ONLY ONE GOSPEL ?

[Doug]

Holding to the notion that only one gospel was preached throughout scripture has implications.

Matthew 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

If, as some say, there is only one gospel preached by Jesus, the twelve, and Paul, then not only the gospel taught the disciples is to be believed, but we have to observe, and do, all Jesus commanded them according to Matthew 28:20.

Jesus taught them the gospel of the kingdom (Matthew 4:23), saying in Mark 1:14-15 the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. That time was the promised kingdom on earth, in which, Christ and the remnant of Israel would reign on earth. Since this gospel was taught by Christ, and we are commanded to teach all he taught, we would have to likewise, wrongly preach this gospel.

The fact that Christ commanded all to observe all things would not allow one to say, we rightly divide scripture, and certain teachings were only to be fulfilled by those disciples, and therefore do not apply to us. It is either we correctly rightly divide scripture, or we obey all of it.

It would be correct to rightly divide, as Christ, in verse 16, was only commanding the eleven disciples.[/QUOTE]

 

[Lamb]

What is the Gospel but the good news for salvation so we may have eternal life with God? Yes, there is only ONE Gospel. Any other gospel that doesn't point to Jesus and the forgiveness of sins won at the cross for us is not salvic.

 

[Doug]

What is the Gospel but the good news for salvation so we may have eternal life with God? Yes, there is only ONE Gospel. Any other gospel that doesn't point to Jesus and the forgiveness of sins won at the cross for us is not salvic.

Would you care to cite a verse or verses from Matthew,Mark,Luke, or John that give us the gospel for our salvation?

 

[Lamb]

Would you care to cite a verse or verses from Matthew,Mark,Luke, or John that give us the gospel for our salvation?

I have family visiting so maybe @Josiah can give you those references. They're there!

 

[Josiah]

Would you care to cite a verse or verses from Matthew,Mark,Luke, or John that give us the gospel for our salvation?

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have eterlasting life." John 3:16. Words of Jesus.

There's a few hundred more, but that does it.




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[Doug]

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have eterlasting life." John 3:16. Words of Jesus.

There's a few hundred more, but that does it.




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One is good.

From this verse we can learn that we are to believe in Christ, as asserted by Paul as well in 1 Timothy 1:16, but there is no mention of the cross here. Paul declares the cross 1 Corinthians 1:18 and that our gospel is that he died for our sins, was buried, and rose again for our justification.

In fact if you look further at John 3:18 it reads:
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Israel was only to believe on the name of Jesus, that he is Christ, the Son of God, for eternal life as seen in John 20:31, the cross was only revealed in the dispensation of grace through Paul. Jesus only spoke of the cross in regard to the new testament and it was for Israel, to redeem their transgressions under the old testament Hebrews 9:15.

We are to believe more than his name.

 

[Lamb]

One is good.

From this verse we can learn that we are to believe in Christ, as asserted by Paul as well in 1 Timothy 1:16, but there is no mention of the cross here. Paul declares the cross 1 Corinthians 1:18 and that our gospel is that he died for our sins, was buried, and rose again for our justification.

In fact if you look further at John 3:18 it reads:
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Israel was only to believe on the name of Jesus, that he is Christ, the Son of God, for eternal life as seen in John 20:31, the cross was only revealed in the dispensation of grace through Paul. Jesus only spoke of the cross in regard to the new testament and it was for Israel, to redeem their transgressions under the old testament Hebrews 9:15.

We are to believe more than his name.

Well, if you look at the verse it's also John 3 which means that part is before Jesus' death on the cross which is why it's not mentioned. That doesn't mean the cross is not part of the one true Gospel. You see, more and more of what the promise was about was revealed during Jesus' lifetime and the scriptures show that to us. We who read through things NOW know that the truth of the Gospel is not just to believe in Him but to know that our sins are forgiven because He died for us. You can't separate the cross from the Gospel now that you know what happened.

Israel believed in the promise of the Savior given to them since Genesis. We see now that the promise was fulfilled in Jesus the Christ. It's still the same Gospel but more has been revealed of how the Savior actually saves.

 

[Doug]

Well, if you look at the verse it's also John 3 which means that part is before Jesus' death on the cross which is why it's not mentioned. That doesn't mean the cross is not part of the one true Gospel. You see, more and more of what the promise was about was revealed during Jesus' lifetime and the scriptures show that to us. We who read through things NOW know that the truth of the Gospel is not just to believe in Him but to know that our sins are forgiven because He died for us. You can't separate the cross from the Gospel now that you know what happened.

Israel believed in the promise of the Savior given to them since Genesis. We see now that the promise was fulfilled in Jesus the Christ. It's still the same Gospel but more has been revealed of how the Savior actually saves.

I am not being deliberately argumentative here, I am only trying to show that if we understand the Bible more, we benefit more, and are more secure in our salvation.

John 3:16 is a wonderful verse but we need to understand what it saying, not what we want or think it is saying.

John 3 was indeed before the cross, but we can read the full manifestation of the gospel that Paul gives us back into these verses, we read into these verses and what was known at that time into these verses...we all do it.
John 3 does not speak of the death on the cross, you can not find the cross, God gave his Son to Israel to fulfill the promises made to the fathers of Israel. God gave the Son to redeem Israel and bring them into the promised kingdom on earth.

Israel only had to believe in his name (John 3:18), as do we, but we have the full manifestation of the gospel of Christ as delivered to Paul...we believe that by the cross all can be justified by the faith of Christ and his blood.

If we say there was only one gospel preached by Jesus and the twelve then we would be missing the fact that the cross for the justification of all was missing...the cross had not happened yet...Israel could not believe in something that had not happened yet....they had to only believe on his name...they did not have the complete gospel of Christ... We have the full revelation.

 

[Lamb]

I am not being deliberately argumentative here, I am only trying to show that if we understand the Bible more, we benefit more, and are more secure in our salvation.

John 3:16 is a wonderful verse but we need to understand what it saying, not what we want or think it is saying.

John 3 was indeed before the cross, but we can read the full manifestation of the gospel that Paul gives us back into these verses, we read into these verses and what was known at that time into these verses...we all do it.
John 3 does not speak of the death on the cross, you can not find the cross, God gave his Son to Israel to fulfill the promises made to the fathers of Israel. God gave the Son to redeem Israel and bring them into the promised kingdom on earth.

Israel only had to believe in his name (John 3:18), as do we, but we have the full manifestation of the gospel of Christ as delivered to Paul...we believe that by the cross all can be justified by the faith of Christ and his blood.

If we say there was only one gospel preached by Jesus and the twelve then we would be missing the fact that the cross for the justification of all was missing...the cross had not happened yet...Israel could not believe in something that had not happened yet....they had to only believe on his name...they did not have the complete gospel of Christ... We have the full revelation.

The Gospel did not change per what God planned in the promise of a Savior. The Hebrews/Israelites were saved in the same way we are...by grace through faith. They had faith in the promise of the Savior and so do we except we know how that Savior was actually revealed to mankind and then died and was resurrected. But faith always was a trust that God alone would save.