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Did Paul contradict Jesus's mission focus by being "apostle of the Gentiles" when Jesus said "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel"?

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GENTILES

  • UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES: JER 10:2,3; MAT 6:7,8,31,32; ACT 14:16; 17:4,16,17,22-27; ROM 1:18-32; 2:1-15; 1CO 10:20; 12:2; GAL 2:15; EPH 2:12; 4:17-19; 5:12; 1TH 4:4; 1PE 4:3,4
  • PROPHECIES OF CONVERSION: GEN 12:3,5; 22:18; 49:10; DEU 32:21; PSA 2:8; 22:27-31; 46:4,10; 65:2,5; 66:4; 68:31,32; 72:1-20; 86:9; 102:15,18-22; 145:10,11; ISA 2:2-5; 9:1-7; 11:1-10; 18:7; 24:16; 35:1-10; 40:4-11; 42:1-12; 45:6,8,22-24; 49:1,5,6,18-23; 54:1-3; 55:5; 56:3,6-8; 60:1,3-5,8-14; 65:1; 66:7-23; JER 3:17; 4:2; 16:19-21; EZK 47:3-5; DAN 2:35,44,45; 7:13,14; HOS 2:23; JOL 2:28-32; AMO 9:11,12; MIC 4:3,4; HAG 2:7; ZEC 2:10,11; 6:15; 8:1-23; 9:1,9-17; 14:8-21; MAL 1:11; MAT 3:9; 8:11; 12:17-21; 19:30; MRK 10:31; LUK 13:29,30; 21:24; JHN 10:16; ACT 9:15
  • CONVERSION OF: ACT 10:45; 11:1-18; 13:2,46-48; 14:27; 15:7-9,12-31; 18:4-6; 26:16-18; 28:28; ROM 1:5-7; 9:22-30; 10:19,20; 11:11-13,17-21; 15:9-12; GAL 1:15,16; 2:2; 3:14; EPH 3:1-8; COL 3:11; 1TH 2:16; 1TI 3:16; 2TI 1:11; REV 11:15; 15:4

LOST SHEEP

  • Parable of MAT 18:12,13; LUK 15:4-7

SHEEP (Figurative)

  • Of backsliders JER 50:6
  • Of lost sinners MAT 9:36; 10:6
  • Of the righteous JER 50:17; EZK 34; MAT 26:31; MRK 14:27; JHN 10:1-16
  • Of the defenselessness of servants of God MAT 10:16
  • Parable of the lost MAT 18:11-13; LUK 15:4-7

APOSTLES

  • Commission of MAT 10; 28:19,20; MRK 3:14,15; 6:7-11; 16:15; LUK 9:1-5; 22:28-30; JHN 20:23; 21:15-19; ACT 1; 2; 10:42
  • Duties: LUK 24:48; JHN 15:27; ACT 1:8,21,22; 2:32; 3:15; 4:33; 5:32; 10:39-41; 13:31; 2PE 1:16,18; 1JN 1:1-3

GOSPEL

  • GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM MAT 4:23; 24:14
  • UNCLASSIFIED: MAT 24:14; 28:18-20; MRK 13:10; 16:15
  • PROPHECIES: PSA 46:4; ISA 2:3-5; 42:6,7; 49:13; 55:1-5; MAT 24:14

MISSIONS

  • General scriptures: 2KI 17:27,28; 1CH 16:23,24; PSA 18:49; 96:3,10; ISA 43:6,7; JON 3:1-9; MAT 24:14; 28:19; MRK 13:10; 16:15; LUK 24:47,48; ACT 10:9-20; 13:2-4,47; 26:14-18; 1CO 16:9; REV 14:6,7
  • The first to do homage to the Messiah were not Jewish MAT 2:11

BIGOTRY

  • Paul's argument against: ROM 3:1-23; 4:1-16,23-25
  • Instances: Jews regarding Samaritans JHN 4:9,27; rejecting Jesus's teaching LUK 4:28; Paul's preaching ACT 21:28,29; 22:22