Jerry Shugart
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Paul preached the same Gospel of Christ to the jew as to the Greek, its right here Rom 1:15-16
15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
You continue to insist that the "good news" preached to the Jews is the same "good news" which was preached to the Gentiles.
But where did anyone preach the gospel that believers are are justified freely by grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus before Paul?
The gospel which was preached to the Jews during the Acts period concerned the "identity" of the Lord Jesus--that He is the Christ, the Son of God. The first message which Paul preached after being converted was this gospel which he spoke to the Jews:
"And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God...proving that this is the very Christ" (Acts 9:20,22).
That was the same gospel which Paul continued to preach to the Jews:
"And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ" (Acts17:2,30).
That is the same message that Apollos preached to the Jews:
"For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus is Christ" (Acts18:28).
We also have an uninterrupted sermon preached by Peter on the day of Pentecost beginning at Acts 2:14 and ending at Acts 2:36. in that sermon there is not a word about God's "grace" and there is not a word about the purpose of the Lord Jesus' death on the Cross. Instead, Peter speaks of the Lord Jesus being God and the fact that He is the promised Messiah.
So we can clearly see that the central message that was preached to the Jews is the fact that it is Jesus Who is the Christ, the Son of God.
But to you that is the same "good news" as the one which declares that believers are are justified freely by grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.