Since Paul’s words are in the Holy Bible,
they are inspired by God, and they represent God’s words.
Exactly, all of Christianity acknowledges this!
No one would dare deny it! (Amen!)
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God” is the word of Paul.
The Holy Spirit never testified to that, nor did the Lord Jesus.
You all say Brother Paul’s words aren’t the truth.
If that’s so, why are his words in the Bible?
Since Paul’s words are in the Holy Bible,
they are inspired by God, and they represent God’s words,
words that we have to pursue!
Amen!
Brother Paul’s words are recorded in the Bible.
That makes them the words of God.
Exactly, all of Christianity acknowledges this!
No one would dare deny it!
Amen!
We have been pursuing according to the apostle Paul’s words.
Are we wrong to do so? Humph!
Brothers and sisters,
although Paul’s words are indeed in the Bible,
that does not represent they are God’s words.
The Bible was composed by men, not by Jehovah God Himself,
nor was it composed by the Lord Jesus or the Holy Spirit.
How could something composed by men be perfect?
In the Bible, the words of Jehovah,
the words He told His prophets,
and the words of the Lord Jesus are God’s words.
God has never testified
that the words of the apostles represent His words,
nor has God testified that the words of the apostles are inspired by Him.
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God”
is the word of Paul.
The Holy Spirit never testified to that,
nor did the Lord Jesus.
Only Paul himself spoke those words,
so his words are unfounded!
In their time,
the apostles wrote letters to different churches.
And people would say that
these were the words of Brother Paul or Brother Peter.
They all knew that the apostles’ letters were indeed the words of men.
None of them would treat these letters as the words of God.
That is a historical fact. No one can deny it!
In the Age of Grace, only the Lord Jesus was God incarnate,
and only He could express God’s word.
The apostles were men used by the Lord,
and when they spoke, they spoke the words of man.
Their words only represented
their own understanding and experience of God’s words.
Even if some were inspired by the Holy Spirit,
but they were not God’s words.
Even Paul himself didn’t dare claim that
his words were God’s words or the inspiration of God,
nor did he claim to speak for the Lord Jesus.
So, if we try to claim that Paul’s words are also God’s words,
and obey them as we obey God’s word
because they are in the Bible,
we are making a mistake!
Yes.
How can they say it’s a mistake?
That’s really wrong.
I never have doubts about Paul’s words.
How can we take them as God’s word?
The Bible was put together by men, not by God.
Why didn’t we realize this fact?
This is where we made our mistake.
That’s right. In the time of the apostles,
people wouldn’t treat Paul’s words as the words of the Lord Jesus.
You are right. Why didn’t we think of that?
That’s how it was in history.
It must have been that way!
Right. For almost 2000 years,
people all treat Paul’s words as God’s words.
How could we have been so ignorant!
We thought Paul’s words were the words of God
just because they were in the Bible.
That way of thinking must be mistaken.
It goes against history.
Brothers and sisters,
why do people worship the Bible, and blindly trust it?
Because they don’t know it was composed by men
which is not according to God’s will.
So they place blind faith in it, and worship it,
taking every word of it as God’s word.
That goes against historical fact,
and comes from human ignorance.
Let’s look at what Almighty God says:
Brothers and sisters,
now we can see which words are indeed the words of God,
and which are the words of men!
In the past, we trusted and worshiped the Bible too much!
We believed the Bible was God’s inspiration
and that it was His word,
and we thought it was composed by God,
but that was a terrible mistake.
Without truth, men are easily deceived.
We don’t know how to tell God’s words from the words of men,
and insist on calling man’s words the words of God,
that is simply grave ignorance!
Paul was merely a servant sent by God.
He was not God incarnate.
He could never express the words of God.
If men have put Paul’s words on par with God’s words,
then they are seriously offending God’s disposition!
For so long our belief in the Lord
was actually shaped by Paul’s words,
and so were our works.
We treated Paul’s words as God’s words,
and ignored the words of Lord Jesus.
Now I finally understand.
We were following a man and worshiping a man.
Yes, we mistook Paul for a God-man.
Paul occupied the most space in our hearts.
We had little room left for the Lord Jesus.
How is that believing in the Lord? That’s believing in Paul!
In the past, we just blindly trusted and worshiped Paul,
and we mistook his words for the words of God.
We were ignorant fools!
We were following a man, letting a man guide us.
That isn’t believing in the Lord!
Yes, that’s following a man and worshiping a man.
How could our faith in the Lord not be misguided?
We believed according to Paul’s teachings.
How could we become followers of God’s will?