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1) We’re not discussing the Johanine epistles. We’re discussing the Johanine gospel. Completely different documents. Can’t mush them together and maintain coherency. Let’s stick with the topic, shall we?
How do you see Paul's gospel differing form that of Mathew, Mark, Luke, or John?
Paul is very early, without benefit of connected stories of Jesus, without benefit of a developed Christology. Paul’s largely figuring it out as he goes.
Eph 3:1-5,
You’re off base here.
Paul preceded the gospel writers, and it’s likely Paul did not know them, so it’s quite likely they didn’t know what was in his head.
Jesus died before Paul’s conversion. Paul never met a Jesus.
Obviously not, which is why Paul didn’t have such a tool.
I’m not asking for spiritual direction; my spiritual formation is well established and already in well-qualified hands.
Really? How so? Specifics please.
So you don't believe what Paul said in Timothy?
I know you are not asking. You don't have the humility to do that.
Oh boy, they'll be yet more uninformed brothers and sisters after you're done. Yikes!
If you need that much instruction, sign up for a class in biblical studies. Judging by your post here, you need way more than a simple post can cover.
First of all, It’s the consensus of scholars that Paul didn’t write 2 Timothy.
No, I have the good boundaries not to ask someone I don’t know on the internet.
Since you’re not an authority on theology, exegetics, or homiletics, and not remotely involved with my judicatory, your response here serves no useful purpose other than to make you appear either immature, insincere, or both.
The reason I said what I said is because you are telling seeking people that the scriptures are not really inspired by God, but that each man wrote what he thought in himself. You appear to not believe either 2 Peter 1:21 or 2 Timothy 3:16.
Nope. That’s not what I said. The problem is, you seem to have this erroneous belief that “inspired” = “dictation.”
I believe they speak to what they are speaking to. They’re just not speaking to what you think they’re speaking to.
That’s not truth, however.
It’s people like yourself, however, who idolize the texts and twist them into something they are not, and were never intended to be. I pray that I make your “job” much, much, much more difficult, because you’re misleading people. Please stop playing at “Bible Scholar.” If you haven’t been to law school, you can’t play lawyer. If you haven’t been to medical school, you can’t play doctor. If you haven’t been through post-graduate biblical studies, you can’t play bible teacher.
Right back at ya.
Our country is in such bad shape because we have a baboon of a president who fosters division, hatred, entitlement, and self-aggrandizement over social responsibility.