Originally posted by Darfius
What are you getting at? Quit leading me around my the nose and just tell me, please.

where did Paul get the authority to alter Christ's message ?

Originally posted by frogstomp
where did Paul get the authority to alter Christ's message ?

Where did he alter it?

Originally posted by Darfius
Where did he alter it?

I asked you first .
not a good idea having two questions hanging.

Originally posted by frogstomp
I asked you first .
not a good idea having two questions hanging.

I can't answer your question if I don't agree with it.

Originally posted by Darfius
I can't answer your question if I don't agree with it.

If that was a question that "begs the question" , I could see your point, however, since it isn't I can't. Maybe I should have simply asked :
Does Paul have the authority to alter Christ's message?

That includes adding to it and/or subtracting from it.

Originally posted by frogstomp
If that was a question that "begs the question" , I could see your point, however, since it isn't I can't. Maybe I should have simply asked :
Does Paul have the authority to alter Christ's message?

That includes adding to it and/or subtracting from it.

Paul had the authority from Christ Himself to preach His message.

Originally posted by Darfius
Paul had the authority from Christ Himself to preach His message.

I narrowed the question down to a precice definition , really a Yes he did or No he didnt. and your answer seems more like you're trying to answer the first question that you couldnt answer because you didn't agree with it
So I'm really still waiting for your answer to the second one.

Originally posted by Darfius
Paul had the authority from Christ Himself to preach His message.

How do you know this? Because Paul said so? Or do you have something more concrete?

Is it the same authority that Darfius has to preach your god's message?

Originally posted by Maustrauser
How do you know this? Because Paul said so? Or do you have something more concrete?

Is it the same authority that Darfius has to preach your god's message?

I know because Peter verified it and because everything Paul preached agrees with what Jesus preached and what the OT says.

I have the authority to share God's Word to the nations.

Originally posted by frogstomp
I narrowed the question down to a precice definition , really a Yes he did or No he didnt. and your answer seems more like you're trying to answer the first question that you couldnt answer because you didn't agree with it
So I'm really still waiting for your answer to the second one.

If you're asking did Paul have the authority to preach something Jesus would not have agreed with, then no, he didn't. The Holy Spirit told Paul all he needed to preach.

Originally posted by Darfius

I have the authority to share God's Word to the nations.[/b]

Who gave you that authority? Was it your god? Did he appear to you in a dream, or on a mountain? Or do you have that authority because a book says you have that authority?

Originally posted by Maustrauser
Who gave you that authority? Was it your god? Did he appear to you in a dream, or on a mountain? Or do you have that authority because a book says you have that authority?

The Bible and the Holy Spirit.

Originally posted by Darfius
If you're asking did Paul have the authority to preach something Jesus would not have agreed with, then no, he didn't. The Holy Spirit told Paul all he needed to preach.

That isnt what Im asking , Im asking a lot more simple a question. Simply : Did Paul have the authority to vary Christ's message?

Originally posted by frogstomp
That isnt what Im asking , Im asking a lot more simple a question. Simply : Did Paul have the authority to vary Christ's message?

Paul did not have the authority to preach something contradictory to Christ's message.

Originally posted by Darfius
Paul did not have the authority to preach something contradictory to Christ's message.

Vary?