[redleghunter]

My point was our minds are not His Mind. God chose Paul to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles and he also preached it to the Jews. My other point is we should not read into it more than what is there.

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But the POINT is, the MIND of GOD HAS been given to us regarding these matters. He SHOWS us HOW to understand WHAT HE HAS SAID. There is no NEED to “read into it more than what is there”, IF what is there is READ and not speculated on. Searching the Scriptures is HOW we know WHAT God DESIRES us to know.

[smvoice]

So, I'll ask again: If Paul was given the same Great Commission as the 12, and he was part of that group of Apostles, why the need for Paul, since Peter and the 11 were ALREADY told to go to all nations?

If Paul was part of the 12, where will he sit in the Kingdom when the 12 are sitting on thrones with Christ, judging the 12 Tribes of Israel (Matt.19:28)?? Will Paul just pull up a stool and sit with them? Will Paul even HAVE a throne or a stool in the Kingdom?

THese are all questions that NEED to be answered if you believe Paul was counted with Peter and the 11. And that he shared the same commission as Peter and the 11. IF he shared the same commission, and he was an Apostle, then he should be sitting on a throne with them in the Kingdom. Right?