2023: If Thou Canst Believe

Bobby Gums   08.05.2023

 

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth (Mark 9:23).

 

The Holy Spirit’s conviction and challenge to me over the past year or so (like never before), has been to examine the wonderful truths of God’s Word, not only as being specifically directed towards myself (the individual) as well as to the corporate body of Christ, but also in considering the immensity of those truths when allowed to fully manifest themselves by simple belief in and obedience to the One who stands behind those words, and apply

 

CONTRASTING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

FOREWORD

We find interchangeable words in the Scriptures such as Elder, Bishop and Presbyter. However, such is not the case with Kingdom and Church. The institutions these two words identify are vastly different. The following is a Scriptural study of some of those differences.

I Jesus came preaching the Kingdom a present reality (Matt 3:1-2; Matt 4:17; Luke 17:20-21; Matt 21:43); Jesus vowed to build the Church not yet in existence (Matt 16:18).

1A KINGDOM

Matt 3:1-2

3 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

 

COVENANT OF PROMISE

The Greek word translated covenant in the New Testament is diatheke. It primarily signifies a disposition of property by will or otherwise. The New Testament is not a covenant of law but of promise. Rather than a mutual agreement between two parties, each obligating himself