πŸ’‘πŸ‘‘ Was Paul Saved Under the Kingdom Program?

No, Paul was β€œa blasphemer” (I Tim. 1:13) who, as a strict,Β Law-abiding Pharisee (Acts 26:5), would never blasphemeΒ the Father, but was among those who blasphemed the SpiritΒ when they stoned Stephen (Acts 7:51-8:1). This rendered himΒ ineligible for salvation under the kingdom program, for theΒ Lord had warned, β€œhim that blasphemeth against the HolyΒ GhostΒ it shall not be forgiven” (Luke 12:10).

How then could God save Saul? Well, remember that theΒ Lord had warned, β€œwhosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost,Β it shall not be forgiven him,Β neither in this world, neither in theΒ world to come” (Matt. 12:32). The nation of Israel blasphemedΒ the Spirit in the world that the Lord spoke of as β€œthis world” when they rejected Stephen, a man filled with the Spirit (ActsΒ 7:55). β€œThe world to come” is defined in Hebrews 2:5 as theΒ kingdom, the β€œworld” which God will β€œput in subjection” underΒ Christ, where people will fully know β€œthe powers of the worldΒ to come” (Heb. 6:5) that they only tasted at Pentecost.

Since blasphemy against the Spirit was unforgivable in bothΒ those worlds, we know Saul was saved under the program ofΒ a wholeΒ newΒ world, the dispensation of grace, β€œthis world” inΒ which we live (Eph. 1:21), β€œthis present world” in which we areΒ to walk and please God (Titus 2:12). source

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