We Muslims have nothing against peter or James. But we have all the reservations against paul who was an utter enemy of Jesus. He had not spent even one day in the company of Jesus. How come he became the greatest disciple. Most of bibleNT belongs to paul, not to jesus.
Christians are indeed acting on the advice of Jesus i.e. Love thy enemy.
(Don’t you love your enemies?)
Um, actually your statement is extremely illogical. If you are referring to time spent with Jesus when He was on this earth fulfilling His mission before He ascended into heaven, then you are correct in stating that St. Paul was not in his company.
So what? You can say the same thing about anyone who was born after Jesus ascended into heaven. Are you saying that St. Paul couldn’t love, trust, honor, and follow Jesus? Why couldn’t he?
I love, trust, honor, and follow Jesus. Are you saying it’s impossible for me to do so? Look at all the Christians in these forums. Every single one of them is following Jesus.
You are correct when you state that Paul was an utter enemy of Jesus. He hated Jesus. He did everything he could to discredit Jesus.
That is, until Jesus called to him and said "Paul, Paul, why are you persecuting me??
I have a strong feeling that you won’t bother reading what I am posting next, but I’m going to post it anyway. Why don’t you actually try to read it?
"And Saul, as yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, and asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues: that if he found any men and women of this way, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. And as he went on his journey, it came to pass that he drew nigh to Damascus; and suddenly a light from heaven shined round about him.
And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Who said: Who art thou, Lord? And he: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad. 6 And he trembling and astonished, said: Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?
[Acts 9:1-6, Douay-Rheims Bible]
And from that time on, Paul (Saul is another spelling of his name) followed Jesus, defended Jesus, taught about Jesus.
That is the Word of God. That is TRUTH. And it shows more than Paul (Saul) being converted. It shows that JESUS IS GOD.
Peace and joy to all!
