Paul went through the world, told people about the kingdom of God and blessed when churches came into being. He hasn’t even looked for church leaders of his own. When they came to him, he saw it as a kind of calling. So that one could claim that Paul of Tarsus never bore fruit at all.
In addition, according to the apostle Peter, he is said to have advocated a rather extreme theology, or let us say one that was not so easy to understand. The second letter of Peter tells us:
2 Peter 3:14 Therefore, beloved, while you wait, strive that you may be found spotless and blameless before him in peace, 15 reckoning the patience of our Lord for your salvation, as also our beloved brother Paul after wisdom given to him wrote to you. 16 Of this he speaks in all the Epistles, in which some things are difficult to understand, which the ignorant and light-hearted will twist, like the other Scriptures, to their own perdition. 17 But you, my friends, knowing this beforehand, beware lest you be carried away by the error of these wicked people and lose your firm footing. 18 But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory to him now and forever! Amen.
So did Paul of Tarsus, who is actually considered the main evangelist of early Christianity, never really brought any fruit? I would like to answer this question with a counter-question: Who are we that we presume to determine who bears fruit or not? Whose work does God the Father bless and which does not? Think about it with me!
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