Cobus, I think you just sinned by bearing false witness unless you can show where Paul lied.
And my this bring us ALL a bit closer to God and HIS WILL....
Paul was a man called Saul. Saul was a persecuter of Jesus! NOt the Christians JESUS! Jesus said to Saul... Saul Saul why persecuteth thou ME!
Please this is not so difficult EVERY PERSON IN CHRSIT IS A NEW CREATURE.... and that creation or RECREATION of God is the BODY OF CHRIST JESUS. Ishould say the PERFECT BODY of Christ Jesus.
Saul was the sinner. and God had OTHER plans for Saul... Saul was to become PAUL and the VESSEL for GOD's Spirit to take the Gospel to the gentiles. Now a vessel is like a pot or a body, or a boat. It is something a person use to PACK stuff in to transport that stuff. God decided the VESSEL that will HOLD HIS SPIRIT to take the MESSAGE of GOD to the Gentiles would be the BODY OF SAUL. But Saul is a SINNER and a huge thread to the believers. That is why GOD STEPPED IN.
Now, Saul immediately RECOGNISED JESUS AS LORD. Read it in ACTS 9. Because this is NOT the first time the HOLY SPIRIT (Christ JESUS) Spoke to Saul. And here is a lesson.... The Holy Spirit will ALWAYS reproof us of the sin in our lives... IT IS HIS JOB (John 16:8) So no sin will pass by that the Holy Spirit will not reprove us of, so that we can confess and die off that sin. Same with SAUL. God showed him all the sin in his life, but HE KICKED AGAINST THESE PRICKS...
Anyway, becaus God had this plan for Saul the sinner to become Paul the APOSTLE, God had to do something. God has to CALL Saul, Lead SAUL OUT OF SIN AND INTO MINISTERY. And that is EXACTLY what God did.
So Saul was blinded and taken to a house, where Ananias would come and BATIZE SAUL to be PAUL and with the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit would lead Paul in the Truth to righteousness. Exactly as the Bible says God does with sinners. And so God made Paul an Apostle. And GOD appointed Paul as an apostle.
Now! I believe every person that is filled with the Holy Ghost CANNOT sin. If Paul was dilled with the Holy Ghost, where is his spirit? I mean if God says in His Word that a person is filled with the Holy Ghost, then it is like saying a glass is filled with water. then there is no more place for ANYTHING else. Paul was FILLED with the Holy Spirit. And God claims that THE HOLY SPIRIT REMAINS IN THESE PEOPLE. To the fullness of Christ. That is why Jesus was the NEW LIFE OF PAUL. Paul said he (Saul) was crucified with Christ and the life he (Paul) now lives is Jesus..... Now is Jesus perfect or not? Yes He is. And how many people did PAUL, not SAUL, PAUL kill? NONE!
Was Paul the opposite of SAUL? Yes he was. Saul was satan's vessel to sin, Paul was God's vessel to be PERFECT. Where do we see this... in Eph 4:11 to 13, and ,many other places.
Let us do this and then I will show the LIE!
The Word of God calls a person that God lead out of sin a SAINT. The Word is Hagios in greek and it means, to be without sin, spiritually pure, and moraly blameless, MOST HOLY. Now a SAINT is not PERFECT YET. So no person is perfect when they stop sinning, there needs to be MORE WORK DONE ON THEM FIRST... and this is what the Word of God says about this work....
Eph 4:11 to 13... And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Eph 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Now I ask you this... how can an apostle make a saint perfect, if he is not perfect himself? And is a person that are made to the fulness of Christ NOT PERFECT... that is like saying Christ is not perfect... BLASPHEMY!
So in this we can see that GOD MADE PAUL A PERFET APOSTLE TO DO WHAT GOD APPOINTED HIM TOO! Perfect the SAINTS!
Now if we find a place where Paul says HE IS NOT PERFECT, then it would be a lie would it not be? We just SAW that Apostles are perfect to do a JOB. But Paul did say... He did not reach it yet.... And you all are under the impression Paul were still sinning, so you believed Paul's LIE... And Paul is VERY upset that you still see him as a SINNER...
Look here!!!!!!!
Romans 3:7.... For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
PLEASE STOP JUDGING PAUL AS A SINNER.. You know not what you do!
Paul did not lie when he said things, He was preaching on the BABE LEVEL of the people on MILK. When he preached to the people on STEAK PAul said... BE PERFECT and be FOLLOWERS OF PAUL.....
Please get this..... Paul even suggested that people should be living like him, and follow his example... So I asked God how can Paul do this... God said...If Paul looks and lives like Jesus, WHY NOT?