Category: mystery program

The Spiritual Dexterity of Our Physical Posterity #95

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).

If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?

Saul/Paul was water baptized because all prior believers in Jesus Christ had been water baptized. Ananias, a believing Jew, expected him to be water baptized as a sign of cleansing (Acts 9:15-18; Acts 22:12-16): Ananias was unaware of any dispensational change, having no idea Saul/Paul really did not need a water baptism. Saul/Paul had not yet heard from the Lord about water baptism being needless, so he did not object to his water baptism. Actually, that water baptism was useful many years later when appealing to unsaved Israel with his sermon of Acts chapter 22 (Acts 22:16). No absence of water baptism could be used to discredit him or make him seem to be an unbeliever to them.

Indeed, Paul water baptized some converts (Acts 16:14,15,31-33; Acts 18:8; Acts 19:5), but we emphasize that this was the exception rather than the standard procedure. He water baptized Lydia and her household, the Philippian jailer and his household, the Corinthians, and roughly a dozen Jewish men in Ephesus. Remarking on the Corinthians, the Apostle actually expressed thanks to God he had not water baptized them all (1 Corinthians 1:13-17). Their petty partisanship or devotion to cliques was silly because Christ did not send him to water baptize anyway! Water baptism was only something Paul underwent and did during the Acts transitional period.

The Lord through Paul never commands us to be water baptized or to water baptize anyone. Rather, at the end of Acts, his provoking ministry to Israel over, he writes how “one baptism” is all that we need (Ephesians 4:5). This is the “baptism” of 1 Corinthians 12:13, the only baptism that God recognizes today and the only one that counts for eternity. Nevertheless, denominationalists mindlessly cling to Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, Acts 8:36-38, Acts 10:47,48, and so on—as though these are the Dispensation of the Grace of God committed to our Apostle Paul (Ephesians 3:2). Why? Their churches simply could not survive unless they keep using verses from the prophetic program. How comfortable they are with their traditions of men, their non-rightly-divided Scripture, their imperfect understanding of God’s will for them….

The Spiritual Dexterity of Our Physical Posterity #94

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).

If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?

Many studies ago, we presented and explained the Scripture verses regarding water baptism—why Israel and Gentiles needed it in the prophetic program. Yet, is it necessary for us (the Church the Body of Christ) in the mystery program? No. Currently, water baptism is neither for salvation nor for a testimony. It serves no purpose today other than to reinforce Bible ignorance and distract from what God is doing right now.

Paul our Apostle wrote: “For there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism” (Ephesians 4:5). The “one baptism” we must have is not water baptism, since 1 Corinthians 1:17 amplifies, “For Christ sent me not the baptize, but to preach the gospel:….” (First Corinthians chapter 1 is the only time Paul ever wrote about water baptism.) Unlike that of the 12 Apostles (Matthew 28:19,20), Paul’s commission did not involve water baptism. Our “one baptism” has nothing to do with water. It is 1 Corinthians 12:13: “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.” Our “one baptism” places us into the Church the Body of Christ (cf. Romans 6:3,4; Galatians 3:27)—and water baptism cannot do that! This “one baptism” in the Dispensation of Grace is spiritual, our identification with the Body of Christ upon our believing the Gospel of Grace of 1 Corinthians 15:3,4. According to Colossians 2:12, this baptism is “the operation of God” (not the operation of a priest or preacher), and is no more physical than the circumcision of Colossians 2:11 is physical!

Alas, even if people recognize Paul as their apostle, they prefer to harmonize him with the rest of the Bible. Was not Paul water baptized? Did he not water baptize converts? Should we not follow Paul here? Did not Paul perform healing miracles and cast out devils? Should we not follow Paul here? Did he not physically circumcise Timothy? (No one really wants to ask if we should follow Paul here with circumcision, and for good reason!) Let us forthwith address Paul and water baptism….

The Spiritual Dexterity of Our Physical Posterity #76

Thursday, August 6, 2026

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).

If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?

Without question, Acts is the most abused Book of the Bible in church history. Such unbelievably irresponsible, shoddy treatment of it has produced more lost souls and more ruined Christian minds and lives than any other portion of Scripture people have perverted. Its transitional nature renders it exceptionally challenging—at first, anyway. Once we discover the general tenor, though, Acts becomes a blessing rather than a burden. It all starts with making sure we approach it using the method of dispensational Bible study, thereby jettisoning the traditional views that led to unending confusion, heresy, and apostasy. Alas, even a great many supposed “dispensationalists” are clueless as to what transpired during the Acts period, so we must be careful not to wind up in their trap either.

In order to gain a sense of the transitional nature of Acts, all one needs to do is simply compare and contrast the first chapter and the last chapter. Chapter 1 is Israel, the ministry of the 12 Apostles, the city of Jerusalem, and prophecy; however, chapter 28 is Gentiles, the ministry of the Apostle Paul, the city of Rome, and mystery. The opening of Acts is nothing like the close of Acts, and that is by Divine design; Acts is an historical Book, the record of how God was just or fair in departing from Israel, suspending her covenants, withdrawing her signs, and ending her (earthly, prophetic) program… and how He started dealing with the world/nations, apart from covenants, apart from signs, thereby introducing a secret/mystery and heavenly program.

The Book of Acts covers approximately 30 years, from Christ’s ascension all the way to Paul’s house-arrest. During that special time in human history, Israel became less and less of an issue—her fall in Acts chapter 7 with Stephen’s stoning (blasphemy against the Holy Ghost) leading to her diminishing for the remainder of Acts. Those dreadful concluding words of Acts 28:23-29 are entered into the scriptural record to demonstrate that, in spite of Israel’s persistent unbelief (all through those three decades of Acts!), salvation indeed had gone to the Gentiles without (WITHOUT!) God’s literal, physical, visible, earthly people….

NOTE: In order to bring you a special study tomorrow, we will temporarily break away from this devotionals arc….

The Spiritual Dexterity of Our Physical Posterity #75

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).

If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?

Observe two verses carelessly tossed around in denominational circles. “For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed” (Malachi 3:6). “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Hebrews 13:8). By citing these Scriptures, such people imagine they have permission from God Himself to do whatever they wish—including entertaining the assumption they can somehow manipulate or beg Him enough to give them their way (such as making Him repeat His actions of time past). Here is what they fail to see, or refuse to see. God’s nature or character is immutable, unchanging, for He never ceases to be omniscient (all-knowing), omnipresent (all-existent), omnipotent (all-powerful), faithful, righteous, holy, possessor of eternal life, and so on. However, His relations with mankind can and do change. A plethora of verses can be offered to easily demonstrate that, including this excerpt from the Bible.

“I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?…. For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?…. Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:…. For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in” (Romans 11:11,12,15,20,25).

Opinions and idle speculations aside, according to the Word of God, Israel (once at the forefront of God’s dealings with man) is presently “fallen,” “diminished,” “cast away,” “broken off,” and “blinded.” This necessarily means Israel’s covenants are not in force and their accompanying signs are not in operation either. Remember, the very program to which they belong has been interrupted, prophecy temporarily giving way to mystery….

The Spiritual Dexterity of Our Physical Posterity #60

Sunday, July 19, 2026

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).

If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?

Turn to 2 Timothy 1:8-11: “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.” We as believers have an “holy calling”—an invitation to a sanctified job or set-apart position—“which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, But is now made manifest….” The “appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ” here, which was when that secret was made known to man, is Christ’s appearing to Saul of Tarsus in Acts chapter 9 to save and commission him as Paul the Apostle. Check Titus 1:1-3 again, if necessary.

Dear friend, in the physical world, the only way to enjoy a successful life and reach your full potential is to have a firm understanding of your identity. The same is true in the spiritual realm. We as members of the Church the Body of Christ cannot be ignorant of whom God has made us in Christ, or we will live outside of Christ—and then that will not be Christian living at all. How terrible, how truly horrible, it is that so many genuine Christians are unaware of their identity according to grace doctrine today. They assume they are Israel, they pretend they are Israel, and they even call themselves “new Israel” or “spiritual Israel!” If they want to live in keeping with their identity in Christ as members of the Body of Christ, they must first come to know it and then promptly forsake all their misunderstandings….

The Spiritual Dexterity of Our Physical Posterity #59

Saturday, July 18, 2026

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).

If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?

Observe Ephesians 1:1-4: “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:….” Father God chose to use believers in Christ as His servants. These believers belong to the Church the Body of Christ, and their servanthood relates to the heavenly places and a plan God had “before the foundation of the world.” Previous to putting Adam or man on the Earth, God conceived the formation of a heavenly people. This heavenly group would receive His life, eternal life, for the purpose of glorifying Him.

Titus 1:1-3 amplifies: “Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;….” God promised “eternal life” concerning a specific company of believers—and these are the members of the Body of Christ. At the “due time” (1 Timothy 2:5-7), He made known His Word (the mystery or secret) through preaching—Paul’s preaching. The focus has thus moved from Christ’s earthly ministry to Christ’s heavenly ministry, with Christ from Heaven’s glory using another Apostle (sent-one) and another minister (servant) to be His spokesman.

With Satan participating in his own defeat at Calvary (1 Corinthians 2:6-8), he is now embarrassed, so his evil world system (including theological and denominational systems) ensures God’s mystery remains a mystery. Paul’s unique ministry is seldom recognized. However, for those of us who want to see, we can surely see it….

The Spiritual Dexterity of Our Physical Posterity #58

Friday, July 17, 2026

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).

If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?

For centuries, denominationally-minded people have needlessly struggled with what Calvinists (“Reformed” theologians) have titled “limited atonement.” Did Jesus Christ die for all people, or only for “the elect” (chosen ones)? Look at the proof-texts. “Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:28; cf. Mark 10:45). “For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins” (Matthew 26:28; cf. Mark 14:24).

Clearly, as the Lord Jesus Himself stated, the above verses “limit” His shed blood to “many.” Observe well that this is “many,” not “all.” Rather than defining this terminology according to our own meanings, we will be Bible students and search for cross-references. Isaiah 53:8 is one such helpful verse: “He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.” This is Messiah (Jesus Christ), of course, as Acts 8:30-35 applies Isaiah 53:7,8 to Him. Christ was “stricken” (wounded, experienced suffering) for the “transgression” (crossing into the forbidden area, overstepping the boundary) of Isaiah’s people—and Isaiah’s people is Israel.

Originally, Calvary was restricted to Israel because, in prophecy, Israel is first, for Israel is the recipient of those Old Testament covenants (Genesis 12:1-3; Acts 3:24-26; cf. Matthew 1:21; Matthew 10:5-7; Matthew 15:24; Mark 7:27; Luke 19:9,10; John 4:22; Acts 2:14,22,36; Acts 5:31; Romans 15:8). However, with Paul’s commissioning, Christ’s crosswork is “for all:” “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time [Paul’s ministry!]. Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not; ) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity” (1 Timothy 2:5-7). What once was true, is true no longer because of a dispensational change.

Paul is the “due-time” testifier of some news God kept secret to outwit Satan….

The Spiritual Dexterity of Our Physical Posterity #57

Thursday, July 16, 2026

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).

If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?

One superb demonstration of skill involves the art of distraction. Waving one hand so people concentrate on it, while manipulating objects with the other hand which they are not watching, is the work of a proficient magician. The LORD God did something similar when His purpose and plan for man took Satan by surprise!

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). From Genesis 1:2 onward, the Bible focuses on “the earth… the earth… the earth…,” as God is forming an earthly people to use for His praise and glory. Of course, in Genesis chapter 3, after Satan initiated a rebellion against God in Heaven, Adam and Eve followed Satan to introduce a rebellion against God in Earth. Satan subsequently defiled both realms of creation, Heaven and Earth, with sin.

While God was forming that earthly people—first Adam and Eve, then of the nations, and finally of the nation Israel—He enticed Satan to pay attention to that earthly program. As Satan corrupted Adam and Eve, the nations at the Tower of Babel, and the nation Israel throughout the rest of the Old Testament (by drawing them away from the Law of Moses), the Devil was unaware that God was keeping a secret. That secret was His purpose and plan for restoring Heaven to Himself, and it was not revealed or unveiled until Paul’s ministry: “Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church: 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; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:…” (Colossians 1:24-27).

Let us see how “rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15) resolves many “problem” passages….

The Spiritual Dexterity of Our Physical Posterity #56

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).

If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?

Satan (then known as “Lucifer,” “the light-bearer”) was originally God’s song-leader in creation, endowed with exceptional wisdom and beauty for the purpose of drawing attention to the Creator God and thereby encouraging worship of that Creator God. Having fallen in love with himself, Lucifer became proud and self-willed, which transformed him into “Satan” (Hebrew for “adversary”): “Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty…. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth;…. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee” (Ezekiel 28:12,14-17).

Lucifer’s five-point (“I will… I will… I will… I will… I will…”) plan to rebel against the Creator God was as follows: “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High” (Isaiah 14:12-14). Pride is thus known as “the condemnation of the devil” (1 Timothy 3:6).

Satan chose to use his intellectual ability in a nefarious way, conniving as to how to obtain for himself the praise and worship the Creator God alone deserved. Of course, being far wiser, the Creator God formulated a secret program He kept hidden in Himself. That mystery would be the means whereby Satan would be outwitted and outdone….

The Spiritual Dexterity of Our Physical Posterity #55

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).

If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?

As pleasant as the Dispensation of the Grace of God is, and as lovely as the Gospel of the Grace of God is, neither will go on forever. They are but fleeting elements of God’s relations with man. Remember, we are 2,000 years into the mystery program—20 centuries closer to Christ’s coming in flaming fire and vengeance than those who were expecting it during the Acts period!

Paul penned: “Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day” (2 Thessalonians 1:6-10). As prophecy gave way to mystery long ago, so mystery will give way to prophecy in the future—for the Bible becomes a lie unless prophecy returns to the forefront and is wholly fulfilled.

Why does prophecy not run without interruption? What is the significance of mystery situated between “time past” prophecy and “ages to come” prophecy? Mystery was part of God’s wise plan to outmaneuver or outsmart Satan! “Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” (1 Corinthians 2:6-8).

Let us not interpret the dispensational change connected to Paul’s ministry as God abandoning His original plan. Nay, Paul’s ministry was part of God’s scheme all along….