Within The Bible, there are two categories of speakers. The first and utterly reliable source is Jesus Christ and The Father. The second category is everyone else.
By His own specification in John 12:49, Jesus only spoke The Word of The Father. All other humans in The Bible are at risk for:
1.) Writing things beyond the facts of God's Word.
2.) Mixing their ideas into The Word of God without distinguishing between the two.
3.) Trying to relate the elements of God's Word to their circumstances at hand in a false manner.
4.) Trying to envigorate and embellish what Jesus said with things He did not say.
5.) Filling in the blank spots of their knowledge of God with sensible sounding ideas.
As an example, Jesus never spoke the word "grace," yet Paul alone constantly embellishes this concept. Strangely, Paul never actually gives a working definition of "grace," and his own ungraciousness was at hand when he argued with The Jerusalem Apostles, and when he had destructive contention with his own team members, causing a permanent rift in their ministry.
So, here is a comparison between The Gospel of Jesus, and Paul's ideas.
1.) In The Sermon on the Mount from Matt. 6:14-15 Jesus specifies nobody will be forgiven their sins by The Father unless they first do the work of forgiving all others their sins. Remember, Jesus was speaking to all of humanity, not just to the common Jewish people of His day.
2.) Jesus in Matt. Ch. 19 specifically told the man asking about eternal life to perform the works of keeping the Commandments/Law, and to dispense to the poor all of his wealth.
3.) John 15:14 has Jesus specifying if anyone is to be His friend, they must first do the work of obeying all of His Commands. He does not say people will obey His Commands "because" they are already His friend. This notion is a twisting of both Scripture and of grammatical accuracey.
4.) Matt. Ch. 25 The Parable of The Servants has Jesus throwing into Utter Darkness those who did not do the work of bringing profit from their conferred talents and assests from Jesus.
5.) Jesus in Matt. 7 specifies that only those who do the work of complying with the will of The Father in Heaven will be known by Jesus. The others will be departed from Him into Hell.
Now, just as an example of Paul's ideas upon salvation not spoken of by Jesus, we have Eph. 2:8-9 written by him stating salvation conferring "grace" from God is an unmerited gift apart from any works. So, who is correct? Divine Jesus, or Creative Paul?
By His own specification in John 12:49, Jesus only spoke The Word of The Father. All other humans in The Bible are at risk for:
1.) Writing things beyond the facts of God's Word.
2.) Mixing their ideas into The Word of God without distinguishing between the two.
3.) Trying to relate the elements of God's Word to their circumstances at hand in a false manner.
4.) Trying to envigorate and embellish what Jesus said with things He did not say.
5.) Filling in the blank spots of their knowledge of God with sensible sounding ideas.
As an example, Jesus never spoke the word "grace," yet Paul alone constantly embellishes this concept. Strangely, Paul never actually gives a working definition of "grace," and his own ungraciousness was at hand when he argued with The Jerusalem Apostles, and when he had destructive contention with his own team members, causing a permanent rift in their ministry.
So, here is a comparison between The Gospel of Jesus, and Paul's ideas.
1.) In The Sermon on the Mount from Matt. 6:14-15 Jesus specifies nobody will be forgiven their sins by The Father unless they first do the work of forgiving all others their sins. Remember, Jesus was speaking to all of humanity, not just to the common Jewish people of His day.
2.) Jesus in Matt. Ch. 19 specifically told the man asking about eternal life to perform the works of keeping the Commandments/Law, and to dispense to the poor all of his wealth.
3.) John 15:14 has Jesus specifying if anyone is to be His friend, they must first do the work of obeying all of His Commands. He does not say people will obey His Commands "because" they are already His friend. This notion is a twisting of both Scripture and of grammatical accuracey.
4.) Matt. Ch. 25 The Parable of The Servants has Jesus throwing into Utter Darkness those who did not do the work of bringing profit from their conferred talents and assests from Jesus.
5.) Jesus in Matt. 7 specifies that only those who do the work of complying with the will of The Father in Heaven will be known by Jesus. The others will be departed from Him into Hell.
Now, just as an example of Paul's ideas upon salvation not spoken of by Jesus, we have Eph. 2:8-9 written by him stating salvation conferring "grace" from God is an unmerited gift apart from any works. So, who is correct? Divine Jesus, or Creative Paul?