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Paul could not have been forgiven under "what the twelve preached": neither in that world, neither in the world to come (Matthew 12:31-32 KJV).Didn't Paul preach what the Twelve preached?
Paul could not have been forgiven under "what the twelve preached": neither in that world, neither in the world to come (Matthew 12:31-32 KJV).Didn't Paul preach what the Twelve preached?
Galatians 2:1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.Didn't Paul preach what the Twelve preached?
:nono:Paul preached the Holy Spirit's doctrine of grace, the same as the other apostles.
It is contrary to our good news!Here is a synopsis of that doctrine: Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him." (Acts 10:34-35)
Now that is good news.
That's about Christ's resurrection from the deadI'm just going by what he said: "Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed." (1 Corinthians 15:11)
Paul's foundation was "Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:2 KJV). Paul gloried in the cross (Galatians 6:14 KJV). Paul preached the why of the cross as the power of God (Romans 1:16 KJV, 1 Corinthians 1:18 KJV, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV).1 Corinthians 3:10-11 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Paul's foundation was Jesus Christ.
That's the mystery of the gospel, dear. It says it was given by God to Paul not Peter as you would have us to believe below.Paul explained, "For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles — if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets." (Ephesians 3:1-5)
What is the mystery of Christ revealed to Paul? He continued, "that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs of the same body and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power." (Ephesians 3:6-7)
Again, Acts 10:35 is opposite of what Paul preached to us (Titus 3:5 KJV)!This same mystery was revealed to Peter on whom Christ's church body is built. Peter said, "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him." (Acts 10:34-35)
More than one gospel, more than one church!One gospel for one church body. :thumb:
More than one gospel, more than one church!
No one has said here that the gospel of God (the WHO of Jesus Christ) was not preached before Paul, but then the WHO is not the WHY (of THE CROSS) now is it? THE CROSS (the gospel of Christ 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV) is what Paul preached (to those he was first sent) is the power of God (Romans 1:18 KJV, 1 Corinthians 1:18 KJV) which leaves you with one gospel pie in your face as clearly there is more than one pie in God's bakery.Bottom line: the Twelve acknowledged Jesus as the Christ and Paul acknowledged Jesus as the Christ.
The Twelve had a gospel and Paul had a gospel. Their gospel: Jesus is the Christ.
Regardless of how many pieces the pie is sliced, when all is said and done it is still pie.
So to reiterate: That Jesus is the Christ is not the power of God to save you. Trusting the Lord believing WHY Christ died and that God raised Him from the dead as declared in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV is. It is the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation (Ephesians 1:13 KJV).The Twelve had a gospel and Paul had a gospel. Their gospel: Jesus is the Christ.