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1 | The true Gospel Jesus proclaimed | Matt 4:23 | Beja | 224555 | ||
To the whole thread, Might I humbly suggest this thread has gotten pretty far from being a study of any particular scripture? In my experience this type of discussion can never be fruitful because you can never box it in. If somebody is being shown wrong in one area they simply say, "well what about this?" as they bring up a different point. Perhaps this should be brought down to the exposition of a relevent passage? And if we can't think of a relevent passage then we really don't have anything to say about it do we? From the pot to the kettle, Beja |
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2 | The true Gospel Jesus proclaimed | Matt 4:23 | BradK | 224556 | ||
Hello Beja, Thanks for being proactive. You beat me to the punch. Let's keep on track with the study of Scripture- the intended purpose of the SBF. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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3 | The true Gospel Jesus proclaimed | Matt 4:23 | 00123 | 224557 | ||
Good afternoon, BradK, I agree we should keep the intended purpose of the SBF. So, sorry for bringing up non-Bible study issue. Okay, going back to the SBF purpose and refreshing my original question, I'd like to ask you and other fellow Christians this one question. "What was the gospel Jesus preached town to town?" I'd appreciate it if you answer cites or uses only the four Gospels, not Paulian or any other apostle's portion of the Scriptures. I just wanted to know what was the content of the gospel of the kingdom of heaven Jesus preached for Himself. In Love and Truth, 00123 |
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4 | The true Gospel Jesus proclaimed | Matt 4:23 | Beja | 224558 | ||
123, (I tried to post this once and there was some error, forgive me if it double posts.) I contend that the gospel which Jesus Christ preached was this: That men every where repent of their sins and rather than trusting in their own righteousness trust in the attoning sacrificial death of Jesus Christ; and that this was their only means of escaping the coming judgement of God. Now let me defend this. 1.) That men everywhere should repent Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Mar 1:15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." This next one should be of particular interest to you. Just after Jesus sends out his disciples for the preaching, it reports this: Mar 6:12 They went out and preached that men should repent. 2.) That he called them to cease trusting in their own righteousness. Luke18:9-14 This story is to large to quote here but I urge you to see if Jesus did not clearly rebuke people from trusting in any righteousness of their own for justification before God. We see clearly these are the target of this parable in verse 9. Luk 18:9 And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous... 3.) That they trust rather in the attoning sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. This one will be slightly more challenging to show because Jesus often concealed it in parables, but I think we can show it presuasively enough. Mar 1:15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." This gospel we clearly have defined elsewhere though I think primarily outside the gospels. But lets look at additional passages. John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.(ESV) Here we see Christ clearly as the solution to the wrath of God rather than our own righteousness. Joh 3:14,15 "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life." (ESV) Here we again not only see that belief in Jesus is the answer in opposition to our own righteousness but we also see his crucifiction as central to this. One last passage for this point: Luke 22:37 "For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors.' For what is written about me has its fulfilment." Now here he is quoting Isaiah 53:12. I know that you want 'just' the gospels in this but I think you'd not be rightly exegeting this passage without looking at the verse in Isaiah which Jesus is quoting. So here is Isaiah 53:12 Isaiah 53:12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors." Now look carefully at this. Because in Luke 22:37 Jesus clearly claimed that this verse was referring to Him. So what do we see from this to show us how Jesus himself saw His own ministry? He saw that through pouring out His own soul to death and being numbered as a transgressor HE WAS BEARING THE SINS OF MANY AND MAKING INTERCESSION FOR THE TRANSGRESSORS. Christ was teaching clearly that his death was a sacrificial substituation for us. And through his death the many are made righteous. Isaiah 53:11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. 4.) This was their escape from the judgement of God. I only offer this verse from John the Baptist, because anybody who honestly reads the gospels but once should be clear that whatever this gospel is it is the means which we are spared God's wrath. Mat 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? I think my assertion is sufficiently established. I hope this helps. In Christ, Beja |
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5 | The true Gospel Jesus proclaimed | Matt 4:23 | 00123 | 224559 | ||
Thanks, Beja. I truly appreciate your time and effort to help me out. Your answer is an excellent and sufficient one to my question. I am highly satisfied with your answer (of course, any other person may want to add anything else, though, to further Beja's explanation). God bless, 00123. | ||||||