Cheryl Schatz

Elaine, Thanks for your response. It seems to me that you see John’s negative statements about what he is not as some kind of evidence that John is not the turning point in history as Jesus said. For me, I take the word of Jesus as the finished answer. In my ministry, I have been dealing with a lady who is corresponding with me about the time change for the church and she has made Paul as the pivotal point. She says that Jesus had another gospel than Paul did and the church did not start until Paul’s salvation. I may be wrong, but some of the comments you made about the Jewish nation sure sound a lot like what I hear coming from this lady who is in the Hyper-Grace movement that sees two different gospels: one for the Jews and one for the Gentiles. Perhaps I am just more sensitive to these terms and am putting you in the same camp when that may not be the case. The Jews were both “under the law” and “by faith” just as Abraham. Those who truly believed would most certainly also believe the Son. Those who refused to believe what the Father said, would most certainly not believe the testimony of the Son. I invite you to have a look at the other articles I have written on John 6. I would love to hear your feedback. In Christ, Cheryl