When you understand the true purpose of the Commandments of God, then you quickly learn that God's Law is something that no true disciple can do without.  To find out why, come grab a listen.

Which is the Most Important of the Cardinal Virtues and Why? Come Grab a listen.

Today's Christians have a definition of Grace that is vastly different from the Grace that Paul was teaching.  According to the modern definition of grace, Christians today would consider Paul a legalist who was not walking in the grace of God.  In our 7th episode of this series, come find out why.

How Can We Know for CERTAIN that Paul the Apostle was NOT Teaching AGAINST obeying the Old Testament of WRITTEN Scripture? The biblical evidence is OVERWHELMING if you look at it objectively.  So far, in this series, we had 5 lessons including no less than 32 CLEAR Biblical examples where Paul simply COULD NOT have been teaching AGAINST obeying the Old Testament of written Scripture.  He clearly taught AGAINST DISOBEYING Scripture so many times, that he simply could not have been teaching the disobedience to the Old Testament Commandments, that Christians now assume that Paul was allegedly teaching.  We are now at the 6th the reason that we know that Paul could not of been teaching against obeying the Old Testament of written Scripture, and we include more examples, just as we have in every other episode. Please come join us and grabbed a listen.

Paul had a clear definition of Grace which many modern Christians ignore today.  He clearly described what Grace was, and how grace functions, (Titus 2:11-15).  What is even more significant is that Paul clearly instructs us that when we talk about Grace, THIS is the definition that Paul instructed us to use.  Paul even went on further to say that when we exhort or rebuke people concerning Grace, we were to do it with all authority, using THIS definition of Grace.  Moreover he instructs us that we are not to let anyone disregard us, when we talk about Grace this way.  So, what do modern Christians do, they immediately disregard and completely contradict this passage when they talk about Grace.  Come grab a listen as we attempt to reestablish the definition of Grace that Paul instructed us to use.

Many Christians today desperately want to believe that Paul taught that since we are saved by grace through faith in Messiah, that this also supposedly means that we should not obey God's Commandments any longer.  The big problem with this idea is that both the Old Testament and the New Testament of Scripture openly calls the lifestyle of living outside of God's Laws and Commandments to be LAWLESSNESS or in Greek ANOMIA.  The FACT is that Paul taught AGAINST Lawlessness more than any other writer of the New Testament Paul said that lawlessness was a characteristic of someone controlled by the sinful nature, and that we should not be lawless anymore after coming to Christ, (Romans 6:19).  Paul said that not submitting to God's Law is carnal minded.  It's hostile against God.  It cannot please God.  Such a mindset and lifestyle leads to death, (Romans 8:5-8).  Paul said that lawlessness is a characteristic that defines the Antichrist, (2 Thessalonians 2:3-12).  That's a serious problem for most Christians.  They are not teaching the same grace that Paul preached.

We are continuing our series on how we can KNOW for CERTAIN that Paul was NOT teaching AGAINST obeying the Commandments of God in written Scripture.  In lesson 3 of this series, we see that Paul overtly states that NOT SUBMITTING to God's Law is carnal minded.  It is hostile against God.  That lifestyle cannot please God, and that such a mindset leads to death, (Romans 8:5-8).  Therefore, in light of Paul's OWN teachings, there is NO POSSIBLE WAY that Paul was teaching the lawless grace, that most Christians believe Paul was teaching.  It's not even possible.  Come grab a listen.

There are multiple reasons why we can KNOW for certain that Paul was NOT teaching AGAINST obeying the Commandments of God in written Scripture. We are out to establish the proof of this in multiple podcast episodes. Episode 1: Paul made 6 clear testimony statements that he believed EVERYTHING and that he was in accordance with everything written in the Law and in the Prophets In Episode 2, (this episode), we see that the apostle Paul fully UPHELD the ongoing authority, the validity, and the continuing usefulness of the so-called Old Testament Scriptures to contact.  He even went so far as to tell his student and protégé Timothy to CONTINUE doing the Sacred Writings that he had learned since childhood... Come in and grab a listen.

Paul was NOT teaching 'Reject God’s Law now because you are saved by Grace and not by works.’ Paul was NOT teaching ‘Don’t obey God’s Law now because you are saved by Grace.’ Paul was NOT teaching, '· Disobey God on purpose. Do the OPPOSITE of What God’s Commandments and Instructions, tells people to do, because disobeying what God said to do proves that you are walking in God’s Grace through Christ. Disobeying God on purpose shows that you are trusting Christ, and not trusting in your own obedience to save you.' How do we KNOW that this was NOT what Paul was trying to Teach? Because Paul openly testified in SIX different statements that he was NOT teaching against God's Law in written Scripture, like people think he was. Acts 24:14-16 Acts 25:7-10 Acts 28:17-11 Paul clearly said that he served the God of Isaac Abraham and Jacob. Paul clearly said that he believed EVERYTHING, and that he was in ACCORDANCE with the Law and the Prophets. Paul said that he always did his best to maintain a clear conscience before God and before man. Paul said that he had committed no offense against the Law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Cesar. Paul said that he had done no wrong to the Jews. Paul said that he had done nothing against the customs of the Jewish fathers So do you believe that Paul was telling the truth about what SAID he believed, how he lived, what he taught, and what he practiced? Or, was Paul LYING teaching the opposite of what he claimed to be teaching? Christians, you CANNOT have it BOTH ways. 

The short answer is it depends. What are you a fan of? Why do you enjoy this person or thing? Does this person promote things that God considers to be good, or do they promote wickedness? Does your fanhood cause you to violate Biblical Instructions? the answers to these questions make all the difference in this case.