Surpassed verses of Scripture

Hi Lutero, 

You said:

Did you know that the verses you have quoted in your prior messages are in this present age surpassed by Ephesians 2:8-9?

1. Joel, are you saying that some of the Bible is no longer valid? Are these the only verses which have been surpassed? Or are there others?

2. And whom should I ask about this state of affairs? Are you the only one who knows which verses have been surpassed? Does that mean that you are the authority over Scripture, knowing which Scriptures to cast out and which to retain?

3. Can you give us a list of all the Scriptures which have been surpassed?

So whether you are a Jew or Gentile, in the present age you are saved by God’s Grace through “faith” and in Christ’s alone (John 14:6). This is Christian teaching and not a Catholic or Protestant teaching. After Jesus Ascension into heaven, Christian participation at the Lord’s supper table is in “remembrance” and the bread and wine used symbolically representing the body and blood of the Lord till he return the second time. This teaching is final and binding on all Christians (Jews and Gentiles) and is found in 1 Corinthians 11:23-29.

1. This is your own personal teaching Joel. You have set aside that part of the Bible with which you disagree and made a new gospel in the tradition of men out of those verses which you retain in the Bible.

2. Go back to Ephesisans 2 and read all the way through verse 10. Here, I’ll help you:

Ephesians 2:8-10

King James Version (KJV)

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

This is a Sacramental Teaching. It is in the Sacraments within which we approach Jesus Christ with the proper disposition of faith in His Power to change our lives.

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

In the Sacraments, we merely come to the table of Lord in faith and cry out His name. He does all the rest (Acts 22:16; Titus 3:5).

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

This verse is a double entendre.
a. In the Sacraments, we are born again in Christ, unto good works.
b. But from the beginning, from the foundations of the world, God had fore ordained that we walk in His works, His Commandments. We were conceived and born to do the works of God.

Sincerely,

De Maria