S E V E N A 7 1 Seven Key Truths Foundational Principles for the New Testament Church Robert Ewing & Glenn Ewing This work is property of the Grace New Testament Ministries Foundation, whose mission includes the publishing and distribution of the writings and teachings of Robert Ewing and others that have the desire to see the restoration of the Church according to the New Testament pattern. All royalties obtained trough the sale of this book will be used to fulfill this mission. All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the King James Version. Permission is granted to reproduce brief quotations or parts of this book without the prior permission of the Foundation so long as the content remains unaltered an the title and author’s name are men- tioned. Rights for publishing this book in other languages are con- tracted by the Grace New Testament Ministries Foundation. Second edition: 2000 Third edition: 2006 Copies printed:1000 ISBN 968-7756-18-7 Ediciones Ariel ® Francisco G. Sada 2400 Col. María Luisa Monterrey, NL 64040 México www.edicionesariel.com Impreso en México Printed in Mexico 2 "For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers..." (1 Corinthians 4:15). Brother Robert Ewing was more than a teacher of the Word to me; he was the one that the Lord used to shape my spiritual walk. I had been a believer for more than 17 years before I met Brother Robert, and I had a desire to serve God, but I was also very entrenched in legalism. My legalism caused me to be very cautious of Brother Robert the first time I met him. (Grace and legalism are like oil and water.) Although he recognized the spiritual battle going on within me, he continued to pray for me for an entire year until we met again. By that time, the Lord had done a work in my heart that prepared me to hear the things that the Lord had taught Brother Robert. After several hours of hearing Robert expound upon the Word, the legalism that I had carefully built up for those many years began to crumble as a greater revelation of God's grace began to illuminate my heart. That first Bible study evolved into a study that lasted six days, ten hours a day. During that time the presence of God was so strong that I felt as though I had never really understood the Bible before. As I meticulously took notes for those six days, Brother Robert never needed to refer to one written note but just taught directly from the Bible. That was the beginning of my relationship with Brother Robert. Over the next eight years as I visited him in Texas or he visited me in Canada or as I accompanied him on several trips to Europe, my walk with Christ deepened. Even a greater impact to me than his teachings was observing his consistent and total devotion to the Lord. I had never met someone so totally committed to Christ before that time. God used him to nourish and guide me spiritually. He truly had an apostolic anointing and knew how to be a spiritual father. Howard Katz Open Door Church London, Ontario, Canada [email protected] The 7 Key Truths are not a sidetrack away from God's word, but instead are seven Biblical main truths. As a church we have been blessed in applying them to both our personal life and to the church life. It is wonderful to experience how these teachings help us understand what we read when we open the Bible and enable us to find answers to any personal problems as well. Daniel Moser Neutestamentliche Gemeinde Bern Berne, Switzerland 3 I had the privilege of meeting Brother Robert in 1971, and God was gracious in allowing me to have very close fellowship with him. During the last five years of his life we studied the Bible side by side, day after day. I can truly testify of Brother Robert's example of a real sacrificial love for others in meekness and humbleness. That was always the greatest and most outstanding of all of his gifts and talents. It is my personal opinion that this was the reason that the Lord opened so many doors up to him all over the world and also why God granted him so much grace to understand the real meaning of the Scriptures in depth. Although he always claimed that he didn't understand everything (which is true, of course), he did receive through the actual revelation of the Holy Spirit keys to help solve problems of the different misinterpretations of the truth that have divided the body of Christ for so many years. I truly believe that examining and receiving these 7 Key Truths with sincerity of heart while putting away all prejudiced mind sets will continually open our spiritual understanding in order to be able to build up sound doctrine and be able to learn how to rightly divide the Word of God. Eleazar Mendoza Living Word Church Irving, TX [email protected] During my early years as a Christian, I had great struggles with insecurity concerning my salvation. It seemed that Satan used certain scriptures that caused me to doubt. After Robert and Glenn Ewing had shared on this for some time, God helped me see that the difficult passages in the Bible were, almost without exception, speaking about sanctification, not justification. This realization set me free and I have been free from those battles ever since. As Robert used to say, “Justification and sanctification are like the two rails that a train runs on. When you have both, then there is REST.” And I fully agree. Richard K. Tyson Former pastor in Hampton, Virginia Now serving the Body of Christ in Berne, Switzerland [email protected] 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface 6 About the Autor 9 Introduction 13 CHAPTER ONE 16 The Divine Order Truths Chart (Tabernacle Truths) 17 Thy Way …is in the Sanctuary 18 Divine Order for Church Government 29 CHAPTER TWO 34 The Rest Truths Chart 35 The Rest Truths 36 CHAPTER THREE 45 The Overcoming Truths Chart 46 The Seven Calls of the Spirit 47 CHAPTER FOUR 52 The Calvary Truths Chart 53 The Sevenfold Covenant of Calvary 54 Calvary's Path of Life 61 Redemption 64 CHAPTER FIVE 69 The Dominion Truths Chart 70 God's Restored Dominion 71 Spiritual Warfare 80 CHAPTER SIX 85 The Salvation Truths Chart 86 Spirit, Soul and Body 87 Verses Rightly Placed 104 The Soul Set 117 The Christ Mirrored Soul 126 CHAPTER SEVEN 130 The Dispensation Truths Chart 131 The Dispensation Truths 132 Fourfold View of the Dispensation Truths 150 Christ's Coming 152 5 PREFACE As executor of the estate of Robert Ewing, I have been asked to write the preface for this new edition of The Seven Key Truths by Robert Ewing, revised and edited by Eleazar Mendoza and team. I will address several issues which we felt it wise to clarify for the readers and students of the enclosed valuable teachings. It was Robert's desire that these truths, which comprised the core if his church building and foundation laying ministry, be made available to all who hunger for a closer walk with Jesus Christ. To those who closely observed Brother Robert's manner of life, it was evident that these were not merely teachings but inspired revelations from God's Word that Robert prayerfully studied and which, by practical applica- tion, had become part of his life and ministry. He taught that these truths should never be seen as 'an end' in them- selves, or as a substitute for any part of the Bible, but merely keys given to open a clearer understanding of the Scriptures. He taught that if the three cardinal principles of: 1. The Love of God, which covers a multitude of sins, leads us to repen- tance and enables us to avoid condemnation in our relationships and, 6 2. The Headship of Christ, which produces meekness and humility and delivers us from the tendency to desire to lord over the flock, while maintaining a servant's attitude and, 3. The Effectual Working of the Holy Spirit, Who leads us into all truth and guides us in our daily walk and calling, were operating in us and our local churches, we would be successful and continue to grow in God's Grace. Who is it that the author and those who have labored over this revised edition seek to glorify? The Lord Jesus Christ. Colossians 1:18b… “in all things He might have the preeminence.” And who is responsible for the publishing of this revised edition? Robert personally commissioned Howard Katz, Eleazar Mendoza and Brad Kenyon to work together with a team, to see that this material and other books be revised as needed, translated, published and distributed. This work is done in obedience to this vision and commission. The fulfillment of this commission continues with the publishing of the periodical “The New Testament Grace Counselor”, the working together of an international team of ministries providing fellowship and accountability for local churches in many countries, and the publishing of this and other compi- lations of Robert Ewing's work. What was the motivation for the revision of The Seven Key Truths book, and what has been added? While this material has been previously published in a limited way and in various forms, it was clear that there was a need for a thorough revision for the sake of readability and clarity.