Through the Bible with Les Feldick
LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 52
Hebrews 12:18 – 13:25
We’ve got several people here today. Remember we were talking about how that, if God Who spoke while dealing with Israel on earth was something to be feared, how much more we should respect that Voice that speaks from heaven. And of course, for the most part, for us today in this Age of Grace, that comes through the epistles of the Apostle Paul, to whom God revealed all of these doctrines that are for us today. All Scripture, even Paul himself writes, "All Scripture is profitable for reproof in instruction, in inspiration and so forth." Alright now in verse 26:
"Whose voice then shook the earth: (well God was dealing from Mt. Sinai) but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. II Peter 3:10-12
12. Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?" Let’s look at the next verse:
So now if you’ll come back to Hebrews 12 once again we know that God is going to deal harshly with this planet someday.
"Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, (cannot be destroyed) let us have grace, (oh, that favorite term of the Apostle Paul) whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:" Now, you remember for us as believers, we don’t shake in our boots in the presence of God. Never forget that.
"For our god is a consuming fire." Hebrews 13:1-2
We know that back in Biblical history, angels were entertained by mortal man. It’s been a joyful experience and I think that’s what the Apostle Paul is talking about here. It will just simply be fellow believers. Alright, so "some have entertained angels unawares." Hebrews 13:3a
Alright, here they come, supernaturally brought, and let’s begin with verse 31.
Matthew 25:31-32a
"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: (in other words, as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Matthew 25:34-36
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me." Now of course, we know that the ones he’s talking about were the 144,000 Tribulation witnesses that God will seal - that no doubt suffered the privations listed here. Hebrews 13:3
"So remember those who are in bonds," Paul says: if they need food, take it to them. Only Paul speaks of the Body of Christ in Scripture. Now, Paul shifts gears, as I’ve said so often.
Hebrews 13:4
"Marriage is honourable in all, the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge." Alright now, verse 5:
Hebrews 13:5
"Let your conversation (the word here is manner of living. We are to work, Paul says, if you don’t want to work, you don’t eat! Now verse 6. Hebrews 13:6
Now let’s take a verse again out of Romans. Romans 8:31-32
If God be for us, (and Hebrews just told us that He will never leave us nor forsake us.) who can be against us? Then verse 33:
Romans 8:33-34
It is God that justifieth. It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, (which is where? Alright, back to Hebrews again, chapter 13, and verse 7. Hebrews 13:7
"Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation." (or their manner of living.) Now verse 8:
Hebrews 13:8
You know if people have an argument with me, they don’t like the fact that I separate Paul from Peter and the Church from Israel. And they’ve now picked it up in the word dispensational. "Well, you agree that everything changed?" "Alright, let’s go a little further. God. God doesn’t change. Well, what is that?It’s a change in dispensation. It’s a change in administration.
You’ve got the appearance of a whole new race and nation of people through which God is going to send the Word of God, through which the Redeemer would come. That’s never been heard of before. You’re going to tell me nothing has changed? Everything has changed. We’re under Grace. It’s just simply breaking the Scriptures down to realize that God’s immutable, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. He never changes! Mankind never had full access to the Father like we have.
You will hear somebody throw that word out at you, and say, "Don’t listen to Les Feldick, He’s dispensational." How can you tell me that things have never changed when I know everybody realizes it has. And every change is just a change in administration. The people who think I am teaching strange doctrines are the ones to whom I’ll have to say, "Hey, wait a minute. "Rightly divide the Word of God."
Hebrews 13:9a
"Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines…." People don’t know what to believe.
"Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. What’s Paul saying?