What does "Christendom" mean in Les Feldick's teaching?
The term encompasses Protestantism, Catholicism, and all cults—any group using the Bible as its rule of order. Most remain in a works religion, attempting to earn God's acceptance by doing, while Paul insists salvation is by faith plus nothing, resting on Christ's finished work.
Les teaches that when he uses the word “Christendom,” he is including Protestantism, Catholicism, and all the cults, anything that uses the Bible as its rules of order. He says 90% of them are still living under a works religion: do this, do that, and then maybe God will accept you. By contrast, Paul screams that it is not of works but all of faith—faith plus nothing. This relies on the finished work of Christ on our behalf. People steeped in that kind of religion often testify of the difference when they realize it is faith plus nothing. The context also contrasts this with Israel, who sought not by faith but as it were by the works of the law and stumbled at the stumbling stone, Christ Jesus of Nazareth, who remains the stone of stumbling for the world today because they stumble over these precious truths concerning Christ and His finished work of the cross.