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I Corinthians, Paul
Literally the text reads: “Paul a called apostle of Christ Jesus, etc.” With two or three exceptions Paul always designates himself the apostle. Sometimes, and we believe it the case also here, the addition is made because the authority of the apostle was denied or in question. Paul would let it be
That Paul’s message did not square with the preaching and instruction of the other apostles, and that it did not meet with their approval. c. Positively these facts of history show that: 1. Paul was appointed by Christ Himself, directly from out of heaven, without the intervention of man. 2. That P
No one, other than the Son of God made flesh, has been used by the hand of God to do more for the Christian church than the apostle Paul. The apostle was human, sinful, and had strengths and weaknesses like anyone of us sinful creatures, but God raised up in Paul a mighty man. Paul was valiant for t
1. He has the earmark of apostleship because he had seen the Lord; he had been an eye-witness of Christ, the exalted Lord. It is true that he had not been with Christ and the other apostles from the baptism of John unto the day that He had been taken up into heaven. Such was necessary in an apostle
This should give credence to Paul in the mind of the Galatian saints. Hence, their greetings are included. It was more than a mere formality. 2. Paul underscores the nature and origin of his apostleship. This apostleship: a. It is not from men. The source of it is not at all in human choice. This i
Paul the apostle comes and admonishes the church as a brother. He prods them on, as it were, so that they will do that which is expected of the living saints. At the same time, Paul reminds the church that he does this in the name of Christ. Young people, many of you have publically confessed your f
Paul was an apostle of Christ, so he had the necessary authority to say such things about homosexuality in the name of the Lord, and he did, as I will explain shortly.
It is, true that Paul did not follow Jesus in His earthly labors as a disciple, and that he is not called one of the apostles by Jesus while the latter was on earth. (Matt. 10:2) Yet, he has all the credentials, as we said earlier. (a) One must have seen the Lord Himself. Paul rises to the occasion
He received them directly from Jesus Christ. Christ -- directly, through no other agency. Christ did so when He stopped Paul on the road to Damascus, and when He appeared to Paul in the wilderness of Arabia and gave him infallible apostolic doctrine (Galatians 1:16, 17. See also II Cor. 12:1-4). He