Rather than turning to the red letters of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John or to Peter’s preaching to the Jews to find the GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION, we find the GOSPEL committed to Paul here: 1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 1 Corinthians 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 1 Corinthians 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Peter never said that Christ had died for their sins. He preached the cross as a shame. He called for the repentance of the men of Israel, looking forward to a future day of atonement at Christ’s second coming. That is not the case in the doctrine committed to Paul for the church today. To Paul was revealed the WHY of the cross, the fact that Christ had died for our sins, all of our sins. Nowhere in your bible does Paul ever tell anyone to “repent and be baptized for the remission of sins.” In Ephesians chapter four he says there is ONE baptism for today. Not water, but the baptism BY the Spirit. Not WITH but BY the Spirit, into the body of Christ. So the message for today is not a message of repentance and water baptism for the remission of sins. It is simply, “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.” -Trusting the Lord
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:53:17 +0000
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