How does Paul reveal Jesus in his epistles?
In his epistles, Paul reveals the same Jesus, not by recounting Bethlehem, His birth, earthly ministry, or miracles, but from His glorified, ascended position as the resurrected Lord and Savior. Paul's one message is the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ and the shed blood, the preaching of the cross.
Les explains that Paul never mentions Bethlehem, Christ's birth, His earthly ministry, or His miracles. Instead, Paul only has one message: the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, the shed blood. That is the very core of his whole message in all of his epistles. Les says this is the preaching of the cross, not the preaching of Christ and His miracles. When you go to Paul's epistles, Paul is revealing the very words of the same Jesus, but now from His glorified, ascended position as the resurrected Lord and Savior.