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Heresies of Paul

Posted on 06/03/2023 by Doug

Paul: Only faith, works of righteousness not necessary for salvation

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. (Eph 2:8-9)

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.(Rom 10:9-10)

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us (Tit 3:5)

Jesus: Only those who do the will God will be saved

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but (only) he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. (Mat 7:21)

According to Jesus, it’s NOT about just believing something in your heart that gets one into the kingdom of heaven, like Paul preached. It’s about doing God’s will; it’s about doing works of righteousness; it’s about living a righteously and it’s about the process of perfection, that gets one into the kingdom of heaven.

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Paul is Rejected by the Churches

Posted on 06/03/2023 by Doug

Paul avoids Asia where the Churches have all turned against him Paul decides to go to Jerusalem to be there for the day of Pentecost. In Greece he spends only 3 months since the Jewish believers are waiting for a chance to kill him.

He knows that it’s dangerous for him to go to Jerusalem since there are those who would like to see him dead; he is begged by his followers not to go there. He has determined that he would not spend the time in Asia on his way. This is most probably because all the churches in Asia turned against him.

Now remember, it is James that says that it is the believing Jews, the Jewish Christians that are against Paul. Then they get all the people riled up against Paul saying, “Hey this is that liar that is teaching against the law and polluting our holy temple by bringing those filthy Greeks in here!”

A whole lot of Jews came together and they dragged him out of the temple and shut the doors and were beating Paul and about to kill him when he was saved by the Roman soldiers just in time. The soldiers had to hold him up so that the angry people wouldn’t kill him.

Paul lies again to save his skin!

And the Jews now are so upset with Paul they are bound with an oath to kill him. Finally he is send to Felix since he can’t get a fair trial. Paul tells Felix that he is being accused of heresy and that these are all trumped up charges against him and that he was doing nothing more than praying in the temple.

Of course, Paul doesn’t tell them why the people really wanted to kill him: teaching against the law and Moses and that the Jews should not keep their customs — which would have been heresy, to the Jews. If they had been convinced of this, it may have been enough for the Romans to have him executed.

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Reincarnation in Early Christianity

Posted on 06/01/2023 by Doug

Despite the orthodox church’s efforts to stamp out the doctrine, it continued to exist. Probably the main reasons for its longevity is not due to only the writings of Jesus and others, but the simple fact that this doctrine gives a logical explanation to many of the mysteries of life that can be solved no other way. Most importantly, it helps to give answers to some of the most basic questions in life such as: “Why am I here?”; “What happens after I die?”; “Who am I really”; “What am I supposed to do?”; etc.

The idea was that the church could use the fear of Hell to create a dependence of the people on the Church for salvation and the guidance of the Empire. The emperor fell for the reasoning of the churchmen and realized that Origen’s teachings presented a danger to his control over the people. Therefore, the emperor had the doctrine of reincarnation and pre-existence with God condemned. In 543, Origen was condemned as a heretic and all of his writings were burned. Continue reading →

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