You probably believe IN God, but do you actually believe God? He talks to you through His Word rightly divided (2 Timothy 2:15).
Because of Israel’s fall in Acts 7, they didn’t have the faith required to become Kingdom priests to the Gentiles so that the nations would be saved through the Jews. God, foreseeing that, had a Mystery Plan, hidden before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 3:9) to save mankind and still fulfill His promises to Israel. This plan was revealed by the Risen Christ to Paul (Acts 26:16-18) as the Gospel that saves in which you stand (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) and that we’ll all be judged by (Romans 2:16). Paul summarizes this Gospel in:
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (KJV)
3 “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”
Christ did it all (Ephesians 2:8); your faith that this is so seals you with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13). Paul’s epistles are meant for the Body of Christ, for you:
Acts 9:15 (KJV)
“But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he (Paul) is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel.”
Acts 26:16-18 (KJB):
16: “But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;”
17: “Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,”
18: “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”
The Apostle Paul is your Apostle (Romans 11:13), believe God. Paul spent three years in Arabia, probably My Sinai, receiving revelations from Christ (Galatians 1:17-18). Study the Commandments of Christ, our Head and Lord, given to you in Paul’s epistles (1 Corinthians 14:37). Renew your mind (Romans 12:2) and walk by faith (2 Corinthians 5:7).
1 Corinthians 14:37 (KJV)
“If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.”
