Or maybe Christ told Paul through all the visions and Revelations He gave him, that the Gospel that was GIVEN to Paul WILL be the Gospel that all men will be judged by. Just as he plainly states.
Because his gospel takes man back before Abraham all the way to Adam. And Original sin that no one taught or preached about until Paul was raised up and sent to preach it. Peter and the 11 took it back to Abraham. Matthew, Mark. Luke ,John took it back to Abraham. Jesus Himself said He was not sent but to the children of Abraham(meaning Israel would become a nation of PRIESTS and take the glorious message to the GENTILES).
The only time Christ mentioned Adam was when He was speaking of divorce, and then He didn’t call him by his name.
Paul spoke of the first Adam. And the second Adam (Christ). He took man’s sin problem all the way back to the beginning. “For ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”
The gospel that Paul preached pi is all encompassing. And it is favors no man above another. We are ALL sons of Adam.
Jesus talks about divorce in Matthew 19 but he references Moses, not Adam???
Matthew 19 King James Version (KJV)
1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Yes, Paul was to take the gospel message to the Gentiles:
Acts 9:
10And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 11And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, 12And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. 13Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: 14And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. 15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
Yes, smvoice, you are correct that the gospel is a Jewish gospel (I believe that is what you are saying), and when the Jewish nation rejected Christ as their savior (final straw was the stoning of Stephen), it went to the Gentiles (effectively the heathens). The whole point of the sacrificial/ceremonial system was to show the show/play out the gospel of Jesus Christ. That’s what it was all about. The Jewish nation just refused to accept Christ as that sacrifice. They rejected him because they didn’t have faith. Paul clearly states this:
Rom 9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Rom 9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by FAITH, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Rom 9:33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
The old and new covenants were both based on OBEDIENCE to God’s commandments. The problem with the first covenant is that the people focused on works and not faith. Moses was the mediator of the old covenant.
Deu 4:13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
Deu 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
The new covenant is based on “better promises”. Jesus is the mediator of the new covenant.
Heb 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Heb 10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
Heb 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Heb 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
“He will put his laws in our hearts and in our minds”
Christians will keep God’s law out of love for him. It has always been about FAITH AND OBEDIENCE and it always will be.