Because I Feel Like It. Any Issues With It?
Boy you're a cranky one.
Out of the more than 12, the Lord choose 12. So, what's your problem? I don't see any.
My point was that there is a ONE-to-ONE relationship between the apostles that will judge Israel and the tribes.
Why would this be a problem to you?
It's not a problem for me. It's an observation that the Lord Jesus told them that they would be judging Israel (12 on 12).
Good.
And that is why PETER did not preach to any Gentile either, right?
And that is why PETER did not eat with any Gentiles either, right?
Because that's the way that the Lord Jesus Christ instructed them.
Israel was to be a nation of priests to the rest of the world.
:think: What was the Great Commission given to ALL the Disciples NOT only the inner circle of the 12 --- Andrew, Bartholomew or Nathanael, James the Elder, James the Lesser or Younger, John, Jude or Thaddeus, Matthew or Levi, Peter or Simon Peter, Philip, Simon the Zealot, Thomas, Judas (REPLACED by Matthias NOT Paul):
Firstly, the term "Great Commission" is another classic example of "Churchianity".
Secondly, He gave that commission ONLY to the eleven!
Mat 28:16-20 KJV Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. (17) And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. (18) And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. (19) Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: (20) Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Matthew 28:16-20 "...Therefore go [you all Disciples NOT Paul] and make disciples [of ONLY Israel? NO] of ALL nations [NOT just Israel], baptizing them [NOT just those of Israel] in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them [of ALL the nations, NOT only Israel] to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Once again, Jesus told THEM this. And this included (per "teach them to obey
ALL things I have commanded"), the law of Moses.
Mat 23:1-3 KJV Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, (2) Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: (3) All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
Any difference about what Paul preached? Yes, Paul received the same information that the Lord had given to the more than 12, had difficulty with it just the same as the more than 12 (Romans 7); then finally understood what the Lord told him (Romans 6), and Paul ran with it.
Paul taught many things that God revealed to him. Many of these things were not revealed before. This is one of the reasons that Paul stresses his apostleship and the DIRECT revelations from God.
And Praise be to our Lord Jesus Christ that Paul did ran with it, or you, and I, would have never had had the opportunity to hear about Jesus Christ and what He did at the Cross of Calvary for the whole of humanity.
Paul is the PATTERN for today:
1Ti 1:16 KJV Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
PATTERN and HEREAFTER are just too clear to miss, but far too many do anyway.
