Chapter 1: The Man Who Completed the Word of God
Why Paul’s Message Still Shocks Religion
Most people in church have heard of Paul. They might remember him as the man who wrote letters in the New Testament or traveled around preaching. What they rarely hear is why Paul’s message is different from everyone else’s—and why it turns religious thinking upside down.
Paul wasn’t one of the twelve disciples who walked with Jesus.
He never followed Christ during His ministry on earth. In fact, Paul (whose name was Saul back then) hunted Christians. He thought he was serving God by destroying this new movement that claimed a crucified man was the Messiah.
And that’s where God did something no one expected—He picked the worst possible candidate to reveal the greatest truth ever told.
“He who set me apart before I was born and called me by His grace was pleased to reveal His Son in me.”
— Galatians 1:15-16
In other bible versions, Paul says that God severs him from his mother’s womb. You see, its God’s delight and decision to choose Paul, not human free-will. This sets the stage.
Paul didn’t study his way into faith or “decide” to change. Christ literally stopped him, blinded him, and revealed Himself from heaven. From that moment on, Paul knew two things:
- Everything he thought he knew about God was wrong.
- God’s plan was far bigger than religion had ever imagined.
Not Another Version of the Same Message
The first thing Paul made clear was this:
“The gospel I preach is not from man, nor was I taught it, but received it by revelation of Jesus Christ.”
— Galatians 1:12
That means Paul’s message didn’t come through the apostles in Jerusalem or any religious chain of command. Jesus, already glorified, revealed it directly.
Traditional Christianity tends to blend everything together—the law of Moses, the teachings of Jesus on earth, and Paul’s letters—as if they all say the same thing. But they don’t.
Jesus and the twelve preached the gospel of the kingdom—repent, be baptized, keep watch, and endure through the coming tribulation so the kingdom of heaven could come to earth.
Paul preached the gospel of grace—that salvation was already finished, completely independent of human effort.
Same Christ, different purposes.
The first message was about what people had to do to enter God’s earthly kingdom.
The second was about what Christ had already done to bring everyone into God’s family.
The Message That Completed Scripture
It’s not that Paul’s message contradicts the words of Jesus, Peter, the prophets, or anyone else in scripture. Paul received a deeper, completed revelation that was a mystery not revealed before. It is a gradual revelation of truth coming from the prophets in which Jesus confirms the patriarchal promises to Israel, then moving towards the full scope of the cross and its accomplishment for the nations, all humanity, all creation, and the consummation of the ages.
Law was primitive and Paul completes what was started by full revelation from the glorified Christ.
Paul went even further. In one of his boldest statements he wrote:
“I have become a servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness—the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages.”
— Colossians 1:25-26
Think about that. Paul didn’t say, “I’m adding my perspective.”
He said, “God gave me the message that completes the Word.”
That’s why there are no new prophets today. Prophets existed because God’s plan wasn’t fully revealed yet. When Paul unveiled the mystery hidden from the ages—that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself—there was nothing left to add. Revelation was complete.
If someone today claims to be a prophet with “new truth,” they’re proving they don’t understand the old one.
Where Religion Misses the Point
Religion can’t stand Paul’s message because it kills its business model.
- Religion says: You have to earn God’s favor.
Paul says: You already have it—because of Christ. - Religion says: Free will decides your destiny.
Paul says: God’s will decides everything. - Religion says: Some are saved and some are lost forever.
Paul says: The same “all” who die in Adam will be made alive in Christ. - Religion says: Keep the rules and maybe you’ll make it.
Paul says: The rules were given to prove you couldn’t make it and to point to Christ.
No wonder Paul was hated by religious leaders then—and ignored by many churches now. His gospel removes every shred of human control and gives the glory back to God.
Grace Without Permission
When God chose Paul, He didn’t ask for permission. He didn’t wait for repentance first. He acted.
Paul was literally fighting against Christ when Christ saved him. That’s grace in its purest form—God doing what He wants, when He wants, for reasons that have nothing to do with human worthiness.
If God could turn a murderer into the writer of half the New Testament, then no one is outside His reach. Not now, not ever.
That’s why Paul’s story is more than a conversion—it’s a pattern. What happened to him will, in time, happen to everyone. The same Christ who revealed Himself to Paul will reveal Himself to all. The same grace that knocked Paul down will raise the whole world up.
Why Paul’s Message Ended Prophecy
Before Paul, prophets spoke because the story was still unfolding.
After Paul, the story was complete.
The Old Testament showed what holiness looked like under law.
The Gospels showed what love looked like in flesh.
Paul’s letters showed what grace looks like in eternity.
That’s the full picture. Everything else is commentary.
Paul didn’t contradict Jesus; he explained what Jesus’ death and resurrection really accomplished. Religion treats the cross as the start of a transaction—God did His part, now we do ours.
Paul said the cross was the end of all transactions. It finished the work forever.
“It is finished.” wasn’t wishful thinking. It was a fact.
The Gospel That Changes Everything
Paul’s gospel is radical because it leaves no middle ground. Either God saves all through Christ or the cross failed.
Either grace is total, or it isn’t grace at all.
That’s why understanding Paul’s message matters—it’s not another opinion within Christianity. It’s the final revelation that exposes what Christianity itself buried under tradition, fear, and control.
When you finally hear Paul’s words for what they are, the pieces fit.
The law makes sense. The cross makes sense. Even suffering and evil make sense—because everything serves the same end: to reveal God’s mercy.
The story doesn’t stop at forgiveness. It ends when every creature that ever existed is made alive in Christ and God becomes all in all.
Summary
Paul wasn’t just another apostle; he was the one through whom God completed His Word. His message wasn’t human wisdom—it was divine revelation.
Religion still resists it because it gives God all the credit.
But in the end, Paul’s gospel will stand, because truth doesn’t need permission to win.
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