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| Daniel J. Musokwa |
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Col 3:11 Here there is NO Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.
Col 3:12-13 Therefore, as God's chosen
people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,
gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances
you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all
these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
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Paul says “here there is NO Greek
or Jew…” Here where? In Christ! (Read all of Colossians 3) It means “In Christ there is NO Greek
or Jew… but
Christ is all, and is in all!” I tell you the New Testament
does not have hidden within it somewhere another special covenant for the Jew!
In the New Testament, there is neither Jew nor Gentile but Christ is in all!
What part of that Scripture is too difficult for us to understand! Where is the
Jew therefore? Where is the Gentile therefore? In Christ, they are one and the
same. In Christ, you are not disadvantaged if you cannot trace your natural
lineage back to Abraham; and you are not advantaged if you can! What matters is
the new seed of heaven, even Jesus Christ.
In verse 12 of Colossians 3
Paul says something that would be almost blasphemous and heretical to most
evangelicals today! He says to the Colossians “Therefore, as God's
chosen people, holy and dearly loved…”
How about that! Paul, a Jew of Jews, of the tribe of Benjamin, calls Gentile
Colossians “God’s chosen people” as well as “holy and dearly loved!”
That comes as a shocker to us evangelicals, doesn't it! You see now friends, it
is true what Paul said to the church in Rome; “it is not the natural
descendants of Abraham who are God’s children but rather, those who are
children of the promised Holy Spirit through Jesus the Christ of God!” Here’s
more:
Gal 3:26-27 You are all sons of God through faith
in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed
yourselves with Christ.
Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are ALL ONE in Christ Jesus.
Gal 3:29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
What can I say? In this dispensation
there is neither Jew nor Greek for we are all one in Christ Jesus! He says “if you
belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the
promise!” It doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, your father is
Abraham if you are in Christ Jesus!
Hallelujah!
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So really, is this “Replacement
Theology?” My honest answer would be, I truly don’t know. Since
I never went to Bible College so I wouldn't really know what to call it, so for
now I’ll just call it the Gospel
of the Kingdom… I’ll call it “grace given freely to the Gentile as well as
the Jew”. There’s nothing more foolish and reckless than for the church to
continue insisting that the Jews are still God’s only chosen people! They were
that in the Old Covenant economy which was just a type and shadow of the good
things that were to come, but NOT still so in the New Covenant where the
Blood-washed church is God’s chosen people! I am truly humbled that through the
Jew we received the New Covenant and that through them we received a Saviour of
the world. But that alone does not deify them as anything above the rest of
humanity! At best, they denied Jesus as the Messiah and crucified Him on the
cross. Remember that to this very day they are still denying His Lordship and
divinity! They have been ‘cut-off’ from Christ, according to Paul. Keep
that in mind.
TO BE CONTINUED >>>
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