The "James Exhonerated Paul" Defense

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Paulinists have also claimed that in Acts 21:20-24, James exonerates Paul of the charge of “teaching against the law”, which was levied against Paul by the men of Israel who recognized & seized him in Acts 21:28. However, such a characterization of what James said is at best just another fine example of Paulinist wishful thinking. 

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Paul presented himself to James & the elders, telling them about what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry, according to Acts 21:18-19. James then made a series of statements to Paul, explaining the problem regarding what people had been hearing regarding Paul’s false teachings. James advised Paul to take part in a purification ritual with four other men who had taken a vow. The purpose of Paul’s participation in the purification ritual was to show to everyone that what they had heard regarding Paul’s false teachings were nothing, but that Paul himself kept the Torah. This is all clear from Acts 21:20-24.

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To clarify Acts 21:20-24, the following statements are numbered...

1. James & the elders praised the Lord when they heard of Paul’s ministry to the Gentiles.

2. James advised Paul to observe how many thousands of Yahudim that were present who believed in YAHUSHA & were also zealous for the Torah.

3. James tells Paul that these Torah zealous Jewish believers in YAHUSHA had been hearing that Paul was: teaching to forsake Moses, & not circumcise their children. 

4. James questions Paul, “What is it therefore?”

5. James warns Paul that the multitude previously mentioned would hear that Paul had come. 

6. He then advises Paul to purify himself with four men who had taken a vow & “to be at charges with them”; in order that all the multitude of Torah zealous believers in YAHUSHA may know that what they had heard about Paul was not true. 

 

It appears that James simply gave Paul the benefit of the doubt, unaware of what Paul was actually teaching among the gentiles. From this passage, it is clear that the multitude James referred to had only been informed of Paul’s teachings among the Gentiles, but apparently had never read any of Paul’s letters to various gentile congregations. Similarly from Acts 21:20-24, there is simply no evidence that James had ever read any of Paul’s letters to various gentile congregations either. 

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Although James questioned Paul with “What is it therefore?”; he appeared to basically give Paul the benefit of the doubt, & simply suggested a way to avoid the conflict with the multitude. However, it is clear that James was completely unfamiliar with Paul’s false teachings, otherwise James would have been obligated to question Paul more critically. Similarly, it is very likely that James was never aware of Paul’s admission of 1 Co 9:20-21, where Paul basically admits that he behaved as a Jew with Jewish people, & as a gentile when he was with the gentiles. 

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1 Corinthians 9:20-21

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; To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

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James never made a single comment to the effect that he had read even one or any part of Paul’s letters, nor did he make any comments as to the contents of Paul’s letters that were subsequently included in New Testament Scriptures. There is simply no record in Acts or the rest of the New Testament Scriptures that clearly indicate that James had any idea about the contents of Paul’s letters to various gentile congregations.

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Paulinists will invariably attempt to take what James said in Acts 21:20-24 out of context, to fashion it into a blanket approval of Paul & all his false teachings. However in Acts 21:20-24, James simply suggests a course of action for Paul to take in order that the multitude of Torah zealous believers in YAHUSHA would understand that:  those things they had heard about Paul teaching against the Law of Moses (Torah) & against circumcision were not true; and that Paul himself walked orderly & kept the Law of Moses (or Torah). James clearly assumed that was the case. James was not at all issuing a perpetual endorsement of Paul’s Torah observance & teachings, although that is certainly how various Paulinists have tried to encourage the interpretation of Acts 21:20-24. 

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The simple fact of the matter is that in his letters, Paul had been teaching against circumcision, & effectively encouraging gentiles against any attempt at keeping the Torah.  This is without doubt.  To this very day, the overwhelming majority of Christianity view Paul’s letters as the primary Scriptural authority against keeping our Heavenly Father’s Torah.

 

As mentioned in previous chapters, in all of his letters to gentile congregations included with the New Testament Scriptures, Paul fails to even once mention the four items that gentiles are to avoid while they learn more of Moses every Sabbath. This automatically puts Paul in violation of Deuteronomy 17:8-13. Paul also effectively teaches against circumcision in Galatians 5:1-3, 1 Corinthians 7:17-19, & Romans 2:25-29 among other verses. Similarly in his New Testament letters, Paul also completely fails to even once encourage gentiles to keep our Heavenly Father’s Sabbaths. In fact, modern day Christianity views Romans 14:5-6 & other similar verses as “Apostle Paul’s” authoritative New Testament refutation of our Heavenly Father’s Sabbath. In addition, Paul absolutely failed to encourage gentile congregations to keep the dietary guidelines & restrictions of Leviticus 11. Instead, gentile congregations to this day have Romans 14:14 & other similar verses as the “Apostle Paul’s” authoritative New Testament refutation of the dietary restrictions & guidelines of Leviticus 11.

Other than YAHUSHA, no one can exonerate Paul from Paul's own writings against YHWH's Torah!

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The "Paul was just referring to the Oral Law" Defense

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Paulinists in the Messianic Community will also try to save Paul by claiming that whenever Paul refers to “the law”, he was referring to the “oral law”, or rabbinical traditions of the Talmud. On the one hand, they claim that Paul was such a brilliant rabbinical Torah scholar that most folks in Christianity just simply can’t even begin to understand his letters to this day! At the same time they will claim that Paul was so pathetically imprecise in his language that when he appears to be clearly referring to our Heavenly Father’s Torah, he is actually only referring to the rabbinical traditions of the Talmud. This argument in itself is almost an admission that there is something intrinsically & horribly wrong with Paul’s letters. 

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The Gospels effortlessly make this distinction, as the rabbinical talmudic traditions are referred to as the “tradition of the elders.” {Matthew 15:2, Mark 7:3, Mark 7:5} If Paul was unable to clearly make this simple distinction between our Heavenly Father’s Torah & the rabbinical talmudic traditions, this inability in itself should be more than enough to disqualify his letters from any consideration of being Inspired Scripture.

 

However, this is clearly another false defense because Paul was in fact referring to our Heavenly Father’s Torah. In 2 Co 3:7-11 Paul refers to YHWH’s Torah as a “ministration of death written & engraven on stone”. This is a clearly blasphemous reference to the 10 Commandments, written by our Heavenly Father on stone tablets.  Furthermore, we don’t see any examples of Paul teaching against rabbinical traditions, only against practices outlined in YHWH’s Torah.

 

In Romans 14:5-6, Paul fails to acknowledge the importance of keeping YHWH’s Sabbath, & argues that whether one keeps this day or that day it doesn’t really matter. In Galatians 4:10-11, & Col 2:14-17, Paul similarly fails to stress the importance of keeping YHWH’s Sabbaths, & appears to be arguing against the Sabbath. Similarly, Paul argues against the dietary instructions of Leviticus 11 in Romans 14:14 & 1 Cor 10:27.

 

1 Cor 8:4-10 is written in regards to food offered to idols. In this passage, Paul claims that eating foods offered to idols will not alienate us from  our Heavenly Father, nor will it bring us any closer to him if we abstain from such foods offered to idols. Paul’s condoning of eating foods sacrificed to idols of 1 Cor 8:4-10 thereby puts him in violation of Acts 15:20-21, which would thereby automatically put Paul in violation of Deuteronomy 17:8-13. 1 Cor 8:4-10 also puts Paul in violation of Exodus 20:1-6, Deuteronomy 5:6-10, & Revelations 2:14.

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The "Paul is Just Misunderstood Defense"

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This leads to one of the main defenses employed by Paulinists. Paulinists who acknowledge that the Torah is still in effect will inevitably argue that Paul’s writings are just badly misunderstood, because today we lack the proper Hebraic mindset to properly understand Paul’s letters. Paulinists argue that the Apostle Paul kept & taught Torah; the problem is that his letters are just badly misunderstood. It is true that the book of Acts records Paul teaching in the synagogue on the Sabbath day, & or otherwise keeping the Sabbath in multiple verses like Acts13:14-16, Acts 13:42, Acts 13:44, Acts 16:13, Acts 17:2, & Acts 18:4.

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In comparison to most of us today, perhaps Paul the Pharisee may have been relatively unsurpassed in his keeping of the Sabbath. Yet to this day, there are countless believers who keep the Sabbath, & affirm that it must be kept by all who seek to serve our Heavenly Father. However, this does not necessarily qualify anyone & everyone who keeps the Sabbath as an author of infallible Scripture!  Similarly, Paul’s keeping of the Sabbath doesn’t qualify him to be an author of infallible Scripture. Paul is clearly not qualified to be an author of Scripture because of his admitted dishonesty, & his complete failure to provide any meaningful guidance or encouragement of gentiles to keep the Commandments or Torah of our Heavenly Father in his letters. 

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In all of the New Testament letters written by Paul, he fails to give any practical information to gentile congregations about the Sabbath, & the importance of keeping the Sabbath. On the contrary, Paul penned several verses which clearly appear to be ambiguous attacks on the Sabbath.  Similarly, Paul’s letters contain several vague, subtle, & ambiguous attacks on the dietary instructions of Leviticus 11. Paul also writes much more blatant attacks on the Torah commandment of circumcision. In addition, Paul repeatedly implied & insinuated that our Heavenly Father’s Torah is not to be kept, which automatically makes him a false prophet according to Deuteronomy 13:5.  

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Paulinists who acknowledge that the Torah is still in effect are forced to argue that Paul did keep the Torah, & taught that it should be kept. In fact, Paul did make several positive comments about the Torah. For example in Romans 3:31, Romans 6:15, & Romans 7:12, Paul appears to be praising & advocating the Torah of our Heavenly Father. However, Paul seems to generally frame even the positive things he says about YHWH’s Torah in the setting of  subtle (or even blatant) attacks on the Torah, or in the setting of a denial of the applicability of the Torah for gentile believers in YAHUSHA. 

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For example in Romans 3:31, Paul affirms that he establishes the law or Torah. Yet, just a few verses earlier in Romans 3:28, he states that, “Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the Law.” To this very day, gentiles reading this letter very easily come to the conclusion that it is simply not necessary to keep YHWH's Torah as we are saved by faith, according to the “Apostle Paul.”

Similarly, in Romans 6:15, Paul writes, “What then? shall we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.” This verse seems to indicate that we are not to sin, or transgress the Torah of our Heavenly Father. Yet again in the very previous verse of Romans 6:14, Paul writes, “For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the Law, but under grace.” Both verses contain the recurring, hypnotic mantra attempting to mislead the reader into thinking that they are not under the authority of our Heavenly Father’s Torah. This is clearly in violation of Deuteronomy 13:5.

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Again in Romans 7:12, Paul states that , “the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.” Nevertheless, the overall theme of Romans 7:1-12 is that we are loosed from the obligations of the law as can be seen in Romans 7:6, “But now we are delivered from the Law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.”

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Paul’s writings have a clear pattern of giving disingenuous praise or lip service to YHWH's Torah; while in the very same passage attacking YHWH's Torah, or denying the importance of its applicability to gentiles. Essentially this results in a cognitive dissonance as Paul tends to repeat vague & ambiguous (or even blatant) attacks on the Torah or practices outlined in the Torah; while often in the same passage praising the Torah as holy, just, and good. 

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The dissonance in these passages could be resolved in a variety of ways. One method is to accept Paul’s assertions that while the Torah may be holy, just, & good; gentiles are simply not under the authority of the Torah. This appears to be the general consensus of mainstream Christianity.

 

In contrast, the Messianic community of believers  affirm YAHUSHA as the Messiah, & the Torah as YHWH’s teachings, Commandments, & instructions which are binding on all who wish to serve Him. The Messianic Community tends to try to stress the positive things that Paul says about the Torah, while struggling to rationalize & justify Paul’s subtle & often blatant attacks on YHWH's Torah. The Messianic Community likes to imagine Paul as a tremendously brilliant Torah scholar who is just horribly misunderstood by the overwhelming majority in Christianity. The problem is that as a result of Paul’s rhetoric, the overwhelming majority of Christians feel that YHWH’s Torah is not binding on them. Paul’s letters encourage christians to reject YHWH’s Torah. This forces christians to fall into the trap of lawlessness, which Messiah YAHUSHA condemns in no uncertain terms in Matthew 7:21-23.

Some Paulinists will claim that Paul rejected the Torah as an authoritative set of instructions binding on the lives of all who desire to serve our Creator & Savior;  that he wanted to replace the Torah with the “law of Christ”, & subsequently reaffirmed the Torah as a source of wisdom & prophetic  

writings.(3) The problem with this is that Paul the Pharisee simply did not have the authority to repudiate the Torah of our Heavenly Father! For Paul the Pharisee to write against, attack, & cause others to reject living by our Heavenly Father’s Torah would automatically make Paul a false prophet according to Deuteronomy 13:5.

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The reality is that because of Paul’s letters, the overwhelming majority of Christians have been deceived into rejecting our Heavenly Father’s Torah for thousands of years. If Paul were such a great Torah scholar & evangelist, why have his letters caused literally billions of people to reject our Heavenly Father’s Torah for thousands of years????

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"The Disciples selected Matthias, But Jesus selected Paul to be Judas' Replacement" Defense

 

Another favorite strategy employed by Paulinists to defend Paul’s false claims of Apostleship is to claim that Matthias was presumptuously & mistakenly selected by the remaining eleven Apostles. In contrast, they allege that Paul was selected by YAHUSHA to be His Apostle.  Paulinists have claimed that the disciples were instructed to wait in Jerusalem until they received the Ruach Elohim, or Holy Spirit. Paulinists claim that the Eleven Apostles were given neither the task, nor the authority to select the twelfth Apostle. These Paulinists assert that the disciples were presumptuous in their selection of Matthias, & that YAHUSHA invalidated their selection by selecting Paul instead. To this end, they rely on the accounts of Paul’s road to Damascus experience, & Paul’s oft repeated claims of Apostleship.

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However, Acts 1:15-26 is the passage which relates how Judas’ replacement was selected. Acts 1:21-26 is very important in this regard, as it specifies the selection criteria for Judas’ replacement as the 12th Apostle. To be selected as the Twelfth Apostle, the candidate had to have been selected by YAHUSHA to be a witness of His ministry, from his Baptism through to his Resurrection & Ascension. Two candidates were qualified in this respect; Joseph called Barsabas, & Matthias. The eleven Apostles prayed for the Lord to select which of the two should be the twelfth Apostle. They cast lots, & the lot fell upon Matthias. According to the Book of Acts, Matthias “was numbered with the eleven Apostles.”

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Nevertheless, many Paulinists brazenly fault the real eleven Apostles for selecting Matthias because they claim they had not yet received the Holy Spirit. They claim that YAHUSHA ignored their choice by selecting Paul to be Judas’ replacement as the 12th Apostle. 

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The Paulinist claim that the disciples had not yet received the Holy Spirit before Matthias was selected is clearly incorrect, as documented by John 20:21-23. Furthermore, the eleven Apostles remembered that YAHUSHA’s promise of  Matthew 18:20. So the eleven remaining Apostles met together, guided by the Ruach Elohim which they had all received directly from YAHUSHA Himself. They prayed that YAHUSHA would select which of the two candidates should replace Judas as the twelfth Apostle. They were confident, & had no doubt that their prayer would be heard & answered. How could they be so sure that their collective prayer would be heard & answered?

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The remaining eleven Apostles knew that their prayer would be heard & answered because they remembered what YAHUSHA had told them during the last supper. YAHUSHA had promised His disciples at least three times that whatever they ask in His Name, their request would be granted. This is documented in John 14:13-14, John 15:16, & John16:23-24.

 

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John 14:13-14

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

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John 15:16

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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John 16: 23-24

And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

 

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They didn’t meet together to pray for beautiful wives, lovers, or harems of exquisite concubines; they didn’t pray for fabulous riches, immense wealth, mansions, or fast horses. They simply prayed that YAHUSHA would select which of the two qualified men should be the replacement for Judas’s Apostleship; & they knew that their prayer would be heard & answered.

 

Yet how could the eleven Apostles of YAHUSHA be certain that Judas’ replacement had to be either Barsabas or Matthias? Again, they remembered YAHUSHA’s words...

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John 15:15   

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, He may give it you.

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John 15:27   

And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

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Matthew 19:28   

And YAHUSHA said unto them, "Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

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Paul never heard YAHUSHA say any of those words, since Paul was never selected by YAHUSHA to be a witness of His ministry. In contrast, YAHUSHA’s eleven Apostles clearly remembered that YAHUSHA had told them that He had chosen them & ordained them to be His witnesses from the beginning of His ministry, through to His resurrection & Ascension. YAHUSHA had promised that the 12 of them who had followed Him faithfully from His baptism would sit on 12 thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel in YAHUSHA’s Kingdom!

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So the eleven of them met together, with the only two possible replacement candidates for Judas’ Apostleship, as well as with about a hundred and eighteen other disciples & followers of YAHUSHA. They prayed that YAHUSHA would select which of the two should replace Judas as the twelfth Apostle. They cast lots, the lot fell upon Matthias, & Matthias “was numbered with the eleven Apostles.”

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Paulinists claim that YAHUSHA ignored the collective request of his eleven remaining Apostles, & invalidated the selection of Matthias. What they are really claiming is that YAHUSHA broke the promise that He repeatedly made to His disciples at least three times before His anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane! YAHUSHA is Faithful & True, & we can all be absolutely certain that He did not break the promise He repeatedly made to His disciples! Where is the verse that clearly shows YAHUSHA ever selected Paul to be an Apostle? There is none!

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The simple fact of the matter is that Paul the Pharisee simply was not qualified to be one of YAHUSHA’s twelve Apostles, since YAHUSHA never selected Paul to be a witness of His Ministry. Even if Paul had been in the same room with the actual eleven Apostles & two apostolic candidates when they met to pray for a replacement, it would have changed nothing. Paul had not been selected by YAHUSHA to be a witness of His ministry from His  baptism through to His resurrection & Ascension. Consequently, Paul was simply not qualified to be one of Adonai YAHUSHA’s Twelve Apostles. Since Paul was not one of YAHUSHA's Twelve Apostles, Paul & his letters have absolutely no Apostolic authority. 

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As mentioned previously, the accounts of Paul’s road to Damascus experience vary significantly. These accounts are found in Acts 9:1-20, Acts 22:4-17, & Acts 26:13-19. Of the three accounts, Paul is speaking in the first person in Acts 22:4-17 & Acts 26:13-19. These accounts do vary significantly in regards to whether or not Paul was struck blind, whether Paul fasted for 3 days or not, whether Paul was healed by Ananias or not, whether the men with Paul heard the voice or saw the light, whether the men with Paul fell to the ground or remained standing, etc... However, these differences in the accounts of Paul’s road to Damascus experience pale in comparison to the differences in what the voice from Heaven allegedly told Paul in the different accounts. The world may never know what the voice from Heaven said to Paul, if anything at all, since Paul contradicted himself so badly in his two first person accounts of his road to Damascus event. One thing is very clear & evident from all three accounts: the voice from Heaven never told Paul that he was going to be an Apostle! 

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At this point, it is important to remember a verse that was mentioned at the very beginning of this book, Deuteronomy 19:15. Our Savior echoes this theme in Matthew 18:16. While these verses speak of the necessity for multiple witnesses for valid judgement against an offender, the verses are often used to indicate that if something is true or important in the Scriptures, it will usually be repeated at least a couple of times.

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Luke, who was Paul’s companion, referred to Paul as an Apostle twice (Acts 14:4, Acts 14:14). Similarly, Paulinists will be able to point to endless “church fathers” who acknowledged Paul’s Apostleship. However, it is not Luke & the church fathers who were responsible for numbering, appointing, or selecting YAHUSHA’s disciples & Apostles. 

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The word “apostle” is used 19 times in the New Testament. Of those 19 uses, Paul proclaims himself to be an Apostle about 16 times! Yet there is simply not even one verse anywhere in the New Testament Scriptures in which any of YAHUSHA’s actual twelve Apostles acknowledge Paul as being an apostle. Even more revealing is the fact that there is not even a single verse anywhere in the New Testament Scriptures in which YAHUSHA identifies Paul as being an Apostle!!  

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Paulinists attempt to discredit the Apostolic selection of Matthias as Judas‘ replacement in Acts 1:15-26 by claiming that YAHUSHA selected Paul. By doing this, they are effectively claiming that YAHUSHA broke the promise that He made to His actual disciples three times, that whatever they prayed for in His Name would be granted.

 

Similarly, Paulinists that take this approach are forced to ignore the only selection criteria required to be an Apostle. The candidate had to have been selected by YAHUSHA to be a witness of His ministry, from His baptism through to His Resurrection & Ascension. The plain simple truth is that Paul simply was not qualified to be one of the twelve Apostles. There is not a single verse in the New Testament Scriptures in which YAHUSHA identifies Paul as an Apostle, with the possible exception of Revelations 2:2!        

         

It has been thoroughly established that Paul was not qualified to be one of Adonai YAHUSHA’s Twelve Apostles. As a result, Paul’s writings have absolutely no Apostolic authority whatsoever. Paul’s letters should never have been included with the actual Scriptures, & should be largely ignored for those seeking to worship our Heavenly Father in Spirit & in Truth.

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The "but Paul wrote 70% of the New Testament!" Defense

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Another remarkably odious defense that Paulinists employ is the, “throw the baby out with the bathwater” argument. Devoted Paulinists will say that Paul wrote 70% of the New Testament. Consequently, these Paulinists claim that no one should even dare to question Paul's writings! Luke, a close associate of Paul’s, wrote the Gospel of Luke & the book of Acts. The second half of the book of Acts is for the most part devoted to Paul.  Some utterly shameless Paulinists will even go as far as claiming the whole Bible should be discarded if one attempts to even dare question or examine the reliability or veracity of Paul’s writings! 

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This is a pathetically weak argument that is clearly a desperate attempt by Paulinists to prevent any critical examination of Paul & his letters. Deuteronomy 8:3 & Matthew 4:4 both inform us that "man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of YHWH!" Paul repeatedly admitted to writing foolishness(2 Corinthians 11:23 & 2 Corinthians 12:11) & dishonesty(Romans 3:7 & & Corinthians 12:16).  In Ezekiel 36:27, our Creator tells us that His Spirit will cause us to be obedient to Him...

 

Ezekiel 36:27

And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

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Given that Paul repeatedly wrote that "we are not under the Law", & that "all things are lawful", the inclusion of Paul's letters with the actual Scriptures have caused billions of people to disobey YHWH's Torah for thousands of years! Consequently, it is exceedingly clear that Paul's letters were not inspired by the Spirit of YHWH! 

 

Deuteronomy 4:2 & Deuteronomy 12:32 both warn us not to add to or take away from YHWH’s Word. So for all the dangerously misguided Paulinists using the "throw out the whole Bible if you dare question Paul" argument; please think twice before daring to advocate that YHWH's Torah, the Prophets, & the Gospels should be discarded!     

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Deuteronomy 13:5 warns us to beware of the false prophet who would try to persuade us to not keep YHWH’s Commandments. In Matthew 7:15-20, Adonai YAHUSHA warns us to beware of false prophets, & that we would know them by their fruits. Paul’s letters serve as the only Scriptural justification for disobeying YHWH’s Commandment to keep the Sabbath day, for disregarding YHWH’s dietary instructions of Leviticus 11, etc. As such, Paul’s letters have been instrumental in causing billions of Christians to disobey YHWH’s Commandments for thousands of years. That is Paul’s fruit! That is why Paul is a false prophet, & why Paul’s letters have no place being included in YHWH’s Scriptures. In addition, since Paul was not one of YAHUSHA’s Twelve Apostles, Paul’s writings have absolutely no Apostolic authority whatsoever. 

    

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The "Luke exonerated" Paul Defense

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Paul the pharisee's devotees will also invariably cite Luke, author of the Gospel of Luke & the book of Acts, as a reliable witness of the validity of Paul's "(a)postleship" & authority.

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However, please remember that Luke faithfully recorded that Paul the pharisee gave remarkably self- contradictory first person accounts of what the voice from Heaven told him on the RTD(road to Damascus). In his defence before the men of Israel in Acts 22, Paul claimed that the voice from Heaven said the following on the RTD...

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Acts 22:5-11

...Saul, Saul why persecutest thou me?... I am Jesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest... Arise & go into Damascus & there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

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Yet before Agrippa, Paul claimed the voice told him ...

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Acts 26:13-19

...Saul, Saul why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks... I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. But rise & stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister & a witness, both of these things which thou hast seen & of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; delivering thee from the people & from the gentiles unto whom now I send thee, to open their eyes & to turn them from darkness to light & from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins & inheritance among them which are

sanctified by faith that is in me.

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As mentioned in previous messages, this kind of undeniably self-contradictory testimony would definitely identify Paul the pharisee as an unreliable or false witness in a court of law!

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Luke also faithfully records that Paul repeatedly disobeyed the Holy Spirit:

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a.) the Holy Spirit’s requirement that Barnabas & Paul work together(Acts 13:2/Acts 15:36-40)

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b.) in regards to the Holy Spirit's warning to not go to Jerusalem(Acts 21:3-4 & Acts 21:10-13)

As mentioned previously, disobedience to the Spirit of YHWH is a very serious offence....

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Luke carefully recorded that the Holy Spirit repeatedly used other people to warn Paul not to go to

Jerusalem. Jesuswordsonly.com brilliantly raises the question of why should that be necessary if Paul were so full of the Holy Spirit? (Acts 21:3-4 & Acts 21:10-13) 

https://jesuswordsonly.com/recommendedreading/356-did-paul-ever-truly-meet-jesus.html

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Luke similarly does a marvellous job of documenting that when Paul the pharisee was confronted by

James about what the Torah keeping believers had been hearing about Paul (that Paul was teaching against keeping our Creator’s Commandments). Paul the pharisee didn’t dare to make any claims to James that, “we are not under the Law”, “the Law has been done away with”, “All things are Lawful for me” or anything like that. Paul the pharisee simply kept his mouth

shut & did what he was told to do by James. This clearly indicates that Paul knew that he had absolutely no authority of any sort to try to abrogate or diminish our Creator’s Commandments in any way. (Acts 21:18-28)

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In Acts 21:18-28, Luke carefully documents that after Paul had written most of his letters Paul the pharisee took part in a public demonstration to show that:

a. he never taught against the keeping of our Creator’s Commandments, & that

b. he kept the Creator’s Commandments!!

Of course this should make it very difficult to rely on Paul’s letters as the only Scriptural justification for disobeying & disregarding our Creator’s Commandments! 

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Luke also meticulously records that in the two different judicial proceedings of Acts 24 & 25, Paul

claimed that he “believed all things written in the Law & the Prophets”, & that basically in no way had he ever offended anything regarding the Law. Paul’s testimony is clearly not compatible with the recurring theme of his letters that, “the Law is done away with”, “we are not under the law”, & that “all things are lawful for me”, etc...

So either Paul was telling the truth in those judicial proceedings, & his letters are just horribly written & completely worthlessly unreliable... or Paul perjured himself & gave false testimony in those judicial proceedings because he really was writing in his letters that “the Law is done away with”, “we are not under the Law”, & that “all things are Lawful for me”. Either way, Paul’s letters are completely unreliable as a result.

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Luke also fantastically documents that Paul repeatedly perjured himself or gave false testimony in

the judicial proceedings of Acts 23, 24, & 25 https://www.wemustallrepent.com/waspaulreallyblameless

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Given all these wonderful examples of Luke’s meticulous documentation above, any reasonable person should be extremely reluctant to simply blindly accept any uncorroborated claims made by Paul the pharisee & notorious false prophet!

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