What does Paul call the gospel of grace, the gospel of Christ, and the gospel of God?
Paul identifies the gospel of grace, the gospel of Christ, and the gospel of God as “my gospel.” This message stands in contrast to the gospel of the Kingdom, which Jesus and the Twelve proclaimed to the nation of Israel.
Les explains that most of Christendom today, without realizing it, is preaching the gospel of the Kingdom rather than the gospel of Christ. He warns that this vast difference leads many people glibly down a wrong road. They are not hearing the gospel of grace, the gospel of Christ, the gospel of God—what Paul calls “my gospel.” Instead they hear the gospel of the Kingdom, which Jesus and the Twelve proclaimed to the nation of Israel. Paul also insists he is not an extension of the Twelve’s accomplishments, nor building on their labors, because their ministry was confined to the nation of Israel.
For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: