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Pronouns Metaphors Errors Part 25
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Pronouns, Metaphors, and Errors
Message
May 3, 2015
Part 25
Scripture
Mathew 26.26
1 Cor. 10.16
Romans 7:1-4
Hebrews 10:9-10
1 Peter 2:24
Colossians 1:21-22
We have seen from Mathew 26.26, that the statement from Jesus, “This( bread) is My body”, is a metaphor by seven (7) factual counts of itemized proofs.
The primary sense of “to be” verbs; namely, “signifying,” “amounting to,” and “representing” is in its essence( abstraction) the notion “to mean,” but never the notion “to change.”
Today I want to reinforce the idea that Christ’s statement, “This is My body”, has absolutely no reference to causing the bread to undergo a substantive change by being made to become His actual flesh.
Yet His body has everything to do with making possible real substantive changes to occur within individual believers, members of the so-called “mystical body of Christ,” also known as the “body of Christ;” namely, His True Church.
We will look at Scripture that speaks to Jews and to Gentiles on this matter.
Scripture
Mathew 26.26
1 Cor. 10.16
Romans 7:1-4
Hebrews 10:9-10
1 Peter 2:24
Colossians 1:21-22
Recall what Paul meant when he explained the accomplishments of the body and blood as represented in the Communion( fellowship) of Christ in the letter to the Church at Corinth (1 Cor. 10.16).
Comprehensive Translation: 1 Cor. 10.16
“Doesn’t the bread represent a quality of fellowship made possible by the body( death( atonement)) of Christ?”
Yes
“Doesn’t the cup( the wine) represent a quality of fellowship made possible by the blood( death( atonement)) of Christ?”
Yes
Let’s look at a quick survey of the New Testament on the subjects, the body and the blood of Christ, to see how the accomplishments made by them are affirmed in the contexts of the following Scriptures cited.
We begin with “the body of Christ” for this week.
Scripture
Mathew 26.26
1 Cor. 10.16
Romans 7:1-4
Hebrews 10:9-10
1 Peter 2:24
Colossians 1:21-22
The body of Christ:
NKJ Romans 7:4
Therefore, my brethren, you also have become
dead to the law through the body of Christ,
that you may be married to another -- to Him who
was raised from the dead, that we should bear
fruit to God.
The body of Christ:
The general idea of his conclusion is obvious; that is, through the instrumental means of the body of Christ, something very significant is made to become possible within the believer; namely, a true change( a transformation, a transubstantiation) is made possible.
NKJ Romans 7:1
Paul is speakng to the Jews
Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak
to those who know the law), that the law has
dominion over a person as long as he lives?
subject: the law Which law, or any law?
verb: has lordship authority( determines destiny)
adverb: of the person as long as he remains alive
NKJ Romans 7:2
For example…
For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from
the law of her husband.
More complicated than it looks…
Comprehensive Translation: Romans 7:2
For example...
NKJ Romans 7:3a
So then if, while her husband lives, she marries
another man, she will be called an adulteress;
Comprehensive Translation:
Romans 7:3a
Consequentially therefore, while the husband remains alive, an “adulteress one” she shall be called if( whenever) she might change herself to become [a wife] to another husband.
NKJ Romans 7:3b
but if her husband dies, she is free from that law,
so that she is no adulteress, though she has married
another man.
But, if( whenever) the husband might die, she is a free person away from the law( the lordship of the husband), with the result that she has not made herself change to become to be an adulterous person, after having made herself to become [a wife] to another husband.
Romans 7.4
Therefore, my brethren, you also have become
dead to the law through the body of Christ, that
you may be married to another -- to Him who
was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit
to God.
Let’s seek the answer to this question:
What relationship to the law were we formerly
tied to that might possibly resemble a matrimonial
relationship?
Correspondingly( thus in the same manner),
brothers of me,
also
you+ (emphasis)
(aorist passive)
after having been changed to become dead ones
to the law [to the lordship law of the sacrificial system]
by means of
the body of the Christ,
(motion into a purpose) in order that you become
changed for your own advantage,
bound by lordship (a quality of relationship) to
another one,
to the one raised out from among the dead ones,
so that (of result)
we should bear fruit
to God.
Comprehensive Translation: Romans 7.4
Thus in the same manner, brothers of me, also
you+ (emphasis) after having been changed to become dead ones (with no connection)
to the law [of the lordship law of the sacrificial system] by means of the body of the Christ, in order that you become changed for your own advantage, bound to lordship to another one, to the one raised out from among the dead ones, so that (of result) we should bear fruit to God. (Note: more inclusive here…)
Implication:
This whole array of truth statements point to a revelation about the intended purpose of the Lord’s Supper; namely, to the establishment of a memorial designed to mark the transition brought about in history by the events surrounding and including Christ’s cross work.
Implication:
From this moment onward, Christ expects the focal point of the Pascal meal to permanently shift away from its prior Old Testament( Old Covenant) emphasis upon the Pascal lamb to a New Testament( New Covenant) emphasis upon the Pascal Lamb of God.
Scripture
Mathew 26.26
1 Cor. 10.16
Romans 7:1-4
Hebrews 10:9-10
1 Peter 2:24
Colossians 1:21-22
NKJ Hebrews 10:10
By that will we have been sanctified
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ
once for all. To whom is the author of Hebrews speaking?
Hint: This is a New Testament epistle to the Hebrews.
By that will…?
NKJ Hebrews 10:9
then He said, "Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God."He takes away the first ?
that He may establish the second ?
the continual ritual sacrificial system the once-for-all-time sacrifice of Christ
Comprehensive Translation: Hebrews 10:10
By that will we are ones who have been changed made to become completely holy by means of the once-for-all-time sacrificial offering of the body of Jesus Christ.
Scripture
Mathew 26.26
1 Cor. 10.16
Romans 7:1-4
Hebrews 10:9-10
1 Peter 2:24
Colossians 1:21-22
NKJ 1 Peter 2:24
…who Himself bore our sins in His own body
on the tree, that we, having died to sins,
might live for righteousness -- by whose stripes
you were healed.
Q: To whom is Peter speaking?
A: Most scholars are convinced
that the recipients were primarily Gentiles.
Comprehensive Translation: 1 Peter 2:24
…who Himself bore the burden of the sins of us by the body of Him upon the cross, in order that we after having become changed to ones who have become dead [fig.] to the sins, we might be alive [fig.] to the righteousness( to what God requires), that by the wound( death) you+ were healed( restored) [fig.].
Comprehensive Details:
1 Peter 2:24
to ones who have become dead [fig.] to the sins,
dead [fig.] to
to not respond to,
to have no part in,
to be like dead as far as desiring sin
we might be alive [fig.]to the righteousness( to what God requires),
Note: Here is a very subtle point.
We are made to change to become dead to the sin.
After the change,
we are said to be alive to the righteousness
Become dead to be alive!
The idea is obvious, that by a change( a transformation, a transubstantiation) made possible through the instrumental means of the sacrifice( atoning death) of the body of Christ, very significant things are made to become possible.
Ironically, however, the death of the body of Christ is the means of producing life in the Body of Christ.
The amazing transubstantiation: God became flesh!
Just as physical bread sustains life and fellowship, it serves as a reminder that the physical body of Christ was the means of sustaining life and fellowship to the Body of Christ.
And the transubstantiation of God becoming flesh took place in order to produce a certain result, that we might be enabled to bear spiritual fruit as a part of the new vine and body of Christ to whom we have become holy bound in an abiding union with Christ.
Scripture
Mathew 26.26
1 Cor. 10.16
Romans 7:1-4
Hebrews 10:9-10
1 Peter 2:24
Colossians 1:21-22
NKJ Colossians 1:21
And you, who once were alienated and enemies
in your mind by wicked works, ...Speaking to…?
And you+ formerly
(verb part. present active)
ones being (in a state of)
(verb part. perfect pass.)
having no connection with…[God] .... “perfect strangers to God” ...Paul is obviously
speaking to Gentiles.
and enemies
to the mind, the understanding; the intention,
the purpose; the thought, the attitude…[of God]
by the works, namely the actively evil works…
Comprehensive Translation: Colossians 1:21
And you+ who formerly were
perfect strangers( ones having absolutely no
connection with God) and enemies to the mind(
the understanding; the intention, the purpose;
the thought, the attitude of God), as demonstrated
by your works, namely the actively evil works of you+,
Note: ellipses are marked by italics.
NKJ Colossians 1:22
yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight --
but now, to the contrary,
He has reconciled…[you+ to God( to Himself)]
by the physical body ...(Stress: God became flesh!... Not, bread became God!)
of the flesh of His own
(articular pointer)
by means of the death( sacrificial atonement)
to present( to stand along side of before) [God]
you+
substantive adjective
holy ones( set apart to God) quality noun
quality noun
and faultless ones( without blemish)
quality noun
and beyond reproach( without fault)
in the presence of Him( God),
Comprehensive Translation: Colossians 1:22
but now, to the contrary, He has reconciled you+ to God, by the physical body of the flesh of His own, by means of the death( sacrificial atonement) to present( to stand alongside of) [before God] you+ holy ones( set apart to God), and faultless ones( without blemish), and beyond reproach( without fault) in the presence of Him( God),
Implications:
These are quality changes( transubstantiations) internal to the believer, advantages to the believer that the old plan( the sacrificial system) could never produce, even if Gentiles became Jews in order to take part in the old system of salvation.
Many will be surprised on the Day of Judgment when they discover
that it was just as the Word of God says;
only the righteousness of Christ is able to save you.All men are sinners and no one can save himself.
God is just, so He must punish sin;
but He is also merciful, moreover gracious,
and offers His Son as the perfect sacrifice
in order to purchase a place for you in heaven,
which He offers to you as the free gift of eternal life.
Jesus is God Incarnate,
In order to pay the debt of our sins, He came from Heaven, having been sent by the Father,
where He lived a life of perfect obedience to the Father
even unto the shameful death upon the cross
in order to pay the debt of your sins.This gift must be received by faith,
believing that Jesus’ perfect life and Cross Work
was His complete and necessary Atonement
for your sins, in your behalf.
Faith is a gift that comes by the Power of God the Holy Spirit working in a person’s innermost being.
Only the power of God can open your heart to the willingness to have the void within it filled
with the presence of Christ by His Spirit.The Holy Spirit has the authority and power to quicken your dead spirit, to make it come to life.
Only the life of His Spirit’s quickening of your heart will allow the Gospel message of salvation to even make sense to you, to truly “hear” the message and give you the ability,
as the Holy Spirit bears witness to Jesus,
to recognize your need for forgiveness and restoration, and gain the desire of your heart to be favorably inclined to want to receive Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.If you have not done so before this moment,
ask Jesus to forgive you your sins,
tell Him you’ve stop trying to be your own savior,
and ask Him to come into your life right now,
and to give you eternal life. Then, in faith believing,
thank Him for the gift that He is giving you,
the one He paid for in full in your place,
in Jesus’ name,
AMEN
Copyright May, 2015
Rev. Jim Craig
All Rights Reserved
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