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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
I think it's a stretch to bring MOTAs into this. But you're right, Paul never says he is greater and in fact, says he is least.
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It's a stretch to say that Paul was "a man who has had a revelation and knowledge of Jesus Christ greater than any man". The Bible doesn't say it, Paul would find the statement abhorrent - anyone who says such claim is spiritually lost. Jesus had taught strongly that he who's the greatest will be the least, and the least will be the greatest. Only God can say what is what. It's no different to me from touting the "rich ministry" of WL: it's entirely mis-oriented. I haven't read TAS but from such a faux pas I've become suspicious. It's much too close to the WL error. And even if I'm reacting to my LC past, you should be aware by now of the main audience on this forum, how they'll react.
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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
Pretty lofty stuff, to say the least!
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Ohio said, we could make "lofty" claims about many writers of the NT. But that would be a fundamental mis-aiming. Paul said that he was apostle to the uncircumcised, just as Peter was to the circumcised. No talk of greater or lesser. They would have found such statements to be repugnant. Jesus had repeatedly and explicitly warned about making any such claims.