Were the Disciples Guilty of Hypocrisy?

ManOfWord · #1 03-29-2008, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by staysharp

These are the Apostles words to Paul, not mine. Evidently, the gossip was strong enough to make a public expression again in the law.

21Now they have been informed about you that you continually teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn back from and forsake Moses, advising them not to circumcise their children or pay any attention to the observance of the [Mosaic] customs.

Did Paul not tell them circumcision was no longer necessary?

Galatians 5

1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

2Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

3For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

4Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

7Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

I don't have time for a detailed response right now. I have a wedding in an hour. However, what you cite above is the accusation which was made against Paul. Paul did NOT do those things. The only thing Paul came against was the observation of the law FOR JUSTIFICATION. He clearly states that Jesus' blood took care of that as the high priest, passover lamb etc.

There is no evidence whatsoever that Paul ever ceased from following Judaism. He preached Jesus as the fulfillment of the law, not the replacement of the law. There is a huge difference between the two.

Gotta run!!!

freeatlast · #2 03-29-2008, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ManOfWord

I don't have time for a detailed response right now. I have a wedding in an hour. However, what you cite above is the accusation which was made against Paul. Paul did NOT do those things. The only thing Paul came against was the observation of the law FOR JUSTIFICATION. He clearly states that Jesus' blood took care of that as the high priest, passover lamb etc.

There is no evidence whatsoever that Paul ever ceased from following Judaism. He preached Jesus as the fulfillment of the law, not the replacement of the law. There is a huge difference between the two.

Gotta run!!!

Some say that Jews were never ereleased from being Jews, that What Paul said to the Gentiles did not necesarily apply to the Jews.

Paul spoke of Jewish Christians that were still zealous for the law. I'm not sure that he condemned tha among Jews but was very direct in teaching that Gentiles that came to faith were in no way to be entangled in the Jewish customs and traditons.