DID PETER AND JAMES AGREE WITH
PAUL OF TARSUS?
The book of Acts of the Apostles was written by a disciple of Paul, called Luke, who including walked
with Paul (Acts 21:1-17), who tried to
say that Peter and James (that were the leaders of the followers of Jesus Christ) agreed with Paul, to try to give legitimacy to Paul's
doctrine.
In Acts of the Apostles chapter 15 and chapter 21 verse 25, it is
written that Peter and James agreed with the doctrine of Paul of Tarsus.
However, we see in Galatians 2:11-21 that in reality Peter and James did
not agree with Paul's heretical
doctrine, that says that it is not necessary to fulfill the commandment of God of doing the circumcision, and that it is not necessary to obey
several other commandments of God.
In Galatians 2:11-21, Paul said
that Peter (also called Cephas) was a feigner, and
that Peter, in the absence of people linked to James, agreed with Paul's doctrine, and in the presence of
people linked to James, he said that he did not agree with Paul's doctrine.
However, we see in 1 Corinthians 7:20-21 that in reality it was Paul who was feigner and had two faces,
and when he was with the Ebionites he
feigned to be Ebionite, but when he was with the gentiles he preached heretical
doctrine, deceiving the gentiles, and inducing them to disobey several
commandments of God, and preventing them from converting to God.
In the book of Acts of the Apostles 21:17-26, the author,
although he tries to say that James agreed with Paul's doctrine (what is not true), he
lets appear (because he did not have how to deny) that James and the other Jews
that believed in Jesus (Ebionites)
did not agree with Paul's heretical
doctrine and were angry with him, and that Paul
feigned to be converting to God,
paying the expenses of four men who had made vow of nazirite
and had to shave the head and to offer to God
a lamb and two pigeons each one (Numbers 6:9-12), and we see by Paul's epistles
that in reality Paul did not convert to
God, because he continued preaching
heretical and diabolical doctrines, saying for the people not to do the circumcision (Galatians 5:2), and saying that is
allowed to eat any animal (Romans 14:14 and 14:20 and 1 Corinthians 10:25-26
and 1 Timothy 4:1-5), and saying that it is not necessary to keep the Sabbath
and that it is not necessary to do the feasts that God commanded (Galatians 4:10-11 and
Colossians 2:16-17), and saying that Jesus Christ
abolished the Law of God (Ephesians
2:15), when Jesus Christ himself
said that he did not come to abolish the Law of God, and that none
commandment of the Law of God will ever be abolished, and that we
must obey all the commandments of the Law of God, without exception (Matthew
5:17-19).
We see by the writings of the Church
Fathers that in the centuries II, III, IV and V continued to exist Ebionites, what shows that it is not true
that all the apostles and elders have agreed with the heretical doctrine of Paul of Tarsus, as the author of Acts of
the Apostles says in Acts 15 and in Acts 21:25.
Yahveh bless you.
João
Paulo Fernandes Pontes.
Published in March 17, 2010.
Updated in March, 13, 2011.
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