Back in Acts it was faith and works until Paul came in. The jews are used to working... (old testament). Those epistles James, Peter, John, Jude were continuations of Acts. (Faith without works is dead) Now of course Paul teaches and brings in the mystery program (The Gentiles). The Gospel, Sin Debt, Flesh Fight, Love, Charity, (1 Corinthians 13) and treat each other with Love, which is what Christ taught. Christ charged Paul in Acts and sent him to the
Gentiles and then appeared to him again and Paul was the last to see him. The rest of the apostles were preaching to the Jews (circumcision). Thats why after Pauls last epistle Philemon we have Hebrews (Jews) and then the apostles.
BTW Romans 10:9 Confess...Look at the beginning of the chapter. Brethren my hearts desire and prayer to Israel is, that they might be saved. He's talking to his brothers the Jews.
Now in Galatians Chapter 2 Paul (Gentiles or uncircumcision) withstood Peter (Jews or Circumcision) to the face. Rather than do an entire Bible lesson read Galatians 2 you'll understand.
Snippets
Paul said
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
But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. Read the chapter...James, Peter Cephas, and John were trying to bring in works and Paul said NO.
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
15We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Paul sets it straight.
He adds the most important scripture here which I showed Bowl yesterday.
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Revelation 14:6
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
We stand in the gospel below till that angel sounds. Works is an addition but has NOTHING to do with your salvation, only your reward. 1 Corinthians
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; and if you stand in that faith and are saved you will sit before the judgement seat of Christ where those works (
gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble) will be tried by fire.
I have a lot of stubble for sure.
Salvation
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25Whom God hath set forth
to be a
propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26To declare,
I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
27Where
is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
At the end of Pauls Gospel he says Romans 3:28 therefore we conclude (finish) a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
To many people leave out the blood. Look at Leviticus....EVERY atonement and sacrifice for sins was BLOOD. Don't forget the blood.
Peace and fire away.
