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There are some stating that Paul was not a genuine apostle of Christ, and therefore his writings are not scripture. First of all scripture is from God, not from the men that wrote the words down. Second of all, Mark and Luke were not apostles. But was Paul?
Like any of us, who sometimes take it into our own hands to solve God's problems, the apostles observed that Judas would have to be replaced. So basically they flipped a coin or tossed some dice, then prayed about choosing a man from a group THEY selected.
They made up rules to choose the new apostle, such as he had to be with them throughout Christ's teaching, and witnessed Christ on the cross. One problem, Paul was not in the group of men from which they chose. Even if he had been, do you think they would have chose a man who killed Christians?
There was one requirement they were overlooking. When it came to the apostles, they had to be handpicked by Christ Himself. Christ personally came to Paul on the road to Damascus after His resurrection. Paul wasn't chosen in the same timeframe as the other apostles, I believe this is why he says he is one abnormally born.
Christ chose Paul, not Matthias, to replace Judas. Many times Paul states that he is an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, especially in the beginning of some letters, like Colossians 1:1, Ephesians 1:1, and 1 Corinthians 1:1. Paul was also marked with the sign of miracles to show his identity to be that of an apostle.
Paul was an apostle of Jesus Christ, and God did write scripture through him.
Like any of us, who sometimes take it into our own hands to solve God's problems, the apostles observed that Judas would have to be replaced. So basically they flipped a coin or tossed some dice, then prayed about choosing a man from a group THEY selected.
They made up rules to choose the new apostle, such as he had to be with them throughout Christ's teaching, and witnessed Christ on the cross. One problem, Paul was not in the group of men from which they chose. Even if he had been, do you think they would have chose a man who killed Christians?
There was one requirement they were overlooking. When it came to the apostles, they had to be handpicked by Christ Himself. Christ personally came to Paul on the road to Damascus after His resurrection. Paul wasn't chosen in the same timeframe as the other apostles, I believe this is why he says he is one abnormally born.
Christ chose Paul, not Matthias, to replace Judas. Many times Paul states that he is an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, especially in the beginning of some letters, like Colossians 1:1, Ephesians 1:1, and 1 Corinthians 1:1. Paul was also marked with the sign of miracles to show his identity to be that of an apostle.
Paul was an apostle of Jesus Christ, and God did write scripture through him.