QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
QUESTION: “ARE
THERE ANY CHRISTIANS IN THE
BOOK OF MATTHEW?”
ANSWER: “OF
COURSE NOT”
A: “Israel (the
Jews) – pork abstaining, temple
attending, Saturday worshipping and animal sacrificing Jews … trying to
keep,
but with absolute failure, the Ten Commandments, while ONLY COVERING
their
past sins (remission) with animal blood sacrifices.”
Q: “Is he
telling them how to become Christians? Is he
preaching the gospel to them?”
A: “How can he?
He hasn’t died and
gone to the cross yet!”
Q: “Well he
seems to preaching about a kingdom of some
sort?”
A: “Yes, it’s
called the kingdom of heaven. He’s got
them on a mountain somewhere, and he’s giving them the Sermon on the
Mount, as
it is popularly called, and yes, he is preaching the gospel to them …
it’s
called the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN GOSPEL.”
Q: “What’s that
about?”
A: “It no longer
exists! Today we only have the KINGDOM
OF GOD GOSPEL.”
Q: “What’s the
difference?”
A: “Jesus says
to them ‘Look men and women of Israel, I
have come to set up a kingdom here on earth … we will call it the
kingdom of
heaven.
(You can
almost hear Jesus saying “Look dear Jews, here is your big
chance before I go to the cross, because after that, the kingdom of
heaven will
not be available to you anymore … we will have the kingdom of God … the
Apostle
Paul will tell you all about that kingdom.)
Q: “Well, what
will this kingdom of heaven be like
Jesus?” they say
A: “Good
question, it will be one of pure works from
start to finish.”
Q: “Like what?”
A: “Like the
following –
1.
You must be pure in heart to see God
(Matt 5:8)
2.
Your righteousness must exceed that
of the Pharisees (Matt 5:20).
3.
Saying “Thou fool” with no good
cause will mean hell fire (Matt 5:22)
4.
Lusting after
women is adultery and equal to the act (Matt 5:27-28)
5.
Pluck your eye out
if
necessary if it causes you to sin (Matt 5:30)
6. There will be
no oaths
using heaven’s name (Matt 5:33)
7.
Limit your agreements
to a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ (Matt 5:37)
8.
Don’t pay back evil for evil
(Matt 5:38-41,42-44) but go the
extra mile (Matt 5:41)
9.
You
have to be perfect like God
(Matt 5:48)
10.
Give alms in secret (Matt 6:1-4)
11.
Pray
in secret (Matt 6:5-8)
12. Forgive others or God won’t forgive you
(Matt 6:14
13.
Fast
in secret (Matt 6:16-18) 14. No hoarding up money or goods (Matt 6:19-21, 24)
15.
No worrying about food and drink (Matt
6:25-28,29-32,33) 16. Take no thought about
tomorrow (Matt 6:34)
17.
No hypocrisy (Matt 7:1-5) 18. Beware
of false prophets (Matt 7:15-18,19-22,23)
Q: “But they are
impossible rules to keep Jesus!” they
said
A: “I know, they
are just like the Ten Commandments which
you couldn’t keep either … but they go even further into the thoughts
and
intents of the heart.”
Q: “How can we
ever keep these rules here on earth?
A: “I’ll do it
for you on our behalf … but theirs is
also one other thing. You’ll need animal blood to cover your past sins
… it’s
called remission for past sins (Rom 3:25)”
Q: Can we then
go to heaven when we die?”
A: “No, you’ll
go to a place under the earth called
Abraham’s Bosom (Luke 16:22) and I’ll come and take you to heaven after
the
cross (Ephesians 4:8)
Q: “Can’t we
just become Christians and go straight into
the kingdom of God?”
A: “No, you’ll
have to wait till I die for that. Till I
die, you must believe on me (John 3:16) that I will keep the Sermon on
the
Mount rules (Matt 5-7) and you must keep going to the temple cover your
past
sins with animal blood.”
Q: “So we are
not Christians then?”
A: “Of course
not!”
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Harley Hitchcock
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