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Subject: 2nd last book of the NT Contrary? |
Bible Note: KumKum, Are you throwing out the four gospels as well as the book of ACTS too? You will need to spend some considerable time re-evaluating your beliefs I suspect. My thinking is that much about what you know and believe about Christ is only found in NT writings other than Paul's. You have your work cut out for you. It goes without saying that no person can know the mind of God. But the OT that you do express faith in gives us very good insight into how God has determined to deal with mankind in terms of revealing Himself to us. I want to point out one obvious fault in your logic. It is reasonable to believe that God chose to use multiple prophets in the OT for a very obvious reason. What would have been the consequences of God having only spoken through a single person? I suggest that it might look very much like your presentation regarding your support for Paul and out-right disregard for the other authors of the NT books. More specifically, the tendency to exhault a man while giving lip-service to the power of God. I believe Paul said it best: 1 Corinthians 3:3-6 (NASB95) 3:3 ...for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? 4 For when one says, "I AM OF PAUL," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men? 5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. Paul, like every other NT author, was nothing more than a lowly sinner. The chief of sinners is how I believe he put it. I am thankful that he did include a warning against your argument in Scripture. Of course, he had no choice; like the other NT writers, he was inspired by God. God bless, Jeff |