Church Of Christ, Chittaranjan Park, New Delhi

Church Of Christ, Chittaranjan Park, New Delhi non instrumental

05/06/2026

By Grace You Have Been Saved

Always ask who is speaking and to whom are they speaking? Paul is writing this letter to Christians at Ephesus. When he says in Ephesians 2:5, "He made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)", he was not saying everyone in the world has been saved by grace. But certain people have been saved by grace. He is not writing to unbelievers. He is not writing to people who have not been baptized. He is writing to people who have believed and who have been baptized (Acts 19:1-6; Eph.4:5; 5:26). These are the ones who "HAVE BEEN saved by grace." All others can be saved by grace in the same way (Mark 16:15-16). Thus, a Muslim is not saved, but he can be if he will believe in Jesus as the Son of God and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38; 22:16). A person who claims to believe in Jesus but has not been "buried with Him in baptism' (Rom.6:3-6) has not been "united together with Him" nor "raised to walk in newness of life." By grace we are saved when we are united together with Him at the moment He told us. By grace God operates and cuts away our sins (Col.2:12) and He told us exactly WHEN He would perform this operation. If one does not believe God enough to comply, then they are not among those who "HAVE BEEN saved by grace." God is still waiting for such a faith that complies. Are you sure you have been saved by grace? Make it as sure as you can!
- Terry Wane Benton

23/05/2026

If I am Lost

Jesus came to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10). I can be saved. It won’t be of any comfort to think “but I won’t be the only one who is lost.” The rich man woke up in torment and did not want to be joined by his brothers. To hear the groans and weeping of others in hell with me will not be comforting. It will only make it worse (Luke 16:19ff). If I am lost when Jesus came to save me, I will be lost because I was foolish (Matt.7:21ff), and misery with other foolish people will not make it better.

If I am lost and die lost, I will be lost forever (Matt.25:46). The acceptable time to be saved is in THIS life, while in the body. After death comes the judgment (Heb.9:27) of choices I made in the body (2 Cor.5:10). There will be no second chances after death.

If I am lost it will be my own fault and nobody else’s. God did not desire it. He yearned for my repentance (2 Peter 3:9). Christ suffered to give His life as a ransom for me (Matt.20:28) and I would have let Him die in vain if I did not obey the gospel (2 Cor.6:1; 2 Thess.1:7f). The Holy Spirit has been appealing to me to “come” (Rev.22:17) through the powerful testimony of the gospel (Rom.1:16).

Angels have been desiring me to repent (Luke 15:10), and the church has been trying to remind me of my responsibility to God by holding up the word (1 Tim.3:15).

Lost people in Hades do not want me to join them (Luke 16:19f), and my own better judgment tells me that I don’t want to live eternally separated from God and all that is good. So, if I don’t decide to use better judgment about today and “hear His voice” (Heb.3:13f), I will have endless, agonizing regret, with no hope to ever correct the situation. I will be tormented forever with the regret and memory that I let Jesus die for nothing and I had a great chance to come to Him but blew my opportunities for less than a mess of pottage like Esau sold his birthright (Heb.12:16).

If I am lost now, but still alive, I better not waste another moment. I must obey the gospel today (Acts 2:37-41) while I have the chance. What about you?

- Terry Wane Benton

11/05/2026

How Many Containers in the Lord’s Supper Cup?

Some division has plagued churches over the meaning and use of the word “cup” when Jesus talked about taking “this cup” as He instituted the Lord’s Supper out from the old Passover meal. Was Jesus telling His disciples to use only one container among them, and that even when they suddenly grew into 3000 and more disciples in Jerusalem on Pentecost, they were to all make sure that they all shared drinking the fruit of the vine from a single container? Was Jesus talking about the container or the content of fruit of the vine?

One Content or One Container?

First, Paul mentioned “this cup” and “drink it” (1 Cor.11:25). Was he saying to drink the content or drink the container? We never drink a container. I don’t believe it can be done. When we drink “it”, we are drinking the fruit of the vine. That fruit of the vine may be divided into several containers, but it is still one cup.

Secondly, Paul said, “drink this cup” (1 Cor.11:26). He was in Ephesus when he wrote to the Corinthian church. Were they to get the container Paul was using in Ephesus and bring it to Corinth so that they could drink from the container Paul was holding? He said drink THIS cup, not THAT cup you have in Corinth. Obviously, the church at Ephesus and the church at Corinth were drinking from the SAME cup (fruit of the vine), but not the same container.

Third, Matthew records that Jesus “took the cup…and gave IT to them” (Matt.26:27). Was THE cup a reference to the container or the content (fruit of the vine)? From Luke’s account “He took the cup….and said, ‘Take this, and divide it among yourselves” (Luke 22:17). Were they to divide a container? Break a container into pieces and give each disciple a piece of a broken container? No! They had their own containers from the Passover feast, and Jesus was telling them to divide the fruit of the vine among themselves by pouring it out into their various containers. So, “cup” is used by metonymy to mean the content, namely, the fruit of the vine.

Insisting on a single container is not what Jesus was doing. Insisting on the common drink of the fruit of the vine as the cup is clearly what Jesus was calling for, and that is how Paul could be drinking the same cup in Ephesus as the Corinthians were drinking in Corinth.

Several Cups versus One Cup

When we consider what several cups would look like in context of the Lord’s Supper, it would look more like this. Several different cups would be: water, cola, milk, coffee, tea, grape juice, apple juice, tomato juice, etc. That would be several different cups. If we divide these among ourselves, we do not partake of the same cup. However, in context of the Lord’s Supper, we do use one cup, namely, only the fruit of the vine. We can divide this among ourselves and it is always one cup. We can have brethren in Ephesus and Corinth and even across centuries to different locations still dividing among all that one cup, and it remains one cup no matter how many containers are used to divide it out. It is really a poorly thought out argument to insist that Jesus was making the container a third essential element of the Lord’s Supper. The container is only an expediency in holding the fruit of the vine. There is no symbolism in the container and there is no evidence that the disciples divided the container among themselves. They had their own individual containers and divided out the content of fruit of the vine into their individual containers.

If “the cup” means the container: 1) We must divide that one container among ourselves. Our one-cup brethren never do that. 2) We must insist that people take a chunk of wood out of “THE Table” in order to “partake of the Lord’s table” (1 Cor.10:21). If not, why not? Why would “the cup” be literal but partaking of the table would not be literal? In all my years of dealing with this issue, I have never gotten a straight answer from the brethren that insist on using one container in the Lord’s Supper. The fruit of the vine is the one cup that is shared by brethren all over the world, and there was never any significance attached to the containers used by the various disciples, and we do not allow someone to insist on one container, just one common content, the fruit of the vine. Do not be deceived! -Terry Wane Benton

03/05/2026

April 23 – 1 Chronicles 1-2
Summary
1 Chronicles 1 - This chapter traces humanity from Adam through the early patriarchs, emphasizing God’s preservation of the human line that would bring the Messiah to bless all nations. It lists the descendants of Noah’s sons, showing how the nations spread across the earth. The genealogy then moves through Abraham’s family, highlighting the chosen line through Isaac. It concludes with the descendants of Esau and the early rulers of Edom, setting the stage for Israel’s story.
1 Chronicles 2 - The genealogy focuses on the sons of Israel, especially Judah, from whom the royal line of Christ will come. It traces Judah’s descendants through several generations, including Perez and Hezron. The chapter highlights key family branches that will shape Israel’s tribal structure and leadership. It ends by identifying clans and notable figures connected to Judah, preparing for the rise of David’s lineage (through which Jesus will come).

30/04/2026

The Bible IS Evidence

The Old Testament portion is a collection of historical narrative, prophecies, and devotional and wisdom literature designed to testify of God's plan for the nation of Israel in pointing out the need for a Savior and what to expect when the Savior comes.

It tells ahead of time that the stubbornness of the Jews will lead them to reject the Stone that others would acknowledge to be their Chief Cornerstone of faith. The 39 books of the Old Testament do not compliment the Jews, and yet, they still had to acknowledge that these books were sacred messages of truth revealed by God through their various prophets. It contains rebukes that the Jews WOULD NOT have included if it was up to human wisdom and pride alone. But, it contains many things they COULD NOT have projected such as the sequence of empires to follow the Babylonian empire.

Daniel marks out the sequence way beyond his own time and even tells when the Messiah would come, when the Jews would cut off their Messiah, and that the temple in Jerusalem would be destroyed after they cut off the Messiah. Such things that they would not and could not project and it happened right on time and exactly as predicted. These 39 books were designed to be EVIDENCE from God to us.

The 27 Books of the New Testament were written to give eyewitness testimony to Jesus and to show how He alone fit the Old Testament predictions perfectly. The testimony of the witnesses are in perfect harmony with each other and with the prophetic scriptures, forming a package of 66 books of testimony to the truth of God. Read it as evidence. That is exactly what it is designed for, and we would do well to heed the light it gives in this dark world of moral depravity and cluelessness.

The case the Bible makes for God is powerful and substantial. Be wise to read it and give it a fair hearing! Your eternal destiny depends on what you do with the evidence God has presented therein.

-Terry Wane Benton

20/04/2026

What If…

What if all churches today taught the same things (1 Cor.1:10) in “every church”(1 Cor.4:6,17) and refused to think, act, or teach anything “beyond what was written” in the scriptures? What if everyone made it their aim to “prove what is acceptable to the Lord”(Rom.12:1-3) before they did anything or taught anything? Jesus prayed for this kind of unity among His people (John 17:20,21). He prayed for this unity “that the world may believe that You sent me.” This would mean that all denominations with their different and often unbiblical names, descriptions, creeds, missions, etc., would dissolve into all biblical names, descriptions, and missions, and the only creed would be the scriptures. Churches would cease being social clubs and go back to being churches with a spiritual mission of spreading and upholding the gospel of Christ in order to save souls. Members would have to go back to “the pattern of sound words” in attitudes and actions. Immorality, gossip, pettiness, envy, and divisiveness would cease, and love for God and each other would abound. What if we all tried hard to fulfill the Lord’s prayer for such unity? What wonderful and scriptural churches would cover the world! What true Christians we would all be! Let’s make it happen where we are starting inside each one of us! -Terry Wane Benton

13/04/2026

Religion

I keep hearing people talk about “religion” as a bad thing. I hear some say things like “I believe in God but not religion.” Or “I accept Jesus but reject all religion.” It’s as if they have a concept of “religion” that is all negative, but Jesus is all positive. There seems to be a disconnect on what exactly people mean or think they mean by the term “religion.” James said that there is such thing as “pure religion” (James 1:27) and he, by the Spirit, exhorted us to practice “pure religion.” You cannot serve Jesus and reject practicing “pure religion.” They go together! They are not two separate things. I know that modern use of the term has invented a concept of “religion” being all bad, but that is a modern faulty concept. “Pure religion” is not bad. It is expected if you would love and serve God. It is only the IMPURE religion that should be rejected. It is impure religion that God rejects, but not the “pure religion.”

I had one guy argue that God rejects ALL religion. When I pointed out that God demands “pure religion” and gave him the verse, he became adamant that the translators were all wrong. Why? Because he swallowed the newly invented concept that all “religion” is bad. That concept was not around when the translators gave us the words “pure religion” in English. English usage predates the modern concept. The word in Greek is “threskia” and has been translated as “religion” for hundreds of years in English. The translators thought it was a valid word for the Greek word “threskia.” So, who gets to come along later and change the word “religion” and make it all evil? Modern usage does not get to redefine the word that for hundreds of years was just “binding back” to God a lifestyle. You can bind back in a pure way, or you can go about binding back in an impure way. The etymology of the word is:

In English, the meaning "particular system of faith in the worship of a divine being or beings" is by c. 1300; the sense of "recognition of and allegiance in manner of life (perceived as justly due) to a higher, unseen power or powers" is from 1530s.

If we have faith in God and believe we should worship and serve Him and bind our hearts back to Him, then that is by definition what religion is. You practice this either purely or impurely, but you cannot escape the fact that it is your religion. Jesus gave us a particular system, a pure doctrine to follow in the New Testament, a pure example in Himself to pattern our lives after. We either do this as “pure religion” or we do impure religion, but your faith in God is your religion no matter what. “Pure religion” is good. Claiming to have no religion is bad. Practicing impure religion is bad. Don’t let people confuse you. You must practice pure religion if you claim any relationship with God! – Terry W. Benton

07/04/2026

A Christian Asks

When a Christian thinks about what to buy and wear in public, they first think about God's will and how to discern what is best in promoting godliness (1 Tim.2:8-10). They ask themselves if this is according to love for souls around us? Will it promote lust? Will it make me look worldly or godly? Will it help my godly influence or will it call my character into question? A worldly person is never concerned about such questions. They are guided by worldly concerns. If you are trying to please God and promote godliness and righteousness, your affection for things above highly influences what you think about doing here below. Do you ask yourself such questions? If not, why not? Are you a Christian or not? L
- Terry Wane Benton

30/03/2026

Does the Church of Christ Replace Israel?

The short answer is that the Bible shows the church of Christ is the true Israel, not a replacement of Israel, but the remnant of faithful Israel emerging into faith in Jesus (as they were supposed to) and taking on the blessings promised along with Gentiles who were also predicted to join the faithful. This faithful remnant would transition into a spiritual fellowship and covenant with Jesus Christ. The unbelieving Jews would simply miss out on the blessings promised. So, rather than a new group replacing an old group, the faithful of God, true Israel, would simply transition into the new covenant (Jer.31:31f) and receive the promised blessings while the unfaithful Israelite transitions into the rejection God promised them.

The church does not replace Israel; it emerges from Israel’s faithful remnant and becomes the continuation and expansion of the true people of God.

1. The Old Testament Expectation: A Faithful Remnant Will Carry the Covenant Forward
The prophets repeatedly teach that “not all physical Israel is the true Israel”, and that God’s promises continue through a “purified remnant”.
Key OT Remnant Texts
Isaiah 10:20–22 — “A remnant will return… though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return.” God has always considered unbelieving Israelites to be “not My people”. We see the remnant emerge in Acts 2 as the true Israel, the “gathered” into His kingdom. Church is the gathered.

Isaiah 6:13 — Israel is like a tree cut down, but the “holy seed” (the remnant) is the stump.
Micah 2:12; 4:6–7 — God gathers the lame, afflicted remnant and makes them His people.
Zephaniah 3:12–13 — The remnant is humble, righteous, and faithful. These are the “blessed” that Jesus described in Matthew 5:1-12.
OT pattern:
Israel as a whole fails → God preserves a faithful remnant → God’s future people arise from that remnant.
This sets the stage for the NT.
2. Jesus and the Apostles: The Church Begins with the Remnant of Israel

Jesus gathers the remnant
His disciples are **Jews**, representing the faithful within Israel.
He calls them the **“little flock”** (Luke 12:32), echoing remnant language.
He says the kingdom is taken from unbelieving Israel and given to a **nation producing its fruits** (Matthew 21:43) — not a different ethnicity, but a faithful people.
Pentecost is the remnant becoming the renewed people of God**
Acts 1–2: The church begins with **faithful Israelites** gathered in Jerusalem.
This fulfills the prophetic promise that God would restore His people through a purified remnant.
12 apostles plus 120 plus 3000 penitent Jews equal the “gathered” (church) in Christ, then growing. Not replacing Israel but demonstrating who is the true Israel (the faithful remnant).

3. Paul’s Explicit Teaching: The Church Is the Remnant + the Grafted‑In Nations**
Paul is the clearest voice on this question.
Romans 9:6–8 — Not all Israel is Israel**
Paul says:
- There is **Israel according to the flesh**, and
- **Israel according to promise** — the true Israel.
This is not replacement; it is **distinction within Israel**(ethnic Israel).
**Romans 11 — The Olive Tree**
Paul’s metaphor is decisive:
- The **olive tree** = the covenant people of God.
- **Unbelieving Jews** are broken off. (Rom.11)
- **Believing Jews** remain — the remnant.
- **Believing Gentiles** are grafted in **to the same tree**.
There is **one tree**, not two.
Gentiles do not replace Israel; they join the faithful Israel.
Galatians 3:7, 29 -- “Those of faith are the **sons of Abraham**.”
- “If you are Christ’s, you are **Abraham’s offspring**, heirs according to promise.”
Ephesians 2:11–22 - Gentiles are:
- Brought **near**
- Made **fellow citizens**
- Joined into **one new man**
- Built on the foundation of the **Jewish apostles and prophets**
This is not replacement; it is “incorporation”.

4. The New Testament’s Names for the Church Are Israel’s Names
The NT applies Israel’s covenant titles to the church:
| OT Israel Title | NT Application to the Church:
“Chosen race” (Deut 7:6) | 1 Peter 2:9 |
“Royal priesthood” (Exod 19:6) | 1 Peter 2:9 |
“Holy nation” (Exod 19:6) | 1 Peter 2:9 |
“People for God’s possession” (Isa 43:21) | Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 2:9 |
“My people” (Hos 2:23) | Romans 9:24–26 |
This is not replacement language — it is **continuity language**.

5. The “Israel of God” (Galatians 6:16)**
Paul blesses:
- “All who walk by this rule” (believers), and
- “the **Israel of God**.”
Most scholars — and the context — understand this as referring to the **church**, especially its Jewish believers, the remnant within it.
Paul is not redefining Israel ethnically; he is identifying the **faithful Israel** within the church.

6. Final Biblical Picture: One People of God, Rooted in Israel, Expanded to the Nations**

The storyline is consistent:
1. **God chooses Israel.**
2. **Israel largely falls into unbelief.**
3. **A faithful remnant remains.**
4. **Jesus gathers that remnant.**
5. **The Spirit forms the church from that remnant.**
6. **Gentiles are grafted into the same covenant people.**
7. **The church becomes the expanded, renewed Israel of God.**
No replacement.
No abandonment (unbelieving Jews abandoned God as always)
No two peoples of God.
Just **one people**, purified and enlarged.
Conclusion (Scripture Only)
The church does not replace Israel. God never accepted the unbelievers of fleshly Israel. They were never His people and still are not.
The church is the faithful remnant of Israel — with believing Gentiles grafted in — becoming the true Israel of God.
This is the consistent testimony of the Law, the Prophets, Jesus, and the Apostles.
The church of Christ is the true Israel of God that entered the New Covenant promised and became the new creation promised. All unbelievers among Jewish heritage simply remained among the “not My people” and were cut off from God and His blessings. They can individually come back into covenant through obedient faith in Jesus the same as all other unbelievers. There is a change of Priesthood and covenant in Christ, and all spiritual blessings are IN Christ (Eph.1:3,7). If you are outside of Christ, you are not God’s people and have no favor from Him. You must come into Christ through obedient faith in order to be a part of the TRUE Israel of God.

-Terry Wane Benton (Help from Copilot).

13/02/2026

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