afazio - Spiritual Authority

[aron]

Originally Posted by Drake

okay... but do you agree with afazio that James/Jerusalem caused problems in the infant church? You seem to arguing against that notion... and you seem to be saying the James had a one on one with the Lord and because of that he could not possibly be devoid of matters related to the New Testament.... I think that is what you are alluding to.

The argument in Acts 15 was over imposing the law of Moses on the gentiles. Nothing was said about the impropriety of Jesus-believing Jews in Jerusalem following the law. Or the gentiles abroad somehow had the right to impose gentile-ness on those in Jerusalem? Are we reading that into Acts 15? It doesn't say that.

And why the judgement on James but not Ananias? The phraseology appears identical.

It's not about the law, it's about external human control, which becomes a law unto itself. Surely we who passed through the LC get that! We didn't survive 'the ministry' for nothing!

I concede that it's possible that James was deficient in revelation. It's even more likely, however, that WL was deficient. We should always keep that in mind and give his writings the same critical eye that he gave scripture-writers. Even more so, I daresay.

We have plenty of evidence that WL was blinded by self-interest, cultural bias, etc.