Galatians 1:1 – Dr. Bill Stephenson

1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

Paul was not a man appointed apostle, he was God appointed. This word apostle means “delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders.” Man did not send Paul forth, only God. It is important to note that God the Father raised His Son Jesus Christ from the dead. The word dead here in Greek means “destitute of life, without life, inanimate, spiritually dead.” We were in union with His death, burial, suffering, and resurrection. Keep that in mind throughout your Christian life. You do not have a life anymore, it all begins and ends in God. Christ is now our very life.

“Paulaus, an apostle, not of the sons of humanity, not through the hands of the sons of humanity — but through the hands of Yah Shua the Meshiah and God the Father who raised him from the house of the dead.” (Aramaic New Covenant – used by permission)

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