"I have heard a lot of teachings concerning Saul
of Tarsus lately. They say he was an apostate because of his message. I am
seeking Yahweh’s Truths and understand that the scribes have deliberately
changed things as the Old Testament states. Can you please help me on this. The
scriptures tell us to see things out but there are so many lies it makes it hard
to decipher the truth."
Paul is apostate only to those who misunderstand or deliberately
twist his teachings. By his own admission he was clearly pro-law (Rom. 3:31,
6:13, 7:12). He stated that he believed all things written in the Old Testament
(Acts 24:14). In fact, Peter confirms Paul’s apostleship in 2Peter 3:15-16, "And
account that the longsuffering of our Master is salvation—as also our beloved
brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also
in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things
hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own
destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures." With the exception of
134 instances where Yahweh’s Name was replaced by Adonai, the Old Testament text
has remained practically untouched since its inception. This can be proved by
comparing the accuracy of the many texts available to scholarship today. The
Scribes and Pharisees were less guilty of modifying the text and more guilty of
adding their own rabbinical, man-made traditions (Matt. 15:3).
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