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while Peter was sent to the Jews — albeit Peter later very decidedly

agreed with his preaching the gospel without the law.

Today, Gentiles have ADOPTED the law. We have WRONGLY

adopted what God took away from the JEWS at the cross. If you are

not a Jew, the law was never meant for you at all.

The New Dispensation

In Ephesians 3:2-3 Paul says, “If you have heard of the dispensa-
tion of the grace of God, which is given to me for you, how that by

revelation was made known to me the mystery (of the gospel) . . .”

There was a total “changing of the guard” at the cross of Jesus.

It ushered in an new spiritual dimension: a totally new PARADIGM.

In Hebrews 9:10 Paul calls it “the time of reformation.”

Yet, from most preaching you hear, you’d have no idea there

was any change at the cross at all — at least from an EARTHLY

viewpoint. Paul refers to these preachers as ‘10,000 instructors in

Christ’ (I Cor 4:15 revisited). He contrasts this with being a ’father

of the gospel’ — referring to a minister of the New Testament, the
gospel of God’s righteousness (II Corinthians 3:6, 9, 5:21).

Evangelical messages make a distinction by preaching Jesus for

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