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Paul was a hired hand to police the christians who under Jewish law was commiting blasphomey everyday coz they didnt reconize Jesus was the messiah... so under Jewish law they had policemen or guards or prison officers... call them what you like..

paul was one of theese people and not a murderer.. your totaly wrong about this billy..
 

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Paul was working as a goverment official for the romans... His job was no diffrent to police men who lock people up go to court and give a statement that gets the prisoner exercuted.... is this murder too ?
Nonsense. Paul was acting for the High Priest and the other priests. In God's eyes it WOULD be murder.
 

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Are you sure your a teacher coz you need to know not to teach untruths. ? not that i say youve done it deliberately but you should know better if your a teacher ?
Never said I was a teacher and this is not the first time you have said this and it's not the last time I will say it.

I am not a teacher.

But yes because of what I say I am teaching and so are you based on what you say.

So I see from your above post you are saying I am a false teacher because I teach lies.

Jimbo my friend you have just upset a friend.

I hope I have walked with you and talked with you. Chew the cud ask questions, agree to disagree but I can't recall I have ever accused you of what you have now accused me off.

very sad
 
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Never said I was a teacher and this is not the first time you have said this and it's not the last time I will say it.

I am not a teacher.

But yes because of what I say I am teaching and so are you based on what you say.

So I see from your above post you are saying I am a false teacher because I teach lies.

Jimbo my friend you have just upset a friend.

I hope I have walked with you and talked with you. Chew the cud ask questions, agree to disagree but I can't recall I have ever accused you of what you have now accused me off.

very sad
I think that this is three times you have not handled me verry well at all.. it ok really i understand you still have growing to do as so do i...

But anyways chewing the cud and all that.. im not a horse or a cow.. i dont chew grass but i do like to chew on fruit pastel or two from God..

And i dont like to be called a liar either billy so why would i call you one ?..

I said what you are saying is a lie..

This is correction not stoning billy lad unlike how you have just stoned me..
 
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Nonsense. Paul was acting for the High Priest and the other priests. In God's eyes it WOULD be murder.
Law of any goverment enforcement.... if a goverment official (paul a hired hand)... does not do his duty or compramises there values... they are most likely to be imprisoned or sacked or even taken out... depending on the severity...

Paul was doing his Job for the jewish king whoever that Jewish king was at the time..or shall i say the Jewish elders..
 
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The tradition Of Jewish law.. to stone to death those who sin..


Tradition of christian law from Jesus was let he who is without sin cast the first stone. (none did) stoning is not the answer here..

In a nut shell the father may not have came up witht the idea stoning people to Death..... This could be a man made tradition... thoughts please squire...

And could you see that if paul never performed his duty for the jewish law he may well have been stoned to death to ?
 

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I think that this is three times you have not handled me verry well at all.. it ok really i understand you still have growing to do as so do i...

But anyways chewing the cud and all that.. im not a horse or a cow.. i dont chew grass but i do like to chew on fruit pastel or two from God..

And i dont like to be called a liar either billy so why would i call you one ?..

I said what you are saying is a lie..

This is correction not stoning billy lad unlike how you have just stoned me..
Ok Jimbo, your way.

Seems an impasse here.

Lets leave it at that.

Just to say chew the cud is to discuss.

Let me know how on 3 occasions I have not handled you well, if I agree I will say sorry, also when I have called you a liar I will also apologise along with how I have just stoned you and will apologise.

wanting to walk with you and talk with as I said I seek I can't see how I fall foul of your accusation.

Let me know.
 
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You could also look at this billy lad as unwilful law and maybe God saw that paul didnt much like his Job anymore..
 

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I think that this is three times you have not handled me verry well at all.. it ok really i understand you still have growing to do as so do i...

But anyways chewing the cud and all that.. im not a horse or a cow.. i dont chew grass but i do like to chew on fruit pastel or two from God..

And i dont like to be called a liar either billy so why would i call you one ?..

I said what you are saying is a lie..

This is correction not stoning billy lad unlike how you have just stoned me..
Pffft, if you call what Bill said to you a stoning, you are more than a few bricks short of a full load :p
 

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You could also look at this billy lad as unwilful law and maybe God saw that paul didnt much like his Job anymore..
Yep when Jesus called him and saved him, before that he hated Jesus FULL STOP
 

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The tradition Of Jewish law.. to stone to death those who sin..


Tradition of christian law from Jesus was let he who is without sin cast the first stone. (none did) stoning is not the answer here..

In a nut shell the father may not have came up witht the idea stoning people to Death..... This could be a man made tradition... thoughts please squire...

And could you see that if paul never performed his duty for the jewish law he may well have been stoned to death to ?
Not really because Paul prided himself with upholding the law so no need to be stoned.
He persecuted Jesus/Christians because they were considered blasphemous
 
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Ok Jimbo, your way.

Seems an impasse here.

Lets leave it at that.

Just to say chew the cud is to discuss.

Let me know how on 3 occasions I have not handled you well, if I agree I will say sorry, also when I have called you a liar I will also apologise along with how I have just stoned you and will apologise.

wanting to walk with you and talk with as I said I seek I can't see how I fall foul of your accusation.

Let me know.
You strike me as some one who is verry sencertive and highly to much though of as higher standard than us brits.... what you dont realise billy lad is that i am just as nutty as you at times and i believe that us brits wared and beat you scots many times along with your buddies the vikings...


Not to mention the threat from france germany and the rest of the wannabies who thought they could conquer england..:)


anyways god bless ya billy..
 
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Yep when Jesus called him and saved him, before that he hated Jesus FULL STOP
paul hated blashomey along with all the other jews..... paul Got saved didnt he ?

WHAT WAS THE WORDS jESUS SAID TO PAUL..?

HE SAID PAUL WHY DO YOU PERSACUTE ME.....

did god say why have you killed so many christians..?
 
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Its not i dont think anything diffrent of paul for this but he did struggle with sin and no doubt rebuke..

even to the point where he probbly called his best mates liars too... (does this mean that paul was a bad man ?.. or does he maybe just need to understand truth with heart better ?
 

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You strike me as some one who is verry sencertive and highly to much though of as higher standard than us brits.... what you dont realise billy lad is that i am just as nutty as you at times and i believe that us brits wared and beat you scots many times along with your buddies the vikings...


Not to mention the threat from france germany and the rest of the wannabies who thought they could conquer england..:)


anyways god bless ya billy..
Secretive? Look at all my posts. Is that secretive?

Am I a higher standard than because I'm Scottish? We banter but you seem to take it personally and lump me in with the rest.

This is going to upset you and I will try to convey it in love.

You are starting to walk in the ways of everything you have said you despise on this thread.
Name calling, accusations and so on.

I didn't see this in the JIMBO I first saw, the Jimbo who I have PM'd.

Just so you know I'm not attacking you.

God bless you as well Jimbo
 
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Law of any goverment enforcement.... if a goverment official (paul a hired hand)... does not do his duty or compramises there values... they are most likely to be imprisoned or sacked or even taken out... depending on the severity...

Paul was doing his Job for the jewish king whoever that Jewish king was at the time..or shall i say the Jewish elders..
My impression of Paul he felt he was doing the just thing under the Jewish law.
Christians were just another group of blasphemers who he wanted to deal with.
The High Priest liked him and agreed to give him letters to arrest more followers.
They rightly saw this sect as a serious threat to the very existance of Israel.

But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
1 tim 1:13-14

Paul pointed to his heart state, that he thought christians were wrong when they were not.
He knew why he was doing it and never did he hate believers, he just felt they were wrong.
 
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One of the things we learn from sauls conversion to paul...is that the things He did beforehand, including the persecution of the church is an example for sinners to be saved and converted, its one of the main themes of pauls ministry and Life. the things behind dont matter, paul was certainly guilty by his own repeated admissions, yet Christ Jesus saved and converted Him to a man of God, who walked in the truth and light. which is a good pattern for all of us to follow, whether we have been a terrible sinner, or whether we never strayed far into darkness, we can all be saved and made into new people. i think God renamed paul and some others to further the idea " I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but christ lives in me"

paul went from a persecutor of the church and proud of it, to a man who lived his daily life suffering persecutions greater than we will ever know for the church all because Jesus arrived on the scene in pauls heart. Those things behind us are gone, and the things before us should be our sight.

1 timothy 1 :12-16 "And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 16Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. "
 
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My impression of Paul he felt he was doing the just thing under the Jewish law.
Christians were just another group of blasphemers who he wanted to deal with.
The High Priest liked him and agreed to give him letters to arrest more followers.
They rightly saw this sect as a serious threat to the very existance of Israel.

But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
1 tim 1:13-14

Paul pointed to his heart state, that he thought christians were wrong when they were not.
He knew why he was doing it and never did he hate believers, he just felt they were wrong.
And may i say verry well said my mate...


He recieved grace coz i think on his way to dimascus he maybe seeked Jesus.. but paul i believe was ignorant of his beliefs in the sence he followed Jewish law..that was his real crime... ignorance of opening up the heart to Jesus to see if he is real..they didnt even want to try until they saw so many die for him..