BrotherKev
Servant
I've been watching a teacher named Les Feldick that has made a very compelling point that the 'gospel of the kingdom' and the 'gospel of the grace of God' as taught by Paul are for today's believers.
I'm also doing some reading at doctrine.org and the teachings are similar.
What's getting me is that both sources make a whole lot more sense than what I've been hearing in churches this past 50 yrs. I've learned that my place in this dispensation is to believe the Jesus Christ was crucified as atonement for my sins, he was buried and rose from the grave on the third day, all according to scripture.
It's my understanding that John the Baptist, Jesus and the 12 all taught the 'gospel of the kingdom' was repent and be baptized. The aforementioned taught their message to Jewish congregations, and only Jews with the exceptions of the Samaritan woman and the Roman centurion. After the Ascension and Israels final rejection of Messiah, the 'gospel of the kingdom' was no longer the plan. This is when God called Paul to become the apostle to the gentiles. (This is important to me since I'm definitely a gentile.) The message that Paul taught was the 'gospel of the grace of God' and that as the apostle to the gentiles, the gentiles were his ultimate audience and that if I just believe the message of the cross, I'd be saved. Saved from the wrath to come, and eternal separation from God.
From what I understand of the 'Jerusalem Council' where Peter and Paul discussed the message, the Peter agreed that Paul's message was appropriate for both Jews and Gentiles until the Lord returns.
Also as part of this message was that I had sacrificed my life and my old ways to become a new creature.
I picture it this way in my head; when I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior my spirit went to be seated with Christ Jesus in the heavenly places to await my glorified body. The body that I left behind was indwelt with the Holy Spirit to share the gospel with the world.
This is how I put things together from ALL the sources that I have found over these last several years, starting with the KJV. Can you also see how this works?
I'm also doing some reading at doctrine.org and the teachings are similar.
What's getting me is that both sources make a whole lot more sense than what I've been hearing in churches this past 50 yrs. I've learned that my place in this dispensation is to believe the Jesus Christ was crucified as atonement for my sins, he was buried and rose from the grave on the third day, all according to scripture.
It's my understanding that John the Baptist, Jesus and the 12 all taught the 'gospel of the kingdom' was repent and be baptized. The aforementioned taught their message to Jewish congregations, and only Jews with the exceptions of the Samaritan woman and the Roman centurion. After the Ascension and Israels final rejection of Messiah, the 'gospel of the kingdom' was no longer the plan. This is when God called Paul to become the apostle to the gentiles. (This is important to me since I'm definitely a gentile.) The message that Paul taught was the 'gospel of the grace of God' and that as the apostle to the gentiles, the gentiles were his ultimate audience and that if I just believe the message of the cross, I'd be saved. Saved from the wrath to come, and eternal separation from God.
From what I understand of the 'Jerusalem Council' where Peter and Paul discussed the message, the Peter agreed that Paul's message was appropriate for both Jews and Gentiles until the Lord returns.
Also as part of this message was that I had sacrificed my life and my old ways to become a new creature.
I picture it this way in my head; when I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior my spirit went to be seated with Christ Jesus in the heavenly places to await my glorified body. The body that I left behind was indwelt with the Holy Spirit to share the gospel with the world.
This is how I put things together from ALL the sources that I have found over these last several years, starting with the KJV. Can you also see how this works?