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Ephesians 2:8 ‘…For by GRACE you have been SAVED through FAITH; and this is not of yourselves, it is a GIFT of God…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Let’s together, open the Word of God this morning, and study what we have been given. Allow me to help you in your study and search the Bible what God has intended for us to hear.
The verses we are going to study tonight:
Acts 9:15, 22:9, 9:18; Matthew 24:26; Acts 14:14; 2 Peter 3:15-16; Acts 13:9; 1 Corinthians 9:19-23; Matthew 19:28; 2 Timothy 1:15; Revelation 2:2; Matthew 15:24, 7:22-23, :13-14; Ephesians 2:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.
I am going to continue on what is written on-line about the apostle Paul.
My go-to Bible verse that defines the definitive answer to this insane accusation out there in this world is found in Acts 9.
Acts 9:15
‘…But the Lord said unto him, go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
‘…But the Lord said to him, go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
‘…The Lord said to him, go, because I have chosen him to serve me, to make my name known to Gentiles and kings and to the people of Israel…’ GNT (Good News Translation)
‘…But the Lord said to Ananias, go now to Saul! I have chosen him to work for me. He will go to those who are not Jews and to their rulers. He will tell them about me. He will also tell the people of Israel about me…’ EASY (Easy English Translation)
How can anyone debate this verse?
In a RED-LETTER Bible, the words that came from Jesus’ mouth are written in red ink … vs15 of Acts 9 is in RED.
Here are some other things we might see when we’re on the internet:
-I am convinced Paul was a false apostle Jesus warned us about.
-I’m convinced Paul from the NT is the false apostle aka anti-christ Jesus warns about.
-Let’s start off with Paul hunting down Christians to have them killed for 1 and there’s so many more red flags with Paul I don’t know where to start.
-Benjamin ravenous wolf prophecy in genesis. Paul is from the tribe of Benjamin
-Paul has conflicting accounts on how he supposedly encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus.
‘…Acts 9:7 ‘…The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could see no one…’
Acts 22:9 ‘…My companions saw the light but did not hear the voice of the one who spoke to me…’
This person undoubtedly, has put limits on what his god can and cannot do … it is too bad for him.
-Admits to being a pharisee many times after his conversion. Jesus calls pharisees vipers and snakes.
-After his encounter with Jesus he was blinded went to the house of Juda, Ananias cures him, and scales fall from his eyes.
The person making this comment can believe in the 1st part of vs18:
Acts 9:18 ‘…When Ananias said that, immediately something like bits of fish skin fell from Saul’s eyes. Then Saul could see again. So, he stood up and Ananias baptized him…’ EASY (Easy English Translation)
… but they must’ve missed the part of Baptizing, and they couldn’t apparently believe vs15. (such a shame) smh
-Paul is related to the Herod, who were responsible for beheading Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist.
-Jesus said when he leaves don’t believe anyone who says he seen him in the desert. Damascus where Paul claims to have an encounter with Christ is in the desert.
Matthew 24:26 ‘…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…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
Jesus is still alive and walking the earth when Matthew wrote this verse. Once again, man is fitting the Bible to say what the person wants the Bible to say. Instead of changing their lives to fit into the Word, man changes the word to fit into their lives.
-Only Paul calls himself an apostle and Jesus has requirements to be his apostle.
Acts 14:14 ‘…But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
… and who was it that wrote the book of Acts?
Peter endorses the writings by Paul, and Paul calls himself an apostle several times.
2 Peter 3
vs15 ‘…and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you…’
vs16 ‘…as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which there are some things that are hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
–Jesus never once talked about Paul coming after him in his ministry but did say anti-Christ’s will come after him.
I reckon our acclaimed writer must’ve missed Acts 9:15 where Jesus says He CHOSE Saul.
Acts 13:9
‘…Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
‘…But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, stared at him…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
‘…Then Saul—also known as Paul—was filled with the Holy Spirit; he looked straight at the magician…’ GNT (Good News Translation)
‘…Then God filled Saul with the power of his Holy Spirit. (Saul was also now called Paul.) Paul looked straight at Elymas, and he said…’ EASY (Easy English Translation)
-Jesus said to ONLY follow him and only call HIM teacher/rabbi and you have only one father in the book of Matthew. None of his apostles ever say to follow them or called themselves teachers/rabbis or father. Paul on the other hand tells people to follow him and that he is their spiritual father in Christ in the book of Corinthians.
Maybe this is why Jesus chose Paul to teach the entire world, instead of having the remaining eleven since maybe they (the remaining eleven), didn’t really believe.
Acts 9:15c ‘…Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
-Paul admits to lying for God’s glory to gain followers. He even admits he’s a jew to the Jews under the Torah as well as become like those not under torah that aren’t Jewish.
1 Corinthians 9
vs19 ‘…For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more…’
vs20 ‘…And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law…’
vs21 ‘…to them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law…’
vs22 ‘…To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some…’
vs23 ‘…And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
I missed the part where Paul said he lied.
-Paul also says it’s OK to eat foods sacrificed to another god.
Not being under the Law, we have never been told to not eat what others have offered as sacrifices.
-Full of pride and refuses to learn from Jesus’ true apostles.
Maybe when Jesus picked Saul to teach in Acts 9:15, Jesus Himself was led elsewhere other than the original remaining apostles.
-There are only 12 foundations with 12 apostles’ names. Paul would be #13 because Judas was replaced by Matthias. So, Paul’s name won’t be on the 12 foundations.
That statement is meant for the Jew. When Jesus told the twelve about the thrones they would rule from, Jesus was still alive and teaching in His ministry.
This is also the reason why Peter found it so necessary to fill the vacated spot after Judas hung himself, if there were only eleven when Jesus returned, all of the thrones might be left for someone other than the original apostles.
Matthew 19:28 ‘…And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
-Probably the most damning evidence against Paul is when he admits:
2 Timothy 1:15 ‘…You know that almost all the believers in Asia region have turned against me. They include Phygelus and Hermogenes…’ EASY
Vs15, is a passage in the Bible that encourages Timothy to stand strong in his faith and to not be afraid to associate with persecuted Christians. Paul, writing to Timothy while awaiting execution by Rome, reminds Timothy that the Spirit of God gives Christians spiritual power. Paul also provides examples of faithful and faithless men to help Timothy make the right choices.
Phygelus and Hermogenes, these men betrayed Paul and followed false doctrines. Paul warns Timothy not to imitate them.
What an example people are setting up for themselves, to put their FAITH, TRUST and BELIEF in these two (2) men.
-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:
Go to any Christian church and when it comes to Jesus’ gospels and Paul’s gospels, they quote Paul a lot more than they do Jesus, especially in catholic churches.
I am convinced Paul IS the false apostle and IS the anti-Christ Jesus warned us about that would come after him and most Christians will follow.
Jesus’ gospels were for the Jew. Jesus did not come to save the Gentile man; He came only for the Jew.
Matthew 15:24 ‘…But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
The ‘House of Israel’ is the Jewish children.
Paul was not hand picked by Jesus to teach the world until after He had Ascended back up into heaven.
Acts 9:15 ‘…But the Lord said unto him, go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
Mankind has got to read what the Bible tells us and forget about what they think their word says.
-Also, just because Paul cast out demons in Jesus’ name doesn’t mean much when…
Matthew 7:22-23 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name? ‘ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.
I cannot argue, there will be many that will be unable to find the narrow gate on that day when it will matter the most.
Poor interpretation will not be a defense, especially when He reads the Word to you Himself and the lights are turned on for you.
-Many Christians from different denominations believe they will enter heaven when it’s not that easy.
Matthew 7:13-14 Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Matthew 7 was written when Jesus was alive walking this earth. Those writing are ONLY for the Jewish individual. In fact, back in that time period, all the Jew had to recognize to be saved was that Jesus was the sent Messiah from God.
Today, after Jesus’ Death, Burial, and Resurrection, all we have to BELIEVE is Ephesians 2:8:
Ephesians 2:8 ‘…For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
On that day when Jesus comes to this earth to take His Church home with Him, seven (7) years of the worst evil will be dispersed onto this earth.
1 Thessalonians 4
vs13 ‘…But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as indeed the rest of mankind do, who have no hope…’
vs14 ‘…For if we believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead, so also God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus…’
vs15 ‘…For we say this to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep…’
vs16 ‘…For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first…’
vs17 ‘…Then we who are alive, who remain, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord…’
vs18 ‘…Therefore, comfort one another with these words…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
We have run long today, open your Bibles and read the Word He has given to you.
Read and understand what you see.
If you find yourself having a difficult time, pray to the Holy Spirit that He will come into your heart and make sense of what you are listening to.
The people on the internet making suggestions and those that cut down Scripture as being false, they are one day going to stand in front of Jesus Himself and make a count of their UNBELIEF in what His Word tells us.
Trust what God has given to us.
I love ALL of y’all.
Jesus, I pray that those ears and eyes, either listening or seeing this message today would be opened to the very fullest and allow Your love to come inside their lives and comfort them. Teach us Jesus. Protect us. We love You. Amen InHIM. ><)))o>