The Cross of Christ Alone Can Save

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Originally Posted by Jeffrey

Your closer than TL. Faith (that will work). It's still faith BEFORE it works!

You know quite well there is faith that does not work. And that faith does not save.

Peter didn't change the covenant of God ha! Come on, Blume! We really distort and botch Peter's sermon. I guess we can blame Luke, but really it wasn't his fault either. It was those folks at the turn of the last century.

Reject Peter all you wish, but he said what he said.

It was redeveloped, around the idea of a Messiah. The people of God was no longer EXCLUSIVELY Israel, but now ALL PEOPLES would be blessed, the fulfillment of God's words to Abram in Gen 12.

Nothing was redeveloped. The true picture is that God all along planned for all mankind to be saved. And Israelite exclusivity was preparatory for that, not vice versa as though Israelite exclusivity was redeveloped.

The head-scratching comes as you guys just keep adding to this beautiful message, requirements before one can accept what has been done for them.

We added nothing! You remove from it. Jesus, not me, said repentance and remission of sins must be preached in His name for people to obey. And Acts 2:38 lays it all out. Why do you refuse to deal with the corresponding nature of Luke 24:47-49 and Acts 2:38?

Words must mean nothing.