Conclusion
Genesis 2:16-17 informs us how our Heavenly Father instructed Adam & Eve not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good & evil. Genesis 3:1-19 describes how Adam & Eve were deceived by the serpent into disobeying our Heavenly Father by eating what they were not supposed to. The devastating consequences of that disobedience continue to this very day. Human beings were cast out of the Paradise that our Heavenly Father intended us to live in, because of our disobedience in regards to what we should & shouldn’t eat.
Genesis 2:16-17
And YHWH Elohim commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
1 Corinthians 8:4-10
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one....
Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
To this day, Paul’s letters serve as the only Scriptural justification for disregarding & disobeying our Heavenly Father’s instructions regarding what we should & shouldn’t eat as found in Leviticus 11. Verses like 1 Co 8:4-10 have been instrumental in this deception. Apparently we have for the most part completely failed to learn from the lesson of Adam & Eve! Our Heavenly Father most definitely has the authority to tell us what we should & shouldn’t eat. When we disobey His instructions, we have no reason to expect Him to be extremely pleased with our disobedience!
Similarly, 1 Kings 13:1-26 is about a prophet who was deceived by another prophet into disobeying the instructions he received from YHWH . The prophet was decieved into disobeying YHWH once, & consequently died shortly thereafter. Both of these examples illustrate that when we are given instructions or Commandments from YHWH our Heavenly Father, we are to do them to the best of our ability. At the very least, we are to completely disregard anyone who tries to persuade us against following or keeping the Commandments of YHWH , our Heavenly Father!!
Catholic & protestant christianity understand Paul’s letters to be fairly clear in asserting that gentiles are not obligated to keep our Heavenly Father’s Torah. Torah practices such as the keeping of Sabbath, observing the dietary restrictions of Leviticus 11, & feasts of YHWH are for the most part ignored & disregarded in the corporate worship practices of the overwhelming majority of Christian churches. Paul’s letters serve as the only justification in the Scriptures for such blatant disregard of our Heavenly Father’s Commandments & Instructions.
Regardless of what Paul appears to try to be saying in his letters, the book of Acts indicates that at the end of his travels & ministries Paul publicly proclaimed in several different judicial type proceedings that he never taught against YHWH ’s Torah! See Acts 23:1, Acts 24:14-16, & Acts 25:7-8. He also very clearly stated that he believes all things written in the Law/Torah & the Prophets.
Acts 23:1
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
Acts 24:14-16
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the prophets: And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Acts 25:7-8
And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove. While he answered for himself, Neither against the Law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
Consequently, Paul’s letters are either just extremely poorly written & only give the average reader a false impression that Paul was writing against various instructions from the Torah (such as the keeping of Sabbath, adhering to the dietary restrictions of Leviticus 11, the circumcising of males, etc); or Paul was recorded repeatedly giving false testimony in a series of various judicial proceedings at the end of his ministry! Either way, the solution for christian organizations & individuals who have been disregarding YHWH ’s Torah is to repent, & begin to keep YHWH ’s Torah!
There is a significant dissonance between Paul’s public proclamations of adherence to & blamelessness according to the Torah, & Paul’s letters which appear to clearly be attacking various Torah based practices (such as Sabbath keeping, following the dietary instructions of Leviticus 11, & circumcision). If Paul’s letters were just extremely poorly written, & Paul never meant to question or attack Torah based instructions & practices; then all christian religious organizations that currently disregard our Heavenly Father’s Torah need to immediately repent. All such christian religious organizations need to begin teaching that YHWH ’s Torah must be kept at a congregational as well as individual level!
On the other hand if Paul’s letters were truly attacking Torah based instructions & practices (Sabbath keeping, Leviticus 11, circumcision, etc.), & Paul was recorded giving false testimony in multiple judicial proceedings at the end of his ministry; then Paul & all of his letters thereby lose any & all semblance of any “Apostolic” authority because of his repeated habit of giving false witness in judicial proceedings to save himself. Again the solution for all christian organizations disregarding our Heavenly Father’s Commandments, is to repent & immediately begin trying to corporately keep the Commandments of our Heavenly Father’s Torah.
For example, when Paul returned to Jerusalem at the end of his journeys, he did meet with James & the elders of the Jerusalem congregation. Paul told them of his missionary journeys & ministry. And they responded as follows...
Acts 21:21-24
And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the Law:
And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them; Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the Law.
James pointed out that there were thousands of believers in YAHUSHA who were all zealous for YHWH ’s Torah. They had heard of Paul that he was teaching against the Torah. James asked Paul, “What is it?” This would be the equivalent of today’s, “what’s going on man?” James advised Paul to publicly take part in a temple ceremony with four other men who had taken a vow, so that everyone could see that what they had heard about Paul was wrong, & that he kept YHWH ’s Torah.
If Paul actually believed the things he had written in his letters to the various gentile congregations, this would have been the perfect opportunity for Paul to explain to James & the elders of the Jerusalem congregation why Paul was teaching against YHWH ’s Sabbath, or against Leviticus 11, or against circumcision, or against YHWH ’s Torah & Law in general. However, Paul’s letters were written to various gentile congregations that were probably not very familiar with YHWH ’s Torah. With James & the elders of the congregation in Jerusalem who understood the importance of YHWH ’s Torah, Paul didn’t dare to even open his mouth to comment on what James had said. Paul just simply did exactly what he was told to do!
When he went to the Temple to take part in the ceremony as advised by James, he was seen by the Jews of Asia...
Acts 21:28
Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the Law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
This created a ruckus! The folks in the temple seized Paul, & took him out of the temple to kill him as a false prophet. However Paul was saved by Roman soldiers. They permitted Paul to address the crowd of Hebrew men that had just been wanting to kill him. In Acts chapter 22, Paul told them of his experience on the road to Damascus, which only caused further uproar. Acts chapter 23 starts with Paul being set before a council of the jews & roman soldiers. Paul begins addressing the jewish council in
Acts 23:1
.... And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
Similarly, in two other judicial type proceedings, Paul went on to claim the following...
Acts 24:14-16
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
In Acts 24:14-16, Paul publicly proclaimed in a judicial setting that he believed all things that were written in the Torah (or Law) & in the prophets. He went on to claim that he made a point of always having a conscience void of offence towards God & men. In no way could Paul’s proclamation in that judicial proceeding be considered a refutation of YHWH ’s Torah; instead, Paul made a clear blanket endorsement of “all things written in the Torah & the Prophets!”
Similarly, in another judicial setting, Paul makes the following claim...
Acts 25:8
While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
Any justification for disregarding YHWH ’s Torah (which includes the Sabbath, dietary instructions of Leviticus 11, circumcision, etc.) based on Paul’s letters, simply can not be correct. The verses above prove that at the end of his ministry & journeys, after Paul had written all those New Testament letters, Paul was forced to defend himself publicly in a series of different judicial settings. In those judicial settings, Paul gave at least one blanket endorsement of YHWH ’s Torah, & several sworn claims of his essentially blameless & conscientious adherence to YHWH ’s Torah!
The Christian minister or pastor who says that YHWH ’s Torah isn’t for christians or is only for the jews is really put in an extremely awkward position by Paul’s sworn testimonies above! Even more so since Paul never once dared to explicitly state that gentiles are not obligated to keep YHWH ’s Sabbath, or the dietary instructions of Leviticus 11. Paul did definitely write against circumcision of gentiles & openly contradicted our Heavenly Father in that regard.
However, regardless of whatever Paul appears to try to be saying in his letters, the fact of the matter is that Paul simply did not have the authority to add to or take away from our Heavenly Father’s Torah or 10 Commandments. This is exceedingly clear from the following verses.
Deuteronomy 5:32-33
Ye shall observe to do therefore as YHWH your Elohim hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. Ye shall walk in all the ways which YHWH your Elohim hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Deuteronomy 4:1-2
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which YHWH Elohim of your fathers giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the Commandments of YHWH your Elohim which I command you.
Deuteronomy 12:32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
One of the main purposes of this book is to try to ascertain what were the LIE(s) & dishonesty that Paul admitted to in Romans 3:7 & 2 Corinthians 12:16. Different sections have dealt with multiple examples of Paul’s fundamental dishonesty & unreliability. Unfortunately, Paul has been given far too much authority based on his highly questionable & self proclaimed “apostleship”. As a result countless billions of christians have been led into the grave, potentially life threatening error of rejecting our Heavenly Father’s Torah!
YHWH ’s Scriptures are extremely clear that YHWH ’s Commandments are not only for the children of Israel, but for all people or gentiles who want to serve our Heavenly Father, Creator, & Savior. As mentioned previously, Exodus 12:38 specifies that our Heavenly Father brought a mixed multitude out of Egypt with the children of Israel. This mixed multitude were considered strangers because they were not a party to the covenant that our Heavenly Father had made with Abraham & his descendants. Nevertheless, they were expected to keep the same Torah as the children of Israel.
In the very Commandment to keep the Sabbath day, found in Exodus 20:8-11 & Deuteronomy 5:12-15, our Heavenly Father specifies that the Sabbath is for the children of Israel, as well as for the strangers who want to serve Him. This clearly indicates that our Heavenly Father’s Sabbath is for all people who want to serve Him! All people who want to serve our Creator should be keeping His Sabbath & His Torah; regardless of what Paul’s letters appear to be saying! The following verses are quite explicit in that regard...
Exodus 20:8-11
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it kadosh. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of YHWH thy Elohim: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days YHWH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore YHWH blessed the Sabbath day, and separated it.
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
Keep the Sabbath day to keep it kadosh, as YHWH thy Elohim hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of YHWH thy Elohim: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that YHWH thy Elohim brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore YHWH thy Elohim commanded thee to keep the Sabbath day.
Exodus 12:49
One Torah(Law) shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
Leviticus 24:22
Ye shall have one manner of Law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am YHWH your Elohim.
Numbers 15:15-16
One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before YHWH . One Torah(Law) and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
So when Paul implies that gentile believers don’t have to keep YHWH ’s Torah, as he does in Galatians 5:3, Paul is clearly teaching against the applicability of YHWH ’s Torah for all people. Paul claims that only the man who is circumcised is required to do YHWH 's Law or Torah. However, Exodus 12:49, Leviticus 24:22, & Numbers 15:15-16 all indicate that the (uncircumcised)strangers who sought to serve YHWH were all required to keep the same Torah or Law as the children of Israel! What Paul is really implying in Galatians 5:3 is that if the man remains uncircumcised, he is not required to keep YHWH 's Torah or Law, which is absolutely false according to Exodus 12:49, Leviticus 24:22, & Numbers 15:15-16. To teach against the keeping of YHWH ’s Torah is exactly one of the characteristics of a false prophet according to Deuteronomy 13:5!
Galatians 5:3
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Deuteronomy 13:5
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from YHWH your Elohim, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which YHWH thy Elohim commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
Do Paul’s letter instruct Gentiles on how to keep the Torah, & the practices outlined in the Torah? Do Paul’s letters explain to Gentiles about the teachings of Master YAHUSHA, & Master YAHUSHA’s teachings about Salvation? The correct answer to both of those questions is clearly NO!
One of the purposes of this site is to show that YAHUSHA alone is the sole Authority of the New Testament Scriptures! This is simply a function of who He is. YAHUSHA is literally YHWH in the flesh. This is clear from a variety of different verses. Isaiah 9:6-7, Jeremiah 23:5-6, Isaiah 44:6, John 8:56-59, & John 14:9-11 are a few verses that clearly indicate that YAHUSHA is YHWH in the flesh.
After fasting for forty days & forty nights, YAHUSHA was tempted by the devil to turn stones into bread. YAHUSHA replies in Matthew 4:4 that ..., “It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of YHWH”. Yahusha was quoting Deuteronomy 8:3. According to our Saviour YAHUSHA, all human beings should be living by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of YHWH! This means that all human beings should repent! We should all be keeping YHWH’s Commandments, We can begin by keeping His Sabbaths, following His instructions regarding what we shouldn’t eat, etc.
Similarly, in Deuteronomy 18:18-120, YHWH tells us that He is going to raise up a Prophet from the children of Israel, who was going to say all that YHWH commands. Anyone not listening to that Prophet’s words which He spoke in the Name of YHWH, will have to have to answer to YHWH...
When the prophets had a message to communicate on behalf of YHWH, YHWH’s prophets in the Scriptures generally all used the introductory phrase, “Thus saith YHWH, Elohim of Israel.” In fact that phrase is present in the Scriptures over a thousand times! Our Messiah YAHUSHA never once used that phrase, because every word He spoke was literally the Word of YHWH! YAHUSHA Himself told us as much in ...
Deuteronomy 18:18-20
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in My Name, I will require it of him. But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
John 12:49-50
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, He gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that His commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Unfortunately, people have developed the idea that every word of Paul’s letters is gospel truth. Nothing could be further from the truth! In Deuteronomy 18:18-19, YHWH was referring to YAHUSHA as being the Prophet speaking all YHWH's Words. However, Deuteronomy 18:20 does seem to clearly be referring to Paul since Paul presumed to speak falsely, in the authority of the Spirit of YHWH, against YHWH's Torah. We are supposed to reject the false prophet Paul, & spend our time & energy focusing on the words of YAHUSHA, since He is our Savior & Righteous Judge.
Paul’s letters are simply the flawed, frequently false words of Paul the pharisee which he wrote to various gentile congregations. In his letters, Paul completely neglected to teach the Torah to the gentiles. Paul also absolutely failed to convey YAHUSHA’s teachings to the gentiles. The Torah & the testimony of YAHUSHA are really all that matters according to Revelations 12:17. Isaiah 8:20 says that if someone isn’t speaking according to YHWH’s Torah, it is because there is no light in them. How much more so if someone is speaking against YHWH’s Torah?
Revelations 12:17
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of YAHUSHA HaMashiach.
Isaiah 8:20
To the Torah and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no light in them.
In his letters, Paul had a habit of repeatedly making subtle & insidious attacks on Torah practices such as circumcision, the dietary restrictions of Leviticus 11, & the Sabbath. Paul even admitted to lying & deception in Romans 3:7 & 2 Corithians 12:16! The Spirit of YHWH did not inspire Paul to write letters that have caused billions of people to disobey YHWH's Torah/Law! Our Creator told us that His Spirit would cause us to be obedient to Him! Therefore it is exceedingly & abundantly clear that pharisee Paul's letters were not inspired by the Spirit of YHWH! As a result, Paul’s letters have no Scriptural authority whatsoever. Any time spent studying Paul’s letters is a complete waste of time that would have been better spent studying the Torah, the Prophets, or YAHUSHA’s words in the Gospels & Revelations.
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.
Romans 3:7
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my LIE unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
2 Corinthians 12:16
But be it so, I did not burden you, nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with GUILE.
Some may say that the Torah, the Sabbath, the dietary guidelines of Leviticus 11, circumcision, etc. are only for the children of Israel. They may claim that as Christians, they are part of the New Covenant. As such, they feel they are not obligated to keep the Torah. However, the Scriptural definition of the New Covenant is in Jeremiah 31:31-34. YHWH says that in this New Covenant, which He will make with the Houses of Israel & Yahudah, He will write His Torah on their hearts. YHWH's Torah is literally at the heart of the New Covenant. Anyone who rejects the Torah of our Heavenly Father is by definition also rejecting the New Covenant that He is making with the Houses of Israel & Yahudah! Similarly, the commandment to keep the Sabbath is figuratively at the heart of YHWH’s Torah as it is the fourth & longest commandment. To reject YHWH’s Sabbath is symbolic of rejecting YHWH’s Torah, & His New Covenant which He is making with the houses of Israel & Yahudah!
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that I will make a New Covenant with the house of Israel & with the house of Yahudah: Not according to the Covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which My Covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith YHWH: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith YHWH, I will put My Torah in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their Elohim, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know YHWH: for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith YHWH: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
As human beings, we must realize that our Creator has the right to expect us to be obedient to Him (Leviticus 22:31, Exodus 20:6, Deuteronomy 6:17, Revelations 14:12). We have all sinned, & are guilty of violating His Commandments. The Good News preached by YAHUSHA & His disciples was that the Kingdom of Heaven was at hand, & that all men should repent (Matthew 4:17, Mark 1:14-15, Mark 6:7-12). The Kingdom of Heaven was at hand, because our King walked among us, perfect in all His ways!
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear Elohim, and keep His Commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Leviticus 22:31
Therefore shall ye keep my Commandments, and do them: I am YHWH.
Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep My Commandments.
Deuteronomy 6:17
Ye shall diligently keep the Commandments of YHWH your Elohim, and His testimonies, and His statutes, which He hath commanded thee.
Revelations 14:12
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the Commandments of Elohim, and the faith of YAHUSHA.
Matthew 4:17
From that time YAHUSHA began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
Mark 1: 14-15
Now after that John was put in prison, YAHUSHA came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the Kingdom of Elohim, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of Elohim is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Mark 6:7-12
And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats...And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
Although we are all trapped in this satanic system of things, YAHUSHA taught us that His Kingdom could be within us. If we follow His Commandments, we are recognizing & submitting ourselves to the authority of our True & Righteous King. We have to turn away from our own idolatrous religious traditions, & from the wicked ways of the world. We have to return in submission to the authority of our Heavenly Father. Of course we are to love YHWH & our neighbor as ourselves, as both YAHUSHA & the Torah instruct us (Deuteronomy 6:4-5 & Leviticus 19:18). We still have to keep His Torah & His Commandments, including the Sabbath, the dietary restrictions of Leviticus 11, etc. There is simply no alternative, as church on sunday, christmas, & easter/ishtar/ashtoreth are all idolatrous traditions that our Heavenly Father strictly prohibits in Deuteronomy 4:2 & Deuteronomy 12:32.
Luke 17:21
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of Elohim is within you.
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
Hear, O Israel: YHWH our Elohim, YHWH is One: And thou shalt love YHWH thy Elohim with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Leviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am YHWH.
In the Messianic community, devotees of Paul are often overwhelmed & overcome by their great admiration for pharisee Paul’s supposed Torah brilliance! If Paul the pharisee were such a great Torah scholar & Rabbi, why is it that his letters provide the only Scriptural justification for over 2 billion Christians to reject the Torah today??? Similarly, the majority of Christianity have rejected YHWH’s Torah for over the past two thousand years, with Paul’s letters providing the only Scriptural justification for doing so!! If Paul had been on a wicked mission to cause as many people as possible to disobey YHWH’s Torah, how could he have possibly done any better than he already has???
In his letters, Paul the pharisee made only one direct comment in regards to the Sabbath of our Heavenly Father...
Col 2:16-17
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Our Heavenly Father repeatedly reminded, encouraged, & pleaded with the children of Israel to keep His Sabbaths through a variety of prophets for over a thousand years. In contrast, Paul the pharisee, who claimed to be a teacher of the Gentiles in faith & truth, couldn’t be bothered to take the trouble to explain about the Sabbath to Gentile congregations even once in any of his letters included in the New Testament! The only mention of the Sabbath that Paul makes directly is in Col 2:16-17.
However, Col 2:16-17 is of no practical significance for Gentiles wishing to learn about how to keep the Sabbath, & it’s relevance to Gentiles. Even at first glance, Col 2:16-17 is somewhat of a ridiculous verse. How is one person supposed to prevent or not let another person judge him?
For fear of being stoned to death, it would have been difficult for Paul to openly & plainly say that the Sabbath no longer needs to be observed. Instead, Paul simply writes to a gentile congregation as follows:
Romans 14:5-6
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it...
Paul failed to mention any of the pertinent guidelines for obervance of the Sabbath in any of his letters. By using subtle, & insidious attacks like Romans 14:5-6, Paul is giving the impression to gentile congregations that the Sabbath is no longer relevant, & that everyone has the ability to choose which day he regards “to the Lord”. So it is in the religion of Christianity today, that the Sabbath of our Heavenly Father is largely ignored & forgotten. Similarly, our Heavenly Father’s instructions regarding circumcision, & His instructions regarding our diet are all ignored for the most part by the overwhelming majority of Christian denominations.
Devotees & apologists for Paul will immediately counter that none of the other New Testament authors take the trouble of discussing the Sabbath either. Yet none of the other New Testament authors dared to disparage or attack our Heavenly Father’s Torah even a fraction as much as Paul the Pharisee did in his letters.
In addition, Paul repeatedly made claims of being “the Apostle to the gentiles”, & a “teacher of the Gentiles in faith & truth”. By omitting any meaningful discussion of the Sabbath, & by writing vague, ambiguous passages like Romans 14:5-6; Paul is clearly deceiving the Gentiles in regards to the importance of YHWH's Sabbath for all people forever. Paul’s devotees & apologists will construct all sorts of elaborate scenarios, rationalizations, & justifications in an effort to explain away verses like Col 2:16-17 & Romans 14:5-6. Yet the truth is painfully obvious. Despite Paul’s claims of being a “teacher of the Gentiles in faith & truth”, Paul’s letters do a pathetically poor job of teaching Gentile congregations anything practical or meaningful about our Heavenly Father’s Sabbath, or Torah!
In regards to the instructions of Leviticus 11, Paul claims the following...
Romans 14:14
I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Romans 14:20
...All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
These verses, & indeed the entire chapter of Romans 14 serve as an attack on our Heavenly Father’s instructions of Leviticus 11, regarding what is & what is not permissible to eat. As a result, the overwhelming majority of those in Christianity today completely disregard our Heavenly Father’s instructions of Leviticus 11. Of course, Paul does set up straw man arguments, & uses all sorts of flowery, sanctimonious, religious language to distract readers from the fact that he is attacking the Torah of our Heavenly Father.
What is painfully absent from all of Paul’s letters included in the New Testament is any sort of basic outline or summary of the dietary restrictions of Leviticus 11. Instead, the only information gentiles will find in Paul’s letters are Paul’s statements like Romans 14:14, Romans 14:20, or 1 Cor 10:27, etc. These passages give no meaningful information to the gentile wishing to be obedient to our Heavenly Father’s dietary restrictions of Leviticus 11. Instead they only give Paul’s subtle, ambiguous, & vague attacks on the instructions of Leviticus 11.
In regards to circumcision, Paul’s position is again clearly against our Heavenly Father’s instructions on the matter, as has been demonstrated previously.
1 Co 7:17-20
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
Paul is clearly contradicting the instructions of our Heavenly Father in ordaining & instructing the uncircumcised believer to not become circumcised. Paul the pharisee authoritatively & definitively states that the uncircumcised believer in Master YAHUSHA should not become circumcised. However, what does the Torah of our Heavenly Father instruct?
Circumcision was actually the physical mechanism for grafting gentiles into the children of Israel. As mentioned previously, our Heavenly Father brought a mixed multitude out of Egypt with the children of Israel, as seen in Exodus 12:38. This mixed multitude were considered strangers since they were not part of the covenant of circumcision which he had made with Abraham & the children of Israel.
Nevertheless, they were expected to keep the same Torah as the children of Israel, with one main exception being that they were not allowed to keep the feast of Passover; as no uncircumcised person was allowed to keep passover, according to Exodus 12:48-49. Once the uncircumcised stranger became circumcised, not only were they allowed to keep Passover after their circumcision; our Heavenly Father’s Torah instructs us that the now circumcised stranger was no longer to be regarded as a stranger anymore, but as a native born child of Israel. This clearly indicates that circumcision is the physical mechanism for grafting Torah obedient gentiles or strangers into the children of Israel. Paul commands the uncircumcised believer to never become circumcised, thereby preventing such a believer from ever being fully grafted into the children of Israel!
Galatians 5:1-4
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole Law. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Exodus 12:49
One Law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
Leviticus 24:22
Ye shall have one manner of Law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am YHWH your Elohim.
Numbers 15:15-16
One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before YHWH. One Law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
In Galatians 5:1-4, Paul the Pharisee states that anyone who becomes circumcised will be a debtor to do the whole law, & that such a person is fallen from grace. In this passage, Paul is clearly implying that the stranger or gentile who does not become circumcised is not obligated to keep YHWH’s Torah, or law.
However, Exodus 12:49, Leviticus 24:22, & Numbers 15:16 all indicate that the stranger (or uncircumcised gentile) was expected to keep the same entire Torah as the native born Israelite. {One main exception is that the stranger is not to eat of the Passover, as no uncircumcised person was to eat that.} This indicates that all believers of YAHUSHA, who want to love & serve our Heavenly Father, must all keep the same Torah or Law; regardless of whether the individual is circumcised or not!
Galatians 5:1-4 is thus clearly shown to be another of Paul’s false teachings, as it implies that the uncircumcised gentile or stranger is not obligated to keep the same Torah or Law as the native born Israelite. This is clearly false, as Exodus 12:49, Leviticus 24:22, & Numbers 15:16 all authoritatively declare the exact opposite!
Paul’s warning of Galatians 5:1-4, must have seemed bitterly ironic to Timothy, whom Paul circumcised himself! It is clear that poor Timothy never got Paul’s warning of Galatians 5:1-4 prior to his circumcision. Why did Paul feel the need to circumcise Timothy? Acts 16:1-3 indicates Paul did it simply because he wanted Timothy to accompany him on his travels. Paul forbids circumcision for obedient gentile believers in Master YAHUSHA in general; yet for the sake of his own convenience, he very casually circumcised Timothy!
The Scriptural truth about circumcision is very simple. Believers in Messiah YAHUSHA are free to take as much time as they want to study & learn the Torah. While they do so, they should avoid sexual immorality, things strangled, blood, & idolatry, according to Acts 15. When the uncircumcised believer in our Messiah YAHUSHA desires to keep Passover, then they & all the males in their household should become circumcised according to our Heavenly Father’s instructions of Exodus 12:48-49.
What made Paul think he had the authority to contradict our Heavenly Father on whether the uncircumcised person should become circumcised? Deuteronomy 4:2 & Deuteronomy 12:32 instruct us that we are not to add to or take away from the instructions or Torah of our Heavenly Father.
Deuteronomy 4:2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of YHWH your Elohim which I command you.
Deuteronomy 12:32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Deuteronomy 13:5
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from YHWH your Elohim, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which YHWH thy Elohim commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
Deuteronomy 13:1-5 indicates that only a false prophet would seek to deceive us into disobeying the Torah of our Heavenly Father. Paul’s teachings on circumcision, as found in his New Testament letters are explicitly false (in that they contradict YHWH’s clear instructions on circumcision of Exodus 12:48-49).
Paul’s devotees will without fail concoct all manner of creatively elaborate explanations, & scenarios to justify & rationalize Paul’s false teachings. Nevertheless, Paul’s teachings remain false.
The Sabbath, the dietary restrictions of Leviticus 11, & circumcision, are all certain aspects of the Torah that separate the Torah from false religions. How unfortunate that Paul the pharisee couldn’t be bothered to mention anything practical or meaningful about these instructions of our Heavenly Father in his letters to various gentile congregations. This would have been a significant oversight & notable failure on his part, had he really been “the Apostle to the Gentiles”, & “a teacher of the Gentiles in faith & in truth.”
Paul repeatedly goes to great lengths to imply & insinuate that the Torah or Law of our Heavenly Father was not meant for the Gentiles to observe. Romans 3:28, Romans 4:5, Romans 7:6, Gal 2:16, Gal 5:4, & Ephesians 2:8-9 are all verses in which Paul implies that what we believe about Christ is more important than trying to keep the Torah or Law of our Heavenly Father.
Romans 3:28
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the Law.
Romans 4:5
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
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.
Gal 2:16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the Law: for by the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified.
Gal 5:4
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Similarly, in the following verses Paul tries to persuade believers in YAHUSHA the Saviour that "we are not under the Law."
Romans 3:28
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the Law.
Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the Law, but under grace.
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.
2 Corinthians 3:6-11
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
Galatians 3:23-25
But before faith came, we were kept under the Law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the Law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Galatians 5:18
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the Law.
Paul’s devotees in the Messianic movement will invariably find rationalizations & creative ways of explaining away all of these problems with Paul’s letters. They will insist that Paul was a rabbinical Torah scholar who has just been badly misunderstood by the overwhelming majority of Christian denominations for the past two thousand years! The reality is that other than the serpent in the garden, Paul’s letters are the only voice in Scriptures that imply or insinuate that we do not have to keep our Heavenly Father’s commandments!
The key to understanding Paul’s letters is found in the following four verses. In 1 Corinthians 6:12 & 1 Corinthians 10:23, Paul states four times that “All things are lawful” for him. Such an assertion could not possibly be true under any circumstances, even in an atheistic secular society. His assertion that all things are lawful for him is certainly not something that could ever possibly be true in the context of YHWH’s ten commandments! For example, it is simply not lawful to mow the lawn on YHWH’s Sabbath Day, & doing so is punishable by death (once YAHUSHA returns to establish His Kingdom on Earth)!
1 Cor 6:12
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
1 Cor 10:23
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
The Torah, Moses, all the Prophets, & YAHUSHA without exception are all clear in teaching that we must repent & keep YHWH’s Commandments. As mentioned previously, when Moses brought the children of Israel out of slavery in Egypt, Exodus 12:38 indicates a mixed multitude came out with them. This mixed multitude were considered strangers or gentiles since they were not descendants of Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob. As such they were not part of the Abrahamic covenant of circumcision. Nevertheless these strangers or gentiles were still expected to keep the same Torah & Law as the children of Israel as Exodus 12:49, Leviticus 24:22, & Numbers 15:16 all clearly indicate. Similarly today, the children of Israel & the strangers or gentiles who believe in YAHUSHA & want to serve YHWH should all be keeping the same Torah & Law! There is no alternative as the idolatrous traditions of church on sunday, christmas, & easter/ishtar/ashtoreth are all strictly forbidden by Deuteronomy 4:2 & Deuteronomy 12:28-32!
On the other hand, Paul’s voice is alone in the Scriptures in insinuating, implying, & even brazenly declaring that “we are not under the law”, & that “all things are lawful”. Even the serpent in the garden didn’t go so far!
Deuteronomy 19:15 & YAHUSHA in Matthew 18:16 indicate that at the mouth of two or three witnesses should a matter be established. Unfortunately, catholic & protestant christianity have abandoned the Torah & commandments of our Heavenly Father based solely on Paul’s letters alone. This antinomian theology of catholic & protestant christianity is founded solely on the same Paul who openly admitted his lies, dishonesty, foolishness, & guile!
2 Corinthians 12:16
But be it so, I did not burden you, nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with GUILE.
Romans 3:7
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my LIE unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
Paul’s devotees will cross heaven & earth; straining at gnats & swallowing camels the whole way to defend their beloved pharisee from any charges of false teachings. Yet, it is extremely clear that YHWH our Heavenly Father wants us to keep His commandments as Exodus 20:6, Leviticus 22:31, Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 10:12-13 all clearly state. The inclusion of Paul’s letters into the Bible is one of the main reasons that billions of christians have been deceived into disobeying our Heavenly Father for thousands of years!
Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep My Commandments.
Leviticus 22:31
Therefore shall ye keep my Commandments, and do them: I am YHWH.
Deuteronomy 4:2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the Commandments of YHWH your Elohim which I command you.
Deuteronomy 10:12-13
And now, Israel, what doth YHWH thy Elohim require of thee, but to fear YHWH thy Elohim, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve YHWH thy Elohim with all thy heart and with all thy soul, To keep the Commandments of YHWH, and His statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
As has been previously demonstrated in this booklet, Paul the pharisee was unable or unwilling to consistently recall his own alleged life experiences. He clearly contradicted himself in regards to what the voice from Heaven told him in Acts 22:5-11 vs. Acts 26:13-19. Paul’s inability or unwillingness to correctly restate what the voice from Heaven told him on the road to Damascus is extremely problematic for Paul’s devotees given what YAHUSHA said in John 14:26. Paul’s inability to consistently recall & truthfully state what the voice from Heaven told him on the road to Damascus seriously undermines his credibility regarding his ability to give reliable testimony.
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…
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, and 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.
John 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my Name, he shall teach you all things, & bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Furthermore, Acts 9:19-27, Acts 22:16-17, & Acts 26:19-20 all clearly indicate that Paul went to Jerusalem immediately after he left Damascus, following his road to Damascus experience. However, Paul contradicts that sequence of events in Galatians 1:16-18. In this verse Paul claims that he went into Arabia, then back to Damascus (which he had previously fled as there were folks there wanting to kill him). Paul claims he went to Jerusalem only a full 3 years after his road to Damascus event.
Acts 9:19-27
…& when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples at Damascus & straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues… & confounded Jews which dwelt at Damascus… & the Jews took counsel to kill him. Then the disciples took him by night & let him down by the wall in a basket. And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him & believed not that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him, & brought him to the Apostles, & declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Lord Jesus.
Acts 22:16-17
And now why tarriest thou? Arise & be baptized, & wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. And it came to pass that when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance:
Acts 26:19-20
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: but showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, & throughout all the coasts of Judaea, & then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Galatians 1:16-2:1
… immediately I conferred not with flesh & blood: neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were Apostles before me: but I went into Arabia & returned again unto Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem…Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
If Paul is telling the truth in Galatians 1:16-18, that he didn’t go to Jerusalem for the first three years following his experience on the road to Damascus; then all of the accounts of his experience on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:19-27, Acts 22:16-17, & Acts 26:19-20) are rendered completely incorrect & invalid as Paul has contradicted them all in multiple ways. This leaves not one correct or reliable account of his experience on the road to Damascus, which further seriously undermines the credibility of his constant claims of his being YAHUSHA’s Apostle!
Deuteronomy 16:16-17
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before YHWH thy Elohim in the place which He shall choose; in the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and in the Feast of Weeks, and in the Feast of Tabernacles: and they shall not appear before YHWH empty: Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of YHWH thy Elohim which He hath given thee.
Furthermore, by not going to Jerusalem for the first three years following his experience on the road to Damascus, Paul basically admitted that he was living openly in violation of Deuteronomy 16:16-17. In Gal 2:1, Paul admits that following his 15 day visit to Jerusalem (which took place three years after his vision), that he failed to return to Jerusalem to keep YHWH’s feasts for the next fourteen years!
Such admissions basically make Paul a non-observant Jew, who lived in open violation of YHWH’s Commandments. This would render his testimonies of Acts 23:1, Acts 24:16-17, & Acts 25:8 intentionally & completely false. If Galatians 1:15-2:1 is true, then Paul knowingly lied in Acts 23:1, Acts 24:16-17, & Acts 25:8. His status as a false witness in three different judicial hearings is thereby documented fact. All of this follows as a result if Paul’s claim of Galatians 1:16-18 is true.
Acts 23:1
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
Acts 24:14-16
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the prophets: And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Acts 25:7-8
And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove. While he answered for himself, Neither against the Law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
Romans 3:7
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my LIE unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
2 Corinthians 12:16
But be it so, I did not burden you, nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with GUILE.
On the other hand if Paul’s claim of Galatians 1:15-2:1 is false, Paul would still be found writing false claims to the Galatians regarding when he went to Jerusalem! Paul himself admits to lying & dishonesty in Romans 3:7, & 2 Corinthians 12:16. At this point, the reader may find these repeated examples of Paul’s false claims & lies to be getting beyond more than a little redundant. These points are being stressed to illustrate that Paul the pharisee was not qualified to be one of YAHUSHA’s Twelve Apostles, despite his oft repeated claims of Apostleship. Furthermore, as a documented false witness & dishonest person, his writings are essentially worthless to those who would seek to follow the true teachings of YAHUSHA & our Heavenly Father.
Deuteronomy 13:5 indicates that only a false prophet would try to persuade us into disobeying the Commandments, instruction, & Law of our Heavenly Father. Other than the serpent in the garden, Paul’s letters serve as the only voice in the Scriptures advising that we no longer have to keep the Commandments or instructions of our Heavenly Father. As a result, over two billion Christians today are deceived into disregarding the Torah of our Heavenly Father. This has been going on for thousands of years simply because Paul’s letters were included in the New Testament Scriptures by the catholic church!
Deuteronomy 13:5
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from YHWH your Elohim, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which YHWH thy Elohim commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
Matthew 7:15-20
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
YAHUSHA warned us not to be deceived by false prophets, telling us that we would know them by their fruits in Matthew 7:15-20. Roughly two billion people in the religion of Christianity today reject YHWH’s Torah (& Torah practices such as the Sabbath, the dietary instructions of Leviticus 11, circumcision, etc.). This has been going on for roughly the past two thousand years as a result of Paul’s letters. This is Paul’s fruit, & also one of the biggest indicators that Paul was a false prophet!
There is no question that Paul’s letters should not be included with the New Testament Scriptures!
Paul was not selected by YAHUSHA to be one of His Twelve Apostles. {See John 15:27, Matthew 19:28, Acts 1:21-26} Since Paul was not one YAHUSHA’s Twelve Apostles, Paul’s letters have absolutely no Apostolic authority. Paul’s letters are clearly full of false teachings, not inspired Scripture from our Heavenly Father. Deuteronomy 8:3 & Matthew 4:4 identify True Scripture as every word that proceeds from the mouth of YHWH.
John 15:27
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
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.
Acts 1:22 & 26
Beginning from the baptism of John unto that same day that he was taken up from us must one be ordained to be a witness with us of His resurrection... And they gave forth their lots; & the lot fell upon Matthias; & he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Deuteronomy 8:3
And He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of YHWH doth man live.
Matthew 4:3-4
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of Elohim, command that these stones be made bread. But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of YHWH.
In contrast, Paul repeatedly admitted that his writings are just foolishness & dishonesty! It clearly follows that Paul’s letters should never have been included with the New Testament Scriptures.
2 Corinthians 12:16
But be it so, I did not burden you, nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with GUILE.
Romans 3:7
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my LIE unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
Protestant & Catholic Christianity alike would have us all believe that the whole Bible is the inspired, infallible word of our Heavenly Father. However, this is not a position that is supported by the actual Scriptures. Paul’s letters are full of all manner of false, deceptive claims & teachings that have very little to do with the Word of our Heavenly Father!
YAHUSHA taught that man should live by “every word that proceeds from the mouth of YHWH” (Matthew 4:4, Deuteronomy 8:3). YHWH clearly instructed us to keep His Sabbaths & Torah ( Exodus 20:8-11, Exodus 31:12-17, Leviticus 19:3, Leviticus 19:30, Leviticus 26:2, Leviticus 22:31, etc.) All human beings should live by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of YHWH. We need to all repent, & follow YHWH’s instructions, His Commandments, & His Torah! YHWH’s & YAHUSHA’s words are True Scriptures, NOT Paul’s letters.
Any individual who is attending meetings at a tax-free religious corporation (aka church) that does not keep YHWH’s Sabbaths or stress the importance of keeping YHWH’s commandments should really reconsider whether doing so is bringing them closer to or farther away from obedience to our Heavenly Father & His Commandments.
The overwhelming majority in Christianity take Paul’s letters to be clear in their assertions that "we are not under the law”, & that as a result “all things are lawful”. In contrast, YAHUSHA very clearly taught that the truth that we must repent, & keep our Heavenly Father’s Commandments/Torah! { Matthew 4:17, Mark 1:15, Mark 6:12, Luke 24:45-47} YAHUSHA taught that if we want eternal life, we have to keep our Heavenly Father’s Commandments!
Mark 1: 14-15
Now after that John was put in prison, YAHUSHA came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the Kingdom of Elohim, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Mark 2:16
When YAHUSHA heard it, He saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Matthew 4:17
From that time YAHUSHA began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew 9:13
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Mark 6:7-12
And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats...And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
Luke 24:45-47
Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things.
Matthew 19:16-22
And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, ... if thou wilt enter into life, keep the Commandments. He saith unto him, Which? YAHUSHA said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? YAHUSHA said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow Me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
YAHUSHA warned us to not even think that He had come to destroy the Law/Torah or the prophets! In the same passage, YAHUSHA clearly & explicitly states that not the tiniest part of the Torah shall be diminished till heaven & earth pass away, & till everything has been fulfilled. While there are many who say YAHUSHA fulfilled everything already, that is simply not correct. The following verses clearly indicate that everything has not been fulfilled yet: Isaiah 11:6-9, Isaiah 65:24-25, Rev 21:3-4. Neither of the conditions listed by YAHUSHA have been met yet. Everything has not been fulfilled yet. Similarly, heaven & earth have not yet passed away! Consequently, not the tiniest part of the Torah has been changed or altered!
Matthew 5:17-19
Think not that I am come to destroy the Law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
YAHUSHA warned us that unless our righteousness was greater than that of the scribes & pharisees, we would in no way be allowed into His Kingdom!!
Matthew 5:20
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
What is righteousness? Deuteronomy 6:25 informs us that righteousness is defined as zealously keeping all of YHWH’s Commandments.
Deuteronomy 6:25
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these Commandments before YHWH our Elohim, as He hath Commanded us.
YAHUSHA clearly taught us that we have to observe & do what Moses taught in the Torah. This is clear from the Hebrew Gospel of Matthew.(1)
Matthew 21:1-3
Then spake Yahusha to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: All therefore whatsoever he bids you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
Unfortunately, we live in a time where we disregard the Torah of our Heavenly Father in order to keep our man-made & idolatrous religious traditions. YAHUSHA also warned us that if our religious traditions cause us to violate the Commandments of our Heavenly Father, then our worship of Him is in vain! The religious tradition of church on sunday definitely causes us to violate YHWH’s Commandment to keep His Sabbath day. As a a result, YAHUSHA’s criticism of the religious leaders of His day remains 110% valid for the religious leaders of today.
Matthew 15:1-9
Then came to YAHUSHA scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But He answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of Elohm by your tradition? For Elohim commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of Elohim of none effect by your tradition. Ye hypocrites, well did YeshaYahu prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
YAHUSHA warned us that it is not enough for us to simply call Him “Lord, Lord”. We have to do the will of our Heavenly Father!
Matthew 7:21-23
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
He warns us if we fail to do the will of our Heavenly Father, He will reject us when He returns to establish His Kingdom.
A woman exclaimed how blessed his mother must be for having borne YAHUSHA. He corrected her by saying that blessed is anyone who hears the Word of our Heavenly Father & does it!
Luke 11:27-28
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto Him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But He said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the Word of Elohim, and keep it.
The word of Elohim that YAHUSHA was referring to in Luke 11:27-28 is the same Torah & Prophets that He referred to in Matthew 5:17-20. YAHUSHA tells us we are blessed if we keep YHWH’s Torah! YAHUSHA told us that if we do the will of our Heavenly Father, then He will consider us as His family!
Matthew 12:46-50
While He yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with Him. Then one said unto Him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But He answered and said unto him that told Him, Who is My mother? and who are My brethren? And he stretched forth His hand toward His disciples, and said, Behold My mother and My brethren! For whosoever shall do the Will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is My brother, and sister, and mother.
What is the Will of our Heavenly Father? It is definitely the will of our Heavenly Father that we keep His Sabbaths, as the following verses all indicate.
Few Verses Indicating It is The Will of YHWH that we Keep His Sabbaths!
Exodus 20:8-11
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it kadosh. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of YHWH thy Elohim: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days YHWH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore YHWH blessed the Sabbath day, and separated it.
Exodus 31:12-17
And YHWH spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am YHWH that doth separate you. Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is kadosh unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, kadosh to YHWH: whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days YHWH made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Leviticus 19:3
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my Sabbaths: I am YHWH your Elohim.
Leviticus 19:30
Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am YHWH.
Leviticus 26:2
Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am YHWH.
Isaiah 56:6-7
Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to YHWH, to serve Him, and to love the Name of YHWH,to be His servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of My covenant; Even them will I bring to My kodesh mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon Mine altar; for Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
Keep the Sabbath day to make it kodesh, as YHWH thy Elohim hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of YHWH thy Elohim: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that YHWH thy Elohim brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore YHWH thy Elohim commanded thee to keep the Sabbath day.
Similarly, it is definitely the will of our Heavenly Father that we love Him, & zealously keep His Torah as the following verses all indicate ...
Few Verses Indicating It is The Will of YHWH that we Keep His Commandments!
Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep My Commandments.
Leviticus 22:31
Therefore shall ye keep my Commandments, and do them: I am YHWH.
Numbers 15:39-40
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the Commandments of YHWH, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: That ye may remember, and do all my Commandments, and be kadosh unto your Elohim.
Deuteronomy 4:2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the Commandments of YHWH your Elohim which I command you.
Deuteronomy 4:39-40
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that YHWH he is Elohim in Heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. Thou shalt keep therefore His statutes, and His Commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which YHWH thy Elohim giveth thee, for ever.
Deuteronomy 5:29
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my Commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Deuteronomy 6:17
Ye shall diligently keep the Commandments of YHWH your Elohim, and His testimonies, and His statutes, which He hath commanded thee.
Deuteronomy 6:25
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these Commandments before YHWH our Elohim, as He hath Commanded us.
Deuteronomy 7:9-11
Know therefore that YHWH thy Elohim, he is Elohim, the faithful El, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His Commandments to a thousand generations; And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. Thou shalt therefore keep the Commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
Deuteronomy 8:1
All the Commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which YHWH sware unto your fathers.
Deuteronomy 8:6
Therefore thou shalt keep the Commandments of YHWH thy Elohim, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him.
Deuteronomy 8:11
Beware that thou forget not YHWH thy Elohim, in not keeping His Commandments, and His judgments, and His statutes, which I command thee this day:
Deuteronomy 10:12-13
And now, Israel, what doth YHWH thy Elohim require of thee, but to fear YHWH thy Elohim, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve YHWH thy Elohim with all thy heart and with all thy soul, To keep the Commandments of YHWH, and His statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Deuteronomy 11:1
Therefore thou shalt love YHWH thy Elohim, and keep His charge, and His statutes, and his judgments, and His Commandments, alway.
Deuteronomy 13:4
Ye shall walk after YHWH your Elohim, and fear Him, and keep His Commandments, and obey His voice, and ye shall serve Him, and cleave unto Him.
Deuteronomy 26:17
Thou hast avouched YHWH this day to be thy Elohim, and to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes, and His Commandments, and His judgments, and to hearken unto His Voice:
Deuteronomy 27:10
Thou shalt therefore obey the Voice of YHWH thy Elohim, and do His Commandments and His statutes, which I command thee this day.
Deuteronomy 30:16
In that I command thee this day to love YHWH thy Elohim, to walk in His ways, and to keep His Commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and YHWH thy Elohim shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Yahusha 22:5
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the Torah, which Moses the servant of YHWH charged you, to love YHWH your Elohim, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His Commandments, and to cleave unto Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
1 Kings 2:3
And keep the charge of YHWH thy Elohim, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, and His Commandments, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Torah of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
1Kings 8:60-61
That all the people of the earth may know that YHWH is Elohim, and that there is none else. Let your heart therefore be perfect with YHWH our Elohim, to walk in His statutes, and to keep His Commandments, as at this day.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear Elohim, and keep His Commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Isaiah 8:20
To the Torah and to the testimony:
if they speak not according to this Word,
it is because there is no light in them.
YAHUSHA also warns us of the consequences should we fail to repent & keep YHWH’s Commandments in the parable of Lazarus & the rich man.
Luke 16:19-31
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
YAHUSHA taught that if we fail to repent & listen to Moses & the prophets, neither would we repent even if one rose from the dead to warn us! On the other hand, Paul repeatedly claimed that we “are not under the Law”, & that consequently, “all things are lawful”. Therefore the teachings of YAHUSHA our Savior & Paul the pharisee are mutually exclusive.
Unfortunately, it is hardly possible to attend a Christian or Messianic service without constantly being hammered & battered with relentless quotes from, references to, or readings from Paul the pharisee. Paul the pharisee is like the "sacred cow" of Christianity & the Messianic movement. Paul the pharisee has been so admired & exalted in Christianity to the extent that Paul's words are given more authority than the WORD of YHWH. Similarly, Paul's words are also viewed as more authoritative than YAHUSHA's Words & teachings. Their rationale being that YAHUSHA was under the "Old Covenant" & was preaching primarily to the "Jews". They say that Paul the pharisee was the apostle to the gentiles, & so Paul's words are more relevant to gentiles.
Thus, the religion of Christianity prefers Paul's letters over YHWH’s Torah & YAHUSHA’s teachings despite the fact that Paul himself repeatedly admitted that his letters contained foolishness (2 Corinthians 11:23 & 2 Corinthians 12:11) & lies or dishonesty (Romans 3:7 & 2 Corinthians 12:16). In addition, since Paul was not one of YAHUSHA’s actual Twelve Apostles, Paul never had any real Apostolic Authority. This is clear from Matthew 19:28. Furthermore, since Paul repeatedly wrote & implied that "we are not under the Law" & that "all things are lawful" as well as various variations thereof, Paul's letters have been instrumental in causing billions of Christians to disobey the Commandments or Torah of YHWH our Creator for thousands of years. Consequently, Paul's letters could never have been inspired by the the Spirit of YHWH since YHWH said that His Spirit would cause us to be obedient to Him in Ezekiel 36:27.
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.
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.
To reject YAHUSHA's Words & teachings for the letters of a false prophet like Paul the pharisee would be one of the worst mistakes anyone could possibly make. This website has tried to determine what exactly was the dishonesty that Paul the pharisee admitted to himself repeatedly in his letters. The readers of this website will undoubtedly encounter Paulinists who see nothing wrong with disobeying YHWH our Creator & YAHUSHA our Savior, as a consequence of following the false prophet Paul the pharisee. It may be beneficial to ask them to consider the following questions :
What specifically were the LIE(s) & dishonesty that Paul the pharisee repeatedly admitted to in his own letters?
(Romans 3:7 & 2 Corinthians 12:16)
What exactly did the "voice from Heaven" tell Paul on the road to Damascus?
(Acts 22 vs. Acts 26)
When did Paul go to Jerusalem following his experience on the road to Damascus?
(Acts 9, 22, & 26 vs. Galatians 2)
Was Paul the pharisee really one of YAHUSHA's Twelve Apostles?
(Matthew 10:2-4, Revelations 21:14, Matthew19:28, Acts 1:22-26))
Was Paul the pharisee really blameless in his keeping of the Creator's Torah?
(Phillipians 3:4-6, Acts 23:1, Acts 24:14-16, Acts 25:7-8)
Were "all things LAWFUL" for Paul & Are "All things LAWFUL" for the rest of us?
(1 Corinthians 6:12 & 10:23)
Given that YHWH our Creator explicitly stated that His Spirit would cause us to be obedient to Him, & that Paul's letters are diametrically opposed to the keeping of YHWH's Torah, why should anyone simply assume that Paul's letter were inspired by the Spirit of YHWH?
(Ezekiel 36:27)
Paul the pharisee taught against keeping the Torah of YHWH our Creator, & YAHUSHA taught that the Torah of YHWH our Creator must be kept. An individual or religious corporation or organization can not adhere to the teachings of YAHUSHA our Savior as well as the teachings of Paul the pharisee since they are mutually exclusive. The religion of "Christianity" which purports or pretends to espouse the teachings of YAHUSHA the Messiah in practice actually clings to & prefers the false teachings of Paul the pharisee as evidenced by their failure to keep the Sabbaths of YHWH our Creator, or follow His dietary instructions of Leviticus 11, etc. YAHUSHA said in Matthew 6:24 that we cannot serve two masters. YAHUSHA is the Good Shepherd(John 10:11). In John 10:27, YAHUSHA said that His sheep would hear His voice & follow Him. YAHUSHA tells us in John 10:4-5 that His sheep would follow Him for they know His voice, and that His sheep would flee from a stranger for they know not the stranger’s voice.
Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other...
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John 10:27-28
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
John 10:4-5
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
Shouldn’t Christians follow the Messiah & His teachings? Unfortunately, the catholic & protestant religions of Christianity brainwash their adherents to follow after Paul as they forsake YAHUSHA’s teachings, YHWH’s Sabbaths, & ignore His dietary instructions of Leviticus 11, etc. YAHUSHA teaches & insists that we must repent, & keep YHWH’s Commandments!
YAHUSHA preached a gospel of repentance, which is completely consistent with the message that our Heavenly Father has been trying to convey to the children of Israel & to all people for the past several thousand years. YAHUSHA warned that if we fail to bring forth fruits worthy of repentance, we would be chopped down & thrown into the fire(Matthew 7:19)! It is extremely important for all of us to acknowledge that we are all sinners guilty of violating the Torah of our Heavenly Father. We need to realize that our Savior YAHUSHA insists that we must repent. We must turn away from the wicked & evil ways of the world, as well as our own false, idolatrous religious traditions & repent by keeping YHWH’s Torah. We can start by beginning to zealously keep His Sabbath & following His dietary instructions of Leviticus 11!
Matthew 7:19
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
YAHUSHA is the sole Authority of the New Testament Scriptures, which should never ever have included Paul the pharisee's poisonous letters. We must return in submission to the Authority of our Heavenly Father, by keeping YHWH’s Commandments & and the testimony of YAHUSHA. May our Heavenly Father open our eyes to the deceptions all around us, & may He help us to serve Him in Spirit & in Truth!
Sources
(1) Nehemiah Gordon, Hebrew Yeshua vs. Greek Jesus, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tddCNY6U77Y&pbjreload=10