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 - Seeing Clearly
Start with the question few dare to ask: can any of us truly know our motives? We build from Paul’s sober insight to show how self-reliance keeps us from seeking what only grace can give.
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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:Paul even says, I don't even know, I don't even judge myself because I don't know all my motives. Do you know all your motives? Have you been able to search the depths of your heart and know everything, every good thing you ever did, had a perfectly good motive behind it? No, you can't. You can't, we we can't even evaluate ourselves that well. We could have mixed motives in ourselves. We're sinners, that's the problem. We need someone to come pay our debt. And Christ did it. He paid it in full. But they were still trying by works, right?
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SPEAKER_01:They rejected the word of God. Acts 13, 46. They didn't perceive their sinful condition and their need for eternal life. Acts 13, 46. I mean, if you think you're good enough, if you really think you're a good person, I mean the Pharisees, they thought they were good. If you really think you're a good person, right, then you're not going to see your need for eternal life. Because you're going to think, well, I'm good enough. 13, 46. Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, It was necessary the word of God be spoken to you, that's to the Jews, first. But you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life. See, they judge themselves unworthy of eternal life because they thought, well, we were good enough in and of ourselves. So then he turned to the Gentiles. And they wanted it. Boy, the Gentiles realized they were sinners. They were anxious for salvation. Now, the nation of Israel today is still in unbelief. Okay. But whenever a Jew turns to the Lord, guess what? They're saved. 2 Corinthians 3 15 to 16. And it says the veil is removed. You know, it's like there's a veil over their eyes or over their heart, and they can't see. But it says, whenever they believe in the Lord, they believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the veil is lifted. It's like they see.
SPEAKER_02:Like, wow.
SPEAKER_01:Okay. And you know, there are Jewish believers today, of course. There they're not a lot, but I mean, there's Jewish believers in the land. There's we're talking right now in our deacons about supporting Jewish believers in the land. Um some of them are, as we've been reading about different ministries that are to Jewish believers in the land, they're members of the IDF and they minister within their you know their platoons and their battalions and all that. Um and it's tough for them because for a Jew to believe in Jesus today, if a Jew believes in Jesus, especially in the land, that most other Jews, secular Jews, consider you committing treason against the Jewish people because they think you're becoming a non-Jew. In other words, they think that by becoming a Christian, you are becoming, you're rejecting your Jewishness. That's not true. Paul was a Jewish believer, and he didn't say, I'm no longer a Jew. He said in Romans 9:1, I am a Jew. He was a Jewish believer. Some people call him to name messianic believers or messianic Jews. Um, they still maintain their racial heritage as Jewish people, as descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, right? Jesus was a Jew, right? Salvation is of the Jews, John 4. So when a Jew believes in Jesus, they don't become a non-Jew, they become what I call a completed Jew. Because a completed Jew is one who believes in their Messiah. Jesus, who's a Jew. Which was the true purpose that God had for the Jewish people, that they believe in their Messiah. So we have those believers today, they're known as the remnant, right? And there will always be a remnant. Okay, Romans 11. In fact, Romans 11, 1 through 10, can make you could make the argument that if there is a time on earth when there is not one single Jewish believer, God would destroy the Jews. He would annihilate them. Now that'll never happen because he made covenant promises. This is why, by the way, if you want to know one of the intricacies of my theology that I've never told you, I believe that after the rapture happens, the moment the rapture happens, I believe that the 144,000 basically come to salvation almost at an instant in time. But that's just my belief. There's nothing hard behind that, it's just some data points that try to put together. Um, so for the most part, the nation of Israel letter G here is partially hardened, and they will be Romans 11, 26, until the fullness of the Gentiles come in, and then all Israel will be saved. So after the church is gone, and then you know the 144,000 and the two witnesses and all that, um, by the end of all those events and what we call the 70th week of Daniel, the nation of Israel will be saved, the Messiah will return, and usher in the glories to follow, right? The kingdom to come. But these are the two responses of the Jews, okay, belief and unbelief. For the most part, unbelief. But we can understand they've been partially hardened, right? Due to their uh generational rejection that's continued every generation since the Messiah. Um, but if a Jew turns to the Lord, they're safe. This is good.
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 Spoke and 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.