Mr. Burger,
Many people religious or other wise do not understand Romans. So you are correct in that. But there are not two messages of salvation as you propose. Neither Peter nor Paul digress from the standard that "God does not respect persons." If there is a message of salvation respective to the Jew and another for the Gentile then not only is this standard compromised but there is also more than one process to become born again of God. For hasn't Paul, long before this topic you have presented, already dismissed the conjecture "I am of Paul, I am of Peter, I am of Apollos etc." as an error? For the crucifixion of Jesus is of no effect, powerless, as a benefit for anyone whenever it is articulated that his crucifixion is not a unilateral accountable sin directly to God. As for casting you in a negative light. Posting your conjecture in a public forum is not the way to avoid that.
So you are saying, that my saying Paul taught a different message, is the same as my saying I am of Paul etc. Foolishness! Paul was the apostle sent to the Gentiles with a gospel of grace and if that is saying I am of Paul then so be it.
I have never said there are two messages of salvation for today. That is in your mind. One gospel, the gospel of the promised kingdom at hand, faded away with the distruction of the Jewish Temple. God turned to the Gentiles after the Jews rejected Jesus as their Messiah and king with a gospel of grace that was hidden in God and revealed to Paul. Even though the scriptures plainly support this you insist that there has never been any other gospel than what Jesus and the 12 preached.
God has determined that the only way to be saved in this age of grace is through the shed blood of His Son on the cross and if he has determined that then who are you to question it.
You said, "As for casting you in a negative light. Posting your conjecture in a public forum is not the way to avoid that."
That is a cop out! There is no need for anyone to put another in a negative light. Since this is a forum are we to discuss the scriptures and what we believe they say, or are we to dsicuss the posters personally? It seems that, to some, showing another in a negative light is standard practice and then they will go about saying how they love others.
You use the word conjecture to denote what I believe then are you also saying that what you believe is your conjecture? No, I don't guess you will use that word for yourself.