Salvation is of the Jews
A. Before Jesus raised Paul, he taught
- John 4:22
- Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship:
for salvation is of the Jews.
- Matthew 10:5-6
- These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying,
Go not into the way of the Gentiles,
and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Matthew 15:22-28 (see also Mark 7:25-30)
- And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying,
Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is vexed with a devil.
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying,
Send her away; for she crieth after us.
But he answered and said,
I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
But he answered and said,
It is not meet to take the children's bread and to cast it
to dogs.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's
table.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her,
O woman, great is thy faith:
be it unto thee even as thou wilt.
And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
- Matthew 19:16-17
- And behold, one came and said unot him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do,
that I may have eternal life? And he [Jesus] said unto him,
Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one,
God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
- Matthew 23:1-3, 15
- Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying,
The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do;
but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. [...vv.4-14...]
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees!
for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte,
and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
- Matthew 28:19-20
- [Jesus said]
Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- Acts 1:8
- But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be
witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the
uttermost part of the earth.
- Acts 2:5,32
- And there [during Pentecost] were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
[...v.6-31...]
[And Peter declared unto them] This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
- Acts 10:28
- And he [Peter] said unto them [at Cornelius' house], Ye know now that it is an unlawful thing
for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation;
but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
- Acts 11:19
- Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen
travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but the
Jews only.
B. But now in the Age of Grace, Jesus teaches through Paul
- Acts 26:16-18
- [And Jesus said to Paul on the road to Damascus]
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have
appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these
things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I now send thee,
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan
unto God, that they may recieve forgiveness of sins, and inheritence among them
which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
- Acts 13:16,39 (Paul's first recorded sermon)
- Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said,
Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
[...vv.17-38...]
And by him [Jesus] all that believe are justified from all things,
which ye could not be justified
by the law of Moses.
- Romans 3:21-26
- But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law
and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all them
that believe: for there is no difference: for all have sinned and come short of the glory
of God: Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Whom 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;
to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the
justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
- Romans 11:13
- For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
- Romans 15:8, 16
- Now I [Paul] say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God,
to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: [... v.9-15...]
That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God,
that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
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