Calling Paul a liar:When some say Dispensationalists use foolish dribble (the words Mystery and Hidden) they are not insulting Dispensationalist, they are insulting Paul and making what he said a lie. Either this church age was a mystery, hidden in God, as Paul told us, or Paul is a liar and most of our NT Bible is based on a person that has lied to us. When people make fun of the words "Mystery and Hidden" they are making fun of Paul. When these people insist that this church age was not a "MYSTERY" "HIDDEN" in God when the very scriptures they call the word of God, say that it was, they are refusing to believe the word of God that they say they believe in. In their zeal to keep a blended religion and one dispensation theology they simple will not see the truth.Some refuse to see the truth of the mystery. They say that the "mystery" was just that the Gentiles would be saved too. But that does not explain 1 Cor 2:7-8 shown below. Notice that in Acts 3:21 Peter is proclaiming things made known by the prophets since the world began. In contrast, in the book of Romans, 16:25, Paul is proclaiming things kept secret since the world began. Something made known cannot be a secret and something kept secret has not been made known.Clearly, Peter and Paul proclaimed two different messages. People can ignore it and stick their head in the sand all they want to but the truth is still there in the scriptures for all to see. But many people refuse to see it, and they certainly do not want others to see it either. They don't go in themselves and they want to prevent others from going in.Below are two verses of scriptures that most people don't even give a second glance and yet they are so important. 1 Cor 2:7-87 But we speak the wisdom of God in a MYSTERY, the HIDDEN wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.(NKJ)Since people like to say that "The Mystery" was always known how do they explain verse 8 above. The gospel of God's grace is based on a person believing what God did for him/her on the cross. No one could do that until there was a cross. Therefore, in this Dispensation, the only sin that condemns a person is "UNBELIEF" in what God did for them on the cross. God defeated Satan by doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. He defeated Satan and gave us the righteousness of God through faith in What He did on the cross. See Rom 3:21-22, Rom 10:3-4, 2 Cor 5:21.All that is necessary, in this Dispensation, is to have faith, trust, confidence, and hope in what He has done for us on the cross. IF Satan had known of this plan of salvation he would never have let Jesus go to the cross (verse 8 above). Satan thought he had defeated God by making the Jews refuse Him as their king and having Him crucified, but God had another plan that was hidden and it is totally based on what Jesus did on the cross and had nothing to do with the Jewish religion or any other religion.The only option left to Satan today is to make people RELIGIOUS, BUT LOST. Satan has blended the gospel of the kingdom and it's associated laws with the gospel of the grace of God and in doing it is deceiving many and sending them to hell. When people put their faith, trust, confidence, and hope in what they can do to save themselves they are rejecting the work of God on the cross and embracing faith in their own works.I have attached some of the scriptures that Paul wrote using the words, mystery and hidden. Dispensationalist have not made these words up, Paul used them.Rom 16:25-2725 Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the MYSTERY kept secret since the world began26 but ****now**** has been made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures has been made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience to the faith--27 to God, alone wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.(NKJ) NOTICE THE WORD "NOW" in verse 26. That word does not mean in the past.Eph 3:2-62 if indeed you have heard of the "DISPENSATION" of the grace of God which was given to me for you,3 how that by revelation He made known to me the MYSTERY (as I have briefly written already,4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the MYSTERY of Christ),5 which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has “”now”” been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,(NKJ)Eph 3:9-109 and to make all see what is the fellowship of the MYSTERY, which from the beginning of the ages has been HIDDEN in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;10 to the intent that ***now*** the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places,(NKJ)Eph 6:1919 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the MYSTERY of the gospel,(NKJ)Col 1:25-2725 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,26 the MYSTERY which has been HIDDEN from ages and from generations, but ****now**** has been revealed to His saints.27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this MYSTERY among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.(NKJ)Col 4:33 meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the MYSTERY of Christ, for which I am also in chains,(NKJ)In addition I would also like to add that when people say that we are still under Laws they are saying that Paul lied when he wrote the following scriptures.Col 2:13-1513 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you ""all trespasses,""14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.(NKJ)If the handwriting of requirements has been taken out of the way, as Paul said, why do people want to put us back under handwritten requirements? Paul said all trespasses not just those in the past.I believe every word I have written and you can believe what ever you wish.Richard
