What happens when you read Paul's words about the revelation?

Les explains that Paul said, 'I neither received a man, neither was I taught it,' and then asks where he got it—by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Paul did not confer with flesh and blood, did not go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before him, but went into Arabia, returned to Damascus, and after three years went up to Jerusalem to see Peter. Les teaches that this is the background for Paul’s knowledge of revelation, his knowledge of the mystery. In Ephesians 3:3–4, Paul writes that by revelation from the Ascended Lord the mystery was made known to him, written before in few words, so that when readers read they may understand his knowledge as a result of the revelations—the secrets or the mystery of Christ. Les points out that Paul was Holy Spirit-inspired and was not bragging or giving himself credit. In 2 Corinthians 6, Paul speaks of pureness and knowledge as a result of these supernatural revelations from the Ascended Lord, along with longsuffering, kindness, the Holy Spirit, and unfeigned love. He never came into a pagan city with a veneer or false front; he came with a heart full of revelation and knowledge in the power and working of the Holy Spirit.