Galatians 2:7-9: Did Peter and Paul have different gospels?

Galatians 2:
[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:)
[9] And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

My position on this passage: Paul and Peter had different gospels. The gospel that was committed unto Peter was about* the Jews and mostly benefited Israel while the gospel that was given to Paul was about* the Gentiles and mostly benefited Gentiles. 

The phrases "the gospel of the uncircumcision " and "the gospel of the circumcision " cannot be references to separate audiences of the same gospel because Peter was sent to "all nations" and "every creature" (Matt. 28:19, Mark 16:15). Likewise Paul was sent to "everyman" (Col 1:28).

(*both gospels were "about" Christ, but they were about Christ in relation to different groups: Jew and Gentile)

Paul's gospel is defined here...

1 Corinthians 15:
[1] Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
[2] By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
[3] For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
[4] And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Acts 13:
[38] Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
[39] And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Acts 16:
[30] And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
[31] And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

You cannot find that gospel in Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. You can find believing on Christ's name, that He was the Son of God, but you CANNOT find Paul's gospel in ANY of the four gospels. Nobody even understood the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ according to these scriptures....

Matthew 16:
[21] From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
[22] Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
[23] But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Mark 9:
[31] For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
[32] But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

Luke 9:
[44] Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
[45] But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.

Luke 18:
[31] Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
[32] For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
[33] And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
[34] And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

John 20:
[6] Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
[7] And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
[8] Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
[9] For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
[10] Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.

Not only is Paul's gospel not found in Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John....it is also not found in Acts chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12. It is first found in Acts 13:16-39. That gospel is believing on Christ's finished work and that YOUR works can't save you.

In Acts 1-8 you can find Peter preach the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ as a MURDER INDICTMENT to ISRAEL

Acts 2:14 "....Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem..."

Acts 2:22-23 "Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:"

Acts 2:36-37 "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?"


Acts 3:12-15 "And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses."

Acts 3:16-18  "And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled."

Acts 4:8-10 "Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. "

Acts 5:28-31 "Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins."

Acts 7:51-52 "Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:"

Nobody preached salvation through the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ without works until Christ revealed that gospel to Paul. Paul's gospel was according to the revelation of the mystery and was not after man.....

Galatians 1:
[11] But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
[12] For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Romans 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

1 Corinthians 2:
[7] But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
[8] Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

1 Corinthians 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Paul preached Christ "according to the revelation of the mystery" and his gospel "was not after man". Paul is the first one that we see preach it and that is why Paul is our "PATTERN".

1 Timothy 1:
[11] According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
[12] And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
[13] Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
[14] And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
[15] This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
[16] Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

Peter's gospel was connected with water baptism and selling earthly possessions (Mark 16:16, Matt. 18:19, Acts 2:38, Matthew 19:16-23, Mark 10:21, Luke 12:21-33, Mark 6:7-9, Matthew 6:11, Matthew 6:25-34, Luke 9:1-4, Acts 2:44-46, Acts 3:2-6, Acts 4:32-37, Acts 5:1-11). 

Peter's gospel was preaching that the blotting out of sins would happen at the 2nd coming of Christ according to prophecy (Jeremiah 31:31-34, 32:37-42, Ezekiel 36:24-33, Romans 11:25-27, Acts 3:19-21, 1 Peter 1:5-10).

THAT is why I say that Paul and Peter were given DIFFERENT GOSPELS. Peter offered the prophesied kingdom of heaven to Israel while Paul offered the Body of Christ (where there is neither Jew nor Gentile) a seat in heavenly places with spiritual blessings (1 Cor. 12:12-13, Gal. 3:27-28, Eph. 1:3, Eph. 2:6, Eph. 3:1-9).

You can't find the pre-tribulation rapture, the fall/blinding of Israel, the "gospel of the grace of God", or the church which is the Body of Christ ANYWHERE in the Bible outside of the Pauline epistles. If you can find it I'll send you a check for 1,000 buck$. But you can't find it!

--Eli "Hoss" Caldwell

Reply to comment on Calvinist topics

(Reply to a comment on my post " How to go to hell....Baptist style". Freewill, election, and unlimited atonement.)

 

I do not know who Jacob Arminius is....though I have heard the name. I believe in the election doctrines of the BIBLE. Calvinist have perverted the terms "elect" "predestinated" etc. with their own private interpreations. However, they are Bible words and we should use them in their Biblical sense.

I do not have 5 points of anything--at least not that I know of. Israel was (and will be) God's elect nation according to Isaiah 45:4....and Christ is God's elect according to 1 Peter 2:6. So to be God's elect you have to either be an Israelite (which would not make you God's elect in this age--only in the OT or the tribulation period) OR you have to be in Christ. We become "elect" when we put our faith in Christ and His shed blood and are then baptized into Christ and joined to Him BY THE HOLY SPIRIT (1 Cor. 6:15-17, 12:12-13).

I believe that a person is "in Christ" and becomes a son of God after he puts his/her faith in the gospel of the grace of God (1 Cor. 15:1-4, Acts 20:24). We are then "chosen" because we are "in him" according to Eph. 1:4. We got out of Adam and into Christ (1 Cor. 15:22).

We do not have to "convince" a sinner to put their faith in Christ. We just give them the gospel and then it is up to them to receive Christ of not. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God (Rom. 10:17). But yes, after a sinner does that we are passed from death unto life and shall never perish (John 10:28).

The only thing a man's freewill can do is allow him to make choices--man is not a mindless robot like the Calvinist brethren suppose. Yes, your free will can prevent you from getting sick IF your decision was to take vitamins or medicine. Your freewill can allow you to receive Christ--and that will save you from sin. (not because of your freewill, but because of receiving Christ)

You seemed to be hinting at what is called "universal salvation".

"If the Lord Jesus shed His blood for the sins of X, are then the sins of X atoned for or not?
If X is not intelligent enough to understand faith, does his ignorance nullify the shed blood?
If the Lord Jesus atoned (paid for, cancelled out) the sins of everybody in the whole world, how then can He put someone to hell who is without sin?"

I believe that Christ provided the atonement and sacrifice for the sins of the world/everyman. Christ provided that salvation and grace....but we must RECIEVE Him it will not effect us. Romans 5:1-2 puts it like this: "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. "

By Christ we have access BY FAITH into the grace of justification. Through Christ salvation is available to all men, but only those who believe on Him will receive the atonement.

Acts 13:

[38] Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
[39] And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Hope that helps! --Eli "Hoss" Caldwell

How to go to hell....Baptist style.

I recently attended a church event where the "gospel" was supposedly presented--hardly any such thing happened. The "invitation" was the preacher saying to come to the "altar" and praying for salvation--then he mentioned that if we do not come out from our pews publicly than Christ will not confess us before God (Matthew 10:32-33).

To that I say....I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel.

1.) No Baptist church in America has an "altar". They have a platform to stand on for preaching. An altar is for sacrificing animals in the Bible.

2.) We do not "pray" for salvation--we believe....(John 1:7, John 1:12-13, John 3:15-18, John 3:36, John 5:24, John 6:29, John 6:35, John 6:40, John 6:47, John 8:24, John 11:25-26, John 12:46, John 20:31, Acts 4:12, Acts 4:32-33, Acts 5:14, Acts 8:37, Acts 10:43-45, Acts 11:17, Acts 15:7-11, Acts 13:38-39, Acts 16:30-31, Acts 26:18, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 1:13, Ephesians 2:8-9, Ephesians 3:16-17, Ephesians 4:30, Ephesians 4:32, Philippians 3:3-9, Colossians 1:13-14, Colossians 2:6-23, 1 Thessaloninas 4:14, 1 Timothy 1:16, 1 Timothy 2:3-6, 2 Timothy 1:9, Galatians 2:16-21, Galatians 3:1-26, Romans 3:10-31, Romans 4:1-25, Romans 5:1-21, Romans 8:8, Romans 10:1-5, Romans 11:6, 1 Corinthians 1:17-21,1 Corinthians 2:1-2, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Titus 3:5, 1 John 3:23, 1 John 5:1, 1 John 5:5, 1 John 5:10, 1 John 5:13)

3.) You do not "ask Jesus to come into your heart".....He already knows what to do and will come into your heart when you put your faith in Him (Eph. 1:13, 3:17, Gal. 4:6).

4.) You do not ask Jesus to takeaway your sins--He did that almost 2,000 years ago (Col. 1:14, 2:13-14, 1 Cor. 15:1-4).

5.) Matthew 10:32-33 is in the context of tribulation salvation (Matthew 10:23) and those tribulation Jews have to "endure to the end" without denying the true Christ (Matthew 24:1-25)....which has nothing to do with us on this side of the dispensation of grace (Eph. 3:1-9, Col. 1:24-27, 2 Cor. 5:14-6:2).

6.) Walking down to the front of the church and confessing before men is a work--and we are not saved by works (Eph. 2:8-9, Titus 3:5, 2 Tim. 1:9, Rom. 4:5, Rom. 8:8).

7.) There is no "sinners prayer" ever mentioned in the Bible. We receive the Holy Spirit when we trust Christ and believe on His finished work--not when we pray/confess (Acts 10:43-45, Acts 15:7-11, Gal. 3:1-3, Eph. 1:13, Eph. 3:17).

8.) As a lost child I would pray the "sinners prayer" often and wonder if I had said the right words--I was not trusting anything except my own recitation of man made "sinners prayers".

If you want to go to hell off Baptist tradition--the "sinners prayer" will do it for you. --Eli Caldwell

More points/notes on eternal security

(10 points below scripture)

Romans 8:

[31] What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
[32] He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
[33] Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
[34] Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
[35] Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
[36] As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
[37] Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
[38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
[39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ephesians 1:13-14, 4:30

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory....And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Ephesians 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

2 Timothy 2:

[11] It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
[12] If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
[13] If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

Acts 13:

[38] Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
[39] And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Ephesians 2:

[8] For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
[9] Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

John 10:

[27] My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
[28] And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
[29] My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
[30] I and my Father are one.

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 theirs and ours:
[3] Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
[4] I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
[5] That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
[6] Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
[7] So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
[8] Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 6:

[9] Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
[10] Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
[11] And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

1.) Our salvation is IN CHRIST, not our own works. We are nto saved because of any work that we have done. So if we could lose our salvation then it would e because Christ somehow failed in some way. Our salvation is receiving Christ (John 1:12-13), if we could lose our salvation then it would be because of Christ, not us.

2.) We have already been forgiven ALL trespasses....therefore we cannot lose our salvation because of any trespass we have committed.

3.) Nothing can separate us from the love of God.

4.) We are sealed with the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption, which is the rapture and redeeming of our physical body (Rom. 8:23-24, 1 Cor. 15:51-58).

5.) We are members of Christ's body and He CANNOT deny Himself.

6.) We are justified and kept by Christ's faith, not our own (Gal. 2:16-21, Gal. 3:22, Phil. 3:9, Eph. 3:12, Rom. 3:22, 2 Tim. 2:13). 

7.) If on Saturday we believed on Christ and got eternal life , but then we "lost our salvation" on Sunday.....was the life we had really "eternal"? NO! We have "everlasting life", we can't lose something that is everlasting! (John 3:36)

8.) Such passages that say enduring to the end is a requirement for salvation are ALWAYS in the context of the gospel of the kingdom, not the gospel of the grace of God. They have to do with the 2nd coming and enduring to the end of the tribulation. (see all of Matthew 24)

9.) We are in God's hand and because of that we shall never perish. God is greater than ALL and so we have no worry about being plucked from His hand.

10.) As carnal and backslidden as the Corinthian church was, Paul still said that they were "sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints....the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you....Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ....ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God".

 

--Eli "Hoss" Caldwell

Pre-tribul​ation rapture vs 2nd coming

(email reply to a Church of Christ fellow who sent me an article on a-millinialism)

"Today's rapture theory says that Jesus is going to return to earth two more times: once before and once after "the tribulation." Some refer to the supposed two future events as "the rapture," followed by "the second coming." Others prefer to teach "two phases" to the "second" coming. None seem willing to openly admit that they really believe in: a "second" and "third" coming. "  
INSIGHT INTO BIBLE PROPHECY #78 THE RAPTURE by David Vaughn Elliott

This is terrible. Nobody says that Christ is going to return to the earth "two more times".

The rapture of the body of Christ (church) is a "mystery" "by the word of the Lord" and it is the members of Christ being gathered together unto Him in the AIR to HEAVEN (1 Cor. 15:51-58, 1 Thes. 4:13-18, 2 Thes, 2:1, Col. 3:1-4, Phil. 3:18-21). It is also before the tribulation (Rom. 5:9, 1 Thes. 1:10, 5:9)

Like the 1st coming of Christ, the 2nd coming will also be TO THE EARTH. Christ will gather believing Israel together from where He scattered them in His wrath (time of Jacob's trouble) and He will then RULE IN JERUSALEM. (Jeremiah 30:1-24, 31:31-34, 32:36-42, Ezekiel 36:24-33, Joel 2:11-32, Matthew 24:1-44, Revelation 6:12-17)

 

There are not "two 2nd comings" and there are not "two phases" to the 2nd coming--we're dealing with two entirely different types of raptures to two different places (heaven vs earth) and two different people are being raptured (believing Israel, Rom. 11:26-27, vs the body of Christ, Col. 3:1-4). --Eli Caldwell