NT Framework - New not a Replacement

Replacement Theology says the Church has replaced Israel, if that is true has faith also been replaced? Has the content of salvation been replaced or otherwise changed? These are interesting questions to ponder. 

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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. 

Transcript

Framing The Series

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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.

Changing Content Of Saving Faith

From Messiah Expectation To The Cross

The Way Prepared Through The Cross

A New Way To Pray

The Spirit With You Versus In You

Obedience, Love, And Deeper Disclosure

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He's the way. He's the truth. He's the life. Now, this I say this is an updated content or new content of the one way of salvation. There's always only been one way of salvation. You know, I like doing this a simple way. Okay, with for people. Romans 14, 23, whatsoever is not of faith is sin. So what is the only thing that God will accept? Faith. That's all. Because anything that's not of faith is what? Sin. What does it say in Hebrews 11, 6? Without faith, it is impossible to please God. So there's only one way that we can, our response, human response to God for salvation. And it's just faith. It's got to be. I mean, anything else is just not going to work with those verses. It just can't. So faith is the only response God is looking at from a human being. Now, the content that we put our faith in has changed over time. I mean, you know, Adam did not know that Jesus died on the cross for him and rose again. He knew that there was going to be a seed of the woman that was going to come and was going to conquer their foe, Satan. Right? He knew the concept of blood sacrifice because God took supposedly a lamb, right? Slit its innocent throat, and made clothing for him and Eve. So he knew about blood sacrifice, he knew about a seed, some messianic figure who would solve the problem. But he didn't know, you know, Jesus would do this by dying on a cross and rising again. He didn't have that content. Nobody had that direct content. I mean, even as I mentioned before, Matthew 16, where Peter, Jesus is having the discussion with Peter, who do you say I am? I mean, right after, you know, Peter scores 100, you know, you are the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Four verses later, he completely makes a zero on the next test. You know, when he says, Jesus says, I'm going to go to the cross, I'm going to suffer, I'm going to be killed, you know, and then rise again. And he says, It'll never be, you know. And at that point, Jesus says that the motivation behind this statement, that you're trying to hinder me from going to the cross is Satan. Get behind me, Satan. And yet we would all say, if we're reading the Bible correctly, that Peter's definitely a believer. I mean, he believes that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God. But he's saying the Messiah is not going to die. No, no, no, no, no, that's not going to happen. So, see, at that point before the cross, you could believe that Jesus was the Messiah, and that was sufficient to be eternally saved. But now we have updated in the book of Acts and farther after the cross that not only is he the way, the truth, and the life, but the way is through the cross. That's what he says he's going to prepare a way. That way is through the cross. And that's what he was telling them here in John 14, he was going to prepare a way. In other words, how do we get to where he is in the Father's house where there's many spacious dwellings? The way that he made for us is through the cross, through his cross work. And so he's declaring that. So the content is being updated in that sense. We're getting more information. Now, John 14, 13, there's a new way to pray. New way to pray, John 14, 13. Whatever you ask in my name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. See, before this, did anybody in the Old Testament ever say at the end of their prayer, in Jesus' name, amen? Did you ever read that? Why didn't you ever read that? Well, because they didn't know who Jesus was. I mean, what are you talking about? They knew the Hebrew words for salvation. They knew those words. They knew the Greek words, Yasha, you know, for salvation. And Yeshua, which is his name, but they didn't know him, and they didn't pray in his name. But now there's a new way to pray. And that's why we pray that way. So something's changed. The point I'm making is something has changed dramatically. Israel, it wasn't like this. Now we have something new that's happening, new truths for a new thing called ultimately the church. There's a new ministry, John 14, 16. I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper, that he may be with you forever. That is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it does not see him or know him. But you know him because he abides with you and he will be in you. Notice the difference between he abiding with you and he will be in you. In Old Testament Israel, the Spirit was abiding among Israel in the prophets, the priests, and the kings. But now the Holy Spirit is going to indwell every single believer. So there's going to be a new, well, it later calls him a helper, right? A helper. And he's going to indwell every believer. So this is very different. John 14, 21 to 23. More new truths about this helper. He who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will disclose myself to him. This is a new intimacy that we can have. If we keep his commandments and therefore show our love for him, right? This is a new intimacy, a closeness. He's going to disclose himself to those who love him by obeying him. Do all believers love and obey him? No. Sometimes I don't. Sometimes I disobey him. At that time I'm not loving him. In John's language, I would be hating him. Because I'm not keeping his commandments. And the one who keeps his commandments is the ones who loves him. So if you're not keeping his commandments, then you must hate him. But the one who loves him and keeps his commandments, he will receive this self-disclosure. God will reveal himself to this person and give them greater heightened understanding of God.

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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 at Underspoken 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 immediately with him. If you found this podcast to be useful and helpful, then please consider rating us in your favorite podcast. And until next time, we hope you have a blessed and wonderful day.