We can read about the conversion of Saul after Christ's death and how as Paul he went into the world to start his ministry. While the Watchtower tells us that, "There is abundant evidence that Christ chose a small number of men out of the slave class to serve as the visible Governing Body." [March 15th 1991 Watchtower] Paul has been shown to just ignore this Governing Body and go off on his own without any approval or blessing from this Governing Body.
How could Paul just bypass the authority of the Governing Body and not be brought before them to answer his supposed lack of unanimity?
What would happen if someone just decided they were above the Governing Body and went into all the churches as Paul did and preach their idea of God without studying the GB publications to see what the correct understanding was?
Clearly under today's understanding Paul should have been stopped and controlled, that is stopped, by the Governing Body.
Act 9:20 And immediately he proclaimed Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.
Update:@CF, @teller of truths, Saul was totally against the Way, Christians. The so called [by your society] Governing Body would have [if they existed as a body of any kind] been very much against Saul. As Paul he himself held no regard for any group of men in Jerusalem we can assume that there was no ruling body of any kind anywhere, just the one mediator between God and man, the man Jesus Christ, that had appeared to Saul and it was Christ not some body of men that directed Paul.
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Paul did go to visit Peter and the others, but as a former prosecutor
of christians, Saul was not very favorably received and it was suggested that
he go back to his home and convert pagans to the new church. Non jews
objected to being circumcised to join a church. Paul decided it was not
necessary, thus changing it from a branch of the Jewish religion, the
religion OF Jesus, into a religion ABOUT Jesus!
Christ Jesus himself revealed himself to Paul in a flashing light and commissioned him to be an attendant and a witness of the things he had seen and would yet see. Whereas those with Paul also fell to the ground because of this manifestation and heard the sound of someone speaking, Paul alone understood the words and was blinded, necessitating his being led by the hand to Damascus. (Ac 9:3-8; 22:6-11; 26:12-18) For three days he neither ate nor drank. Then, while praying in the house of a certain Judas at Damascus, Paul, in vision, saw Christ’s disciple Ananias come in and restore his sight. When the vision became reality, Paul was baptized, received holy spirit, partook of food, and gained strength.—Ac 9:9-19.
There is nothing new under the sun, The spirit that was in the Sandhedrin which did
not accept the King of Kings and His authority is still alive in organizations such as
the watchtower. They show themselves to be above the teachings of My God and
Savior and being in the fllesh, they cannnot accept those that are in the spirit and
are revealed through the servant of Christ and show their enmity towards Paul and
deny the authority given by the governing body in the heavens above.
Acts 9,v.15 ; bUT THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM,GO THY WAY;FOR HE IS A
CHOSEN VESSEL UNTO ME TO BEAR MY NAME BEFORE THE GENTILES AND
KINGS,AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
This decision made by the Lord Jesus superceded all earthly powers and governing
bodies and has the seal of God Almighty not to be discussed.and simply obeyed.
The Selection of Paul.
Probably about the year 34 C.E., Saul of Tarsus was converted and is later referred to as Paul. He did become a true apostle of Jesus Christ and was the direct choice of the resurrected and ascended Jesus Christ. (Ac 9:1-22; 22:6-21; 26:12-23; 13:9) He argued on behalf of his apostleship and presented as his qualification the fact that he had seen the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, that he had performed miracles, and that he had served as a channel for imparting the holy spirit to baptized believers. (1Co 9:1, 2; 15:9, 10; 2Co 12:12; 2Ti 1:1, 11; Ro 1:1; 11:13; Ac 19:5, 6) Since the apostle James (the brother of John) was not killed until about the year 44 C.E., “the twelve” were yet alive at the time of Paul’s becoming an apostle. He nowhere includes himself among such “twelve,” while at the same time he acknowledges no inferiority in his apostleship compared with that of such ones.—Ga 2:6-9.
In the Christian Greek Scriptures, we have an outstanding example of godly subjection in the apostle Paul. He imitated his Master, Jesus Christ, in this as he did in all other aspects of his apostolic ministry. (1 Corinthians 11:1) Although Jehovah God used him more mightily than any of the other apostles, Paul never acted independently. Luke tells us that when the question came up as to whether the Gentile converts needed to be circumcised, “they [the brothers at Antioch] arranged for Paul and Barnabas and some others of them to go up to the apostles and older men in Jerusalem regarding this dispute.”—Acts 15:2.
As to Paul’s missionary activity, we are told at Galatians 2:9: “When they came to know the undeserved kindness that was given me, James and Cephas and John, the ones who seemed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of sharing together, that we should go to the nations, but they to those who are circumcised.” Rather than act independently, Paul sought direction.
Similarly, the last time Paul was in Jerusalem, he accepted the counsel given by the elders there in connection with going to the temple and following the procedure of the Law so that all could see that he was not an apostate as far as the Law of Moses was concerned. Since his doing so seemed to end disastrously with a mob being stirred up against him, was his being in subjection to those elders a mistake? By no means, as is evident from what we read at Acts 23:11: “The following night the Lord stood by him and said: ‘Be of good courage! For as you have been giving a thorough witness on the things about me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness in Rome.
Paul was selected by Jesus Christ Himself, no higher authority anywhere.
Jesus said 'I AM the light' and He said 'there is NO other way to the Father
BUT by Me'....so when He did this, He knew what He was doing.
When Saul/Paul went to Damascus, he had been blinded, ...by the light...
and did not eat or drink water for 3 days. He saw IN ...VISION...
a man...Ananias whom Paul requested visit him.
Ananias was visited by God and told to go to Saul.
If you recall, Ananias did not want to go to see Saul,
but he did when told to do this.
The Lord Jesus spoke to Ananias (notice that both Saul
and Ananias knew Who spoke to them)
and in Acts 9:15 & 16, we read:
King James Version (KJV)
15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Saul who became Paul was the one to 'bear the message' to the Gentiles,
and also, notice kings, AND the children of Israel!!
And notice that Jesus said how much Paul would suffer.
Paul did all this without complaint for the rest of his life,
suffering terribly, never giving up.
He brought us the doctrines that Jesus gave him during his
3 YEARS in the desert. The Holy Spirit is able to teach,
instruct, lead, and is God, because the Holy Spirit makes
decisions, is not just some ...force...sent.
Some of the teachings coming from Paul:
The grace of God and spiritual gifts
Faith and its meaning:
Love & its meaning
On resurrection of the dead:
And many more doctrines which virtually complete the good message.
I think he used a magic 8 ball. The very same type they use at the Watchtower society headquarters
"There is abundant evidence that Christ chose a small number of men out of the slave class to serve as the visible Governing Body."
this made me laugh out loud.
Well, since he was of the Elect, why wouldn't he be equal to or part of them?
Jeez
Thinking like that might get you kicked out of your parish.