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"I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am THE APOSTLE OF THE GENTILES, I
magnify mine office" (Rom. 11: 13).
"He that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same
was mighty in me towards the Gentiles" (Gal. 2: 8).
"I am ordained a preacher and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ and lie not); a
teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity" (I Tim. 2: 7).
"I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles" (II
Tim. 1: 11).
Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles. And therefore, while all Scripture is profitable,
yet, before we concern ourselves too much with the sin of Israel, or the great tribulation
and other equally important themes, it is incumbent upon us to give due place to the
message of the risen Christ, which He has sent to us through Paul the apostle to the
Gentiles.
"Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision."
"I (Paul) . . . . . a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles" (Rom. 15: 16).
Remember it is not Paul and Paul's ideas that we want. It is still Christ Who speaks,
the difference being that in the Gospels He speaks on earth, while in the Epistles He
speaks from heaven. The human instruments of the earthly ministry were Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John. The human instruments of the heavenly ministry are Peter, Paul,
James, John, Jude, and of these Paul is the apostle to the Gentiles.
A.--I can certainly appreciate better your strong emphasis upon the claims of Paul, and
now I see that in his epistles it is not Paul's opinion I have but still the words of Christ, I
feel that I have possibly neglected a most important part of Holy Scripture.
B.--We will not go further just now. Give the epistles of Paul a careful reading, and
when we meet again you will be the better able to enter into the question of Paul's two-
fold ministry.
#6.
The Appointment of Matthias.
pp. 81 - 84