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If I went around preaching saying, “the kingdom of heaven is at hand“, could anyone be saved? Nope, not one.
You should not go around preaching anything to anybody until you learn what the gospel actually is.
 

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You're joking, right? Please tell me that you're joking. Are there truly people ignorant enough to fall for your spiel? Had you bothered to quote the "this" that the people "heard" in Acts 2:37, then you would have shown that Peter had just finished preaching the same exact death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ that Paul preached. Here, I will quote it for you.

Act 2:22
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:
Act 2:23
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Act 2:24
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Act 2:25
For 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:
Act 2:26
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Act 2:27
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Act 2:28
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
Act 2:29
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.
Act 2:30
Therefore 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;
Act 2:31
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Act 2:32
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Act 2:33
Therefore 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.
Act 2:34
For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Act 2:35
Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
Act 2:36
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Act 2:37
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?
Act 2:38
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.
Another lie. Paul was not only water baptized himself, but he water baptized others as well. Have you ever actually read the Bible?
There is another possible option. Would you like me to tell you what it is? Simply put, you don't know what you're talking about. Paul went to those who allegedly preached a different gospel to receive confirmation from them for what he was preaching lest he had been running in vain.

Gal 2:1
Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
Gal 2:2
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.

How did you become so messed up in your theology?

Btw, you apparently do not understand Paul's use of the word "mystery" either, but that is another reproof for another time.
What you missed in all that is the creation of the body of Christ by way of Gentiles entering in without having to join with Israel, which was Pau's message.

1 Corinthians 2:6-8
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Do you see the difference in Paul's message and the effect that it had? As an Israeli, I fully understand the mission of Israel as they to whom Gentiles always had to join with to enter in, so to speak, and that Paul's Gospel was one whereby Gentiles no longer had to join with Israel, but had the means to approach Christ directly. Under the ministry of Christ, Gentiles were dogs. If that doesn't elicit a level of understanding in your mind and heart, then nothing else will really make any difference. You're stuck in your church traditions and dogmas, and what scripture actually says is of no real consequence to you.

MM

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Well, scripture disagrees with you concerning the Kingdom Gospel preached by Peter after the ascension of Christ Jesus into Heaven and after Pentacost:

Acts 2:37-38
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.

That is NOT the Gospel for us today because it was not Paul's Gospel. Why some can't seem to figure that out in the face of overwhelming evidence is an astounding thing to behold. Water baptism doesn't do anything to wash away our sins under the Gospel of Grace through faith.

Elements of replacement theology is what seems to be forcing the blindness over the eyes of so many who claim absolute similarity in the face of glaring differences.

MM
The Jews were SUPPOSED to understand what baptism stood for. Baptism was a symbol for BELIEF on THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND BE SAVED. They should have known. And water baptism SHOWED them.

Now we have "theologians" today who try to mix it or try to say "different gospels."

Israel inherits the new earth kingdom.

His church/ bride inherits the new heaven kingdom.

ALL, ALL, ALL are saved by trusting in the Lord Jesus For ETERNAL LIFE.
 

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I noticed that you quoted no scripture for backing, so there's not much to discuss since your post is rooted in your opinion.

However, in answer to your question, Paul's Gospel is precisely that...the death, burial and resurrection of Christ Jesus, and nothing else:

1 Corinthians 15:1-4
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Some believe that Paul was remiss by leaving out water baptism unto remission of sins, but that was no longer the saving Gospel that was given to Paul for him to preach to the Gentiles and believing Jews. The sin of omission is something Paul cannot legitimately be accused of having perpetrated, but some see themselves as qualified to stand with Satan to accuse Paul.

MM
Why so many words Mm?

1 Corinthians 2:2
For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
 

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You should not go around preaching anything to anybody until you learn what the gospel actually is.
Hopefully you are not preaching the gospel of the kingdom saying, the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Hopefully if you preach anything, it is the gospel that was revealed to Paul, how Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day.
 

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Hopefully you are not preaching the gospel of the kingdom saying, the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Hopefully if you preach anything, it is the gospel that was revealed to Paul, how Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day.
And how Christ may return at any moment, so we should view the KOH as being at hand:

TOP #213: The dead in Christ will rise first and be joined in the air by Christians who are living at that time. [1THS 4:13-18] Regarding the times and dates, “the end will come like a thief in the night” (5:1-4, cf. MT 24:36-44/TOJ #144), so the children of light (TOP #168) should be alert or ready rather than asleep or drunk (5:5-7).
 
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Hopefully you are not preaching the gospel of the kingdom saying, the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Hopefully if you preach anything, it is the gospel that was revealed to Paul, how Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day.
If you knew anything at all about either the gospel or Paul, then you would know that the gospel of the kingdom is exactly what Paul preached. From what I have seen here thus far, I anticipate that it will be a giant waste of time explaining this to you, but I will briefly mention something for the potential benefit of others who might be following this conversation.

In relation to a Christian's spiritual armor, Paul said:

Eph 6:15
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

What exactly is this gospel of peace that a Christian's feet are supposed to be shod with? Paul further explained it here.

Rom 10:15
And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Here, Paul spoke of the gospel of peace again, and he not only directly linked it to our feet again, but he also directly linked it to two Old Testament portions of scripture when he said "as it is written." Here are the two Old Testament verses that Paul was referring to.

Isa 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

Nah 1:15
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

Here, not only are the same feet and the same good tidings or gospel of peace mentioned, but they are mentioned in direct relation to Zion and Judah. In other words, the entire Bible, in both the old and new testaments alike, foretells of the coming kingdom of God to this earth, and when it comes, Christ will not only be the King of said kingdom, but his kingdom rule will be established in Jerusalem.

This is very much a part of the true gospel message, and if you do not understand this (and you presently do not), and if you do not shod your feet with it, then you are shoeless in God's sight because this is what a Christian's feet are supposed to be shod with.
 

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And how Christ may return at any moment, so we should view the KOH as being at hand:

TOP #213: The dead in Christ will rise first and be joined in the air by Christians who are living at that time. [1THS 4:13-18] Regarding the times and dates, “the end will come like a thief in the night” (5:1-4, cf. MT 24:36-44/TOJ #144), so the children of light (TOP #168) should be alert or ready rather than asleep or drunk (5:5-7).
The KOH will be ushered in at the second coming of Jesus Christ as King. It will literally be at hand once again during the tribulation, Jacob's trouble.
 

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If you knew anything at all about either the gospel or Paul, then you would know that the gospel of the kingdom is exactly what Paul preached. From what I have seen here thus far, I anticipate that it will be a giant waste of time explaining this to you, but I will briefly mention something for the potential benefit of others who might be following this conversation.

In relation to a Christian's spiritual armor, Paul said:

Eph 6:15
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

What exactly is this gospel of peace that a Christian's feet are supposed to be shod with? Paul further explained it here.

Rom 10:15
And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Here, Paul spoke of the gospel of peace again, and he not only directly linked it to our feet again, but he also directly linked it to two Old Testament portions of scripture when he said "as it is written." Here are the two Old Testament verses that Paul was referring to.

Isa 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

Nah 1:15
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

Here, not only are the same feet and the same good tidings or gospel of peace mentioned, but they are mentioned in direct relation to Zion and Judah. In other words, the entire Bible, in both the old and new testaments alike, foretells of the coming kingdom of God to this earth, and when it comes, Christ will not only be the King of said kingdom, but his kingdom rule will be established in Jerusalem.

This is very much a part of the true gospel message, and if you do not understand this (and you presently do not), and if you do not shod your feet with it, then you are shoeless in God's sight because this is what a Christian's feet are supposed to be shod with.
“the kingdom is exactly what Paul preached.”

Amen

“And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.”
‭‭Acts‬ ‭28:30-31‬ ‭

“Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15:50-52‬ ‭

“Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭25:34‬ ‭KJV‬‬


“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭6:9-10‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:19-21‬ ‭

“giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1:12-14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

I’ve noticed you’re right about wasting time I spent my first year here saying the same things and quoting the same scriptures . The gospel of hypergrace is like a solid brick wall in the mind . You can wuote pups dowctine constently teaching the kingdom as he did but they can’t or won’t acknolwedge it no matter what scripture you find and share

this place is misleading when it says “ bible discussion forum “ it’s more of a a random ideas without scripture that are about God and salvation forum
 
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this place is misleading when it says “ bible discussion forum “ it’s more of a a random ideas without scripture that are about God and salvation forum
Perhaps the "Bible Dismissing Forum" would be a better name for it in that certain people regularly dismiss what the scriptures truly teach.
 

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I like your post. Thank you for posting this.

The Jews were SUPPOSED to understand what baptism stood for. Baptism was a symbol for BELIEF on THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND BE SAVED. They should have known. And water baptism SHOWED them.
If you would, please discuss what Peter said in relation to your statement that water baptism was a "symbol":

Acts 2:37-38
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.

Would you agree that for one to have been saved, that his sins had to be cleansed? How does that stack up against the concept of baptism being a mere "symbol"? Where does scripture discuss any "symbol" as having the power to cleanse away sin in totality?

ALL, ALL, ALL are saved by trusting in the Lord Jesus For ETERNAL LIFE.
Amen to that. Grace through faith. That's what it's all about.

MM
 

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I like your post. Thank you for posting this.



If you would, please discuss what Peter said in relation to your statement that water baptism was a "symbol":

Acts 2:37-38
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.

Would you agree that for one to have been saved, that his sins had to be cleansed? How does that stack up against the concept of baptism being a mere "symbol"? Where does scripture discuss any "symbol" as having the power to cleanse away sin in totality?



Amen to that. Grace through faith. That's what it's all about.

MM
Don't forget/ignore/omit divine love.

TOJ #129: The law of love summarizes God’s moral will. [MT 22:37-39//MK 12:29-31] Although this law has two applications (love for God and love for people, including oneself), these are combined and enumerated as one to show that they coexist (1JN 4:20-21). This law (DT 6:5, LV 19:18) summarizes all of God’s moral commandments as Paul also taught (GL 5:14). Jesus commanded His disciples to love {JN 13:34, 15:12&17}. Love is the sign that a soul is a Spirit-filled Christian (TOJ #148, cf. #113). Elsewhere (PR 6:16, RM 12:9) it is taught that God and godly people should hate evil. Of course, Jesus’ instruction to “hate” one’s own life and family (LK 14:26) means to love God foremost (TOJ #50).

TOJ #130: Love is the key to understanding GW/truth. {MT 22:40} And the key to comprehending God’s love is Jesus (JN 3:16, RM 5:8, 1JN 4:10-5:5; TOJ #47).

TOP #29: The HS’s love while suffering produces perseverance and moral character. [RM 5:3-5] Without God’s love believers would lose hope and fail to keep on believing and developing moral maturity.

TOP #30: God demonstrates His love for sinners by means of Christ dying for the ungodly or atheists. [RM 5:6-11] This is called being “reconciled”.

TOP #135: The only thing that matters with regard to satisfying GRFS is having faith that is expressed through love. [GL 5:6&14, cf. TOP #27-29 & TOJ #129] Love in its various forms manifests the fruit of the Spirit (called the “new creation” in 6:15). Those who pervert this truth, thereby leavening the Gospel with heresy, deserve their penalty including emasculatiion (5:7-12).

TOP #138: The fruit of the Spirit is love in various manifestations. [GL 5:22-23] This teaching elaborates #135. The varieties of love include such qualities as joy TOP #189), peace (#64), patience (#155), kindness (#166), goodness (#187&188), faithfulness (#9&15), gentleness (#192) and self-control (TIT 2:2-12). Paul pointed out that there are no laws against these attributes.

TOJ in 1JN 4:1-21: Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love (v.8)
 

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I like your post. Thank you for posting this.



If you would, please discuss what Peter said in relation to your statement that water baptism was a "symbol":

Acts 2:37-38
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.

Would you agree that for one to have been saved, that his sins had to be cleansed? How does that stack up against the concept of baptism being a mere "symbol"? Where does scripture discuss any "symbol" as having the power to cleanse away sin in totality?



Amen to that. Grace through faith. That's what it's all about.

MM
1 Cor 10 ~~1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptised into Moses in the cloud (The shekinah Glory/manifestation of The Christ) and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food 4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

The animal sacrifices pointed to the fact that sins had to be cleansed. Israel knew this but eventually went into extreme reversionism.

As being a symbol. Equate it to our communion today.

Repent is a change of mind. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Saved. Period.......baptism and communion confirm this fact.

Another example of tradition and teaching truth through tradition is Romans and " If You confess with your mouth..." This is not an example of how to be saved. It's an example of the Jews and their traditional "chant." They had their Shema prayer where they would confess with their mouth The one true God of Israel. Paul was not saying one has to confess with their mouth to be saved. He was telling the Jews to believe and their "chant" would change to "Jesus Christ is Lord and the Messiah."

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved.....
 

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1 Cor 10 ~~1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptised into Moses in the cloud (The shekinah Glory/manifestation of The Christ) and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food 4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

The animal sacrifices pointed to the fact that sins had to be cleansed. Israel knew this but eventually went into extreme reversionism.

As being a symbol. Equate it to our communion today.

Repent is a change of mind. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Saved. Period.......baptism and communion confirm this fact.

Another example of tradition and teaching truth through tradition is Romans and " If You confess with your mouth..." This is not an example of how to be saved. It's an example of the Jews and their traditional "chant." They had their Shema prayer where they would confess with their mouth The one true God of Israel. Paul was not saying one has to confess with their mouth to be saved. He was telling the Jews to believe and their "chant" would change to "Jesus Christ is Lord and the Messiah."

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved.....
I think I understand what you're saying, and correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that you are down-playing what Peter clearly stated as the result of the water baptism. Can we agree that salvation cannot be realized unless the sins are remitted, cleansed, done away with...whatever terms one may choose? The sins were the culprits that had to be eradicated before salvation could be gifted. Is that agreeable?

Acts 2:38 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.

Remission of sins through baptism is clearly Peter's meaning and message. He said nothing about baptism being a symbolic gesture of something already accomplished. That's putting the cart before the horse in relation to what he actually stated.

This is quite unmistakable in the precision of the language used by Peter. It escapes me why some can't seem to see the difference between this requirement upon those under the Kingdom Gospel, and the Gospel of Grace preached by Paul that said not one word about baptism being a prerequisite for remission of sins. They parrot the claim that Paul preached the same Gospel as Jesus, Peter, James, et al, and yet have no contexts nor statements to back that assumption apart from the commonality of Christ Jesus. Paul made no mention of the kingdom to come because it was delayed on account of Israel's continued rejection of Christ Jesus when they stoned Stephen.

One individual went so far as to claim that earlier statements made by Peter in Acts 2 shows that he preached faith in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, even though he at no point ever said anything about faith in those aspects apart from pointing out the death, burial and resurrection as an accusation against Israel in order to wedge the guilt of it all into the hearts of his hearers. When people invent conclusions that is nowhere backed up by statements in the text, thus injecting what isn't there, that's a religion of one's own creation.

Granted, I'm all for people having the freedoms of free moral agency and doctrinal belief, but when they become a danger to others by way of false doctrines, that's when we have to step in and speak the truth to others so that they don't so easily fall into the traps of those falsehoods, no matter how long those false doctrines have enjoyed traditional conveyance throughout the halls of churchianity and its pulpits of false teachings.

MM
 

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This is a wild assumption on your part. Jesus regularly told his disciples that he was going to be killed and then resurrected from the dead. Furthermore, he told them that this kingdom would not appear until his second coming.
What you left out is that Kingdom was stated to be "at hand." It's a well-known fact that such language clearly depicts eminency, not something 2000+ years later. Jesus spoke the truth in that it was at hand, which was stated BEFORE Israel continued to reject Him up the point of stoning Stephen. It was soon after that event (some years afterward) that the Lord converted Paul through direct revelation and interaction, thus revealing only to him what no man or demon throughout history knew about up to that point.

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Ephesians 2:11-13
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

This shows to us that before Israel's decline, the commonwealth of Israel was the only portal to salvation:

John 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

Replacement theology has so many blinded to this that they stumble around in the darkness of their false beliefs derived from failure to read scripture for what it actually says while believing their darling little wolves-in-sheep's-clothing pastors who are misleading them down the path of dark indifference to the Light of Truth found in the word of God.

MM
 

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Acts 2:37-38
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.
What about the striking difference of 1 Peter
1 Peter 3:21
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ
Peter later realized, why Paul rebuked him in Galatians and referred to that in The last Peter Epistle at the end about Paul, being a hard one to understand, Paul was Bold, not abusive, Bole in the risen Savior for us all to get in free of charge, having no rituals in the way anymore as why man continues to do, have stuff one, Antone has to do besides believe God. Where the new life begins and on e sees willingness or Law, having to do to get as you just said about Acts
Peter saw and came to see belief in the risen Savior Jesus frees one to be free from laws and rituals and that does not mean to take it for granted and hate or harm anyone
We as new, Love everyone join God's truth of 1 cor 13"4-7, at least me