PETER AND PAUL: THE CHURCH IN THE BOOK OF ACTS!

SALVATION OFFERED TO JEWS AND GENTILES: 

BELIEVE THE GOSPEL MESSAGE!

1 Corinthians 15:1-6 - Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand; by which also you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain.  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures:  and that He was seen of Cephas (Peter), then of the twelve:  after that, He was seen of above (by more than) five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep (have died).

PETER AND PAUL PREACHED THE SAME GOSPEL MESSAGE:

BEGINNING IN THE BOOK OF ACTS!

Acts 2:36-41, 47 - Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made that same Jesus, whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ.  Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their hearts, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.  And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward (crooked; perverse) generation.  Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:  and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. - - - Praising God, and having favor with all the people.  And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

[Note:  Peter preached the Gospel message to Jews on the Day of Pentecost, and 3000 souls were saved; the Church Age had begun (see v. 47)!]

Acts 16:29-34 - Then he (the Philippian jailer) called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, and thy house.  And they spoke unto him the Word of the Lord (the Gospel - Rom. 1:16), and to all that were in his house.  And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.  And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

[Note:  Those who heard the Gospel and believed were Gentiles, who having faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, were then baptized!]

Acts 20:17-21 - And from Miletus he (Paul) sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.  And when they were come to him, he said unto them, You know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:  and how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks (Gentiles), repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

[Note:  The same Gospel message was preached to both Jews and Gentiles by Peter (Acts 2:36-41; 10:34-43).  Here, Paul is said to have preached the same Gospel to both as well!]

THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOSPEL THAT HAS THE POWER TO SAVE!

Romans 1:16-17 - For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ:  for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek (Gentile; heathen).  For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith:  as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Galatians 1:6-9; 2:7-9 - I marvel that you are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:  which is not another (in reality, there is no such thing); but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the Gospel of Christ.  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.  As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. - - - they  (the Apostles in Jerusalem) saw that the Gospel of the uncircumcision (Gentiles; heathen) was committed unto me, as the Gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; (For He that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the Same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles):  and when James, Cephas (Peter), and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

THE CHURCH AGE BEGAN IN ACTS CHAPTER TWO, AND CONTINUES TODAY!  THE GOSPEL MESSAGE, THE ONLY MESSAGE WITH THE POWER TO SAVE, WAS PREACHED BY BOTH PETER AND PAUL IN THE BOOK OF ACTS!

DO YOU BELIEVE?  THE CHURCH AGE IS ABOUT TO END; BELIEVE TODAY!