Was and is he satans greatest tool of deception?
Surely Jesus cannot be blamed for the heretical teaching of lawlessness, for he himself said;
Matthew 5:17-20
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Nor can any of the Apostles or early disciples as they ALL walked orderly according to the law of God, just as Jesus himself did;
Acts 21:17-24
17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. 18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. 19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. 20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: 21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. 22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. 23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them; 24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
What exactly happened in Acts 21?
Paul, upon returning to the Jerusalem fellowship, submits himself to the authority and eldership of BELIEVERS, not pharisees as I have seen some people falsely teach.
His teachings then come into question pertaining to the "law". He is given the oppurtunity there and then amongst believers to declare the law is dead. Yet he does not. He humbles himself and fulfills a vow found in the "law" and completes it fully to prove that he, just as they WALKED ORDERLY in subjection to the "laws" of God.
You cannot say he was just acting Jewish amongst the Jews to gain them, as he states in;
1Corinthians 9:20
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law.
He had no one to gain amongst the ELDERS of the church. Who also walked in accordance to the "law", just as Jesus did.
Was he a double-minded man unstable in all of his ways?
James 1:8
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Certainly when taken at face value that is exactly what he appears to be. How else can his teachings be explained? One verse he is praising the law the next he is seemingly ascribing blasphemous words to the very teachings of God himself.
Romans 7:12
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Romans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual
Romans 7:16
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
Romans 13:10
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
1Timothy 1:8
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully
I won't even go into the verses some ascribe to Paul teaching as what the "law" of God has become.
Some of the verbiage used is frightening.
Death/weak/beggarly/bondage/slavery
Paul had better hope that is not what he was saying come the day.
Or was he just as Peter said he was? A brother who's teachings are hard to understand.
2Peter 3:15-16
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Deuteronomy 13:1-5
1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
You see, according to the word of God himself, his commandments cannot be changed by Paul, or anyone other than himself. So Paul was either a heretic or a brother who's teachings are hard to understand. There is no middle ground.
Surely Jesus cannot be blamed for the heretical teaching of lawlessness, for he himself said;
Matthew 5:17-20
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Nor can any of the Apostles or early disciples as they ALL walked orderly according to the law of God, just as Jesus himself did;
Acts 21:17-24
17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. 18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. 19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. 20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: 21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. 22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. 23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them; 24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
What exactly happened in Acts 21?
Paul, upon returning to the Jerusalem fellowship, submits himself to the authority and eldership of BELIEVERS, not pharisees as I have seen some people falsely teach.
His teachings then come into question pertaining to the "law". He is given the oppurtunity there and then amongst believers to declare the law is dead. Yet he does not. He humbles himself and fulfills a vow found in the "law" and completes it fully to prove that he, just as they WALKED ORDERLY in subjection to the "laws" of God.
You cannot say he was just acting Jewish amongst the Jews to gain them, as he states in;
1Corinthians 9:20
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law.
He had no one to gain amongst the ELDERS of the church. Who also walked in accordance to the "law", just as Jesus did.
Was he a double-minded man unstable in all of his ways?
James 1:8
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Certainly when taken at face value that is exactly what he appears to be. How else can his teachings be explained? One verse he is praising the law the next he is seemingly ascribing blasphemous words to the very teachings of God himself.
Romans 7:12
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Romans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual
Romans 7:16
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
Romans 13:10
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
1Timothy 1:8
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully
I won't even go into the verses some ascribe to Paul teaching as what the "law" of God has become.
Some of the verbiage used is frightening.
Death/weak/beggarly/bondage/slavery
Paul had better hope that is not what he was saying come the day.
Or was he just as Peter said he was? A brother who's teachings are hard to understand.
2Peter 3:15-16
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Deuteronomy 13:1-5
1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
You see, according to the word of God himself, his commandments cannot be changed by Paul, or anyone other than himself. So Paul was either a heretic or a brother who's teachings are hard to understand. There is no middle ground.