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Paul's Identity and the Pattern of True Words
Neville asserts that Paul's letters contain the 'pattern of true words'—the only way to the Father—and that these letters chronologically precede the…
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So, when Paul writes his letter to Timothy, he says, “Hold fast to the pattern of true words which you have heard from me.” (II Timothy 1:13, RSV) I have given you the pattern of the true words. Now, read his letters, because they came first in the Bible. They preceded the Gospels – preceded everything else in the New Testament. They came first by twenty-five or thirty years. He tells us to hold onto these patterns “that I have given you.” There is no other pattern. There is no other way to the Father, other than this pattern “that I have given you.” Now, read it carefully, and you will find the pattern. When it unfolds in you, you ask yourself: Who is Paul? Just who is he? He is named in Scripture, but he is not named in any book of the First Century outside of the Bible. Well, how could a person like Paul go through all that he claimed that he did? He was imprisoned in Rome – imprisoned in all these places all through the Near East, and yet there is no record of his imprisonment – not any record outside of the Bible! If he was imprisoned, and we take it literally, then the record ought to be there, for these records were kept. Yet his name is not mentioned in one book in the First Century outside of the Bible. So, who is Paul? He is you!
Neville asserts that Paul's letters contain the 'pattern of true words'—the only way to the Father—and that these letters chronologically precede the Gospels. He then reveals that Paul is not a historical figure in the literal sense, but a symbolic representation of 'you,' the individual. Paul's experiences, including his imprisonments, are internal, mystical unfoldments that every individual will undergo as they follow the divine pattern.