No.  I wish!  But no.  I’m not a millionth of the man, not a thousandth of the thinker, not a hundredth of the heavyweight, not a little of the leader, not a scintilla of the saint Paul was.  My friends, that’s not humility… as I often say, “It starts with an ‘h’ and ends with ‘ty’ but it’s not humility, its honesty.”)

No, I’m definitely not the Apostle Paul 2.0 … EXCEPT in one way:

God chose the BIGGEST SINNER at the time, to accomplish a historic work.

As to the first half of that equation… as I’ll explain in a forthcoming post I’ve been mulling around in my mind for a month or two, when I say that I’m “the biggest sinner I know, the biggest sinner I’ve ever known, and the biggest sinner you’ve every known” – to put it into travel terminology, I’m talking about the total distance traveled south vis-a-vis one’s starting point  in life.  Like I said, I’ll save the further particulars for that forthcoming, near-future post but generally speaking, in that (very narrow) way, I am indeed the second coming of Paul, “Paul 2.0”, in terms of being the “foremost of all” sinners, in that way.  (I.e., I’ve never slapped much less punched much less murdered anyone or persecuted the Church or killed six million Jews or plotted the horrific 9/11 attacks, etc., or for that matter ever swatted a gnat but again, I’m speaking in terms of the net, not the gross:  the distance traveled from one’s starting point, not how far  south.  In those terms, I’ve never known a bigger sinner than I.  And neither have you.  More about all of this soon, stay tuned.)

As to the second half of that equation… much as God chose the LEAST LIKELY, LEAST LOGICAL person/vessel from a human perspective to greatly expand the early Church (you know, since Paul was the chief persecutor  thereof before being blessedly blinded on a certain road and literally not only “did a 180” but indisputably did the BIGGEST “180”, the BIGGEST U-turn in human history), so also I view myself as the LEAST LIKELY, LEAST LOGICAL person/vessel to be used by God to not only expand but especially renew and revive the current-day Church via unleashing the unparalleled power and potency and potential of the Word within, the Bible ingested, Bible memory on a book-by-book basis, verse-by-verse, chapter-by-chapter.

I’ve been praying and saying for years that I’m 100% certain that massive spiritual revival is coming to this nation and likely across the globe.  But I’ve also been saying that I’m 1,000% certain that will ONLY happen when a sufficient number of believers have stored huge portions of the Bible inside of them, inside their minds, inside their hearts (since that’s THE key, THE gateway, THE path to ongoing purity…

• “How can a young man [while it’s not explicitly stated, I have a very strong hunch that this was written by David (due to the similarity to Psalm 19, i.e., 119 is largely a massive elaboration on 19) while he was (famously) tending sheep as a YOUNG MAN for his father, so that phrase here is most likely just his PERSONALIZING this poem/psalm, i.e., it applies to EVERYONE, to people of ALL ages, he just specifies “young man” since that was HIS age at the time; again, not explicitly stated so I won’t and can’t be dogmatic about this but it’s largely a moot point since many other Bible verses (e.g., 1 Peter 2:2) do explicitly state that the Bible is THE key, THE gateway, THE path to spiritual growth (“that BY IT you may GROW…”) … okay, let’s start over, let’s take it from the top…] How can a young man [or ANONE for that matter] keep his way pure?  By keeping it according to Thy word.  Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee.” (Psalm 119:9,11 NASB then KJV)

… and purity is THE key, THE gateway, THE path to true, divine, heavenly wisdom…

• “But the wisdom from above [i.e., heaven, i.e., God’s wisdom, real wisdom, true wisdom] is FIRST PURE…” (James 3:17)

… and wisdom is THE key, THE gateway, THE path to all that matters in life…)

• “How blessed is the man [i.e., person] who finds WISDOM… for its profit is better than the profit of silver, and its gain than fine gold.  She [wisdom] is more precious than jewels; and nothing you desire compares with her.  LONG LIFE is in her right hand; in her left hand are RICHES and HONOR. … She is a tree of LIFE to those who take hold of her, and HAPPY are all who hold her fast.” (Proverbs 3:13-18)

… therefore, the result, the destination of spiritual revival will only occur when a sufficient number of believers have not just tasted but EATEN, CONSUMED, INGESTED the Word of God Almighty, the Bible.

[As an interesting side note, the parenthetical progression noted above is almost identical to another which is in a single passage of Scripture:

• “Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence [PURITY!], and in your moral excellence, knowledge [WISDOM!]; and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness [all of these refer to SPIRITUAL GROWTH!]; and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love [the ULTIMATE MANIFESTATION, both of salvation (John 13:35) and sanctification (1 Corinthians 13)].” (2 Peter 1:5-7)

… I just LOVE IT when totally different parts of the Bible confirm each other… as I often say, one is enough, infinitely sufficient, but the more, the merrier! (Ecclesiastes 4:9,12 … I’m definitely going to have to write a future post about this!  VERY POWERFUL and EASY to APPLY in everyday life!)]

So wrapping things up for now, it’s entirely by God through the Bible that this historic work is occurring in real-time here at BibleMemory.ORG, I’m literally just the (flawed, fallen, flesh-bound) vessel He, for some reason (I think 1 Timothy 1:16, i.e., if the biggest “net” sinner on the planet can memorize entire books of the Bible, ANYONE can!), chose me.

Unfortunately, that’s pretty much the ONLY way in which I’m “Paul 2.0”.  The biggest sinner at the time being chosen and used by God to accomplish a historic work.

But I couldn’t be more thrilled!

Or humbled.

Or EXCITED about all He has done, all He is doing, and all He is about to do!
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