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Isaiah9Six:
I was in a bible study a few weeks back and the topic of dispensations came up. The person teaching the study spoke of the dispensation of grace and said that it was not until Paul went to Arabia did he receive the revelation concerning  grace. Up to that time Peter's gospel of salvation by works was preached commanding everyone to be baptized in order to be saved.

They used Eph. 3:1-3 to show that Paul's gospel of grace was a mystery until Christ explained it to him through revelation. v.v. 1-3a Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,   If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery;

Peter's preaching to the Jews was taken from Acts 2:36-41 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

What are your views? Did Peter and Paul preach different gospel?

biblebuf:
2 peter 3 (NAS)
15 and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, 16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.


BB

thorndale:
IMHO, Peter and Paul preached to two different assemblies therefore they preached different messages?

Peter was a Jew, steeped in the law and preached a simple message, Jesus was the Christ, the promised Messiah! I guess you could argue that that message is in fact the Gospel (AKA the Good News )

Paul on the other hand preached the age of Grace and the finished work on the cross. Paul's version of the Gospel ( AKA The Good News ) was that salvation was accomplished by believing in the Birth, Death and Resurrection of Jesus!

As far as I understand it, the finished work of the cross was hidden from the Apostles and the main thrust of their teaching was that Jesus was the Christ, the prophesied one from the scriptures along with their understanding of the Law?

Personally, this has opened up another question for me? A question I have come up with an acceptable answer for myself, but I would be interested in other opinions? The question is, as Paul teaches in his version of the Gospel, belief that the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus ( the finished work on the cross and Christ victory over death ) is required for salvation, where does that leave a person who simply confesses their belief in Jesus?   

John

biblebuf:

--- Quote from: thorndale on April 04, 2019, 07:47:27 am ---IMHO, Peter and Paul preached to two different assemblies therefore they preached different messages?

Peter was a Jew, steeped in the law and preached a simple message, Jesus was the Christ, the promised Messiah! I guess you could argue that that message is in fact the Gospel (AKA the Good News )

Paul on the other hand preached the age of Grace and the finished work on the cross. Paul's version of the Gospel ( AKA The Good News ) was that salvation was accomplished by believing in the Birth, Death and Resurrection of Jesus!

As far as I understand it, the finished work of the cross was hidden from the Apostles and the main thrust of their teaching was that Jesus was the Christ, the prophesied one from the scriptures along with their understanding of the Law?

Personally, this has opened up another question for me? A question I have come up with an acceptable answer for myself, but I would be interested in other opinions? The question is, as Paul teaches in his version of the Gospel, belief that the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus ( the finished work on the cross and Christ victory over death ) is required for salvation, where does that leave a person who simply confesses their belief in Jesus?   

John

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Hello John

What you missed: An inward turning away from sin.

Jesus, Peter and Paul all taught the same gospel.

Jesus:

Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Matthew 11:20
[ The Unrepenting Cities ] Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent.

Mark 1:15
and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

Luke 5:32
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

Luke 13:3
I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

Peter:

Acts 2:38
Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 3:19
Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;


Acts 5:31
He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

Acts 11:18
When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life.”

Paul:

Romans 2:4
Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

2 Corinthians 7:9
I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us.


2 Corinthians 12:21
I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, immorality and sensuality which they have practiced.


2 Timothy 2:25
with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,


--- Quote from: You asked ---where does that leave a person who simply confesses their belief in Jesus?
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Even Satan believes in the resurrection, but he has no repentance in him, only pride.

Berkhof describes the intellectual element of repentance as "a change of view, a recognition of sin as involving personal guilt, defilement, and helplessness." The emotional element is "a change of feeling, manifesting itself in sorrow for sin committed against a holy God." The volitional element is "a change of purpose, an inward turning away from sin, and a disposition to seek pardon and cleansing." (Berkhof, Systematic Theology, 486)

Notice in 2 Timothy 2:25 that repentance is a gift from God.

BB

thorndale:
Thanks, Your reply is very interesting but raises a few questions for me?

In all your quotes by Peter, correct me if I am missing something but in every case, something else is required for the forgiveness of sin? Baptism etc?

Paul preaches that for the forgiveness of sin the requirement is faith + nothing?

Regarding belief for salvation, your example was repentance which is a far greater requirement than just belief?  My understanding is that during the age of law which preceded the age of grace, In most cases just faith was sufficient for salvation? An example could be that Abram was saved by faith and Peter by belief that Jesus was the Christ, the Messiah? The death and Resurrection was intentionally hidden from them?

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