1: Paul an apostle not
of audawm neither by audawm but by Jesus Christ and Father God
who raised him from the dead[1] 2:
And all the brethren who are with me to the churches of Galatia 3: Grace
be to you and peace from Father God and from our Lord Jesus Christ 4:
Who gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us out of this present evil
age according to the
will of God and our Father 5: To whom be glory for ever and ever Amen 6: I marvel that you are so
soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ to heteros euaggelion
neuter noun 7: Which is not another but there be some
that trouble you and would pervert the message of Christ 8: But though
we or an angel from Heaven preach any other gospel to you than that which we
have preached unto you let them be accursed 9: As we said before so say
I now again If any euaggelizō preposition para preposition euaggelizō than that you [have
already] received estō anathema
10: For do I now persuade audawm
or God or do I seek to please audawm
for if I yet pleased audawm I should
not be the servant of Christ 11: But I certify you brethren that euaggelion
ὁ euaggelizō
hypo me is not after audawm 12:
For I neither received it para audawm
neither was I taught it but dia a
revelation of Jesus Christ Acts 9:1-16 13: For you have heard
of my life-style in time past in the Jews’ religion how that beyond measure I
persecuted the Church of God and wasted it 14: And profited in the Jews’
religion above many my equals in mine own nation being more exceedingly zealous
of the traditions of my fathers 15: But when it pleased God who
separated me from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, 16: to
reveal his Son in me that I might preach him among the heathen immediately I
conferred not with flesh and blood 17: Neither went I up to Jerusalem to
them which were apostles before me but I went into Arabia and returned again to
Damascus[2] 18:
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and abode with him
fifteen days 19: But other of the apostles saw I none save James the
Lord’s brother[3]
20: Now the things which I write to you behold before God I lie not 21:
Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia 22: And was
unknown by face to the churches of Judaea which were in Christ 23: But
they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preaches
the faith which once he destroyed.
24: And they glorified God in me.
24: And they glorified God in me.
[1] From the very beginning of his walk
with Christ, God arranged for Paul to connect with his ekklēsia
through Ananias. This
was a bond which allowed Paul to connect with the other apostles and eventually
work more closely with them. But he continually stresses that he neither asked
for nor needed any person or organization’s permission or covering (protection)
in going forth and doing the work of the ministry God had called him to.
[2] Paul did not wait. From practically the
moment he got saved, he asked no one’s permission, but immediately obeyed the
calling of God to preach Jesus. Remember, though, that Paul, being a Pharisee,
already had extensive knowledge of the scriptures, which are able to make us
wise unto salvation. Once his eyes were opened, once he was born again and
filled with the Holy Spirit, he had understanding from God as to how the
scriptures revealed Christ. He could see with devastating clarity how, thinking
he was doing God a service, he had actually been raging against God himself.
[3] To those who teach that Jesus only
called 12 apostles and no more, this verse alone refutes that theory. The count
from this one verse is up to 15: The original 12, Matthias (13), James the
Lord’s brother (14), Paul (15). Other passages reveal even more apostles.
Apostles are still called today. The gift was given to the Church, to build and
edify until we are all perfected. That will not happen in full until Jesus
returns.
Do you have the assurance
of knowing that if you died today, you have Eternal Life?
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