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teaching of the apostles is the entire speaking of God in the New Testament,
first in the Son as a man, then in the Son as the Spirit through the apostles.
Although many matters are covered in the New Testament, such as baptism,
head covering, foot-washing, and even the Lord's table, these items are
not the central focus of God's speaking. Rather, the New Testament presents
a full picture of God's New Testament economy, that, His plan to produce
an enlarged expression of Himself through the redemption, regeneration,
transformation, and glorification of His chosen elect. This process has
been made possible through the incarnation, death, and resurrection of Christ
and through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit to produce the Body of Christ.
Throughout the New Testament, God's speaking is through man and for man
in order to gain a corporate expression of Himself. According to the Gospels,
this expression was manifested in Christ; according to the Epistles, it
is manifested in church; and according to the book of Revelation, it will
be consummately manifested in the new Jerusalem. This the essence and focus
of the apostles' teaching. |
