Was Paul an Apostle?

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Well did he ever, in life or those 13 letters, preach other then what his ‘Apostle Brother’s taught?

NO!

“Paul”: See introduction to Romans (see note on Acts 9:1).

“Apostle”: In general terms, it means “one who is sent with a commission.” The apostles of Jesus Christ, the 12 and Paul, were special ambassadors or messengers chosen and trained by Christ to lay the foundation of the early church and be the channels of God’s completed revelation (see note on Rom. 1:1; Acts 1:2; 2:42; Eph. 2:20).

“Not of men … but by Jesus Christ”: To defend his apostleship against the false teachers’ attack, Paul emphasized that Christ Himself appointed him as an apostle before he met the other apostles (verses 17-18; Acts 9:3-9).

“Raised him from the dead” (see notes on Rom. 1:4). Paul included this important fact to show that the risen and ascended Christ Himself appointed him (see notes on Acts 9:1-3, 15). Thus, Paul was a qualified witness of His resurrection (Acts 1:22).

Paul vehemently denies that his apostleship is due to human agency. He was not commissioned an apostle, by any group (“not of men”), nor by any mortal individual (“neither by man”). But “by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead:”

Unlike the other apostles, Paul received his call from the resurrected, glorified, and exalted Jesus. This special reference to the Lord’s resurrection implicitly confirms Paul’s appointment as an apostle.

We see a declaration of who Paul is right at the very beginning. We find that Paul reminds them immediately that his call was of the Lord Himself. When we speak of a disciple of that day, we think of the 120, who had disciplined themselves to follow Jesus. We also think of the twelve who Jesus chose out of that larger group to make them apostles.

We then realize that Matthias was also one of them. The Lord Himself had chosen him to replace the traitor, Judas Iscariot. Paul was an apostle also, even though he was not of the original group. Jesus had appeared to him on the road to Damascus, and called him to apostleship.

The Gospel Which Paul Preached

Paul the Apostle (Latin : Paulus ; Greek : Παῦλος, romanized :  Paulos ; Coptic : ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ; c. 5 – c. 64 or 67), commonly known as Saint Paul and also known by his Jewish name Saul of Tarsus (Hebrew : שאול התרסי ‎, romanized :  Sha'ūl ha-Tarsī ; Greek : Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, romanized :  Saũlos Tarseús), was an apostle (although not one of the Twelve Apostles) who taught the gospel of Christ to the first-century world.

I. IT WAS A RECEIVED, NOT AN ORIGINATED, GOSPEL. "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received" (ver. 3). He tells us that he received it by "the revelation of Jesus Christ" (Galatians 1:12). He had the more confidence in it that it was not of himself, and we have also. It came from the very central Source of all. Paul's gospel of Christ came from Christ. Some preachers of the gospel are so able that they feel bound to originate. They throw a new light upon the truth instead of the old light. They preach, as they consider, a magnificent gospel, but it is unfortunately "of man," and thus worthless. Man can do many things, but he cannot make a gospel. When he tries he advertises his folly. With Paul, we should get as near as we can to the fountainhead - the streams are apt to become contaminated.

II. TWO CONSPICUOUS FEATURES.

1. The atoning death of Christ. Paul preached constantly, untiringly, supremely, the atonement (see his strong expression, 1 Corinthians 2:2). He laid greatest emphasis upon the death of Christ. The life was beautiful, full of teaching; but in the death was the propitiation for sin. He died for our sins; our sins were so great that they required his death! "He bore our sins in his own body on the tree." And the death of Christ did not come suddenly upon the world. It was "according to the Scriptures:" foretold by the prophets, as, for example, by Isaiah in the fifty-third chapter of his book. He had no sins of his own to die for; he died for ours. He "gave himself" for us.

2. The resurrection of Christ. This was the demonstration of the efficacy of his death, a proof that he conquered and was not conquered. The real triumph achieved in his death was manifested by his resurrection. A pledge of our resurrection through him. A token of his acceptance by God.

(1) The apostle laid stress upon the fact that Christ died. It was no swoon. A real death, and then a real resurrection. He "died" and "was buried" (ver. 4). He rose "the third day," so that for a day and part of two others he was in the sepulchre. Stone afterwards denied the actual death of Christ, and thus made void his resurrection. The apostle here anticipates their attack.

(2) That his resurrection accorded with prophecy. It was "according to the Scriptures" (see Psalm 16:10).

(3) That his resurrection was well attested by witnesses. Paul does not give here all the appearances of Christ after his death, but a selection.

(a) Appearance to Peter (Luke 24:34).

(b) To the twelve. Called by the familiar name "the twelve," though Judas was gone (Luke 24:33-36).

(c) To five hundred brethren. Possibly in Galilee, where intimation of his appearing had been given, and may have been widely known, occasioning a large gathering of his followers (Matthew 26:32 and Matthew 28:10, 16).

(d) To James. Probably James who presided over the Church at Jerusalem.

(e) All the apostles (John 20:26 or Acts 1:4).

(f) To St. Paul. As of one born out of due time. The least of the apostles. A grand array of evidence, and yet not all. The writer and speaker could bear personal testimony. Most of the five hundred were alive and could be interrogated. Others had "fallen asleep" in hope of a glorious resurrection through him who had appeared to them after his own death and burial.

2 Corinthians 5:17

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if any man/woman [be] in Christ, [

he/she is] a new creature: old things are passed away; 

behold, all things are become new.

“If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature”: 

What Paul particularizes (in verse 16), he generalizes (in verse 17).

Paul could no longer think of Christ in purely carnal terms, because of the universal truth that has been applied to him personally.

That is, when a man comes into vital union with the risen and glorified Lord, he is a “new creation” (John 3:3; 15:5; Rom. 8:1, 9; Gal. 6:14-15), and perceives Christ in a new way.

“In Christ”:

These two words comprise a brief but most profound statement of the inexhaustible significance of the believer’s redemption, which includes the following:

1.   

The believer’s security in Christ, who bore in His body God’s judgment against sin;

2.   

The believer’s acceptance in Him with whom God alone is well pleased;

3.  

The believer’s future assurance in Him who is the resurrection to eternal life and the sole guarantor of the believer’s inheritance in heaven;

4.  

 The believer’s participation in the divine nature of Christ, the everlasting Word (2 Peter 1:4).

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2 Corinthians 5:1-3

John 14:2-3

 "In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also."

2 Peter 1:14:

 "Knowing that shortly I must put off [this] my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me."

“A building of God” is Paul’s metaphor for the believer’s resurrected, glorified body. A glorified body, by definition, is not of this earthly creation but one that has been made by God.

Revelation 21:3

 "And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God."

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'Democratic', 'Authoritarianism', or 'Totalitarianism'

Today, is the trump party a 'Democratic', 'Authoritarianism', or a 'Totalitarianism' form of governing?

This is a list of totalitarian states.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism

The list distinguishes between totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, listing the former and not the latter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism

Totalitarianism is an extreme version of authoritarianism.

Authoritarianism primarily differs from totalitarianism in that social and economic institutions exist that are not under governmental control

(YET)!

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Nazi Germany National Legionary State Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan People's Republic of China Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Kampuchea People's Socialist Republic of Albania Socialist Republic of Romania Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma State of Eritrea

How long before trump America will go from authoritarian regimes, to a totalitarian states to complete Totalitarianism with the help of the trump followers in congress and the supreme court?

America in the end of time?

The primary predictive passages are Ezekiel 37-39, Daniel 2 and 7-12; Matthew 24-25; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12; and Revelation 4-22.

Three possibilities for what happens to the United States in the end times.

I ask you this question once again?

 Today, is the trump party a

 'Democratic', 'Authoritarianism', or a 'Totalitarianism' 

form of governing?

This is a list of totalitarian states.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism

The list distinguishes between totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, listing the former and not the latter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism

Totalitarianism is an extreme version of authoritarianism.

Authoritarianism primarily differs from totalitarianism in that social and economic institutions exist that are not under governmental control

 (YET!

1 Corinthians 15: Verses 36-38:

 When a seed is planted in the ground it dies;

decomposing, it ceases to exist in its seed form, but life comes from inside that dead seed.

Just as God gives a new body to that plant that rises from the dead seed,

so He can give a resurrection body to a man who dies.

1 Corinthians 15:36

"[Thou] fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:"

It is a dangerous thing to call someone a fool, so Paul is indirectly and not directly calling them a fool.

He is saying, are you so foolish to believe that the same seed that you plant grows into a seed?

When you put a little seed in the ground, it dies and then a new plant springs forth from the seed.

1 Corinthians 15:37

"And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other [grain]:"

It is so strange for a little acorn to be planted in the ground and then a short time later in the very spot where you planted the acorn a little tree pops out of the earth. 

If you plant a bean, you will not get corn.

The plant that comes from the seed is very like the seed and you will be able to relate it to the seed that you planted, but it will not be identical.

This is the same with our body that is planted. A new body comes forth, but you would be able to relate the new body to the old, because Jesus still had the nail prints in his hands.

He was, however, different enough that even His apostles, looking with physical eyes did not recognize Him.

It was only when their spiritual understanding was opened, that they recognized Jesus as the risen Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:38

 "But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body."

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https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20CORINTHIANS%2015:35-58

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

http://aws.highdesertchurch.com/Sin%20City%20II%20-%201st%20Corinthians/11/Commentary.pdf

Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Welcome to Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsruhe

Looking for guidance or a guide from Creator (Kiehtan)?

I know that there are a number of tribes in your country; I was blessed to visit one on a journey in 1962 while in the military.

I can no longer remember much about that trip however it was just past 'France' by train.

Speak with one of the tribal elders.

Because most elders are in fact, ‘Spiritual Teachers’ and/or Medicine men/women, one should be willing to take you under wing as a student?

Keep me posted?

Native American (Mohiigan), Spirit-Guide

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

https://armorofcreatorgod.blogspot.com/2018/10/native-american-mohiigan-spirit-guide.html

Kiehtan Creator 

Is the same ‘GOD,’ worshipped by Muslims, Jews, Christians

 and other Native American tribes and clans?

https://sachemspeaks.wordpress.com/kiehtan-creator/

https://mysmudgingblog.blogspot.com/p/creator.html

What is spiritual Israel?

All Christians are “fellow citizens” and members of the house of God, according to Ephesians 2:12–13. Romans 10:12 also says the same—there is no national preference with respect to salvation. Just as we become spiritual “sons of Abraham” by faith (Galatians 3:7), so we can be considered “spiritual Israel” when we receive Christ.

www.gotquestions.org/spiritual-Israel.html

Baltimore, Maryland

Apostles, Priests, Pastors, Preachers, Evangelicals and all Christians have the challenge to take the word (bible), to anyone wishing to know.

Not me being a judge, this is ‘Jesus Christ’ taking back his right as ‘the only judge’ of ‘Father Gods Children’!

Welcome to the visitor from Baltimore, Maryland

https://www.baltimorecity.gov/

To

Rev. Robert Morey must repent!

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

https://aquaiaquineblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/rev-robert-morey-must-repent.html

No one and this includes a priest, is given permission to ‘wing it’ with ‘Gods Word’!

How can ‘Rev. Robert Morey’ or any human for that matter, know if or if not that anyone received permission from our ‘lord Jesus Christ’ to receive ‘Communion’?

How many times have we heard "I can sin all that I wish because once I take it to a priest (A Human), I am free of sin"!

Does every priest receive the 3rd member of the trinity after college or at some time after joining a church?

Did Saul actually see Jesus?

Saul an Orthodox Jewish Pharisee hater of Christians!

As my followers, my Elders, friends and family will tell you, I have been an 'unshakeable questioner' from diaper to now and have not let up!

So;

Did Saul see Jesus on the Road to Damascus or did he have a hallucination?

Was Moses the leader and teacher of the Jews?

Moses an army commander under the reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten set to become the next Pharaoh of Egypt and within minutes after seeing a 'child’s robe' became the enemy of Egypt!

Did Saul see Jesus on the Road to Damascus or did he have a hallucination?

I have been stewing over this for days, as have many through-out histories.

https://www.quora.com/Did-Paul-see-Jesus-on-the-Road-to-Damascus-or-did-he-have-a-hallucination

Apostle Paul's (Saul of Tarsus,), Father was a Gentile (Roman citizen).

Apostle Paul’s Mother was a Jew.

Paul was born a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin in the city of Tarsus, Cilicia.

Paul identified himself as an Orthodox Jewish Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee, who was born a citizen of Rome (Acts 23:6, 26:5; Galatians 1:15).and grew up in Jerusalem.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pharisee

My conclusion;

(Did Saul see or hear Jesus or was he hallucinating)?

If you read the Tohra along with the Tanakh, and Old Testament with someone with nothing to gain by helping you and everything to lose by leading you astray and apply this knowledge with the knowledge that you learner from the New Testament, you will find your answer, as have I!

Bottom-Line once again!

The 2nd member of the Trinity , 

'sent by the 1st member' of the Trinity  

did place Saul (Paul), 

on the correct path 

as yet another teacher for all to read!