Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
Jeremy approaches Bible teaching with a passion for getting the basic doctrines explained so that the individual can understand them and then apply them to circumstances in their life. These basic and important lessons are nestled in a framework of history and progression of revelation from the Bible so the whole of Scripture can be applied to your physical and spiritual life.
Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
NT Framework - Sinless One, Our Substitute
God made the sinless Christ to be sin for us, so we could become God’s righteousness through faith. It took no work from us to make this true.
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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner.
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and our series on the New Testament framework. Today, a smaller, bite-sized piece from the larger lesson. We hope you enjoy it.
SPEAKER_01:2 Corinthians 5 21. God made him, that's Christ, who knew no sin, to be sin on our behalf. Why? So that we might become the righteousness of God in him. So, verse 21, he made him who knew no sin, that's obviously Christ. He didn't know any sin personally, never committed any personal sin, to be sin on our behalf. This is the imputation. Okay. The imputation of our sin to his account on the cross, three hours of darkness, right? When he's paying the sin debt of the whole world, purpose of which we might become the righteousness of God. How do we become the righteousness of God? Through faith. Always. Righteousness is always through faith. So this is something that makes his death unique in that he wasn't dying for his own sins, whereas everybody else who ever died, they always died for their own sins. But he didn't have to die. I think this is. But let's let's I want to look at something from Jehovah's Witnesses. This is a quote from their documents. In this ransom work referring to Jesus Christ's work on the cross, right? Jesus was assisted by the 144,000. They're getting that number out of Revelation 7, right? Remember the 144,000? They're historic, they hold to a view of prophecy as historicism. So they think the book of Revelation is being fulfilled down through church history. Okay? Not in the future, seven years being fulfilled through church history. And that the Jehovah's Witnesses are the 144,000. Now, when the number of Jehovah's Witnesses got greater than 144,000, they said, well, it's just a symbolic representation. But they're the 144,000. But see, Jesus was assisted on the cross by the 144,000. That's what they're saying. We teach that according to Isaiah 53.2, which you can read. They raise him up like a root out of parched ground. I can see nothing in it that even relates to this, but that's what they say. According to Isaiah 53.2, the mystical body of Christ consists of Jesus as the head and the 144,000 as his body. Like Jesus, these 144,000 sacrificed their right to live in this world, earned through their perfect obedience to Jehovah's theocracy. And like Jesus, and these alone will receive the immortality of the soul. So who who did the ransom work? In in JW Theology? Jesus and Mormon. Or I'm sorry, Jesus and Jehovah's Witnesses. It's not Jesus alone, is it? It's Jesus and Jehovah's Witnesses who made the sacrifice. That results in obedience that gives immortality of the soul. Is it Jesus plus you or Jesus plus me that secure the immortality of the soul by our work by our work on the cross of obedience? What does the Bible say? Galatians 2 21 is what the Bible says. In other words, if we can do any work for our salvation, guess what? The crosswork was unnecessary. Because somebody could be good enough on the basis of their own work. So what would be the purpose of Christ's death? There would be no purpose. So no, there's no assistance. We don't assist Christ by anything that we do. Now here's this is the next quote I'm going to give you is from a mission group in the early 1900s. You have to understand all mission groups and church organizations, seminaries and everything, over time they tend to change their doctrinal outlook. As far as seminar is concerned, the the history of seminaries says that whatever the founding documents, doctrinal statements are of a seminary, they will only be held to for 75 years. Historically. That's a historic average. After that, they depart from them. Same thing would I think would be basically true across the board for mission organizations and other entities. So this is a missions organization. We're going to read what they said. This is in a book called Rethinking Missions 1932. Anyone remember that? Okay, I want it. The original objective of the mission might be stated as the conquest of the world by Christianity. I don't know if I would use such militant language, but okay, if they just mean softly to take the gospel to all nations and people to believe, great, but eh, they sound a little more militant here. So we may not agree with the original objective. But anyway, this is their statement. One name and one atonement. This plan with this particular historical center in the career of Jesus Christ must become the point of regard for every human soul. Okay, that that used to be. There used to be one way. There used to be one name. There used to be one atonement. It used to be centered on the career of Jesus Christ. And that was essential for every human soul, right? That's how it used to be. That is passe. That means that is outdated. That's outdated now. That's old school. Nobody believes that anymore. They say Christianity must now recognize that it has no monopoly on truth. 1932. People wonder what's wrong with our country? What's wrong? This has been going on for a few centuries to get to where we are now in our country. It started before the Declaration of Independence and the thinking of people. We could trace it in history if we wanted. We don't have time. It is clearly not the duty of the Christian missionary to attack the non-Christian system of religion. Don't say Buddhism is wrong. Don't say Hinduism is wrong. Don't say Confucianism is wrong. Don't say all these other religious viewpoints are wrong. We're not supposed to do that. Rather, what we're supposed to do is pool our resources with other religions. It's all just one ecumenical, syncretistic, one-world religion. We don't protest if it if Buddhists and Muslims incorporate Christian ideas without becoming Christians. You know, just mix Jesus in with all your other gods. Just put them on the shelf next to all your other gods. He's just another God, just like all the rest of them. We desire the triumph of that final truth. We need not prescribe the route. Is this what the Bible says? What would they say about Acts chapter 4, verse 12? Acts chapter 4, verse 12. There is no name. You know the rest of it? There's no other name. 412, thank you. Did somebody say 12? Yeah, 412. There's salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, of which we must be saved. What would they say about that? That's passe. They would have said that before you were born. They were already saying that. What about John 14, 6, where Jesus said, I am the way, the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father. No God. Does that sound exclusivistic? It sounds like he's the only way. They would say, that's Passe. That's outdated. I guess Jesus was wrong there. Why even be a Christian, right? Just be an ecumenical spirit spiritist or something.
SPEAKER_00:Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas. If you would like to see the visuals that went along with today's sermon, you can find those on Rumble and on YouTube under Spokane Bible Church. That is where Jeremy is the pastor and teacher. We hope you found today's lesson productive and useful in growing closer to God and walking more obediently with Him. If you found this podcast to be useful and helpful, then please consider rating us in your favorite podcast app. And until next time, we hope you have a blessed and wonderful day.