Are Paul's Epistles directly in lineage with God's word, or are they just one mans take on God?
2006-06-30 13:18:24 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't believe that Paul wrote "the word of God."
However many do. Certainly St Irenius did when he put the Bible together. Certainly the Catholic Council or Rome did when they included it in the official cannon.
2006-06-30 13:23:07 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Word of God!
First Paul claims it. One such verse is 1 Corinthians 14:37, "If any man thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord."
Secondly, Luke (the writer of Acts) records that Jesus said that Saul (Paul) was "a chosen vessel" who would preach Christ's message to the Gentiles (Acts 9:15-16)
Third, Peter said that Paul was a "beloved brother" who "wrote with wisdom given to him", and that some distort his epistles "as they do the rest of the scripture". Those that do this, do it "to their own destruction".(2 Peter 3:15-16) Paul said that "all scripture is given by the inspiration of God" (2 Tim 3:16-17), and here Peter equates Paul's writings with the other scripture.
Therefore, if Paul's epistles did not come from God, Paul is a liar (False prophet), and Jesus, Luke, and Peter were all wrong also.
2006-06-30 23:10:12 · answer #2 · answered by JoeBama 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paul's writings were definitely Holy Spirit Inspired, I how ever do not believe Timothy, was written by Paul to many words in these letters ,that Paul never used any where else, in the old Greek. Paul was the teacher of the Holy Spirit Baptism, that Jesus promised and sent on the day of Pentecost. Paul was not alive on the day of Pentecost, as a mater of fact was a Roman Soldier who had tortured Christians. He became a Christian and taught in his own rented house.
2006-06-30 20:24:59 · answer #3 · answered by kritikos43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The entire cannon of Scripture in the Holy Bible IS the Infalliable,Inerrant, God Breathed Word. God used lots of people to write the Bible, but the Bible has Only One Author, God the Father. Man wrote it by a direct revelation from God. Man could'nt have written the Bible by himself alone even if he tried. Every book of the Bible is in perfect harmony. It's a truly amazing manuscript that could have only been inspired by God Himself.
2006-06-30 20:26:29 · answer #4 · answered by loviesteele 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inspired by God. When you read Paul's letters you will also see where God speaks with him. The entire bible is inspired by God and contains God's teaching for man to follow.
2006-06-30 20:21:16 · answer #5 · answered by JESUS IS LOVE 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the books in the Bible were inspired by God. Paul was not acting alone, he was part of the growing church. His instructions to the churches were inspired by God for the edification of the churches of that time as well as now.
2006-06-30 20:22:15 · answer #6 · answered by bobm709 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paul himself said, "And last of all he (Jesus) was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time." 1Corinthians 15:8
Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 1 Cor. 9:1
Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,... Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? 1 Cor. 9:3,8
2006-06-30 20:32:12 · answer #7 · answered by trillo333 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe Saul never stopped persecuting Jesus. His conversion on the road to Damascus was a lie he invented so he could subvert Jesus' teachings into a spiritually destructive dogma. Look at the fruit his seeds of intolerance have produced and contrast that with Jesus' one new commandment.
2006-06-30 20:28:06 · answer #8 · answered by circledcross 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Word of God. He was inspired.
2006-06-30 20:37:02 · answer #9 · answered by Irish 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are in lineage with Gods word
2006-06-30 20:25:30 · answer #10 · answered by Kaitlynn C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋