Paul was an apostle appointed by Jesus Himself. In John 16v 13 Jesus spoke of the Holy Spirit coming to show us all thngs and Paul knew the law and yet God called him to the apostleship ministry. He spoke under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and each time he says his own words he woukd say it like i Paul and not the Lord. The word of grace is what i think Jesus meant that the desciples would not bear and was entrusted to Paul. As a chrstian the power of God is greatly revealed in the life of Paul. in 1cor11v23 when he taught about the Lord's supper having received it from the Lord so he was constantly walking by the spirit of God.
I personally it will be desasterous if we start to question the reality of the bible. This is God's power to salvation and as a child of God i choose toclose my eyes from questioning the bible.
before the law Abraham walked by faith having the promise of God and as the bble says in galatians 3v8 the gospel was first preached to abraham. There was no law at hand and they walked by faith. When Joseph faced the temptation with Potifah's wife in Genesis 39v9 he said how can i do this great wickedness and sin against my God. Notice this was way before the law was given and he knew it from his heart that it was a sin. there was no thou shall not commit adultery.at that time the law was written in their hearts and it is the same law that even right now is written in our hearts under grace.
Going back then they were passing on the knowledge of faith from one generation to the other notice they will pray like the God of Abraham,Iscaac and Jacob. i think the bible right now is playing that role of passing knowledge of grace from one generation to the other.It is by no means the Law engraved on paper.In the old testament their faith was based on their works as they had to obey all the laws to attain righteousness but with us i thank God our faith is based on the finished work of Jesus Christ.
yes both the old and the new testament are God's word and the law in the testament wasnt the promise which God promised Abraham. it came for a time and again if you read exodus The children of isreal told God that they can do whatever He commands them to do and they did not ask for grace so the law was given to them and their success was based on their obedience to the law,thus how lwa was given to them and yet it wasnt the promise.
the letter you meant for Paul was written to the Galatians and its because after Paul preached the gospel of grace to them the jews came and preached law and because us human we have that sense of wanting to work and attain a reward they accepted the wrong doctrine and thats why Paul called them o foolish galatians who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth....The promise had come and it was time to do away with the law which was our tutor and be under grace.
Paul listed people who had faith in the past when you read hebrews 11 so he knew and understood the living by faith so he was fully equiped to rebuke anyone he sees being drwn to the law. if you read the book of Peter, even him (peter) having walked with Jesus he admitted that the message of grace was so abound in Paul and it was diffucult to understand.Its not about what we do but what He(Jesus) did on the cross.hallelluyah!
John 1v17 says for the law was given by Moses but grace and truth came through Jesus. Notice truth is on the side of grace. Then Acts 13v37-41 talks of the sermon by Paul.
you know i love talking about grace.
if you read the psalms, and most of the prophetic books in the old testament you will find Jesus being spoken of like in the book of isiah. The bible is not the book of law and the bible is the Word of God.All scripture is inspired by God.

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