Confusing words of Jesus

Many people, who believe they are saved, love the Lord and love His word, are getting very confused about the words of Jesus.  If you read what Jesus said in the 4 gospels and then read what Jesus gave Paul to write in his 13 epistles it seems confusing because Paul contradicts many things that Jesus taught while he was here on earth.  So, which is it?  Jesus words while on earth or Jesus words he gave to the apostle Paul from Heaven? 

Let me ask a question that may be helpful with this conundrum.  If you want to understand what your high school friend from 20 years ago is thinking and doing now, do you go by to your Yearbook to find the answer?

Of course not.  That would not be the current updated information about that person.  Then why do people do this with God’s word?  Taking and following Jesus words in the 4 gospels (though no one ever does follow ALL the commands Jesus said in these 4 books)  and yet ignore Jesus’ last words which He gave to Paul for us today.

ALL of God’s word is perfect, holy, pure and truthful.  But Jesus was not speaking to the body of Christ in the 4 gospel books.  Matter of fact, Jesus did not ever once, “go” to a Gentile and preach to them – not once.  Some Gentiles did come to Him, and if they blessed Israel or knew their place behind Israel, then and only then, did Jesus pay attention to them.  See Matt 15:22-28

Matt 10:5 KJV   These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

Matt 10:6 KJV   But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matt 15:24 KJV   But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Gal 4:4 KJV   But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

Gal 4:5 KJV   To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

The people who were under the law were the Jews, never the Gentiles.

The only way to solve the confusion is to obey God’s command in II Tim 2:15.  That is to “rightly divide” the word of God.