See Acts 9:1-9 for more info on the relationship we have discussed.
Ok I do take back what I said when I said he never met Jesus/God. I always learned that this was an Angel that he met, not the Lord. But my point still remains the same: Paul didn't get any instruction from Jesus, nor did he follow him or even see him in action. All of Paul's religious insight was from the teachings of the Temple, which was mostly Mosaic Law. The Mosaic Law doesn't pertain to anyone today as the new covenant in Christ absolves all of that petty nonsense. Paul had good intentions, but his letters remain just that, his letters. They are his opinion and are written to certain churches regarding issues that that particular church was having. Everyone has their own opinion and treating Paul's letters as if they are divine is pretty much the same as just worshipping him. Billy Graham has great intentions too, but I certainly am not going to take everything that he has and ever will say as sacred. He's just human like the rest of us.
Concerning your second pt... pls see www.godlovestheworld.com... and you'll realize none of us, unforgiven, is any better then the fallens ones...
I looked at this website and it is very Southern Baptist Convention in it's description of salvation. This website is saying that unless you pray a certain prayer, you have no salvation. I kinda disagree with that. We all fall short and there is absolutely nothing any of us can do to "earn" or "obtain" salvation. It is by God's grace alone that we are saved. God knows our hearts and minds so I find it a little silly to think that if you are a believer of him you have to pray a certain prayer of admittance for him to recognize it.
I'm not sure that the actual act of Jesus' death is what offers forgiveness in itself. God created everything and so he can create the rules. I don't see why he would make himself die for forgiveness to be possible. I think that Jesus dying was to show us that he loves us so much that he is willing to die for us. I think that perhaps his death was to make us wake-up and realize that he is serious about us and wants to forgive us.


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