Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The Gospel of God or the Gospel of Christ?

We will just consider 1 of Paul’s 13 epistles for this topic .... his letter to the saints at Rome (Rom 1:7).

Paul wrote that he was separated unto the gospel of God:

Rom 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

Then Paul wrote that the gospel of Christ is the power of God unto salvation:

Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Paul wrote that he ministered the gospel of God:

Rom 15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

Paul wrote that he preached the gospel of Christ:

Rom 15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

Paul wrote that he will go to Rome with the gospel of Christ:

Rom 15:29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

Was Paul confused? Back and forth, back and forth .... the gospel of God .... the gospel of Christ .... Could Paul not make up his mind WHICH gospel he had? .... But the HOLY SPIRIT inspired his words .... so they MUST be RIGHT.

The Cunning (Eph 4:14) Royal Jester and his Jokers commonly refer to the gospel Paul preached as the gospel of Christ. They do NOT call attention to the fact that PAUL preached the gospel of God. They’re afraid some of their ‘mid-Acts-ers’ followers may venture ‘outside of Paul’ sometime and see that PETER also wrote about the gospel of God .... and that does not fit their wrested (2 Peter 3:16) paradigm:

1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ believe that even though Paul and Peter wrote the SAME words and phrases .... they were talking about DIFFERENT things .... like, the gospel of God, for example.

This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"

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