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Originally Posted by Vendetta Ride
Regarding the verse "To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins" (Acts 10:43), and my questions "New Testament prophets only? Or Old Testament major and minor prophets too?" you replied:
I believe it refers to the Old Testament prophets, up to and including John the Baptist, who was the last.
When I was at PBI, this question came up, and Ruckman challenged the class: "Go home and find a place in any of the prophets where it says, explicitly, that one must be saved by faith alone in Jesus Christ." I'm paraphrasing, of course; it's been twenty years.
But none of us could find such a verse.
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"To him give all the prophets witness,
that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins" (Acts 10:43).
I'm wondering what this verse really means, then. Is it
believing in Him,
plus something else for some individuals in history and individuals at some future time?
And what does this mean in Hebrews 11?
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach
of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
Then there are these passages that create some questions,
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them” (Ezekiel 36:26–27).
“But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people” (Jeremiah 31:33).
“For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us:
for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin” (Hebrews 10:14–18).
What was King David's understanding when he wrote?
"The LORD said unto
my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool" (Psalm 110:1).
"But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool" (Hebrews 10:12-13).
"Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places," (Ephesians 1:20).
I'm still learning.
