DOES THE CHURCH PARTAKE OF ISRAEL’S SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS?

Pastor Art Watkins of Coden Bible Church (Coden, Alabama)

October 10, 2015

We are told over and over again by dispensationalists that the church has no claim to the blessings God promised Israel in the Old Testament. They even tell us that if we claim the spiritual blessings God promised Israel we are guilty of, “wrongly dividing the word of truth”. But is this true? Let’s ask Paul who is the authority on this matter. Brother Paul, does the church partake of Israel’s spiritual blessings promised to them in the Old Testament? Brother Paul answered that question years ago in Romans 15:27. This is what Paul the apostle of the gentiles said about the spiritual blessings God promised Israel in the Old. Testament.

He wrote: It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. There you have it from the pen of Paul. He says in clear, easy to understand words, that gentile believers partake of Israel’s spiritual things. What are some of their spiritual things and blessings that gentiles now partake of?

--The Gospel of Christ

--The indwelling Spirit of God

--Our Hope of resurrection

--Our Inheritance in the Kingdom of God

--Justification by faith

--Righteousness by faith

--Citizenship in the heavenly city New Jerusalem

--Freedom from the law

--A New nature

--A New Birth

--A divine Great High Priest

--All sufficient, once for all sacrifice for sin

--A divine heavenly mediator

--An eternal heavenly intercessor

--A heavenly hope

--A heavenly temple

--A divine mercy seat and propitiation

--A divine spiritual altar

--Divine Spiritual understanding

--Eternal salvation

--Eternal redemption

--A heavenly calling

--A throne of mercy and grace

--Reconciliation for sin

--Spiritual blessings

--Heavenly citizenship

--Peace of God

--The grace of God

--Adoption as children

--Habitation of God

--Light and salvation

--Spiritual circumcision

All of these promises have two things in common. (1) They are all church blessings we now enjoy. (2) They were all originally promised to Israel in the Old Testament.

Dispensationalists tell us we have no claim to the spiritual blessings God promised Israel in the Old Testament, but Paul the apostle of the gentiles says we do. Who are you going to believe? I believe Paul. How about you?