Covenantal Transition

First of all I am speechless and shocked of the things I read and hear today. There is a hideous accusation circulating on social media that Paul was a false apostle who contradicted Jesus and deceived the church. Some even describe his ministry as part of an Antichrist deception.

Maybe when a someone encounters a Scripture they don’t understand, faces a difficult situation, or struggles to make sense of something in life, and those familiar words become the explanation. We only see through a glass darkly. Or the big one, one day, when we get to heaven, we’ll finally understand.

Paul’s handwritten salutation was more than a farewell. It was a mark of authenticity that reassured real believers facing real trouble. Before we read ourselves into his letters, let’s look at the names on the envelope.