Cheryl

Don,

“Paul wrote Scripture, so signs and wonders help confirm him as speaking for God as God did things thru him. If anyone today would claim to write Scripture, I would expect similar signs and wonders as part of the confirmation.”

What miracles and signs and wonders did Luke do?

Miracles with signs and wonders was not a requirement for writing scripture. Paul didn’t use it to prove that he wrote scripture. He used it to prove that he was an apostle of Jesus Christ.

The apostles thought that the replacement apostle had to be with them from the beginning because it had to be someone who was given as a witness to the resurrection. They had no idea at that point that Jesus could call Paul into heaven to witness his resurrection and learn from him as they had learned from Jesus. but Jesus picked Paul anyway as a witness for the resurrection. I believe that Jesus’ choice stands. I don’t think that you answered the following questions:

1. Why does Paul appeal to the fact that he saw the resurrected Christ as necessary for him being an apostle?

2. Why does Paul appeal to the fact that he had the necessary “signs and wonders” of a true apostle?
   The questions have to do with Paul being an apostle, not about writing scripture.

I know these are hard questions. I admit that. But I do believe they deserve to be answered. They are very important to me.

Blessings,
Cheryl