15 - Paul in Corinth -The Itineraries Of Paul
Paul in Corinth When you say to someone today, “You’re very religious,” to them, that may be a compliment but you know what the word religious means and what religion is. Paul said, “I noticed all these objects of worship, probably more here than any place else in the world. There was one that I was especially interested in; the one that says, ‘to the unknown god.’ That’s the one I want to talk about.” Then he goes into, “God that created the heavens and the earth.” It’s really the Word but he’s not saying, “It says in the Jewish scriptures.” He’s just saying thus and thus happened. These are basic principles with which the Stoicks in particular would agree. The Epicureans would scratch their heads because they believe the world happened by chance. The Stoicks would believe that there was a creator. Then he talks about the times determined before; how God appointed these times by his foreknowledge. He’s talking about God’s foreknowledge. God doesn’t overstep the freedom of will. There’s more that Paul said than what’s recorded here. This is the gist of it; the highlights. It’s the same way with all these messages recorded in here; all lot more things were said. These are the salient facts or truths. He taught them how that by God’s foreknowledge God knew what would happen. That’s close but distinctly independent of Stoick philosophy because they were fatalists. They believed in appointed times but that it’s by fate; that you have no decision. Like the story of Achilles; how he was killed. An arrow or spear hit him in the heel. That was the only vulnerable place he had; the “Achilles heel.” His mother, when he was born, dipped him in pool of protection so you couldn’t wound him in any place except where she held him by his heel. That arrow hit him in the heel only it was determined by fate according to Greek philosophy that that was the moment of his death and therefore if he would have gone to war (which he did) or if he would have stayed home he still would have di
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Tweet Topic: logospedia Format: Mp3 Publication Date: 1976-1977 Walter J. Cummins graduated from the Power for Abundant Class in 1962. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Ohio State University in 1968 and his Master of Education degree in Secondary School Administration in 1978 from Wright State University. He was ordained to the Christian by The Way International in 1968. He has studied at The Way International under Victor Paul Wierwille and K.C.Pillai. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he was director of the Research department of the Way International and served as assistant to the president. PDF AUDIO