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This one says, Thankful to have found you.
Growing up in a strict Catholic family, we attended Mass every Sunday.
I attended parochial school.
I prayed the sign of the cross, the Hail Mary, and more Our fathers that I care to remember.
I'm so thankful to hear about the ministry of Paul.
Out of all the apostles, I was taught that it was the words of Peter that I should follow.
I now recognize my error and, and saddened by how many still think this.
Please never stop teaching us how to rightly divide.
It has changed my life.
What you were taught is called Petrine primacy.
Catholics say Peter is the foundational rock of the church, and in their mind, they're, they're the only true church.
But as shocking as it may sound, the apostle Peter never said a word to us.
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.
Peter preached the Mark 1:15 gospel of the kingdom, but Paul, he preached the Acts 20:24 gospel of the grace of God.
Very different.
Peter's gospel, it was restricted to the circumcision.
The circumcised Jews there in Israel.
Paul's gospel was unrestricted and able to come to the rest of the world, us.
And both of those statements can be verified in one verse, Galatians 2:7.
In Acts 2, Peter preached the cross, but not for forgiveness.
He said, Repent and be baptized for the remission of sins.
Furthermore, he wasn't even talking about all sins.
The remission of sins only concerns past sins.
Romans 3:25.
Peter was never given the revelation of the mystery that Paul received and is why his teachings remain in line with what he was taught by Jesus
during their three-and-a-half years together.
Peter never said a word to you.
His sermons were Acts 2:36 restricted to the house of Israel.
The law of Moses was still operating.
Are you law-minded or grace-minded?
You see, the twelve apostles, they never stopped keeping the law.
They never stopped law-keeping.
Acts 10, well into the Book of Acts, and past the death, burial, and resurrection, and watch what Peter says.
Verse 28, ...Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
See that?
Peter said it's unlawful.
Yet today's denominational preachers want us to unsee what we can plainly see and play the pretend game, pretend that Paul taught the same doctrine as the twelve.
But instead of pretending, let's be Bible students and just flip through some pages.
Look over in chapter 11, in chapter 11 there you'll notice in verse 2 that the other apostles, verses 2 and 3 actually, the other apostles here, they were not happy, and they even contended with Peter.
An argument ensued.
They were upset with him for breaching the law, and in verse 9 he explained what happened.
He told the others that what God had told him, What God hath cleansed, call not thou common.
And we turn a few more pages and see that Peter, James, John, and the boys, they were all observing the law way over in Acts chapter 15.
Look at verse 1, watch, And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
There's the law for salvation hidden right here in plain sight.
But some lazy Bible students to this day, some 2000 years later, are still trying to convince us that Peter and the apostles before Paul, oh, they taught salvation by grace just like he did.
Some try to convince us that what we just saw with our own eyes isn't really what we just saw with our own eyes.
Okay, let's continue.
Flip to chapter 21, and you'll see there in verse 20, you'll see this, And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
Now here we go again, all the way over in chapter 21, and they're still keeping the law.
And did it zealously all the way to the end of their lives.
That's why we have verses that say, He that endures unto the end shall be saved.
Law keeping wasn't a part-time job for them, yet the religious system says the twelve apostles taught the same thing Paul did.
It's incredible how far some will go to lord over you.
Peter, under law, was following the instructions Jesus gave him back there in Matthew chapter 10, These twelve, Jesus sent forth and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles.
He said, Only go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
And that's what Peter did.
In Acts chapter 3 verse 24 from the mouth of Peter, he said, Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
See that?
What Peter preached was spoken while what Paul preached was things kept secret, Roman 16:25.
When Peter spoke these words, prophecy was being fulfilled.
And clear over here toward the end of your Bible in 2 Peter chapter 1, look at verse 19.
I want you to notice what he wrote, We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed,...
Saying Peter and Paul preached the same thing is a dumpster fire.
It isn't until we see the Apostle Paul come on the scene that we notice a change.
And that's why in Romans 11:25 he said, For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery,...
There it is, that's what most miss.
...that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
It was their blindness that caused their fall.
God gave them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear.
And the time of prophecies being fulfilled came to a halt.
Israel's program was postponed due to their unbelief.
God hung up a closed sign right there on Israel's prophecy door.
Religious folk, they'll hang their hat on Acts 2:38 even though it's not their mail.
But this is what happens, this is what replacement theology has caused.
It causes text theft, stealing scriptures addressed to Israel and claiming them for yourselves.
Acts 2:38 is Peter addressing Israel about repenting and being baptized for the remission of their sins that are passed.
Something many are blindly overlooking, remission of past sins, which is what Paul addressed in Romans 3:25.
But in Colossians 2:13 he said that we, we who don't steal Israel's mail, we are forgiven all sins.
Not just sins that are passed, but all sins.
Which doesn't match 2 Peter 1:9.
Peter to the little flock there, he told them that they were purged from their old sins.
Old sins, all sins, pretty simple to see the difference.
Now, there's a preacher out here, old preacher Breaker, better known as Faker Breaker.
He won't address this.
He started a blood cult and claims that Romans 3:25 is the gospel that saves.
But he doesn't address the fact that the verse plainly says sins that are past.
He denies the very words right here in the King James Bible.
And it gives very little attention to context.
You know, lack of context is the mother of all misunderstanding.
Peter said he was purged of his old sins and old sins are past sins.
But in Colossians 2:13 Paul says we're forgiven of all sins.
Things that are different just aren't the same, but Faker Breaker there, he won't tell you this because it may hurt his book sales.
The one with all the fake quotes in it.
Now, in 2 Corinthians 5:19, if you've yet to see that verse, go look at it.
There you'll see that Paul said God stopped charging sins to the world.
Amazing news that many still don't know nothing of.
Partly because of preachers like Breaker who are still attached to their religion.
He's half in and half out, a fence straggler.
A part-time gracer who knows just enough about grace to be dangerous.
He won't tell you that we're living in God's dispensation of grace and how he forgave sins and stopped imputing them to the world.
He won't tell you that Acts 26:18 says that all we need to do to be saved is receive that.
Receive, believe forgiveness of sins was accomplished.
He's a career-religionist.
They're detached from reality and can't see the difference between these things.
But a good minister is careful to rightly divide and make a straight cut to help connect the dots so you can see the distinctions that are in your Bible.
Even distinctions concerning forgiveness.
Many Bible divisions get overlooked.
Distinctions between the Luke 12:32 little flock and the Colossians 1:18 church which is the body of Christ.
Between the Matthew chapter 6 verses 9 and 10, earthly kingdom, and the 2 Corinthians 5:1, and Philippians 3:20, heavenly kingdom.
Between water baptism, Matthew 3:16, and spirit baptism, 1 Corinthians 12:13, between selling all your possessions, layin' the money there at the Apostle's feet, Acts 4:35, and what Paul tells us which is to take care of our home and work so we can feed our family, 2 Thessalonians 3:10.
These are different instructions and you don't have to major in economics to see the two different economies here.
We see verses where Paul, he greeted believers who hosted the church in their home.
But the little flock, hey, in early Acts they didn't even own a home.
What need would they have for a home if the kingdom was at hand?
Luke 12:22, And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
Now, follow closely, Jesus tells the little flock, don't think about your life, don't think about food, don't think about your wardrobe.
But religion, they come along and change this to, well, you know, what Jesus really meant was, don't think too much about it.
As they stand there behind the pulpit of misinformation and literally add to the word of God, and the congregation just, oh yeah, they nod and say, amen.
Well, this instruction was so important that you'll notice in verse 29, he repeated himself, Jesus said again, And seek not ye, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of a doubtful mind.
And in verse 31 he said, But rather seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Starting to get this, again, what need would they have to give thought for their life?
Why would anyone need to think about their next meal or what clothes they wear if the kingdom's at hand?
When the kingdom comes, they'll be in the presence of the king, and the king will take care of those people in the kingdom.
As he said, all these things shall be added unto you.
But you see, the kingdom didn't come because all of Israel didn't accept the king, they rejected him.
That's why it's been postponed, and we're living in the parenthetical, the dispensation of the grace of God.
Things are different.
The economy is different.
We're under a different administration.
That's why you have to rightly divide the word of truth.
Now, watch right here in verse 32, he tells them, he says to the little flock, Fear not, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
And he goes on to say, sell everything they have because where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Those who refuse to see these differences and how they differ with Paul's teachings, they come along and try to whitewash these things that Jesus is saying.
Some say the Bible doesn't make selling your possessions mandatory for salvation.
They don't believe their Bible because in Matthew chapter 19, the disciples, hey, they were astonished at what Jesus was teaching, and they responded by saying, who then, who then can be saved?
And in verse (Matthew) 26, he answered, ...With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
So, what about you?
Is this your doctrine?
Sell everything and wait on the kingdom.
That's what's going on here.
Let's keep reading.
Then Peter answered and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Now stay with me.
Think about the question, who then can be saved?
Verse 29 gives us the answer.
Jesus said, And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Now tell me this wasn't mandatory for salvation.
As plain as the nose on your face right here it is, there's more than one gospel in this book.
I don't care what anybody says.
And the gospel of the kingdom was works based.
The salvation gospel in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, it was different.
It was different than Paul's Romans through Philemon gospel.
And the slight of hand preachers, they can't stand men like me who will come along and point this out.
Like Paul, I say, Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
They don't like men that are capable of opening God's word and layin' it out in a manner whereby the cookies get placed on the bottom shelf.
No, they want to run everything through the spin zone so it comes out in their favor on the other side.
Paul never tells us to abandon personal property, to forsake our home, to forsake our family, to sell everything we own in order to inherit eternal life.
And if you fail to rightly divide these gospels, you'll find yourself facing a great paradox.
There's a striking contrast between the gospel of the kingdom and Paul's gospel of grace.
We're told to be good stewards over what we own.
Well, being good stewards over what we have and abandon it altogether, that's just different.
It's not the same.
Read carefully here, 1 Corinthians chapter 16.
Look at verse 2 and you decide.
Did Paul give the church at Corinth the same instructions as Peter gave the Pentecostal church?
Let's see.
He wrote, Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store,...
Now mark that, "in store."
...lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him,...
See what this is?
This is giving based on income right here.
See it?
And Paul tells them to store up.
See that?
Even though Jesus said to lay not up, Matthew 6:19, Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
If you miss it, you'll have to do it on purpose.
And this giving based on income is opposite to the words of Jesus, opposite to the words of Peter.
It's not selling your possessions and laying the proceeds down at the apostles' feet.
It's not quitting your job, leaving your home and land, to wait on Jesus to set the kingdom up for you.
So, you can reign as kings and priests with him.
No, it's different.
And they sang a new song, saying thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof, for thou what's slain, and has redeemed us to God by the blood out of every kindred and tongue, and people, and nation.
And has made us unto our God kings and priests, and we, who's the we, not you, not me, and we shall reign on the earth.
We're not going to reign on earth, 2 Corinthians 5:1, For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
When we follow 2 Timothy 2:15, the confusion disappears.
It goes away when we divide prophecy that which was spoken and mystery that which was kept secret.
It comes down to simple division.
Jesus called out Peter along with eleven other men, but called out Paul all by himself.
The twelve, they were sent to one nation, but Paul was sent to all nations.
Paul was the apostle of the Gentiles, Acts 9:15, Romans 11:13, Romans 15:16, Ephesians 3:1, Galatians 1:2, 1 Timothy 2:7, 2 Timothy 1:11, but not Peter, he was the apostle of the Jews, Galatians 2:7.
He only spoke to one Gentile in his entire ministry, and when he did, he told that Gentile to do righteous works, or God wouldn't accept him.
Acts 10:35.
See, there was salvation for the Gentiles during the gospel of the kingdom, but they had to go through Israel to get it, John 4:22.
But Paul, he was a preacher to idol worshiping Gentiles, pagans, those who worshiped pagan idols like Apollo, Zeus, Diana, Athena, Mercury.
The uneducated, they'll tell you that Peter is your apostle, even though he opened 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 1, with the words, Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galicia, Capadosia, Asia, and Bethenia.
Strangers scattered, now who might that be?
Peter's little flock, the little flock of exiles of the dispersion, exiled from their homeland, the little flock of believing Israel, they're the ones called the strangers because they're in foreign lands there when they received Peter's letter.
Acts chapter 8 verse 1, And Saul was consenting unto his death, this is the death of Stephen, and at that time there was a great persecution against the church, which was at Jerusalem, that's Peter's church, and they were all, what?
Scattered abroad.
The scattering occurred at a time when there was a distinction being made between Jew and Gentile, and salvation was of the Jews, so it's pretty obvious to a Bible student who Peter's written words were to.
He wrote to the same audience James did, James opened up the letter with the same nomenclature as Peter did, he said, James a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the 12 tribes, which are scattered abroad.
Acts 11:19 gives us more of the same, Now they which were scattered abroad... here it is again, they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to... and notice the next six words, none but unto the Jews only.
You want to be on the side of truth or religious tradition?
Here's your chance to get off the religious hamster wheel and believe God's word.
Here's where the argument should end.
What's there to argue about?
Only someone who enjoys being rebellious would want to proceed by belaboring an argument about this.
Now watch what Peter wrote in his second epistle, 2 Peter 3:1, This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
Now think about what he said, what he wrote was to stir up their pure minds by way of remembrance.
Remembering what Peter, verse 2, That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets,...
What Peter wrote couldn't possibly be for us, because it was for those who might remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets.
And Peter continues in 2 Peter 3:4 by saying, ...Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
The fathers, what fathers?
Not Gentile fathers, the fathers of Israel.
The fathers of the set aside nation, in Peter 2:12, he tells his audience to have their conversation honest among the Gentiles.
Obviously his writings were not to the Gentiles.
This is confusing if you don't rightly divide, but when you adjust your focus to the gospel that Christ gave Paul, then you're positioned to grow in knowledge and grace.
Peter's audience are as lively stones, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, a chosen generation, a holy nation, 1 Peter chapter 2.
But Paul describes us as 1 Corinthians 12:20, many members in one body, a body, a body of ambassadors for Christ, not a royal priesthood or holy nation.
And these priests will one day reign on earth in the millennial kingdom.
Peter's not going to heavenly places.
Neither is James, neither is John.
John said, Revelation 5:10, he said, And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
But Paul teaches us about the kingdom in the heavenlies.
What Peter wrote will equip the little flock of believing in Israel to persevere, to make it through their tribulation of Daniel's 70th week,
but as most of you already know, we're not going to be there, we're not going to go through that.
We'll be called up in the catching away.
We're not appointed to wrath, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, we'll be delivered and saved from the wrath to come, 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and Romans 5:9.
We're not a part of Peter's Acts 2, Ye men of Israel, who God's going to show wonders in heaven above and signs in the earth beneath.
Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
The sun's going to turn to darkness and the moon into blood.
That all happens before that great and notable day of the Lord to come.
So many differences, so many differences between Peter and Paul, like prayer, for example, that's another one.
We'll cover that more thoroughly in a podcast to come, but hey, when it comes to prayer, Peter was, he was taught that if he prayed, he'd receive whatever he asked for.
Remember that Matthew 18:19, ...if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
But you can read 2 Corinthians 12 and find out that didn't work out too well for the apostle Paul.
He prayed not once, not twice, but three times for something and the Lord denied him and said, my grace is sufficient.
Paul got a quick lesson on how to pray according to what God is doing today.
A dispensational prayer life is quite different from that of time past.
See, we're a part of something new, something new that God is doing today.
It started in the 9th chapter of the book of Acts with the apostle Paul, and a good minister, he'll be able to skillfully make a straight cut with precision and rightly divide the word of truth for you.
This is Truth Time Radio and, like Paul, we're here to deliver information that should comfort and give you full assurance.
Colossians 2:2, That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God,...
If you're not certain about your salvation, know this.
Christ died for all your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:19, Colossians 2:13.
He was buried but rose the third day to give you eternal life in him.
So believe on him right now.
Go ahead and do it.
Before it's too late.
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