How do many people treat Paul's epistles compared to the Gospels and Old Testament?
Many people devote about 90% of their time to the Gospels and Old Testament, while viewing Paul’s epistles as almost waste paper. They treat Paul like an unlovely stepchild they want nothing to do with, yet must admit he is there. This neglect ignores that God revealed secrets through Paul.
Les explains that many spend 90% of their time in the Gospels and the Old Testament, and they look at Paul’s epistles like almost a piece of waste paper. He recounts a fellow rancher’s expression: “They treat you like an unlovely stepchild.” Les thinks that is how they treat Paul—like an unlovely stepchild they really do not want anything to do with, but they have to admit he is there. He sees it all the time. Yet he emphasizes this is where we have to be, because it was to this man that the secrets held in the mind of God were finally revealed. He then directs attention to Ephesians 3:8-9 and notes that the word “unsearchable” cannot find its beginning; it goes back so far it cannot be traced, and it began before Christ ever created anything.