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reneweddaybyday

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I have the same response here as in the other thread where you posted your "JSM" info:
MessageOfTheCross said:
“For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the Cross of Christ should be made of none effect” (1 Cor.1:17). If it is to be noticed, he did not say.“lest the Resurrection of Christ should be made of none effect.”

He also said, “For the preaching (Word) of the Cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are Saved it is the Power of God.” (1 Cor.1:18). He did not say, “For the preaching of the Resurrection is to them….”

The great Apostle also said, “But we preach Christ Crucified” (1 Cor. 1:23). He did not say, as it regards the Atonement,“We preach Christ Resurrected…”

Of course, Paul preached the Resurrection of Christ, even as Chapter 15 of 1 Corinthians bears out, but not as the Atonement.​
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In 1 Corinthians 1:17 Paul states that Christ sent him to preach the gospel. The gospel includes the crucifixion (cross) as well as the resurrection as shown in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.

That is the gospel.

It is in the resurrection from the dead that the power of God to those who are saved is revealed (1 Cor 1:18).

Again, the gospel includes both the crucifixion and the resurrection.

2 Corinthians 13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God.

He was crucified through weakness — He lives by the power of God Who raised Him from the dead.

Where is the power of God exhibited? Is the power of God revealed in the crucifixion? Or is the power of God revealed in the resurrection?



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MessageOfTheCross said:
He also stated to the Church at Corinth and to all others as well, “For I determined not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ, and Him Crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2). He did not say, “For I determined not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ, and Him Resurrected…”
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The reason Paul states in 1 Cor 2:2 that he determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified is because for the most part the church at Corinth was a carnal church. He could go no further than the cross and the resurrection with them because of all the problems he had to deal with in the church.

However, there were some in the church who Paul could speak with in more depth and he could go beyond the rudiments of the gospel (cross and resurrection). In 1 Cor 2:6 Paul state howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect (of full age, mature). For those who were babes in Christ (1 Cor 3:1), Paul taught the basics ... the gospel (Jesus Christ and Him crucified and the resurrection, which is the power of God).



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MessageOfTheCross said:
As I have stated before on other discussions, while the Resurrection, and the Ascension, and the Exaltation of Christ were of extreme significance, these three tremendous attributes were the result of the Atonement, i.e., “the Cross,” instead of the cause.
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Did Jesus Christ know God was going to raise Him from the dead?
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reneweddaybyday

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And I notice you did not answer my questions:

reneweddaybyday said:
To preach the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is preaching "another Jesus"?

To preach the ascension of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ into heaven is preaching "another gospel"?

To preach the giving of the Holy Spirit on Day of Pentecost is preaching "another Spirit"?



Jesus told His disciples that He would be resurrected from the dead.

Matthew 28:5-6 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.



Jesus told His disciples that He would go away.

John 16:4-5 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?



Jesus told His disciples He had to go away so the Comforter (Holy Spirit) could come:

John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.​
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Do you really believe that when someone preaches the resurrection, he/she is preaching "another Jesus"?

When someone preaches the ascension, he/she is preaching "another gospel"?

When someone preaches the giving of the Holy Spirit on Day of Pentecost, he/she is preaching "another Spirit"?​
 
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