5 people in every society (1Ki21)

In the passage (the story of Naboth, who refuses to put his inheritance up for sale), we see a few groups, which are in every society:

1. The Pivotal force - like Naboth - remnant believers with sound doctrine, who have backbone, convictions, don’t compromise, live by principle, and stand up for truth, against wicked authority, at great personal cost.

2. The Princes of this world - like king Ahab - they are promoted by Satan as pawns, but allowed by God to rule. Their heart is in the hand of the Lord and we should pray for them because they can be influenced for good or evil.

3. The Pernicious wicked influencers - like Jezebel, these are evil, infectious, energized peoples, often behind the scenes, like Haman, who are not only wisked themselves, but try to spread it to others in power.

4. The People - like those that had Nabal killed, those who fall like dominoes with a letter from Jezebel. They wander around like sheep having no shepherd and these masses can be swayed easily. Jesus did not trust Himself to the masses because He knew what was in them. They are fickle, and generally simple, “not knowing their left hand from their right”.

5. The Preachers - like Elijah - Spirit filled messengers of God, preachers, evangelists, on fire believers who are called by God, under the authority of God, on the mission of God, with a mystery to them, can’t be predicted, get words from their Father, speak the word with authority and conviction that resinates in the ears of this world’s people and leaders. The salt of the earth, they highly frustrate Satan’s purposes, because though He may kill some, others keep popping up all over the place and are totally destructive to His progressive purposes. 

Chafer/ The Terms of Salvation/ Incorrect requirements/ Part 1: "Repent and Believe"

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Millenial Authenticity

Be not conformed (Grk signifies outward confiormation) to the world, but be ye transformed (outward representing who you really are inwardly, like Christ on the Mt of Transfiguration), through the renewing of your minds. (Rom 12:2.

Authenticity, not being a hypocrite, is NOT revealing your flesh, being "honest" by revealing your inward depravity, outwardly, and acting like the world, dropping bombs in the pulpit.. in the hope that being "real" will win people to Christ... Not at all! Authenticity is simply displaying outwardly who we really are inwardly in the new man. That's authenticity!

Great quote from Wuest on the subject (taken from Wuest's Word Studies, by Kenneth Wuest):

The English word "masquerade" fits this Greek word exactly. When Christian women adorn themselves in the coiffures of the world, copy the world's lavish and gaudy display of jewelry, and don the apparel of the world, they are masquerading in the garments of the world. They are playing the part of another. They are, in the language of the Greeks, hypocrites, acting the part of another on the stage of life. They dress like the world and act like the world, and the world thinks them to be people of the world. Then when they come with the news of the gospel, their message

What are the 3 witnesses? - 3 Major Divine Initiations on earth (1Jn5.8)

3 Times God says in Jer. 22.29, "Earth Earth Earth, hear the word of the Lord!!!"
Sometimes people have it the wrong way round.
They emphasize man "desiring God".
The Bible sets the record straight, "not that we loved God".
In fact our planet is quite fallen, entirely given over.
Yet God, 3 in heaven, which are one, strongly initiates towards us. He is not a God afar off. He is not far from each one of us. He has penetrated our world. He peers through the lattice. He desperately desires us. He pleads for us to be reconciled to Him.
He stoops down into our stock, and initiates 3 major witnesses, on earth (1Jn5.8)

The 3 Major* Divine Initiations on Earth:

1. GOD HIMSELF - The Spirit - The Holy Spirit - Different, Divine, Holy, Deeply, Penetrating our inner man, witnessing, showing, revealing, shining, touching, communicating, expressing, contacting us with nothing less that the Presence and Person of God Himself. This is God's Real Agent in the world today. Making men new. Convicting. Working. Connecting us to heaven.
2. THE PREACHERS - The Water - The Message (& messengers) - this is the clean, true, word - preachers, inspired prophets and apostles, contradicting the narrative of Satan and this world and our flesh's lies, this is heaven, reaching right down, penetrating our world, and strongly desiring us, trying to get our attention, getting really close, in our very ears and consciousness, in our native language, Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, English, expressing the very thoughts of the God who is in love with us
3. THE CROSS - The Blood - The Divine Blood of Christ - If the Holy Spirit and the inspired preachers (apostles and prophets) aren't enough to persuade us, get this.... God's greatest and most profound initiation - the Eternally Existent Son, entering in the human race, with the Perfect Blood of God, revealing the Perfect Divine Nature, pleasing to God, the only Perfect One here, offered, on earth, by heaven, on behalf of earth, back to heaven, appeasing heaven, freely for earth, a blood sacrifice - Calvary- which could cleanse and purge the conscience of men, bringing them to God, in one mighty powerful initiation, that in one drop, is enough to save the whole world. This blood, shed on earth, still affecting earth, was taken to heaven, standing against Satan and for men, forever.

These 3 Divine initiations, are enough to make us so full of faith, make us so God conscious that He is for us, with us and has blessed us because He desires us.

*There are many other incredible initiations of God to man, including general revelation, special revelation, angels etc (see Ps 19), but we focus on these 3 right now, as pointed out by John in 1Jn5.

What is communion?

The word AYRUB [Heb translit] has the idea of sharing communal bread in a communal place [Lightfoot, Talmud]. The place would be a common public place like a court or forum or barn. They would all bring their common/ shared bread into the common/ shared public location and eat it together. In John 21 we see this, except now, we're sharing the bread which He Hinself has privided (we didn't contribut anything), we just come and He provides the bread (which speaks of Him giving Himself). Christ, is what we have in common with each other, and communion is the coming together, in a public open forum of fellowship (KOINONIA) such as a service, meal, q&a rap session, or home bible study, to enjoy and express that Bread of Life.

You think you're special? 1Co 4.7

In the flesh, that is, in ourselves, summed up in all we are naturally, or all we received at our first birth, we are no different than anyone else. Nope. Nobody. What maketh thee to differ from another? The person who knows the cross knows that in his flesh, he's nothing special. In himself he is no more special than anyone else. Yet he glories. But not in himself. In the worthy Lamb. The unique, only, special, objective, well pleasing, perfect Son of God.

It's probably true, but I'm crucified! 1Co 4.3

With me it's a very small thing to judged by you. 1Co 4.3. CROSS CHECK!!! Being accused, judged, asked to justify yourself.
The finished work believer has already been crossed out, condemned, sub'd, replaced, crucified. Nothing is left to condemn! Jn 5.24! He's so "in Christ" that he know's he's nothing outside Christ. And when he's accused, his natural reaction is like David's with Shimeai... It's probably true... I'm actually worse than you're saying... I agree with you mr adversary... But it's really a small thing because there's just one thing you overlooked... You see, you came a bit late! I'm already crucufied! Buried! Raised! No more to be condemned. That's the part you forgot! And that's why it's a small thing to be judged by you. 1Co 4.3