The following are some responses to the previous post uploaded concerning Paul's "my gospel" and rightly dividing the Word.
If one does not rightly divide the Word, it will become confusing, as is evident in this person's comments. The comments are all directly related to mixing up the Kingdom and Grace doctrines. It is not only sad to see such confusion, but it is dangerous to spread such false doctrine because anyone out there who is uninformed about sound doctrine will believe it and get all twisted up in confusion and contradiction too.
We are to STUDY the Word for ourselves, not rely on things we have learned from preachers, or books, or YouTube. Our ONLY source of truth in the King James Bible. Read it, cross reference scripture, learn its true context, and be edified by it alone. If you find content outside of the Bible, don't believe it until you have searched the scriptures yourself.
COMMENT:
If Paul was really preaching another gospel, then how could he write this to the Galatians and still have that right hand of fellowship with the disciples?
Galatians 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
~~~ In verse 9 below Cephas is Peter FYI
Galatians 2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. 10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
So, is Paul lying about there being no other gospel in that first chapter? If not, then for him to have that right hand of fellowship, His disciples were preaching the same gospel as Paul was as Jesus taught & revealed that one gospel to all of them.
MY REPLY:
Galatians was written shortly after the Jerusalem council meeting in Acts 15. At this meeting Peter declares that Jews would be saved in the same manner as Gentiles, that is through the grace gospel preached by Paul. Peter essentially uses the keys of the kingdom to close this Kingdom dispensation.
Thus, Paul declares to the Galatians that by going back under the law (under the Kingdom) is making Christ of no effect, and that those who teach any other gospel than that which was taught by Paul, the grace gospel, are anathema.
The Kingdom gospel ended (or faded out) after the council meeting and the Jewish church under the Kingdom gospel disappeared as their members died and the temple was destroyed. From this time forward, Paul's grace gospel was preached to both Jew and Gentile and its members formed part of the Body of Christ. This dispensation will end at the rapture and the Kingdom message will be revived again as God starts to focus once again on His nation and their purging and salvation.
COMMENT:
I do not see Jesus nor His disciples preaching a different gospel from Paul when Jesus explained to Nicodemus on how and when one is born again of the Spirit and that is after His ascension vs 13 which is after His crucifixion vs 14 for whenever anyone believes in Jesus Christ to be saved 15 & 16.
John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
I call you to go to Jesus Christ in prayer and asks for wisdom on this issue because after the rapture event for the duration of the great tribulation. that gospel of grace is still the same as preached by that angel with the “everlasting gospel” to all the world in Revelation 14:6–7
Revelation 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. The 2nd angel heralds the fall of Babylon and the third of the earth while the third angel warns everyone of taking the mark of the beast to buy & sell to survive in the coming New World Order will go to the lake of fire & burn forever. Revelation 14:8–11
Those 3 angels set up the hour of temptation that shall try all remaining on the earth and so there can be no other gospel.
It is by coming to & believing in Jesus Christ is how we are saved and by relying on Him daily for help to resist sin & for following Him to die for Him will be the service to Him in that great tribulation.
MY REPLY:
Before Jesus death, Jesus and the 12 preached concerning the coming kingdom. The message did not declare salvation in the death and resurrection of Christ. How could it if Jesus had not yet died.
After Jesus ascension, the 12 preached the following,
Act 2:36-38 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. (37) Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? (38) Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Reading the above, the message was still concerning the coming kingdom, although Peter now could use the fact that the Jews killed their Messiah, but now that He was risen, they could still repent and prepare for the coming kingdom. Notice that Peter never proclaimed they must believe in the death and resurrection of Christ for salvation. The primary faith to believe was still that Jesus was their Messiah and the Son of God that the prophets proclaimed.
When Paul started preaching, his message was not concerned with the coming kingdom. That was now off the table…suspended till another time. Paul did not proclaim that the Gentiles must believe that Jesus was the Messiah. None of these things mattered. The primary content of Paul’s message was to believe that the cross of Christ was for the forgiveness of sins and His resurrection was for their justification. Peter never preached this message. Their faith and hope were in the fact that Jesus was their Messiah and He was soon coming back again.
The gospel concerns Jesus Christ. But as a Jew one believed in Jesus as the Messiah and King of a new Kingdom. The cross was a disgrace and was used to incite repentance as proclaimed by the Kingdom gospel. As a Gentile, there was little said concerning the Messiahship of Christ or the kingdom. The message focused on the cross and resurrection of Jesus, and in that was the power of salvation.
BTW: The Body of Christ is taken to heaven BEFORE the tribulation. The last seven years has NOTHING to do with the Body of Christ. This is a time determined for Israel. Our time to grow in Christ and be renewed by the Word and give ourselves to faithfulness to God is now, not during the tribulation. In addition, the angels do not even proclaim the cross of Christ, not his resurrection. How can this be the same gospel that Paul preached. Further to this, the angels do not violate Paul's warnings concerning preaching a different gospel, because Paul's warnings were only applicable to the grace dispensation. Once the grace dispensation ended at the rapture, the appropriate gospel messages for the time were preached for that time.
I have no idea why you want to merge the two messages into one? They are not the same, and if you do merge them, it creates confusion because of the two differing dispensations which are very different in doctrine and audience.
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