Bishop's Epistle: February 2013

Thursday, February 28, 2013

An Exegesis of First Corinthians 8:6-7

by Bishop Jerry Hayes

Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), 6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live. 7 However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse. (1Corinthians 8:4-7)

Our focus is vv6 and 7. However, I have given vv 4-7 in order to present the context of the vv under consideration. The context is eating food offered to idols, and the One God of the Christians as opposed to the many gods of the non-believers.

In v6 Paul declares the Father to be the only God. Then he proceeds to mention Jesus Christ as the Lord. Jesus is mentioned separate from the ONLY God, who is the Father. Paul does not call Jesus God here (although he does at: Ro 9:5,Titus 2:13. Col 2:9, Acts 20:28) , nor is he referencing Jesus as God. In this place, Paul speaks of Jesus in His role as the Son of God, i.e. the human Christ. (The term “Lord” is in the sense of a human Lord — not as LORD God. Lord, in the sense that He, as a human, has won the victory over all evil and is humanly Lord of all the human sphere. Lord of sin, because He conquered sin, Lord over death because He conquered death. One should see Romans 8:3, He condemned sin “in the flesh;” Ephesians 2:15, He abolished “in His flesh the enmity... ;” Colossians 1:21b-22 He has “reconciled in the body of his flesh” the believers through His death; but, especially Hebrews 5:5-10, “So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:“You are My Son,Today I have begotten You.”6 As He also says in another place:“You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek”;7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10 called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek.” This may be a difficult understanding to grasp, if one is of the opinion that the term “Lord” [when associated with Jesus] is always an indicator of His deity; which view, has been among the Oneness believers, almost from the beginning of the last century; but, I, personally, do not feel it is the most correct view.)

The phrase, “Of whom are all things” (Gk, ex ou) means “out of”, or “from whom;” the Father is the “source of the the universe,” as in Romans 11:36, and Colossians 1:16.

The pharse “and we for Him” (KJV has “we in him”) is the Gk “ei auton;” means that God is our goal.

Concerning the Son of God (the humanity of Jesus), when the text says, “by whom are all things” (KJV) the Gk is “de ou: is speaking of the “instrument” of creation. Here the text says that all things were made “by” the Son; as in Ephesians 3:9; Hebrews 1:12. Now we know, from Scripture that Father God created all things. So, how is it, then, that the worlds were created “by” the Son, if the Son is man, not God? The way the Trinitarian explains this is that the Father (God the First Person) created through the Son (God the Second Person) as a agent; as one might hire a carpenter to build a house. The owner could say that he build the house through the carpenter, as his an agent. (But a more correct statement by the owner would be to say that he “had” the house build.) This does violence to Scripture, because the Father says in Isaiah 44:24, “I am the Lord, who makes all things, Who stretches The proper way to think of the Son creating is that He was the “instrument” of creation. God could not have created except “by” the work of the Son — on the cross. That is why the Bible states clearly that the Son was crucified BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD (Hebrews 4:3; 1 Peter 1:20; Revelation 13:8). God knew His universe would fall into sin, therefore all of creation was predicated upon that finished work of the Son of God — redemption. The Sonship, then was the “blueprint” (the instrument) by which God the Father created!

There is a very real sense in which the humanity of Jesus cannot be excluded from the creation any more than can wisdom or understanding. Proverbs 3:19 states: “The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.” If we are not to understand that neither wisdom nor understanding physically made the worlds, then why should not the same discernment be applied to the statements concerning the worlds being made by the Son. In fact, this is seen to be reasonable by the Greek text of the passages under consideration. Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon, Edinburg, 1901, pages 133 and 134: Greek dia as found in Hebrews 1:2 and translated in the KJV as by, is the instrumental cause; of the ground or reason of which anything is or is not done; by reason of, because of… . Therefore, God the Father created by (dia) the Son. That is to say, With the Son in view, as the cause – the ground – the reason – and the instrument of creation (Hebrews 4:3; 1 Peter 1:20; Revelation 13:8).

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Friday, February 22, 2013

Bishop Jerry Hayes, Water Baptism Q &A, 1st in series.mov

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Apostolic Eschatology

Letters to My Children

Bishop Jerry Hayes

This is the Introduction to a series of letters I wrote to my three children upon receiving the light of Apostolic Eschatology. At the time I did not know what to call the enlightenment. I only knew the light was bright and glorious. I wish to share this with you.

Dear Beloved Children,
Praise the Lord and God of us all, namely, Jesus Christ.

The Lord has placed in my heart to write a series of letters to you for the purpose of sharing the biblical principles of the Messiah’s Covenant Kingdom. I would like nothing better than to instruct you all in these principles face to face, but the present circumstances require the present means. I pray that all of you prove yourselves true Disciples of Christ by searching the Scriptures to see if these things are true; and that you follow as your example the Bereans who searched the Scriptures daily to see if the things taught them by the Apostle Paul were indeed so. (See the book of Acts chapter 17 and verses 10-11.)

As I move toward a new chapter of my life concerning the work of the Lord (I speak of the teaching and preaching of Kingdom Dominion and Covenant Theology) it is my deepest wish and profound prayer that you, my children both in flesh and spirit, will be able to labor with me in this most noble of causes.

As each of you know by now, a concept of the Kingdom of God has laid hold on me in a hard and fast manner which is somewhat different from the view that is commonly held by most Pentecostal authorities. (Of course I mention Pentecostal authorities, because for the past several generations our family has been a very large part of that particular movement.) However, history testifies that the common view (in most Pentecostal and mainline Evangelical churches), now called Dispensationalism, is actually rather new, and therefore neo-orthodox. The orthodox view of the Mystery of God (see Rev. 10:7) as it was believed by most Christians before the American Civil War was the view of the Kingdom Dominion as I have now come to embrace. It seems that Dispensationalism (see P. S. #1) took root in American Evangelicalism and spread throughout the world by means of Evangelical missionary activity. Before the American Civil War (1861-65) most Christian bodies viewed God’s plan for the ages (the Mystery of God – Rev 10:11) as that of Kingdom Dominion: namely, the converting of the world to Christ Jesus! However, this particular war (which took the lives of more Americans that all other wars even up to this present time) fought by our nation, where the Christian North and the Christian South killed one another in such a wholesale manner, caused the religious teachers to rethink their position on the Kingdom of God. The world, to them, was not getting better but worse. It appeared that the end was near and Christ would surely return soon. About this time an English minister by the name of Darby (Plymouth Brethren) first popularized the view now called Dispensationalism. Coming on the heels of the American Civil War was the Great War (1915-1917) or World War One, as it came to be called after the Second World War (1941-1945). These two great world conflicts seemed to give validity to Dispensationalism’s call for the imminent physical return of Christ and the appearing of the Antichrist. It was in the midst of all this that an American Bible expositor by the name of Schofield wrote his famous Study Bible which carries his name to this very day. Mr. Schofield’s Study Bible contains notes that are both Dispensational and Calvinistic (see P.S. #2). This particular study source was widely used by evangelical preachers and Bible colleges throughout the last half of the twentieth century. Adding to this has been the troubled events of the world for the last fifty or so years that have been touted as the signs of the times which presage the end of time.

Though this may seem like sound reasoning at first thought, when one applies oneself to rightly dividing the Scripture it seems far more likely that the shaking and trembling of the earth for the last 150 (or so) years are not signs of the end; but instead they should more correctly be understood as birth pangs of something new – namely, the consummation of the Kingdom of God.

In this consummation of God’s kingdom the earth will be united under the theocracy of the one true God of Heaven. All men will live in a community of peace and love as set forth by the New Testament. The New Testament has many names for this community which we will discuss later. To arrive at that place the Church should began now to establish micro communities throughout the earth.

These communities should be established on the principle of Christian order under Christ as the one and only Principality.

When we think of the Kingdom in terms of Christian Community (see P. S. #3), we only reach validity in such thought within the framework of Kingdom Dominion and Covenant Theology. What I intend by the term Kingdom Dominion may or may not be what others have suggested. I have not studied other writers nor have I followed after other Christian thinkers on this matter; therefore I am in no position to speak on what others have in the past called Kingdom Dominion. Having said that permit me to request permission to define my own terms and use them accordingly. What I, therefore, mean by Kingdom Dominion is that Christ’s purpose and will is for His Church to evangelize and establish His rule throughout the earth to the point that “the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and his Christ” (see Rev. 11:15). It is this exact view of the kingdom that was taught by Jesus in the parable of The Leaven recorded by Matthew in 13:33 of his Gospel.

33. Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

In this parable, according to Jesus, the kingdom of heaven (which He likened unto leaven) is “hidden” in the world (which Christ likened unto meal) until the whole world becomes the Kingdom of Heaven. It is only within this view that establishing Christian communities in order to affect society has justification. But, more important than that: if Kingdom Dominion is in fact the true teaching of Scripture the Church of Jesus Christ has no choice but to work toward the establishing of that Kingdom in the earth. Thereby, fulfilling the prayer He taught each of us to pray; namely, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as in heaven” (Matt 6:10).

It is to this purpose (i.e. the occupation of the earth by the Lord’s Church) that I begin this series of letters. I do not yet know how many there will be, but I will attempt to be systematic so that each letter will build upon the one preceding it. I humbly request that you all pray for me that I may communicate faithfully onto paper what The Spirit has written on my heart.

Because of the Cross,

I am Your Devoted Father

Bishop Jerry Hayes

Read other epistles from the pen of the Bishop on Prophecy:

"Apostolic Kingdom Theology vs Futurism"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/07/apostolic-kingdom-theology-vs-futurism.html

"Dating the Book of Revelation"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/07/dating-book-of-revelation.html

"Prophecy and the Spiral Staircase"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/04/bible-prophecy-and-spiral-staircas.html

"Apostolic Eschatology"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/02/apostolic-eschatology.html

"The Prophets Speak of the Church"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-prophets-speak-of-church.html

God’s New Covenant With Israel

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/05/gods-new-covenant-with-israel.html

Apostolic Kingdom Theology vs Futurism

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/07/apostolic-kingdom-theology-vs-futurism.html

The Three Horsemen of Dispensationalism

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-three-horsemen-of-dispensationalism.html

Correct Method of Interpreting the Book of Revelation

http://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/07/correct-method-of-interpreting.html

Joel's Messianic Kingdom (The Church of Jesus Christ)
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/06/joels-messianic-age-church-of-jesus.html

Millennial Reign of Christ
http://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/09/millennial-reign-of-christ.html

All These Things (A Study on Matthew 24)
http://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/09/all-these-things-kingdom-teaching-of.html

Second Coming of Christ Jesus
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/09/second-coming-of-christ-jesus.html

The Crux of the Matter (What Did Jesus Mean By "The Generation"?)
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-crux-of-matter-what-did-jesus-mean.html

The Apocalypse, is the introduction to the biblical book of Revelation. Here Bishop Hayes also gives a verse by verse commentary of the first three chapters of the Apostle John's Revelation of Jesus Christ, covering the letters addressed to the seven churches of Asia Minor. The Bible student will thrill at the Bishop's easy evangelistic style of presenting deep and unique truths never before published. In this study a wealth of information will be shared with the disciples of Christ on each verse of this great manuscript.

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After spending over forty years in the dispensational doctrine, and having raise my children in that theological framework, I became a convinced adherent to a "kingdom" theology that recognizes the Church as the Israel of God, and that the first century actually saw the fulfillment of most of Matthew chapter 24. "Letters to My Children on Apostolic Kingdom Theology" is a compilation of twenty four letters written to my children explaining my journey. These "Letters" provide a systematic approach to Apostolic Eschatological study of Scripture. It is sure to interest all students of Scriptures.

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Hebrew Monotheism

The Hebrew concept of God is clearly seen in the Shema Israel, “HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD.” (Deuteronomy 6:4). The ONE, here referred to, is a Solitary, not a Compound, One. We do see this beyond question in Deuteronomy 32:39. Let us look closely at this scripture.

Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is not God with me, I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

Here the spokesman is Yahweh,

Who alone is the Most High.

Who speaks of Himself as a single Being.

“I” (Hebrew: aniy) first person singular personal pronoun.
“He” (Hebrew: huw) third person masculine singular personal pronoun.
“With me” (Hebrew immade) it is the preposition ‘immad’ suffixed with the first person singular personal pronoun. The personal pronouns in an abbreviated form are affixed to nouns, prepositions, etc, to express the genitive and objective cases. THEREFORE, THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION IS A SINGLE PERSON.
“My hand” (Hebrew: meyade) it is the noun “yad” suffixed with the first person singular possessive pronoun. THE HAND WAS THE POSSESSION OF ONE PERSON.
All the verbs of this verse are the first person singular form. In Hebrew the verb must agree with its subject in number and gender.

Thus, the Divine person, in this verse, spoke of Himself as a single person and stated that no other person of deity existed.

It is abundantly clear that Hebrew Monotheism was a believe in one solitary God. It was not an understanding of “one” in a compound sense. To believe in God as a solitary being is of so much importance that Jesus taught it to be the first of all commandments. When Jesus was asked, by a young man, which of the Commandments was the first of all, he was told by Christ that the first commandment was “Here O, Israel the Lord Our God Is One Lord.” (Mark 12:29).

Apostolically Speaking
☩☩ Jerry L Hayes
(Mar David Ignatius)

Read other essays from the Bishop on the subject of the Godhead:

"The Dual Nature Of Jesus Of Nazareth"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-dual-nature-of-jesus-of-nazareth.html

"The Worlds, Made By The Son"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-worlds-made-by-son.html

"Hebrews 13:8 vs 1 Corinthians 15:28"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2012/12/hebrews-138-vs-1-corinthians-1528.html

"Glory With The Father"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2012/12/glory-with-father.html

"Philippians 2:6-8, Answering Trinitarian Objections"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/02/philippains-26-8-answering-trinitarian.html

"How Is God One?"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-is-god-one.html

"An Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 8:6-7"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/02/an-exegesis-of-first-corinthians-86-7.html

"Answering Trinitarian Objections To The Oneness Faith"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/03/answering-trinitarian-objections-to.html

"The Apostolic Creed"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-believe-in-one-god-1-solitary-in.html

"Jesus Is Father God"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/07/jesus-is-father-god.html

"Homoousia And The Creed Of Nicaea"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/10/homoousia-and-creed-of-nicaea.html

"The Triquetra And Modalism"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/12/triquetra-and-modalism.html

"Modalism, Simultaneous Or Sequential?"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2014/01/modalism-biblical-and-historical.html

"Micah 5:2-4, An Exegesis"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2014/02/micah-52-4-exegesis-but-thou-bethlehem.html

"Elohim, the Plural form For God"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2014/10/answering-trinitarian-objections-to.html

"Can the Deity of Jesus Be called The Son Of God?"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/04/can-deity-of-jesus-be-called-son-of-god.html

"Mathematical Equation For The Godhead"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/04/mathematical-equation-of-godhead-1x1x11.html

"Hebrew Monotheism, Second Edition"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/05/hebrew-monotheism.html

"Jesus, On God's Right Hand"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/05/jesus-on-gods-right-hand.html

"The Name of the Deity" (The Tetragrammaton)

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-name-of-deity-tetragrammaton.html

"Christology of the Apostolic Church Fathers"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/06/christology-of-apostolic-church-fathers.html

"Christian Modalism challenged by the Greeks"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/06/christian-modalism-challenged-by-greeks.html

"The Apologists and the Logos Christology"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-apologist-and-logos-christology.html

"Logos Christology"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/06/logos-christology.html

"The Seven Spirits of God"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/07/revelation-14-apostolically-speaking.html

"Historical Numerical Superiority of the Monarchians"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-historical-numerical-superiority-of.html

"How Is God One?" Second Edition

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/07/how-is-god-one.html

"Creed of Nicæa (Creed of the 318) Affirmed"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/09/creed-of-nica-creed-of-318-affirmed.html

"Another Comforter (Answering Objections to Modalism)"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/09/another-comforter-answering-objections.html

"Echad vs Yachid (Answering Objections to Modalism)"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/09/echad-vs-yachid-answering-objections-to.html

"The Godhead Teaching of Ignatius of Antioch"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/10/godhead-theology-of-bishop-ignatius-of.html

"Hebrews 1:8, (Answering Objections to Modalism)"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/10/godhead-theology-of-bishop-ignatius-of.html

"Godhead Theology of the Tabernacle of Moses"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2016/08/godhead-theology-of-tabernacle-of-moses_5.html

"Proper Biblical Understanding of the Word 'Person'"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2017/04/proper-biblical-understanding-of-word.html

"Defense of Isaiah 9:6, Answering Objections to Modalism"

https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2017/04/defense-of-isaiah-96.html

Defense of 1 Timothy 3:16 (Answering Objections to Modalism)

http://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/06/defense-of-first-timothy-316-answering.html

Godhead Theology is a study of Christian Godhead theology. ... Was He God or not? In Godhead Theology Bishop Jerry Hayes follows that debate through the first 300 years of the Church's history. Our book is in five sections: Section One ... demonstrates Modalistic Monarchianism as the original orthodoxy of the Chruch; Section Two introduces the Apostolic Creed ... ; Section Three is an affirmation of Modalistic Monarchianism; Section Four is Modalism's responses to objection from the pluralists Trinitarians, Binitarians, Arians and Semi-Arians. Included are two comprehensive indexes: Subject Index and Scripture Index. 613 pages.

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Sunday, February 17, 2013

How is God One

The Crux of the Matter

In a study of the Godhead there must first be a clear definition of the terms being used. This becomes especially important in any kind of discussion, but particularly when the Godhead is in view. A classic example of this is found in the understanding, or I should say the different understandings of the term, MONOTHEISM. The dictionary defines monotheism as the doctrine or belief that there is but one God. Of all the religions of the world only three proclaim themselves monotheistic: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. For the purpose of our study we will discard Islam and consider only the first and the second, Judaism and Christianity.

Since the Christian faith sprang from the cradle of the Hebrew faith it would only seem logical that Christianity would maintain the monotheistic teachings of her spiritual Hebrew forefathers. While we hold this to be the fact in true Christianity, we must recognize a mutated form of monotheism that has appeared and spread through the ranks of Christendom to the point that it is today considered by the vast majority as being orthodox. This corrupted form of monotheism, unlike the true Monotheism of the Hebrew prophets of the Old Testament, declares God to be a compound One.. By "compound" is meant: composed of, or resulting from union of separate elements, ingredients, of parts.

This teaching, called the Trinity confesses to believe in One God made up of three separate and distinct elements; namely, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. These different elements are freely termed by the Trinitarian as Persons, or even Beings. Today when the Trinity is being expressed, one often hears the phrase: God is one in Unity. Here the term ONE has been redefined to no longer refer to the cardinal numeral, but instead to a compound one.

Thus, any discussion on the subject of the Godhead, in order to be fruitful, must include an investigation of the legality of the definition of the term 'ONE.' Thus, the CRUX of the mater: Do the Scriptures which teach that God is One mean to say God is One in a SOLITARY sense? Or, do the scriptures which teach that God is One intend to teach God is One in a COMPOUND sense?

Apostolically Speaking

Defense of 1 Timothy 3:16 (Answering Objections to Modalism)

http://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/06/defense-of-first-timothy-316-answering.html

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