As this passage makes clear, Paul did not avail himself of the opportunity to learn from those whom Jesus taught face to face. Paul instead claimed that his revelation came directly from God, making instruction from humans unnecessary for him. Given this attitude, it would not be surprising if...
If you are asking yourself if Jesus did this on purpose, of course he did. Jesus shared the meaning with his disciples with full disclosure. They knew Him to be the messiah, and just in case they needed the clarification of the parable, He gave it to them. (For reference take a look...
him as he is" (I John 3:2). "Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face." (I Corinthians 13:12). Jesus says of the angels, "their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven." (Matthew 18:10). "See" here clearly does not refer to a...
As Paul writes in Galatians 3:28: “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.”“Pentecost” by Giotto di Bondone, 1320-25, National Gallery, London....
Paul said to Timothy: “Preach the word.” He did not say preach the word if you find it. He said, “preach the word." This means that he had a copy of the Word of God. Then he said to him: “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for do...
There is some truth to this, especially depending on how you understand the prophecy ofDaniel’s 70 Weeks(Daniel 9:24-27). It may be that Jesus had to come when He did to complete the prophecy given 490 years earlier. Also, in relation to this, Paul writes that Jesus came “at the...
Paul writes that the love of Christ surpasses all knowledge (Ephesians 3:19). Someone who has the precious gift of prophecy, and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and is able to convince a mountain to move out of his way, but has no love, is nothing (1 Corinthians 13:2),...
In Ephesians, Paul writes, “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know…what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe,” toward us who take Him at His Word.19 God lives in us and empowers us....
Now Steven comes back to the point he made in Part I, and which I mentioned above but to which I did not yet respond. Here Steven uses the examples of Sts. Peter and Paul making decisions on the basis of God having made a prior, clear and public manifestation of His will, to argue...
Consider Paul's suffering of which he writes in comparison to other Christian workers saying,"I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. ...