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To: tired&retired
I would learn far more from Jesus than Paul writing about Jesus. But the more sources I can get the better my understanding becomes.

That doesn't make any sense...Jesus never wrote anything...Everything in the red letters in the Gospels are 2nd hand information just as is the writing of Paul...

The Gospels are no more authoritative than the epistles...

67 posted on 02/24/2014 10:25:44 PM PST by Iscool (Ya mess with me, you mess with the WHOLE trailer park...)
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To: Iscool

The Gospels are no more authoritative than the epistles...

While both are fabulous, I give a bit more credibility to the scriptures that were heard directly as Jesus was teaching during His time in a physical body on earth. Those words are the red letter words.

Paul did not meet Jesus while He was alive. Everything Paul received was through his connection with Jesus by going within, by reading the Gospels, or by speaking with people who heard Jesus first hand. Thus Paul’s writings do not include read letter words. While Paul’s writings were divinely inspired, I am not sure he was always a pure channel of Jesus’ thoughts as often Paul’s personal bias from formerly being a Pharisee came through. However, he also had great insights from Jesus that Jesus had not shared while in the physical body. Remember Jesus originally thought that His ministry was only for the Jews and His realization changed during His life.


72 posted on 02/25/2014 4:23:44 AM PST by tired&retired
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