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In his letter to the Galatians, Paul is forthright in his warning against the preaching of Gospels other than that which the Galatians accepted:
Galatians 1:8-9
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
So it is helpful, then, that Paul provided a summary of the Gospel in his letter to the Corinthians:
1 Corinthians 15:1-8
Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
Now the consistent Calvinist claims that such a Gospel was not and is not to be preached to the unsaved - otherwise it would mean telling them that, 'Christ died for our sins', thus contradicting their doctrine of limited atonement (that Jesus did not die for all men). They further support this by emphasising that Paul's letter is only addressed to the believing Corinthian church.
However, the Christian, mindful of Paul's curse, would be wise if he decided to use Paul's Gospel summary verbatim whenever he preached the Gospel since then he could never be accused of preaching a different Gospel. After all, he's only following Paul's warning isn't he?
If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
The Gospel preached must be the same as the Gospel accepted.
Now I challenge Calvinists to give a reason why a Christian should not preach Paul's Corinthian Gospel to unbelievers?
Galatians 1:8-9
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
So it is helpful, then, that Paul provided a summary of the Gospel in his letter to the Corinthians:
1 Corinthians 15:1-8
Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
Now the consistent Calvinist claims that such a Gospel was not and is not to be preached to the unsaved - otherwise it would mean telling them that, 'Christ died for our sins', thus contradicting their doctrine of limited atonement (that Jesus did not die for all men). They further support this by emphasising that Paul's letter is only addressed to the believing Corinthian church.
However, the Christian, mindful of Paul's curse, would be wise if he decided to use Paul's Gospel summary verbatim whenever he preached the Gospel since then he could never be accused of preaching a different Gospel. After all, he's only following Paul's warning isn't he?
If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
The Gospel preached must be the same as the Gospel accepted.
Now I challenge Calvinists to give a reason why a Christian should not preach Paul's Corinthian Gospel to unbelievers?