You don't know the scriptures or are you deliberately saying they don't say what they say.
John 10:18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."
The son is the Word of God and was always with God and was God.
This copied and pasted post below is from another thread for your benefit.
No need for apologies. My reply was too sparse.
I see your point of view, but given that such a fantastic thing had happened, I'd be wanting to write down everything. Then again, none of the gospels were written until the twelve started to get old and worry about dying (although it's possible that Paul had Luke write up his Gospel).
I believe that is an assumption based on Biblical scholars by how old the earliest manuscripts were, but just because they have no evidence of earlier manuscripts, it does not mean there weren't any. Probably just got worn out from use and then replaced with a copy. One indication of this is how Paul testified in
2 Corinthians 12:1-4 KJV indirectly of the apostle John and the Book of Revelation as being written before his second epistles to the Corinthians.
When they started sending letters to churches like they did in Acts 15, I would believe they would have written or have started writing the gospels. Indeed, Luke writing the Book of Acts would strongly suggest the gospel of Luke was written before that history of the early church in Acts. The way the book of Acts ended was to validify Paul for what God was sending him for unto the Gentiles as well as validify that the gospel is indeed being sent to the Gentiles for others that should be led by the Lord to do.
Acts 28: 25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, 26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: 27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. 29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves. 30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
I am not sure what span of years that Luke recorded the Book of Acts for by citing the history of the early church from Pentecost before writing it, but there is nothing to suggest that the gospel of Luke was not written earlier, but strongly indicated as just written before the Book of Acts. But we will know for sure when we come face to face with the Lord in Heaven.
Disagree... Acts 10. Even claimed by Peter in Acts 15.
(Acts 15:7 KJV) And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Well, following a mandate does not mean there were no other outreach to the Gentiles.
Obviously, as you've shown, there was contention -
(Galatians 2:7 KJV) But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
I believe the actual contention was when Peter had seen believers converted from Judaism coming into fellowship, he separated himself from the Gentiles in sitting with the former Jews at their table or wherever, thus behaving like a Jew that separate themselves from Samaritans as well as Gentiles.
But there was no contention about Paul going to the Gentiles with the gospel as Peter was to the Jews as their primary mission sent by the Lord.
Other than Paul's claim, we have no second witness, but Peter's claim was left unchallenged (though Jame's viewpoint held sway in Acts 15).
Luke's writing the Book of Acts serves as a witness in gathering witnesses accounts, but for what Paul was writing, example is from his second epistles to the Corinthians...
2 Corinthians 13:1This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
There would be 2 or 3 witnesses in that church at Corinth to confirm that this would be the third time Paul would be coming unto them just as his epistles to the Galatians would confirm that event he is writing about in that epistle.
But Paul had his publicist. Peter did not.
Peter did confirm Paul's writings on par with the rest of scripture.
2 Peter 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
So Peter validify Paul's epistles, including the one to the Galatians.
Somewhere between Acts 10 and Acts 15, James (brother of Jesus) rose to preeminence in the church at Jerusalem (likely by appeal to blood right) and swayed the church back into being "zealous for the law," but I am reluctant to cast Peter in the role of unfaithful servant (as Paul had).
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As Peter did validify Paul's epistles as well as Luke's account regarding Paul sent to the Gentiles at the ending of the Book of Acts 28th chapter, then for James to have offered the right hand of fellowship to Paul as reported by Paul in that epistle of Galatians, there can be no other gospel for why many believers are reading & applying the words of James's "faith without works being dead" wrongly as if James was inferring works are required for salvation in Christ Jesus.
That would be contrariwise to everything Paul has written in Romans as if they spoke a different gospel and did not have the right hand of fellowship in that epistles to the Galatians.
Romans 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Paul touched on a believer not working for how he was saved earlier in comparing to how Abraham was not justified by works but for believing in God.
Romans 4:1What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? 2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. 3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Those who look to works to accompany and to obtain their salvation are doing so out of debt and denying that they are saved for simply believing in Jesus Christ. We are to follow Him & abide in His words as His disciples in bearing fruit to avoid the consequence of being cut off ( see verse 6 in John 15:1-8 KJV & Luke 12:40-49 KJV ) from the first fruits of the resurrection for being workers of iniquity ( Luke 13:24-30 ) and thus being damned as vessels unto dishonor in His House, vessels of wood & earth, but still in His House ( 2 Timothy 2:18-21 & Matthew 5:19 ), testifying to the power of God in salvation for all those that believe in Him, even in His name. John 1:12-13 KJV
And that is why James words "faith without works being dead" was only pertaining to faith in God to provide that requires the church that share that faith TO the poor to lead by example in the eyes of the poor.
Otherwise, by misapplying James words, then James & Paul are preaching a different gospel and there can be no right hand of fellowship coming out of that.
P.S. Will be sharing this post in another thread also. FYI