First let's get something clear about erroneous notions of Paul and his founding a new religion, which he didn't. True, the halakhah of his Judaism switched from the Pharisaic oral law to the Ruach Hakodesh, but his religion was still one of the Judaisms of the time, not a new non-Judaism Gentile religion.

Some have a doctrine that G-d heals every sickness every time someone prays. But sometimes, in the case of a besetting sin, our flesh has to be rebuked both verbally and even physically and painfully. You have to remember that Paul had a monumental pride problem before he was born again. Can you imagine someone with more pride than Peter? Peter's pride was such that he actually believed he could set straight the Moshiach about Moshiach's yissurim or sufferings. But Paul had a proud megalomania that went far beyond that. He actually thought that he as one little man on two legs had the power in his hands to destroy Moshiach's kehillah, against which even the Gates of Hell could not prevail.

Look at the pride this man had and how gracious Moshiach was to him regardless. Moshiach died for his enemy Paul. Moshiach appeared to his enemy Paul. Moshiach made his enemy a Shliach. Moshiach exalted his ministry more than all the other Shluchim put together, using Paul to start more kehillot among the Goyim than any kehillah planter ever planted among the Jewish people, with all the miracles and signs of an apostle following his preaching. That was grace! Grace poured out abundantly!

But Paul's pride problem kicked in again after he was born again. In his flesh was no good thing (Ro 7:18)! In fact after being given a personal tour of the "third heaven" or Gan Eden in Himel as it is known, Paul's pride got to the point where it had to be rebuked and disciplined/scourged. Rev 3:19 says "Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline/scourge; therefore be zealous and repent."

So Paul was rebuked with the ironic understatement "My grace is sufficient for YOU (Mr. Proud [again!] Persecutor)!" But the rebuke came also with a painful physical attack that was in his body. And it failed to get any response when the prayer of faith was used to heal the sick. And this prayer was repeated three times. But more than that, this physical attack constituted some kind of demonic humiliating beating. And the big question is: why did Moshiach let the devil thus get his licks in on Paul? Apparently, and here is the irony, it seems that all this physical and demonic pummeling had a paradoxical salutary healing effect on Paul's pride. See II Cor 12:7. This may not fit your doctrine but it seems to be what the passage in II Corinthians says. Apparently G-d gave Paul the humility to graciously accept the rebuke and to humbly own up to the rebuke, that it was actually true, that he had been and was a proud man with a definite besetting sin of pride. Also apparently G-d gave Paul the humility to accept certain pains in life as beneficial, for the "proud the L-rd knows from afar." And Paul would accept any pain to avoid that pain.


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