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[COLOSSIANS 3:3-7 KJV] 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

We in the body of Christ are told to mortify, put to death, our fleshly members because our life is hid with Christ. We are to look not on our earthly life, but our life with Christ. We are to look to when we will appear in glory.

The following passages reflect this as well. The works of the flesh should be mortified because we are dead to that life, We are to know that we are dead to the flesh and have a new glory in Christ:
[1CORINTHIANS 6:9-11 KJV] 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
[GALATIONS 5:19-21 KJV] 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

[Matthew 3:7 KJV]
"But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?"........What is the wrath to come?

[1Thesalonians 1:10 KJV]
"And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come."........we are said to be delivered from "the wrath to come". Is this the same wrath John spoke of in Matthew 3:7?

[Romans 5:9 KJV]
"Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.".........Again we have assurance that we have been saved from wrath.

Wrath needs to be examined to know the extent of our deliverance from it.

[Isaiah 13:9 KJV]
"Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it."

[Isaiah 13:13 KJV]
"Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger."

[Revelations 6:16 KJV]
"And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:"[Rev 6:17 KJV]"For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

[Zephaniah 1:18 KJV]
"Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land."

[Romans 2:5 KJV]
"But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;"..........All of these verses speak of the day of the Lord. Without doubt, it can be safely said we will not endure wrath in the day pf the Lord. This is the wrath John the Baptist warned Israel of. The day of the Lord occurs at the end of the tribulation, which Israel will endure. Believing Israel will be preserved in the tribulation and at it's end, when Christ returns, they will enter their prophetic kingdom on earth.

We are spared facing wrath in the day of the Lord, but are we saved from the tribulation?

[2Thesalonians 2:1 KJV]
"Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and [by] our gathering together unto him," [2Th 2:2 KJV] "That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand."

[2Thesalonians 2:8 KJV] "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:".........The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to destroy that Wicked Antichrist is the day of Christ; it is not our gathering together (the rapture). The rapture is only revealed to be for the body of Christ. When John declared escaping the "wrath to come" he couldn't have been speaking of the rapture because that was not revealed until Paul did so. The rapture is not the day of Christ; the day of Christ occurs at the same time as the day of the Lord and could be said to be detailing Christ's role in the day of the Lord.

The day of the Lord is not the only time his wrath is revealed. There are other passages to consider in the tribulation that speak of wrath. Since we are told we are saved from wrath, then we have to be saved from all instances of wrath in the tribulation.

"And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth." [Revelation 11:18 KJV]

"And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the wrath of God." [Revelation 14:19 KJV]

"And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God." [Revelation 15:1 KJV]

"And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever." [Revelation 15:7 KJV]

"And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth." [Revelation 16:1 KJV].........All of these verses speak of wrath and are not directly happening at the day of the Lord. The wrath in these verses happen outside of the day of the Lord. If we are saved from wrath, then we are saved from the wrath of the tribulation as well. The tribulation is a time of God's wrath. Our gathering together, the rapture, occurs to deliver us from the wrath of the tribulation.

The parable of the sower taught by the Lord Jesus Christ will be examined in a new light. I will attempt to show how this parable pictures the threefold rejection of Israel to repent and receive their promised earthly kingdom, and upon their unbelief, the turn to the Gentiles. In the kingdom, Jesus will reign on David's throne from Jerusalem, believing Israel will reign with him for a thousand years, and the believing remnant of Israel will be a blessing to bring Gentiles to the Lord.

JESUS SPEAKS THE PARABLE TO THE MULTITUDE

[Luke 8:4 KJV]
"And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:"

[Matthew 13:2 KJV]
"And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore."

[Mark 4:1 KJV]
"And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land."
[Mark 4:2 KJV]
"And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,"

THE SEED FELL BY THE WAYSIDE

[Luke 8:5 KJV]
"A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it."

[Matthew 13:3 KJV]
"And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;"
[Matthew 13:4 KJV]
"And when he sowed, some [seeds] fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:"

[Mark 4:3 KJV]
"Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:"
[Mark 4:4 KJV]
"And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up."

THE EXPLANATION

[Luke 8:11 KJV]
"Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God."
[Luke 8:12 KJV]
"Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved."

[Matthew 13:19 KJV]
"When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side."
Jesus was teaching about the kingdom of God, the prophetic earthy kingdom in which Christ will reign along with believing Israel. The word of the kingdom is the gospel of the kingdom.
[Matthew 4:23 KJV]
"And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people."

[Mark 4:15 KJV]
"And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts."

THE ROCK

[Luke 8:6 KJV]
"And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture."

[Matthew 13:5 KJV]
"Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:"
[Matthew 13:6 KJV]
"And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away."

[Mark 4:5 KJV]
"And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:"
[Mark 4:6 KJV]
"But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away."


THE EXPLANATION

[Luke 8:13 KJV]
"They on the rock [are they], which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away."

[Matthew 13:20 KJV]
"But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;"
[Matthew 13:21 KJV]
"Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended."

[Mark 4:16 KJV]
"And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;"
[Mark 4:17 KJV]
"And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended."

THE THORNS

[Luke 8:7 KJV]
"And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it."

[Matthew 13:7 KJV]
"And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:"

[Mark 4:7 KJV]
"And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit."

THE EXPLANATION

[Luke 8:14 KJV]
"And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of [this] life, and bring no fruit to perfection."

[Matthew 13:22 KJV]
"He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful."

[Mark 4:18 KJV]
"And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,"
[Mark 4:19 KJV]
"And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful."

THE GOOD GROUND

[Luke 8:8 KJV]
"And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

[Matthew 13:8 KJV]
"But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold."

[Mark 4:8 KJV]
"And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred."

THE EXPLANATION

[Luke 8:15 KJV]
"But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep [it], and bring forth fruit with patience."

[Matthew 13:23 KJV]
"But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth [it]; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."

[Mark 4:20 KJV]
"And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive [it], and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred."

THE KINGDOM OFFERED

The Lord Jesus preached that the kingdom was at hand. Israel as a nation had to repent and believe. The parable of the sower details how Israel failed to repent.

Israel had to repent and believe on Christ, become fruitful, and receive their kingdom. There is much emphasis on being righteous and fruitful to enter the kingdom.
[Matthew 3:10 KJV]
"And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire."

THREE CALLS TO REPENTANCE AND THREE WARNINGS

The parable of the sower expressed unbelieving and unfruitful Israel's rejection of the kingdom three times; by the wayside, on the rock, and among thorns.

There are three instances when the nation of Israel rejected their kingdom offer as well as three times when Paul told them their rejection would result in offering salvation to the Gentiles instead.

THE FIRST FAILURE TO REPENT

 [Act 2:38 KJV]
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."

THE SECOND FAILURE TO REPENT

[Acts 3:19 KJV]
"Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;"

THE THIRD FAILURE TO REPENT

[Acts 8:22 KJV]
"Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee."

PAUL'S FIRST WARNING

[Acts 13:46 KJV]
"Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles."
Here is the first pronunciation to Israel that that God would turn to the Gentiles.

PAUL'S SECOND WARNING

[Acts 18:6 KJV]
"And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook [his] raiment, and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I [am] clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles."

PAUL'S THIRD WARNING

[Acts 28:28 KJV]
"Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and [that] they will hear it."

"Dispensationalism seems to allow for 2 plans....
Plan A failed....so now God must put into effect Plan B."

The above is what was said to me when we were discussing dispensationalism. Implied is that God's plan A to save Israel failed, which caught him off-guard, and necessitated scrambling to come up with plan B. Plan B was to save Gentiles instead.

Dispensationalism, that I know of, never proposed this. This idea is to be refuted no matter who would teach it.

[ACTS 2:23 KJV] 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:...........God has complete foreknowledge, and his purposes will always be fulfilled while allowing free will and justly holding mankind accountable for their actions.

[ROMANS 11:11-12 KJV] 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but [rather] through their fall salvation [is come] unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 12 Now if the fall of them [be] the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?...........God knew, and determined, Israel would fall to bring salvation to the Gentiles

[ROMANS 11:30-32 KJV] 30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. 32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all......Gentiles were in unbelief as well as Israel, and thru Israel's unbelief the Gentiles obtained mercy. God's wisdom provided remedy for the unbelief of both Gentiles and Israel, and extend his mercy to all..........[ROMANS 11:33 KJV] 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Israel will be saved.........[ROMANS 11:26 KJV] 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

[Philippians 3:9 KJV] 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

The faith of Christ consists of the teaching that we are saved by Christ's faith. This may not mean much to you if you haven't been exposed to it, but I think it needs to be disputed.

Our faith doesn't save us, the object of our faith does. Jesus saves us. Our faith in Christ believes that Jesus is the sinless Son of God who could take our place in payment for our sins, and by his shed blood and death we have forgiveness of all our sin; that belief is accounted for our righteousness..........[Galatians 3:6 KJV] 6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

I find no scripture that says Christ had faith.

They equate the faithfulness of God with the faith of Christ, which is unfounded. It is one thing to be faithful and another to have faith. You can't change the word of God to substantiate your view.

[Philippians 1:27 KJV] 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;.........finally let's examine this verse. If you can say the faith of Christ means that Christ exhibited faith, then why does saying the faith of the gospel means something different? According to their interpretation "the faith of the gospel" means the gospel has faith, does it not? No, this verse is describing that faith is to be placed in the gospel, just as faith is to be placed in Christ; it identifies the object of our faith not that the object of our faith has faith of itself.