When I was involved in Ruckmanism I was taught that Hebrews to Revelation had no doctrinal application to the church because they were tribulational books. Most did not go as far as Feldick but I have a friend in North Carolina who will never use the word repentance from the pulpit when preaching about salvation. He is scared of that word. They take one verse and divorce it from other passages which is very dangerous. You can go to seed on any doctrine. Out of almost 9 billion people on earth the Jehovah Witnesses make up only about 8.6 million or 0.00109026369 percent of the population. Would you say the Jehovah Witneses are insignificant? When Lez Feldick preaches from coast to coast to countless numbers of people and teaches what he does it may not be significant in many people's eyes but he is still dangerous as to how far he rejects many of the New Testament books.
Les Feldick teaches that Peter preached a different gospel than Paul. Only the Pauline epistles teach salvation by faith alone. This is a perversion of scripture. You can find this teaching on his website.
Excellent Genesis-Revelation Bible study, Rightly-Dividing the Word: 82 books and MP3 Audio on-line. Les is an Oklahoma rancher who teaches non-denominational, home-style Bible classes.
www.lesfeldick.org
So as we study these little Jewish epistles, they are still all under the Jewish economy. There is almost nothing of the Gospel of Grace we’re living in today.
There is nothing in here that pertains to the Body of Christ as such but it’s all a continuation of the four gospel accounts.
And I just reminded someone a little bit ago before the program started, I remember several years ago a gentleman came up and he said, "Les, you’re always telling us to be just as aware of what is not in the Scripture as what is." Absolutely! Because we’ve been programmed by tradition to just think that a lot of this stuff is in here, and it’s not. And that’s where the Lord gives us discretion to determine,
"is it in the Book?" A good way to check it out is for us today in the Church Age, the epistles of Paul should be used for our Church Age doctrines, including our beautiful salvation doctrine.
II John 1:6a
"And this is love, (so far as the Jew’s relationship with God was concerned)
that we walk after his commandment…." All right, and this is what John is encouraging these Jewish believers to still hang on to. They were still going by the Law and the commandments as God had given them to the Nation.
And so it’s totally separated from Paul’s relationship with Christ.
II John 1:6
"And this is love, (this is what God is manifesting toward even these Jewish believers)
that we walk after His commandments, (which at that time were still resting on the Ten but all the other 613 were part and parcel of it)
This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it." In other words, the true Jewish believer under the system of Law was constantly aware of the demands of the Law and to that is what he was obedient.
James is written to the
Twelve tribes scattered. (Acts 8:1)
So it is primarily Jewish. And there’s no Church language in here. James doesn’t make one single reference to the blood of Christ, how that it was shed for the sins of mankind - or to Christ’s glorious resurrection, all of which we must believe for our salvation here in the Church Age. (I Corinthians 15:1-4)
James 4:8
"Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded." the believing element of the Nation of Israel had believed for their salvation that Jesus was the Son of God, (their Messiah); they had
repented of their sins and had been baptized in water. (Matthew 16:16 and Acts 2:38)
Whereas, Paul’s Gospel tells the Body of Christ that, for salvation, we must believe in our heart that Jesus died for our sins, was buried and rose from the dead. (I Corinthians 15:1-4 and Romans 10:9-10)
I Peter 1:1
"Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia." Peter is addressing his apostleship to the Jews that are scattered. Paul tells us to
"Separate the Scriptures," and I always say,
Paul’s writings are for us, from the rest of Scripture. That way you can get your Church doctrine, and your salvation verses, and know what belongs to you. Then you can truly separate Law and Grace.
I Peter 1:2b
"… through sanctification (or the setting apart work)
of the Spirit, unto obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied." that doesn’t mean Peter will make no reference, now, to Christ’s death, burial and His resurrection; and, as he does here, speaking of His shed Blood - certainly he will, because it’s a done deal, it’s past.
But he does not present that as a means of salvation like Paul does.
James 2:26
"For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also." Well remember, now, just the analogy that James is looking at works under the Law and it’s valid for these Jewish believers, but it is not the same as we under Grace can operate.
