Originally Posted by
TheSage
He rebelled against the pharisees, and romans. Your word games and bizarre defintions don't make that untrue.
But Christ had Authority over those folk.
Originally Posted by
Mathew 28:18
Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth
Paul was just a man, who was trying to make his thing more acceptable to worldly authorities.
We have an agreement that Paul is a man. But seems God and you differ on your opinion of the importance of Paul.
Originally Posted by
Act 9:15
(Saul/Paul) is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel.
You can be illogical all you like, you can be a braindead fund-0-zombie.
Ad Hominem For The Loss!
My opinion and interpretation of things is just as valid as yours. Jesus believed in power to the individual,
Dude - see? You think this is about ME vs. You. It's not. Frankly, YOUR opinion and interpretation is WORTHLESS here...as-is mine. I'm telling you the TRUTH. This is about what I am saying (which is abolute, God-inspired Truth (based on my sources) vs. what YOU are saying which is mere speculation based what YOU WANT to believe.
Christ believed in the power of GOD. Not the individual man. Man, as an individual has NO power to reach God. Christ's sacrifice meant we NO LONGER needed animal sacrifice or a priest to link us to God...but that only happened when he DIED - research how the curtain deviding the holy-of-holies from the general temple area, was ripped upon His death.
not an elite priesthood who dictated reality to the masses, which is what you seem to favor.
We'll you're sure pulling THAT out of your ass. lol That's an example of the Fallacy of ridicule! Nice!
Your version of truth is just as susceptible to criticism. When pauls words stand in stark contrast to the life of jesus, I choose jesus. You should too.
But you make Jesus a Liar. Jesus stated paul's importance. And you STILL can't reconcile your claims that the men who directly quoted Christ are somehow LESS Prone to Err as Paul - who also saw Christ face-to-face - and was CHOSEN of Christ, in even MORE Glory and Majesty than those 12 Christ called before his Crucifixion.
Submit yourself to Christ, Jason. SUBMIT yourself to Christ's word. To God's word. If you think ONE PART of the bible is a lie, then the entire book should be suspect. But the truth is:
Originally Posted by
2 Tim 3:16
16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness
'Course...Paul wrote that bit, too...and we all know you think He a liar.
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