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  1. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Doug, you’re twisting “all” into a cage to trap God’s promise inside ethnic borders. But Scripture refuses your limits: > “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins... Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ...” — Ephesians 2:1-5 Paul’s...
  2. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Doug, thank you—you just destroyed your own position. You quote Ephesians 1:4—“He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world.” Amen. But here’s the question: If this salvation was chosen before the foundation of the world, then how can you say it was a mystery hidden until Paul...
  3. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Then you’ve made your final mistake, Doug. Because if you say Peter never taught Galatians 3:28, you’ve just accused the Spirit of contradiction. Same Spirit. Same gospel. Same Christ. If Peter preached one gospel and Paul another—your god is divided, and your Bible is broken. But the...
  4. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    You say, “We wouldn’t know this without Paul”? That’s not the defense you think it is. That’s an indictment. Because it means God gave Paul the revelation to tear down your theology. Paul didn’t build a new wall—he shattered one. > “Now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made...
  5. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Doug, you just admitted it: > “This speaks of the salvation for the world found in Christ.” Now read that back to yourself. Slowly. Because that salvation didn’t come through Israel’s obedience. It came through Israel’s rejection. The cross wasn’t the fruit of a kingdom—it was the cost of...
  6. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Doug, Hebrews 2:9 says exactly what it accomplished: > “He… should taste death for every man.” Not just Israel. Every man. That includes the Gentiles, the outcasts, the nations. The cross was not tribal. It was total. You say, “But the next verse only talks about His sufferings.” You’re...
  7. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Doug, you keep shrinking the gospel to fit inside your dispensational box. But the gospel of Jesus Christ was never Israel’s pet doctrine. It was God’s plan before time began. > “This is a faithful saying… that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am chief.” — 1 Timothy...
  8. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Exactly, Doug. You just said it. > “Christ died for our sins.” Jew and Gentile. One gospel. One cross. One Savior. You’ve been building walls the cross already tore down. Paul didn’t preach a new gospel. He proclaimed the same gospel the prophets foresaw, the apostles echoed, and Christ...
  9. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    @Doug Doug—let’s be real. I’m not here to argue endless circles. I’m not here to defend systems or traditions. I’m here for the gospel of Jesus Christ—the gospel that crushes sin, destroys division, raises the dead, and births a new creation. You’ve split the cross in two. You’ve divided...
  10. RenewedStrength316

    TWO GOSPELS THAT CANNOT BE THE SAME

    Doug, your argument is built on sand—quick to crumble under the weight of Scripture rightly divided, not dispensationally disfigured. Let’s expose this: --- CLAIM: If Paul said the gospel was preached to every creature, but Jesus said the end would come after the gospel is preached to all...
  11. RenewedStrength316

    PAUL WAS NOT IN THE BELIEVING REMNANT OF ISRAEL

    Doug, you’re trying to make Paul into a prototype of some new dispensation, as if his conversion created a gospel out of thin air—but Paul himself disagrees with you. Let’s deal with the facts: --- 1. Yes, Paul Was a Blasphemer—That’s the Whole Point. > “I was a blasphemer…” — 1 Timothy...
  12. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Doug, you’re trying to box the promises into ethnic Israel like a kid clutching a sandcastle against the tide. But Paul’s use of Deuteronomy and Hosea in Romans 10 shatters that barrier: > “I was found of them that sought Me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after Me.” You...
  13. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Doug, that’s exactly the lie the enemy loves to spread — splitting the believing remnant of Israel from the body of Christ like they’re two separate things. Paul doesn’t draw a line there. The New Testament makes it clear: the body of Christ is composed of both believing Jews and Gentiles...
  14. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Doug, you keep circling the same ground, but Romans 9 isn’t a locked room just for Israel. Paul explicitly says in verse 24: "Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles." The very same Hosea passage you clutch tight is quoted by Paul to show God’s mercy extends...
  15. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    You say it was “not known before Paul,” but that’s a veil you’re lifting with man’s timeline, not God’s eternal truth. The cross wasn’t a new invention; it was God’s eternal plan from the foundation of the world. > “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things… but...
  16. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    You keep turning the “many” of Scripture into a narrow tribal footnote to protect your theology — but the Bible itself shows how wide the net is cast. The Greek word “many” (πολλοί, polloi) doesn’t mean a limited, exclusive crowd but a great multitude, beyond counting. > “I looked, and behold...
  17. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Doug, you say “also for us in this dispensation” like it’s some afterthought or loophole. That’s spiritual spin, not Scripture. Isaiah 53 doesn’t say “only Israel” or “mostly Israel.” It says: > “The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” That all is not limited by dispensations or...
  18. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Doug, your theology is a fortress built on sand, and I’m the thunderstorm God sent to tear it down. You sit in your cage, splitting the gospel like it’s some tribal secret, but the Scriptures obliterate your lies. Paul didn’t preach a second-rate gospel for Israel alone. He thundered the...
  19. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Doug, you’re trying to cage the gospel inside narrow ethnic walls, but John 3:16 shatters those bars. > “For God so loved the world...” — not just Israel, not just a chosen few. The Greek word kosmos here means the entire inhabited earth — Jew and Gentile, sinner and saint alike. If Jesus...
  20. RenewedStrength316

    THE GOSPEL

    Doug, you keep shifting the goalposts. I give you prophets, you ask for Paul. I give you Paul, you ask for prophets. I give you both, and now you want one phrase—"a ransom for all"—in every passage, or you’ll dismiss it. But Scripture doesn’t serve you, Doug. You serve it. Or you don’t. Let’s...