Sublime

So, then I ask again, is Paul the teacher of Balaam's doctrines who put a stumbling block before Israel and taught Israel to eat meat sacrificed to idols and to commit idolatry? Paul’s own words seem to indicate he taught that very thing!

The Disciple’s Rights Don’t we have the right …? I have not used any of these rights. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:4, 15

9David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘David seeks to do you harm’? 10This very day your eyes have seen how the LORD gave you into my hand in the cave; and some urged me to kill you, but I spared[137] you. I said, ‘I will not raise my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD’s anointed.’ 11See, my father, see the co

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13Under their command was an army of three hundred seven thousand five hundred, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

1 Chronicles 12 The following are those who came to David at Ziklag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul son of Kish; they were among the mighty warriors who helped him in war. 2They were archers, and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right hand or the left; they were Benjaminites, Saul’s kindred. 3The chief was A

will examine in greater detail later. Paul frequently boasts that he is more worthy and of greater importance than the other apostles while asserting that he himself is an apostle by divine appointment.