2006-12-10 05:25:12 · 17 answers · asked by Myaloo 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus always comes first. Live like Jesus.
But...Jesus was perfect. We're not.
Through Paul's letters we learn of a guy who, though he was a great missionary, and close to God, made mistakes and had trouble living out his faith, and wasn't afraid to let people know it. We can all identify with a guy like that.
2006-12-10 05:32:11 · answer #1 · answered by guitar teacher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that some Christians focus more on Paul's teachngs than Jesus' teachings. This is because, in part, Paul's teachings are really the basis of much of what is perceived as modern evangelical Christian thought: both doctrinally and practically.
but I am quite sure that Jesus' life is more examined than Paul's life.
god bless
2006-12-10 05:41:58 · answer #2 · answered by happy pilgrim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of the answer is that the Pauline epistles are the earliest writings in the New Testament, thus they're often considered, in a historical sense, to be the closest and most direct account of Jesus's teachings. The fact is that the version of Jesus presented in the New Testament is largely of Paul's making, and there's actually a good deal of scholarly and theological debate as to how much of Jesus's teachings were actually, in a sense, Paul's.
2006-12-10 05:31:21 · answer #3 · answered by Dorian V. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Paul witnessed to the truth that Jesus is God's son, he wrote most of the epistles in the new testament as testimony for Jesus...
it could be noted that because he used to kill the first century Christians but changed his view when he saw Jesus.
He was able to teach many people from many places.
2006-12-10 05:27:53 · answer #4 · answered by Tomoyo K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't. I might focus on Paul's letters because he talks about how Christians should live. But nothing he says contradicts Jesus.
I mostly like the Bible as a whole. None of it contradicts itself and I don't understand why people say it does.
2006-12-10 05:28:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul's life focused on Jesus. Paul said, "I claim to know nothing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified."
2006-12-10 05:29:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dunno--sad, isn't it? Nobody seems to want to focus on Jesus, they either focus on Paul or the old testament, and yet they call themselves CHRISTians
2006-12-10 05:28:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
becuase they r misguided and who misguided them besides allah(Swt) becasue we muslims knows that it is only allah(Swt) who misguides and guides .what i am trying to say is that it is the wrong doings of the yahoods(jews)because they have lied to much to the christian people so much that they also altered the bible .infact if they sit and compare religions(3 major) they will see that they have more in common with muslims then the jews .we all believe in all the prophets but the yahoods(jews) do not
we all believe in god(not jesus)we belive that jesus is a prophet but the yahoods(jews) call mary mother of jesus is a whore and call jesus(pbuh) a bastard and a magician.so to you christians we muslims dont hate you we just hate your actions when we show you the eveidence within your books you say we are lyin and try to cover up the lies .why?we are helpin you learn your book more if beleive me if you think that your pastor or pather is goin to help u understand you are sadly mistaken.i can say this becasue i was a christian roman catholic before and i know more about the bible now than when i was christian i have been a muslim for 3 yrs now i dont no any better faith to have but islam.
2006-12-10 05:40:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
HahHa, yeah right. Like that really happens. Paul ALWAYS takes the back seat to Jesus.
2006-12-10 05:27:34 · answer #9 · answered by Atlas 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Paul wrote several books of the bible, and Jesus only inspired them.
2006-12-10 05:29:27 · answer #10 · answered by Hannah's Grandpa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋