Part Two
Bibliology: 14 THE COVENANTS OF SCRIPTURE
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
Bibliology: 14 THE COVENANTS OF SCRIPTURE
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
The
Apostle Paul wrote letters to members of the Body of Christ during the latter
half of the book of Acts in which he indicated that a spiritual transition was then
taking place from the old to the new order in which some practices were passing
away (1 Corinthians 13). He also indicated
that as a part of the special revelation given to him for the Body of Christ
was the observance of the Lord’s Supper (1Corinthians 11:23) and the fact that in this
dispensation God was making the Gentiles to partake of Israel’s spiritual
things (Romans 15:27).
Thus it appears that in sovereign grace God has bestowed upon the Gentiles who
had no covenant ties with God (Ephesians 2:12),
all of the spiritual blessings in redemption which He had covenanted with
Israel and which Israel had rejected. This was done, not in fulfillment of a
covenant promise, but in sovereign grace, and hence, although God has always
been gracious, this is called the dispensation of the grace of God (Ephesians 3:2).
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