Gospels and Raptures (Grace - Part 24): Message

The Gospels and their Raptures (Grace - Part 24)

Message

The message of the gospel of grace is the same as the message of the gospel of Christ; the fact that Christ's death and burial was for the forgiveness of sins and His resurrection was the justifying result of that cross-work. Faith in the cross alone was sufficient enough to save. The primary difference was the audience and a few smaller details that distinguish it. Paul preached the gospel of Christ to Jews and Gentiles who came out of the synagogues, having believed the gospel of God. This message of salvation, which Paul called, "MY gospel", was hid in the prophetic scriptures, as confirmed by the following verses,

Gospels and Raptures (Christ - Part 17): Message

The Gospels and their Raptures (Christ - Part 17)

Message

What better way to inform you of the message of the gospel of Christ than to have Paul tell it to you directly!

Gospels and Raptures (God - Part 10): Message (continued 2)

The Gospels and their Raptures (God - Part 10)

Message (continued 2...)

In this final extension of the "message" section of the gospel of God, I'd like to draw attention to why it was "necessary" for Paul to go to the synagogues and teach this gospel, and what was the "strategy" for doing so.

The Necessity (to go to the synagogues)

If Paul was the Apostle to the Gentiles, with a God-given message to the Gentiles, why did he keep going to the synagogues with a majority Jewish attendance, and why was he not preaching the gospel of grace?

Gospels and Raptures (God - Part 9): Message (continued)

The Gospels and their Raptures (God - Part 9)

Message (continued...)

The church of God had grown in great numbers in the early part of Acts. The 12-apostles were operating in the power of the Holy Spirit accompanying their message of the gospel of God with remarkable miracles, to the point that they were reverently feared,

Acts 2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

Acts 5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

Acts 5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

Acts 9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

Gospels and Raptures (God - Part 8): Message

The Gospels and their Raptures (God - Part 8)

Message

At the end of Part 7 I raised a few rhetorical questions,

• Why does Paul say he was separated unto the gospel of God? 
  
• Did you notice how Paul connects the gospel of God to that which was prophesied afore concerning the Son of God?
  
• Paul said, "which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh". Why was Paul writing to the church at Rome about David?

Gospels and Raptures (Kingdom - Part 2): Origin and Message

The Gospels and their Raptures (Kingdom - Part 2)

Origin

The gospel of the Kingdom of God (or the Kingdom of Heaven, which can be understood as the gospel of the Kingdom which is from heaven), is proclaimed by John the Baptizer and Jesus throughout the New Testament books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The message proclaimed in this Kingdom gospel is unique to these four books and to the period of time from John the Baptist to the ascension of Christ.

Matthew 3:1-3 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.