A Bible Study on the Book of Romans based upon the homilies of St John Chrysostom in Tarpon Springs, Florida. http://www.LiveANewLifeInChrist.org/romans
A Bible Study on the Book of Romans based upon the homilies of St John Chrysostom in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Hey folks,
To clear up any confusion I may have caused by my question in the livestream, it sounded like Chrysostom was saying what some modern dispensationalists teach; i.e. that the church is not the Israel of God but a "parenthesis" in the progress of Israel's prophesied history. Further, they believe that the land promises in the Old Testament apply not to the church (spiritually/allegorically) but literally to ethnic Israelites who will embrace Christ right before the Second Coming. This teaching originated with John Nelson Darby and is a staple in most evangelical Baptist and Pentecostal churches. Many of these people are also ardent Zionists who believe that the founding of the modern state of Israel in 1948 constitutes a partial fulfillment of these prophecies.
Given Chrysostom's unequivocal attacks on Christians who take up Jewish practices (which serve as the basis of the claim that he was an anti-Semite), it is obviously ridiculous to think that he would teach what I described above.
Such a relief to hear Father say that Our Lord wasn’t crucified as a sort of legal requirement. It’s actually a very vile type of heresy that these “judeochrists” preach imo. They preach from the spirit of Baal when they smile as they jump about screeching and rejoicing as they say things like “I’m standing at the foot of the cross being washed in blood” and also “God couldn’t even look at Christ because Jesus became sin and it delighted….delighted the Lord to punish Jesus for us”. This is what they say. They smile as they say this. They say that God “turned from Jesus and looked away with disgusted as he delighted and took pleasure in the suffering “. It’s just disgusting. They tried telling my youngest daughter that if she repeated the “sinners prayer” that she’d go to heaven no matter what and that she could commit murder and still go to heaven. No lie. God is my witness. Like sociopaths. They said “repeat the romans road prayer and you can murder”. God is my witness. It’s the Spirit of Baal.
The Crucifiction should SOFTEN OUR HEARTS and bring us to repent. Psalm 22 says “I am a worm” and The Lord cried out Psalm 22 when he says “why has thou forsaken me”. He likens Himself to a worm. A worm is necessary for farmers. They soften the earth. Like how Christ softens rather hard hearted by SHOWING what our sin does. We hurt the Creator and His Creation. This Truth should SOFTEN our hears.
But the Baal worshippers preach a different and vile word. They say that God delighted in punishment to fulfill the law. Then they smile and wave their bibles around like they’re Harry Potter waving about a magic wand after they performed a sacrifice.
Just disgusting.