OF COURSE, the early church was distrustful of Saul; until he met the Lord on the road to Damascus, he was PERSECUTING them. However, later they glorified God because of him. Peter, John, and James, pillars of the church in Jerusalem, gave to Paul and to Barnabas the right hand of fellowship (Gal. 2:9) acknowledging his apostleship equal to Peter's.
Your second paragraph is absurd. The letters were written contemporaneously. Do you think the recipients couldn't verify Paul had written them? Sosthenes was a one with Paul in writing 1 Corinthians, Timothy was with him in writing 2 Corinthians, and all the brothers who were with him when he wrote to the Galatians, Timothy was with him in writing Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Philemon, and was the recipient of the 2 letters addressed to him. Do you really think they were confused as to who wrote the letters?
Big objection: Paul NEVER wrote about getting into heaven. He preached the gospel of God, which was concerning God's Son coming out of the seed of David according to the flesh, and being designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness out of the resurrection of the dead (Rom. 1:1-4). This is the fulfillment of God's promise to King David in 2 Samuel 7:12-14. According to Paul's gospel, Christ is revealed in us (Gal. 1:16), lives in us (Gal. 2:20), conforming us to the image of Christ (Rom. 8:29) as Christ is formed in us (Gal. 4:19). This is the salvation of our soul, which is the end of our faith (1 Pet. 1:9).
The early church, at the end of the age of the apostles, was in degradation. As John wrote, the leading church in Ephesus left their first love (Rev. 2:4). John, who had accepted Paul, said many deceivers had gone out in the world (2 Jn. 7), and Diotrephes refused to receive John (3 Jn.9). And all in Asia had rejected Paul (2 Tim. 1:15). Reminder, Paul was accepted by Peter, John, and James, and Peter called Paul's writings "Scripture."
OF COURSE, the early church was distrustful of Saul; until he met the Lord on the road to Damascus, he was PERSECUTING them. However, later they glorified God because of him. Peter, John, and James, pillars of the church in Jerusalem, gave to Paul and to Barnabas the right hand of fellowship (Gal. 2:9) acknowledging his apostleship equal to Peter's.
Your second paragraph is absurd. The letters were written contemporaneously. Do you think the recipients couldn't verify Paul had written them? Sosthenes was a one with Paul in writing 1 Corinthians, Timothy was with him in writing 2 Corinthians, and all the brothers who were with him when he wrote to the Galatians, Timothy was with him in writing Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Philemon, and was the recipient of the 2 letters addressed to him. Do you really think they were confused as to who wrote the letters?
Big objection: Paul NEVER wrote about getting into heaven. He preached the gospel of God, which was concerning God's Son coming out of the seed of David according to the flesh, and being designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness out of the resurrection of the dead (Rom. 1:1-4). This is the fulfillment of God's promise to King David in 2 Samuel 7:12-14. According to Paul's gospel, Christ is revealed in us (Gal. 1:16), lives in us (Gal. 2:20), conforming us to the image of Christ (Rom. 8:29) as Christ is formed in us (Gal. 4:19). This is the salvation of our soul, which is the end of our faith (1 Pet. 1:9).
The early church, at the end of the age of the apostles, was in degradation. As John wrote, the leading church in Ephesus left their first love (Rev. 2:4). John, who had accepted Paul, said many deceivers had gone out in the world (2 Jn. 7), and Diotrephes refused to receive John (3 Jn.9). And all in Asia had rejected Paul (2 Tim. 1:15). Reminder, Paul was accepted by Peter, John, and James, and Peter called Paul's writings "Scripture."