Christians, how do you know that Paul was not a false prophet, since Jesus never foretold his rise to power?

Question

Jesus did, however warn people about false prophets.

Dan, Paul's letters say that Paul was an apostle of Christ.

Answer 1

Nice one!

It's funny how people with mental illness got treated as prophets.

Answer 2

Peter and the other apostles officially accepted Paul and his teachings.

That was certainly in keeping with the authority that Jesus gave to Peter, to the other apostles, and to the Church that he founded.

Paul was the God selected catalyst for early Christianity.
He wasn't a false teacher. The other apostles and the Holy Spirit made sure of that.

Answer 3

Wow, good question. It's like asking, "What establishes a prophet, and how do you differentiate a real prophet from a fake prophet?"

R.M's response is definately the most comical. You can tell he's on the religious side, but he was unable to answer because he does not know. So he falls into basic psychology, and gets angry.

To be honest, I was brought up Catholic, and I'm absolutely clueless. I don't know how they could tell a real and fake prophet apart even today. Real or fake, I think both would get shipped off to the nut house.

Answer 4

Because Apostle Peter was full of the Holy Spirit and Peter knew Paul spirit to spirit. Read this 2 Peter 3:15
"And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation;
even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him has written unto you:"

Peter spoke highly of Apostle Paul in his latter years. This was written between 64 and 67 A.D. Almost 40 years after the death of Christ. Peter even said in verse 16 "As also in all his (Paul's) epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Now, since you have said what you have said, Read 2 Peter 3: 17 "Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, BEWARE LEST YOU ALSO, BEING LED AWAY WITH THE ERROR OF THE WICKED, FALL FROM YOUR OWN STEADFASTNESS.

Answer 5

Yes, Jesus did warn people about false prophets. Does that invalidate the writings of anyone who came after Him? If you read Paul's writings, you could decide for yourself.

Answer 6

The Bible calls Paul an Apostle of Christ. His message is consistant with the rest of Scripture.

Answer 7

He was an apostle (messenger) which is a person with a effective discipleship and large selection of anointings for that role.

Jesus himself in open vision called Paul. Ananias, a member of the Damascus church had a vision from God telling him that Paul had been converted, and would be used mightily of God, instructing Ananias to lay hands on Paul's head in the name of the Lord (Jesus), and so cause his sight to return. So certainly by Ananias' testimony and Paul's miraculous healing they accepted that Christ had converted and called him.

He was sent out by the Antioch church, after prayer of the church, with Barnabas on his first missionary trip. The Holy Spirit would have led their decision; he had developed in his faith to a point where God could use him for mission to unreached territories.

Paul calls himself an apostle, and by his tone, it would appear that that was very much accepted. Certainly Christ called him to be if one believes Acts and Galatians etc.

Later he gave an account of his mission endeavours to leaders of the Jerusalem church. Some of them were reluctant to fully slough off the Law's ritual requirements, but accepted his ministry to the gentiles and shook hands with him.

Answer 8

The one is not a requirement of the other. Also, Paul wasn't a prophet, he was an apostle.

Answer 9

Paul never rose to any power. He was beaten, stoned, shipwrecked, rejected, imprisoned and ultimatley beheaded for the life saving message of the Gospel. Everything he said is in line with scripture. He is also responsible for some of the greatest verses on Salvation.

Ephesians 2:8-9 " For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the GIFT of God not of works, lest any man should boast.:

What an awesome verse. To know that we can not earn our way into heaven by doing good works, or being religious. God loved us so much that all we have to do is have Faith in his son Jesus Christ.

John 3:16 " For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever BELIEVETH on him shall not perish but have everlasting life."

How can a man who has led so many to the life saving knowledge of Jesus Christ be a false prophet?

Answer 10

Paul (formerly Saul) was a false prophet.

~ Eric Putkonen

Answer 11

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