In Defense of the Apostle Paul - Pastor Bruce Mejia

Amen.

Amen.

Okay, we're in 1 Corinthians chapter 9.

1 Corinthians 9 · chapter mention

Look down at your Bibles in verse 1.

It says,

Am I not an apostle?

Am I not free?

Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord?

Or not ye my work and the Lord?

If I be not an apostle unto others,

ye doubtless I am to you,

for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

And the time I started this morning

is in defense of the apostle Paul,

in defense of the apostle Paul.

Go to Acts 24, if you will.

We're going to come back to 1 Corinthians chapter 9

1 Corinthians 9 · chapter mention

towards the end of the sermon.

So put a pen or a piece of paper there in 1 Corinthians 9

and go to Acts chapter 24.

Acts 24 · chapter mention

Galatians chapter 1 verse number 1 says,

Galatians 1 · chapter mention

Paul an apostle, not of men, neither by man,

but by Jesus Christ,

and God the Father who raised him from the dead.

Galatians 1 verse 11 says,

Galatians 1:11

But I certify you, brethren,

that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man,

for I neither received it of man,

neither was I taught it,

but by revelation of Jesus Christ.

There seems to be a resurgence of a fringe group of heretics

that are bent on discrediting the apostle Paul.

Okay, this is actually something that's

very popular on social media right now.

And they're essentially asserting that the apostle Paul

was one of the great cancers of Christianity.

He's the one responsible for corrupting Christianity,

causing it to deviate from the ways of Jesus.

They view him as a false prophet.

And this heresy has obviously taken many forms

throughout the centuries,

but it's actually currently being promoted by those

who adhere to what's called Christ consciousness.

Okay, Christ consciousness is essentially

a New Age esoteric interpretation of Christianity.

It's basically Hinduism within Christianity.

It takes concepts and doctrines of Christianity

and corrupts it through Eastern mysticism.

And it basically interprets Jesus Christ

not as being the Son of God as the Bible clearly teaches.

It interprets him as being simply a messenger,

a spiritual leader that can help you

gain inner transformation, okay?

Inner transformation, spiritual awakening,

enlightenment, and that's all that he's good for.

And the most common way to describe this position now

is basically anti-pollinism.

Now I remember about 15 years ago or so,

I was in a church plant

and my father-in-law, who was just my pastor at the time,

he was preaching and then we had a visitor come

and the guy came, he left,

and then he just started emailing the church,

just kind of blasting the church.

And he was like, you guys are so ridiculous.

I can't believe you guys are quoting Paul.

You guys are for Paul.

What's with you guys in Paul?

And I'm thinking to myself, Paul,

you mean because Paul's in the Bible?

Like, because he is responsible

for the majority of the New Testament?

Like what's your beef with Paul?

And he just went on this crusade of just attacking Paul.

And I remember just kind of responding back to him

because I was in charge of like the emails at the time.

And I was just saying, hey,

the apostle Paul was called by Jesus Christ.

He preached the same gospel

and this guy would just not let up.

And I thought it was the most ridiculous thing

I've ever heard.

I'm like, man, I've never heard of this before

but this is something that's been common

even over the last 2000 years, believe it or not.

People who simply reject Paul's authority

and this is common today.

In fact, there's a heretic right now

by the name of Aaron Apke, okay?

He's on social media.

Doesn't have a massive following necessarily on Instagram

but he does have a massive following on YouTube.

And this guy is all about attacking the apostle Paul,

discrediting his writings,

claiming that he's a heretic,

that he teaches contrary to Jesus Christ

and he brings up all these railing accusations,

all of these railing accusations against Paul.

But when you look at this guy's channel,

you see this guy isn't just an absolute false prophet,

false apostle, heretic

that believes in astral projection.

He believes in this eastern mystic type of meditation,

just rejects the word of God

and you think to yourself,

well, what's the problem then?

You know, if this guy is that,

who's gonna fall for this?

Well, apparently a lot of people are.

And I've had many people send me videos

saying, hey, can you respond to this guy?

This guy's teaching some weird stuff

and I don't really know how to answer this.

He's bringing up all these slanders

against the apostle Paul.

And look folks, obviously I know that in this church

no one's gonna be carried about

with that type of wind of doctrine.

And if you're thinking to yourself,

well, I do think he has some valid points,

then you need to go ahead

and get your astral projection out of here.

Astral project out of this church

and go somewhere else.

This is not the church for you, okay?

Because at the end of the day,

you know, if you reject the apostle Paul,

you're essentially rejecting Jesus Christ

because he came in the name of Jesus Christ

just as if you were to reject the apostle Peter,

the apostle John, right?

Any of the New Testament writers,

if you reject them as being authoritative,

then you're basically rejecting the entire word of God

because they were inspired by God

to write the word of God.

And they say nothing in contradiction

to the teachings of Jesus Christ.

They were appointed by Jesus Christ, okay?

So this guy has some of the most egregious accusations

against Paul.

He calls him a false prophet.

He states, I quote,

I think he was an overt narcissist

who was obsessed with his own teaching.

Okay, so aside from astral projection,

he just likes to project period, right?

He's projecting who probably who he is.

He obviously believes that Jesus is not the Son of God.

He's just a great messenger,

a teacher that is used for enlightenment.

And again, this position has been held by heretics

over the last 2,000 years,

albeit it's been in different,

under different names and titles.

But you have, for example,

in the second century,

a group called the Ebianites, okay?

This is a group of Jewish slash Christians

who rejected the writings of the apostle Paul.

They held to the Mosaic laws

and they sought to continue to carry out those laws.

And of course, they deviated from the doctrines of Christ.

But of course, as we know,

you know, because this is something

that's common throughout the Bible,

we know that this is simply a concerted effort

by Jews, okay?

Throughout history to dismantle Christianity

by attacking those who spearhead the movement of their time.

And make no mistake about it,

the apostle Paul is one of the greatest Christians

of the New Testament writings.

And we would even say

that he's probably one of the greatest apostles

out of all of them,

because he did the most work.

And you know, this guy would listen to that,

like, oh, you're just worshiping Paul.

No, just real, recognize real, okay?

Give honor where honors do.

And according to the Bible,

we see that God used them extensively.

He used them greatly

to not only get a bunch of people saved,

to start a bunch of churches,

but also to pen down a large portion of the New Testament.

And look, folks,

you can do a study on the epistles of Paul

in comparison to the Gospels,

and they line up perfectly.

And you know what's great about that?

Is the fact that the Gospels,

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,

were actually written.

We're talking about pen down

well after the apostles of Paul were written down.

So the epistles of Paul were some of the first

writings of the New Testament to be written down.

And then years later,

the Gospels were written down.

Even though the Gospels

highlight events that took place

prior to the apostle Paul.

You say, what's the significance of that?

Well, the apostle Paul's writings

match up with what you see in

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

You know what that tells me?

It tells me that the Bible tells,

what the Bible says,

that all scripture is given by inspiration of God.

It's profitable for doctrine,

for approval, correction, and instruction,

and righteousness,

that no prophecy of the scripture

is of any private interpretation

for holy men of God's sake

as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

The apostle Paul,

he's a great guy, but you know what?

Ultimately, God is the author of the Bible.

He doesn't need to write things

in chronological order

in order for it to make sense

because he can inspire someone

to write these things down

and be accurate about them, okay?

So the apostle Paul is great.

No problems with him.

We see the seal of his apostleship.

And in this sermon,

I want to go ahead and defend some of these,

defend against some of these egregious attacks on him

that people are making today.

Apostle Paul is no stranger

to this type of rejection and persecution.

I mean, we find people slandering the apostle Paul

all the way in the book of Acts, right?

Look at Acts chapter 24, if you would,

Acts 24 · chapter mention

in verse number five.

Acts 24, verse five says,

for we have found this man,

referring to Paul,

a pestilent fellow

and a mover of sedition

among all the Jews throughout the world

and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes

who also had gone about to profane the temple

whom we took

and would have judged according to our law.

Now, this is one of many examples

where people were attacking Paul

saying that he was preaching heresy.

He was trying to get people to deviate

from the law of Moses.

He's a ringleader.

He's a pestilent fellow.

He's a heretic.

People wanted to kill him.

And what is this proof of?

Is it proof that he's a heretic?

No, it's proof that all that will live godly

in Christ Jesus

shall suffer persecution.

And look, folks, there's a difference between

being persecuted for things

that you're preaching that doesn't line up

with the Bible

and being persecuted for things

that do line up with the Bible.

You see, what's the difference?

The difference is we have the Bible

to compare,

we have the writings of Jesus Christ

that we can compare

to the life and writings of the apostle Paul

and see that they match up perfectly.

Okay?

You know, the apostle Paul

is inspired by God.

He is a man of God.

One of the greatest apostles.

And we're going to look at some of the

accusations this morning.

Go to Romans chapter 3

Romans 3 · chapter mention

if you would.

Romans chapter 3.

Romans 3 · chapter mention

Now all this is pretty basic

and you will have no problem

understanding this.

So if anything, you're just going to

learn and become more grounded

in your understanding of the apostle Paul.

But we are also equally

just going to debunk a lot of these

accusations that are made against them.

So what are some of the contradictions

that this guy is stating

that the apostle Paul has?

Now let me say this.

This is a part one.

Part two is going to be tonight

because there's so many accusations

against Paul from this guy

that I'm going to preach

the second half tonight.

Number one is that

Paul contradicted Jesus

concerning salvation.

Paul contradicted Jesus

concerning salvation.

Jesus taught salvation

through good works

and keeping the commandments

whereas Paul introduced justification

by faith without works.

Now what's interesting about this

is this guy is promoting this like crazy.

He's like Jesus taught

you have to keep the commandments

in order to be saved.

The apostle Paul did not teach that.

Now those who teach a workspace

salvation within mainstream Christianity

just have to know

you associate with people like that.

You associate with the astral projection

group out there

that believes that salvation

is by works

and it's by keeping of the

mosaic commandments.

That's what it is.

Why?

Because it's simply repackaged

and given to another false prophet

to preach that false gospel.

He says,

oh Jesus taught

a different salvation

then Paul

they contradicted one another.

Look at Romans chapter three

verse seven if you would

and again this accusation

there's nothing new under the sun.

The apostle Paul has always been accused

of preaching a false salvation

a false gospel.

Look at verse seven

for if the truth of God

hath more abounded

through my lion to his glory

why yet am I also judged

as a sinner?

And not rather look what it says

as we be slanderously reported

and as some affirm that we say

let us do evil that good may come

whose damnation is just.

Now this is a common accusation

from those who do not believe

in salvation by grace to faith alone.

They say, oh one saved always saved.

So what you're saying

is that you can just believe

and live however you want.

Let us do evil that good may come.

But what does the apostle Paul say?

He said that's a slanderous report

because the Bible simply teaches

that yes we're saved

despite the fact that we're sinners

despite the fact that we are encapsulated

by the corruptible body

but the Bible also teaches

that there's consequences to our sin

here in this world.

So the Bible says

whom the Lord loveth he chastened it

and scourged it every son whom he received it.

That's what the Bible tells us, right?

And in fact there's instances in the Bible

both Old and New Testament

where God kills his people.

Hebrews chapter 10 tells us

Hebrews 10 · chapter mention

vengeance belongeth unto me saved the Lord

and again the Lord shall judge his people.

What does that mean?

It means God will kill you.

You know the Bible tells us

in 1 Corinthians chapter 3

1 Corinthians 3 · chapter mention

that if you defy the temple of God

him shall God destroy it.

Over and over again

we see God judging people for their sins

but you know what we don't see in the Bible

is people losing their salvation.

It's a slanderous report to say

oh one saved always saved

automatically equates to

you could just live however you want

and what's funny about that

the irony in that statement

is that most people who make that statement

are living however they want.

Most people who make that statement

and that accusation

are living a godless life

a sinful wicked life

they are these holier-than-thous

pharisaical types

that want to get on people

for believing in the grace of God

that can save a sinner

who believes on him

but then you go on their Instagram

and they're drinking,

fornicating and running

with those that do.

Kind of nonsense is that.

What do we see here in Romans chapter 3?

Romans 3 · chapter mention

The Apostle Paul is basically addressing

what people have said for a long time

even what this guy is saying

oh he's teaching

that you can just live however you want

no consequence in hell and so forth.

Folks the Gospel of the Apostle Paul

is the same Gospel as Jesus Christ

but to him that work if not

but believe it on him

to justify it the ungodly

his faith is counted for righteousness

and let me just remind you

that in Romans chapter 4

Romans 4 · chapter mention

he's also addressing

two men of the Old Testament

that believed by faith

Abraham and David, right?

The Bible says in Romans 4

that Abraham believed God

and it was counted into him for righteousness.

What is that? It's called faith alone

and of course it addresses

King David as well

and the fact that he described salvation

as being forgiven of past, present

and future sins.

Not only that

Ephesians 1 tells us

the Apostle Paul writing to the

Church of Ephesus

states in whom you also trusted

after that you heard the word of truth

the Gospel of your salvation

in whom also after that you believed

you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.

And we have Ephesians 2 verse 8 through 9.

Ephesians 2:8–9

Now he would look at those passages

and say yeah exactly see

he's teaching this faith alone thing

he's teaching this by grace

he's teaching all you have to believe

all you have to do is believe

but Jesus' message on salvation

is completely different.

He says you have to keep God's commands.

Now go to John chapter 3

John 3 · chapter mention

if you would go to John chapter 3

John 3 · chapter mention

and we're going to go to Mark 10 in just a bit

this Mark 10 is the

passage that he uses

to demonstrate that we have to keep

God's laws and commandments to be saved.

Now look folks the same guy will point to

Matthew, Mark and Luke

for passages on salvation

and to prove his form of salvation

because of the fact that

Matthew, Mark and Luke

have the term repentance

over and over again.

And we're for the word repentance

amen.

And he asserts that well when it says

repentance

repentance is equal to

repenting of your sin

but the phrase repent of your sin

does not exist in the Bible

it only exists in the mind of heretics

who oppose it into the scriptures right.

You'll see the term repentance all the time

it's a biblical term

it's a biblical concept

it's biblical for those who are already saved

but it's also biblical for those who are not saved.

The difference is repentance

in the context of salvation

means to change what you're believing in

to turn from what you're trusting in

and then place your faith in Jesus Christ.

It does not mean all across the board

repent of your sin

because if it did then we would have an issue

since God is recorded as being the one

who repents more than any person in the Bible

and God has no sin

and yes there are instances

in the Old Testament where you can point to

portions of scripture where the Bible commands

people to repent and it is to repent

of their sinful ways

but it's never in the context of salvation

you say what's the point

the point is that he goes to

Matthew, Mark, Luke in order to

substantiate this claim

to assert that the Bible tells us to repent

and he completely stays away

from the book of John

Now look folks if you ever want to explain salvation

and put the cookie on the bottom

shelf for someone

for them to plainly understand

go to the book of John

is it any coincidence that

when a missionary goes to a particular area

where the Bible does not exist

they first translate Romans

and the book of John

I'll tell you why because the book of John

is made, it's created

it's written in such a way

that it makes salvation very understandable

to the unregenerated

why because it uses this term over and over again

believe

Now look at John chapter 3 verse 14

John 3:14

Jesus speaking here says this

and as Moses lifted up the serpent

in the wilderness

even so must the Son of Man be lifted up

that whosoever

believeth in him should not perish

but have eternal life

funny how he just didn't mention that verse

verse 16

for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son

that whosoever believeth in him

should not perish but have everlasting life

back to back

in case you didn't get it the first time

he repeats it the second

in case you misinterpret the first time

he gives it to you the second

and what is it believe on the Lord Jesus Christ

you won't go to hell you will have eternal life

that's Jesus speaking

goes on the same verse 17

for God sent not ascended to the world to condemn the world

but that the world through him might be saved

he that believeth on him

is not condemned

but he that believeth not is condemned already

because he has not believed

in the name of the only begotten son of God

I think we all only have to believe

I think that's what

the same I think what the Bible

explicitly saying here is that we have to place

our faith in Jesus Christ which is exactly

what believe means

oh the devils believe

yeah but the devils

okay so what does that say about you

you ever thought about that

oh the devils believe so what does that say about you

that you can't even believe

complete

demons and devils

who are eternally destined

for hell are capable of believing

but you're not

think about that for a second

you know people constantly

want to criticize the importance of believing

on Jesus Christ why because

they're prideful and arrogant and they think they can

get themselves to eternal life

and to have him by their own works by their own merit

not by works of righteousness which we have done

but according to his mercy he saved us the Bible says

go with me

if you would to John chapter 5 verse 36

John 5:36

of John chapter 3 says

John 3 · chapter mention

he that believeeth on the sun hath everlasting life

he that believeeth not the sun shall not see life

but the wrath of God abideth on him

I mean that's simple

that's so simple that a 5 year old could understand

that you believe

you go to heaven you don't believe

you go to hell very simple

and look folks this is saturated throughout the book of John

okay look at

John chapter 5 verse 24

John 5:24

verily verily I say unto you

he that heareth my word

and believeeth on him that sent me hath everlasting life

and shall not come into condemnation

but his past

from death unto

life go to John chapter 6

John 6 · chapter mention

John chapter 6 let's just read a couple verses here

John 6 · chapter mention

John chapter 6

John 6 · chapter mention

and verse 40 it says here

and this is the will of him that sent me

that everyone would see at the sun

and believeeth on him may have

everlasting life

and I will raise him up at the last

day go to John chapter 11

John 11 · chapter mention

John chapter 11

John 11 · chapter mention

I'm going to continue reading in John chapter 6

John 6 · chapter mention

and verse 47

Jesus says once again

verily verily I say unto you

he that believeeth on me hath everlasting life

so folks if the Bible is constantly

saying believe believe believe

you have everlasting life believe believe believe

and then you run into a passage that says

repent then you need to

interpret that passage on repentance

in light of these other passages

that talk about believing

if you have 10 passages in the Bible

that clearly say

you have to trust in Jesus Christ to be saved

and you have one obscure passage

that seems to deviate from the narrative

and it doesn't but you're interpreting it

as though it is

then you have to interpret that one

in light of the 10 passages to tell you have to believe

that's the proper way to interpret things

you don't interpret

the 10 based upon the one statement

you don't interpret

20 passages of scripture

that clearly communicate salvation

in light of one obscure passage

and let me just tell you something

false prophets love to go

to obscure passages in the Bible

to teach foundational doctrines of the Christian faith

Jehovah's Witnesses

when they talk about salvation they go to Ecclesiastes

what are you doing there bro

Ecclesiastes is not for salvation

it's for like depressed people amen

all is vain you know

you don't go to the book of Ecclesiastes

you don't go to the preacher in Ecclesiastes

to try to figure out how to be saved

when God has invested

so much into these

New Testament writers

that are not seen through a glass darkly

when it comes to salvation

that are clearly communicating it

and look I would even say

if you want to do a deep dive on salvation

you don't go to the Old Testament

you go to the New

because the New Testament

is the Old Testament revealed

the Old Testament

is the New Testament concealed

now obviously we know that these things

were written for our admonition upon whom

the ends of the world are come

the Old Testament is there to teach us things

but it has to be interpreted through

New Testament writings

why because the New Testament is the revelation

that Jesus Christ and the apostles

have given to us in order to interpret these things correctly

the point being here

is that the book of John

is saturated with clear statements

on how to be saved

and it uses this one word over and over again

believe

look at John 11 verse 25

John 11:25

it's one of the best passages

of scripture that communicates salvation here

you can highlight it, write it down

memorize it

verse 25 says Jesus said unto her

I am the resurrection and the life

he that believeth in me

though he were dead

yet shall he live

now what does he mean by that

he means that salvation not only justifies the soul

but in turn

in the future will also

resurrect the body

so even though someone is dead who previously believed

on Jesus Christ they will live again

it's called the resurrection

look at verse 26

and whosoever liveth and believeth in me

shall never die

believeth thou this

so he is saying those who have died in Christ

they will live again

but if you're living in you believing

you'll never die

now obviously the people who are listening to that physically die

but at that point

they go into category number one

category number one

is those who are dead but they believed

they will live again

what is it referring to? it's referring to the fact that salvation brings

everlasting life

not just of the soul but even of the body

as well and it's all contingent upon what?

believing on Jesus Christ

it sounds like

the apostle Paul and Jesus agree

if

the apostle Paul is saying

that we need to trust

that we need to believe

that we need to have faith

it sounds like it's in conjunction with Jesus is saying

in the book of John that we have to believe as well

and look folks

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

these gospels

they essentially address the same events

but they are written and geared towards

different people groups

Matthew is geared towards the Jews

in Israel at large

you could read the book of Matthew

that's why it's so negative towards Jews

there's a ton of parables within the book of Matthew

towards Jews because it's communicating

Jesus Christ as being the king

whereas the book of John

isn't necessarily for Jews

it's for those all around the world

it's for Jews, Gentiles

it's for everyone and it's mainly

to communicate that Jesus Christ

is the son of God who comes from heaven

and is able to redeem you

through your faith in him

now go to Mark chapter 10

Mark 10 · chapter mention

this is the supposed passage

that Aaron

Apke

claims

is in contradiction

of what the apostle Paul taught

and of course he's not going to go to the book of John

he's not going to go to John 3.16

and let me just tell you

you go to some unregenerated person in this world

and you ask them about

quoting Mark 10

I don't know what to say

Mark what?

when you talk about John 3.16

most people know what verse that is

I mean I can't tell you how many times

I've gone soul-winning I'm not going to door

and I quote John 3.16

and a lot of times people just finish the verse for me

even though they're not saved

why? because it's a popular verse

for a reason

it's one of the most popular verses

in the Bible

along with Genesis 1.1

and that's intentional

I believe God allowed John 3.16

to be a very popular verse

in this world

because God wants all men everywhere to believe

and

he's leaving himself with the witness

so nobody in this world can say

well I never heard the gospel

if you know John 3.16 you basically heard the gospel

because it's telling you all you have to do is believe

now obviously we want to be a little more extensive than that

we want to be thorough in our gospel presentation

I'm just saying John 3.16

is saturated within the culture

people know what it is

people know what it states

even if they quote a modern version of it or something

they know

somewhat of what it's stating there

and all you have to do is believe

now look at Mark 10 verse 17

Mark 10:17

this is the example that he gives here

it says in verse 17

and when he was gone forth into the way

there came one running and kneeled to him

and it asked him good master

what shall I do

that I may inherit eternal life

boom this is the checkmate right here

right

and Jesus said to him why call us down me good

there is none good but one that is God

thou knowest the commandments do not commit adultery

do not kill do not steal do not bear false witness

defraud not honor thy father

and mother

and he answered and said to him master

all these have I observed for my youth

up so first and foremost this guy

obviously did not observe

honesty

because no one is able to keep

these commandments perfectly right

there is only one perfect man

who has ever existed and that is Jesus Christ

everyone else even in the Old Testament

there is not a just man upon earth

that doeth good and sineth not

verse 21 then Jesus

beholding him loved him

and said unto him one thing

thou lackest go thy way

sell whatsoever thou hast

and give to the poor and

thou shalt have treasure in heaven

and come take up the cross and follow me

now notice he didn't say do this and you'll be saved

he said do this and you'll have

treasure in heaven

treasure is something that you earn right

it's not something that is freely given

to you you have to earn this

it's kind of like a wage that you get

for the things that you do and then he says

take up your cross and follow me

verse 22 and he was sad at that

saying and went away grieve for he had

great possession so

this is his text verse to prove

oh Jesus is teaching

that you have to keep the law

in order to be saved

well if that were true then why did

God only list like a few commandments

I mean is it only a few

that we have to keep

because he's asserting oh yeah you have to keep the law

Jesus said you have to keep these commandments

why didn't he go through all the commandments

because if that were true and we

obtain salvation through the observance of the law

then he would have to just quote the entire thing

not just a few

and in fact according to their standards

Jesus is cherry picking what commandments

we can keep and which ones we can disregard

but this is

not what he's teaching okay

what he's doing here is he's essentially stripping away

the self-righteousness of this person

and he's also revealing

what this person is actually

trusting in for salvation

now let me prove that to you look at verse

number 23

Jesus looked round about

and said to his disciples

how hardly shall they that have

riches enter into the kingdom

of God

so he's saying here it's likely

that people who are wealthy in this

world they're not going to get

saved okay so

we're all in good hands in this regard

according to that standard okay

but he's saying you know it's not

you know it's just going to be really difficult

and hard for people who are

wealthy they're rich to enter

into the kingdom of God

and look at the response of the disciples verse

24 and the disciples were astonished

at his words

they're like what and I don't know why they're

astonished they're not rich you know

but Jesus answer it

again and say them to them

children

how hard is it for them that

trust in riches

to enter into the kingdom

of God so now he's bringing

clarification

to this entire dissertation that he had

with the rich young ruler

what was the problem with the rich young ruler

he's trusting in his riches

for salvation

why because people who are wealthy

people who have riches

people who have great possessions

feel like they don't need anything

they feel like well I have everything

I don't need religion

I don't need this that and the other

and this is why according to the Bible

it's better for us to go

to the poor to give the gospel because

they're far more receptive

that's why you're here amen

you're here listening to the word of God

you know it's better to go to the

brokies of this world

give them the gospel because they're

actually receptive towards the gospel

I like going to the ghettos to

go preach the gospel

I like going to section A housing to

go preach the gospel

why because people are really receptive

there you couple that with gang violets

oh man it's a super receptive

area

because they're near death all the time

they don't got nothing they're broke

they are near death and they

are very receptive

whereas go ahead and go to

these rich neighborhoods here

in orange county and find

some really receptive people in the

gated communities if you could even get in

some of the most

unreceptive people to the gospel are

those who have a lot of money

because they don't feel like they need God

I mean if riches brought

people towards God then what's

with all these billionaires why they're so evil and wicked

you know I'll tell you why

because of the fact that money corrupts

the love of money is the root

of all evil and

so we see here that what Jesus Christ

is teaching is not that you have to keep

the commandments to be saved he's using

that in order to demonstrate

that he has no self-right

he has no righteousness in and of himself

and then the man begins to justify

himself and of course Jesus because he's

God knows what he's putting his faith

in for salvation for eternal life

and that's why he tells him to go sell his possessions

he goes away grieve because

he has great many possessions and then

Jesus uses him as an illustration and says

see this guy's trusting in his riches

that's why he's not going to enter into the kingdom of God

let's read on here it says

in verse 25 it is easier

for a camel to go to the eye of a needle

than for a rich man

to enter into the kingdom of God

and they were astonished out of measure

saying among themselves who then can be saved

Jesus looking upon them saved

with men it is impossible

but not with God for with God

all things are possible so the kingdom of God

isn't closed to

the rich man right

people of wealth can enter into the kingdom of God

they just need to recognize

that you know having food and raiment

let us therewith be content

and recognize that riches can only do so much

yes money answer with all things

in general that's what Ecclesiastes teaches us

but you know what it cannot redeem your soul

okay

but here's the thing folks you know we have to

explain what this passage means

because it is an obscure passage of scripture

so how do we do it

do we just stick to this portion of scripture

in order to understand salvation

no we need to read it in light of the other

portions of scripture in the book of John

to properly interpret this

because Mark is not contradicting John

John is in contradicting

John is in contradicting Mark, Matthew

or Luke they're both saying the same thing

but they're emphasizing different aspects

of Jesus' teaching okay

and so wrong portion

of scripture to go to

go with me if you would to Acts 21

Acts chapter 21 and then we're going to go to

Acts 21 · chapter mention

Ephesians chapter 2

Ephesians 2 · chapter mention

Ephesians chapter 2

Ephesians 2 · chapter mention

the book of John

demonstrates

that Jesus Christ taught

that you have to believe on him to be saved

now you say what does that guy do with these passages

like the book of John that clearly say that

well

what this guy does is that he'll claim

that the gospels

are written retroactively and therefore were influenced

by the apostle Paul's gospel

and that's why these have the term

like believe and grace

and such things like that

so and it's just like

but aren't you saying that we're supposed to disregard

Paul and just

only go with the gospels

so how does that work how do we only go with the gospels

but then you claim that the gospels

are being influenced by the apostle Paul

it sounds like you're just a heretic

you sound retarded

okay because

at the end of the day here's a great way to explain it

it's just all God's word

okay

and so

Jesus and Paul

preach the same gospel

and again he brings this accusation

oh the apostle Paul said in Galatians one

that if someone else preaches another gospel

let him be a curse he's basically calling Jesus a curse

no because Jesus

preaches the same gospel as he does

they both preach the same gospel

John the Baptist preach the same gospel

and in fact John the Baptist talked about the baptism

of repentance in the book of Acts

the apostle Paul renders that as

believing on Jesus Christ because that's exactly

what it is that's exactly what it means

okay accusation number

one that Paul taught

a different salvation than Jesus

accusation number two

Paul abolished the law

that Jesus stated he

would not abolish Jesus said

he did not come to destroy the law whereas Paul

supposedly taught Christians to completely

abandon it okay so

he claims that Paul

hates the law he's

seeking to abolish the law

and and you know he hates

the law whereas Jesus Christ elevated

the law now you're in Acts 21

let me read to you from Acts 18

these are some of the

same accusations that people were making

in the book of Acts verse 12

of Acts 18 says and when Galileo

was the deputy of Akhaya

the Jews made insurrection one

accord with one accord against Paul

and brought him to the judgment seat

saying this fellow

persuadeth men

to worship God listen to this

contrary to the law

so this is already existed even in the book of Acts

a bunch of Jews already saying

that Paul hey he's trying to get people to disobey

Moses trying to get people to disobey

the law okay

and by the way the Jews were doing this towards Jesus

look at Acts 21

if you would Acts 21 verse 26

Acts 21:26

then Paul took the

men verse 26 and the next

day purifying himself with them entered into the

temple to signify the

accomplishment of the days of purification

until that an offering should be offered for

every one of them

and when the seven days were almost ended

the Jews which were of Asia

when they saw him in the temple stirred up

all the people and laid hands on him

crying out men of Israel

help this is the man

that teacheth all men

everywhere against the people

and the law and this

place and further brought Greeks

also into the temple and have polluted

this holy place

now the funny thing about this is that

they're claiming the apostle Paul is teaching contrary to the law

yet in verse 26 we have the apostle

Paul observing the law

how is that he's purifying himself

he's going into the temple but they're like

oh no he's teaching people contrary to the law

it's just a slanderous report

and this slander has existed

for thousands of years it's still around today

go to Ephesians 2 if you would

Ephesians chapter 2

Ephesians 2 · chapter mention

while you're turning there

I'm going to read to you from Matthew chapter 7

Matthew 7 · chapter mention

Matthew chapter 5 verse 17

Matthew 5:17

excuse me says this

think not that I come to destroy the law

or the prophets

I am not come to destroy

but to fulfill

now what does this mean when he says that he came not to destroy

the law

you see Jesus Christ

kept all of the law perfectly right

the moral law perfectly

never sinned once kept all of God's command

that's why he's righteous

that's why he's able to impute his righteousness

unto us

through faith in him because he is

the perfect son of God

who observed these things perfectly regarding the moral law

now let me explain some also regarding

the law

we refer to God's moral law as the

mosaic law or the law

but let me just remind you that God's law

transcends the mosaic law

it was established in

stone

and imposed upon the people

at Mount Sinai

after the deliverance from Egypt

let me just remind you that God's moral law

existed prior to that

why because God's moral law

is synonymous with his divine

nature he's eternal

in other words murder has always been

wrong right we see this

in Genesis 9 verse 6

Genesis 9:6

where God sanctions the death penalty

for those who take life

okay

and side note here I'm for the public execution

of that one dude

okay I think that's

completely and by the way that's

biblical if you're against

public executions and you believe the bible

you must not read the bible

every execution

under the mosaic law was public

brought him into the center and just stone him

with stones and you say oh man

that's just inhumane oh you go ahead and explain

to me what's a humane way to kill someone

give me a humane way to take someone's life

who's worthy of death

slap them to death

what's the humane way to do it

there is no humane way to do it

okay firing squad is

in fact you know I would prefer

a firing squad over lethal injection

any day wasn't there some lady

who got the lethal injection and it failed

that sucks

it failed she lived

and she's like in all this pain firing squad

is just quick

but it's inhumane

yeah what that do

was inhumane too

I remember

you know visiting my family

in Guatemala when I was a kid

my mom took me to go see my family

in Guatemala I think I was like 8

10 years old or something like that and

um

one of my aunts was like hey I want you

to come and see this real quick

you know I'm just like what

you know and we're at the TV

and like these three men are about to be publicly executed

I'm like they're going to kill them

it's like yeah why because they

violently rape the little girl

and so they're going to be publicly executed

and they did it on live television

I was like oh wow

now you say what

why do you think that's okay to do

I'll tell you why first and foremost

because it's right to bring justice

number one

for the victims

but number two

it's a deterrent

you say what do you mean

you know when someone who's tempted

to murder

sees a public execution of a person

who murdered you're like

check out

I'm going to do something else

I don't think I want to die

death is a motivator

okay

and I'm not just talking about hearing about death just seeing it

it's a motivator

now obviously you know that's going to be gruesome

but you know what it operates as a deterrent

okay

oh you're just going to enable people

no that's actually

according to the bible

the bible specifically says when judgment against an evil work

is not carried out speedily

the hearts of the sons of men is fully setting them

to do evil

if you don't publicly execute people

for their capital crimes

it's going to enable other people

to want to carry out those same crimes

because they think well they didn't get punished

I'm not going to get punished

so that's just a side note there

you got that for free

when Jesus said he came not to destroy the law

obviously he's not coming to break the law

okay

regardless of what furtick said

furtick that false prophet got up and said

that Jesus broke the law for love

that's not even poetic it sounds stupid

you didn't break the law if you broke the law then he's not God

okay

he came out to destroy the law or the prophets

in other words he's not coming

to contradict

he's not coming to destroy

what the Old Testament was teaching

why because he is the fulfillment

of the law

right beginning at

Moses and all the prophets he expounded

unto them and all the scriptures the things concerning himself

why because the Old Testament

law and prophets are all about

pointing towards Christ

the apostle Paul

says that the law was our school master

to bring us unto Christ

Jesus said

for had you believed Moses you would have believed me

for he wrote of me

over and over again we see that the Old

Testament even dating back

to Abraham all pointed

towards Christ Jesus told the Pharisees

you know Abraham saw my day and was

glad

everyone pointed towards Jesus Christ

the Old Testament is all about Jesus

so he fulfilled the law in a practical

way where he actually kept the law

the moral law but he also

fulfilled the law by what

by being the culmination

of those shadow of things to come

so we can say he

fulfilled the law by being the lamb

of God who should take away the sins of the world

just as the lambs

the animals the goats of the Old Testament

were sacrificed in order to atone for the sins

of the nation in like manner that he

fulfilled that

so he didn't come to destroy the law he came to fulfill

now is part of the law

done away with of course it is

of course it is and let me explain to

you why that is okay not

using Paul's arguments in

Hebrews chapter 8 and 9 though that's a great

Hebrews 8 · chapter mention

passage to use just using Jesus alone

the new covenant

requires the death of

the testator and thereby

brings the end of an Old Covenant

that's how covenants work

a lot of people don't even understand how covenants operate

that Old Covenant

that Old System

had to have a conclusion

once Jesus Christ died because once Jesus Christ

died he's bringing about

a New Testament

hold on a second that's from the Apostle Paul

no that's from Jesus at the Lord's Supper

when he talked about the New Testament

that he's bringing in

a New Testament a New Covenant

that's exactly how it works he's the mediator

of a better covenant established upon

better promises

so yeah he didn't come to destroy

animal sacrifices

that's a wrong way to assess what he did

he came to fulfill it

and you know people often bring this up like

well the gospels

shows Jesus

obeying the law of Moses

yeah cause he's still under the Old Testament

during his life

so of course he's going to obey the law

of course he is

he's

offering the gifts to Moses

he's encouraging people to offer the gifts

unto Moses he

his mom was participating

in the purification part

he is you know doing the animal sacrifices

and so forth but at his death

that stuff is done away with cause he is the culmination

of those things to come

look at Ephesians 2 verse 14

Ephesians 2:14

it says for he referring to Jesus

is our peace

who hath made both one

and hath broken down the middle wall of partition

between us having

abolished in his flesh

the enmity

even the law of commandments contained

in ordinances for to make it himself

of twain one new man

so making peace

so what did Paul actually abolish

he didn't abolish the law

he actually abolished

the enmity between

Gentiles and Jews

that

was separated by the ordinances

ok so how can Paul

destroy the law

how can he abolish the law

if the law is already done away with by the time he came into the game

he was one

born out of due time remember

by that time this was already instituted

what he is abolishing what according to the apostle Paul

Jesus abolished

the enmity

the division between Jew and Gentile

that was essentially

separating us from

the commonwealth of Israel

the promises of the covenant

through the Old Testament law

now go to John chapter

I'm sorry not John 4 go to Colossians

Colossians 2 · chapter mention

chapter 2

and then we're going to go to

Romans chapter 3 again

Romans 3 · chapter mention

go to Colossians chapter 2

Colossians 2 · chapter mention

and look you know the Old Testament

specifically required

specifically required for people to go to Jerusalem

to worship God

to go to the temple to worship God

you had to do it

Jesus went to the temple to worship God because of the fact that

that's what the Old Testament law required

but didn't he say in John 4 that the day will come

where you're not going to worship in this mountain

or in Jerusalem

but they that worship him will worship him in spirit

and in truth and isn't he saying

that the day will come even if it had not yet come

why because he hadn't died yet

so he's specifically saying like right now

we have to worship in Jerusalem for sure

but the day will come

where you don't have to say in this mountain or in that

because anybody who worships him

can worship him in spirit and in truth

why because according to the New Testament

we believers are the temple of God

we're bought with the price

and so forth that's what the Bible actually teaches

Colossians chapter 2

Colossians 2 · chapter mention

and verse 14

it says here

blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us

who's blotting it out, Paul or Jesus

Jesus

blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us

which was contrary to us

and took it out of the way

nailing it to his cross

and having spoiled principalities and powers

he made a show of them openly

triumphing over them in it

let no man therefore

listen to this, judge you in

meat or in drink

or in respect of in the holy day

or of the new moon or of the Sabbath

days which are a shadow of things to come

but the bodies of Christ

so this is telling us that

we don't have to observe these Old Testament

ordinances

now a lot of these Judaizers will tell you

no you do have to observe them

he's saying that like

don't let people tell you not to

abstain from these particular meats

yeah he's telling Colossians

Greeks

who are part of a New Testament church to do that

no, he's telling them hey

don't let these Judaizers come in and tell you

that you can't have shellfish

now I'm not a fan of shellfish anymore

okay, sorry

the only time I would be a fan of it is if you fry it

but I had a bad experience

a couple weeks ago

with shellfish

and it was good for the cut though

it's good for weight loss for sure

you know

it definitely accelerates the weight loss

I will say that

but here's the thing is that

I'm not going to judge you if you want to eat shellfish though

because that would be contrary to the Bible

and the Bible says not to

allow people to judge you regarding

these observances of the Sabbath day either

why? Verse 17

which are a shadow of things to come

but the bodies of Christ

meaning that these things pictured

Jesus Christ

in fact the New Testament according to Hebrews chapter 4

Hebrews 4 · chapter mention

tells us that Jesus Christ is

our Sabbath

why? because we rest in him for our salvation

go to Romans if you would

Romans chapter 3

Romans 3 · chapter mention

now what is the accusation again?

oh, Paul abolished the law

he's trying to

destroy the law

he wants people to hate the law

is that true? look at Romans 3 verse 31

Romans 3:31

and then we're going to go to Romans 7

Romans 3

31 says do we then make void

the law through faith? God forbid

yay, we establish

the law go to Romans 7

Romans chapter 7

Romans 7 · chapter mention

and verse 7 here

it says what shall we say then? is the law

sin? God forbid

doesn't sound like Paul hates the law

God forbid, nay, I had not known sin

but by the law

for I had not known lust except the law had said

thou shalt not covet

it sounds like he's exalting the law

he's esteeming the law

and he's finding value in the law

because the law taught him to use the sinner

look at verse 12 if you would

Romans 7 and verse 12

wherefore the law is

holy and the commandment

holy and just

and good

it sounds like Paul is a fan of the law

oh no, he came to abolish the law

then why does this verse exist

where he's talking about how it's holy

it's just, it's good

it's righteous, why? because it is

and you know at the end of the day

the law of God plays its role

in someone's salvation

it's just not in its observance

the role that it plays is in helping

you to recognize that you can't save

yourself because you're not perfect

it's supposed to strip away your

righteousness and help you to realize

I can't save myself, I need to go to

the foot of the cross to be saved

okay

go to 1 Corinthians 8 if you would

1 Corinthians 8

this guy's a heretic

and you know

this bulls my blood when I see stuff like this

because it's just

obviously it's retarded

obviously it's super gay

and you're just like how can people even like

listen to this

and I was telling this to my wife

last night when I was preaching to her

I was saying you know

a lot of times I do get on false prophets

because of the fact that you know rightfully so

because they're evil and wicked

and they're perverted to the gospel

but you know what like the people who fall them are just like

super evil too though

if you think about it

I guess the false prophet can't take all the credit

for the retardation and evilness

because at the end of the day

the people who fall them are absolute idiots too

because you think they're just like how can someone be deceived

exactly

like how can you be there

how can you agree with this heresy

how can you agree with this blasphemy

and people are just eating up

with fork and spoon

they agree with that they want to propagate it

but it's because they're also evil

they're godless people as well

and at the end of the day they hate the truth

that's what it is

accusation number three

Paul contradicted Jesus and James concerning

meat

James was allegedly a vegetarian

bro

Paul supposedly criticized James

when he described those who

eat herbs as weak

so he views

Romans 14 as a dis

towards James

and then he says that Paul permitted

eating meat to idols

the sacrifice into idols

contrary to the Jerusalem apostles

okay

so you know obviously we know

that this guy is a vegetarian

okay that's why he's even bringing this up

to begin with

let me just tell you something

whenever there's a person

who claims to be a spiritual leader

but they're a vegetarian I automatically write them off

not interested

not interested

you know

you say why

because the bible does say that he that eats herbs

is weak

and it just demonstrates

spiritual immaturity

I'm not saying they're unsaved

because you know sometimes people do that

for whatever reason they just

I don't really know why actually

I'm just trying to be nice

people might have legitimate reasons

why I wouldn't agree with it

okay

I think you can get all those benefits from meat

alright

but Romans 14 tells us

that you know we just got to be nice to them

because they're kind to them because you know

they're just weak in the faith and so forth

but if you're a spiritual leader and you're a vegetarian

I automatically write you off

people all the time

they're always telling me oh you got to look into Hitler

Hitler

this and Hitler that

I'm like well first of all he lost

yeah

we're just going to ignore that

didn't bro lose

right

first of all he lost

right

so then you know someone gave me

my conf to read

and then you know the first couple

pages talk about he's a vegetarian

and I was like

this guy is a vegetarian

do his followers know this

he's a vegetarian and I'm thinking maybe

it's for health reasons no it's because

he thought he thought it to be inhumane

to do anything to any animal

in order to have meat

super gay

absolutely gay

okay for you Hitler lovers out there

okay

you know a little mustache don't do nothing now

yeah but he was right on the Jews

yeah but he's agreeing with the Jews here

to be a vegetarian

or what not

you know I'm not interested

when there's a leader who says they're a vegetarian

I'm not interested now

this guy's a vegetarian

but he's claiming that James

was a vegetarian

now look folks you know he quotes

Eusebius and says Eusebius said that he was

a vegetarian

but sorry that's not authoritative for me

go reference my sermon last week about church fathers

I'm not really interested

in that because people can make rumors

up they can say stuff and

make all kinds of things up about us

and you know people just believe it

so the Bible doesn't

seem to indicate that at all

okay and of course

by proxy he's asserting that Jesus Christ was

also a vegetarian

and he claims that Jesus Christ was actually

against the animal sacrifices because

of that it's like what in the world

now folks Jesus Christ

ate meat

like well give me

a book chapter

verse in the Bible where he ate meat

we don't have to because we know that he

observed Old Testament

laws that required

Israelites

to offer animal sacrifices

burnt offerings and part of that

ordinance was for a person to participate

in eating

the burnt offering

so they would go

have a little meal with the priest there

and then they would eat as well

so that's what he's doing and you know what because he kept the whole law

he came out to abolish the law

he came out to destroy the law

he came to fulfill it and then guess what

he's also participating in eating

meat as well

and he's manly

he's a manly man

so he can't be vegetarian

and so very important there

now look at 1 Corinthians 813

says wherefore if meat make my brother to offend

I will eat no flesh

while the world standeth

lest I make my brother to offend

so this is literally contradicting what that guy is saying

that Paul's like oh he's encouraging

Paul

Paul's encouraging his listeners and his recipients

to eat things sacrifice and titles

not true

not true at all

because look 1 Corinthians 8 is teaching

that whatever sold in the shambles

eat asking questions for nothing for

constancy

and what he's saying there is this

the shambles might be like some sort of meat market

and if you're there

with a newer born Christian

and you're going there

and you're like oh let me get this ribeye real quick

or something

and the guy sees like oh I think this is

this is meat that was once

offered unto idols if he knows that

he's saying don't buy it because you don't want it to

foul his conscience

you don't want to cause him to stumble

but it would be completely justifiable for you to

purchase that and eat it because

the idol is nothing

the earth is the lords and the fullness they're of

okay

but he specifically says but if it makes my brother to offend

that I'm not going to eat it

now what does he mean when he says

eat things sacrifice unto idols

eating that which is once

offered unto idols what is he referring to

he's actually prohibiting people

to eat things

to participate in rituals

where they eat meat and worship false gods

go to 1 Corinthians 10

1 Corinthians chapter 10 if you would

1 Corinthians 10 · chapter mention

it says in verse 16

the cup of blessing which we bless

is it not the communion of the blood of Christ

the bread which we break

is it not the communion of the body of Christ

for we being many are one

bread and one body

for we are all partakers of that one bread

behold Israel after the flesh

are not they which eat of the sacrifices

partakers of the altar

so he's saying when someone eats at the altar

they're participating

in the worship of God

in the worship of that deity

when they're eating

and they're coupling that with the altar

okay

he says in verse 19

what say I then that the idol is anything

or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything

but I say

that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice

they sacrifice to devils

and not to God

and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils

ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord

and the cup of devils

ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table

and of the table of devils

now

when he says the Lord's table he's referring to the Lord's supper

some referring to the table that belongs to the Lord

he's referring just another way of describing

observing the Lord's supper

so he's saying he's telling the Corinthians

hey you can't come here

and observe the Lord's supper

and then also participate

in these pagan worships

and ordinances and rituals

and just because you want to eat their food as well

you understand

it's not right for you to go to the Roman Catholic church

and eat the wafer just because you're hungry

because now you're participating

in that ordinance

by eating

and this is exactly what Jezebel was doing in Revelation 2

she's causing people

to stumble teaching them to fornicate

and to eat things sacrificed into idols

those are often two elements

that pagans would

integrate in their worship of false gods

you can go all the way back to the book of Numbers

with Baal

Baal could not curse the children of Israel

but then what did he do?

he caused the Moabites to tempt the children of Israel

to eat things sacrificed into idols

and to fornicate

because fornication

according to the pagans and heathens

is often coupled with their religious observance

of false gods

so what this is teaching here is not teaching

oh don't eat what's served in the shambles

eat it because who cares

what they were using that for

just don't be participating in those rituals

is what he's saying

but at the end of the day the apostle Paul

is not telling people hey

go ahead eat things sacrificed into idols

go into the temple

and observe

the worship

of Diana

of Ephesus and all this

he's not sanctioned in that at all

that's a railing accusation go to 1 Corinthians 9

and we're pretty much finished here

there's about

like 7 more accusations I'm going to cover tonight

but this is number 4

and that is that Paul admits to lying

to spread his gospel

so he's just like

I can't believe you guys follow Paul

you know he lied

he admitted to lying

to people

in order to spread his gospel

Paul supposedly confessed

to dishonesty when he said

he became all things to all men

now let's read it here

verse 18 of chapter 9

we'll read the context here

says what is my reward then

barely that when I preach the gospel

I may make the gospel of Christ

without charge that I may abuse

not my power in the gospel

for though I be free from all men

yet have I made myself servant unto all

that I might gain the more

so obviously the context here

is that the apostle Paul is

willing to relinquish some of his

rights in order

to be able to reach people

that's why he says I'm a servant to all

that I may gain the more

he's willing to subjugate himself

humble himself in order to reach people

for Christ

verse 20 says unto the Jews

I became as a Jew

that I may gain the Jews

now what does that mean

it doesn't mean he's throwing on a yarmulke

it doesn't mean he's throwing

on a prayer shawl

and he goes and worships Baal

and he bombs a school

you know

it doesn't mean he just does what Jews do

you understand what I'm saying

it doesn't mean he

heads up a pornography industry

now he's a part of a holiday

when he says when I became as a Jew

he's basically saying like

I'm gonna go ahead and win Jews according to

the Old Testament scriptures

I will meet them

where they're at this is basically

him going where to the synagogues

as we see in the book of Acts

in order to discuss the Old Testament scriptures

of Moses and how they point to Christ

so unto the Jew I became

as a Jew to them that are under the law

as under the law

that I may gain them that are under the law

so in other words you know if someone is a strict observer

of the Old Testament laws

then he's gonna go ahead and use those

Old Testament laws to Torah

in order to try to reach them

and again this is

what he's quoting

this Aaron guy this is what he's quoting

okay and I'm watching this I'm like

okay I could see where he's going with this

he's claiming that he's lying that he's being dishonest

but then he quotes verse 21

and let me read it how he quoted it

okay let's read it but I'm gonna read it

how he quoted it to them that are without law

as without law that I might

gain them that are without law

that's how he read it

and I'm like hold on I'm gonna rewind

that real quick let me just double tap

ten speed back real quick

did I miss something here

to them that are without law as without law

that I may gain them that are without law

oh you missed a chunk there buddy

because you say he's like he's willing to lie

he's willing to be dishonest

he's willing to just you know

say whatever needs to be said

in order to win people to Christ

no actually it says to them that are without law

as without law not being without law

to God

but under the law of Christ

so in other words you know when he's reaching out

to the Gentiles he's not having a beer with them

he's not like oh you guys got some

you know party going on

revelings yeah let's do it

you know oh I'm down