The gospel of the kingdom proclaimed by John the Baptist, Jesus, and the Twelve required repentance (Mark 1.15), water baptism (Matthew 3.6 Acts 2.38, 8.34-38, 19.4), keeping of the Mosaic Law, and belief Jesus was the promised Messiah (Matthew 16.13-16 John 11.25-27). Their statements provide an excellent summary of Jewish expectations and theology. The reader is encouraged to read the accounts surrounding the Magi (Matthew 2.1-12), Zachariah (Luke 1.8-17, 67-79), Mary (Luke 1.26-38, 46-55), Simeon, and Anna (Luke 2.25-38). One need only read the passages surrounding the account of JesusвЂ™ birth to recognize this fact. Every Jew knew about this kingdom and every God-fearing Jew longed for it. The prophets had proclaimed this Messianic kingdom in hundreds of passages. When GodвЂ™s established His covenant with Abraham (Genesis 12.1-3) He decree all Gentile blessing had to come through Israel. Apart from this kingdom and apart from this plan, God had revealed no provision to bless Gentiles. During this kingdom reign, God would fulfill His covenant promises to Israel and through IsraelвЂ™s acceptance of their Messiah Gentiles would be blessed. Its focus was Jewish (Matthew 10.5-6) and Jesus instructed His disciples to pray for it (Matthew 6.10). He would establish His kingdom on earth and rule the earth according to what IsraelвЂ™s prophets foretold (Psalm 2.6, 8 Zechariah 14.9 Luke 1.31-33). This gospel was the long-anticipated and prophesied good news that the King of Israel had arrived. John the Baptist, Jesus, and the Twelve preached the gospel of the kingdom (Matthew 3.2, 4.17). Had Jews as His audience (a couple exceptions) Preached faith alone in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ as necessary for salvationДҐ. Preached repentance, water baptism, keeping the Law, forgiving others, and faith in who He was as necessary for salvationД¤. Presented Jesus as the risen Lord, Head of the Church, the body of ChristД¤. Presented Himself as the Messiah and King of the Jews (Israel)ДЈ. Defined the вЂњkingdom of heavenвЂќ as the heavenly position of the body of ChristДЈ. Defined the вЂњkingdom of heavenвЂќ as IsraelвЂ™s prophetic earthly kingdomДў. Preached the gospel of the grace of GodДў. Differences of the Ministries of Jesus and PaulДЎ. The below chart identifies the chief differences in the ministries and message of Jesus and Paul. The purpose of this brief study is to answer the question about how Jesus and Paul can be reconciled (what that means) and end the confusion. HereвЂ™s a clue: let the reader consider why God kept Paul separated from the Twelve after his conversion and why PaulвЂ™s contact with them was extremely limited (cf. Because of this, they do not have a sound foundation on which they can reconcile the differences. The bad news is that most theological professionals misunderstand why we find differences between Jesus and Paul. Some theologians have recognized problems in this but most fail to provide sound, biblical solutions to resolve the differences between Jesus and Paul. For almost 2,000 years, Paul has been forced into the Gospels and the Gospels have been forced into PaulвЂ“and this continues. The good news is that this matter is receiving attention. Instead, we must seek a biblical understanding of the Scriptures for reconciliation. Such offerings of strange fire move us further from the text and sound theology. No value comes from those who maintain Jesus and Paul contradicted or disagreed with one another. No light comes from attempts to show that Paul вЂњbetrayedвЂќ Jesus or вЂњpervertedвЂќ His message. No benefit comes from theological gibberish that the gospel is the kingdom and the kingdom is the gospel. No one is helped by attempts to lessen the differences by declaring that the gospel is a salvation story for both Jesus and Paul. Reconciliation of their messages cannot be done by harmonization. The messages of Jesus and Paul were fundamentally different. What are we to make of this? Can the two be reconciled? The answer depends on what is meant by reconciliation. Paul preached justification by faith alone. Controversy has arisen regarding Jesus versus Paul as scholars debate the different emphases and messages of Jesus and Paul.

Today&#39;s message jesus calls

Today's message jesus calls