According to Les, how did Paul receive the truth about the grace of God?
Paul received the truth about the grace of God as that which he also received. He declared that he delivered to others what he also received. This whole dispensational truth of the grace of God was received by Paul, and from him it went out to others.
Les teaches from 1 Corinthians 15 that Paul said, 'I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received.' Paul’s letters constantly refer to the fact that he received this whole dispensational truth of the grace of God, and from him it went out to others. The same passage defines the gospel clearly: it is what Paul preached, what the Corinthians received, and wherein they stand. Les emphasizes that unless a person understands Paul received this truth and then passed it on, they will miss the point.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
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From whom did Paul receive the gospel?
Paul did not receive the gospel from Jesus of Nazareth during His earthly ministry; it came from the risen, glorified Lord, who stopped him outside Damascus and revealed it to him in the desert.