| When anyone must denounce any part of the "cannonized" Holy Scriptures to propagate their own "professed" religion, that obviously does not adhere to the teachings of what has been revealed in the Word which they are trying to 'discredit".....THE RED FLAGS OF DECEPTION fly high, and if any falls beneath this battle flag it is due to their own GULLIBILITY. One must look at the absurd claims to see if in fact they are justified. 1. Paul was not a real apostle, as he was self appointed and not recognized by the other apostles as such. Examine the scriptures to see what others had to say about the apostle Paul -- Acts 9:15-16, Luke records (not Paul) what the prophet "Ananias" was told about Paul from the Holy Spirit of truth, "But the Lord said unto him, GO THEY WAY: FOR HE IS A CHOSEN VESSEL UNTO ME, TO BEAR MY NAME BEFORE THE GENTILES, AND KINGS, AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: "
This commission from the Christ Himself was confirmed by the other apostles,".....and when James, Cehpas(Peter), and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised." -- Gal. 2:7-9
And of course the direct words of Peter warning others that the writings of Paul were indeed considered divine scriptures -- ll Peter 3:15-16. Now it is very easy to see that when Peter who held the keys to the kingdom of God here on earth, and was told that whatever he loosed on earth would also be loosed in Heaven and whatever he bound here on earth would also be bound in Heaven, with these words of scriptures indeed sealed Paul with the righteous title of Apostle.
Next, we address the claims of just what Paul had to gain by trying to fabricate such a deception. Paul/Saul, when he was a practicing member of the Jewish faith was on the fast track to becoming one of the greatest authority figures ever to make up the Jewish religious hierarchy -- Acts 8:1-4, as he was one of the men responsible for killing and sending the membership of the Christian church to prison. All this with the position of authority that he held as Saul, was power, wealth, and fame within the Jewish hierarchy. Now, we are expected to believe that he volunteered to give this position up, to go about walking all around the middle east, living hand to mouth, being jailed, shipwrecked, suffering snake bites, stonings, life threats, and eventually laying down his life in the name of Christ Jesus? Yes, one can certainly see why he would fake a religion and give up all his earthly comforts and pleasures in continuance of propagating such a deception.
But the most obvious fact that denounces such ABSURD claims are the words of God found, not in the New Testament, but in the Old Writings,"The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shat keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever."-- Psalm 12:6-7. Now, we are expected to believe that God is not capable of keeping his promise as He allows fallible man to corrupt that which He promises will never see corruption? Well, the proof is in the pudding, form the time that this "fake", Paul, began spreading the Word, this same word has grown to allow 1/3 the worlds population to enter that same kingdom here on earth that he (Paul) was professing. If in fact this was false doctrine, it would have come to nothing. For indeed, the living God is sure to keep His promises -- Hebrews 6:17-18, ll Samuel 7:28, Titus 1:1-2. Logan |