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Old 07-18-2008, 03:59 AM
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My Point is you have to rightly divide the scriptures to understand why Peter tells them to repent. Repentance is not a requirement of salvation in our current church age it is a result of it. Belief is the requirement for salvation today.

those whom Peter spoke were Jews and Proselytes to Judaim.

what Gospel is Peter teaching? do you see him mention the Blood of Christ for the forgvieness of sins or does he say "Repent and be baptised in the name of Jesus?"

Peter's preaching the same Gospel as John the Baptist taught and the one Jesus taught him, the eleven and the 70, Repent and be baptized. It is called in the Gospels the Gospel of the Kingdom. this is not the Gospel of Grace. the Gospel of the Kingdom requires works for salvation. that is why Repentance comes first then baptism to show they beleive that Jesus is the Messiah.

Now your quoting verses from our Bible that do not support Acts 2 You have a problem, the Gospel of Grace has not been revealed yet. But Acts 2 is supported by the gospels of Matthew Mark Luke and parts of John.

Peter new nothing of ONE BODY, ONE SPIRIT, ONE BAPTISM that was a mystery revealed to Paul. Peter never says anything close to that until after Paul had revealed it to him. IN Acts 2 Paul isn't even saved yet.

He tells them to be baptized in the name of Jesus because they believe in God, and the Holy Ghost, they just don't believe that Jesus is the Messiah who came to set up the Kingdom they must submit to Jesus as Lord or no salvation. Baptism was the way before Christ and shortly after to show submission, and it was the way up until Acts chapter 8 when the first Gentile Proselyte gets saved under grace. Who happened to be a Hamite who was a servant of servants to a Hamite Queen.

Again Repentance is not a requirement for salvation it is an immediate result of Salvation even though not anyman has fully repented of all his sins the moment he beleives. some are still struggling with some of them. and you can look to yourself for proof of that.

in Acts 10 Peter is cut short in his message the Gentiles already were saved and filled with the Holy Ghost. you will notice what he taught in Acts Ten is not the exact same as he taught in Acts 2. "that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins", you didn't see that in Chapter 2 of Acts.

The students of Scriptures you are speaking of are the ones who don't rightly divide the word of truth, they blend all the gospels to make them all the Gospel of Grace (by the way ther are at least 3 different gospels taught in the NT), and these students have the Old Testament saints looking forward in time to a cross that was a mystery, 1Cor 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory, no one in the Old Testament knew about the cross.

so again I ask these questions to get you to rightly divide which you failed to do, and you blended all the scripture together having Peter preaching a mystery he knew nothing about, and you have Peter praching the gospel of Grace when in fact he was preaching the gospel of the Kingdom.

Good job.

Last edited by chette777; 07-18-2008 at 04:05 AM.