Is Acts 3 to Jews and Proselytes only ?
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I don't know why it is so hard for you to comprehend that your accusation that it is another Gospel is an error in your logic but it obviously is a hurdle you need to overcome. I suggest enrolling in an online bible school and staying humble. You just probably need reprogramming from YouTube videos or some kind of radical off shoot sect you got mixed up with.
I notice by that comment , your appeal to authority. The worst place to learn the bible is bible college , good grief man , This is amazing because we are faced with absolute clear evidence that Peter and the apostles did not know the message was for gentiles until Acts 11 and because of ' denominational persuasions we ignore the plain reading of the narrative ? What i notice in Christianity is " well we've believe this now for many years and we've got this great giant of the faith and this doctrinal statement and confession from the 1800.s that says we must believe this way or else lol .
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So can someone be saved TODAY apart from believing the death, burial and resurrection? You cannot say those before the cross that died believed in the death , burial and resurrection ( 1 cor 15 .1-4) before it even happened to have faith . Yes its always been by faith throughout . But try saying today a person can be saved without Faith in 1 cor 15 ,1-4 and not be called a heretic.
No one was looking forward to the cross in the old testament. The closest hint we get that they understood is found with Abraham and even then its not clear. It just says " recieved him in like figure " Yes a prophet to come , yes the details found in Genesis , and various places with types,shadows and prophecy. But no one was ' looking forward to the cross '
I think that is the best answer I've seen for a while. The right gospel for the right person for the right moment. Now, consider this.
A man that you have worked with for some years is a devout Jew. One day, he approaches you and says; "You know, I am very bothered. I have read through your New Testament and I see two sobering things. First, I see that that Jesus of yours fulfilled over 300 prophecies that are in my holy Book - the Tanakh. Secondly, I see that we broke the Law of Moses at his trial and played politics to get a Roman Governor to issue a death sentence. I am very bothered what will come of this matter. What shall I do?"
What gospel would you teach?
But a week later, a ageing Vietnam Vet knocks on your door at home. He is sweating and pale. He says; I've heard you are a Christian. I do not have much longer to live. In my tours of Vietnam I was party to a massacre of old men, women and children. We drove them into a big grass hut and set it on fire out of pure blood lust and anger. What if there IS a judgment? I am doomed!"
What would your gospel be?
You don't have to answer. The questions are to underscore what you posted. You'd have an essential core to your gospel, but your approach would be different. The devout Jews of Acts Chapter 2, who had blood on their hands (and their children) got a different answer to Cornelius - a Roman soldier who did not get to his position of Centurion except by having blood on his hands. Why else would a fearless Roman soldier suddenly fear?
A man that you have worked with for some years is a devout Jew. One day, he approaches you and says; "You know, I am very bothered. I have read through your New Testament and I see two sobering things. First, I see that that Jesus of yours fulfilled over 300 prophecies that are in my holy Book - the Tanakh. Secondly, I see that we broke the Law of Moses at his trial and played politics to get a Roman Governor to issue a death sentence. I am very bothered what will come of this matter. What shall I do?"
What gospel would you teach?
But a week later, a ageing Vietnam Vet knocks on your door at home. He is sweating and pale. He says; I've heard you are a Christian. I do not have much longer to live. In my tours of Vietnam I was party to a massacre of old men, women and children. We drove them into a big grass hut and set it on fire out of pure blood lust and anger. What if there IS a judgment? I am doomed!"
What would your gospel be?
You don't have to answer. The questions are to underscore what you posted. You'd have an essential core to your gospel, but your approach would be different. The devout Jews of Acts Chapter 2, who had blood on their hands (and their children) got a different answer to Cornelius - a Roman soldier who did not get to his position of Centurion except by having blood on his hands. Why else would a fearless Roman soldier suddenly fear?
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They did not have to. The fact that God was going to redeem mankind by His Son was established from the foundation of the earth. They did not have to understand how He would do it, all they had to do was have faith in the promises that were given to them. By doing that righteousness was imputed but God knew that the Son would eventually give his life so that God could be just and the justifier of those that put their faith in Him.
If you are a drunken derelict with only one brain cell left and you call upon Jesus to save you He will do so and you don't even have to have heard about the cross yet. Of course it will be explained as you continue but you can get born again just by Crying out to Jesus and saying Jesus I believe you can forgive me and change me. And He WILL. Many people have.
You are demanding that one is not saved until they understand an entire Sunday School Lesson on The purpose of the cross, not so. Faith in Christ can be progressive for an individual today just as you see it laid out in the Gospels.
When I was first put in Jail at 18 years old I was in a temporary cell with two other inmates, it was restricted in that we could not get a visitor, a bible or books until we were processed and moved to another jail. A 'mistake' was made with my paperwork and I was held there for about 18 days. I was miserable and praying to get out of jail at the beginning but then as the days went buy I started praying that God would change who I was and the bad personality that I had become.
I first saw the words "Jesus Saves" written on the wall of this restricted confinement cell. When I saw it, it appealed to my hungry sould and I prayed that Jesus would save me. I did not know what the artist who wrote it on the wall had in mind and I did not know exactly what it meant. I wanted him to change me. Then I asked him to help me quit lying. I suddenly was overwhelmed with the knowledge of my sins. I had just lied that very day to a couple of inmates about some meaningless story I made up, to impress them I suppose. I started telling God I will not lie anymore. (Repentance) But not only did I recognize I had to quit right then but that I also needed to tell those guys that I lied too that day that it was just a lie story I made up. I was embarrassed but I was so convicted about lying that I knew I would have no rest until I confessed. Only then did I feel like God forgave me and then I wondered why I cared so much. I had always lied and never cared one bit. Why the sudden change? Well, I had been asking the Lord to change me, and I had seen the message on the wall Jesus Saves and I had asked him to save me. God knowing my heart and that I meant change who I was, I think maybe that was when I was born again. What do you think? Is that possible. I had no idea what the cross meant at this time.
You seem to think one must understand everything Paul taught before they are saved but Paul taught people after they put faith in Christ and I am sure most of them did not comprehend the death burial and resurrection on day one of their conversion. The scripture you are posting about what he taught should be understood in the context of teaching them over time.
You are getting too stiff with the interpretations.
If you are a drunken derelict with only one brain cell left and you call upon Jesus to save you He will do so and you don't even have to have heard about the cross yet. Of course it will be explained as you continue but you can get born again just by Crying out to Jesus and saying Jesus I believe you can forgive me and change me. And He WILL. Many people have.
You are demanding that one is not saved until they understand an entire Sunday School Lesson on The purpose of the cross, not so. Faith in Christ can be progressive for an individual today just as you see it laid out in the Gospels.
When I was first put in Jail at 18 years old I was in a temporary cell with two other inmates, it was restricted in that we could not get a visitor, a bible or books until we were processed and moved to another jail. A 'mistake' was made with my paperwork and I was held there for about 18 days. I was miserable and praying to get out of jail at the beginning but then as the days went buy I started praying that God would change who I was and the bad personality that I had become.
I first saw the words "Jesus Saves" written on the wall of this restricted confinement cell. When I saw it, it appealed to my hungry sould and I prayed that Jesus would save me. I did not know what the artist who wrote it on the wall had in mind and I did not know exactly what it meant. I wanted him to change me. Then I asked him to help me quit lying. I suddenly was overwhelmed with the knowledge of my sins. I had just lied that very day to a couple of inmates about some meaningless story I made up, to impress them I suppose. I started telling God I will not lie anymore. (Repentance) But not only did I recognize I had to quit right then but that I also needed to tell those guys that I lied too that day that it was just a lie story I made up. I was embarrassed but I was so convicted about lying that I knew I would have no rest until I confessed. Only then did I feel like God forgave me and then I wondered why I cared so much. I had always lied and never cared one bit. Why the sudden change? Well, I had been asking the Lord to change me, and I had seen the message on the wall Jesus Saves and I had asked him to save me. God knowing my heart and that I meant change who I was, I think maybe that was when I was born again. What do you think? Is that possible. I had no idea what the cross meant at this time.
You seem to think one must understand everything Paul taught before they are saved but Paul taught people after they put faith in Christ and I am sure most of them did not comprehend the death burial and resurrection on day one of their conversion. The scripture you are posting about what he taught should be understood in the context of teaching them over time.
You are getting too stiff with the interpretations.
In John Chapter 1:14 the word "dwelt" is not wrong, but the Greek word is the word used for God living in a tent. More accurately, it should read; "The Word was made flesh and TABERNACLED among us ...". The Chapter continues with seven things needed to complete BETHEL - the House of God. The last two are men, Peter, which means a stone and Nathaniel, which means gift of God. Men are needed for the House of God. Going into Chapter 2, our Lord calls the Temple, the House of God, but alludes to the fact that when His BODY was raised it would be the House of God. In John Chapter 14 our Lord teaches us that in the Father's House - the House of God, are many "ABODES" (lit. Gk.). He tells the disciples that He must go away to prepare these ABODES. He then tells them that they are not to be concerned because He would return and that when He returned, they would then BE IN HIM AND HIM IN THEM. Thus, the House of God is made of ABODES containing men. This He fulfills in Chapter 20:22. They receive the Holy Spirit and the House of God, which is the Body of Christ, is made.
