Lesson # 10

Rightly Dividing – An Outline

The gospel of the Circumcision (Galatians 2: 7)

1. Was committed unto Peter
   
2. What was the gospel of the Circumcision?
   
   1. Matthew 28: 19-20
      
   2. Luke 16: 14-18
      
   3. Luke 24: 44-47
      
   4. John 20: 19-23
      
3. The command from God was to go into all the world and preach, "Repent and be baptized for the remission of sin." Acts 2:38
   
4. It was the message of John the Baptist. Luke 3:3
   
5. It was the message of Jesus, as a look at the book of Matthew reveals:
   

A.	Mt. 2:2	Israel was looking for King who would establish His earthly Kingdom.
B.	Mt. 3: 2	John told the Jews the Kingdom was at hand. (Very close)
C.	3: 15B	Jesus was baptized – to fulfil the law.
D.	4: 17	Jesus declared the Kingdom was at hand.
E.	4: 23	Jesus preacher the Gospel of the Kingdom.
F.	5: 5	Inheritance is earthly.
G.	5: 17	Jesus came to fulfil the law. (Complete)
H.	6: 10	Model prayer was for the Kingdom to come.
I.	6: 14-15	During this time period, forgiveness was predicated on you forgiving others first.
J.	10: 5-6	The command was not to go to the Gentiles, Not to go to the Samaritans, But go only to the house of Israel.
K.	10: 9-10	When you go do not take money, nor things used to barter. Do not take extra clothes or shoes.
L.	12:39	An evil and adulterous generation look for signs.
M.	15: 23-25	Jesus was only sent to Israel. It would not be proper to take what was intended for the Jews (The Gospel of the Kingdom) and give to the Gentiles.
N.	16: 21-23	Jesus predicts His death, burial and resurrection. But Peter said that can't be true, indicating he knew Nothing about the Lord's blood shed for the forgiveness of sin.
O.	24: 13-14	Those who lived in this period had to endure (hold out) until the end.
P.	25: 31-33	When Jesus comes back to sit on His earthly throne, He will separate His sheep (Israel) from the goats. (Gentiles)
Q.	25: 34	The kingdom on earth was prepared for Israel FROM the Foundation of the world.
R.	28: 19-20	The command to the disciple was to go to the nations and teach them and baptize them. (Which was for the remission of sins, as in Acts 2: 38.)

All of the seventeen accounts in Matthew constitute the message to preach, the way to conduct oneself and what was necessary for salvation during the dispensation of the Law:

1. They were to NOT go to the Gentiles.
   
2. They were to preach: Repent and be baptized for the remission of sins, knowing that the blotting out of sins would not occur until the Lords Second Coming. (Acts 2: 38; 3: 19-21.)
   
3. They were to begin their ministry at Jerusalem, then go to Judea, them Samaria and then to all nations where Jews resided. but only after they had received the power to go. (Acts 1:6-8)
   
4. This baptism was WITH the Spirit. It was a baptism of empowerment. They had already received the Spirit in John 20: 22.
   

Many fundamental believers regard Pentecost as the beginning of the Church the Body of Christ. We will give sufficient Scripture in lessons to follow that will afford you the opportunity to make your own determination in that regard.

If you read Acts 2 and 3 you will find Peter delivering a mighty message:

1. He was upset over the fact that Jews had killed the long awaited Messiah, and told those gather there that fact.
   
2. He preached to Jews from many different nations, all of whom had gathered there to observe one of the seven Jewish Feast Days.
   
3. When some said the people were drunk, Peter said they were not drunk. "As a matter of fact," he said, they are doing exactly what the Prophet Joel foretold would happen.
   
4. When he finished his address, many believed and were instructed to repent and be baptized for the remission of sins.
   
5. Peter and John went to the Temple to pray and encounter a man who had been lame all his life. Endowed with the power they had been promised, they healed the man, evidence of Divine intervention.
   
6. The disciples filled with the Spirit and endued with the power began to do what they were called to do, preach the gospel of the kingdom is at hand. Many were saved as a result of their willingness to follow the Lord's instruction.
   
7. People sold all their land and goods and gave them to the apostles. Why? Because the kingdom of heaven was about to be ushered in and they would have no need of those things there.
   
8. But the kingdom's arrival was thwarted when Ananias and Sapphira kept some of the money for the land they sold. This showed a lack of faith and the kingdom inheritance was put on hold from that day forward.
   
9. As you read the Book of Acts you will see that the Jews begin to loose favor in the eyes of God. Peter, who was the leader of the movement, gives way to James, the brother of Jesus.
   
10. Paul is raised up to become the newfound leader of the Christian movement.
    
11. The Jews become Lo-ammi in the final chapter of Acts.
    

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