The Blended Gospel

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The religious Christian Church is (and has been since the RCC came into existence) teaching a blended, harmonized gospel that takes what Jesus and His Apostles preached to the Jews which included the Law and what Paul preached for the grace Church that excluded the Law and mixes them together. These teachings were never meant to be blended, harmonized together. When you do it you destroy both messages. The scriptures teach we are to “rightly divide the word of truth,” not blend it together.

Galatians 2:3-5
3 Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
4 And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage),
5 to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
NKJV note: “bring us into bondage.”

Let me make it clear that all the scriptures are written FOR US, but not all are written TO US. --- Jesus’ message was to the Jews and under the law, not under grace. Paul’s message was to the grace Church.

I get depressed when I hear the blended gospel being taught. It is a gospel fostered by the devil. I have opposed it on forums for years and have been asked to leave because of my objections to it. Let me make it clear that Jesus Christ did not come to minister to the Gentiles, nor was His message "the kingdom gospel" sent to the Gentiles. He did not offer the "kingdom of heaven" to the Gentiles because the Gentiles were never promised a kingdom on this earth. The following scriptures support my view

Matt 10:5-7 (NKJ)
5 These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans.
6 "But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 "And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

Matt 15:23-24 (NKJ)
23 But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries out after us."
24 But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Rom 15:8 (NKJ)
8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

Note that in Matt 10:5-7 and Matt 15:23-24 Jesus said He did not come EXCEPT to the house of Israel. Jesus came to confirm/fulfill all that was written of Him in the O.T. His mission was to the Jews, not to the Gentiles. This is what Paul meant in Rom 15:8.

HOWEVER; This is not to say that God did not have another purpose for Jesus' death on the cross.

But that purpose was “hidden in God” and not revealed until it was revealed to Paul on the road to Damascus by Jesus. The grace gospel was not in existence until Paul taught it. See Eph. 3:9 and Col. 1:26.

The Parable of the Wedding Feast; (Matt. 22: 1-10)
1 And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:
2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,
3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.
4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding."'
5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.
6 And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.
7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
8 Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
9 Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.'
10 So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
NKJV

We, today, are only invited because the Jews rejected Jesus as their king. God will not let what His Son did on the cross go without results.

Tropical Islander said:

You mean well and some of your objections are correct, but you come to the wrong conclusion. You seem to believe that Jesus and Paul teached a different Gospel. That is incorrect and only comes from modernistic understanding that roots in apostacy and rejects any law or governance Of God. God has no law anymore apparently, all ways of man are the same, and God lowered His standards to accomodate that. That thinking is born in humanism. It leads to accept a different Jesus, since as you admitted the Jesus of old has nothing to teach you. Your thinking has been compromised, because once you divide Paul from Jesus, you absolutely must misunderstand Paul, that is serious error, and will lead to more errors along the way. Paul teaches the absolute same as Jesus, just with us gentiles in viewpoint. Your view leads to lawnessness, and to accept a different spirit that is conform with inquity. That's endtimes deception and the essence of the mystery of iniquity. Looking like the Holy Spirit, yet rejecting Jesus, that cannot be, that's Mystery Babylon, not Christianity. "blended gospel" is nonsense, there is only one gospel, not one for Jews and one for Gentiles.

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Your opinion is just that, your opinion.

I have stated my opinion. and gave the scriptures that support it. You can not find one scripture in the 4 gospels and the book of Acts where Jesus and the 12 said we are no longer under the Law of Moses.

As a matter of fact when we read acts 15:1 we see that some Judaizers (Jewish believers in Jesus) came down from Judea teaching the GENTILES "Unless they are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, they cannot be saved."
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Because of this, Paul went to Jerusalem to consult with the Apostles (James and the elders) for clarification of the truth between them. James said that the Gentiles DID NOT have to be circumcised or keep the Law of Moses. ---- HOWEVER, James never said that the Jews did not have to keep the Law of Moses. ---- In the end of that meeting Paul was given the hand of fellowship and that was the end of it.
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But that is NOT what Acts 21 is about. In Acts 21 the problem is that Paul was teaching that the JEWS did not have to be circumcised or keep the Law of Moses either. The end of that meeting was not the same as the first. Paul’s teachings of God’s grace outside of the Law of Moses upset the believing Jews who were zealous of the Law of Moses).
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This further proves the point that from Act 1 to Acts 21 James and the elders were still teaching the gospel of the kingdom which was, and will be, under the Law of Moses. They were NOT teaching salvation by God's grace based on what God did on the cross alone as Paul was teaching.
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In addition, the rift between the Jews and Paul was further shown in what Paul said in
Gal 2.Gal 2:1-16
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1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me.
2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain.
3 Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. 4 And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage),
5 to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
6 But from those who seemed to be something — whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man — for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me.
7 But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter.

Clearly there was a gospel of the promised kingdom for the Jews and it was under the Law of Moses and now there IS a gospel of God's grace where salvation is based on what Jesus did on the cross for all that will put their faith in it. Salvation under grace is based on what Jesus did for mankind Salvation under the Law of Moses is based on what mankind does for God in religions. In this age of God's grace to strive for salvation by works in religion belittles the work of God's Son on the cross.

Gal 3:10-13 The Law Brings a Curse

10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them."

11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by faith."

12 Yet the law is not of faith, but "the man who does them shall live by them."
13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"),
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"the just shall live by faith." In as much as religious works are not included with faith in the scripture above then there are no other requirements for salvation. A person must put all their belief, faith, trust, confidence in what Jesus did for them on the cross when He shed His blood to pay for all the sins of the world. All means all. The only sin that condemns a person under God's grace is the sin of un-belief, un-belief in Jesus' work on the cross to pay for their sins. In other words if they don't believe His shed blood pays for all their sins then they are in a state of un-belief.

Tropical Islander said:

You mean well and some of your objections are correct, but you come to the wrong conclusion. You seem to believe that Jesus and Paul teached a different Gospel. That is incorrect and only comes from modernistic understanding that roots in apostacy and rejects any law or governance Of God. God has no law anymore apparently, all ways of man are the same, and God lowered His standards to accomodate that. That thinking is born in humanism. It leads to accept a different Jesus, since as you admitted the Jesus of old has nothing to teach you. Your thinking has been compromised, because once you divide Paul from Jesus, you absolutely must misunderstand Paul, that is serious error, and will lead to more errors along the way. Paul teaches the absolute same as Jesus, just with us gentiles in viewpoint. Your view leads to lawnessness, and to accept a different spirit that is conform with inquity. That's endtimes deception and the essence of the mystery of iniquity. Looking like the Holy Spirit, yet rejecting Jesus, that cannot be, that's Mystery Babylon, not Christianity. "blended gospel" is nonsense, there is only one gospel, not one for Jews and one for Gentiles.

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You are only right in this way. At this time, in this age of God's grace there is only one gospel and that is the gospel that says we are saved by faith in the shed blood of Jesus on the cross. But this gospel was not preached by Jesus or the twelve apostles.

Blended! Absolutely, religious people blend what Jesus and the 12 taught that contained the Law of Moses and add it to grace and destroy them both for the hearer.

mjrhealth said:

yep. Jesus came to usher in the new covenant, He was still under the old. The new covenant was not esatblished till Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came upon all those who believed, which is why what was spoken while Jesus was here is different to what was taught after pentecost, when the disciples finally got it...

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Not what I see in the scriptures. According to the scriptures Jesus came the give the Jews a promised kingdom under a Messiah and King.

Rom 15:8 (NKJ)
8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

Jesus meant what He said in Matt. 10:5-7 and Matt. 15:23-27 (see the OP) where He said He only came to the lost sheep of Israel. Common sense understands that that did not include the Gentiles.

As for the church starting with Peter on the day of Pentecost, if people would actually read Acts 2 for what it says instead of reading it to establish water baptism they would see something else. Peter didn't have a clue that the Gentiles would be included . Jesus had to give Peter a dream to show him the Gentiles were included so he certainly didn't know it on Pentecost. And even then only saw it as the Gentiles becoming Jewish proselytes. under the law.

In Acts 2 Peter is trying to convince the Jews that they had crucified their Messiah and King.

-- Peter tells the Jews they have crucified the Lord of Glory. The Jews wanted to know what they could do to atone """for crucifying Jesus."""
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38 ""THEN"" Peter said to “”THEM,”” (them = the Jews) "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (this was not said to Gentiles)
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-- Note: Verse 38 is a DIRECT answer to the question in verse 37. The Jews were to repent of rejecting Jesus and having Him crucified. ---NOTE: It was not to repent of sins of the sinful flesh. Nowhere in the context of these scriptures has sins of the sinful flesh been mentioned.
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-- The Jews were to fulfill a Jewish ritual of water cleansing (water baptism), a ritual under the Law of Moses, and at the same time they were to 'acknowledge' Jesus as the Christ by performing a water cleansing ritual (baptism) in His name.

As I see it Peter's sermon was not to the Gentile grace church started by Paul.

Tropical Islander said:

Romans 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be -- Is the spiritual mind then subject to the law of God? Of course, the spiritual mind is not enmity against God. If a spiritual mind is enmity against God it is because it is not Holy Spirit spiritual. Any mind expresses the spirit behind it. If any spirit is not subject to the law of God it is a lawless spirit and not the Holy Spirit. It is a rebellious spirit, appearing as an angel of light and even does many signs and wonders at times. But God is not in it.

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Don't waste your time trying to set me up as a rebel. I believe what the scriptures say, not what men want them to say. I don't waste my time trying to make apples equal oranges.

You don't believe the scriptures where Paul said the gospel of grace was HIDDEN IN GOD and revealed to him. You just can't resolve your theology unless you can believe that the gospel never changed from law to grace and you will always blend them together and miss the truth until you do.

Tropical Islander said:

"...... unless you can believe that the gospel never changed from law to grace and you will always blend them together and miss the truth until you do." --- Covenants have changed, but not the gospel. You don't understand the difference. That's why you have a different Jesus. How do we know that we are born again? Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Then you will be able to understand and believe His words. HIS WORDS, not your theology: "If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." - "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." - Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. - You get the difference? Not "let your doctrine dwell in you" but the word of Christ. HIS WORDS. Then you can be born again. That you don't believe and trust His words is proof by itself that you have a different Christ. Now you know why you have been removed from other forums, these people have not be so compromised yet to believe in your false doctrine.

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You will never be able to see the truth until you put all your faith, trust, belief, and confidence in the work of God's Son, Jesus, on the cross.

Jesus is our (my) Ark and it was built by God, not man.

OUR ARK =: (Paul’s “in Christ” doctrine) based on 15 scriptures

2 Cor 1:19-22
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us-- by me, Silvanus, and Timothy-- was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes.
20 For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.
21 Now He who establishes us with you ""in Christ"" and has anointed us is God,
22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
(NKJ)

I look at the words ""in Christ"" and think of them in reference to Noah and the flood.

Noah was told by God to build an Ark. It was built by human hands (Noah’s hands). The waters of God‘s wrath in the flood did not touch Noah and those with him. Noah, by his choice, obeyed God and went into the Ark he (Noah) had built. --- The waters of the flood were the judgment of God on a sinful world full of sinful people. That does not mean that Noah was sinless. It means Noah believed what God told him.

Today there is another Ark. It is “”NOT”” built by human hands. It is built by the hands (will) of God. - Man can not go into the Ark that God has built by his own efforts (will). He must be placed in God’s Ark (Jesus) by God (the Holy Spirit). God places a person in the Ark (Jesus) He built when that person places their faith, trust and confidence in Jesus’ work on the cross to save him/her. -- This Ark that God has built carries those in it safely over the sins “THEY” commit in their flesh. Their sins can not touch (condemn) them.

Jesus Christ is OUR ARK, and just as those in Noah's Ark were kept from the waters of the flood, we who are placed ""in Christ,"" by God, are kept from the judgment of the law. If we are not ""in Christ"" the law condemns us.

I believe what Paul said when he penned the words ""in Christ."" I also believe that we are placed ""in Christ"" by God. It is an operation (baptism) of the Holy Spirit (God).

Selected verses with the words “in Christ” in them.

Rom 8:1-2
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are ""in Christ"" Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life ""in Christ"" Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
(NKJ)

It is not that we no longer live and sin in the flesh, it is that since we are in Christ we are walking in the Spirit (faith in Jesus’ work on the cross) and have no confidence in our flesh. Walking in the Spirit is the same as walking (having confidence) in the work of Christ on the cross.

Eph 1:10
10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things ""in Christ,"" both which are in heaven and which are on earth-- ""in Him.""
(NKJ)

When we are placed “in Christ” by the holy Spirit we are holy and without blame because He loves us and covers our sins of the flesh with His blood shed on the cross.

Psalms 23
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.
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In verse 4 the shadow of death is the condemnation of the Law. In verse 5 the enemy is Satan.

Rom 12:5
5 so we, being many, are one body ""in Christ,"" and individually members of one another.
(NKJ)

Rom 16:7
7 Greet Andronicus and Junia, my countrymen and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were ""in Christ"" before me.
(NKJ)

1 Cor 1:28-31
28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,
29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.
30 But of Him you are ""in Christ"" Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God-- and righteousness and sanctification and redemption--
31 that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the Lord."
(NKJ)

1 Cor 3:1
1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes ""in Christ.""
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1 Cor 15:21-23
21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so ""in Christ"" all shall be made alive.
23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming.
(NKJ)

2 Cor 5:16-18
16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.
17 Therefore, if anyone is ""in Christ,"" he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,
(NKJ)

Gal 3:13-14
13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"),
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles ""in Christ"" Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
(NKJ)

Gal 3:28
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one ""in Christ"" Jesus.
(NKJ)

Gal 5:5-6
5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6 For ""in Christ"" Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. (God’s love, not ours)
(NKJ)

The love mentioned is God’s love for us. It is our faith working through God’s love.

Eph 1:3-4
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4 just as He chose us ""in Him"" before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
(NKJ)

Colossians 2:9-11
9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;
10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
(Not Legalism but Christ)
11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision “””made without hands,””” by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
NKJV

Verse 11 does not mean the WE put off the sins of the body. God does that when He puts us “”in Christ”.