... a nation, bringing forth the fruits thereof. Matthew 21:43 Can we, the church, who received it be in the same danger? Why or why not? (take heed lest you fall)
2006-06-13 18:22:51 · 5 answers · asked by michael s 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We as individuals can lose salvation and local churches can fall into apostasy (fall from favor). The church that was established in the 1st Century has never totally disappeared from the earth. As you read the New Testament though, you see that false teachers were already popping up in the church and leading many astray to be lost in eternal damnation. The TRUE church that Jesus rules over, His Spiritual kingdom, worships just as is described in the NT. They are organized just as described in the NT. They do not have any book of creeds or doctrines. The Bible is their only guide. If you want to learn more, please feel free to contact me.
2006-06-13 18:34:32 · answer #1 · answered by joetenor_1066 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The "Jews" he was speaking to wasn't the general population, it was the ones in charge - the Pharisees.
Therefore the "nation" the Kingdom of God was given to - or should say given Back to - would be the general population of Jews. By turning back to Torah and refusing the tradtions and reforms of the Pharisees, the Kingdom of God is kept in the hands of Torah-observant Hebrews, both Jews and Gentiles who convert to Torah.
The Church never recieved the Kingdom of God, sorry to say.
By their own admission, they refuse the Torah of God. Anyone who refuses the Torah of God refuses the Kingdom of God.
2006-06-13 20:44:16 · answer #2 · answered by Reuben Shlomo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mat 12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
Mat 12:44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
Mat 12:45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. yes you can if you allow thing to come in drug and stuff like that
to come in
2006-06-13 18:53:05 · answer #3 · answered by esther9364622 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 'church' is made up of true followers of Jesus Christ. If they remain true to Him, then there is no danger. for those who will fall under this prophecy/warning, they were never a part of the church in the first place.
God Bless
2006-06-13 18:29:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either. 22 Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. 23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24 After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
2006-06-13 18:34:03 · answer #5 · answered by maranatha132 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋