Santiago,
Yes I see where you are coming from, just trying to better understand why I cannot think as others don't you see.
Paul is our apostle, it is Paul's Gospel that is for us ever since Jesus revealed the Mystery of Grace to him on the road to Damascus.
Saying the above like you did, can you see how this looks to someone like me? Remember Pauls defense and words about a similar subject in 1 Cor 1: 12 and following? Paul seemed to say this was a division not warranted. That there is only one gospel as there were those who were saying I am of Paul, I am of Cephas, I am of Christ....
No doubt Paul took the Gospel to the gentiles, but Also remember what I was saying in my other post about being grafted in? Paul knew he was, but to say he was only for the gentiles seems a little extreme. Look at Acts 18. I have posted part of it below.
18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
It looks as if he is doing the very thing a son (even by adoption) would do and follow in his Fathers footsteps. ((Acts 13:14, Acts 17:2, Acts 13:14)He went to the Jews first. As you see, even in the sinful city of Corinth there was a synagogue, where he tryed to persuade both Jews and Greeks.(I am assuming here the greeks were prosalytes due to his manner of speech,ie v.6. shaking his raiment to go to the gentiles.)
I wonder why, if his ministry was just to the Gentiles, he always went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews? I mean other than the obvious "" all things to all men that he might save some?""
dan
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