Les Feldick Bible Study

Where did Paul learn the doctrines of grace?

Paul learned the doctrines of grace during three years alone in a private, personal seminary experience, where the Lord directly revealed them to him. He then carried this message to the Gentiles, just as Moses carried the law to Israel.

Les explains that Paul spent three years down there all by himself in a private, personal seminary experience where the Lord revealed to him the doctrines of grace. Paul doesn't stay on Mount Sinai but takes it down, even as Moses did to Israel, and takes it out to the Gentiles. Les notes that what separates all this is the resurrection: we are on resurrection ground, not the legal ground of the Mosaic system. Paul never instructs us to keep the Sabbath; instead, the first day of the week is significant because Christ rose from the dead on that day. In Acts 20, Paul ministers among Gentiles, and believers gathered on the first day of the week to break bread as Paul preached.