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Where Do We Find the 'Plan of Salvation"?

Is salvation found only in the Book of Acts? This is a very important subject for those have been raised in the United Pentecostal Church (UPCI). As a former UPCI ordained minister, I believed that Acts 2:38 was the New Birth and the plan of salvation. One of the ways I supported this doctrine was called Gospels-Acts-Epistles. GAE claims that we cannot find the plan of salvation in the Epistles and we must look to Acts - particularly Acts 2:38 - to find the way to be saved.

This is still taught throughout the UPCI. In 1996 God opened my heart to understand the Gospel. I learned that Jesus is my righteousness and by faith in Him I am right with God. I shared (am sharing) the truths of justification by faith from Romans, Galatians, et. al., with many in the UPCI. One of the main rebuttals to this was the Gospels-Acts-Epistles way of reading the Bible. People from the UPCI wrote and said I could not refer to Romans or any of the Epistles because salvation is only taught in the Book of Acts.

In order to help many people who are misled by this interpretation I have written this paper. In it I share the problems of where we find salvation in the Bible, the definition of Gospels-Acts-Epistles, the history behind it, how it supports the UPCI doctrine of salvation, where we find salvation in the Bible and 24 reasons why GAE is incorrect as a way of reading the Bible.

I strongly urging anyone who is in the UPCI to read and study these writings because it may help you rethink the way you have read the Book of Acts and the Epistles. More, it may open up a better understanding of the meaning of salvation and how the Bible conveys it to you.

I have presented this material in several different papers and format to fit your reading needs. This is to help you as a reader work your way through the material. If you wish to read basic, less technical answers to this issue, you can look at the outlines and the shorter papers linked below. If you are person who likes to dive deep into the subject and wants to get into the hard questions, you can go right to the main paper.

Please feel free to write me with your questions and comments after you have read any of these writings.

The main paper can be read or downloaded in PDF format at this link: Where Do We Find the 'Plan of Salvation'?

If you would like to read the full paper a chapter at a time online then go to:

If you would like to read an outline of 10 short reasons why Gospels-Acts-Epistles is incorrect you can read "Preliminary Reasons GAE is Flawed (Outline)"

If you would like to read the entire paper of 10 short reasons why Gospels-Acts-Epistles is incorrect you can read "Preliminary Reasons Why GAE is Flawed."

If you would like to read a more detailed, formal critique of Gospels-Acts-Epistles you can read "Formal Reasons Why Gospels-Acts-Epistles is Incorrect."

If you would like to see an outline of the entire 24 reasons, "24 Reasons Why "Gospels-Acts-Epistles" Hermeneutic is Wrong (Outline)"

I would encourage you to read the whole paper even if it takes some time. It is very important to how you think about the Bible. God intended us to understand the truth that His Word conveys salvation history. To understand this history we need to read the whole Bible in a way that takes in the whole scope of the Bible's message.