John 3:16-18
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
NKJV
Many say this is was under the grace gospel too. But was it?
It is only common sense to understand that when Jesus walked in Israel He was their Messiah and King. Any Jew that believed He was their Messiah and King were saved. A Gentile could only be saved by becoming a proselyte by converting to Judaism.
But since the nation of Israel refused to believe in Him God turned to the Gentiles. Since the Law of Moses was only given to the Jews Gentiles were not under that law.
Today, we are not saved by believing Jesus is the Jewish Messiah and King. We are saved simply by believing in Jesus' work on the cross where He paid for the sins of the whole world. We can not be saved just by believing Jesus was the Jews Messiah and King.
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
NKJV
Many say this is was under the grace gospel too. But was it?
It is only common sense to understand that when Jesus walked in Israel He was their Messiah and King. Any Jew that believed He was their Messiah and King were saved. A Gentile could only be saved by becoming a proselyte by converting to Judaism.
But since the nation of Israel refused to believe in Him God turned to the Gentiles. Since the Law of Moses was only given to the Jews Gentiles were not under that law.
Today, we are not saved by believing Jesus is the Jewish Messiah and King. We are saved simply by believing in Jesus' work on the cross where He paid for the sins of the whole world. We can not be saved just by believing Jesus was the Jews Messiah and King.