He did???
Let's rightly divide the word.
What gospel did Paul preach in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4? 1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you,
Since he was talking to the church he started in Corinthian was you there to hear it?
We didn't have to be there to hear it. He stated what he spoke to them in the past, and the elements he stated did not at all include the requirement for water baptism. If you think it's in that context, then please point it out. I'd very much like to see it. One fella tried to foist upon us the idea that Paul was only "summarizing."
The horror of that type of ASSumption is that it's an accusation against Paul for leaving out an alleged critical element for salvation; as if Paul were a bungling fool to sin by omission.
Folks, if someone tries to unload that kind of garbage as some sort of theological truth, just walk away. That level of depravity in judging a man they've never met, it's not worth trying to convince a fool of his foolishness in trying to characterize Paul down that their own level of imprecision, especially given what Paul said in that ALL of scripture is inspired and the very word of God. Is God remiss in conveying the critical elements of salvation? No, but some in this world think God to be some sort of boob who doesn't know what He's doing.
1 Corinthians 1
1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:
Ok, so what's your point?
Acts 2:36-39 Did you notice verse 39? 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.
Wonder who was speaking in Acts 2:38? Peter or JESUS? Acts 1:2
Yes, the Jews were scattered all across that region, including Asia Minor. If you're now going to blunder into the error of Peter demanding the eleven preach to Gentiles after Christ commanded them not to do that very thing, then you really need to study your Bible more closely:
Matthew 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into [any] city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
Was Jesus confused, or Peter? I mean, they had their marching instructions, and now you're making Peter out to be a disobedient lout.
Did you forget what JESUS told Peter in Matthew, Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach (((all nations))), baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Who took the message to the Samaritans? Phillip who sent for Peter and John to come pray for them to get the Holy Ghost.
Who was the one who took the message to the Gentiles in Acts 10? Yep Peter[/QUOTE]
Well, you do love to blunder about blindly. Let's look at what is stated in scripture, because Peter also separated himself from the Gentiles because of his belief that there was still a wall of partition, separating Jews from Gentiles:
Galatians 2:6-8
6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person: for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference
added nothing to me:
7 But contrariwise,
when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
8 For he that
wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision,
the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:
I made lots of emphasis in those verses to hopefully get the obvious to stand out for you. Peter, who did indeed speak to a very small handful of Gentiles so far as we know, his ministry was to Israel, as was the case with the other ten or eleven (since we don't know what Matthias ever did, if anything). There were two different gospels, each meant for a different audience...one to Israel and another to Gentiles. Some have even tried to claim that the verbiage was only pointing out two different groupings with the same gospel preached to both, which doesn't stand up to the scrutiny of the KJV English nor to the Greek from which it was translated.
WHO preached the same message to the Ephesians app, years after the day of Pentecost?
Acts 19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Because Paul happened to know that they had been baptized doesn't mean that he was commanding it. You will search in vain ONE TIME where Paul commanded that all believers be water baptized unto the remission of sins. Peter, yes, he did command that ONLY to his fellow Jews in Acts 2. Dare go there into that text and observe who was his audience. The Church was FIRST populated ONLY with Jews and Proselytes to Judaism!
Yep Paul which was the same message that he preached to the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 if you were there to hear it.
Your smug indifference to the text and to systematic study speaks for itself. You're trying to make scripture say what YOU want it to say.
After he baptized and land hands on the Ephesus he did this.
Acts 19:10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
What do you think he was preaching?
Acts 21 That is speaking about the Jew keeping the OT laws and the Gentiles don't have to nothing to do with Paul preaching a different message.
What? Please clarify this. Be more succinct.
We are saved by grace, again Paul was speaking to the church he started in Ephesus.
Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
If Paul did not preach what Peter preached WHY was Paul explaining the purpose of baptism in Romans 6?
Please show to us where Paul ever said to the Romans that they must be water baptized, and I will show this to you:
1 Corinthians 1:14-17
14 I thank God that
I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides,
I know not whether I baptized any other.
17 For
Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
See that? John the Baptist preached his gospel AND he baptized, but Paul preached his gospel and baptized very few. If water baptism were such an important feature in Paul's Gospel, then why would he leave out doing water baptism? For you to try and prove water baptism a command from Paul according to the mystery revealed to him that, had it been known to Satan and his princes, he would not have crucified the Lord of Glory. You're missing the forest for the trees in all this. I've shown to you where Christ commanded His apostles to NOT go to the Gentiles, but Peter did so anyway. Some people think Christ is fickle by commanding the apostles on one hand to NOT go to the Gentiles nor the Samaritans, THEN He tells them to allegedly go to the Gentiles and Samaritans later on. Make up your minds. Otherwise stop trying to make God out to be so inconsistent. No wonder pagans don't see the God of the Bible as being any better than Buddha, Krishna or any other mere man who was fickle and inconsistent...except that there are those who think that there are "many paths to god..."
If Paul did not preach what Peter preached WHY was Paul explaining the purpose of Holy Ghost and all that came with it in 1 Corinthians 14?
If you would stop confusing spiritual baptism with water baptism, your confusions over all this would cease. We have ALL been spiritually baptized and have received Holy Spirit who first believed in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ on the third day for our sins. Water baptism does nothing in relation to our receiving salvation. It's simply getting wet as a public show of an inner work, which is fine. Anyone who has not been water baptized after believing in what Christ accomplished for us, that will not at all deter them from being filled with Holy Spirit. If you believe otherwise, then you do so at the exclusion of scripture in the midst of your own contrived religion.
So, the new birth, under Paul's Gospel which did NOT include the requirement for water baptism, of which you have not yet proven otherwise, one is saved and transformed...period.
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