What gospel did the apostles and Paul proclaim? Did Apostles and Paul Preach a Different Gospel? After Christs resurrection, the disciples were with Him forty days. Were they talking among themselves about any other gospel during that time than the Kingdom of God? Notice, just before Jesus ascended into heaven. Luke had previously recorded what Jesus had done and said until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy [Spirit] had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: to whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God ... (Acts 1:2-3). Notice after His resurrection Christ was speaking to His disciples about the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. They, then, just before He ascended into heaven, asked him: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? (Acts 1:6.) The apostles seemed never to understand that the Kingdom of God was not to be set up on earth in their lifetime, even though Jesus teaching -- especially the parable of the pounds (Luke 19, quoted above) -- should have made it clear to them. After two years, from the inception of the Church of God on the day of Pentecost, A.D. 31, the counterfeit movement set in, headed by Simon the Sorcerer. The historic book of Acts records: And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles .... Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. What word? Continue: Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria ... but when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized (Acts 8:1-12). The apostle Paul spoke boldly at Ephesus for three months disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. On a later trip, at Miletus, Paul called for the elders of the Church at Ephesus. Saying his farewell to them, Paul said, And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more (Acts 20:25). At Rome, there came many to him [Paul] into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God ... (Acts 28:23). Again at Rome, Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God ... (Acts 28:30). Did Paul preach any other gospel? To the Galatians he wrote, But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him he accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him he accursed (Gal. 1:8-9). But verses 6 and 7 showed that the Galatians had, already, turned to another gospel. Jesus spoke of His message the Kingdom of God -- as the word that He spoke. The apostles, as youll read all through the book of Acts, went everywhere preaching the word -- meaning the Kingdom of God. The Gospels Being Preached Today I have said that you hear many gospel programs today. One uses the slogan, Preaching Christ to the Nations. One might ask, Well, whats WRONG about preaching ABOUT Christ? Or, Whats wrong about preaching a gospel of grace? Or Whats wrong about proclaiming a message about salvation? I have shown you the scriptures showing they started, even in the first century, preaching about a DIFFERENT Jesus -- a Jesus supposed to have abolished His Fathers commandments -- who turned grace into license to disobey (II Cor. 11:4, 13-15 and Jude 4). They do not today preach the REAL Jesus, who said, I have kept my Fathers commandments, setting us an example that we should keep them also. If those who claim to preach a gospel of SALVATION understood and proclaimed WHAT salvation really is -- whether it is going to a PLACE, being changed into a different CONDITION, or WHAT -- or WHERE- -and HOW it may be obtained, it might be a part of the true gospel. But todays gospel programs do not teach what salvation really is or how one may receive it. When the blind lead the blind, they all fall into the ditch.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 23:12:50 +0000
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