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Originally Posted by Ohio
Here is part of the record of Paul's work in Ephesus from Acts 19:
A couple things to note. Paul must have ministered literally hundreds or thousands of messages in Ephesus, months in the synagogues and years in a school. I highly doubt that Paul's teachings were limited to the 6 chapters in his epistle to the Ephesians. In the synagogue his chief objective seems to be presenting the kingdom of God.
Paul went first to the Jews. That was his custom. He used the entire O.T. to persuade them that Jesus was their long awaited Messiah. That was his chief message to the Jews. I am quite sure that he used his vast study of the O.T. in these messages. Then to the Gentiles, Paul emphasized that God had raised the Man Jesus, who was crucified in Jerusalem, from the dead. Hundreds of people then saw this Jesus before He ascended to heaven. Then Paul himself saw Jesus.
It is Paul's letters to the Philippians and Colossians where he addresses the deity of Christ. I mentioned some of these verses, but you seem unable to grasp his thoughts.
I find it continually distasteful to see your standard practice of resorting to "W.Lee-ism" when responding to the scripture in my posts. Find me one post where I used Lee's teaching to rebut your errors, or kindly stop it!
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Oh the irony ... let's divide over God. Now ain't that funnier than all get-out?
I blame Paul. He didn't have reporters, scribes maybe, that copied down his sermons. Witness Lee had that. So we have all his sermons written down. As a result we have way more info from Lee than we do from Paul.
So I'm disappointed in Paul. I would like to read all his sermons. Maybe he clarified his position on whether or not Jesus was God, and would also clarify whether or not God is a trinity.
Paul left us twisting in the wind, and fighting over these matters. Witness Lee left us way, way, way ... more more more.