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Something to think about.
The Apostle Paul, one the greatest apologists, he always reasoned with his opponents presenting the true gospel with love and not once did he argue or quarrel with his opponents.
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1 But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question. (Acts 15:1-2, ESV)
11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. (Galatians 2:11-12, ESV)
I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves! (Galatians 5:12, ESV)
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Galatians 5:12?
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PHILIPPIANS 1.15?
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Eh…
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Paul was the greatest hijacker of an existing movement to ever walk the earth, so, of course, he had to apologize for his theft of the Jesus’ gospel of the kingdom.
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Yep, Jesus will be delivering quite the message at his second coming according to the book of Revelation from the tip of a sword and the brunt of his rod stepping on the dead bodies as he goes:
KJV Revelation 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
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Jesus debated with the Pharisees. And we don’t know exactly how Paul handled in-person dialogue. Letters are much different than dialogue.
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How about the argument that Paul and Barnabus had over taking Mark with them?
It got so heated and was such a disagreement they departed ways and stopped traveling together. -
We don’t know how emphatic he could have been about his teachings!
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The true gospel are in mathew mark luke and john not in paul
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Paul wasn’t on FB.????
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Well there was no Facebook in the 1st Century.
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No that is not something to think about because it’s untrue the Bible says that he argued for years in the synagogues. And the word is argued. Check it in the Greek.
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Paul rebuked Peter pretty hard for judaizing
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This presumes mutual discourse and reasoning is possible with both parties, and in this context both honestly seek the truth and acknowledge the truth as it is written.
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FAKE NEWS – Act 9:29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
Act 17:17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
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Wrong what about his feud with Barnabas and his food with Peter, you must have missed them
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Acts 26:24 “And he defending himself with these things, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul you *rave*! Your many letters turned you into *madness*.
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But the group posts are posted for the sake of argument supporting their own position in the doctrinal issue, so you cannot campare our posts with Paul’s way of presenting the gospel.
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Paul spent years to debate in synagogues. You only read his letters. No one argues in his own letters to a church he ministers.
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Read your Bible well
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Do it…..
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a good example to follow I admire also Ravi Zechariah he too was always very very kind
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Not true, he confronted Peter, and accused him openly. It says he withstood him to his face for his hypocrisy.
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lol. I don’t think people really understand how bold the apostles were.
They were not all love and acceptance type preachers.
Paul told the judizers who were enforcing circumcising as law to continue and cut the rest of it off.
Lol. Yeah.. he was a bit confrontational when it came to doctrine. -
Acts 15:1Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2So Paul and Barnabas engaged these men in sharp debate. The two of them were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
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