“THE
BOOK OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES” Part 4 of 5
Peter’s gospel is one of works
Then
Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
(water)
every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins (past), and ye shall
receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38
Peter’s
gospel could only bring remission of
past sins, not future sins (Romans 3:25)
Furthermore,
water baptism is a work.
You
have to physically go to where some water is,
climb in the pool/sea/bath-tub and physically go under the water. Then
you have
to come up. If you trust in this today for your salvation, you’ll just
go down
a dry sinner and come up a wet sinner. Paul’s gospel is not of works
and Peter’s gospel is NOT Paul’s gospel.
Paul has no works – only believe,
no water and redemption, being for past, present and
future
sins.
The two gospels are like chalk and cheese. Nothing in
common.
As the
jailer asked “…Sirs, what must I do to be
saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou
shalt be saved, and thy house. Acts 16:30-31
And
of course “to believe” is not a work. As
the scriptures say
For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and
that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works,
lest
any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9
Furthermore,
But to him that worketh not,
but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is
counted
for righteousness. Romans 4:5
Peter’s gospel to the men of Israel is not
Paul’s gospel that is to be preached to everyone today - that is to the
Gentiles and including the Jews. For the Jew to go to heaven today,
they must
believe Paul not Peter.
Paul’s gospel makes Peter’s gospel obsolete (useless and out of date). If you want to send people
to hell today, just preach Peter’s gospel of water baptism for the remission
of past sins.
Paul
prophesied (1Thess 4:16-18; 1Thess 2:1-12)
Today,
the office of prophet is now closed. But at
that time it was OK because the New Testament canon (the 27 books) had not
been completed when he writes 1 Corinthians. That is, the following
books had yet
to be written:- 2Corinthians, Romans, Ephesians, Philippians,
Colossians,
Philemon, Titus, 1&2 Timothy, 1&2 Peter, Jude, Hebrews and
Revelation.
Once they were written, the New Testament would be closed. There would
be no
more prophecy. Today’s prophecies are pure lies, and nothing more than 3rd
rate, crystal ball, fortune telling. It’s just people puffing
themselves up.
Today,
we can pray for physical healing as the
Lord’s wills (Jam 4:15), but physical healing is not guaranteed. There
is the
dreadfully misunderstood phrase “By his stripes we are healed” to mean
physical
body healing. It is not. IT IS FOR SIN! (Is 53:5; 1 Pet 2:24).
No.
The cornerstone of the church was Christ.
(Ephesians 2:20)
Then
foundation of the church are the apostles
and the prophets. (Ephesians 2:20; 2Cor 12:12)
The
bricks are the evangelists, pastors
and teachers (Ephesians 4:11)
To
be an APOSTLE you had to
1.
Physically
accompany the Lord Jesus (Acts 1:21-22) 2. Witness his resurrection.
Secondly,
no prophecy is needed today. It’s all
been foretold. Contrary to popular preaching, the world is not in for a
huge
revival. Just the opposite, with lies to deceive the simple and
extort
money.
Many
have tried to their utter failure. Nowhere in
Paul’s writings to the churches does he even suggest this. If you were
an
apostle, God gave this for you to perform special miracles (Peter in
Acts
3:6-7; Paul in Acts 19:11). Prior to salvation, Satan will possess your
soul, but
after salvation, Satan may only oppress you, dependent
on how you
live your life, but CANNOT possess your soul.
Harley Hitchcock
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