Volume 2 · CenteredLesson 14About 23 minutes

Paul and the First Churches

When you hear a verse quoted, do you know whether it was Jesus, or someone writing about him?

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The center · Matthew 10:24

²⁴“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

Much of what is preached on Sunday comes from Paul. Saved by faith alone. Wives, be subject to your husbands. The wages of sin. All good, it is said, because it is all the Bible. Paul wrote more of the New Testament than anyone, and many Christians quote him more often than the one he followed.

Paul is a gift to the church, and nothing here asks you to set him aside. It asks a simpler question: when Paul and Jesus are both in front of you, who comes first? You don't need anyone's permission to answer that the way Paul himself did.