WATCH: Charlie Kirk's Urgent Final 'Challenge' To All of Christianity: 'This Is The Most Ignored Commandment'
(www.wnd.com)
#BeLikeCharlie
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
Comments (56)
sorted by:
Paul was a Pharisee, and was confronted on the road to Damascus by Jesus from heaven. He became the most prolific writer of the books of the New Testament! He suffered for the cause of Christ more than any other. I have no idea why anyone would proclaim him a false teacher.
Per my note below, because he’s taught falsely. His writings are not false, though.
Edit: More detail for the downdooters: https://greatawakening.win/p/1AR0Q64lCG/x/c/4eWbmtZAJ1f
Tricky point. The real crux of the matter, Paul makes abundantly clear himself:
Paul openly and unabashedly admitted that he doesn't see the whole picture. Accordingly, his perspective, while powerfully instructive, cannot be taken as perfect truth.
Despite this, Paul foresaw a future point where he, and we, would be 'upgraded' in our understanding to the point that 'I shall know fully, even as I am fully known'.
I ask myself, who is the one who 'knows' Paul, fully? That is the Father and Jesus.
To me, what Paul is foreshadowing is that as part of God's divine plan, there will be a stage and a point in its unfolding when we will come to know and understand ourselves (and the rest of the providence) as God does.
I believe that when Christ returns, this is the upgrade he will bring. The third and final installment. The entire purpose of the Gospel is to help humanity to prepare and be ready for when Christ returns. Not being ready will have difficult consequences.
In any case, to call Paul a false teacher misses the point. God an Christ used Paul to lay down many key, important aspects of the New Word, the Gospel (aka the New Testament) as guidance for Christians during the long period (as it turns out) of waiting and preparing for Christ's return.
$0.02
To be clear, agreed. I amended my comment as well because I also don’t think everything Paul wrote is taught falsely, just parts, and some of that varies by teacher. Snip snip, tweak tweak. Those little pieces have a huge impact, however.
It’s kinda done the same way [they] taught us the constitution. “Oh here’s a phrase for you to misconstrue that isn’t there”, “allow me to change the common understanding of this word’s meaning”, “let’s ignore this bit over here”, “here’s an unclear translation for you”, etc.
No disagreement with anything I know that Paul wrote, though. This is still why I wrote that nobody should take either my word, nor their church’s on these matters, but test things for themself. For some things, having a good Strong’s concordance is necessary, and discernment always.
To be clear, the above comment by me was in response to a former reply, that labelled Paul as a false teacher.
As is very often the case, there is some truth in any of the viewpoints that emerge. The challenge is to draw on those varied perspectives to increase the 'resolution' of the understanding, as it were. God Bless you, AE