'Rightly Dividing the Word'
Gospel Taught by Jesus
Luke 24:46-47 Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
For the sake of saving as many Jews as possible, Jesus and His disciples preached John's gospel of the kingdom until His crucifixion.
The gospel of the kingdom of heaven was fulfilled with the Mosaic Covenant made obsolete at the death of Jesus and after His resurrection the OT saints rose from the dead to inherit the kingdom of heaven.
The gospel of the kingdom of God was fulfilled with the establishment of the New Covenant of His blood at the death of Jesus. After His resurrection, He set up the kingdom of God in every physical body of His Apostles thereby establishing the Body of Christ.
The gospel of the kingdom was fulfilled at the death and resurrection of Jesus, and since it was no longer applicable anymore, our Lord Lord Jesus had been teaching His disciples the new Gospel of Christ in the New Covenant of His blood.
This new gospel of the grace of God consists essentially of Jesus' sufferings, death and His resurrection on the third day. This gospel was given by the risen Christ for all His disciples to preach to all nations.
Mat 16:21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.
Paul Confirmed His Gospel
I Cor 15:3-4 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
For many years, Paul had been preaching the so-called mysterious gospel of Christ, which was given to him by revelation. Finally, he went to Jerusalem to check with the Apostles of its accuracy with the gospel of the grace of God taught by Jesus.
He was overjoyed that he had not preached heresy for his (my) gospel was the same as that taught to His disciples by the risen Lord.
Gal 2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain.
Gospel of Christ Preached
Acts 2:32,36 "This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses... Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."
Peter preached the gospel of Christ of Jesus' death and resurrection where 3,000 devout Jews were saved and later the Centurion and his family were saved having heard the same gospel from Peter.
Paul preached the same gospel of Christ using the OT prophecies to prove that Jesus whom they crucified, was indeed the Son of God and Messiah for He was resurrected from the dead.
Acts 13:16,30,33 Then Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:.. But God raised Him from the dead... God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm: 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.'
