So, How so how do we know that the Gospel is true? The illustration above comes from wikipedia and the quote below it is from Paul. The Bible as we know it today if we can trust it has been re-written and tranlated over centuries. And so it gives fodder to those who want to disbelieve it a chance to by the mere fact that perhaps it has been mis-translated and perhaps in error! Not so. As the quote from Galatians states, Paul had to inform the Galatians the "truth" because there were false believers trying to infiltrate the early Church and pervert the Good News. Paul, unlike the other Apostles, who were eyewitness to Jesus's ministry and teachings had to receive it by direct revelation. This in itself must have proved a challenge both for him and his new listeners or should I say new converts. It was precisely because of this fact that Paul was challenged, but in an effort to stand in truth he went to Jerusalem and stood before Peter and the others to explain his burden and his ministry to the Gentiles. He was received and you know the rest.....It is by inspiration men were moved to write down testimony of their Lord and pass it on. It was God who saw to it by the fact that if indeed truth was lost by the many tranlations and oral histories passed down, then we would not have evidence to the fact that the Holy Spirit is still being poured out today in the very same way 2000 years ago. Proof that in essence, nothing has been lost at all, and God is true as is the Gospel. Through cannonization we can trust we have the real McCoy! And we can trust the Holy Spirit, in us as a deposit for us and a helper in our lives and as witness to the truth of Jesus's life and victory over death and sin.
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