ONENESS # 52

Another Gospel brings another spirit

Evening  May 2, 1993

Brian Kocourek

                              

Oneness Pp. 190 - 192 <read>

I  think we should consider this very carefully. He  said,  "take the  Word like He said it," In other words, "The scripture is  of no  private interpretation." He said what He means and  He  means what He said. He said, that is what broke the union, that is what broke the oneness and fellowship and it broke up Life!

 

Now  that in itself is a pretty definitive statement, really.  To break up the Word or give another meaning to it is to give anoth­er nature to it and therefore another Spirit altogether. Then  it is  no longer the same Spirit, but another Spirit. Then it is  no longer the same message but another Message, another Gospel.

 

Galatians 1: 6 <read>

Removed  from  Who?  Christ. Removed to  where?  Another  Gospel. heteros.  A gospel or a message of another nature. Now  therefore if  it  is  a  Gospel of another nature, then it  must  be  of  a different  Spirit,  right?  And Paul goes on to say,  it  is  not another  as if a completely different one in substance, but  only in nature.           

 

Galatians 1: 7 <read>

Notice, he says a perverted nature.  The word pervert here is the Greek word meta strepho which means literally to change the mind.

 In  other words, these men crept in and got the people  to  change their mind about the nature and characteristics of the Word.

 

Iraneaus  put it so well when he spoke of a master sculpture  who took  gems  and fashioned them into the likeness of  a  king.  He fitted the gems so well together that there was no disputing  the fact  that they formed the image of a King. But then others  came around  and took the statue and broke it to pieces and  took  the same gems and refashioned them into the likeness of a dog or fox. And  yet purely done. But the ignorant come around and look  only to the gems and say in turn, yes this is the image of the king.

 

Paul  called it a perverted Gospel. Not another  one  altogether, for  they still use the same words, "Christ, Holy  Spirit,  Word, Church, Token, Presence, but when you listen to what they have to say it is altogether of a different nature.

 

2 Cor 11: 1-4 <read>

A  Message  of  another nature brings on a  message  with  another Spirit.  That leads to a Jesus of another nature. Until they  are using  the  same  quotes and scriptures  and  they  are  actually viewing  a  different Jesus while claiming to  believe  the  same Jesus.

 

Oneness pp. 193 <read>

 

1 JOHN 1: 1 - 7 <read>

 

Oneness pp. 194 <read> Noah and  His Family. The token must be applied.  "Oh,  the  True Oneness with Him will rise above the judgments."