Acts 2.38 is to Israel not gentiles
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When it says " All Israel are not Israel Paul is telling ethnic Israel something . He is telling them that God has the right to choose whomever he wills to be among his covenant people. But he is not telling them this because God has chosen not to elect most of them. He’s telling them this because the paradigm for inclusion in the covenant people has shifted, from national Israel following the Law to anyone who comes to faith in Christ. Israel feels betrayed by this paradigm shift, so Paul explains that God has no obligation to the physical descendants of Abraham; rather, Paul demonstrates from the Old Testament that his relationship to Israel has always depended upon repentance.
You think Peter ,after specifically labouring on one central point here :
22¶Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
25For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
28Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29¶Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34¶For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36¶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?
Well law observing jews you need to stop shop lifting , your fornication, adultery, Blasphemy ect . Ignore this long irrelevant speech about murdering your deliverer . You need to quit sinning and live righteously " . lol 😆
No mention of faith, believing ect .
22¶Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
25For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
28Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29¶Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34¶For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36¶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?
Well law observing jews you need to stop shop lifting , your fornication, adultery, Blasphemy ect . Ignore this long irrelevant speech about murdering your deliverer . You need to quit sinning and live righteously " . lol 😆
No mention of faith, believing ect .
This depends on what you have decided that the whole Bible needs to harmonise on . For the Catholics its Peter and " on this Rock " .
For SDA its the sabbath and the law
For Jehovah witnesses its the two groups the Earthly class and the 144.000 .
For Calvinists its John 6 and them being the ' elect ' .
For SDA its the sabbath and the law
For Jehovah witnesses its the two groups the Earthly class and the 144.000 .
For Calvinists its John 6 and them being the ' elect ' .
When you say Peter preached to the Jew first in Acts 2 and then to the gentiles with Cornelius, you do realise that's 10 years later . Your borrowing from Pauls message about " to the jew first then the gentile " .Peter knows nothing of this ( remember when Paul is saved ) until Cornelius. Then we start to see the message as we see described in Rom 10.9 and explained in 1 cor 15 . 1-4 . Prior to this Israel is the focus.
Not true. The gospel message is outlined with all specifics relevant to one's rebirth experience in the scripture references I shared. (Acts 2, 8:12-17;10:44-48, 11:13-14, 19:1-6) Other scriptures target individual aspects associated with the converstion/rebirth such as; belief, repentance, baptism, etc.
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Not exactly in the way you are suggesting. The invitation was to be given to the Jew first because of the prophesies needing to be fulfilled but even a Samaritan, a Roman, or a Greek could step up by faith and receive it and Jesus was well pleased and made a point of telling everyone to notice it.
Do your remember those several examples? They were repeated because it is a very important theological message about the offer being to all those who would have faith not just Jews.
And remember the woman who asked for the crumbs from the table and how she received by faith going around the rules of the Jew first idea? So there are exceptions because it is not a hard fast rule. The Gospel has always been extended to all nations from the very beginning even if those who were dull of understanding did not grasp it.
You never really explained how you present the Gospel to people today so I still don't understand what is different in your message than what Peter preached.
Do your remember those several examples? They were repeated because it is a very important theological message about the offer being to all those who would have faith not just Jews.
And remember the woman who asked for the crumbs from the table and how she received by faith going around the rules of the Jew first idea? So there are exceptions because it is not a hard fast rule. The Gospel has always been extended to all nations from the very beginning even if those who were dull of understanding did not grasp it.
You never really explained how you present the Gospel to people today so I still don't understand what is different in your message than what Peter preached.