The Ekklesia Project - Episode 95

A freedman of God hosting a journey to discover the lost ekklesia of God.
As we continue this mini-series exploring how one obtains eternal life, in this episode we discuss how the teaching of the ekklesia of God was lost by examining in detail 2 Peter 2. Also, we explore the parallels of the effects of this lost teaching on the remnant ones born of the Spirit today, with the effects experienced by those born of God in Jesus’ day living under the leadership of the Pharisees who “neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faith.” Matthew 23:23. It is submitted that the effects are similar in that the remnant ones are found to be poor in spirit, mourning, hungering and thirsting for righteousness, and sometimes persecuted for the sake of righteousness. These are the characteristics that are grouped together in Luke’s account of the teaching of the beatitudes found in Luke 6. We consider why Luke chose to focus on these 4 characteristics out of the 9 reflected in Matthew’s account (Matthew 5) and suggest these 4 characteristics may be unique to those authentic followers of God who live in a dark land in the shadow of death, similar to how the righteous Lot “felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by [the] lawless deeds” of those living around him. 2 Peter 2:7-8.