I came to the conclusion that Saint Paul is one of the most reprehensible human beings in the world! He claimed to be the CHIEF SINNER so I am not wrong! Luke the Greek writer of "Acts" is making Paul look very bad as a Jew. As a Roman citizen Paul is great bragging before a Heathen ruler about having put an undisclosed number of Jews to death. Then he is telling everybody that he is leaving behind and forgetting all his past. Apparently because he was born again. Finally he is instructing his newly instituted church not to help all the widows that he left behind, but only those good widows who learned to follow him the way he follows in the footsteps of Jesus Christ. I honestly believe that Paul needed to confess his crimes to someone, and he used King Agrippa as a confessor.
Acts 26:10 (NIV) And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the saints (i.e. Jews) in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
Philippians 3:13 (NIV) Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (i.e. Paul, you are admirable! You created a religion that allows you to get away with murder! All it took is to say, "I met Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus…")
1 Timothy 5:9-11 (NIV) No widow (i.e. including the widows that Paul left behind, but of course he forgot) may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband (i.e. especially the husband that Paul had put to death, but of course he forgot), 10 and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children (i.e. including the orphans that he left behind after putting their daddies to death, but of course he forgot), showing hospitality, washing the feet of the saints (i.e. including Paul’s feet, of course, after so much killing) , helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds. 11 As for younger widows (i.e. there must have been some young widows that Paul left behind, but of course he forgot) , do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry (i.e. yeah… isn’t that a shame? Paul was working so hard to kill their husbands and now they want to marry again!).
1 Corinthians 7:8 (NIV) Now to the unmarried and the widows (i.e. including the widows that Paul left behind, but he forgot) I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am (i.e. Paul already had their husbands put to death so NOW it is GOOD for them to say unmarried).
I am talking now about Ms. Steven the widow of Deacon Steven. A Deacon is a married man, actually he is a family man. Ms. Steven is one of the many widows that we know by name that Saint Paul must have left behind after having her husband Steven killed. We don’t know how many children became orphans in this family and were forced to beg for food after Paul had the breadwinner in the house killed. I wonder how many times must Ms. Steven have washed Paul’s feet and used her hair to dry his feet in order to be on "the list" of qualified widows to receive any help. She must have marveled that the man who put her husband to death is now preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. Also, she must have gone bananas with excitement every time she heard that Paul is coming to preach at the local synagogue! "Amen," brother?
Every time I hear of a righteous man dead at the hands of criminals I hurt for the family that is left behind, but Saint Paul is instructing all the assassins in the world to follow in his footsteps as he follows in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, and forget all about it!
1 Corinthians 11:1 (KJV) Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
If Bin Laden were to invite Jesus Christ into his heart the Christians will take him on a preaching tour all over the world. I am not interpreting any parable or hard to guess prophecy in here. I am reading plain English text about real people in the NT.
Acts 26:10 (NIV) And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the saints (i.e. Jews) in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
Philippians 3:13 (NIV) Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (i.e. Paul, you are admirable! You created a religion that allows you to get away with murder! All it took is to say, "I met Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus…")
1 Timothy 5:9-11 (NIV) No widow (i.e. including the widows that Paul left behind, but of course he forgot) may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband (i.e. especially the husband that Paul had put to death, but of course he forgot), 10 and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children (i.e. including the orphans that he left behind after putting their daddies to death, but of course he forgot), showing hospitality, washing the feet of the saints (i.e. including Paul’s feet, of course, after so much killing) , helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds. 11 As for younger widows (i.e. there must have been some young widows that Paul left behind, but of course he forgot) , do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry (i.e. yeah… isn’t that a shame? Paul was working so hard to kill their husbands and now they want to marry again!).
1 Corinthians 7:8 (NIV) Now to the unmarried and the widows (i.e. including the widows that Paul left behind, but he forgot) I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am (i.e. Paul already had their husbands put to death so NOW it is GOOD for them to say unmarried).
I am talking now about Ms. Steven the widow of Deacon Steven. A Deacon is a married man, actually he is a family man. Ms. Steven is one of the many widows that we know by name that Saint Paul must have left behind after having her husband Steven killed. We don’t know how many children became orphans in this family and were forced to beg for food after Paul had the breadwinner in the house killed. I wonder how many times must Ms. Steven have washed Paul’s feet and used her hair to dry his feet in order to be on "the list" of qualified widows to receive any help. She must have marveled that the man who put her husband to death is now preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. Also, she must have gone bananas with excitement every time she heard that Paul is coming to preach at the local synagogue! "Amen," brother?
Every time I hear of a righteous man dead at the hands of criminals I hurt for the family that is left behind, but Saint Paul is instructing all the assassins in the world to follow in his footsteps as he follows in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, and forget all about it!
1 Corinthians 11:1 (KJV) Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
If Bin Laden were to invite Jesus Christ into his heart the Christians will take him on a preaching tour all over the world. I am not interpreting any parable or hard to guess prophecy in here. I am reading plain English text about real people in the NT.
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