πŸ‘‘ A Compelling Reason…

β€œI am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing” (II Cor. 12:11).

The Apostle Paul did not like to β€œglory” orΒ boastΒ about his apostleship. He would much rather spend his time teaching the great truths of the Mystery, and the Word of God, rightly divided. However, the immaturity of the Corinthians β€œcompelled” him to such boasting. They were so impressed with the boasting of the β€œfalse apostles” (11:13) that Paul was forced to speak to them in the only language they seemed to understand–that ofΒ boasting.

Grace believers are often accused of boasting too much about the apostleship of Paul, and to this we plead guilty. We too would much rather spend our time teaching the great truths of the Word of God, rightly divided. However, the sorry state of modern Christianity is such that we too are β€œcompelled” to boast about Paul’s apostleship. The immaturity of contemporary Christianity has caused them to overlook Paul as β€œthe apostle of the Gentiles” (Rom. 11:13), and presents us withΒ a compelling reasonΒ to emphasize his apostleship.

Paul found the Corinthian situation especially disappointing, since as he told them, β€œI ought to have been commended of you.” As the one who had begotten them in the gospel (I Cor. 4:15), they should have been singing the praises of his apostleship, instead of forcing him to defend it. And so it is today. All who are saved in the dispensation of Grace are saved by grace through faith apart from works (Eph. 2:8,9), a gospel that isΒ exclusive to the Apostle Paul. And so in a very real sense, all who are saved today are begotten of the Apostle Paul, and should be singing the praises of his apostleship, instead of forcing us to defend it. source

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