The SAME Mystery .... The SAME Prophecy

Jesus made it clear to His disciples and to His saints .... that those who believed on Him WERE to know the mystery .... and .... that those who did NOT believe on Him were NOT allowed to know it:

Mark 4:10-12 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
11 And he said unto them,
Unto you
it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God:
but unto them that are without,
all these things are done in parables:
12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive;
and hearing they may hear, and not understand;
lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

Paul also was teaching and preaching the kingdom of God (Acts 14:22, 19:8, 20:25, 28:31; Rom 14:17; 1 Cor 4:20, 6:9-10, 15:50; Gal 5:21; Col 4:11; 2 Thess 1:5):

Acts 28:23-28 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. (also see Acts 26:22)
24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.

Paul also quoted the SAME prophecy that Jesus had quoted.
Then Paul applied it to HIS ministry to the Gentiles:

25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say,
Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand;
and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross,
and their ears are dull of hearing,
and their eyes have they closed;
lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears,
and understand with their heart,
and should be converted, and I should heal them.
28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

Both Jesus and Paul referenced the SAME passage about the blindness of Israel:

Isa 6:9-10 And he said, Go, and tell this people,
Hear ye indeed, but understand not;
and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10 Make the heart of this people fat,
and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their heart,
and convert,
and be healed.

To the saints at Rome, Paul also explained Israel’s blindness as the mystery:

Rom 11:25 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.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ follow the Cunning Royal Jester and his Jokers, believing that Paul’s use of the terms ‘the kingdom of God’ and ‘the mystery’ is different than Jesus’ use of the SAME.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches Paul and Jesus were talking about different things?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

This is David Dowell, saying, “Think about it!”

Standing in 2 Different Graces?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ follow the Cunning Royal Jester’s lead in believing that Paul and Peter presented contrasting, rather than similar, positions.

Could anyone show me the verse that teaches Paul’s grace is different than Peter’s grace?
If so, please email magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, then stop swallowing ‘mid-Acts’ heresy because its poisoning your system.

Paul wrote:

Rom 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into
this grace wherein we stand,
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Peter wrote:

1 Peter 5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that
this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

Anyone who gets ‘Mid-Acts’ ‘distinctive ministry of Paul’ theology isn’t getting ‘a bag of goods’ .... they’re getting ‘a bag of bads’.

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Whose 'Grace Life' Is It?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ talk all the time about living ‘the grace life’.

Could anyone show me the verse that teaches that?
If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

The only verse even remotely close to that is in PETER .... not PAUL!
‘Mid-Acts-ers’ don’t want anything to do with Peter, but they wrest (twist) a phrase from him:

1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

‘The grace life’ is a ‘mid-Acts’ excuse phrase for doing whatever they want to do. They don’t ‘use’ Hebrews:

Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

Just ONE Faith

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ make TWO of nearly everything. They SEPARATE the saints, by DIVIDING Israel from what-they-call ‘the church, the body of Christ’ which-they-mean-to-be ‘only those saints that have been saved by believing what PAUL wrote’.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that says that?
If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ refuse to acknowledge that the Jews who believed ‘in time past’ were ‘IN CHRIST’ .... but the scripture (Yeah, even what PAUL wrote) is very clear. The FAITH Paul now preached --- was the SAME FAITH he used to destroy --- the faith of those who were 'IN CHRIST' before him (Rom 16:7):

Gal 1:21-23 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us (those which were ‘in Christ’ from vs. 22) in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ always focus on the LAST part of this next verse. They should take a good look at the FIRST (since they teach 2 Jesus’) .... and .... the MIDDLE, that there is only ONE faith. Israel’s faith was the same faith as our faith. There is not a DIFFERENT FAITH those ‘in Christ’ before Paul (Rom 16:7) .... and those ‘in Christ’ since Paul:

Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

ONE Church .... Not TWO!

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ teach that ‘the church of God’ BEFORE Paul was a DIFFERENT church than ‘the church of God’ AFTER Paul.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches 2 DIFFERENT churches of God .... DIVIDED by Paul?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

‘The church of God’ BEFORE Paul:

1 Cor 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Gal 1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

‘The church of God’ AFTER Paul:

1 Cor 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth,
to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus,
called to be saints,
with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,
both theirs and ours:

2 Cor 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth,
with all the saints which are in all Achaia:

When you “think about it” .... ‘mid-Acts’ teaching is ridiculous!

This is David Dowell, saying, “Think about it!”

Mid-Acts-ers Think Being "In Christ" is Different Than Being "In the Body of Christ"

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ teach that ‘the body of Christ’ is ONLY those saints who have been saved through the ministry of PAUL .... to the EXCLUSION of ALL other saints that were saved BEFORE Paul .... or through another minister, other than Paul.

Could anyone show me the verse that teaches that?
If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

There were believers who were ‘in Christ’ BEFORE Paul:

Rom 16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

The churches of Judaea were also ‘in Christ’ BEFORE Paul:

Gal 1:21-23 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
22 And was unknown by face
unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

Don’t forget .... there is only ONE faith:

Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

The church of God existed BEFORE Paul:

1 Cor 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Gal 1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

For ‘mid-Acts-ers’ to make a DIFFERENCE and a DIVIDE .... between being ‘in Christ’ and being ‘in the body of Christ’ is totally ridiculous.

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

‘In Christ’ But Not ‘In the Body’?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ teach that ‘the body of Christ’ is ONLY those saints who have been saved through the ministry of PAUL .... to the EXCLUSION of ALL other saints that were saved BEFORE Paul .... or through another minister, other than Paul.

Could anyone show me the verse that teaches that?
If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

There were Jewish believers who were ‘in Christ’ BEFORE Paul:

Rom 16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

The churches of Judaea were ‘in Christ’ BEFORE Paul:

Gal 1:21-23 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

Don’t forget .... there is only ONE faith:

Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

The church of God existed BEFORE Paul:

1 Cor 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Gal 1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

For ‘mid-Acts-ers’ to make a DIFFERENCE and a DIVIDE .... between being ‘in Christ’ and being ‘in the body of Christ’ is totally ridiculous.

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

Is Jesus Another Jesus?

The Cunning Royal Jester and his Jokers taught for years that Jesus in His ‘earthly ministry’ is ‘another Jesus’. They have insinuated the Holy Spirit at Pentecost was ‘another spirit’. They have said that the gospel preached during the earthly ministry of Christ by John the Baptist, Jesus, and the 12 disciples/apostles was ‘another gospel’.

Could someone show me the verse that teaches that?
Ahhh, here is the verse on which they base this absurdity:

2 Cor 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached,
or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received,
or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

The Cunning Royal Jester’s chart even shows that the ‘mid-Acts-ers’ have to go ‘OUTSIDE of PAUL’ to get the payment of sin from who-they-think-is ‘another Jesus’ (Who was the Holy One Who died on the cross, in what-they-call ‘Israel’s program’):

Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made
that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. (Would this mean that the ‘day of the Lord’ and the ‘day of Christ’ were the ‘day of the SAME Jesus’? Sure, it would! Yet the Cunning Royal Jester teaches that we will NOT experience the ‘day of the Lord’ but we WILL experience the ‘day of Christ’.)

Jesus Who died, is the SAME Jesus, Who God raised from the dead:

Acts 2:31-32 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

Jesus Who died, is the SAME Jesus Who God raised from the dead, Who is the SAME Jesus that went back to heaven:

Acts 1:11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

The Cunning Royal Jester and his Jokers preach that the ‘risen, glorified Lord’ is ‘the Jesus’ Who appeared to Saul (Paul) on the road to Damascus .... as if He was a DIFFERENT ‘risen, glorified Lord’ than ‘the Jesus’ that appeared to the disciples/apostles (John 20:11-31; 21:1-14). Yet the SCRIPTURES say that the Person Who appeared to Saul was the SAME Jesus that he had been persecuting.

Acts 9:3-5 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord?
And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:
it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Jesus prophesied that false Christs would rise and deceive many .... but He surely was not talking about Himself:

Mark 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

‘Mid-Acts’ teaching that the ‘earthly Jesus’ is ‘another Jesus’ is blasphemous!

Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

This is David Dowell saying, “Think about it!”

The Office of WHAT?

Most ‘mid-Acts’ preachers that are functioning as ‘BISHOPS’ call themselves ‘PASTORS’ .... rather than following the VERSES from GOD through ‘their’ apostle PAUL. They claim to believe that the King James Version is the ‘very words of God’ .... but their actions speak louder than their words. They REFUSE the KJV word ‘BISHOP’ in preference for The Living Bible word ‘PASTOR’.

Could someone show me the KJV verse that calls the man who takes care of the church of God (1 Tim 3:5) a ‘PASTOR’?
If so, email magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, then follow the scriptures.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

1 Tim 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop,
he desireth a good work.

The KJV does not mention
the OFFICE of an elder,
nor the OFFICE of a TEACHING ELDER,
nor the OFFICE of a BROTHER,
nor the OFFICE of a MINISTER.

Are there no ‘mid-Acts’ men who desire to do a good work for the Lord in the OFFICE of a BISHOP? Even the Cunning Royal Jester, who for many years was a PASTOR with NO SHEEP, stated he wants to be known as a ‘teaching elder’ .... instead of acknowledging the office he holds of a BISHOP. Since he AVOIDS the KJV word, he should apologize to the other group of ‘mid-Acts-ers’ that make NO statement of final authority in the KJV.

1 Tim 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop,
he desireth a good work.

For those ‘mid-Acts’ self-called ‘PASTORS’ to celebrate 400 years of the KJV, is a farce!

This is David Dowell saying, “Think about it!”

The Rapture TRIGGER?

During Sunday Evening Story-Time on September 19, 2010, with the IL teaching elder, after he taught that ‘1 Thess. chapter 4 is information only Paul gives you’ .... and ‘1 Thess. chapter 5 is the prophetic program contrast’ .... he said, ‘There’s a progression of thought. It’s the rapture that triggers the day of the Lord.’

Could someone show me the verse that teaches that?
If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com
If not, then don’t follow the Cunning Royal Jester. Instead, believe GOD’s word:

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

For many years, the Cunning Royal Jester has taught that the ‘pre-tribulation rapture’ will be followed by a period of YEARS .... which he termed ‘the prophetic gap’ .... to give time for the events of Daniel chapter 11, which reference unspecified numbers of years. However, the ‘middle’ of Daniel’s 70th week is identifiable by the abomination of desolation that will be set up in the holy place (Dan 11:31):

Dan 11:1-45 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
2 And now will I shew thee the truth.
Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia;
and the fourth shall be far richer than they all:
and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.
13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.
18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
27 And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. 40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

So, evidently the Cunning Royal Jester is REPOSITIONING again .... unless he now classifies his (invented) ‘prophesied gap’ as being the beginning of the day of the Lord .... since he just preached last weekend that a ‘pre-tribulation rapture’ TRIGGERS the day of the Lord.

The Cunning Royal Jester is desperately trying to defend his paradigm without verses to back-up his story-telling. I think the old adage applies here:
The more you stir it, the more it stinks.
He has a mess on his hands.

This is David Dowell saying, “Think about it!”

The Horns of the Altar?

One of the 'mid-Acts' grace school test graders presented a seminar during which he said that, according to the 'prophecy program' .... the priests of Israel should have taken Jesus into the temple, bound and tied Him to the horns of the altar, and sacrificed Him. After his teaching session, my wife asked him where in the scripture he found such information, but he excused himself from us and walked away. I guess he is not used to being questioned to provide proof-texts for his claims.

Could someone show me the verse for such a claim.
If so, email magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, then 'mid-Acts' doctrine should not be accepted.

Now that I am no longer a 'mid-Acts-er' myself, I think it is terrible that 'mid-Acts' preachers commonly and often make statements with no verse back-up. It's time they stopped getting away with it. They ought to be held accountable for their story-telling, make-believe theology.

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

The Last Means A First

In English grammar, the comparative is the form of an adjective which denotes the degree or grade by which a thing has a property or quality greater or less in extent than that of another.

Good - better.
First - second.
Old - new.
First - ? # - last.

Having a ‘new’ one .... makes the ‘first’ one be classified as ‘old’:

Heb 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

Having a ‘better’ covenant .... makes the ‘first’ covenant be not as good:

Heb 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

Having a ‘second’ covenant .... forces the ‘previous’ covenant to be the ‘first’ covenant:

Heb 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless,
then should no place have been sought for the second.

Having ‘the last trump’ .... means there had to be at least one ‘PREVIOUS’ trump, certainly a ‘first trump’.

GOD did not identify the ‘PREVIOUS’ trump or trumpets through PAUL .... but GOD DID identify them through JOHN. Sadly, ‘mid-Acts-ers’ are prejudiced against John and they won’t listen to GOD through him, or anyone else really .... lots of times, they even object to what Paul wrote.

‘The last trump’ .... means there had to be a ‘first’ trump. Since the Cunning Royal Jester will not submit to GOD’s word that shows where ‘the last trump’ is .... he simply made one of his own invention. He teaches (6-27-10) that at the 1st trump, the dead are raised, and at the 2nd (or last) trump, the alive are changed .... that there are just 2, and only 2, blasts from the same trumpet. Please show me the verse! (I know he can’t.)

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ REFUSE to accept ‘the LAST trump’ in the Revelation of Jesus Christ (Rev 1:1; 10:7; 11:15,18) because it is written by the apostle JOHN .... even though ‘the last trump’ will sound when Jesus will be revealed from heaven to punish His enemies and glorify His saints .... as written by PAUL, the apostle of the Gentiles (Rom 11:13), who the ‘mid-Acts-ers’ CLAIM to follow (but don’t):

2 Thess 1:7-10 And to you who are troubled rest with us,
when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
10 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.

Good - better.
First - second.
Old - new.
First - ? # - last.

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

Just For Paul's Converts?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ preach that only the saints who have been saved through the ministry of PAUL will be ‘raptured’ up .... into heaven where GOD lives.

Could anyone show me the verse that teaches that?
If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

1 Thess 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

Called Home?

Some time ago I visited a ‘mid-Acts’ church website, and was surprised to find these words, "Although our beloved pastor was called home recently. He continues to spread the message of grace and the love of God towards us through print, audio and video (And for those that knew him "personal example and application")."

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that the Lord ‘calls people home’?

Furthermore, and even more shocking, was that the event that led to his demise was of his own intention. He committed suicide.

He participated as a leader in their youth camps. What kind of "personal example and application" did his decision to kill himself exhibit to impressionable young people?

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that when a person commits suicide, it can be described as the Lord ‘calling them home’?

How does his congregation think the Lord ‘called him home’? Do they think the Lord sent him a message that it was his time to go home? How do they think God communicated that news? Did an angel deliver it? Did he consult a woman that had a familiar spirit, like King Saul did? Did a prophet from beyond the grave appear to him, like Samuel, to tell him "to morrow thou shalt be with me"? (see 1 Sam 28:7-19)

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

Furthermore, the congregation acknowledge their (former) pastor as a great teacher and student of the Word of God (KJV Bible). They say you can share and benefit from their pastor’s great understanding and knowledge of Gods word. They extend his hope and theirs that you may learn and understand in greater clarity of the grace of God through Jesus. They extend their appreciation to their (previous) pastor for being the man of God that he became through his own study of God’s word. For teaching them in dispensational understanding that makes their relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ complete.

As for me, I sure don’t want someone who took their own life teaching me (by previously recorded messages) how to live mine. That is warped.

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

A Revealing ‘Best Revelations’ Quote?

During Sunday Evening Story-Time on September 12 2010, the ‘teaching elder’ said,
‘A lot of your best revelations come when you’re preaching’.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

This is the closest verse I can find. Surely the Cunning Royal Jester has not elevated himself to receiving direct revelations?

1 Cor 14:6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?

I think the Cunning Royal Jester just says whatever he wants to say, and bets dollars to doughnut holes that people will give him a pass. He has convinced himself and others that he has superior knowledge, and they can trust and accept whatever he says.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

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Rapture for ONLY Saints Saved by Paul’s Ministry?

The Cunning Royal Jester teaches that only the people who have believed the gospel through the ministry of the apostle PAUL are in the body of Christ. He teaches that ALL OTHER saints are NOT included ‘with them’ .... but that they are in a DIFFERENT program, being Israel’s prophecy (or kingdom) program.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that ONLY the saints who are saved through PAUL’s ministry are in the body of Christ, and that ONLY they will be resurrected .... SEGREGATED from ALL other saints who trusted Christ?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

1 Thess 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
with ALL his saints.

"All His saints" does not really mean "ALL His saints" according to the Cunning Royal Jester.

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Firstborn is Not First Born?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ have an awful time with ‘first’ and ‘last’.

During September 5, 2010, Sunday Evening Story-Time with the IL teaching elder .... he said, ‘Firstborn .... the term is not talking about being first born, but about being the head, heir, ruler of all things.’

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

Evidently, the Cunning Royal Jester based his assignment of the word ‘firstborn’ on this next verse (Col 1:18) .... where he made ‘firstborn’ to equal ‘head’ .... but that is NOT how the VERSE reads:

Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church:
who is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead;
that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Furthermore, try these other uses of ‘firstborn’:

Psa 135:6-8 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. (Exo 12:12)

Matt 1:24-25 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Col 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Heb 12:22-24 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem (which PAUL - by inspiration of GOD - said is "the mother of us all" in Gal 4:26), and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

The Cunning Royal Jester’s assigned meaning of the word ‘firstborn’ is yet another example of ‘mid-Acts’ confusion of 2 simple words like ‘first’ and ‘last’. They don’t accept firstborn as born first, and they don’t like the last trump being the last of the 7 trumpets.

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Mistaken Identity

During a recent message, one of the Cunning Royal Jesters’ JOKERS taught that the IDENTITY (in Rev 10:7) of ‘His servants the prophets’ was the nation Israel.

Rev 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches ISRAEL is His servants the prophets?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

The Joker also tried to make believers now be something different from God’s people Israel, by saying, ‘When you become a son, you are no longer a servant. Israel, they’re waiting to become a priest.’

He also said that 'His servants the prophets knew nothing about the dispensation of grace'. By that I suppose the Joker hasn't read the scripture:

1 Peter 1:10-12 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

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Stretching His Voice

During Sunday Evening Story-Time on July 25, 2010, in 1 Thess 4:16, the Cunning Royal Jester, who claims to be no singer himself, stretched the voice of the archangel. He said the voice of the archangel is the ‘restoration of Israel, the signal to restart the prophetic program’.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches the archangel’s voice is that of Michael’s, and that his voice indicates the resumption of Israel’s program at the 2nd coming of Christ?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

1 Thess 4:16, does not say what the Cunning Royal Jester taught about it:

1 Thess 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

The ‘teaching elder’ is singing out of his range .... stretching that the voice has to do with Michael’s standing for the nation of Israel.

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Light Clothing?

During this past Sunday Evening Story-Time with the Cunning Royal Jester (August 29, 2010) .... as I have heard him preach before .... he said, "Adam and Eve were naked .... They had a covering of light."

Gen 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches the first man and woman were covered with light before their sin?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.

Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

The only covering of light I found in the Bible .... was for the Lord, not Adam and Eve:

Psa 104:1-2 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Light clothing for Adam and Eve? I've heard the Cunning Royal Jester teach it, but I've never seen it in the scriptures. Maybe he is thinking of the emperor's new clothes instead?

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The Door of Water Baptism?

I have heard the Cunning Royal Jester, as well as his Jokers (one, in particular, this past Wednesday night), preach that water baptism is the door in John 10.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches water baptism is the door?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

John 10:1-11 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold,
but climbeth up some other way,
the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers:
but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door:
by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

I did not read any mention of water baptism being the door in that passage.
Did you?

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2 Great Installments?

During a recent Sunday Evening Story-Time in 1 Thess 4:16, the ‘teaching elder’ of Illinois made a lengthy issue of the 2nd coming of Christ. He said, ‘When we talk about the 2nd coming, it has several installments to it. There is an interval between His coming in 1 Thess 4 and Rev 19. That’s different. The expression “the coming of the Lord” tells you there’s a series of events involved .... So the word “coming” implies a series .... the 2nd coming of Christ -- Just the terminology we use means we’re thinking about a period of time -- There’s some installments involved in it. 2 great installments.’

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches 2 great installments at the 2nd coming of Christ?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

The ‘teaching elder’ is now trying to classify ‘the rapture’ as part of the 2nd coming. So, now, according to him ....
the rapture is the 2nd coming’s 1st great installment ....
and
the 2nd coming is the 2nd coming’s 2nd great installment?!
He keeps getting more absurd!

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

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Before Church / After Church?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ teach that the church BEFORE Paul ....
was a different church .... than the church AFTER Paul.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

Gal 1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: (also 1 Cor 15:9)

Gal 1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

Look like, by his own testimony and GOD’s inspired word ....
Paul preached the ‘one faith’ (Eph 4:5) that he persecuted in times past.

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The Beginning and the Ending of the Dispensation of Grace?

The Cunning Royal Jester teaches that "the way the dispensation of grace began is the way it will end". He just makes up stuff and people believe it because he said it, and they let him get by with it.


Could anyone show me the VERSE that says where the dispensation of grace began .... and that it will end the same way?


If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

I see that Jesus is the beginning and the end:

Rev 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done.
I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end.
I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

I can’t find a VERSE that talks about
the beginning of the dispensation of grace,
nor about the end of it ....
nor that it began the same way it will end.

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Dividing From Paul, Then Dividing Paul?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ preach that, FIRST, you have to divide Paul FROM the rest of the Bible, because they believe that Paul’s epistles are distinct and different from all the other Biblical writers. But that’s not dividing far enough for ‘mid-Acts-ers’! They divide even further .... and teach that AFTER you have divided Paul FROM everyone else .... then you must divide Paul. By that, they mean that you have to divide ‘early’ Paul .... from ‘late’ Paul. They do this because they see Paul’s early epistles contain ‘practices’ (that-they-assign) in (what-they-call) ‘Israel’s prophecy program’ .... and that Paul’s later epistles are for (who-they-classify as) ‘the church, the body of Christ’ (which-they-think does NOT include ANY saints who were ‘in Christ’ BEFORE Paul).

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches .... first, to divide all the other scriptures away FROM Paul .... and then, to divide Paul from Paul?

And they wonder why anyone would label them ‘hyper’ dividers?!

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

2 Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God,
and is profitable
for doctrine,
for reproof,
for correction,
for instruction in righteousness:

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Quarantined in Heaven?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ believe that who-they-call ‘the church, the body of Christ’ saints that have died and gone to heaven .... are in another place, somewhere in ‘the heavenlies’ .... than the dead saints of what-they-call ‘Israel’s program’ who they think are in mansions (John 14:2-3) in heavenly Jerusalem. Since ‘mid-Acts-ers’ are such excessive DIVIDERS, they assign different destinies and separate inheritances for 2 groups of believers. ‘Mid-Acts-ers’ admit that the holy city will come to earth (Rev 21:2), but they feel like they have to keep ‘the church, the body of Christ’ isolated out of it, since they think they will be staying in heaven for eternity, while Israelite saints ride on down.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

It was the ‘risen, glorified’ Lord Jesus Who told Saul on the Damascus Road, that the Gentiles would have inheritance AMONG other believers:

Acts 26:16-18 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.

Synonyms for ‘among’ are ‘between, in the midst of, with, mingled in, surrounded by, in connection or association with, amid, in the company of’.


Paul told the Ephesian elders basically the same thing:

Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

God broke down the middle wall of partition (Eph 2:14), and made the Gentiles acceptable to SHARE WITH Israel:

Col 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet (fit) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Peter, who ‘mid-Acts-ers’ say only ministered and wrote to Israel .... showed an eternal inheritance, stored up in heaven:

1 Peter 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

There are not sections of secluded saints .... not on earth .... not in heaven!
No quarantine here nor there!

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Extended Blowing of the Last Trumpet?

I just heard a ‘mid-Acts’ preacher say tonight that the seventh trump will blow for the ENTIRE 3-1/2 YEARS of the last half of Daniel’s 70th week.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

In his futile attempt to deny that ‘the last trump’ of 1 Cor 15:52 is the same as the last of seven trumpets to blow in Rev 10:7, he used the old argument I’ve heard from the ‘teaching elder’ many times before, who preaches that the trumps can’t be the same because 1 Cor 15:52 blows in an instant, and Rev 10:7 blows over an extended period of time.

However, when the verses are examined, notice that it is our ‘change’ that will occur in a moment --- not the trump sound. Our physical bodies will ‘change’ into glorified bodies in a split-second .... when the last trump sounds:

1 Cor 15:51-52 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

We will not all be dead then. Some saints will have survived and escaped the world-wide massive killing:

Rev 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

Rev 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

While it is true that the phrase "in the days of" specifically describes 3-1/2 years in another passage in Rev 11:3-6 (which the preacher did not even mention), during the prophecy of the 2 witnesses .... that does not mean that "in the days of" MUST ALWAYS BE 3-1/2 years time span .... as can be seen by all the other 83 times the phrase is written in the scripture.

If the ‘mid-Acts’ method of handling the phrase "in the days of" was applied to another verse, it would mean that Jesus was not born on ‘a single day’ .... but over a period of YEARS when Herod was king:

Matt 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

The preacher threw caution to the wind to say that the 7th angel is going to blow his trump for a whole 3-1/2 years.

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Only 20% Vision?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ only see about 20/100 (Paul’s 13 epistles/66 books of the Bible). They say since 1 Cor 9:16,17, tells that a dispensation of the gospel is committed to Paul, and Eph 3:2 tells that Paul was given the dispensation of the grace of God .... therefore, they are "looking only to what Paul writes in Romans to Philemon .... PERIOD!"

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches anyone to only look to Paul?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ have no visual acuity (acuteness or clearness of vision, dependent on the sharpness of the focus and the sensitivity of the interpretative faculty of the brain)! They need a ‘optimistic’ prescription for some rose-colored glasses to read 20/20 and enjoy the whole Bible instead of just a fraction of it:

2 Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and
is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof,
for correction,
for instruction in righteousness:

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The END of the Dispensation of Grace?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ teach that, when the resurrection of ONLY ‘PART’ of the dead (just the ‘portion’ of saints that have believed through PAUL’s writings) takes place .... it will be the ‘event’ that ENDS the dispensation of grace.

I have heard ‘mid-Acts-ers’ say that the END of the dispensation of grace will occur at (what-they-call) the rapture, and that Israel’s ‘prophecy program’ will go back into effect as God’s ruling principle, with requirements of keeping the Mosiac law, Levitical priesthood, animal sacrifices, Jewish circumcision (even for Gentiles to be accepted), tongues, and water baptism. Did PAUL teach that?

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

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A New Church, the Body of Christ?

‘Mid-Acts-er’ teach that, with the salvation of the apostle Paul, God started a ‘new, different’ church called the body of Christ.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

P.S. The general answer of ‘mid-Acts-ers’ is not acceptable .... that "Paul said, In me first," because that verse says nothing at all about a church called ‘the body of Christ’, starting at his salvation:

1 Tim 1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

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ONE Faith -- Not TWO!

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ make TWO of nearly everything. They SEPARATE the saints, by DIVIDING Israel from what-they-call ‘the church, the body of Christ’ which-they-mean-to-be ‘only those saints that have been saved by believing what PAUL wrote’.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that says that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ refuse to acknowledge that the Jews who believed ‘in time past’ were ‘IN CHRIST’ .... but the scripture (Yeah, even what PAUL wrote) is very clear. The FAITH Paul now preached --- was the SAME FAITH he used to destroy --- the faith of those who were 'IN CHRIST' before him (Rom 16:7):

Gal 1:21-23 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us (those which were ‘in Christ’ from vs. 22) in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ always focus on the LAST part of this next verse. They should take a good look at the FIRST (since they teach 2 Jesus’) .... and .... the MIDDLE, that there is only ONE faith. Israel’s faith was the same faith as our faith. There is not a DIFFERENT FAITH those ‘in Christ’ before Paul (Rom 16:7) .... and those ‘in Christ’ since Paul:

Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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The Beginning and The End?

A teaching elder opened his messge this week with a comment about 1 Thess 4:16-17, where he began, "In this passage about the rapture ...." In all fairness, he did later admit that the word ‘rapture’ was not in the Bible, but he preaches that it will take place ‘pre-tribulation’, which to him, is before the 70th week of Daniel. He calls the entire 7 years the ‘tribulation’. He also taught that ‘just as he BEGAN the dispensation of grace with an appearance of the Lord calling Paul .... so it will END.’ By his remarks, he believes the dispensation of grace STARTED in Acts 9 with the calling of Saul on the road to Damascus, and that it will STOP with the ‘rapture’ of only-those-saints-that-have-believed-the-gospel-according-to-Paul .... 7 plus years BEFORE the man of sin arrives .... with another appearance of the Lord calling Paul’s converts up to heaven.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

I cannot find any scripture to support ‘mid-Acts’ notions that God BEGAN the dispensation of grace in Acts 9 or that He will END it in 1 Thess 4:16-17.

2 Tim 2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

The grace is found in Christ Jesus .... not ‘in PAUL’.

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A Secret Meaning and 2 Blasts?

When teaching in 1 Thess 4:16-17, a teaching elder said, "It was a prophesied event, but a meaning to the prophesied event was not known till Paul. Then he repeated that Paul put a secret meaning to prophesied events. He also said of the shout, the voice, and the trump, that these events are unexpected and unprophesied.

1 Thess 4:16-17 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trump of God:
and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

The teaching elder said the shout announces the conclusion of the dispensation of grace.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

He said the voice has to do with His standing for the nation of Israel and the resumption of Israel’s program.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

The teaching elder said the trump was for the resurrection of the dead, our gathering together. I’ll go along with that .... but not with this:
He then DIVIDED the trump .... into 2 different 'blasts':
Blast # 1 will be for the dead in Christ to arise.
Separate blast # 2 will be for the alive to be changed.
He believes this second blast is ‘the last trump’ of 1 Cor 15:52.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches the 2 blasts from the 1 trump?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

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Praying for Another Spirit?

At a recent conference, during his opening prayer a ‘mid-Acts’ preacher prayed, "We pray for that Berean spirit to search the scriptures daily to see if these things are so."

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

(There is yet another point with this passage, that WHY would the Bereans even have been LOOKING in the scriptures .... IF .... as the ‘mid-Acts-ers’ claim .... Paul was preaching "uniquely DIFFERENT, NEW information"? If Paul’s revelation was not IN the scriptures .... then they would have been foolish to search for it there! But, it was there, as Paul himself testified in Acts 26:22; 28:23,31.)

Acts 17:10-11 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

I realize what the verses SAY .... but they do not suggest for us to pray for ‘that Berean spirit’. Would that be like ‘another spirit’ (2 Cor 11:4)? .... because we have the Spirit which is of God, the Spirit of Christ:

1 Cor 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

I believe I would rather just stay with HIS Spirit.

BTW, this was another preacher that refuses to acknowledge the KJV title of the office he holds as a 'bishop' .... preferring The Living Bible's term 'pastor' instead. (But this 'shepherd' tells his congregation that they are not 'sheep' -- that Israel is only the sheep.)

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

Called to Separate Inheritances?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ teach that the saints who have believed the gospel through PAUL’s words (who-they-call, exclusively, the body of Christ) have been called to a DIFFERENT inheritance (stay in HEAVEN for eternity) than all the other saints of God who were not saved by what-they-call PAUL’s gospel.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

When God called Saul (Paul) and commissioned him to go to the Gentiles, He promised THEM an inheritance AMONG the saints who were already believers in Christ. The scriptures testify that ‘the called’ of God are sanctified by faith in Christ, as brothers with Christ, and will all SHARE as fellowheirs (Eph 3:6), as joint-heirs with Christ (Rom 8:17) in His inheritance for eternity:

Acts 26:18 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.

Heb 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Rom 9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

Rom 8:28-29 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Heb 2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

This is David Dowell, saying, “Think about it!”

A 'Unique' Gospel?

I have heard it said numerous times this week at the IL conference, that Paul had a ‘unique’ gospel message.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

Luke recorded Paul’s own testimony that he was only preaching the same things that Moses and the prophets predicted:

Acts 26:22-23 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ favorite gospel passage is 1 Cor 15:3-4 .... however, they always stop short of verses 5-11 because they go against their ‘Paul’s unique gospel’ doctrine. Verses 5-7 actually name Peter (Cephas in John 1:42), the 12, over 500 brothers, James, and all the apostles as preaching the SAME gospel that PAUL preached in verse 11.

1 Cor 15:1-11 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
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:
5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8 And last of all he was seen of me (Paul) also, as of one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

No Doctrine in Acts?

‘Mid-Acts-er’ teach that Acts is a good place to break your spiitual neck, and they say you can’t get doctrine out of the book of Acts.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

2 Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God,
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

Three Toots?

‘Mid-Acts-er’ teach that ‘the last trump’ is the 3rd trumpet sound.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Here is how they make up their 3 toots:

Made-up Toot # 1: When Jesus descends from heaven.
Made-up Toot # 2: When the dead are raised.
Made-up Toot # 3: When the alive are caught up.

The verses they MIS-use to make up their toots are:

1 Thess 4:16-17 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

It certainly does not say ANYTHING about a series of 3 trumps, as 'mid-Acts-ers' have. There are 7 trumpets yet to sound in the Revelation .... but ‘mid-Acts-ers’ don’t want to be on the planet until ‘the last trump’ of them. So they make up their own set of 3.

It certainly does not say ANYTHING about a series of 3 trumps. There are 7 trumpets yet to sound in the Revelation .... but ‘mid-Acts-ers’ don’t want to be on the planet until ‘the last trump’ of them. So they make up their own set of 3.

1 Cor 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

When the 7th angel sounds his trumpet, that will be the last trump .... and that is when the mystery of God (Rev 10:7, Col 2:2) will be finished, just as God told his servants the prophets (1 Cor 15:52). When the 7th angel sounds, Christ will return to gather the saints together and take His holy vengeance on His enemies (2 Thess 1:4-10, 2 Thess 2:1-10), and set up God’s kingdom in this world on earth (Rev 11:15, 2 Tim 4:1, Dan 2:44).

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

Is Jerusalem Our Mother, Too?

‘Mid-Acts-er’ teach that people who are saved by the ministry of Paul (who-they-call EXCLUSIVELY ‘the church, the body of Christ’) have a DIFFERENT inheritance than saints who were saved before Paul. They think that new Jerusalem is the inheritance for believers in what-they-call ‘Israel’s prophecy program’ .... and that ‘we’ have nothing to do with it.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

Gal 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free,
which is the mother of us all.

Consider these 2 verses with each other:

Rev 21:2-3 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

New Jerusalem is the inheritance of ALL God’s children.
Notice the similarity from Paul:

2 Cor 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Again, the ‘mid-Acts-ers’ are not only not believing God, they are not believing the very apostle (Paul) they claim is their only apostle to follow.

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

Is Abraham Our Father, Too?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ teach that we are ‘no relation’ to Israel.

Could anyone show me the verse that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

Rom 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

Rom 4:16-18 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ won’t admit it .... but because WE have faith in Christ, WE are now the true seed of Abraham. It is not the physical seed anymore (see Rom 2:28-29):

Gal 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Now WE are Father Abraham’s heirs. These verses are IN PAUL’S EPISTLES! 'Mid-Acts-ers' need to believe their own apostle about Abraham being the father of those in faith!

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

Was Satan a Good-Looking Man?

A prominent ‘mid-Acts’ preacher teaches that when the devil appeared to Eve in the garden of Eden, he looked like a handsome man, even though the Bible described a serpent.

Could anyone show me the VERSE that teaches that?

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

2 Cor 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. (also see Gen 3:1-5, 14-15)

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"

Given Assignments for Heavenly Service?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ teach that just the saints who have been saved by PAUL’s ministry will be raptured up to heaven with an angelic escort some years BEFORE the 70th week of Daniel begins .... where they will be JUDGED for rewards and GIVEN THEIR ASSIGNMENTS for service in the heavenly places for eternity.

Could anyone show me the verse that teaches that?

I find no verse that teaches anything of the sort.

If so, please e-mail magnifiedword@aol.com.
If not, don’t believe the ‘mid-Acts-ers’.
Instead, trust the word of GOD.

Rom 4:3-a For what saith the scripture?

In the context of ‘the judgment seat of Christ’, before Whom we ALL will stand .... there is NO MENTION of WHEN the event will occur. However, God (through PAUL) immediately quoted the OLD testament promise from Isa 45:23, which indicates EVERY PERSON, not just believers, will appear there (see Isa 45:22-25):

Rom 14:8-12 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

The one other verse with the specific phrase ‘the judgment seat of Christ’ (2 Cor 5:10), again, gave NO CLUE in the context for the TIMING of its occurance.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ need to change their doctrine about Christ’s judgment seat.

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"