How did Paul get the gospel he preached if he wasn't taught it by other men?
Paul received the gospel he preached by revelation of the ascended Lord Jesus Christ, not from men or human teaching. God, who separated him from his mother’s womb and called him by grace, revealed Jesus the Son to him so he might preach Him among the Gentiles. He did not confer with flesh and blood.
Les teaches that Paul emphatically denies receiving his gospel from man or being taught it by man. Instead, it came by revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ. During those revelations, Jesus Christ was in glory, so Paul’s doctrine for today comes from the ascended Lord after His death, burial, and resurrection. Before the cross, Christ was not the object of faith to the main run of Gentiles. But after He finished the work of the cross and revealed His plan of salvation to this apostle, it became that gospel Paul preached to the Gentiles. Paul says it pleased God, who separated him from his mother’s womb and called him by grace, to reveal Jesus the Son and send him to preach Him among the Gentiles. Immediately he conferred not with flesh and blood, nor went up to Jerusalem.
But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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Why does Paul say the gospel he preached is "not after man" if it was the same gospel Jesus and Peter preached?
Paul deliberately says "the gospel which is preached of me," and that wording identifies his gospel specifically, which raises the question of why he adds "not after man" if he preached the same gospel as Jesus and Peter.