Christians will usually refer a new believer to the writings
of Paul in the book of Romans to learn the "basics" of
their new walk with God.
Yet, it would be hard to find a worse example than Paul in regard
to honest writing.
Not only does Paul contradict the Old Testament(OT) teachings but
Paul had no problem distorting any scripture that could be used
to further his agenda and religion.
Romans chapter 10 is an excellent example of how Paul
accomplished his goals by applying out of context partial quotes
to his writing to lend it credibility.
Here is how Paul operates:
Rom 10:1-2
Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites
is that they may be saved.
For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but
their zeal is not based on knowledge.
It's interesting that Paul would claim the Jews who follow the
law aren't basing their zeal on knowledge as his claim
contradicts Proverbs 2:6 which states:
Prov 2:6
For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge
and understanding
Since the Lord God gave the law from his mouth to Moses,
knowledge goes right along with following that very law.
Another verse which states that knowledge is found in obeying the
commands of God is Psa 119:66 which states:
Psa 119:66
Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I
believe in your commands.
Paul's claim has no foundation since knowledge is found in the
law and commands of God. Those who don't follow the law are the
ones without knowledge.
Continuing on:
Rom 10:3
Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and
sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's
righteousness.
Here Paul attempts to discredit those who follow the law. His
assertion that those who follow the law are not submitting to
God's righteousness is completely bogus. God gave his laws so
that people could establish righteousness.
Deut 6:25
And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our
God, as he has commanded us, that will be our
righteousness.
Psa 119:40
How I long for your precepts(laws)! Preserve my life in your
righteousness.
Obviously people could know righteousness because doing what the
law instructed was righteousness. Paul's claim that people who
follow the law aren't submitting to God is without basis.
Continuing on:
Rom 10:4
Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness
for everyone who believes.
Paul drops his doctrinal bomb here.
According to Paul, Christ(or Messiah) is the END OF THE LAW.
However, the law was declared perfect in Psa 19:7 and
eternal in Psa 119:152, 160.
Psa 19:7
The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes
of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
Psa 119:152,160
Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them
to last forever.
All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
Since there is nothing in the Old Testament which states
that a king messiah would abolish the Law, Paul has invented his
own doctrine here.
Paul's new doctrine is completely unfounded and contradicts what
God declared in the OT.
It also contradicts what Jesus said in Matt 5:18-19. This
is the unsound and invented doctrine that Christianity has
adopted to escape the requirements of observing all the
complicated laws God laid down in the OT.
Paul was looking for Gentile converts to the new religion. Greeks
and other non-Jews couldn't be bothered with all the complicated
laws that the Jewish God Yahweh set down in the Old Testament.
The Law of God was Paul's competition and stood as an obstacle to
gaining new converts.
Paul voided the Law with his pen, declaring that Jesus the Christ
or Messiah did away with all those complicated regulations by
becoming a human sacrifice.
The irony is that Christians will go around proclaiming how they
believe the whole Bible and want to serve God, worship God, and
do the "will" of God. Christians follow Paul, not God.
This is the shallow pool of deception that Christianity swims in
and tries to lure others into with threats of hellfire.
Continuing on:
Rom 10:5
Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law:
"The man who does these things will live by them."
Paul only partially quotes Lev 18:5 here.
The fuller context is:
Lev 18:4-5
You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am
the LORD your God.
Keep my decrees and laws, for the man who obeys them will live by
them. I am the LORD.
The law is to be obeyed if one wants to find favor with God.
Continuing on:
Rom 10:6
But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in
your heart, `Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to
bring Christ down)
Paul now attempts to establish a new form of righteousness which
is simply by faith alone with no compliance to the law being
needed. In attempting this subterfuge, Paul partially quotes Deut
30:12 to suit his needs.
The full quote is:
Deut 30:12
It(the law) is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask,
"Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us
so we may obey it?"
Deut 30:12 has nothing to do with Christ.
The law was given to the people and they don't need to be in any
suspense regarding what to do to find favor with God. Simply have
faith in God AND obey his laws. Paul wants to claim that Christ
was needed to complete the "picture" for the people
when there is no need for a Christ to do anything.
Continuing on:
Rom 10:7
or `Who will descend into the deep?' " (that is, to bring
Christ up from the dead).
There is no need to bring Christ up from the dead. The law was
already given and serves to provide righteousness to the people.
Continuing on:
Rom 10:8
But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your
mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are
proclaiming:
Paul distorts Deut 30 even more this time as he attempts
to retrofit Jesus into Deut 30.
In attempting to do this, Paul dishonestly half quotes Deut
30:14 and omits Deut 30:9-11 as well.
Deut 30:10-11 throws such a huge wrench into Paul's
theology it's no wonder he had no use for it.
First, Deut 30:14 actually states:
Deut 30:14
No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your
heart so you may obey it.
Paul's altered quote of Deut 30:14:
the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart
Notice that Paul leaves off of his quote "so that you may
obey it". Paul has twisted Deut 30:14 by chopping
off the part he wanted to get rid off. That omitted part is
the instruction to obey the law!
Paul already claimed in verse Rom 10:4 that Christ was the
end of the law and can't have people thinking the law should
still be observed so he chops off the last part of Deut 30:14
to suit his need.
Replacing the law with faith in Jesus is his agenda and Paul
has no trouble misapplying and taking out of context any OT verse
that suits his needs.
The fuller context of Deut 30 reveals why Paul couldn't
quote the verses honestly.
Deut 30: 9-11 declares:
Then the LORD your God will make you most prosperous in all the
work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of
your livestock and the crops of your land. The LORD will again
delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in
your fathers,
if you obey the LORD your God and keep his commands and decrees
that are written in this Book of the Law and turn to the LORD
your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Now what I
am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond
your reach.
Little wonder Paul couldn't quote these verses. Not only does it
state that obeying the law with all your heart and soul would
make people prosper, it further states that the law was not too
difficult to follow or beyond the reach of the people.
There is no need for Jesus anywhere here and Paul simply couldn't
tolerate that as it ruined his plans to require that a new savior
named Jesus be the savior for mankind.
Continuing on:
Rom 10:9
That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord,"
and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you
will be saved.
This(confessing "Jesus is Lord") is the word of faith
that Paul claims Deut 30:14 is really about.
As already shown, Deut 30:14 has NOTHING to do with Christ
and says nothing about confessing "Jesus is Lord".
God declared in Isa 45:21-22 that he ALONE was the
ultimate savior. To be saved you must have faith in God, follow
his laws, and recognize NO other savior.
Isa 45:21-22
Declare what is to be, present it-- let them take counsel
together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the
distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is NO God apart
from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is NONE but me.
"Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I
am God, and there is NO other."
Paul has invented a new savior named Jesus who people are
supposed to turn to in order to find salvation.
The notions of Paul are contradicted by the Old Testament in many
places. Some examples are:
Isa 43:11
I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior.
Hosea 13:4
"But I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt.
You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me.
At no time in the Old Testament are people instructed to worship
a man as the sole source of salvation nor are they ever
instructed to worship a man as God.
Christians will often attempt to get around this glaring problem
by simply claiming that Jesus is God. But as already shown, that
claim contradicts the Old Testament.
In addition to the fact that Jesus is never mentioned anywhere in
the OT, basic logic discredits this attempt to dance around the
problem. A son of God by definition can't be God himself and he
who is supposed to be sitting at the right hand of God can't be
God himself. Part man, part god, hybrids like Jesus have no basis
in the OT and are pagan in origin.
Continuing on:
Rom 10:10-11
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and
it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never
be put to shame."
In Rom 10:11 Paul misquotes Isa 28:16 as he again
twists the scripture to suit his needs.
Isa 28:16 states:
So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone
in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure
foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed."
There is no reference to trusting Jesus in Isa 28:16.
The verse is referring to the trusting God's word and the Lord.
The Lord IS NOT a man/god hybrid called Jesus.
Continuing on:
Rom 10:12-13
For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord
is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for,
"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be
saved."
In Rom 10:13 Paul now quotes a piece of Joel 2:32.
Joel 2:32 states:
And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the
LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
Notice that Joel 2:32 says nothing about calling on Jesus.
God already made it clear that he ALONE is the ultimate savior.
There is no God called Jesus.
Looking at Joel 2:27 further exposes Paul's misuse of the
Old Testament scripture.
Joel 2:27
Then you will know that I am in Israel, that I am the LORD your
God, and that there is no other; never again will my people be
shamed.
Jesus is not the Lord God. That concept is a New Testament
invention.
Paul's style was to twist pieces of the OT scripture, insert
them into his story line, and manufacture his theology around out
of context quotes.
It's interesting to note that Paul's deceptive use of the OT
scriptures wasn't limited to his writings in the book of Romans.
He practiced the same dishonesty in the following example:
Philippians 2:9-11
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the
name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory
of God the Father.
This is an another attempt to make Jesus the God everyone should
worship. Once again it steals a concept from the OT and distorts
it to fit the savior mold Paul was advertising. Here's what the
OT verses actually say about which God people are supposed to
worship:
Isa 45:22-23
"Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for
I am God, and there is no other.
By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a
word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee
will bow; by me every tongue will swear."
According to the OT, God ALONE is the savior. There is NO other.
Isa 45:22-23 says nothing about God exalting a
man/god named Jesus to the highest place and says nothing
about having to confess Jesus is the Lord. Nor does it say
anything about God giving his glory to him.
God already stated in Isa 45:21…
"And there is NO God apart from me, a righteous God and a
Savior; there is NONE but me."
And God stated in Isa 42:8
"I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to
another or my praise to idols."
Once again Paul twisted the OT verses to suit his needs.
Christians constantly claim Paul's writings are the word of God
yet they completely ignore the fact that Paul deliberately
twisted the OT "word of God" into a pretzel in the
process of inventing a new savior called Jesus.
Why should any honest thinking person accept these types of
deceptive writing techniques used by Paul as the word of God???
It should also be noted that Paul had no problem using threats to
silence any opposition of his concocted teachings. The use of
threats can be quite effective in discouraging critical and
objective thinking. Threats can keep believers in line and
unquestioning.
Gal 1:9
As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is
preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him
be eternally condemned!
2 Cor 10:6
And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once
your obedience is complete.
Christianity can be distilled down into two basic
elements…deceptive teachings and threats of punishment.
There is no man/god called Jesus in the Old Testament. There is
no Son of God who will have to be worshipped to join God's fold.
There is no Christ(Messiah) that will cancel the Law and who
people must confess as their God and savior.
That new doctrine was invented by the New Testament writers, Paul
in particular.
This is the type of dishonest fabrication and twisting of the OT
that Christianity hangs it's hat on. It's a man-made,
manufactured belief system which uses some very slick tactics to
suck people into it's net.
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