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@Jfromgothjock Says:
The epistles and their different forms of exegesis, are what’s responsible for 99% of the denominational division within the church
I think that could be solved in a simplistic manner.
I think the Jesus gave us two laws: love, God and love people.
Anything that doesn’t violate these laws, is considered in the “Grey“, and our personal, subjective, and according to God‘s active speaking in your life.
I think if we looked at the Pauline epistles as a wonderful guide, but not meant as a direct applicable morality for our time in modern day America , we would be 100% better off.
The problem is thousands of denominations have created a new “law”, based on advice from Paul And this new law has done what the law has always done and it causes division, and causes people to rebel.
We need a unity around the simplicity of Christ again
@Ahgsb456 Says:
He’s not a bible scholar….
@georgekim797 Says:
Everything Paul did or said just feels too convenient. He alone got that vision. He alone interpreted it and said a prosopone of god's talking through him. Instead of questioning his authority, they based a whole religion based on his teachings even though a part of it actually contradicts Jesus' himself.
@LiteralHitter Says:
Your ''Armor of G-D'' is full of holes. That's why it's called ''Holy''.
@LiteralHitter Says:
I don't trust this guy, apologists are like suicide bombers. They put on a vest of Church pretending to investigate something.
@David..832 Says:
Smooth talkers usually don't have Jesus as their foundation but run to their favorite interpolation, but but but i got my Galatians memorized 😳
@jayjay-bz3rr Says:
I think Paul missed it in 2nd Thessalonians 2. He should have been more clear and specific about the “falling away” from the faith? Or a physical rapture as Dr Paul Felter refers to.
Paul wasn’t specific or clear. Paul was also unclear about who are what the restrainer is in verse 7. Very disappointing that we have to guess the answer.
With respect, the Apostle Paul failed to make this passage clear and specific for us today.
@TonyMartin3287 Says:
I feel like Paul's credibility is attacked so much more today than other times. Maybe it's just me reading more of the debating that goes on since we have the internet and access to the bottomless pit of stupidity that lives in there lol. I've never really even thought that people questioned Paul's writing, so it's still a weird thing to hear at 35 years old 😆. People will always do their best to dismantle any authenticity of scripture, I guess, especially these days. Wicked world, my brothers and sisters, very Wicked.
@davidmathews9633 Says:
Gospels are the words and teachings of Jesus. Letters are Paul's gospel and teachings. Who will you obey!? Jesus or Paul? Think hard about this. Jesus or Paul? Jesus or Paul?
@daysofnoah Says:
Can you trust God? Of course you can... You can also trust Paul. You cannot trust anyone who questions the word of God. Never forget that and ALWAYS trust the word of God.
@shabamuhidin634 Says:
first of all we are not allowed to read other people's letter...it is not a good behaviour to open someone's letter
@你是有缘人 Says:
Don't believers know that the Road to Damascus was mostly DESERT?
Matthew 24:26 KJB
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the DESERT; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
🤔 The prophet Muhammad also got duped by Satan - met Gabriel in the cave( resemblance of secret chamber).
Have believers diligently seek out the Truth? Don't believers understand that Truth = Christ = Words
John 4:23 KJB
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Jeremiah 8:8 KJB
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
@inthedark334 Says:
You know Paul is preaching an entirely new gospel. The gospel of the Kingdom which is ministered in Matthew Mark Luke and John is not the gospel of the grace of God the gospel of the grace of God is the gospel Paul preached. Again these preachers who claim to be Bible students are really incompetent at being Bible students if they can't understand time passed but now an ages to come if you can't properly rightly divide the word of Truth you have no business talking about it
@inthedark334 Says:
Well first of all Matthew Mark Luke and John are Old Testament according to Hebrews 9 because Christ was still alive during the time of Matthew Mark Luke and john. The New Testament didn't start until mid-ax. With the Apostle Paul the New Covenant on the other hand doesn't start until after the tribulation read Jeremiah 31:31. And according to 1st Timothy Paul was Major pattern. And he was given a new Gospel According to Ephesians 3. And Galatians 2. So Paul's Epistles are actually some of the most important Epistles in the entire book. Especially for the dispensational grace you live in today
@savedbymylovegodthelordjes8394 Says:
praise the only true living LORD and GOD bless you all glory be to the HOLY TRINITY forever and ever amen 💖✝✝✝
@berliannahaz423 Says:
As long as Paul's teachings doesn't contradict the Word of God then no Problem. I lives among Muslims who slander Paul as the one who leads Christians astray and corrupted the teachings of Christ. But that's only because they choose to believe somebody who lives centuries later who have not knowledge of the word of God.
@KeepingWatch95 Says:
_If Paul was “forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia” and Paul went to Asia and preached anyway... ? Why wouldn't the church of Ephesus reject Paul as a false apostle,_
_(Apostle means: messenger, he that is sent.)_
G652 ἀπόστολος apostolos ap-os'-tol-os
From G649; a delegate; specifically an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ (“apostle”), (with miraculous powers): - apostle, messenger, he that is sent.
_(Paul was not sent but forbidden by the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia Minor; per Acts 16:6)_
Acts 16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
_Acts 18:19 Paul continued to Ephesus (Ephesus was the Roman capital of Asia Minor)._
_All Revelation's seven churches are in Asia Minor. But Ephesus is the only one Paul writes to._
Ephesians 1:1 *Paul, an apostle* of Jesus Christ by the will of God, *to the saints which are at Ephesus,* and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
_For Paul to claim he was an apostle in Asia, is to claim he was sent to Asia, which would make Paul a liar. Per Acts 16:6_
Revelation 2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
Revelation 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and *thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:*
(Apostle = messenger, he that is sent)
_Acts 16:6 Paul was “forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia” So... Why wouldn't the church of Ephesus find Paul a false apostle?_
@ryeclansen7371 Says:
If the chronology of Paul as presented in Acts, being present at the stoning of Stephen shortly after Jesus’ death, and before that being a Pharisee, and being converted on the road to Damascus a few years later, then writing his letters in the 50’s, is true, then Paul must have been a contemporary of Jesus. Paul claims to have been a Pharisee of the Pharisees, a leader of Jews. Studied at the feet of Gamaliel (Acts 22:3). He had been given authority to persecute the Christians. He could not have come out of nowhere (Tarsus) and then suddenly risen to the top. If Paul was who he said he was (and what Luke makes him out to be) he must have been around Jerusalem at the time of Jesus, no matter how you figure it. As a young, ardent Pharisee he must have run into Jesus, maybe even had an argument, witnessed Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, been there at the cleansing of the temple, the trial, the crucifixion -been aware of the empty tomb, etc. He must have met people like Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, etc. Strange that he never refers to any of these encounters. Paul could have said something like this, “Yeah, I was around Jerusalem when Jesus was crucified.” And, “I remember the fuss when the Roman guards reported about the angel coming down and rolling away the stone.” It seems like Paul knows absolutely nothing biographical of Jesus. Doesn’t mention ever having met him. Also, his account of post resurrection witnesses differs from the gospels. And contrary to what you say he never refers to Jesus’ teachings, eg. Parable of Sheep and goats at the last judgement, or story of the rich man and Lazarus, or sermon on the mount, or the many parables. And Jesus' teaching on what to do to be saved. Strange! If you insist on that time-line for the epistles, Paul must have been around at the time of Jesus, but he knows nothing about him, other than what was revealed to him in his hallucination.
@The-F.R.E.E.-J. Says:
A helpful question to ask yourself is: "Why is there virtually NO quotation of Jesus in ANY of the apistles?"
@amishgirl1000 Says:
1 Corinthians 1:1 says it all
Paul called by the will of God to be an Apostle of Jesus Christ. If God calls Paul to be an Apostle, then his letters are guided by God making them true. John 17:17
@ambermichealshotkinkyjo15 Says:
At what point Paul stopped being able to create miracles and heal that means no one now can create miracles and heal Jesus died no more miracles by man no more
@jeansroses7249 Says:
I was astounded when I discovered that there are many that claim that Paul was preaching a different gospel than Jesus was, and that you must follow one or the other. I thought "hey, it was Jesus Himself that converted Paul, and then worked very closely with him=comforting him in jail, and helping him with his heavy burden of the church". The church elders themselves confirmed, in acts 15, that God had "...sent paul to the gentiles (and peter to the jews....)". anyway, I always feel paul's love for the church in his letters, and I can't wait to hug him in heaven.
@billlawrence1899 Says:
There's only one teensy weensy little problem with all this. There is absolutely no actual evidence what-so-ever that the person called "Jesus" ever existed. He's a fictional character, put together from myths about numerous previous imaginary "saviors". There is not one single eye witness to any of the Jesus stories, and not one single mention of him in the literature from the time he is said to have lived. Bummer.
@zeddicuszorrander3599 Says:
How much of the Epistles can Christians trust? How much of the letters were the Apostle's own thoughts, and how much were information they received by God?
@andrewstidham7950 Says:
Paul was struck down by Jesus and was blind for three days... and went on to spread Jesus everywhere he went
@somerandom3247 Says:
so in short, no.
@Mavors1099 Says:
Can you trust Paul letters? More important question, do you need Paul letters? Christian should follow what Christ taught and nobody else.
@nothingbutthetruth613 Says:
"We believe Paul is telling the truth" "We believe...We believe..." The bottom line is you have no idea if one word Paul is writing is true. This is completely blind faith in one man. Is there any possibility at all in your mind that Paul was lying and the whole thing is a mad man starting a cult like hundreds of others have done and convincing everyone that he had a revelation and a message for everyone? Isn't that possible? Not only possible but way more likely. Do you really think God would expect you to alter your life and change the mainstream up until this point on the word of one lone man?
@Jim-yk1ug Says:
Just had a college essay on this
@stephenkaake7016 Says:
jesus should have blinded the people putting him to death
@oneofthesaints Says:
I love Paul's letters. A wise man
@qw2ps4 Says:
.... What is the truth?
Jesus is the way! .... to what?
Alot of people forget when reading the bible, to use Jesus as the standard, when everything needs to line up with what He said!
When you do all sorts of truth will be shared with us!
In the end it's the truth that sets you free!
We learn in James 2:19 that even the demons believe!
Does that mean that the demons are saved?
How do we know if we believe then?
In order to find out if we believe in Jesus we must believe His word is truth.
HIS word is first, not the apostles, not Paul and not your pastor or priest ... HIS!
We need to read the words of our Messiah and use THEM as the standard.
In that remember Jesus also said: Do """"ALL""""" that Moses said. Matthew 23:1-3
In John 5:47 Jesus says "But if you dont believe in Moses writings, how will you believe in His!
In Luke 16:31 "" If they dont listen to Moses & the prophets, they won't listen if someone rises from the dead""
Gee I wonder do you who rose from the dead that He was talking about?
It comes down to this; if you dont accept Moses writings, or the prophets, you won't accept what Jesus says.
Jesus ""never contradicted the Father therefore He never contradicted what Moses wrote.
Jesus didn't start a new religion. If He did, the pharisees would've crucified Him for that!
Remember they found no fault in Him!!!
That means when they studied the writings of Moses there wasn't any contradiction with what He said and what the Father had Moses write down.
He didn't teach a new religion He came to show us "The Way" to walk out the old one.
Don't let Jesus say to you "" Depart from me you who practice lawlessness""
Instead believe His words """ If you love me keep my commandments""""
His commands are exactly the fathers commands.
These very commands that Moses wrote!
@drumrnva Says:
Just testing- if you can see this, please say so.
@Matthew_Holton Says:
It depends what you mean by trust. There are only 6 or 7 letters that are considered by the vast majority of scholars to be most likely by Paul. Even these show signs of alteration and interpolation. We only have copies that are many times removed (copied many times by hand). The fabrication of christian 'scripture' was rife in the 2nd century and onwards. We cannot really know what the original writings of Paul actually were. The same is true of the gospels. Christian writers in the 2nd and 3rd centuries quote Mark but the quotes match nothing in the version we recognise today and we know the ending of Mark was added later as well as other interpolations. So much fabrication and interpolation is detectable by scholars in the NT because of the clumsiness of the forgery. How much fabrication has still gone undetected because some of the forgers were actually skilled!
@FirstLast-zk5ow Says:
You can trust everything in the Bible. I know I do. I know that Jesus is not a liar, that the Holy Ghost is not a liar and the Holy Ghost spoke to Paul and inspired all of his writings. And blaspheming the Holy Ghost in the only unforgivable sin. I choose the Truth that is Yahushua. You can choose whatever you want.
@LaynesMomma Says:
You're over thinking it. The best answer is that Peter flat out affirms Paul and His "given" (by God) wisdom in his writings ...
2 Peter 3:15–16
15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.
@paulrock4816 Says:
Paul's gospel was not of man but of Revelation of Jesus Christ (Gal. 1:11) which Paul took to the Apostle in (Acts 15) (Gal. 2:2) says he took that gospel with him. He was the Apostle to the gentiles, He was to us gentiles what Peter was to Jews. Paul is the one that explained the office in the church, He explained the sacraments. His church was the 1st to be called Christian.
@Derek_Baumgartner Says:
Thanks for these!
@drumrnva Says:
Watch the videos made by the Heaven's Gate members. Very strong evidence that they were true believers, and it's only 25 years ago..... yet, you don't believe it. Ask yourself why.
@jeffphelps1355 Says:
Before Paul was converted he was like a modern day skeptic, he persecuted the Church. What happened to him that made him change his ways? He turned away from his hatred and bigotry to become the greatest missionary. Must of been something extraordinary. even supernatural. That's the only logical conclusion
@dabbler1166 Says:
QUESTIONS!! LOTS of them. ("incoming!" Long. 9 sections/topics)
I really appreciated this video about Paul. Wish we had more early info about what went on from since Jesus's death til say around 140 AD, especially Theology-wise.
Now for the Questions:
QUESTIONS:
1. Were the books of the NEW Testament already established before the Council of Nicea? If you think so, then why were any other Councils held? Such as the Council of Carthage and the Council of Constantinople. Wish we had more info from since the death of Jesus to 180 AD, especially theology-wise.
2. WHO wrote "the DIDACHE" ? When? Where?
3. Why don't we know who wrote Genesis? The Hindu VEDAS are said to possibly be the oldest religion/scriptures on earth. Why don't we know who wrote them, either? Think of it. The 2 oldest religions and no one knows. Do they?
4. Abraham left the town of UR. He went "to a land that I shall show you" apparently according to God. But-- what was wrong with UR in the first place and what do know about UR?
5. Many people have left strict churches. Jesus said: "for my Yoke is easy and my burden is light". HOW? and what does that mean? The members who quit often felt it was very hard, not easy. But to encourage anyone to go to a hyper-grace church so they can feel less guilt seems like a very BAD answer. Can you clarify any of this?
6. Near-Death experiences. Be suspect of these. The stories, and what people say happened to them, appears to get more varied and wilder by he decade. But there's more. For all the hundreds of testimonies we have, it's odd that when one goes through the "dark "tunnel" and then meets up with a "being of Light" that we have NO ONE who bothered to ASK:
1. Who are YOU? Are you Jesus? (no one asks. The "light" could lie, but still)...
2. Is Jesus "above" you? Who do YOU serve? Do YOU love Jesus? (No one asks). What is your Name? (no one asks).
3. Where are we, in this otherwise dark "tunnel"? Why can't I see any of my Relatives here?
4. If I decide to stay here and not "go back", what happens then? Where will I go from being with you now in this otherwise dark place?
If people are judged by the same True God with consistent standards, why do the testimonies keep getting more varied?
5. Why won't Christians more directly engage and confront and disprove the skeptics who write books against the Christian Faith? The Bible wants you to "be ready always" to give an answer for your Faith. It also mentions "able to convince the gain-sayer". But Christian apologists AVOID, instead of disprove. This is embarrassing for them and they may say to me: How do you know they haven't?
Have you read every apologetics book?
No, I haven't. BUT--- tell me then, --WHERE ARE the books that counter-argue, REFUTE or DISPROVE:
1. Bertrand Russel's "Why I Am Not a Christian" ? or--
2. Dan Barker's book "Losing Faith in Faith"? (i think this book has now been re-named "Godless")..??
3. Robert M. Price's book: "the Case AGAINST the Case for Christ" . Tell me. Name the books.
Instead, what happens is, that is all avoided. The Christians are silent. Then, we are introduced to a "new" apologist. He/she doesn't doesn't show how the skeptic was wrong, either. It's as if they're hoping nobody will notice. Want more proof? Keep reading--
Years ago, JOSH McDowell wrote: "Evidence That Demands a Verdict". Then, Jeffrey Jay Lowder writes against it, and tries to pick it apart. But McDowell didn't (as far as I know) write any book to disprove Lowder. Why Not?? The Audience and public will likely think that Lowder "won" due to avoidance and silence! And more people leave the Church. (Later, it is said McDowell UPDATED his book and dealt with some of this. But it took a long time and I feel "the damage had already been done".) AND THEN....some years later....Lee Strobel arrives on the scene. His books are popular. But Robert M. Price writes: "the Case AGAINST the Case for Christ". Does Strobel write any book showing how Price is wrong? Again, No. And again more folks leave the Church. The whole cycle has now repeated itself. So THEN what happens? Along comes some "new" Apologist J W Wallace, writing a new book saying how Christianity is all true, all over again. But does HE disprove Robert M. Price, either? No. Its more avoidance and - again - the whole cycle keeps repeating itself. We still need answers, to those skeptics. If it can be honestly done. Can it be done? Why isn't it?
6. Churches Today -- think of this. There must be at least 75, or more, topics or things that a preacher could preach about, from the Bible! But-- what on earth would churches today possibly do if the book of Romans wasn't in the Bible or Ephesians chapter 2 and harping about: "for by Grace are ye saved".... that may be true, but its nearly all I hear anymore. Does your Church have ANYTHING else to preach on besides yet-another-endless-sermon on:
"love"
"grace" or
"GOD has a plan for your Life!" Over and over and over and over and over. Its bad enough that churches are losing people because members have unanswered questions. Now, when they keep hearing the same 2 or 3 messages, they also leave cuz they're bored silly.
7. Where was ADAM buried? and Eve?
8. AFTER the Tower of Babel, people scattered. But earlier, as it was still being built, were there already people in Egypt at that time? If yes, where did they come from?
9. "If all of your questions were answered, would you become a Christian and follow Jesus?" Quite a few people today may say: No. Why ? There could be several reasons:
They may not believe in an endless Hell.
Christian: "but don't you want to go to Heaven?"
Skeptic: "and do what? Sing praises to "the Boss" all day? or be in charge of some new planet with my own batch of new sinners to oversee? How boring."
Christian: "You sound kinda rebellious"
Skeptic: "Not really. I don't want any religion to motivate me by fear, i.e. avoiding Hell, and yet, there is nothing "positive" enough about Christianity that I would bother to want it. Heaven sounds boring. Can you tell me why getting-closer-to-God is a kewl thing?
Again, who will counter-argue the skeptics? Someone will say that you cant write a book for EVERY SINGLE skeptic....but Christians COULD take, say, the THREE Top-selling Skeptic books in the last 5 years, and refute them.
But they wont even do that. Have they? Name the books. Why cant they do that much? The public needs answers.
@RealVerses Says:
Paul destroyed the teachings of Jesus.
@williamrice3052 Says:
Did Grace thru Faith originate with Paul? Jesus said whomsoever believes in me.. Was Paul all about grace, grace, grace while only Jesus provided sobering rebukes like 'as many as do the will of the Father..', 'I would spew you from my mouth'..' those who don't abide..'? Actually Paul provided admonishment as well like 'God is not mocked' 'you will reap what you sow' 'those practicing...will not enter / will not inherit'. So I believe Paul's letters are in tune with Jesus teachings therefore can be trusted.
@morlewen7218 Says:
Can we trust Paul's Letters? Well, many of them were not even written by Paul. Should we therefore remove all the pseudoepigraphical Letters and books from the bible? Decide for yourself.
@Organicme1 Says:
Tried to watch the live just now and even though they did notify me, Youtube said it was private. Was this one not for subscribers?
@sierraclark6129 Says:
“If you declare with your mouth “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9). Now is the time to accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior. Obey His commands and repent of your sins because Jesus is coming back soon. Tomorrow isn’t promised.
@NoahAusten Says:
Pharoah's priests did miracles.
@jg122487 Says:
I just have a question for Frank Turek, how can I ask him?
@austinford4085 Says:
So, if I had a "spiritual experience" and could do miracles,would you obey me? Friends, you only have one master (Matthew 6:24), it can't be Paul AND Jesus, because they aren't the same person. Jesus also states our leader is one, so we can't follow Christ and Paul. But since Jesus is the Word of God, and the Truth, and the only one who has decended from Heaven, I encourage everyone (myself included) to solely follow Jesus.
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