Except that is not what I said.Ah, so Paul was a matter of convenience for God. How like God that is. LOL
Except that is not what I said.Ah, so Paul was a matter of convenience for God. How like God that is. LOL
There were both Jews and Gentiles that did not come to the Lord.Gee, it's too bad then that the Jews were blinded, and God wasn't able to get both to come to Him. Then even Paul.....
2 Timothy 1:15
This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
Continue to be an idiot if you wish.You are not Tambora.
And yet Paul used OT scripture to show that what was not fully understood to them at the time was still very prophetic.The prophets knew nothing of the body of Christ.
Paul often used OT scripture to express ideas that were not directly related to the original context of those scriptures. Like he does in Romans 8:36.And yet Paul used OT scripture to show that what was not fully understood to them at the time was still very prophetic.
Again, faith without works was not always the way that God works. Israelite's were required to have faith and works. James says that. He also uses Abraham as an example of faith and works.That faithful believers of all the world (Jew & Gentile) would be Abraham's children that are justified by believing faith apart from works.
Continue to be an idiot if you wish.
I laid there all night, thinking that exact same thing....after reading her latest post.Christ said the G. C. would enable the Twelve with everything they would possibly need to convert gentiles as well as Jews.
So you don't know why God drafted Paul, which is all the proof I need. The real Tambora understood it years ago but you do not. You don't talk, think, or believe like she did AT ALL.
We who knew her aren't fooled. You are not Tambora.
You've clearly missed Paul's take on this. He was mortified to learn that his church was being pressured to get circumcised and keep the law. It's fine to pick out a couple of verses and come up with something so simple as hypocricy. The three "so called pillars", Peter, James and JohnAre to serious? Peter didn't need rebuking to tell his story. Acts 11:18 (KJV) When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Or this time:
Acts 15:6-7 (KJV) 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
There's nothing in either of those telling stories suggest Peter was rebuked.
When Peter was rebuked by Paul, it was for hypocrisy, because Peter was not obeying the law to not eat with Gentiles until some law observers came. This shows that Peter was following Paul's teaching by this time.
Galatians 2:9 (KJV) And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we [should go] unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
[some time passes]
Galatians 2:11 (KJV) But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
Galatians 2:14 (KJV) But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
I'm still in Soots.I laid there all night, thinking that exact same thing....after reading her latest post.
Yes, it is what you said. Why do you think Paul was the "chosen vessel" sent to the gentiles?Except that is not what I said.
Then, I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:I'm still in Soots.
I'm still a lifetime member.
I'm still in the Hall of Fame.
Any mod can verify my IP.
And you can PM me about the joke you and my son played on me.
Or I can keep getting a chuckle of ya'll continuing to be delusional conspiracy nuts.
Why on earth would you think I am removed when I believe it is only through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ that anyone could ever be saved unto eternal life?Then, I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
I'll tell you who is to be blamed for the state of the church today. Those who do not preach the gospel of grace according to Paul. Those who claim the Kingdom gospel is the same as the gospel of grace. What's being taught in churches today? The Kingdom gospel. So when I see people trying to intermingle the gospels as if they were the same, I get angry. People are dying in their sins because they are trying to live by what Jesus and the twelve preached while Jesus walked among us.There were both Jews and Gentiles that did not come to the Lord.
I don't see that as God's fault, but you can if you want to.
You can't even admit the gospel of the kingdom is not the same as the gospel of grace.Why on earth would you think I am removed when I believe it is only through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ that anyone could ever be saved unto eternal life?
Why on earth would you think I am removed when I believe it is only through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ that anyone could ever be saved unto eternal life?
I have on several occasions and even color-coded them differently in a post to differentiate between them.You can't even admit the gospel of the kingdom is not the same as the gospel of grace.
The gospel of eternal life - that right there might be adding to the confusion.I have on several occasions and even color-coded them differently in a post to differentiate between them.
Israel's promise of a restored earthly kingdom is not the gospel of eternal life.
I don't know how much clearer I can be be.
The one's that don't read correctly can spit and sputter all they want.
Where do you see Paul speaking of the kingdom of Israel? I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just curious.Both Peter and Paul taught there would be a restoration of the earthly kingdom of Israel.
Where do you see Peter teaching that?Both peter and Paul taught the gospel of eternal life was through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Why?The gospel of eternal life - that right there might be adding to the confusion.
Because some are reading into it what is not there.It's been very confusing, not just to me.
Perhaps you will believe Paul.Where do you see Paul speaking of the kingdom of Israel? I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just curious.
Where do you see Peter teaching that?
Why?
Being saved IS having eternal life.
How do you think that answers my questions? It's Paul talking the entire time...using the royal "we" since it's questionable that Peter knew anything of justification by faith. Clearly his actions weren't showing it.Perhaps you will believe Paul.
Paul talking with Peter:
Galatians 2:14-16 ESV(14) But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel,I [that would be Paul] said to Cephas [that would be Peter] before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”(15) We ourselves are Jews by birth [that would be Peter & Paul] and not Gentile sinners;(16) yet we [that would be Peter & Paul] know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.