I believe what Paul said. And I believe what Jesus said.
The 'other words' are yours....not mine.
Yes Jesus is God The Son. What I said makes perfect sense. And what I said is supported by the Scripture I gave. The said Scripture which you do not address. Why? (Eph. 3:1-5) (Rom. 15:8) (Matt. 16:18)
Yes, Jesus knew what He was talking about. It remains for us to learn what He was talking about.
Stranger
You said that Jesus came to the Jews.
And Paul came after to explain Jesus' mission and to take the gospel to the gentiles.
You could have corrected me if I misunderstood you instead telling me the rest of the words are mine. What I wrote is what I understood you to say.
IF this is what you mean, then, yes, it makes NO SENSE and for the reasons that I stated in my previous post, to which YOU also did not reply.
There's not too much to learn. Jesus was very clear in what HE said. Paul is a bit more difficult to grasp and that's because HE is NOT God. When there is any doubt whatsoever one goes to JESUS not to Paul.
However they do not conflict since the bible is one continuous message from Genesis to Revelation.
So Ephesians 3:1-5
Paul is writing to the gentiles (most probably to different churches and not only the one at Ephesus, if at all) and he's telling them that he is to preach the gospel of Jesus to all the gentiles. Why? Because God's plan of redemption includes everyone, not just the Jews.
He's teling the "Ephesians" that God's mystery has been made clear. And what is the mystery? It's all throught this epistle. EVERYONE is on the same plane with God. Everyone is offered salvation through Christ, everyone gets to share in the promises that God made from the beginning of time. HIS grace, offered to ALL including the right to enter heaven, through Jesus, the Christ.
Romans 15:8
Jesus completed His task for the Jews, the circumcised, and also for the non-Jew.
In verse 6 Paul is telling the Romans to glorify God in one voice. We are to be ONE BODY. We are to accept one another. In verse 8 Paul is saying that Jesus CONFIRMS the promises made to the fathers. Perhaps the promise that salvavtion would be available through all the nations from Abraham who was made this promise?
Mathew 16:18
?? I don't understand why you included this.
Jesus will build His Church. Nothing can stop HIS Church.
So what have I done the above for?
I thought you were trying to show that Jesus was for the Jew and Paul was for the gentile.
If this was your intent, the above verses do not prove it.