The Gospels and the Mystery

So the mystery is revealed and fulfilled in Christ., the Christ who "is head of the body, the church ((assembly) Col 1:18a))" . Christ being the firstborn, the first born into the new creation as Paul continues in verse 18 :- "He is the begining, the first born from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent Col 1:18b".

Those who are Born again are in Christ, and as such enjoy the benefits of adoption (Rom 8:15-17; Eph 1:5) and every spiritual blessing 'in Christ' (Eph 1:3).

Christ himself being the first born from the dead, by faith raises us up from death to new life (john 3:16; 6:35; Rom 5). Therefore, Peter and all the other apostles and disciple are also part of Christs body (the church) for they are born again into Christ as Peter himself states - "He has caused us to be born again.... Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:3)".

The one true gospel, that gospel itself is Christ Jesus, the one who, not only shows us the way but is the way, not only tells us the truth but is truth itself and not only gives life but is very life itself.

Christ, is tye good news the mystery that has been revealed in the time of fulfiment. Christ looks forward ti his cross in the gopsel, Paul looks back upon it.

The is only one gospel and that is the proclammation of the kingdom of God/heaven, that broke into space and time (history) in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. So we proclaim him and ask that people repent and believe just like Jesus and Paul ( Acts 17:30;34).

And this brings comfort to all from the first disciples of Jesus in Galilee and Jerusalem to the first Samaritans and Gentiles... Jew and gentile alike are now the 'One new man in Christ', one body, one living temple. And all can say as Jesus did :-

"there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (Rom 8:1)". .... Yes Jesus' teaching in Paul's own style of writing. Cf. John 5:24; 3:18.

One Christ, one gospel, one body/people, one kingdom (Gods) and all to the glory of God.


Hyper dispensationalism (paul onlyism) is an unhealthy, unscriptural and untenable theology.

Sorry, I'm not sure that I fully understand your post - my fault - but I will say that anyone's attempt to achieve salvation by the keeping
of law in any sense, leads to God's wrath, not His grace - instead it is against His grace. Salvation is fully and completely a gift by His exceedingly great mercy and grace through Christ, given to those He has chosen for it, with no prerequisites or conditions whatsoever associated to or imposed upon it.

I have just seen this post and thought it was interesting. so here is my answer.

Yes.. "IF" I was living in the time of

1. Abraham
2. Moses
3. David
4. Disciple pre-resurrection

SinceI/we don't live in those times we don't need hypothetical conditionals. We have Christ. And in him both Jew and Gentile are the one new man.

There is only 1 gospel. My only point was that there was a level of understanding that a Savior was necessary.
Let's look at what Job might have understood in knowing his Redeemer lives:
1. He needs someone to pay for him in some manner.
2. That Redeemer is now alive, inferring that He was once dead.
That's verse 25. Verse 26 Job says that after his present body is destroyed that he will see God in the flesh, which means:
1. There is life after death.
2. He will receive a new body.
3. In this new body, he will see God.
4. He will dwell with God.
Verse 25 also says his Redeemer will stand on the earth so:
1. He will come in the flesh.

Sounds to me like Job understood his Redeemer would come to earth, die, that he would die, and he would dwell with God. That's pretty darn close to d-b-r to me.

In your Romans 1 reference above, we don't see water baptism indicated as being what Paul preached to them. It's simply not there. People today inject that into the text, but only on the basis of their own personal whims. Peter, on the other hand, was still preaching the necessity for water baptism in Acts 10.
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Adam was given a new garment made by the hand of God, covered with the innocent blood of a lamb, was given the gospel of the death burial and resurrection of the Son and believed it, was promised the way to Life and preserved against damnation.

Adam is saved by the same faith we have.

i suggest you look closer at Genesis 3 as you clearly lack understanding of it. Here is an excellent start, only about 80 hours of post-seminary level lecture and worth a thousand years.

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the Seed of the woman had His heel bitten but crushed the head of the Serpent.

that is the gospel of the birth, life, death, resurrection and return of the Messiah to save the world from sin.

it isn't my fault you don't yet comprehend that.

please listen to the lecture series i put for you bro you will not regret it.

So, what are you saying in all that? Was Paul remiss in preaching the entire Gospel that did and does save to this very day, the part about water baptism? Given that he never instructed anyone that it was required after having received revelation of the mystery, how does transplanting from another dispensation into the present find itself rooted in a foundation of credibility?

MM

Ok, the personification of the Gospel of Grace is Christ! For Christ is full of Grace and truth.
John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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Yes, Paul did indeed speak of baptism in the name of Christ Jesus, speaking against which is something that was not a part of his ministry. In other words, negating the Kingdom Gospel wasn't the aim of his message. 1 Corinthians 15 contains the content of his Gospel, reiterated to the Corinthians who had been theologically assaulted by the Judaisers, causing much confusion among them when reading the scriptural narrative through Acts in its entirety, while also coupling that together with his epistles.
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Never did Paul teach the requirement for baptism unto the remission of sins.
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Yes, Paul did indeed speak of baptism in the name of Christ Jesus, speaking against which is something that was not a part of his ministry. ...

No, Peter was not preaching water baptism. They had already been baptized by the Holy Ghost - spiritual baptism - and Peter knew that and said so. The water baptism was only symbolic of spiritual baptism - the only baptism of significance - of which, Peter was well aware.

[Act 10:47 KJV]
47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

And yet, the d,b,r of Christ for sins was kept hid since the world began and was not revealed until after the resurrection. You’re making things up brother to fit an opinion.

Adam was given the skin of a Lamb to cover him because he sinned. That’s all he could have known. The accepted sacrifice was the blood of a lamb. We cannot force what we know after the cross on those before the cross.

You are trying to wrongly divide the word here my dear. Acts 2:38 is not baptismal regeneration you seem to paint at or point out so that Paul’s and Peter’s Gospel differ. I agree water baptism has no place in the gospel. Your reference to Acts 2:38 that water baptism is to get remissions of sins because of the word “for” yet the word “for” means “concerning” or “because of” or “in reference to” or “against the remission of sins” if taken about. Of course, you cannot believe the gospel without repentance. Mark 1:15 And saying . . . repent ye, and believe the gospel . . .
I think this is another HYPE prooftext that Peter’s gospel involves water baptism. It seems to me that your other proof text does no good in trying to differentiate when the plain Bible says it makes no difference. I seem to think of no offense that you are unable to properly divide the word at this time. You are using the sword unskillfully.
Look again, at how Peter described the gospel he preached.
Acts 2: 22 – He told those Jews around him about Jesus' sufferings and his death “… crucified and slain”
Acts 2:24 – He told them of the “ Whom God hath raised up,..”
Acts 2:29 Peter illustrates Christ's death and burial to King David that from his loins according to the flesh God would raise up Christ to sit on his throne.
There they are, the DBR!
In Acts 2:32, Luke wrote, “This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we are all witnesses…”. Witnesses of what? The gospel as per context.
Acts 2:37 says “When they heard this…” What? Is it water baptism? A big NO! but the gospel. Did they receive Peter’s gospel? According to the context, YES! and again what is that Gospel? The DBR!
Acts 2:41 says “Then they that gladly received his word” and when they received or believed the gospel the thing Peter preached “were baptized…”

Making things up to fit your theory is not good Bible study. The Bible states that the d,b,r was hid from man until after it occurred.

Faith is the evidence of things unseen.

i am not the first person to recognize Genesis 3:15 as the protoevangelion.

but judge others as you would have yourself judged: Adam received the promise of salvation from sin through the Son, and he believed it, and God covered him with the blood of a lamb.
yet you condemn Adam's soul to hades eternally because his knowledge of the details of the cross was not yet complete. but is yours?

I'm sorry you cannot see the spiritual realities reflected in the scriptures.

The Jews looked forward to a Savior, we look backwards to our Savior.