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1 | Will there be a partial rapture? | 1 Thess 4:17 | srbaegon | 154002 | ||
Hello MJH, As a Bible professor once told the class, "Paul did some un-Pauline things on his last trip to Jerusalem." By this he meant that Acts 21:24,26 is NOT characteristic of Paul's teaching and work. What you have suggested is contrary to Paul's teaching: 1 Cor 9:19-23 (ESV) For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings. Timothy's circumcision was not done because Paul followed the Torah. Rather it removed a potential stumbling block in reaching out to Jews (Acts 16:3). Steve |
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2 | Will there be a partial rapture? | 1 Thess 4:17 | MJH | 154013 | ||
Are you saying then, that Paul intentionally misleads the Jerusalem believers in Acts 21-22 to save his own skin? Did James know this? It was he who came up with the idea. It is obvious that their plan was to show that Paul was following the Law and not teaching Jews to stop following it. If Paul's actions in Acts 21-22 are contrary to what he taught, then how could he speak boldly against Peter when Peter did the same thing? (Gal 2:11) I personally can not come to the conclusion of your Bible professor in this regard. Being all things to all people does not mean lying to them or deceiving them. In Acts 15, Paul did not shrink back in the face of controversy in Jerusalem. Even James was a part of the Acts 15 statement about what the Gentiles were to do, so why would he participate in trying to convince Jewish Believers in Jerusalem that Paul was following the Law? I do appreciate your reply, however, and hope to continue the conversation. MJH |
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3 | Will there be a partial rapture? | 1 Thess 4:17 | srbaegon | 154022 | ||
Hello MJH, Misleading? Certainly not. Acts 21 records how the elders asked him to do a favor in order to bring some measure of peace with Jewish authorities, no more. Acts 22 says nothing either way of his personal life whether according to Torah or not. The point of the request was to demonstrate that Paul was not preaching abandonment of the Mosaic Law. He was rather preaching its fulfillment. And if it was fulfilled, it is no longer a determinant for Christian conduct. Peter didn't do the same thing. He was causing Gentiles to live like Jews which they never were to do. Paul neither lied nor deceived. He was living what he had taught--to the Jews I became a Jew. Steve |
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