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Many shake-ups in world politics are about to occur. This will be a fulfillment of Revelation 1:1, where the events comprising the final months of Millennium Six will proceed one after another in rapid form. What are we to be doing during this unprecedented time? Lay low and observe. Do not overly participate. Better yet, do not participate at all. Our kingdom is not of this world. Be disposed to that which is above, not on earth (Colossians 3:2) and stay at peace. Our Lord and Savior is coming for us to extricated us out of this present wicked eon (Galatians 1:4). MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1306_Lay_Low_And_Observe_the_Political_Show.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

There was much controversy even in the early ecclesias. It means that believers are passionate and digging into the Word of God. So let's try to look at these controversies in as positive a light as we can. Additionally, I am now aware that the "You Can't Believe in Eternal Torment and Be a Legitimate Believer" camp is split into two factions. 1) The Costen camp, who claim that the salvation of all humanity IS the gospel (and by extension, justification by faith is NOT the gospel) and 2) The salvation-of-all-is-not-the-gospel-but-you-stil-have-to-not-believe-in-eternal-torment camp. I call this camp the "dbT" camp, meaning, "Don't believe THIS." So far, from this camp, the only sin that one must not commit to be in the body of Christ is to believe (dbT) in eternal torment. It is not clear at this time whether or not a belief in annihilation is on the dbT list of sins that will keep one from eonian life, but if there are any further developments (that is, if the dbTs add any other sins to the list) I will let you know. The Martin Zender Interview (Catherine Holmes): https://www.youtube.com/live/rwls5so4SJw?si=CubLTJMnKSQB2kZq MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1301_Don't_Be_Unduly_Upset_by_Controversy.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Paul told the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 5:12, "Judge those within!" Concerning the man who was committing adultery with his step-mother, Paul instructed the Corinthians to not even eat with the man until they had adjusted his behavior. They were then to restore him to fellowship. Additional revelation: I have said for years that the doctrine of Eternal Torment's main purpose (being a doctrine of demons of the first order) was to drive people by the billions into Free Will. This is because Free Will is idolatry that puts SELF on the throne of God. It is the sin of self-righteousness. The sin of self-righteousness is worse than any other sin, including prostitution, murder, adultery, or believing in eternal torment. That's right. Eternal torment, BY ITSELF, is another sin that God overlooks (because of the recognition that Christ died for it) for membership in the body of Christ. But the sin of SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS is why the prostitutes would enter the kingdom before the priests: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS IS DEADLY, and it is manifest in the teaching of Human Free Will. Self-righteousness is deadly in that it prevents one from realizing the righteousness of God, which is the most important belief belonging to eonian life IN BOTH EVANGELS. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1300_Don't_Even_Eat_With_a_Brother_or_Sister_Who_Believes_in_Eternal_Torment.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

God's creation goes from the simple to the complex, and salvation, as it is revealed to us, goes from the personal to the universal. I am seeing this pattern now all over Scripture. I think the most helpful thing I say on this video, which I will elaborate upon tomorrow, is that anyone STILL believing the lie of eternal torment after coming into a LEGITIMATE understanding of his/her justification by faith, must be treated as Paul advised the Corinthian ecclesia to treat the man who was screwing his step-mother. They are to be treated as leprous, they are to be shunned at dinnertime, and basically taken to the woodshed until they repent. (More on this important theme tomorrow; and I'm not kidding, it is important.) I fear that some may have gotten the idea that I think it would be just lovely and even peachy to have a believer in eternal torment in our midst; no big deal. Well, let me correct that notion today, and I will do so even more tomorrow. Grace and peace to you all. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1299_HARDCORE_VIEWERS_ONLY_Salvation_From_Personal_to_Universal.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

I didn't realize that other ancient writers had mentioned God's 7,000-year plan. I would rather hear that the kingdom of God was six months away than more than 1,800 years off, but that was the burden of poor old Irenaeus, who wrote about the 7,000-year plan in the second century. Commodianus wrote about it in the third century, and Lactantius in the fourth. All down through the centuries, the 7,000-year plan of God has been known. The snatching away could still have happened at any time for Pauline saints through the centuries because, even though we know our presence keeps the man of lawlessness at bay and thereafter the day of the Lord, no one knew how MUCH time would elapse between these events. Now we know: very little. I will speak more on this fascinating and encouraging theme next week after the conference. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1302_New_Information_on_God's_7,000_Year_Plan.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

One could speak for days on the wonders of Christ, but here's an hour of it. Includes some great questions from the gallery, which are promptly and, I might add, satisfactorily answered by your's truly. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1303_ARIZONA_CONFERENCE_The_Wonders_of_Christ.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

The gospel itself (Paul's gospel that is; justification by faith) is simple. It's only complicated when one is forced to untangle it from human religious tradition. Folks have one thing in their minds for years (the wrong thing), and then when the truth comes along, it clashes with their erroneous thinking. People sometimes perceive this as "big trouble" and "a complicated mess." But the only complication is that they are trying to maintain their status-quo thinking in the face of the radical new truth. Something's got to give. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1297_The_Gospel_is_Simple.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

To those of you who have patiently and kindly waited for me to expound upon what has turned out to be a surprising statement to some, namely, that one who has grasped personal justification by faith does not necessarily enter quickly into the expanded, mature knowledge that the justification of the cross is race-wide­—here is the thorough, Scriptural explanation of my position. To those who have not so patiently taken swipes at me without a thorough understanding of my position, well, that comes with the territory. I thought that maybe I’d have earned the benefit of the doubt after thirty years of solid teaching but, well, surprises happen. But hey—I love you all the same. A special thanks to Rob Wile for making a beautiful video urging the saints to hear me out. Thank you, Rob. You are a mature soldier for Christ. Rob, I know that the evil teaching of eternal torment has indeed tormented you personally for years, and that you and others justifiably suffer a hair-trigger, PTSD reaction to even the suggestion that the evil doctrine may not disappear instantly in the life of one who at lasts grasps personal justification by faith. But I know that you will hear me out on this, and that the ghosts of the past will give way to an even greater expectation in the future. In the meantime, here’s a sensible, Scriptural dose of the present. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1298_IMPORTANT_Is_The_Salvation_of_All_The_Gospel.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Part 1: Some saints are shocked to learn that I think eternal torment believers can be in the body of Christ. There can't be many (if any), but it's theoretically possible. Here's my reasoning. Part 2: A.E. Knoch's commentary on Galatians 5:19 is cowardly and evasive. Here's the verse, here's the comment, and here's why I criticize one of the greatest scholars in modern times. MZ/IB Archive - Truth Series - Major Topics from Acts: https://youtu.be/rKXnrZbe_q8?si=53FEmpEiFr-P2JLb BOC: Shoutout to Martin Zender (Colin Moore): https://youtu.be/IvSj55_iIFM?si=wBnH0X5sI-Ys3DnR BOC: Martin Zender is finally wrong about something? (Colin Moore) https://youtu.be/4ajhz06EZ-w?si=2frKw93QoSQQQT9q MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1294_Can_People_Who_Believe_in_Eternal_Torment_Be_in_the_Body_of_Christ.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

The purpose of the body of Christ includes a glory and honor beyond any of our wildest imaginations. Yet Paul gives us a hint of it in Ephesians, chapter one. Here is my best explanation of what, really, lies beyond any human ability to properly describe. Recorded earlier this year at the Phoenix, AZ conference. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1295_What_is_the_Body_of_Christ.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

There is one political figure in our day more likely to be assassinated than any other. Is this political figure also the Antichrist? MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1296_The_Assassination_of_the_Antichrist.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Let us not speak where God is silent, or lay electric fence within God's vast open meadows—otherwise we're no different than the over-offended Pharisees whose penchant for self-righteous was exceeded only by their knack for creating new sins. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1292_Pornography_and_Alcohol_Pleasure_or_Pain.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Here comes Galatians chapter 5 again, and some dark, dirty corners of humanity that we have somehow come to take lightly. None of these things screw up anyone's salvation, for we are saved apart from our acts. But an allotment WITHIN that salvation is another story. And speaking of "story," you're going to get one today that I don't think you've ever heard before. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1291_Here's_a_Handful_of_Dirty_Sins_That_Will_Screw_Up_an_Allotment.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Demonic activity was rife during our Lord's day as the dark world foamed and frothed against the appearance of the Son of God on the earth. What do you think they're doing NOW, on the eve of the body of Christ becoming complete? MZ/IB Archive - Believer's Series - Is Christianity a Cult?: https://youtu.be/Nwj7KzdBQBM?si=G2RN6eChS-fJAU_z MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1289_Why_Are_There_So_Many_Crazy_People_and_How_Was_the_iPod_Invented.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

King James calls it the "judgment seat of Christ," which is a terrible translation because judgment is as far from this picture as the east is from the west. The Concordant Version translates the Greek word "bema" as "dais." A dais is a raised platform. Think of where the Olympians stand when receiving their medals. Whatever good we have done in this life will be rewarded. Our sufferings and losses will be recompensed. Anything that hampered us in this life–whether a physical or moral infirmity—we will be relieved of. When we each appear here, WE ARE ALREADY SAVED; WE ARE ALREADY MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST; WE ARE ALREADY IMMORTAL; WE ALREADY COULD NOT BE LOVED MORE BY GOD AND CHRIST. So what is there to fear? Nothing. It's all good. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1286_Appearing_Before_the_Dais_of_Christ_Relax_It'll_Be_a_Relief.mp3

In 1 Corinthians chapter 6, Paul is not telling anyone to stop doing anything. This is not the law of Moses dressed up in a sheep suit. Rather, Paul is setting forth an allotment in the kingdom of God and Christ above and beyond “mere” membership in the body of Christ. It is the contemplation of such superior glory that, along with grace, has the power to keep one from continuing in the most grievous sins known to humanity. The Truth About Sexual Lust; Part 12: The Matthew 5:28 LIE: http://martinzender.com/ZWTF/ZWTF6.23.pdf MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1288_The_Sneaky_Way_to_Give_Up_Grievous_Sins.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Believers saturated in grace can potentially become offended by Paul telling them that there's something they can miss out on if they keep persisting in grievous sins. "But aren't I saved by grace?" Of course you are. But something more than salvation is at stake here. If Paul's exhortations (and that's all they are) send you off on an anxiety attack or bring steam out of your ears, then the allotment of the kingdom may not be for you. Just revel in being chosen as a member of Christ's body and forget the rest. MZ/IB Archive - Zender & Sheridan - Forgiveness vs Justification, Part 1: https://youtu.be/Bh10XgGY3A8?si=0b95gas_uzOyX7XR MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1284_Maybe_an_Allotment_in_the_Kingdom_of_God_is_Not_For_You.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

The Corinthians were the laughing stock of all of Paul's ecclesias. But in the twelfth chapter of his first letter to them, he explains the principle of giving more exceeding honor to those members of the body whom we would deem to be inferior. This can only mean that Paul would display the Corinthians—the worlds most corrupted convocation of sinning sots ever—as "Exhibit A" in his just judgments against the all the wisdoms of the world. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1287_The_Future_Glory_of_the_Worst_Bunch_of_Believers_Ever.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Paul is telling the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 6 that there is a way for them to miss out on "the allotment of God's kingdom." Some of us simply refuse to believe that a believer could miss out on ANYTHING, and so the hypothesis is forwarded that the career sinners listed in verses 9-10 can't be members of the body of Christ; these must be unbelievers. While it's true that unbelievers would ALSO miss out on this allotment, Paul is most definitely not talking about unbelievers in this passage, for he writes in the previous chapter: "I write to you in the epistle not to be commingling with paramours. And undoubtedly it is not as to the paramours of this world, or the greedy and extortionate, or idolaters, else, consequently, you ought to come out of the world. Yet now I write to you not to be commingling with anyone named a brother, if he should be a paramour, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. With such a one you are not even to be eating (1 Corinthians 5:9-11) The second theory forwarded then is that, well, since Paul is talking about believers, "the allotment of God's kingdom" must be general membership in the body of Christ since every believer DOES have that. If Paul is talking about believers (so the theory goes), then these sins do not describe the Corinthians as they ARE, but rather as they WERE. The problem with THIS is that, if these sins are describing the Corinthians as they WERE, and if this allotment is general membership in the body of Christ, we must conclude that no one engaged in these sins can enjoy general membership in the body of Christ. We know THAT is not true because, again, of verse 11, where Paul assures the Corinthians that, indeed, those among them engaged in these sins were, WHILE THEY WERE SINNING, justified. Besides, we know that Christ justifies sinners, not saints. The unavoidable conclusion is that Paul is warning BELIEVERS who are CURRENTLY (still) engaged in these sins even after being justified, that they will miss out on something ABOVE AND BEYOND general salvation. We know now that this allotment MUST be above and beyond general salvation because, again, these sins keep no one from regular salvation seeing that—I'm happy to repeat it—Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). The hard thing for people to swallow is that justified people still sin (it is true; we are RECKONED righteous by God but not yet CONSTITUTED righteous) and that even justified members of the Christ's body can miss out on something. And yet this truth is corroborated in 2 Timothy 2:12, where Paul writes, "If we are enduring, we shall be reigning together also." The "we" assures us that it is members of the body of Christ in view here, and the "if" assures us that even justified body of Christ members can miss out on reigning if they are not enduring. I didn't write this stuff. Paul did. I'm just explaining it and, along with you, struggling to deal with it. So what is it that members of Christ's body CAN miss out on by being engaged in gross misconduct AS A VOCATION? More on THAT question next week. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1283_The_Allotment_of_the_Kingdom_CANNOT_Be_General_Salvation.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Is the allotment Paul speaks of in 1 Corinthians 6 and Ephesians 5 tracts of literal real estate among the celestials that will be managed by various members of the body of Christ? MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1285_What_is_an_Allotment_and_How_Many_Are_There.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Paul says that those committing "dissensions and sects" will not enjoy an allotment in the kingdom of God. Just what exactly qualifies as a dissension and a sect? MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1293_Will_Certain_Teachings_in_the_Body_of_Christ_Wreck_an_Allotment.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Today I begin analyzing Galatians 5:19-21 and its greater context, looking into what Paul calls "the works of the flesh" (Galatians 5:19). For here are even more sins that, chronically practiced, keep one from enjoying "the allotment of the kingdom of God." This is not general salvation, of course—that is, membership in the body of Christ—but a high calling WITHIN that membership. On the way to verse 19, I highlight Galatians 5:16 which says, "Walk in spirit, and you should under no circumstances be consummating the lust of the flesh." If you listen to Christianity (I don't recommend it) they think "walking in spirit" means that you monitor your flesh all day long, spending stressful hours trying like hell not to sin. This is the opposite of walking in spirit, as you are about to discover. When you see what walking in the spirit truly IS, you'll feel a relief the likes of which you've never felt. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1290_The_Most_Unorthodox_Method_in_the_World_for_Dealing_With_the_Flesh.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

The latest consideration is whether or not members of the body of Christ can lose out on a certain degree of supernal glory because of chronically practicing some particular heinous sin as a vocation. We have been so soaked in the grace belonging to salvation and membership in the body of Christ that we forget there is something above and beyond "mere" salvation in the body of Christ, presented by God as something extra to be had by those who avoid some of the most serious and deleterious misses. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1282_A_Tale_of_Unjust_Saints.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

I understand the bristling in the body of Christ when told by Paul that, just as in Israel, there is something they can do to obtain a better resurrection, and something they can do to lose it. This is not salvation, mind you, but a better resurrection after death. People think that nothing ought to be gained by being a good person, and nothing ought to be lost by being a bad person. This is a rather strange and calloused opinion, if you ask me, but there it is. It's the result of being so awash in grace for so long that one simply turns a blind eye to Scriptural passages—passages in PAUL, mind you—that speak of seemly and unseemly behavior and of something besides "mere" eonian life. The reaction is either, 1) "How dare Paul bring up the topic of my behavior," or 2) "Paul is not really bringing up the topic of my behavior, it only SEEMS like he is." The remedy to either 1) the complete ignoring of these passages or 2) the desperate twisting of them to make them say something other than what they are saying, is to appreciate the difference between 1) membership in the body of Christ and, 2) an exceeding glory and position WITHIN the body of Christ. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV128_Longing_For_a_Better_Resurrection_Here's_How_it_Works.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

It is vital to grasp even the finer points of the absolute and relative perspectives lest we become ineffective not only in heralding the Word, but in our everyday interactions with others. Also, are we justified in patting ourselves on the back and working hard toward an allotment in God's kingdom? Just when you think you may understand the absolute vs. the relative perspective, here comes a guy (me) making a shocking statement like THIS. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1280_A_SHOCKING_STATEMENT_Concerning_the_Relative_Viewpoint.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com