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Bible Note: The Apostle Paul says himself in Gal 1:11-12 "For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ." He (Paul) makes it clear that he did not learn it from any man nor any of the other apostles. He goes on to say in vv 15-19 "But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus. Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days. But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord's brother." Paul shows that there was no way he could have learned it from any other then Christ Himself, as his only opportunity to meat with any of the others was not until three years after his conversion on the road to Damascus, yet he was able to preach it with power ant truth and, also, in showing he was given power from Christ to preform signs and wonders. This was Paul's own contention that, he was a true apostle of Christ, having been personally witnessed to by Him, and none other. John |