A "new
creation" in Christ means a
"spiritual rebirth" as seen in 2
Corinthians 5:17, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
The apostle Paul was
also born again. He was a Pharisee
according to Acts. 23:9 & 26:5
who was born of the Jewish tribe
of Benjamin according to Acts.
22:3.
However, Jesus told
all his disciples to preach the
gospel to the whole world
according to the following verses,
and being born again is part of
the gospel.
Matt. 24:14, "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come."
Matt. 26:13, "Verily I
say unto
you, Wheresoever this gospel shall
be preached in the
whole world, there shall
also this,
that this
woman hath
done, be
told for a
memorial of
her."
Mark
13:10, "And the gospel must first be
published among all nations."
Mark
16:15, "And he
said unto
them, Go
ye into all the
world, and
preach the gospel to
every creature."
In
fact, Peter
according to Acts
15:7 said that the
Gentiles by his
mouth (Peter's
mouth) should hear
the word of the
gospel and
believe. The
gospel includes
being born again.
Acts
15:;7, "And when
there had been much disputing, Peter rose
up, and
said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how
that a
good while ago God made
choice among us, that
the Gentiles by my mouth should
hear the
word of
the gospel, and believe."
The apostle Paul
also had the following to say
about the gospel:
Romans 1:1, "Paul, a
servant of
Jesus Christ, called to be an
apostle, separated unto the gospel of
God,"
Romans
1:9, "For God is my witness, whom I
serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without
ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;"
Romans
1:15-16, "So, as
much as in
me is, I
am ready to
preach the gospel to
you that
are at Rome also.
For I
am not ashamed of
the gospel of
Christ: for it
is the
power of
God unto salvation to
every one that
believeth; to
the Jew first, and also to
the Greek."
Romans 15:16, "That I should
be the
minister of Jesus Christ to the
Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the
offering up of the
Gentiles might be acceptable, being
sanctified by the Holy Ghost."
Romans 15:19,
"Through mighty signs and wonders, by the
power of the
Spirit of
God; so that
from Jerusalem, and round
about unto Illyricum, I have
fully preached the gospel of
Christ."
1 Corin.
1:17 " For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of
Christ should
be made of none
effect."
1
Corin. 4:15, "For though ye
have ten
thousand instructors in Christ, yet have
ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have
begotten you through the gospel."
2 Corin.
2:12, "Furthermore, when
I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a
door was
opened unto
me of the
Lord,"
2
Corin. 8:18, "And we
have sent with him the
brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the
churches;"
Gal.
1:6-9, "I
marvel that ye
are so soon removed from him
that called you into the
grace of
Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an
angel from heaven, preach
any
other gospel unto
you than that
which we
have preached unto
you, let
him be accursed. As we
said before, so say
I now again, If
any man preach any
other gospel unto
you than that ye
have received, let
him be accursed."
Ephesians 1:13, "In whom ye also trusted, after that ye
heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye
believed, ye were sealed
with that holy Spirit of promise."
Ephesians 3:6, "That the
Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the
same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:"
Col. 1:23, "If ye
continue in the
faith grounded and settled, and be not moved
away from the
hope of
the gospel, which ye
have heard, and which was
preached to every creature which
is under heaven; whereof I Paul am
made a
minister;"
1 Thess.
2:2, "But even after
that we had suffered
before, and were
shamefully
entreated, as ye
know, at Philippi, we
were bold in our God to
speak unto you the gospel of
God with much contention."
Altogether
the "gospel" can be
found 101 times in
95 verses in the New
Testament according
to KJV
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The
same gospel of
Christ was
preached to both
the Jews and the
Gentiles. Paul
also said
according to
Romans 2:28-29, "For he
is not a
Jew, which
is one
outwardly; neither is
that circumcision, which
is outward in the
flesh: But he is a
Jew, which
is one
inwardly; and circumcision is
that of
the heart, in the
spirit, and not in
the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God."