Jael, where did I confuse you? I was simply trying to show that if a person claims to follow Paul the apostle, then he/she has to logically follow Christ. If he/she does not, then they are not following Paul who was himself a Christian as shown in Acts. For those wondering what a Christian really is, you have to go to where it all began.
Girlinteruppted, Chiristians, in the original sence, followed Christ. His teachings are in our Bible today. The original term of Christian came from not believers. It was meant to be used to make fun of and be a put down (which it still is used as today) to those that followed Christ. In answer to your question, yes we believe Paul. Yes we believe the Bible. Yes we believe God. They all say the same thing. In my above post, the apostle Paul outlines what a Christian is. There are many other verses that concure with what Paul says, both from Paul himself and other Biblical authors.
Og, I agree that Paul's letters were written to specific people and churches, but the priciples behind the applications that Paul gives to them still apply to us today. Sex outside of marriage could be detremental back then and it still can be that way today. Paul did write most of the New Testament and his teachings should shape Christianity today, but that is only because Christ gave him the authority. He was not one of the original apostles (some think that he was suppossed to be the one that God chose to replace Judas, but the other 11 jumped the gun), but Christ gave him that authority after his conversion. |