WHY I AM A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST #10<\/p>\n
INTRODUCTION:<\/p>\n
A. This morning I would like to give another reason why I am a member of the church of Christ – I am a member of the Church of Christ because it teaches the kingdom has now been established and Christ is now reigning.<\/p>\n
B. The future kingdom theory together with the literal reign of Christ upon the earth for a literal 1,000 years has invaded the denominational world, it is publicly being advocated by their preachers, and it has even invaded the decision making of our government.<\/p>\n
1. I could never cast my lot with a religious group which is lending its support to such a wild theory.<\/p>\n
2. This wild theory is called “Premillennialism”<\/p>\n
3. This false doctrine teaches that Christ at His second coming will set up a kingdom (not yet established) and will reign in Jerusalem for a 1,000 years over man on the earth.<\/p>\n
C. No doubt there are some things hard to understand in the Bible, but Premillennialism cannot possibly be true.<\/p>\n
DISCUSSION:<\/p>\n
A. PREMILLENNIALISM CANNOT BE TRUE BECAUSE THE KINGDOM HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED<\/p>\n
1. Daniel, in recalling Nebuchadnezzar’s forgotten dream and in giving the interpretation of it said, “And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed … it shall stand forever” (Dan. 2:44).<\/p>\n
a. What kings? The kings of the Roman Empire, according to the interpretation of the dream in light of sacred and secular history.<\/p>\n
b. God’s ever-standing and never-ending kingdom was to be established while the Romans ruled over man.<\/p>\n
2. In the days of the Roman kings John the Baptist came preaching, “Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mt. 3:1-2).<\/p>\n
3. After John had been put into prison Jesus preached, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand” (Mk. 1:15).<\/p>\n
4. Jesus taught that the kingdom was to come during the lifetime of some of the then-living disciples.<\/p>\n
a. Mark 9:1<\/p>\n
b. Now, either the kingdom has been established, or we have some of the Lord’s disciples living at the age of nearly 2,000 years.<\/p>\n
c. If there is someone that old still around we would have heard of it<\/p>\n
5. When Jesus sent out the seventy, He said, “The kingdom of God is nigh unto you” (Lk. 10:9). That is, it was soon to be established.<\/p>\n
6. We now come to the exact date that the kingdom was established<\/p>\n
a. You will recall Mark 9:1 – this power came on the apostles in Jerusalem on Pentecost following the resurrection of Jesus (Acts 2:1-4).<\/p>\n
b. Therefore, the kingdom came on Pentecost<\/p>\n
7. After Pentecost, Paul wrote, Colossians 1:13<\/p>\n
a. They could have been conveyed or translated into the kingdom if it didn’t exist<\/p>\n
b. And, not only that, John said he was in the kingdom (Revelation 1:9).<\/p>\n
8. The absurdity of this doctrine is again seen when placed alongside of Hebrews 12:28 – if we have received a kingdom that shall not be shaken, how can it be said that the kingdom has not yet come.<\/p>\n
9. Consider also that it is preposterous to look for a kingdom to be established on the earth, for Jesus His kingdom was not of this world (Jn. 18:36).<\/p>\n
B. PREMILLENNIALISM CANNOT BE TRUE BECAUSE CHRIST’S THRONE IS IN HEAVEN<\/p>\n
1. Zechariah said that Christ “shall sit and rule upon his throne” (Zech. 6:13).<\/p>\n
a. Christ is now sitting at God’s right hand (Acts 2:30-35)<\/p>\n
b. Therefore, Christ’s throne is at God’s right hand. Not on earth!<\/p>\n
2. Zechariah declared that Christ would be a priest on His throne (Zech. 6:13).<\/p>\n
a. Paul said that Christ is a great high priest in heaven (Heb. 4:14)<\/p>\n
b. Therefore, Christ’s throne is in heaven. Not on the earth!<\/p>\n
3. Consider this as well, wherever Christ cannot be a priest He cannot have His throne, for Christ “shall be a priest on his throne” (Zech. 6:13).<\/p>\n
a. Christ cannot be a priest on earth – Hebrews 8:4<\/p>\n
b. Therefore, it is impossible for His throne to be on the earth. It must be in heaven!<\/p>\n
C. PREMILLENNIALISM CANNOT BE TRUE BECAUSE IT TEACHES WE ARE NOT LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS<\/p>\n
1. Peter’s statement on the day of Pentecost, “This is the last days,” is sufficient enough to prove doctrine false.<\/p>\n
2. All premillennialists hold that we are not living in the last days.<\/p>\n
3. They teach that Jesus will inaugurate the last days at His second coming.<\/p>\n
4. But the inspired apostle Peter said the last days began when the kingdom began on the day of Pentecost following the resurrection of Jesus<\/p>\n
5. Who are we going to believe?<\/p>\n
D. PREMILLENNIALISM CANNOT BE TRUE BECAUSE AT THE LORD’S RETURN THE EARTH WILL BE BURNED UP<\/p>\n
1. Consider – 2 Peter 3:10<\/p>\n
2. How will Jesus reign on the earth if it is burned up?<\/p>\n
E. PREMILLENNIALISM CANNOT BE TRUE BECAUSE REVELATION 20:1-6 DOES NOT TEACH IT<\/p>\n
1. Revelation 20:1-6<\/p>\n
2. This is the premillennialists’ sugar stick text, but notice what it does not mention:<\/p>\n
a. The second coming of Christ<\/p>\n
b. Christ’s reign on the earth<\/p>\n
c. A resurrection of the body<\/p>\n
d. Christ ever being on the earth again<\/p>\n
e. That we will reign with Him, but rather those who had been “beheaded for the testimony of Jesus” (v. 4)<\/p>\n
3. This passage is teeming with figurative language<\/p>\n
a. They have taken one phrase out of a passage full of figurative language and have tried to make that one phrase (“reign with him a thousand years”) as literal<\/p>\n
b. Why do they take that one phrase literally and not the others?<\/p>\n
CONCLUSION:<\/p>\n
I am a member of the Church of Christ because it teaches the kingdom has now been established and Christ is now reigning Invitation<\/p>\n
*From Leroy Brownlow’s book “Why I Am A Member Of The Church of Christ”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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