QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
QUESTION: “ARE THERE
ANY CHRISTIANS IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW?”
ANSWER: “OF COURSE NOT”
Q: “Well, who is Jesus talking to then?”
A: “Israel (the Jews) – pork abstaining, temple attending,
Saturday
worshipping and animal sacrificing Jews … trying to keep, but with
absolute
failure, the Ten Commandments, while ONLY COVERING their past
sins
(remission) with animal blood sacrifices.”
Q: “Is he telling them how to become Christians? Is he
preaching the
gospel to them?”
A: “How can he? He hasn’t died and gone to the cross yet!”
Q: “Well he seems to preaching about a kingdom of some
sort?”
A: “Yes, it’s called the kingdom of heaven. He’s got them
on a mountain
somewhere, and he’s giving them the Sermon on the Mount, as it is
popularly
called, and yes, he is preaching the gospel to them … it’s called the KINGDOM
OF HEAVEN GOSPEL.”
Q: “What’s that about?”
A: “It no longer exists! Today we only have the KINGDOM
OF GOD GOSPEL.”
Q: “What’s the difference?”
A: “Jesus says to them ‘Look men and women of Israel, I
have come to set
up a kingdom here on earth … we will call it the kingdom of heaven.
(You can almost hear Jesus saying “Look dear Jews, here
is your big
chance before I go to the cross, because after that, the kingdom of
heaven will
not be available to you anymore … we will have the kingdom of God … the
Apostle
Paul will tell you all about that kingdom.)
Q: “Well, what will this kingdom of heaven be like Jesus?”
they say
A: “Good question, it will be one of pure works from start
to finish.”
Q: “Like what?”
A: “Like the following –
1. You
must
be pure in heart to see God (Matt 5:8)
2. Your righteousness must exceed that of the Pharisees
(Matt 5:20).
3. Saying “Thou fool” with no good cause will mean hell fire
(Matt 5:22)
4. Lusting after women is adultery and equal to the act
(Matt 5:27-28)
5. Pluck your eye out if necessary if it causes you to
sin
(Matt 5:30)
6. There will be no oaths using heaven’s name (Matt 5:33)
7. Limit your agreements to a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ (Matt 5:37)
8. Don’t pay back evil for evil (Matt 5:38-41,42-44) but go the
extra mile (Matt 5:41)
9. You have to be perfect like God (Matt
5:48)
10. Give alms in secret (Matt 6:1-4)
11. Pray in secret (Matt 6:5-8)
12. Forgive others or God won’t forgive you (Matt 6:14
13. Fast in secret (Matt 6:16-18)
14. No hoarding
up money or goods (Matt 6:19-21,24)
15. No worrying about food and drink (Matt 6:25-28,29-32,33)
16. Take no thought about
tomorrow (Matt 6:34)
17. No hypocrisy (Matt 7:1-5)
18. Beware of false prophets (Matt 7:15-18,19-22,23)
Q: “But they are impossible rules to keep Jesus!” they said
A: “I know, they are just like the Ten Commandments which
you couldn’t
keep either … but they go even further into the thoughts and intents of
the
heart.”
Q: “How can we ever keep these rules here on earth?
A: “I’ll do it for you on our behalf … but theirs is also
one other thing.
You’ll need animal blood to cover your past sins … it’s called
remission for
past sins (Rom 3:25)”
Q: Can we then go to heaven when we die?”
A: “No, you’ll go to a place under the earth called
Abraham’s Bosom (Luke 16:22) and I’ll
come and take you to heaven
after the cross (Ephesians 4:8)
Q: “Can’t we just become Christians and go straight into
the kingdom of
God?”
A: “No, you’ll have to wait till I die for that. Till I
die, you must
believe on me (John 3:16) that I will
keep
the Sermon on the Mount rules (Matt 5-7) and you must keep going to the
temple
cover your past sins with animal blood.”
Q: “So we are not Christians then?”
A: “Of course not!”
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Harley Hitchcock
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
.com
Heresies are
the result
of not recognizing, at
least, the twelve dispensations
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