My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge:
Hosea 4:6.
Posted on 06/16/2018 4:18:45 PM PDT by pcottraux
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My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge:
Hosea 4:6.
Good read. Thanks.
And I know you Don’t mean Paul Ryan!
Well, didn’t the Apostle Paul WRITE most of the New Testament? Not as a prophet, but as an historian?
Apparently, Luke actually traveled with Paul on a few different occasions.
In much of his narrative, he chronicles the events that Paul and his companions were doing.
But on occasion, he changes the personal pronouns from *he* and *they* to *us* and *we*.
It’s kind of interesting reading that in Acts and noting when it happens.
Paul’s writings include much teaching.
They were not written as historical accounts.
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As a prophet and Apostle.
It was his companion Luke who wrote both Luke and Acts as a historical account.
I know plenty of people who would LOVE to see all of Paul’s writings purged from the New Testament, sad to say.
Jesus Christ is much more important than Paul.
I think the author would agree and actually says so.
When put next to Buddha, Muhammed, or any other religious leader, Jesus clearly triumphs.
Of course, this means Paul is more important that you know who.
Me, too.
“Not only did he lose out on ever becoming a high priest, he brought shame to his family joined his enemies, becoming their most zealous apostle.”
Excellent article, however, I wish to point out that Paul was not a Levite—Levi being the priestly tribe. He was a Benjamite. He could have risen to be a highly respected leader in Israel, but becoming the high priest or any priest was never an option for him.
“Jesus Christ is much more important than Paul.”
Absolutely agree. So surely you want to hear from the apostle our resurrected Lord chose to speak to you (a Gentile, correct?). It’s all about who HE chooses as his instrument. And he chose Paul.
I, for one, am thankful!
Where do you find this?
In the book of Acts.
In the book of Acts.
In Acts 20:1-6 if you read that passage, Luke changes the pronouns there.
Overall well done and written, except for this technicality, which pertains to a false charge of contradiction by adversaries:
And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice , but seeing no man. (Act 9:7)
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. (Act 26:14)
And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. (Act 22:9)
But the word for "voice" ("phōnē) can simply mean "sound" versus a the articulation, as in John 12:28-29:
Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
Thus the men traveling with Paul fearfully heard a sound without an apparent source, but did not hear the words "Saul, Saul," etc).
And what we need is "ears to hear:" Deuteronomy 29:4 Ezekiel 12:2 Matthew 11:15 Matthew 13:9 Matthew 13:43 Mark 4:9 Mark 4:23 Mark 7:16 Luke 8:8 Luke 14:35
Obviously, and the article expresses that it is in that interest that Paul is important:
There’s no serious doubt to whether Jesus actually lived or that He was crucified. The real question is whether or not He rose again, which would definitively prove whether He was who He claimed to be. His followers play an important role here, because if He didn’t rise from the dead, they lied or fabricated the resurrection somehow.
It is as a most unlikely but profound witness to the resurrection of Christ that Paul is focused on.
However, Catholics typically evidence a marginalization of Paul and even the rest of the NT in order to prevent the gospels from being understood in the light of Acts and the epistles which explain the gospels. For the gospels do not show how the NT church understood the gospels, and in which Catholic distinctives are not manifest .
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