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Originally Posted by Ohio
Reminds me of those two characters who came to Antioch while Peter was visiting and lunching with the Gentile brothers. (Galatians 2). Peter was fellowshipping in the Spirit until "they" showed up. "They" came from James. Who cares about their names? Their names were never recorded. All that was important was that they were "from James." They had a kind of fake authority, transfered from James. Even Peter was spooked by them. What if Peter got reported back to James? This fake authority permeated Jerusalem. Everyone there was made sick by this falsehood, this fakery. They thought it was real. Wasn't it real? Everybody else thought so!
Except Paul. He refused to accept this fake authority. He rejected their fake rules about kosher foods. About eating with the Gentiles. About circumcision needed for salvation. About all the fake stuff from all the fake authorities from Jerusalem. From "headquarters." From "all the brothers." Because Paul knew the truth. And the truth is that God is no respecter of fake blendeds and fake workers with their fake authority and fake rules. Once we know the truth, we also are set free like Paul. And God set us free so that we can free others by speaking the truth.
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This is so ironic considering Mark Raabe's statement about Lee being the Recoverys' own Paul.