What happens if you do not separate the ministries of Peter and Paul?
If the ministries of Peter and Paul are not separated, the result is total confusion, as experienced by most of Christendom today. Separation is the only way to understand Scripture; without it, believers cannot rightly discern God's distinct program for Gentiles through Paul.
Les explains that he makes a point of separating Peter and Paul because, to him, it is the only way to understand Scripture. He reads from William R. Newell's book, Paul vs. Peter, page 10, which asks why 17 of the 28 chapters of Acts are given to Paul, an apostle not one of the original twelve and not converted until long after Pentecost. Newell concludes there must be a deep reason, and that Gentiles have a relation to Paul that they do not have to the other apostles. Les warns that until you can separate the ministries of those two men, Peter and Paul, you will be like most of the rest of Christendom today—total confusion.