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To: imardmd1; MHGinTN
There are ungracious gospels, and the ones offered by false religions are others gospel of a different kind. I just gave you a reference to a complete, detailed description of all the gospels that are in the Bible, so take a look at that before you ask me to invest work in a summary of my own, most likely to be rejected in your syllabus.

You posted a link to Fred Wittman's website. From that I assume you agree with his opinions.

Contrary to MHGinTN's testimony, Fred Wittman writes that some of the gospels mentioned in the New Testament are not the same as "The Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ" ie., the gospel of grace we discussed.

    Four Gospels Other than The Gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ Are Found in The New Testament.
  1. 1. Paul referred to the pre-gospel of faith pronounced to Abraham (Gal. 3:8).
  2. John the Baptizer and The Lord Jesus Christ proclaimed the Gospel of the Kingdom (Mt. 3:1-3; 4:12,17).
  3. In his Epistles to the Galatians and the Corinthians, Paul referred to another gospel of a different kind (Gal. 1:6-9; 2 Cor. 11:4,13-15).
  4. John the beloved disciple recorded yet another future gospel to be proclaimed by an angel flying in midst of Heaven during the Great Tribulation just before the fall of Babylon having 0Eternal (Everlasting) Gospel (Rev. 14:6,7).


I dismiss the third out of hand, since it is obviously not a true gospel. However the other three are righteous and true gospels.

    The remaining are:
  1. the gospel preached to Abraham

    And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

    Galatians, Catholic chapter three, Protestant verse eight


  2. the gospel of the kingdom

    And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.


    And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.


    And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.


    Matthew, Catholic chapter four, Protestant verse twenty three
    Matthew, Catholic chapter nine, Protestant verses thirty five to thirty eight
    Matthew, Catholic chapter twenty four, Protestant verse fourteen


  3. the everlasting gospel



    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,

    Revelation, Catholic chapter fourteen, Protestant verse six

353 posted on 09/27/2016 7:45:18 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981

Is Grace only some kind of poison to your mind? Can you state the Gospel of The Grace of God in Christ? If you don’t know what it is, I’ll leave you to figure it out, IF you can stop striving long enough ...


354 posted on 09/27/2016 8:15:23 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for spiritual discernment)
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To: af_vet_1981
I appreciate that you took the time to review this paper on the various gospels. Yes, I am not only in agreement with it, but Dr. Wittman has been my discipler for about 25 years.

While I do not always have exactly the same opinion as he does, his careful and detailed dissection of various key doctrines has helped me a great deal.

Again, I compliment you in at least giving the determined and diligent work of others a fair shake, even though you may not agree with the conclusions.

I am quite aware of your use of large portions of Scripture in the sense that you desire to help others to see a particular verse in a broader context of the narrative as originally inscripturated without verse divisions, so that some finer points of the general tone may be appreciated. However, I do believe your usual choice of the text color undermines the effect you desire to achieve. So does the tiny font size of the attribution, that brings a negative response from the reader.

You might find it useful to follow the style sheet of published articles in the periodicals of theological societies, which have proven to be a better way to communicate passages from a particular translation.

That's just a suggestion, but how you choose to present your thoughts is your privilege.

Moving on, in considering what the Gospel of Jesus Christ is, its description is contained in a guide to its transmission in a one-on-one situation:

"GOSPEL PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS from a Theocentric Approach" (click here)

This gives a useful plan for helping to progress in awakening the interest of a person seeking to know of the new life that is victorious over sinning and death.

Again, thank you for your patience. and thanks for making your "royalblue" passages readable!

358 posted on 09/27/2016 10:13:28 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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