Eph 4: 11-14

Excerpt:…Of this we have Bible assurance for the context says he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord making him to be the Lord’s hand to bring today the speedy vengeance and His rescue of the fatherless. Time allows the offer of two of many Bible affirmations. Before venturing back to our central text, first consider the Apostle Paul’s corroborative claim of Jewish treachery. He said in… “Eph 4: 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints …13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto (Shiloh) a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby there comes our cherished phrase of reverberation.)THEY LIE IN WAIT to deceive —Eph 4: 11-14.  So you see, early Christians were novices —not just with the Testimony of Jesus but— with the authority of the Old Testament itself. Yet Jesus and His early Christian leaders extolled to them the Old Testament as holy Scripture. So persuasive was their gospel-call that they gave an opening to the cunning craftiness of the jealous hearted crouching lions. How so? Because the Pharisees proclaimed themselves to be the true scholars and the favored voice of God. They lied in wait to deceive —Paul’s words…