Because Jesus had already taught the Gospel to the apostles that they were to go out into the world and teach.
As RD said, there are many gospels. Which one do you think Jesus taught? Because the one He gave to Paul was different than the one He gave to His 12 disciples.
He never said he was coming back to teach Saul somewhere in Arabia a new Gospel.
The reason for that is hidden from you, because you have covered your eyes.
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Some apostles remained loyal to Jesus and went out into the world and taught the original Gospel.
The problem is that those journeys, while they may have indeed happened, are not recorded in scripture. Again, the reason for this is hidden from you, because you have covered your eyes.
Peter and more so Paul unwittingly took over the movement and message.
Peter was at the head of it all, until Paul came along, and then it was all Paul, wall to wall. There's a reason for that...
The rest is history. None of the other apostles rose to the kind of public prominence that Paul did.
There's a reason for that...
Some apostles vanished out in the world preaching the Gospel.
Nonsense.
Sorry neither was Peter a God or perfect
Straw man. Fallacy. Stop it.
if he in fact wrote 1 Peter 3:15-16
Peter did, in fact, write 1 and 2 Peter, including 1 Peter 3:15-16.
BTW, the accounts of the denials differ as should be expected because different imperfect people wrote them.
You would have a point, if and only if we claimed that the men who wrote the Bible were perfect and infallible. They weren't.
Also, there's no telling what errors have slipped into the Bible through the centuries BECAUSE of human error, so to chalk it all up to the Apostles being inconsistent with each other is a bit of a stretch.
There are many conflicting details concerning the same events in the Bible,
Yet you won't start a thread on them, because you know that the inconsistencies that DO exist might just be present because of human error when re/copying them to preserve them, in addition to the fact that NOT ONE of those inconsistencies changes the overall storyline of the Bible.
again as should be expected. God didn't write it,
Saying it doesn't make it so.
God did, in fact, write the Bible.
institutional religion makes that claim to buttress their authority.
More nonsense.
Says Peter. Peter wasn't his follower.
Says Paul. Says Luke (the author of Acts).
Sorry, but you don't have this point.
Peter denied Jesus 3 times even after having been warned in his lifetime. Peter, a great man but not perfect.
So what?
No, you don't.
you have too much pride to accept Gods Love and forgiveness so you have to concoct a substitute.
That's rich, coming from the cultist!
The atonement is an assault upon Gods own free will.
Your assertion falls flat against me, as I'm an open theist, which is based on God's own free will.
As far as you are concerned to forgive as Jesus taught it is to "un-judge them"
What in the world is that supposed to mean?
Here's Jesus' own words on the matter:
Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.” - Luke 17:3-4
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke17:3-4&version=NKJV
Jesus did not say "If your brother sins against you, just forgive him, no need to repent." He clearly stated that repentance MUST come before you forgive him.
and let the ultimate Judge be their Judge. "Judge not that you be not Judged".
Sorry, but that's not in scripture.
Here's what Christ actually said:
“Judge not, that you be not judged.For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.“Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces. - Matthew 7:1-6
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew7:1-6&version=NKJV
Or, to paraphrase:
"Judge not, Hypocrite!"
He's not talking to people who are not hypocrites, if He were, then He would have contradicted Himself when He said:
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.” - John 7:24
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John7:24&version=NKJV
Again, for us forgiveness means to "un-judge".
Nonsense.
If we have not first judged people then forgiving them instant an issue.
Again:
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.” - John 7:24
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John7:24&version=NKJV
Those are Jesus' own words.
We are not competent judges of men's souls.
You might not be, but I beg to differ on my part.
Also:
Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?If then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge?I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren? - 1 Corinthians 6:2-5
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1Corinthians6:2-5&version=NKJV
Even Jesus took this position "And I do not judge you, for there is one who judges for me."
Chapter verse, please. Because I can't find that in scripture.