Some people who were in ministry with Paul also turned back to the world also (e.g., Alexander the Coppersmith in 2 Timothy 4:14). Was Paul's gospel, or Paul himself somehow deficient because of the choices of his disciples? Many throughout history begin well, some even preaching and ministering but for one reason or another they turn aside from their mission and abandon Christ. Are you claiming that those who take up their cross to follow Christ will always do so?
Jesus hand picked Judas and sent him out with the others to do whatever they did. Judas loved money and in the end those thorns choked the word and destroyed the life within him. Doesn't this sound like a modern story? Modern day textual scholar Bart Eerman was originally a believer. Now he tries to use his knowledge to refute the scriptures. What's your point? Is it just the shock value of getting to say "St. Judas" as if one could call an apostate "holy" AFTER his apostasy
As I have read your posts it seems to me that you want every part of the synoptics to be a full statement of the Truth when Jesus' death. burial, Resurrection and Ascension do not occur until the very end. Altogether the events of Jesus life, Who He was, What He said, What He did comprise are the Story of Redemption which is the seed bed of all truth but the revelation was not complete until the last chapter.His final work on the cross could not be revealed before the hour for "if the devil had known what Jesus was going to do he would no have crucified Him"
BTW it is the almost unanimous opinion among scholars, conservative and otherwise, that 1 Cor. 15:1-4 is an early creed that was in existence before Paul's conversion and was passed down to him orally. It verifies that the earliest beliefs of the Church included the resurrection (among other things). So what you say is Pauline was actually taught to him
I don't know what you believe about the Kingdom so you will have to explain
Did our hero answer his own "argument?" Nope.
"Another group did too - the heretical Marcionites of the Second Century. They believed that God had
revealed to Paul through visions another gospel different from the one proclaimed by the Twelve.....As you say, if Paul had received some new revelation they disciples would have been in no position to judge it since
the only gospel they knew was the one taught to them by Jesus."-you
Show us where the 12, prior to the death, burial, resurrection, ever preached this "the only gospel they knew taught to them by Jesus," preaching:
"Christ is going to die for your sins....be buried.....rise again......Believe this good news to be saved............"
= 1 Cor. 15:1-4 KJV.
Go ahead and assert, on record, that Judas, one of "the Twelve," preached this "gospel," as Paul identified in 1 Cor. 15:1-4 KJV. And tell us the content of "the gospel of the kingdom," tying it to 1 Cor. 15:1-4 KJV.
"Jesus hand picked Judas and sent him out with the others to do whatever they did. Judas loved money and in the end those thorns choked the word and destroyed the life within him. Doesn't this sound like a modern story? Modern day textual scholar Bart Eerman was originally a believer. Now he tries to use his knowledge to refute the scriptures.
What's your point?"-you
If you knew your own "argument," you'd know the point. You "argue" that the 12 preached the 1 Cor. 15:1-4 KJV good news/gospel. Thus, you "argue" that Judas also preached:
"Christ is going to die for your sins....be buried.....rise again......Believe this good news to be saved............"
-That is satanic
-No scripture says the 12, or the Lord Jesus Christ, preached 1 Cor. 15:1-4 KJV prior to the dbr. And yet, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 12, including Judas, preached "the gospel of the kingdom."
Thus, the good news of 15:1-4 KJV, is not equivalent to "the gospel of the kingdom."
If you cannot see that "point," have a seat, until I call on you again.
Dig? Good.