The Children of the Flesh and the Children of the Spirit.

On the 19th of August 2020, Bill Hall, National Director of GCI, Canada, posted an update commenting on the Chosen Vessel's inspired texts in his sublime epistle to the Romans.  Bill quoted Rom.11:1-2, and proceeded to teach heresy.

However, the text begins with an emphatic rhetorical question thus:  "Has God cast away his people"(Rom.11:1).  And the answer is, "God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew"(Rom.11:2).  Now two questions arises here. One, who are the people that that foreknew?  And two, why was the great Apostle continually grieved over his kinsmen according to the FLESH, and was willing, had it been possible, to be separated from Christ for their salvation? For if God has not cast away his people, who Bill thinks, are all the children of Israel, why was the great Apostle grieved?

For his inspired texts runs thus: "I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness, in the Holy Spirit.  That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.  For I could wish that myself were accused from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the FLESH"(Rom.9:1-3).

 

To understand why the great Apostle was in "continual sorrow," one has to first understand the allegory of Galatians 4:22-31.  And it cannot be understood by anyone in whom the Holy Spirit does not dwell, or anyone who supported the doctrinal heresies peddled by Joseph Tkack, and his son.  That rules out almost all the so-called ministers that were in WCG, and are now in UCG, LCG, COG/Hulme, PCG, RCG and all the other divided groups, that are not worth mentioning. In addition, 99.9% of all the so-called brethren were not converted.  So they won't be able to understand it either.

Anyway, the Chosen Vessel was not experiencing "continual sorrow" over the people God foreknew.  For he was inspired to write: "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestine to be conformed to the image of his son..."  Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called, and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified"(Rom.8:29-30).  Therein lies the promise of salvation to eternal life. So why would the Chosen Vessel be experiencing "continual sorrow" over God's elect, whom he foreknew? For we have been told, if we have ears to hear, that God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew?

Now God's elect do not consist only of the people of Israel, as was taught in WCG, and is still being taught in all the divided churches of god.  For God's elect are not physical, but spiritual. Therefore, we are told, "Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called"(Rom.9:7).  Isaac was born by a spiritual miracle, and he represents Christ, who was to come; who was also born by a spiritual miracle.  Therein lies the meaning of the allegory, for those who are not spiritually blind.

The narrative continues: "That is, They which are the children of the FLESH, these are NOT the children of God: (read it Bill, and stop preaching heresy) but the children of the promise are counted for the seed"(Rom.9:8).  Who is the seed, singular, not plural?  "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.  He saith not, and to SEEDS, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, who is Christ"(Gal.3:16).  The spiritual children of God are born through Christ, not through all the children of Abraham.  For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one of the FLESH, and other of the spirit.  The one of the FLESH was not a son of God.  For Sarah told Abraham to "cast out the bond woman and her son; for the son of the bond woman shall be be heir with the son of the freewoman"(Gal.4:30).  The sons of the freewoman are the people that foreknew.

So over whom was the Chosen Vessel experiencing "continual sorrow?" They were the children of the FLESH; not the children of the spirit whom God foreknew, predestinate, called, justified and glorified.

I have scratched the surface of the sublime doctrine of election.  My only hope is that some of God's people will read it, and God will open their minds to this sublime mystery.

To be continued.