Do cults argue their leader has more authority because he came after Christ?
Yes. Some cults argue their leader came on the scene long after Christ, so he has more authority. That reasoning is valid up to a point: a later will supersedes an earlier one, and Paul's later revelations made him the primary apostle.
Les teaches that some cults use the argument that their leader came on the scene long after Christ, so he has more authority. He says this is valid up to a point, then illustrates with wills: if a will from 1980 is later replaced by a signed, dated will from 1990, the courts look at the last one. He applies the same principle to Paul's apostleship: Paul had not walked with Christ as the others did, but he received further revelations at a later time and repeatedly becomes the primary apostle.
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How do cults misuse Paul's later revelations to claim their leader has more authority?
Cults use Paul's later revelations to argue that their leader, coming on the scene long after Christ, therefore has more authority, and Les grants that this line of reasoning is valid up to a point.