The Pauline Paradox: Part 2 - The Paul You Never Knew - 119 Ministries

[Music] hello and welcome to another teaching from 119 ministries our ministry believes that the whole bible is still true and directly related to our lives today if you would like to know more about what we believe and teach please visit us at testeverything.net we hope that you enjoy studying and testing the following teaching [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] at this point in the pauline paradox series we are proceeding with the assumption that the audience is familiar with several key foundational teachings by now you should have watched acts 10 peter's vision acts 15 obedience or legalism in the pauline paradox series part one is the majority ever wrong we also encourage you to watch and test these teachings as well before proceeding with part two of the pauline paradox series the deuteronomy 13 test and heaven and earth and the law of god being foundationally equipped with these teachings should enable you to follow this teaching to the degree intended if you have not watched and tested those teachings please consider not proceeding until you have as always 119 ministries provides all of these teachings and more for free at test everything.net through online streaming they are also available on a dvd should watching on a tv be more preferable than watching them on a computer if you're watching this teaching on the pauline paradox dvd then these recommended teachings are also already included on each respective pauline paradox dvd in the extra features option keep in mind as we progress through the truth of the word of god we are doing our best to teach only what the scripture clearly teaches and refrain from teaching our own opinion on verses that might be argued to be subject to one's own interpretation we want to show you what the word of god says is true not what simply we believe is true what we believe is irrelevant you're not to simply trust us or project on us any type of credibility your faith should be in the word of god only certainly not us thus our commentary is basically worthless and the word of god is everything we challenge you to focus on what the word of god says not what we say or others say that being said you are also responsible to test everything we say to the word of god to determine whether these things we say are true also as a reminder we are not teaching on how to be saved or even the concept of maintaining your salvation what we intend to teach is this how do we practice the word of god after we have already placed our faith in the word of god and have entered into his plan of salvation obeying god cannot negate your salvation that is through faith our works cannot save us only the finished work of christ can save us keep in mind placing our faith in the word of god is the same thing as placing our faith in jesus christ or in hebrew yeshua our messiah our faith is to be in the word of god thus you're not to only test us to the word of god you're to test yourselves to the word of god exactly what christ taught and practiced nothing more and nothing less second corinthians 13 examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith test yourselves do you not know yourselves that yeshua the messiah is in you unless indeed you are disqualified john offered us the same test of our faith first john chapter 2 verses 3 through 4. now by this we know that we know him if we keep his commandments he who says i know him and does not keep his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him you might ask then what commandments did our messiah keep what instructions did he follow and teach did he keep the lord's feast days and sabbath the dietary instructions the answer yes he did absolutely he had to have practiced and taught what moses wrote otherwise our perfect messiah was actually not perfect and he sinned thus rendering us lost and hopeless just in case you might be wondering which commandments john was referring to keep in the test of knowing him in verse 3. john immediately stated that he was referring to the same commandments that christ walked 1st john chapter 2 verse 6. he who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked the question is this are you going to walk as he walked or walk as others tell you to walk you might say but paul said this or paul said that well who died for you paul or our messiah did not our messiah die for us should we not focus on his life why do some try to elevate paul above christ especially when in first corinthians paul said he followed christ's example and that christ is the head covering of all men the point of this series is not that paul should be discarded but in fact he is simply misunderstood this teaching assumes that you are more interested in the word of god versus what someone else tells you what they believe about the word of god if your faith is not in the word of god but you place more trust in what others teach you about the word of god then this teaching may not be of value to you the question this series intends to answer is how do we live out our faith some adamantly say that the law of god has changed and believe that is what the bible says they will send you books hundreds of pages deep they might tell you what constantine did or how great he was and how everyone learned just a few hundred years after yeshua that some of god's commandments were simply just not as great as many of the people who actually wrote the bible made them out to be the law that was stated to be so good in the bible seemingly became not so good later thus it was good that the law changed it was supposedly good that the theology evolved that we drifted away from such things that were established as good perfect and righteous from the beginning others say that the law of god has not changed they also believe that is what the bible says only one perspective can be correct both cannot exist without contradiction we seek to discover the truth and share that truth if our faith is truly in the word of god then we should have a passion and desire to discover how to practice our faith to say that we have faith in the word of god and not want to understand how to practice it it's an oxymoron of sorts it is contradictive and hypocritical thus we assume that you have true faith and thus want to learn how to practice what the word of god says not what men say and tell us to do or believe listen to this carefully should it be more likely that they believer in the word of god does the word of god or explains away the word of god so our focus is not only to bring others to the faith but to also show them what being in the faith really means what it should look like how many realize that the greatest percentage of the bible is not a written appeal from god to come into the faith but instead a constant theme of god pleading with professed believers to avoid sin and lawlessness and thus practice the word of god that they claim to believe in have you ever wondered why you are about to find out the word of god obviously contains instructions from our creator so if we believe the word of god to be true and we are committed to it and believe in it any rational person should agree that such a faith would prompt us to actually do what we claim to have faith in that should make sense we do what we believe to be true thus obedience is an output or cause of our faith and outward evidence of what we believe inwardly what is inward belief and outward practice is to be in complete agreement with each other and it isn't this that the rubber meets the road if you will this is not to say that on occasion we will not accidentally violate the word of god in what we do which of course is considered sin that is what grace is for no one is perfect if one was to say that they can do the law of god perfectly then they are in serious error in romans 7 paul concludes that he still sometimes sins by breaking the law of god he also said that because the law of god is holy just and good that he delights in the law of god that the law of god is spiritual and that he actually wants to do the law of god when we sin the son will advocate to the father on our behalf yet just because we are under grace does not mean that we should break the law of god or sin so just because we will never do the whole law of god perfectly does not offer us an excuse to not want to try just because we will always be sinful does not mean that we should be okay with sin remember christ is to be our example not our excuse we should want to avoid sin hating sin and loving the law of god are the same thing let us say that again hating sin and loving the law of god is the same thing what that means is this no one who truly believes in the law of god actively and intentionally promotes and engages in sin but instead conforms and practices to the law of god so one with true faith will want to do what is truth and thus desire to avoid sin yet it is still possible that there are things in the word of god that we do not know as truth or understand it as truth but if we knew it we would believe and practice it meaning this there are those who could be sinning and simply not realize it yet but if they knew that something was sin they would want to stop immediately because they have faith in the word and thus only desire to practice the word they hate sin so let us suppose that there is someone that is an heir about the law of god suppose someone does believe the law of god has changed when it really has not yet such a person really does have faith in the word of god and commits and believes in it they believe the word of god is truth yet accidentally failed to understand what to practice out of it perhaps they practice and teach that some of the law of god has changed such a person will still be saved in the end and they will make it into the kingdom because of their faith but unless they come out of their deception and start practicing the whole truth of the word they will be least in the kingdom of god they simply just do not realize that they are sinning despite the fact that they hate sin there is however another side to this coin there are those who understand or at least have been presented the whole truth of his word yet they refuse to practice it and they rebel against it at the same time they still claim to believe in the word of god they still claim to believe in yeshua yet they intentionally reject what our messiah taught the key words here are intentional and willful sin versus accidental sin and deceit this means they intentionally made a choice in response to god's law perpetual and willful sin is the same as thumbing one's nose at god himself consistent intentional and willful sin is the same as god saying do something in the word of god and we tell him no and thus continued to do our own thing such is the opposite of faith because as we established earlier we will do what we believe is true in other words if our faith is that the word of god is truth and sin is bad our intentional practice is not to go out and deny the word of god by sinning if someone says that they believe the word of god to be true which is the same as believing in our lord yet keeps on intentionally sinning scripture calls that person a liar first john chapter 2 he who says i know him and does not keep his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him and remember the commandments that john is talking about here are the commandments that yeshua walked the same exact ones and now you know that and now you have a decision to make despite what you might still believe about what paul taught this would be an example of someone saying that they believed the word of god to be true yet at the same time refusing to practice the word of god this is a very serious situation how serious is it it's called denying the faith this is precisely why we stress so much to test everything because as believers what we believe in practice has eternal consequences and what we have been exposed to in his word affords us the opportunity to accept or reject the word of god thus if we as a ministry are teaching something false by all means reject it run from it call us out on it correct us and please show us the truth and kindness gentleness and respect but keep in mind as you continue through the rest of this series you are accountable to testing what we teach you cannot simply dismiss what we are saying because of theological laziness or misplaced trust in theologians and in the end at judgment tell yahweh himself that no one ever told you the truth if we are indeed teaching truth and we are teaching the word of god yet you still reject it then it is you who are accountable to such in the end accidental sin or breaking god's law is most certainly covered by grace but intentional and continuous sin is different it is the exact opposite of faith if you deny faith you have no grace if we willfully and continuously sin no more sacrifice for sins remains for us even if we were once sanctified but instead we insult the spirit of grace and have nothing left to expect but the same judgment deserving of god's enemies we are not saying this the bible is hebrews chapter 10 for if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fire indignation which will devour the adversaries anyone who has rejected moses law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses of how much worse punishment do you suppose will be he thought worthy who has trampled the son of god underfoot counted the blood of the covenant by which he is sanctified a common thing and insulted the spirit of grace for we know him who said vengeance is mine i will repay says yahweh and again yahweh will judge his people it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living god we can be thinking that we are living for god and working for god doing miracles and wonders yet if we reject the truth of his word and abandon our faith in the word of god in our practice then there is a sad surprise or such in the end matthew chapter 7 not everyone who says to me lord lord will enter the kingdom of heaven but he who does the will of my father who is in heaven will enter many will say to me on that day lord lord did we not prophesy in your name and in your name cast out demons and in your name perform many miracles and then i will declare to them i never knew you depart from me you who practice lawlessness remember peter's warning about misunderstanding paul's letters as it relates to lawlessness 2nd peter chapter 3 therefore dear friends since you have been forewarned be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the air of the lawless and fall from your secure position this is not intended to scare you or alarm you we simply wish to communicate the seriousness of the word of god please afford us the opportunity to be very clear because we are trying to say what the bible says not what we say if it was not possible to fall from your secure position leading to destruction as it relates to paul then peter would have not offered us such a warning we want to clear up the misunderstanding of paul's letters but remember it is only you that can examine these things for yourself to test yourself test your faith and test everything our intent of exposing these different groups is to help you understand which group you may be currently in as a professed believer in the word of god group number one you believe and practice the whole word of god thus you will be great in the kingdom of heaven this is the ideal group to be in and has to do with a desire to practice and teach the whole law of god group number two you believe and practice that some of the law of god has been abolished because that is what you have been taught you may have never tested that teaching and you have never been presented the truth thus you will be least in the kingdom group number three you have been adequately presented the truth according to the word of god yet have chosen to reject and rebel against aspects of the law of god even perhaps while still claiming to have faith and do certain works in the name of god these groups are clearly defined in the bible you as a professed believer at judgment will be in one of those groups in the end if you're not interested in seeking truth and really do not want to discover what paul really taught or if you are more comfortable in your current doctrinal understanding and already know in your heart that you would not consider another perspective despite what we are going to reveal in the scriptures then we encourage you to not proceed make sure you test everything to his word and that your desire and faith is an absolute truth what you will learn is that if absolute truth can change it is neither truth nor absolute keep in mind nearly all support for the belief that yahweh changed his commandments for his people rests on select snippets from paul's letters in the spirit of seeking and promoting truth the remainder of this series will focus specifically on paul and what he really taught showing without a doubt that paul practiced and taught the whole law of god we suggest that you have your bible and all of your study resources available to you discard any attachment you might have on the doctrines of men and open your heart to welcoming truth we are going to now introduce to you the paul that you never knew [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] we first meet paul in acts chapter 7 verse 58 at the stoning of stephen it reads and cast him out of the city and stoned him and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet whose name was saul later paul validates his presence at this event acts 22 and when the blood of steven your witness was shed i myself standing by and approving and watching over the garments of those who killed him the irony of this could not be any more interesting we have all heard that supposedly yeshua changed the law of god on the cross and of course we are often told to read paul's letters in order to understand this you might ask where is the irony of paul standing witness to the stoning of stephen let's back up a moment why was stephen stoned acts chapter 6 and they secretly persuaded some men to say we have heard stephen speak blasphemous words against moses and against god so they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law and they seized stephen and brought him before the sanhedrin they produced false witnesses who testified this fellow never stopped speaking against this holy place and against the law for we have heard him say that this yeshua of nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs moses handed down to us at this point you should have already watched the deuteronomy 13 test as recommended at the start of this teaching thus you would already know that god's people were commanded to test teachers to the word of god according to the commandments that were written down by moses at sinai this is what deuteronomy 13 instructs if they failed the deuteronomy 13 test then the accusers would bring the accused before the sanhedrin the torah-based judicial system this court system was present then but lacks any presence today hence the reason that biblically commanding capital punishments are not able to be carried out today as a side note if you are curious as to why we are not to be practicing the capital punishment today as it relates to the law of god we would refer you to that teaching should we stone our children the biblical structure and criteria required to carry out such commandments is currently not in place it was however present in the first century or at least a corrupted form of it so this is where stephen found himself in acts chapters 6 and 7. he found himself accused of breaking deuteronomy 13. his accusers claimed that stephen was teaching that the law of god had changed through yeshua his accusers also accused yeshua of changing what moses wrote according to deuteronomy 13 if someone taught different commandments or that some had been abolished then they are guilty of blasphemy in countless places in scripture including deuteronomy 13 teaching any other commandments other than what was given through moses was considered as going after other gods this should make sense if you're not following god's commandments then you're following someone else's commandments or instructions whether they are actually someone else's or your own this would be the same as making yourself or others out to be gods because you're elevating those instructions higher than god's instructions your misplacing authority those teaching other commandments or instructions according to god are deserving of capital punishment paul is standing and watching all this transpire right before him this is where it becomes interesting this is the very same paul who supposedly later teaches the very same thing stephen now stands accused that the law of god has changed through yeshua we accuse paul of teaching exactly what we find stephen and yeshua accused of in acts chapter 6. isn't that interesting supposedly paul teaches that the law of god changed through the messiah and stephen is getting stoned for specifically teaching that the law of god changed through the messiah did you catch it let's read it again then they secretly persuaded some men to say we have heard stephen speak blasphemous words against moses and against god so they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law they seized stephen and brought him before the sanhedrin they produced false witnesses who testified this fellow never stopped speaking against this holy place and against the law for we have heard him say that this yeshua of nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs moses handed down to us so here we have a man named steven well after the events of the cross teaching and performing great signs among the people according to verse 8 now accused of teaching against what moses wrote this of course is a serious offense if true according to deuteronomy 13. but is it true was stephen actually teaching what moses wrote or were his accusers correct and that he indeed was teaching that the law of god had changed more importantly did yeshua really teach that the law of god changed as stephen's accusers clearly said this fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law for we have heard him say this yeshua of nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs moses handed down to us is it true the messiah changed the law of god many in mainstream christianity would be very quick to say yes the law of god did change that is what is taught they will say jesus changed the law they would actually agree with stephen's accusers they are making the very same accusations knowing that something very interesting happens if we pay a little more attention to the record of stephen's trial how many realize that the claims that stephen and yeshua taught that the law of god as written by moses was changed after the cross was completely fabricated it was false based on false witnesses let's read that again they produced false witnesses who testified this fellow never stopped speaking against this holy place and against the law for we have heard him say that yeshua of nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs moses handed down to us this is where it becomes very important to discern between what is false and what is true we are simply going to use some common sense here something that is false simply means that it is not true here the bible is telling us very clearly that yeshua changing what moses wrote is a false teaching it is a false understanding it is simply not true that changes everything as we already said the majority of mainstream christianity teaches that paul said that the messiah changed the law yet here in acts 6 and 7 in which paul was actually present we are told that it is false that the messiah changed the law of god now do you see why it's so ironic that our first exposure to paul is in this setting the very thing that so many claim paul taught about the law of god is the very thing in which yeshua and stephen were falsely accused that merits repeating stephen was accused of changing the law of god and yeshua was also accused of changing the law of god the bible says that those were false accusations meaning not true yet so many still want to use paul's letters to turn the very same false accusations against stephen into true accusations if the bible says such things are false about stephen and yeshua then why do we run to paul saying paul said such things are actually true it's almost like god is smarter than we are that god orchestrated this all by design knowing that we would mess up paul's words later and that if we would just have noted the events that transpired in our first introduction to paul then perhaps we would not have misunderstood paul to have done away with the law of god in all his letters regardless whether god was giving us an advance warning about misunderstanding paul's on matters of the law of god or not through the stoning of stephen we most certainly know for a fact that ii peter issued the most clear and blatant warning we could have ever needed on this matter therefore beloved since you are waiting for these be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish and at peace and count the patience of our lord as salvation just as our beloved brother paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters there are some things in them that are hard to understand which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction as they do the other scriptures you therefore beloved knowing this beforehand take care that you are not carried away with the air of lawless people and lose your own stability this clearly says some really key things as it relates to paul perhaps we might be wise to afford some attention to this warning two thousand years ago it is declared that paul's letters are difficult to understand and this is when they better understood the language culture and context in which paul's letters were authored and distributed certainly paul's letters are not any easier to understand today this warning then goes on to say that the ignorant and unstable twist paul now if paul is teaching on the word of god in his letters would it not make sense that this warning is advocating on us not being ignorant or unstable as it relates to the word of god the only word of god they had is what yeshua taught and practiced which was the same thing the old testament taught the new testament was nowhere to be found yet it hadn't been yet made at this time apparently though there were those that thought paul taught something different in these matters of the law they twisted his words and matters of god's law and as a result they are called lawless people did paul really change or delete the law of god in his letters in this stern warning of ii peter we are told to not believe such people that it leads to destruction he says not to believe such people and calls them lawless people but then did paul advocate for lawfulness obviously lawfulness is the opposite of lawlessness apparently we should choose how we should want to live our lives should we desire to live according to lawlessness or lawfulness there is no in between before we even begin examining paul's letters let us continue with the historical record of the book of acts we find in acts chapter 8 at the time paul agreed with the unlawful killing of stephen in a false belief that christ changed the law of god acts chapter 8 verse 1 and saul approved of their killing him for paul to have approved of stephen's stoning he must have been deceived and convinced of the false testimony that yeshua changed the law of god as written by moses because of this false testimony a war immediately manifested against any follower of yeshua acts chapter 8 verses 1-3 on that day a great persecution broke out against the church in jerusalem and all except the apostles were scattered throughout judea and samaria godly men buried stephen and mourned deeply for him but saul began to destroy the church going from house to house he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison keep in mind the jews had to do this if they really believed that the messiah changed the law of god deuteronomy 13 actually commands them to go to war against such teachers that should make it rather confusing for those who believe that christ did change the law of god for the first 14 years scripture only records jews coming to know the messiah there is no possible way a jew would accept a messiah that was incompatible with deuteronomy 13. they can't god told them not to ask any torah practicing jew today if it is prophetically compatible for the messiah to teach that the law of god changed the answer will always be no it will be an emphatic and definite no it is not even possible this is why so many jews do not believe in yeshua as their messiah not because yeshua really changed the law of god but because so many teach that he did they have to reject that version of the messiah god told them to deuteronomy 13 was always to be the test of the true messiah are we to believe that god told the jews in deuteronomy 13 not to believe any teacher that teaches against what moses wrote and then god sends a messiah to teach against what moses wrote and then sends paul to further teach against what moses wrote of course not that is why yeshua kept saying that he only taught what the father already said yeshua said he did not say his own words only the father's words which actually is compatible with deuteronomy 13. this is why the accusers of stephen teaching that christ changed the law of god are actually false accusers so now following the stoning of stephen because of this false understanding that yeshua changed the law of god we have a war that paul is leading against those who follow the messiah what do you suppose yeshua had to do he had to put a stop to it if we were to continue to read acts chapter 9 we would find that you should put a halt to the persecution that paul was leading against believers because of yeshua's intervention when he manifested himself to paul we find that paul then understands the truth to recap followers of christ were being persecuted for a false belief that yeshua changed the law of god based on false testimony that led to the stoning of stephen paul led this war against believers according to deuteronomy 13. yeshua then halted paul's persecution of believers because the persecution was based on a false understanding that yeshua taught that what moses wrote had changed as a result paul begins a teaching ministry and goes forth preaching the word of god to both jews and greeks how do you suppose many reacted to paul's change to following christ instead of persecuting those who follow christ you can imagine the dismay of many of paul's peers who were once aligned with him in his persecution acts chapter 9 all those who heard him were astonished and asked isn't he the man who raised havoc in jerusalem among those who called on this name and hasn't he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests remember because of the false testimonies and rumors that falsely convicted stephen many were still under the impression that followers of yeshua believed and taught that the law of god is written by moses had changed yeshua corrected paul and set him straight yet many others that once followed paul in persecution were still deceived about the messiah's teachings thus many desired to kill him because they viewed him as a traitor according to many of them now paul is breaking deuteronomy 13. acts chapter 9 verse 23 after many days had gone by there was a conspiracy among the jews to kill him verse 29 he had talked and debated with the hellenistic jews but they tried to kill him from this point onward paul continues in a mission to spread the word of god and testify that yeshua was and is indeed the prophesied messiah acts chapter 13. but when they departed from perga they came to antioch in pasitia and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day and sat down and after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent to them saying men and brethren if you have any word of exhortation for the people say on paul would then preach the messiah and word of god and the gentiles begged for more the following sabbaths note here that we have gentiles observing the sabbaths acts 13. so when the jews went out of the synagogue the gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath paul continued to face persecution and at one point was even stoned they are still trying to stone him based on deuteronomy 13. we will expound on this more shortly but it is clear that they must still think that he is teaching that moses has changed acts 14 19-20 but jews came from antioch and iconium and having won over the crowds they stoned paul and dragged him out of the city supposing him to be dead but while the disciples stood around him he got up and entered the city now we arrive to acts 15 through 16 in which paul is also present this teaching assumes that you have watched our teaching presentation on acts 15 as recommended if you still have not watched and tested that teaching we strongly recommend that you do so now remember acts 15 verse 20 concludes that the converted gentiles should first focus on four commandments out of moses dealing with pagan false god cultic temple worship and then pick up the rest of moses on the sabbaths like we just saw gentile converts in chapter 13 were already doing before paul even arrived acts 15 verse 21 moses had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city being read in the synagogue's every sabbath the galatian gentiles were not expected to learn what moses wrote and apply it overnight the three main points we should understand out of acts 15 are this number one don't try to keep the law of god for salvation it is an impossible burden to bear number two don't even bother with the rest of what moses wrote until you abandoned the false god pagan cultic temple practices follow only the one true god first and enter into the faith and number three after you commit to the one true god and abandon the pagan worship you can then learn his ways for us in the readings of moses every sabbath not for salvation but simply as the way to live out our faith because of our salvation again if you would like to examine acts 15 in more depth and you haven't done so already we encourage you to watch the respective teaching acts 15 obedience or legalism paul continues his messages on the sabbath acts 16 verse 13 and on the sabbath day we went out of the city to the riverside where prayer was customarily made and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there his custom was to teach on the sabbath acts 17 2 then paul as his custom was went unto them and for three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures note how this sabbath clearly still exists and is still referred to as being on the seventh day which would be sundown friday to sundown saturday according to god's calendar if this is paul's custom then nearly every sabbath paul is teaching jews and greeks in the synagogues this of course means that the greeks were still in the synagogues every sabbath still learning how to apply what moses wrote according to acts 15 21 and matthew 23 verses 1-3 acts 18 4 and he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath and persuaded both jews and greeks so let's summarize what we know about paul so far he was present at stephen stoning at the court hearing both stephen and yeshua were falsely accused of teaching that the law of god as written down by moses had changed paul took these accusations believed them and was deceived by them and led a war against all those who follow yeshua yeshua interrupted this war and showed paul the truth paul then becomes a part of those that he used to persecute he begins to follow yeshua thus those that were once paul's friends and his peers the pharisees continued the persecution against believers of yeshua which now includes paul yet paul continues to teach the word of god to jews and greeks on every sabbath in the synagogues their largest issue against paul and the like is that paul and the other followers of christ supposedly teach against what moses wrote so they sought to kill paul as well even to the point of almost successfully stoning him to death so are we suggesting that paul was falsely accused of the same things they falsely accused stephen in the yeshua of doing which is changing the law of god that is indeed exactly what paul is accused of and it is revealed several times in the book of acts the first time we see such a direct accusation of breaking deuteronomy 13 is in acts 18. when galio was pro-counseled by kaya the jews with one accord rose up against paul and brought him to the judgment scene saying this fellow persuades men to worship god contrary to the law so just like when paul witnessed stephen being falsely accused all the way back in acts chapter 6 that yeshua changed what moses wrote we simply see that such accusations are still a problem after paul was just accused of teaching against what moses wrote the first thing he does is takes a vow many have suggested that the vowel paul took was a nazarite vow that is detailed in numbers chapter 6 which is a public declaration of a complete desire to follow the way of god acts 18 verse 18. so paul still remained a good while then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for syria and priscilla and aquila were with him he had his hair cut off at sancria for he had taken a vow this vow would have served as a public example that paul has not forsaken what moses wrote that he does not teach that yeshua changed the law of god we will see such a vow play this same role once again when paul is accused once more of breaking deuteronomy 13 when he arrives to jerusalem it should be noted why paul sailed off to jerusalem acts 18 verses 20 through 21 when they asked him to stay a longer time with them he did not consent but took leave of them saying i must by all means keep this coming feast in jerusalem but i will return again to you god willing and he sailed from ephesus what we have here is that paul is clearly keeping the feast days of yahweh found in leviticus 23 if paul supposedly keeps yahweh's feast days yet at the same time teaches that anyone keeping them has fallen from grace and is in bondage what are we supposed to do about this does paul want to fall from grace does paul want to practice bondage of course not again many just misunderstand paul paul obviously kept yahweh's feast days psalm 119 verses 44 through 45 declares god's law to be freedom not bondage psalm 119 so shall i keep your law continually forever and ever i will walk at liberty for i seek your precepts can god's law be freedom and bondage at the same time of course not when paul spoke of god's law and bondage in galatians it was in the context of the mistake of keeping god's law for salvation the exact same problem discussed about galatia and acts 15. trying to keep god's law for salvation is indeed falling from grace but just because god asked us to keep his feast days does not mean we should do it for salvation we should practice god's ways because of our salvation do you see the difference paul is keeping god's feast days because he loves god and he loves his ways by the way if paul does these things and he says to imitate him then perhaps we should do what paul did we will get into colossians chapter 2 verse 16 in detail later in this teaching series but do you really think that paul was teaching against god's feast days yet keeping them himself either paul would then be a hypocrite or a schizophrenic so we see that paul is accused of breaking deuteronomy 13 by teaching that what moses wrote as the law of god had changed in the midst of the accusations that paul taught that christ changed the law of god paul could either say that the accusations are true and that he believed that the law of god has changed or the accusations were indeed false just like acts chapter 6 and 7 declares that they were false for stephen and yeshua he has a choice about the law of god changing either true or false there is no in between how do you suppose paul responded to his accusers we know how peter and the other apostles reacted well if we believe mainstream christianity's understanding of paul then paul would have had to state that the accusations were true that the law of god has changed even though that would contradict acts chapter 6 in which we learned that such accusations are false but since this teaching series is about paul and what he believed and taught let's discover the truth of this matter in acts chapter 21 we find that paul is once again accused of teaching that what moses wrote had changed acts 21 on the following day paul went in with us to james and all the elders were present when he had greeted them he told in detail those things which god had done among the gentiles through his ministry and when they heard it they glorified the lord and they said to him you see brother how many myriads of jews there are who have believed and they are all zealous for the law but they have been informed about you that you teach all the jews who are among the gentiles to forsake moses saying that they ought not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs what then the assembly must certainly meet for they will hear that you have come therefore do what we tell you we have four men who have taken a vow take them and be purified with them and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads and that all may know that those things of which they are informed concerning you are nothing but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the law paul cannot teach all of moses and teach against moses at the same time let's sum up this series of verses in acts 21 number one paul is accused of forsaking moses number two james considers that to be a serious concern number 3 james offers a solution number 4 james says that paul should help others with their vow again this is likely a nazarite vow found in number 6 declaring the law of god to be fully written on one's heart on top of all of this james states that the accusations against paul that he teaches differently than moses are not true this settles it right here unless we want to assume that james is wrong and thus the bible is wrong then we have to understand that james as an elder in the jerusalem council is saying that paul practices and teaches all of what is written by moses james just doesn't stop there james says that teaching and practicing what moses wrote is actually what defines walking orderly this means that not doing what moses wrote is walking disorderly thus anyone teaching differently than what moses wrote is teaching disorder they are teaching chaos this is according to what james just said and that all may know that those things of which were informed concerning you are nothing but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the law now one might say that paul was only accused of not teaching jews differently than what moses wrote and that this has nothing to do with converted gentiles that explanation works on most people because most people believe what moses wrote was only written for the jews here is the problem with that understanding god said that everything that was written by moses as the law of god was for everyone here are just a few examples numbers 15 16 the same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner gentile residing among you numbers 15 29 one in the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally whether a native-born israelite or a foreigner residing among you numbers chapter 9 verse 14 a foreigner residing among you is also to celebrate yahweh's passover in accordance with its rules and regulations you must have the same regulations for both the foreigner and the native born leviticus 24 you are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native born i am yahweh your god clearly there is no difference between a natural israelite and a grafted into the faith greek didn't paul say the same thing any number of times that there is no difference between jews and gentiles that we are all the same body does the same body obey different instructions of course not if we were all the same body with the same head which is yeshua then we are all following the same instructions there is to be one law for all thus if acts 21 declares that paul teaches all of moses to jews as though nothing has changed then he has to be doing the same for converted gentiles as well because that is what moses teaches les paul being contradicting himself jews and gentiles are of the same body and follow the same instructions paul cannot say that he teaches moses which says that converted gentiles are to follow the same law and then say that gentiles are not to follow the same law moses writes that gentiles are to follow the same law and paul said he teaches and practices what moses wrote there is no way out of this the only reason that most teachers and mainstream christianity do not understand this is because they have been deceived by the belief that what moses wrote was only for the jews this obviously cannot be the case when moses clearly wrote who knows how many times that there is no difference between jews and gentiles that it is one law for all paul wrote the same thing and he said he taught everything that moses wrote this is already destroying a lot of false beliefs about what paul taught but we are just getting started here's what we now must understand according to what the bible says not us number one yeshua was falsely accused of teaching what moses wrote had changed number two stephen was falsely accused of teaching that what moses wrote had changed number three paul was and still is today falsely accused of teaching what moses wrote has changed you might be thinking but paul clearly taught that what moses wrote had changed no he didn't paul said he didn't and ii peter as another witness said that paul was difficult to understand on such matters so yes it will be difficult to reconcile all this with paul's letters but not impossible in subsequent teachings in this series we will show you just that one might be quick to say perhaps acts 21 was wrong and that might seem like the easy way out but we still have much more to review on paul as it relates to acts 21 some will attempt to find a contradiction to suggest that james was wrong in his understanding of paul by pointing to the very next verse as for the gentile believers we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols from blood from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality this is in reference back to the decree found in acts 15. again we would refer to our teaching regarding acts 15 but we will entertain a short review as it relates to this verse on the surface it seems like the only four commandments gentiles are to observe in their faith are these four mentioned here obviously that does not make any sense because lying murder adultery etc are still considered breaking the law of god and thus considered sin so these four instructions are serving a specific purpose at first even before they begin learning about any other commandments let's recap the context leading to verse 25 number one paul was accused of not teaching the torah to jews to this james said that these accusations were false and said that paul walks orderly obviously meaning that if you want to walk orderly in the faith do what moses wrote number three now if one knows moses then one realizes that it is for the gentiles as well when they come into the faith one law for all so this begs the question why was the decree of acts 15 in galatia restated in acts 21 seemingly implying that the gentiles are not to keep what moses wrote first of all those four commandments are out of moses they're from moses so even on the surface it seems to make no sense at all it would be like saying we told the gentiles not to observe moses but instead observe moses that doesn't make much sense does it so why did james give the converted gentiles four commandments found in the writings of moses we have to understand the situation in context immediately following the decree of acts 15 verse 20 we find that the gentiles were expected to learn moses thus apply it we find that in acts 15 verse 21 but why were these four commandments given to those in galatia to be practiced first why would anyone have to understand these four commandments derived from moses first before learning the rest of moses on the sabbath why aren't the jews told the same thing it's because the jews do not have the same cultural problem as the galatians did and what is that problem well it would help if we read galatians right in galatians we find that the circumcision party a sect of the pharisees confused the galatians into believing that if they were circumcised then they were saved legalism salvation by works this heir of those in galatia is found all over the place in galatians many confused paul's railing against the law to actually be against keeping it in general instead of wrongfully keeping it for salvation meaning we are to keep god's law for obedience and the right way to rightfully live but not keep it for the motive of salvation now consider this here are the galatians all circumcised and now told that they are now saved according to this false doctrine and understanding they're likely to do what any false god worshiping society is used to doing they're going to go back to worshiping their old gods too along with worshipping yahweh why not right he's just one more god to them and that was their daily practice for their society to worship multiple gods and still why not they are certainly saved according to them they have been circumcised once you are saved you are always saved right they are circumcised now so they can go back to worshiping their old gods too just like they love to do at least that is what they believed at any rate the galatians went back to the false days and ways of pagan gods and we can find that in galatians 4. they were going back to the days and traditions that actually evolved into what we call christmas and easter today which paul calls bondage galatians chapter 4 verse 8 but then indeed when you did not know god you served those which by nature are not gods but now after you have known god or rather are known by god how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements to which you desire again to be in bondage you observe days and months and seasons and years i am afraid for you lest i have labored for you in vain do you see how they went back to their old gods which are by nature not god's they turned back to them and of course fell back into bondage in such ways so in this we have our answer to acts 15 and acts 21 the primary heading of the law of god found in deuteronomy 6 is that god is one deuteronomy chapter 6 hear o israel yahweh our god yahweh is one love yahweh your god with all of your heart and with all of your soul and with all of your strength these commandments that i give you today are to be on your hearts impress them on your children talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road when you lie down and when you get up tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates this is often referred to as the chama it simply means to hear and obey before we can hear and obey we have to know that god is one there is no other god and that there is no other righteous instructions to follow other than yahweh's instructions if they were going back to the ways of the false pagan gods then the galatians failed the galatians failed at understanding the basics of the shama we're to only follow god's instructions thus james did not directly tell the gentiles in galatia to practice what moses wrote simply because the galatians were still worshiping false gods as well they had to ditch the false pagan worship first which often includes temple prostitution eating meat sacrificed to idols and drinking blood at those temples the four commandments given to them was the start of that process and directly related to the context of worshiping those pagan gods at the temples then james next point was that they would then learn the rest of moses later on the sabbaths in the synagogues just to clarify the four commandments decreed in acts 15 20 and restated in acts 21 were a call to the galatians to leave the temple prostitution and temple sacrifices found in the pagan god temples then when they do that then they can learn and follow moses until then there was no point in commanding them to keep what moses wrote when they are still worshiping these pagan gods once they ditch the pagan gods then they can learn moses every sabbath there is no other possible understanding paul and james said that they taught all of what moses wrote and moses wrote that the gentiles are to keep the very same law of god so it wasn't that the gentiles only had four commandments to learn and practice it was that they only had four commandments to learn and practice before they should even consider learning the rest it is much more simple to understand once we pull in the context let's continue with acts 21 after all of this paul completes the vow according to james recommendation now remember james recommended to paul to help these four men with the vow in order to prove that paul practices and teaches all of what moses wrote that he walks orderly did it work not at all likely to paul's and james dismay the jews still came at paul with accusations of breaking deuteronomy 13. acts chapter 21 now when the seven days were almost ended the jews from asia seeing him in the temple stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him crying out men of israel help this is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people the law and this place and furthermore he also brought greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place in acts 22 we have a devout man according to the law which must be according to what moses wrote because the jews gave him good testimony acts 22 12 then a certain man ananias a devout man according to the law having a good testimony with all the jews who dwelt there acts 23 verse 3 paul uses the law of god to defend himself when he is once again accused of breaking deuteronomy 13. it must be noted that paul continues to defend himself against accusations that he taught differently than what moses wrote when he instead could have just simply said yes it is true if the accusations were true then he wouldn't be defending himself that is simply common sense acts 23 verse 3 then paul said to him god will strike you you white-washed wall for you sit to judge me according to the law and do you command me to be struck contrary to the law in acts 23 verse 4 paul is accused of breaking what moses wrote again but this time paul agrees with them and says that he is wrong based on what is written by moses acts 23 verses 4-5 and those who stood by said do you revile god's high priest then paul said i did not know brethren that he was the high priest for it is written you shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people notice that paul did not say that moses is done away with just like acts 21 proves paul continues teaching and practicing all of what moses wrote as if paul has not been accused enough of not teaching all of what moses wrote paul makes a final plea in his defense in the face of his accusers acts 24 verses 13-14 nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me but this i confess to you that according to the way which they call a sect so i worship the god of my fathers believing all which is written in the law and in the prophets you would think that if paul was really teaching something other than moses to jews and greeks that they would be able to prove it his accusers should just be able to read galatians as proof right galatians should prove that paul taught differently than moses didn't his accusers know about the letter to the galatians or perhaps as ii peter said we have misunderstood paul's letters to such a degree that even those trying to prove paul taught what moses wrote had changed couldn't even use the same letters that we try to use today paul said he believes everything that is written in the law and prophets that would also mean that paul believed moses when he wrote that there is one law for all and that there is no difference between jews and greeks also notice that paul refers to this sect of the way that was a common expression referring to those who follow the way of god which is written in the word of god in paul's day this was also referring to what moses wrote this is why yeshua said he is the way the truth the life the light and freedom it might be worth noting that all of those terms were used for what moses wrote and then it might not surprise you why yeshua referred to himself as the word of god it was because yeshua only taught and practiced what moses wrote the bible defines itself and keeps things simple to conclude our examination of acts we find that even to the very end paul was still teaching what yeshua said out of the law of moses and prophets acts 28 so when they had appointed him a day many came to him at his lodging to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of god persuading them concerning yeshua from both the law of moses and the prophets from morning till evening now we will begin examining paul in his very own letters if paul really taught and practiced the law of god as the book of acts proved then it should show up at least a few times in his letters in romans 2 13 paul says that is not just those that hear the law that are justified but those that also do the law of god for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of god but the doers of the law will be justified remember the book of james he said the same thing james chapter 1 but be doers of the word and not hearers only deceiving yourselves for if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer he is like a man observing his natural face in the mirror for he observes himself goes away and immediately forgets what kind of man he was but he who looks into the perfect law of liberty i.e psalm 119 verses 44-45 and continues in it and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work this one will be blessed in what he does james chapter 2 verses 18 18-20 but someone will say you have faith and i have works show me your faith without your works and i will show you my faith by my works you believe that there is one god you do well even the demons believe and tremble but do you want to know a foolish man that faith without works is dead verse 26 for is the body without the spirit is dead so faith without works is dead also so was james also talking about the same law of god that paul is referencing of course he was james is such a problem for theologians when they try to explain away the law of god that they have to claim at the works james mentions in chapter 2 have nothing to do with god's law it is supposedly just good deeds that men make up to do for others outside of the law of god this of course ignores the law of liberty mentioning context in james chapter 1 verses 22-25 which of course is a direct quote from the same law of liberty mentioned in psalm 119 verses 44-45 the one that is stated to be forever in fact now might be a good time to read all of psalm 119 if you would like to do so please pause this teaching and consider reading the longest chapter in the whole bible and see if your perspective of the law of god is compatible with the bible's perspective with god's perspective in romans 3 31 we arrive to a very interesting statement by paul do we then make void the law through faith certainly not on the contrary we establish the law there you have it when we come into the faith the law of god is not rendered void instead we are to continue in it we are to uphold it we are to establish the law of god the greek word here means all of those things in fact let's read the definition of the word paul uses for the law of god in the mount's greek dictionary to make stand set place set forth appoint fix establish confirm stand fast be firm be permanent be confirmed proved so far it most certainly does not look like paul's letters are contradicting what we have understood in our reading of acts what then shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace certainly not if sin is the breaking of the law of god 1 john 3 4 romans chapter 7 verse 7 then it seems as though grace and following god's instruction and his law are not incompatible like many assume the understanding that grace and god's law are contradictory to each other are due to a misunderstanding to the verse prior verse 14. we will get to that verse later but paul obviously knew verse 14 was going to be confusing so he clarified himself in verse 15. ironically few quote verse 15 when they quote verse 14 often suiting their own theology we have several verses of maw quoting moses to instruct us on the commandments surrounding marriage romans chapter 7. for the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives but if the husband dies she is released from the law of her husband first corinthians chapter 7 now to the married i command yet not i but the lord a wife is not to depart from her husband but even if she does depart let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband and a husband is not to divorce his wife first corinthians 7 a wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives but if her husband dies she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes only in the lord if moses is no longer relevant why is paul quoting moses paul also taught that we are to know what sin is by comparing it against the law of god this is not to say that the law of god is sin but our breaking of the law of god is sin romans 7 7 what shall we say then is the law sin certainly not on the contrary i would not have known sin except through the law for i would not have known covetness unless the law had said you shall not covet thus if we are teaching against the law of god it is the same as teaching others to sin we cannot have it both ways we cannot teach against god's commandments and teach against sin at the same time to hate sin is the same as loving the law of god to say that sin is bad is the same as saying that the law of god is good this leads us to paul's next point on the law of god romans 7 12 therefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good the law of god is good why did it supposedly change if it was just why did it supposedly change if it is holy or set apart why would the definition of holy or set apart change paul says again that the law of god is good romans 7 16 if then if i do what i will not to do i agree with the law that it is good paul not only says that the law of god is good but that he delights in it romans 7 22 for i delight in the law of god according to the inward man delighting in god's law is nothing new of course it was the same before the cross as well psalm chapter 1 but his delight is in the law of yahweh and in his law he meditates day and night psalm 40 verse 8 i delight to do your will oh my god and your law is within my heart psalm 119 70 their heart is as fat as greece but i delight in your law verse 77 let your tender mercies come to me that i may live for your law is my delight verse 92 unless your law had been my delight i would have perished in my affliction verse 174 i long for your salvation o yahweh and your law is my delight is the law of god your delight or do you run from it paul continues by saying that those who are after the spirit love the law of god but those who hate the law of god are following their flesh and cannot please god romans chapter 8 for those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh but those who live according to the spirit the things of the spirit for to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace because the carnal mind is enmity against god for it is not subject to the law of god nor indeed can be so then those who are in the flesh cannot please god so according to paul the ones not following the law of god are the ones that are carnally minded they're not following the spirit to follow the law of god is to fulfill loving god and loving others romans 13 verse 8 owe no one anything except to love one another for he who loves another has fulfilled the law romans 13 10 love does no harm to a neighbor therefore love is the fulfillment of the law galatians chapter 5. for all the law is fulfilled in one word even in this you shall love your neighbor as yourself this of course is right out of what moses wrote as the law of god recall this shema that we mentioned earlier deuteronomy chapter 6 you shall love yahweh your god with all your heart with all your soul and with all your strength also leviticus 19 18 you shall not take vengeance nor bear any grudge against the children of your people but you shall love your neighbor as yourself i am yahweh yeshua taught the very same thing when the pharisees and scribes tested christ to determine whether he would teach according to deuteronomy 13. of course he passed the test with flying colors matthew chapter 22 but when the pharisees heard that he had silenced the sadducees they gathered together then one of them a lawyer asked him a question testing him you see how they're testing to deuteronomy 13 here and saying teacher which is the great commandment in the law yeshua said to him you shall love yahweh your god with all of your heart with all of your soul and with all of your mind this is the first and great commandment and the second is like it you shall love your neighbor as yourself on these two commandments hang all the law and prophets notice how our messiah teaches that all of the law and prophets relates to loving god and to loving others this means that every commandment relates to either loving god or loving others in some way this is why paul said that doing the law of god actually fulfills loving others we are not to make up our own way on how to love god or love others god told us exactly how to in his word if it was left up to us to decide how to love others it would be a disaster jeremiah 17 9 the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked who can know it we saw in acts that paul still keeps yahweh's feast days and that he teaches jews and greeks to observe everything that moses wrote so is that what paul also writes in his letters he most certainly does paul teaches the same seven days of unleavened bread found in leviticus 23. first corinthians chapter five your glorying is not good do not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump therefore purge out the old leaven that you may be a new lump since you are truly unleavened for indeed christ our passover was sacrificed for us therefore let us keep the feast not with old leaven nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth and what is truth according to the word of god psalm 119 verse 142 your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and your law torah is truth verse 160 the entirety of your word is truth and every one of your righteous judgments endures forever we suspect that forever is a lot longer than many seem to make it out to be i would hope that they do not teach that our eternal life can end as well the only way theologians can explain away what paul said here about unleavened bread is that he really did not mean what he said that really does not seem like the best argument in first corinthians chapter 5 verses 12 through 13 we have paul quoting moses again on deuteronomy 17 7 19 19 22 21 and 24 and chapter 24 verse 7. first corinthians 5 for what have i to do with judging those also who are outside do you not judge those who are inside but those who are outside guide judges therefore put away from yourselves the evil person in first corinthians chapter 6 verses 9 through 10 we have paul quoting moses again on leviticus 20. do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of god do not be deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor homosexuals nor sodomites nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of god why does paul continue to quote moses with authority if their writings of moses as the law of god no longer had any authority over a believer in first corinthians chapter 9 verses 9 through 12 we have paul quoting the authority of moses again on deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 4. for it is written in the law of moses see how he's using moses as an authority here you shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain is it oxen god is concerned about or does he say it altogether for our sakes for our sakes no doubt this is written that he who plows should plow in hope and he who threshes in hope should be a partaker of his hope if we have sown spiritual things for you is it a great thing if we reap your material things if others are partakers of this right over you are we not even more nevertheless we have not used this right but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of christ here paul is quoting a commandment of god out of moses extrapolating the premise of it to his own ministry when the ox works the field it is to not be muzzled so it can eat and provide for itself while working as with all of god's commandments the physical also teaches the spiritual when god's workers are out in the field sowing god's word they are also to be provided for so they can continue doing the work of our father to not support ministry according to paul is literally muzzling the teachers so the idea is to continue feeding ministries so that ministries can continue feeding others it is a simple concept but paul quotes moses as the authority and as a written commandment if moses has been abolished or changed then paul has no right to cite moses as an authority in his teachings yet we find that paul continues to do such in many of his letters in fact all the writers of the new testament quote the old testament in their writings to prove their doctrine just like yeshua did paul says the same thing in 1st timothy chapter 5 verse 18 but refers to moses as the scriptures for the scripture says you shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain and the laborer is worthy of his wages so if what moses wrote is called scriptures by paul then those who teach that what moses wrote has changed and no longer instructions for us are yet again dead in the water when it comes to what paul said in second timothy chapter 3 verses 15 through 16. and from that childhood you have known the holy scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in messiah yeshua all scripture is given by inspiration of god and is profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction and for instruction and righteousness if all scripture is given by inspiration of god and is profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction for instruction and righteousness and moses is scripture according to paul then if all of what moses wrote is given by inspiration of god and is profitable for doctrine for a reproof for correction for instructions in righteousness then that would include leviticus 11 or leviticus 23 or many other instructions theologians have thrown into the trash can as no longer profitable and instructions in righteousness remember john said that we are to still practice righteousness which paul just defined as following all of the scriptures first john chapter 2 if you know that he is righteous you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him first john 3 little children let no one deceive you he who practices righteousness is righteous just as he is righteous again unless paul is contradicting himself because he is schizophrenic or a liar then paul taught that everyone that claims to be in the faith is to practice all of what moses wrote in first corinthians chapter 9 verse 21 paul says that he is not free from god's law to those not having the law i became like one not having the law though i am not free from god's law but am under christ's law so as to win those not having the law he also says that he is under christ's law which christ said that he only practiced and taught what the father said and that nothing was of himself so paul rightfully so is equating the law of god and the law of christ as the very same thing this makes even more sense when we realize that christ only taught and practiced what moses wrote paul again quotes moses as an authority in second corinthians and first timothy on deuteronomy chapter 19 verse 15. second corinthians 13 1 this will be the third time i am coming to you by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established first timothy chapter 5 verse 19 do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses in first thessalonians paul declares that he issued the commandments of christ which of course yeshua said were the same as the fathers first thessalonians 4 for you know what commandments we gave you through lord yeshua paul says that we are to obey the gospel of yeshua gospel simply means good news many simply understand part of the gospel which has to do with the death burial and resurrection of christ but fail to understand that the gospel is really the whole word of god hebrews 4 says those at sinai received the same gospel as us sadly though it goes on to say that they did not obey the gospel and mix it with faith thus they did not enter into his rest we are issued the very same warning in hebrews chapter 4. if we fail at the time we also are told that we will not enter into the pending rest to come in the day of the lord paul likewise issues this same warning here 2 thessalonians chapter 1 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know god and on those who do not obey the gospel of our lord messiah yeshua again paul says that the law of god is good if one uses the law of god the right way the right way is to point out our sin so that we know how not to sin and how to live righteously the wrong way to use the law of god is to try to earn salvation which is not possible first timothy chapter 1 but we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully in titus paul again quotes what moses wrote as commandments as a still standing authority in a believer's life in titus chapter 2 verse 9 paul is referring to deuteronomy 15 verses 12 through 18. titus chapter 2 exhort bond servants to be obedient to their own masters to be well pleasing in all things not answering back in titus 2 14 paul states that we are to be zealous for good works contrasted against the lawless deeds that we are to be redeemed from at the cross thus we are redeemed in our lawlessness yet we are to practice lawfulness obviously and it should go without saying the opposite of lawfulness is lawlessness which one do you suppose should be how we should live in the faith titus chapter 2 verse 14 who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for himself his own special people zealous for good works finally we arrive to the letter of hebrews no one knows for certain who wrote hebrews but has some things worth mentioning in hebrews chapter 8 verse 4 we have a very interesting statement about christ in the context of him being our high priest in the heavenlies hebrews chapter 8 verse 4 for if he were on earth he would not be a priest since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law many argue that the law has been abolished that assigns the levites as the earthly priesthood obviously that cannot be the case because it says right here in hebrews chapter 8 verse 4 that yeshua cannot be a high priest on earth because of the law that states the levites are the earthly priesthood administration thus if the law is abolished how can it be that it's preventing christ from being a high priest on earth it simply wouldn't be possible the only way the law can prevent yeshua from being a high priest on earth as if the law still stands it's only logical we hope that this teaching served well and pointing out that paul could not have been teaching against the law of god that paul desired to teach and practice the same example of the law of god that yeshua our messiah also walked and taught we realize that this understanding is likely generating many questions in your mind if you once believed that paul taught that the law of god changed we would like to ask you to continue with us if you are still interested in testing your faith as we also continue to attest to everything following teachings in this series we'll examine how and where paul is often confused in matters of the law of god and also revealing that paul only taught one law of god but there were other laws that he referred to only revealed by context once those matters are covered we will then examine each letter of paul individually and determine how every verse that supposedly teaches against the law of god is actually compatible with the paul we are introduced to in this teaching in fact what we will often discover is that many verses of paul that supposedly teach against the law of god will actually prove to be teaching for god's law remember there are no contradictions in scripture once still concludes after this teaching that paul is teaching that the law of god has changed then they are making the same false accusations that were made against stephen and yeshua if one still believes that paul taught that the law of god changed then we are ignoring what james said on the matter in acts 21 defending paul saying that he walks orderly according to what moses wrote one still believes that paul taught that the law of god changed then we are still making the same accusations that paul defended himself against in the book of acts even in paul's letters paul makes the same pro-law statements that we find in such amazing chapters as psalm 119 we hope that this study has blessed you and remember continue to test everything shalom [Music] it is because of you our generous supporters who make it possible to offer these high quality teachings completely free of charge if you feel led to support 119 ministries so that we can continue this effort please visit testeverything.net and click on the support 119 tab learn how you can partner with us to take the whole word of god to the nations [Music] you

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Length: 93min 49sec (5629 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 02 2020