Sonoftheday
Puritan Board Sophomore
This past week I had a discussion with someone who holds to this Hyperdispensationalism. I had never heard of this teaching and he didnt call it by name but after listening to him lecture me for an hour and half cause I didnt hold to dispensationalism I had plenty of information to get online and find out what this strange teaching was. He said a number of things that I found very disturbing.
He said Jesus, James, Peter, John all taught a different gospel than Paul was given.
Paul's epistles are the writings that contain the doctrine for the Church, or for this dispensation of Grace.
The dispensation of Grace began with the Jerusalem council in acts 15.
He took offense to me saying that Jesus is enthroned in heaven now.
He also stated that the church is not the people of God, Israel is the people of God, the church is the "body of Christ".
Here is a website I found that seemed to align quite well with he was trying to teach me. Basics of Mid-Acts Dispensationalism
This is the Table of contents from the site.
How would respond to this type of statements. They are clearly outside of Orthodoxy, but do they come into the category of heresy? Have any of you had any experience dealing with this false theology before?
He said Jesus, James, Peter, John all taught a different gospel than Paul was given.
Paul's epistles are the writings that contain the doctrine for the Church, or for this dispensation of Grace.
The dispensation of Grace began with the Jerusalem council in acts 15.
He took offense to me saying that Jesus is enthroned in heaven now.
He also stated that the church is not the people of God, Israel is the people of God, the church is the "body of Christ".
Here is a website I found that seemed to align quite well with he was trying to teach me. Basics of Mid-Acts Dispensationalism
This is the Table of contents from the site.
1. Dispensational Theology distinguishes between Israel and the Church
2. Unaware that Jesus will be crucified, the 12 preach the gospel of the kingdom
3. Isaiah chapter 53
4. Rightly dividing the word: A scriptural necessity
5. The new covenant did NOT begin with the birth of Christ
6. Circumcision: The TOKEN of the Abrahamic Covenant
7. The children of Israel were to SEPARATE themselves from the Gentiles
8. God promised to BLESS those who blessed Abraham's "seed", the nation of Israel
9. Gentiles were excluded from Christ's earthly ministry
10. In Acts 10, Cornelius does not portray today's salvation of Uncircumcised Gentiles
11. Even in Acts 3, Israel was STILL the "seed" through whom the nations were blessed
12. The "Great Commission", being prophetic, was interrupted
13. The "dispensation of grace": Prophecy interrupted; an unprophesied mystery begins
14. Grecians, in Acts chapters 6 and 11, were Greek-speaking JEWS, not Gentiles
15. The book of James was not written to Gentiles
16. The Apostle Paul - 14 passages which state that he is the Lord's Spokesman to the Gentiles
How would respond to this type of statements. They are clearly outside of Orthodoxy, but do they come into the category of heresy? Have any of you had any experience dealing with this false theology before?