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What the Bible Says About Redemption
By Paul J. Wickliffe, 11/27/2024
Redemption
- REDEMPTIONS’ ORIGIN—Involving God’s foreknowledge,[1] man’s redemption was decreed by the elective counsel of Providence before the foundations of the world. Free-will[2] advocates hate the Bible teachings of election, predestination, and ordination , , , Why? Because they cannot choose their way to heaven!
- REDEMPTIONS’ PURPOSE—To deliver us from the consequences of Adam and Eves’ disobedience to God, namely broken fellowship and spiritual death (twice dead), as well as physical death (biological-cellular & D.N.A. decline and death).[3] In addition to this, we must also add what is referred to as innate or cognitive reprobation.[4]
- REDEMPTIONS’ FREQUENCY—The Bible is clear on this issue of redemption and the Holy Spirits’ work of repentance and crucifixion of the sin nature . . . Redemption happens only once. The teaching of multiple baptisms by the Holy Spirit is completely unscriptural.[5] We will never get any more of the Holy Spirit than at the time the old man is crucified. We can grieve or quench the Holy Spirit. We can also be guilty of elevating self back on the throne of our life, and when that happens, disaster occurs.
- REDEMPTIONS’ OCCURRENCE—Salvation happens supernaturally and invisibly and is a spiritual phenomenon where the twice dead are transformed having their soul revived and the promise of eternal life assured—a new creature in Christ.[6] Redemption is neither initiatednor accomplished by man, but by God.
- REDEMPTION'S APPEARANCE—Is manifested in the saint through the fruit of the Spirit’s operation from Galatians 5:22, 23, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” An important virtue to be added to this list is a teachable spirit woven throughout the Book of Proverbs.
- REDEMPTIONS’ CONFIRMATION—Assurance of salvation and Christ in me, do not evoke a confidence steeped in subjectivism, but rather from the Holy Spirits’ presence accomplishing his purposes within; in spite of who and what I am—a forgiven sinner saved by grace.
- REDEMPTIONS’ AUTHOR—Man’s free will, or the belief that I can save myself, is anathema or cursed to the doctrine of redemption.[7] Man’s free-will has its counterparts in the scriptures such as: the circumcision, Nicolaitanism, Pharisaicalism, etc. After the completion of the scriptures, it became known as Romanism, Protestantism, Pelagianism, semi-Pelagianism, Arminianism, and MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. The elevation of man is reflectedin the denominational, non-denominational, interdenominational, or ecumenical movement prevalent in the contemporary American church scene.
- REDEMPTIONS’ CONSEQUENCES—Rest, contentment, and peace characterize the life of the saint. Because salvation is all of God, he will see It through to its ultimate fulfillment.
- REDEMPTION'S CONSUMMATION—For the saint, redemption’s consummation will occur when physical death happens. It is at this point that sanctification, consecration, and man’s sin nature will be erased . . . For corruption will put on incorruption and mortality exchanged for immortality. Yes, death will be swallowed up in victory, namely entrance into paradise and eternal life with Jesus our Savior.
- REDEMPTION IS EXCLUSIVE NOT INCLUSIVE (Matt. 13:11)—Jesus’ parable of the sower and the seed could not be more emphatic regarding the division between the multitude assembled on the shore anxiously awaiting to hear Jesus’ teaching, versus those few ‘outcasts’ living his teaching, assembled within the boat, who openly and unashamedly identified with their Lord.
- REDEMPTION IS CONTRARY TO MAN’S PERSPECTIVE—Let us face it, God’s ways are contrary to man’s ways, while God’s thoughts are higher than man’s thoughts. Such is redemption! God is the sole agent by which redemption or justification of man’s condemned condition can be reconciled. The two testaments of God’s covenant can be understood only in the light of man’s sinfulness and God’s holiness. The Old Testament, picturing the priesthood, the law, and human effort in obedience before the law, falls far short of the grace, mercy and forgiveness in Jesus Christ as revealed in the New Testament. As it says, in the book of Galatians, the law was our schoolmasterto bring us to Christ (Gal. 3:24, 25).
- REDEMPTION'S PLAYERS
THE CALLED—While the chosen must be called, there are many called, but not chosen. The called are those who are likened to babes[8] in Hebrews 5:12,13. The Bible is full of examples of those that are called, and the few that are chosen. Take for example, Noah, his wife, Noah’s three sons, and daughters-in-law. Out of the millions of people, before the flood, God chose to deliver just eight souls. After the flood, there was a further thinning of those who would emerge as faithful and having faith in their Creator. While I am not saying that everyone in the lineage of Ham the youngest, and even Japheth the elder was evil, God revealed that many within Hams’ line would be generally characterized by the traits of pleasure, worldliness, and godless habits.
THE CHOSEN—Simply put, reference will again be made to the most important parable Jesus’ ever taught.[9] The chosen in this parable are those whose hearts are characterized by rocky soil and soil that is thorny. For the former, when persecution or tribulation occur because of their identification (outward appearance) with Christ they are offended—they bail. With the seed, namely Christ, who is sown amongst a heart containing thorns (the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches) Christ is forgotten, hence no fruit is produced. Sadly, these are the multitudes of people that have been beguiled by the physical, visible church advocating works and ‘proper behavior’ (willful determination vs. Spirit-filled living) as influenced by ‘Christian’ psychology,[10] feminism, ecumenism, denominationalism (the cult of personality—I Cor. 1:12, 13) and the counterfeit ‘bible’ movement. It is the spiritually beguiled whose names will be blotted out from the Book of Life.
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[1] An attribute belonging only to God, foreknowledge is not limited by time, space, or circumstances.
Foreknowledge means knowing something before it happens. Rom. 8:29, 30–For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
[2] A creature born in sin and inheriting Adam’s curse is not ‘free’ to choose.
[3] Twice dead means spiritually and physically dead. Spiritually blind in this life, separated from God in the hereafter. Luke 9:59, 60—And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. Jude 12—These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; . . .
[4] Falling under the heading of sorcery, bewitching produces a reprobate mind. One who is reprobate labels evil as good, and good as evil. In Acts 8 we see how Simon the sorcerer beguiled the Samaritans who had another Torah (the Samaritan Pentateuch) and had disobeyed by marrying outside the Jewish bloodline. In Romans 1:27, 28 this is especially true in the area ofone’s God-determined sexuality. For those who want to argue against God’s divine plan, we are told that those individuals who engage in perversion ARE reprobate—their thought processes are defiled.
[5] Eph. 4:4, 5—There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, . . . Multiple baptisms by the Spirit is a central teaching of the Charismatic denomination.
[6] II Cor. 5:17—Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
[7] Gal. 1:6-10—I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, Ifany man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
[8] In Hebrews 5:13, 14, babes are unskillful in the word of righteousness, meaning, they are hypocritical and LOST (Heb. 6:4-6). While they virtue signal to others what they should do, they themselves do not intend to rest in the righteousness and finished work of Christ that is fulfilledin the saint through the Holy Spirit’s abiding presence.
[9] Namely, the parable of the sower and the seed. Mark 4:13—And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables?
[10] Simply put, the blame game!
Can you remember the moment when you were released from prison? From darkness to light?
yes, scriptural dispensationalism
why dispenationalsim is so important
Dispensationalism
Dispensation, a word appearing in the New Testament of the K.J.V., is clearly addressed in scripture. It is the salient teaching found in Hebrews 1:1, 2—God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds.
The word dispensation is also found in I Corinthians 9:17,[1] Ephesians 1:10,[2] Ephesians 3:2-7,[3] Colossians 1:25, 26[4]. So you see, a dispensation is a reference to a specific period, namely the context of the New Testament including the Apostolic Church Age. Generically, the word dispensation, a span of time, is how the word should be defined. We are in the latter days, the last half of Daniel’s 70th week, the tribulation or as Jesus’ called it, the beginning of sorrows.
I have labeled the current dispensation, starting at the completion of the scriptures up until now as, The Completed Word vs. The Apostate Church.
Rejection of Dispensationalist Teaching Leads to:
- GLOSSOLALIA OR GIBBERISH—The gift of tongues were known human languages. How do you think Paul spread the gospel into foreign lands? What is passed off as tongues has been proven by linguists as mere vocal nonsense.
- APOSTOLIC AND CONTEMPORARY CHURCHES EQUAL—This has led to a rejection of biblical authority with the belief that the church is still “the pillar and ground of the truth” (I Tim. 3:15). Protestants criticizing Rome for her popes and magisterium are hypocrites as they place an inordinate and unbiblical trust in their pastors, ministers, Greek and Hebrew ‘experts,’ and seminarian graduates. This destructive belief has led to many falling under the spell of sorcery with its attendant bewitching. This has conditioned many with the social memory complex of religious collectivism (Gen. 11:6—“Behold, the people is one”). This is not biblical liberty but slavery and blind devotion to human authority. Embrace scripture and our country’s Constitution!
- THE OFFICE OF APOSTLE STILL EXISTS—The office ceased when the last apostle, John, died in 99-100 A.D. Anyone teaching that this office or that a church is apostolic in its authority, beware!
- THE OFFICE OF PROPHET STILL EXISTS—This false teaching implies that God’s word is not complete—God is still adding to his word . . . Dangerous, dangerous, dangerous!
- THE OFFICE OF PASTOR STILL EXISTS—While not mentioned in the list from I Cor. 12:28, Paul mentions it in Eph. 4:11. Though this office was given authority during the Apostolic Church Age, once scripture was completed, this authority would give way to the completed, inerrant scriptures.
- THE BELIEF THAT ALL THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS ARE STILL IN EFFECT—Take note:
i. Word of wisdom (still operational)—Should we encounter someone dispensing the word of wisdom, it will be consistent with scripture and never contradict God’s word
ii. Word of knowledge (still operational)—Should we encounter someone dispensing the word of knowledge, it will be consistent with scripture and never contradict God’s word
iii. Gift of faith (still operational)—Without faith it is impossible to please God! The Englishman who championed orphanages, Georg Mueller, was quite an example.
iv. Gifts of healing, yes. The apostolic laying on of hands type of healing, NO! The elders’ laying on of hands (Yes . . . If they accept that God might not heal ) Miraculous healing (Yes . . . This is usually independent of any human influence or direct human intervention.)
v. The working of miracles (still operational)—The source is key. Miracles come directly from God, while human agents can augment this process. Signs, wonders, and miracles defy physical laws, cannot be duplicated by man, and reveal a divine author and source
vi. Prophecy (absolutely NOT!)—God’s revelation to man as we have it in the completed, inerrant scriptures (K.J.V.) cannot be added to. You see why a rejection of dispensationalist teaching is anathema!
vii. Discerning of spirits (operational, but in short supply) —Without the Spirit’s indwelling, we become a walking bullseye for satanic, as well as man’s deceptions.
viii. Tongues and interpretation of tongues(when scripture was completed this gift and select others disappeared)[5]—While the quick acquisition of a foreign language by an individual can be quite remarkable, New Testament tongues speaking was imparted to the individual supernaturally without the need of tedious book work, learning, repetition, and cultural immersion. This knowledge became instantaneous and was immediate much like Bezaleel and Aholiab’s knowledge of sacred fixture fashioning and tabernacle construction in the Old Testament.
Diversities of operations
Teachers of the word (still in operation)—While this important operational office carries with it a degree of respect, the teacher’s authority comes from the faithful proclamation of the inerrant word
Diversities of administrations
Helps or hospitality (operational)—Natural affection visibly demonstrated toward the brethren and those without the church
Governments (operational)—This diversity enables God’s body, within a clearly defined group or assembly of believers, to function effectively and efficiently. It is the operational objective of the government to make sure the body’s unity comes from the Holy Spirit and the inerrant word of God. If this template is not followed this operation devolves quickly into a collectivist, tyrannical operation. Those founders of our country that were Christian, understood the danger of running a republic without Bible parameters.
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[1] Cor. 9:17—For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
The dispensation of the gospel was given to Paul during this moment in New Testament history. This moment is known as the Apostolic Church Age. It represents a specific time or moment in history.
[2] Eph. 1:10—That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gospel, in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: . . .
This gospel, begins when the new heaven, the new earth, and the new Jerusalem appear in Revelation chapters 21, 22
[3] Eph. 3:2-7—If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
The dispensation of time reflected here is the Apostolic Church Age when many of the Gentiles heard and responded to Paul’s gospel, and many were saved.
[4] Col. 1:25, 26—Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; 26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: . . .
Whereas the mystery of Christ and his grace was hid in times past, this verse is telling the audience that when God came down in human flesh, this window of time would disclose the mystery which should be revealed, especially to the Gentiles.
[5]I Cor. 13:8-10 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
The apostolic church period was unique,never to have been duplicated again.
peter's rebuke of simon the sorcerer--acts 8:18-24
SORCERY AND BEWITCHING APPEARED LONG BERFORE MK ULTRA OR SYLVAN MIND CONTROL
Making himself out as "some great one" and "the great power of God," Simon the sorcerer (Acts 8:5-24) thought he could buy the gift of the Holy Ghost. Falling under Peter’s rebuke, the sorcerer appears to have never repented of his sin of presumption and pride. Godly repentance produces a changed life and direction . . . One marked by humility and glory to Jesus Christ. Because of Simon the sorcerer’s influence and position within Samaritan culture, you would have thought a notable conversion of such a prominent citizen would have garnered at least a favorable mention; however, it cannot be found anywhere in the New Testament.
architect & pawn of the pentecostal and charismatic movement
Charles Parham & William Seymour
Charles Parham, left, is known as the father of the Apostolic Faith Movement and founder of the Pentecostal-Charismatic denominations. Known as the cult of personality because of its emphasis on the individuals of such denominations, careful comparison with scripture and the deviant doctrines and commandments of men that emerge, are disturbing and unbiblical to say the least. Right is William J. Seymour, disciple of Parham and primary spark of the Azuza Street Revival that lasted from 1906-1909. Today the Charismatic Movement, augmented through the ecumenical efforts of Rome, has become the dominant Protestant denomination within America. Its emphasis on glossolalia or gibberish is not even remotely akin to the tongues and unknown tongue mentioned by Paul in I Corinthians 14.
wisdom, knowledge & understanding
can i handle the truth? Do I have a teachable spirit?
one's faith not proven by prophesy, excorcisism or miracles
Matthew 7:21-23
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
From chick publications, the force, p. 32
Deuteronomy 13:1-5
False Teaching is a capital offense!
IF there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
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