Paul's Apostleship....

Here is something I received today... You talk to a lot of folks and like me & may
have had some to talk down about Paul's Apostleship and/or writings.


Bill said "I know that you emphasize Paul's Apostleship, but have you ever
Noticed the particular Greek word in Acts 9:15?"

His wife, being a native of Greece, no doubt was a reason for his awareness of all this.
Now if you have A good concordance follow up on this. I was stunned and so was a
Friend of mine who is a Greek scholar.

In the entire New Testament, the word "chosen" is used 29 times. Most of these used
one of the two Greek words- Either eklegomai, which means to choose- (see
Strong's number 1586] or eklektos, which means to select-[see Strong's number 1588].

But the word chosen in Acts 9:15 is the only time is is ekloge- [see Strong's number 1589]
- which means divinely chosen. Paul alone was divinely chosen to be Christ's spokesman to the
Gentiles.

That is why the Holy Spirit led Paul to write over and over again "be
followers of me". [see I Corinthians 4: 16, I Corinthians 11: 1, Philippians 3: 7&9].

So the next time someone says that emphasizing Paul is wrong or false, we can show them
this article.