicable (Gal. 3:25) and Jewish Christians are now said to be free from it in the same way that a woman is no longer married to her spouse upon his death (Rom. 7:1-6).  Those Christians who would attempt to still obey some of the commandments of the Old Covenant (such as circumcision – Gen. 17:10-14) were said to be obliged to obey all of its commandments (Gal. 5:3).  More importantly, they were said to have fallen from grace (Gal. 5:4).

This is not to say that the Old Testament has no value to the Christian and should not be studied by the Christian.  The New Testament promotes the value of the Old Testament by telling Christians that it instructs, encourages, and provides hope for us (Rom. 15:4).  Some might ask how it can instruct us when we do not have to obey the commandments found within it.  It instructs us, as well as encourages us and gives us hope, by teaching us about God.  For example, it tells us about the awesome power of God as shown through his creation (Ps. 19:1).  When we read that the Lord is our shepherd who protects us when we’re in the dark valley of death (Ps. 23), we are encouraged and comforted.  When we read of the interactions God had with disobedient Israel in the Old Testament, it serves as an admonishing example for us (1 Cor. 10:1-11) by teaching us how God does not tolerate sin.  In these and many other ways, it along with the New Testament is “profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work”(2 Tim. 3:16-17).

However, proper hermeneutics require that we recognize that the laws given to Israel in the Old Covenant which regulated their theology, their worship, their eating habits, their holy days, etc., do not apply to Christians today unless we read of those same regulations given to us in the New Covenant.  For example, all ten of the commandments God gave to Moses at Mount Sinai are also commandments found in the New Testament except the one concerning the Sabbath Day.  In like manner, the commandment to love our neighbors the same way in which we love ourselves is found in both testaments (Lev. 19:18; Rom. 13:9).  However, while we read of Israelites commanded to worship God through animal sacrifices and instruments of music in the Old Testament (Lev. 1; 2 Chr. 29:25-30), we do not read of Christians being commanded to worship God in the same ways in the New Testament.  Rather, Christians are told that Christ is their sacrifice (Heb. 9:26) and that they are to sing praises to God while “plucking the instrument” (the literal definition of the Greek word translated “making melody”) of their heart (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16).

This brings us to the final major difference between the Old and New Testaments which I’d like to cover in this article.  The New Law calls the Old Law “a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form”(Heb. 10:1), and the food regulations and holy days of the Old Covenant “a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ”(Col. 2:16-17).  If you were to see my shadow, you would be able to tell a few things about me…but not everything, not until you actually saw me in the flesh.  In like manner, the people of the Old Testament in many ways were “shadows”or “types”of people in the New Testament (e.g., Adam and Jesus – Rom. 5:14; 1 Cor. 15:45-49).  The physical emblems, places, and acts of worship in the Old Covenant were “symbolic”of the spiritual worship commanded “in the present age”to the church living under the New Covenant (Heb. 9:1-10; cf. John 4:20-24).  The Old Testament’s worship focused on the physical, while the New Testament worship focuses on the spiritual.  When we understand that, it helps us to more accurately interpret the Bible when it comes to the type of worship God wants of Christians in the church today.

Interpreting the Bible correctly is a goal which requires constant study (Ps. 1:2; 1 Tim. 4:13, 15-16).  One will not come to a proper understanding and application of accurate hermeneutics overnight; in fact, continual study and learning will always be required of us if for no other reason than we will forget some things that we have learned (2 Pet. 3:1-2).  These articles I’ve written this week only provide a generalized overview; much more would need to be written in order to “get into the meat” of the matter.  However, it is my hope that what has been written this week can serve as a good starting point for all of us in our efforts to obey God’s command to no longer be spiritual children, “tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes”(Eph. 4:14).  May we all strive to get a good diet of the milk of God’s Word (1 Pet. 2:2) so that we can grow to get into the meat (Heb. 5:12-14) May we work hard to “leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity”(Heb. 6:1-2).  The study and thought required to write these articles helps me to accomplish that, and it is my hope and prayer that these writings help you to reach that goal also.  Thanks for reading…

 

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Hermeneutics: Authority

Accurate Hermeneutics: Interpreting the Bible Correctly (Part 4)

Jesus was asked, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” (Matt. 21:23), a legitimate question even if it was asked with illegitimate motives.  It’s a legitimate question because God himself tells us to have authority from Christ in everything we do and say (Col. 3:17).  Thus, the concept of biblical authority is very important to having a proper hermeneutic of Scripture.  Authority is a major foundational precept of Christianity, for without it we have no basis for anything we believe, teach, or practice in our individual lives and in the church.

Hermeneutics involves understanding authority.

Hermeneutics involves understanding authority.

Think about it.  Look at prayer, for instance.  Prayer is a basic fundamental trait of Christianity.  We all know that Christians pray…but how do we know who to pray to, or what to pray for, or even to pray in the first place?  When all is said and done, we know to pray (Col. 4:2) to God the Father (Matt. 6:9) about numerous topics (Matt. 6:9-13; 1 Tim. 2:1-2; etc.)…because God’s Word tells us to do so.  If it wasn’t for the Holy Spirit-inspired Scriptures (2 Pet. 1:19-21), we wouldn’t know how to pray or even to pray in the first place (Rom. 8:26).  Thus, we get our authority to pray from God’s Word.

In fact, every divinely pleasing thing we do as Christians is done by authority that comes from God’s Word (2 Tim. 3:16-17).  Did you notice how Paul said that Scripture equips us for “EVERY good work”?  That means that if there is a work out there which we don’t need Scripture to give us authority to do in some way, then it is not a good work…not as far as God is concerned.  Sure, wemight think it to be a good work…but God’s thoughts are not our thoughts (Is. 55:8-9; Prov. 14:12).   So again the need for biblical authority is apparent…but how do we get that authority?  A study of the Bible reveals that God’s Word gives authority in three basic ways.

The first would be through a command, a direct statement of something can or cannot be done (e.g., John 13:34; Acts 2:38; Eph. 5:18; 1 Thess. 4:3).  Sometimes biblical commands are general in nature, not limited in scope, area, or application.  For example, the command to “go” (Matt. 28:19) is general in nature and would authorize all methods of transportation in our efforts to evangelize, since God did not specify just HOW we are to “go.”  On the other hand, sometimes biblical commands are specific in nature, like when God specified gopher wood as the type of wood Noah was to use while building the ark (Gen. 6:14).  Noah would have disobeyed God by using pine wood, because God had specified gopher wood.

In like manner, a specific command may itself have a degree of general authority which would open up the use of aids not specifically mentioned in the command but which nonetheless are suitable for carrying out that which is authorized.  For example, peruse the instructions God gave to Noah about the construction of the ark, and you will see more examples of how specific God was in his requirements (Gen. 6:14-16).  However, you will find no mention of God telling Noah to use tools such as hammers, nails, saws, etc.  Yet, we know that the ark was not built miraculously in that it took over a century to build (Gen. 6:3); thus, Noah must have used construction tools to build it, tools which God did not mention in his instructions.  So did Noah go beyond what God had authorized?  Not necessarily, for when all was said and done the Bible says twice that Noah “did all that God commanded him” (Gen. 6:22; 7:5).

The second way God’s Word gives authority is through approved examples.  The divinely inspired apostle Paul taught not only through command, but also by example (Phil. 4:9).  In fact, he encouraged others to imitate him and to follow his apostolic example (1 Cor. 4:16-17; 11:1), something which the early church did with all the apostles (Acts 2:42; Phil. 3:17; 2 Thess. 3:9) and with good reason, considering that the apostles were divinely inspired (Eph. 3:3-5).  So when we have an example in Scripture that meets with apostolic approval, we know there is authority for the practice.  For example, we meet on the first day of the week to partake of communion because of the example set by the early church with the apostles’ approval (Acts 20:7; cf. 1 Cor. 10:16-17).

The third way God’s Word gives authority is through necessary implications.  These are neither explicitly stated nor specifically exemplified, but rather are necessarily implied by the clear meaning of the language the inspired writers are using, so much so that one could only logically draw a particular conclusion.  Jesus made a necessary implication in his teaching of the existence of the resurrection of the dead to the unbelieving Sadducees (Matt. 22:31).  He quoted what God said to Moses at Mount Horeb (Ex. 3:6) about currently being the God of Jewish patriarchs who at the time were centuries in their grave (“I AM the God of Abraham…Isaac, and…Jacob”) to necessarily imply that God is not “God of the dead, but of the living,”i.e., that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob still existed after their deaths.

We do the same thing, probably without realizing it.  For example, we cite John 3:16 as biblical proof that God gave his Son because he loves all of humanity…but the verse doesn’t actually say that.  It actually says, “For God so loved THE WORLD that he gave his only Son…”  Yet, we necessarily infer that “the world” is referring to the entire human population rather than the physical planet because of what is specifically stated in other passages (cf. 1 Tim. 2:4).  In like manner, students of the New Testament know that there is no specific commandment which states, “Thou shalt not punch thy wife in the face.”  However, none of us would state that spousal abuse is therefore permitted in the New Testament…why?  Because of the necessary implications we make from certain passages (Matt. 7:12; Eph. 5:28-29).

These principles on how to establish biblical authority may seem commonplace, dull, unimaginative, or matter-of-fact, but they have proven to be very useful in correctly applying God’s Word to our lives in a consistent and logical manner.  It is my hope that you may find them useful in your quest to interpret God’s Word correctly.

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Hermeneutics: The Right Definition

Accurate Hermeneutics: Interpreting the Bible Correctly (3)

Let’s say that you uncovered your great-grandfather’s last will and testament, written way back in the 1920’s.  As you peruse through it, you are thrilled to discover that he had set aside a vast sum of money for his great-grandchildren.  “That’s me!” you think excitedly.  “I’m the only great-grandchild he ever had!  I’m about to get a lot of money!”  Thrilled, you keep reading, only to discover that he had set some parameters in place as to whether you would actually receive the wealth.  In fact, he had set only one stipulation in his will, and it reads, “The money shall be awarded to any and all great-grandchildren I would have, given that it be proven that they live lives which are profoundly gay.”

You sit back, disappointed.  “Well, so much for me getting all that money,” you think to yourself.  “I’m NOT gay, I never have been, and I never will be.  I’m happily married, I am completely in love with my spouse of the opposite sex, I’ve never even been attracted to anyone homosexually, and I never will.”  You then wonder what in the world would have possessed your great-grandfather to make such a stipulation in his will.  “Was great-grandpa secretly gay?” you might wonder.  “Is that why he was willing to give so much money to his relatives only if it could be proven that they also were homosexual?”  Puzzled, you put his will away and forget all about it…and thus unwittingly deprive yourself of a lot of money.

Why?  Because you overlooked a very important principle of hermeneutics when it came to interpreting your great-grandfather’s will and testament.  You read the term gay and immediately applied to it the modern-day definition of that term (one who is homosexual.)  However, what you failed to remember is that you were reading a document that was written long ago, in a different culture which had different definitions to words which might still be used today.  Back in the 1920’s, the term gay had only one meaning (happy, joyful.)  It was not until recently that the homosexual movement took the term and applied it to themselves in an effort to culturally legitimize their sin.  However, that change was still years to come when your great-grandfather sat down to write his will.  So when he wrote the stipulation about being “profoundly gay,” he had in mind his wish that his great-grandchildren be “profoundly happy.”  The fact that you didn’t think of these facts is too bad for you, considering that you, his only great-grandchild, ARE in fact easily proven to be “profoundly happy” in your life.

God’s Word, the Bible, was written by Holy Spirit-inspired men a long time ago (2 Pet. 1:19-21), the last of it being written about two thousand years ago.  None of it was written in English; the Old Testament was written predominately in Hebrew with a minority in Aramaic, and the New Testament was written in Greek.  Since then it has been translated into numerous different languages, including English, and for the most part the translators have done an excellent job in conveying the intent of the inspired authors of Scripture through their translation of the original foreign words.  However, it is still easy for us to read a word in our English Bibles and assume that its original definition in the inspired Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek of long ago is the same as our modern-day definition of it in English.  Granted, in most cases we would be correct in that assumption due to the stellar work of the translators…but not in every case.  And in some of those cases, our error makes all the difference in the world in correcting interpreting the will of God for our lives and thus plays a major role in our eternal destiny (Heb. 5:9; Matt. 7:21).

Baptism is immersion, by God's definition.

Baptism is immersion, by God’s definition.

Take the biblical term baptize (Mark 16:16).  The Greek word the writers of Scripture were divinely inspired to use two thousand years ago was baptizo, which literally means “to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge…”  Literally, God was telling people in Mark 16:16, “Whoever believes and is immersed will be saved…”  However, the modern-day English word baptize has more definitions than simply immersion, some of which include sprinkling or pouring water onto someone.  There are completely different Greek words which are defined and translated as sprinkling and pouring, and none of them are used in the biblical commands which mention baptism.  So if I have water sprinkled or poured over my head, have I been baptized in God’s eyes?  No, because that was not the definition of the word he specifically chose to use in his inspired command when his Word was being written.  However, if I am submerged in water I am doing nothing more or less than what the words he chose to use command me to do via their definitions.  Countless thousands of people have thought they were being saved by being sprinkled with water, when in reality they were following “the commandment of men” (Matt. 15:9).  It all could have been avoided if they had correctly interpreted the Bible by making sure they knew and obeyed the actual definitions of the words which were originally used by inspiration in the commands given to them in Scripture.

While I am not saying that one has to be fluent in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek in order to be saved, I AM encouraging us all to take our study of the Bible seriously and, when needed, investigate further to know for sure what is required of us by our Lord and Savior.  There are countless tools available online and elsewhere which give us the original meanings of every word in the Bible, and they are easy to find and use.  (Here are two examples.)  Remember, every word of God is “tested”(Prov. 30:5), and every word will judge us in the end (John 12:48).  Let’s make sure we correctly interpret the Bible by knowing and obeying what he had actually commanded us when the Holy Scriptures were inspired all those many years ago.

(Come back tomorrow, Lord willing, for a continuation of this study on how to correctly interpret the Bible.)

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