Written by: Damien Powell
Christians are twisting Paul’s words to their DESTRUCTION!
It is my prayer that believers will be shown that The Bible never contradicts itself because our Elohim never changes. I want to show that Paul kept The Torah which Christianity says is done away with; that Paul’s words are misunderstood; how Paul was a Pharisee of the religion of Judaism (Jewish law) that YESHUA condemned throughout the gospels; and how Paul became a follower of The Way which is belief in YESHUA and The Torah and not the man-made teachings of Judaism. This is important and I pray you read and or watch the entire video before coming to a conclusion.
2 Peter 3:15-17
“And reckon the patience of our Adon (Master) as deliverance, as also our beloved brother Paul (Sha’ul) wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him, as also in all letters, speaking in them concerning these, in which some are hard to understand, which those who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the other Scriptures. You, then, beloved ones, being forewarned, watch, lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the delusion of the LAWLESS.”
Are you one of these twisting Paul’s words to your own destruction? Peter says do not be led away but the delusion of the lawless because their ultimate end is eternal torment.
2 Thessalonians 2:7-12
“For the secret of lawlessness is already at work only until he who now restrains comes out of the midst. And then the lawless one (Satan) shall be revealed, whom the Master YESHUA shall consume with the Ruach (Spirit) of His mouth and bring to naught with the manifestation of His coming. The coming is against the working of Satan, with all his power and signs and wonders of falsehood, and with all deceit of unrighteousness in those perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth, in order for them to be saved. And for this reason Elohim sends them a working of delusion, for them to believe the falsehood, in order that all should be judged who do not believe the truth, but have delighted in the unrighteousness.
Notice Paul said the “deceit of unrighteousness” meaning the world has been deceived into thinking that can be lawless by not obeying the commandments and be saved by grace alone. Breaking the Commands of The Torah is sin which leads to unrighteousness, and then Paul says “but have delighted in the unrighteousness.” People are proud to say that they are lawless and still say they follow YESHUA making them delight in unrighteousness and lawlessness.
Satan is the lawless one that will be destroyed by YESHUA! And Paul says that lawlessness is already at work, which is true with everyone saying the Torah or law is done away with. These will perish along with Satan because they refused the truth to be saved.
Acts 24:14 Paul himself says
“And this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the Elohim of my ancestors, believing all that has been written in the Torah and in the Prophets, having an expectation in Elohim, which they themselves also wait for, that there is to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the righteous and the unrighteous.”
Acts 21:24
“Take them and be cleansed with them, and pay their expenses so that they shave their heads. And all shall know that what they have been informed about you is not so, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Torah.”
So as we can see that Paul out of his own mouth says that he worshipped The Elohim of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and believed everything written in the Torah and Prophets. So why is it that 99% of the world and modern day Christianity use Paul’s words to justify being lawless saying the law is done away with? Some really do not understand what Paul is saying which is understandable, because Peter himself said that Paul’s words are hard to understand; however, Pastors are preaching that Paul did away with the law and teaching others to agree and that is not what The Scriptures teach.
As Peter said that “those who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the other Scriptures LEADING TO LAWLESSNESS.” They will take other Scriptures completely out of context to be lawless as Satan is. For example Pastors teach that Acts 10 (Peter’s vision) meant that we can now eat unclean meats pork, crab, lobster etc. That vision was about calling “No man common or unclean” meaning the gentiles were cleansed to be accepted with the Jews (Yahudim) and there is no distinction between Jew and gentiles who were the new converts. Elohim was making a point and not a menu, so as Peter said, they took that passage and twisted it to their own destruction! We can see that the lawless will not enter into heaven as YESHUA said in
Mathew 7:23
“And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never knew you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!”
1 John 3:4
“Everyone doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.”
Witnesses are critical for the truth!
So even if Paul was preaching a lawless doctrine then he would be the only one proclaiming it! We know that out of the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be established; therefore, Paul would need more than just himself as one witness to say the Torah or laws are done away with, otherwise his witness would not be true. Again, that is IF he was speaking against the truth.
Mathew 18:16
“But if he does not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be established.”
2 Corinthians 13:1
“This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.”
John 5:31-34 YESHUA says:
“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true. There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. You have sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth. But I do not receive witness from man, but I say this in order that you might be saved.”
Acts 1:8
“But you shall receive power when the Ruach ha’Kodesh has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judah and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Acts 1:21-22
“It is therefore necessary that of the men who have been with us all the time that the Master YESHUA went in and out among us, beginning from the immersion (baptism) of John to that day when He was taken up from us, that one of these should become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
John 8:12-18
“Therefore YESHUA spoke to them again, saying, “I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but possess the light of life.” The Pharisees, therefore, said to Him, “You bear witness about Yourself, Your witness is not true.” YESHUA answered and said to them, “Even if I witness concerning Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know from where I come, or where I go. You judge according to the flesh, I judge no one. But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent Me. And in your Torah also, it has been written that the witness of two men is true. I am One who witnesses concerning Myself, and the Father who sent Me witnesses concerning Me.”
YESHUA is The Son of YHWH, He does not need witnesses of men as he said about John, but He never broke the Torah, so He had a witness in John the Baptist. He is said that He (YESHUA) and His Father YHWH bear witness of Himself.
Are there witnesses advocating for the Torah?
Psalms 78:5
“And put a Torah in Yisra’el, which he commanded our fathers, to teach them to their children.”
1 Chronicles 16:14-17
“He is YHWH our Elohim, His Right-Rulings are in all the earth. Remember His Covenant FOREVER, The Word He commanded for a thousand generations, which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac, and He established it to Jacob for a Law, to Yisra’el AS AN EVERLASTING COVENANT.”
Psalms 19:7
“The Torah of YHWH is perfect, bringing back the being; The Witness of YHWH is trustworthy, making wise the simple.”
Psalms 119:1-2
“Blessed are the perfect in the Way, who walk in the Torah of YHWH! Blessed are those who observe His Witnesses, who seek Him with all the heart!”
YHWH witnessed the Torah in Deuteronomy 30:14-19
“For the Word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart- TO DO IT. See, I have put before you today life and good, and death and evil, in that I am commanding you today to love YHWH your Elohim, to walk in His Ways, and to guard His Commands, and His Laws, and His Right-Rulings. And you shall live and increase, and YHWH your Elohim shall bless you in the land which you go to possess. But if your heart turns away, and you do not obey, and shall be drawn away, and shall bow down to other mighty ones and serve them, I have declared to you today that you shall certainly perish, you shall not prolong your days in the land which you are passing over the Jordan to enter and possess. I have called the heavens and the earth as WITNESSES today against you: I have put before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall choose life, so that you live, both you and your seed…”
YHWH has called the heavens and the earth as witnesses against believers regarding His Torah. YHWH says this many times, but I will list one more.
Isaiah 24:5
“For the earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the Torah, changed the Law, broken the everlasting Covenant.”
YESHUA in Mathew 5:17
“Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to complete.”
Both the Father and The Son did not do away with the Torah which is two witnesses alone that should be enough from the Creators of heavens and the earth. Heaven and earth do not pass away until Revelation 21 occurs when all is made new. No more sickness or death and the New Jerusalem is revealed.
Proverbs 6:23
“For the Command is a lamp, and the Torah a light and reproofs of discipline a way of life.”
Proverbs 28:9
“He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, even his prayer is an abomination.”
1 John 2:3-4
“And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His Commands. The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His Commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in Him.”
Revelation 22:14
“Blessed are those doing His Commands, so that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of life, and to enter through the gates into the city.”
I did not list them all, but it is pretty clear from the beginning to the end that YHWH our Father, YESHUA His Son, David, Solomon, John, and the prophets all proclaim that The Torah stands forever. YHWH even called heaven and earth as witnesses regarding His Torah and commands. Therefore, the Torah has been established because we definitely see more than 2 or 3 witnesses regarding the truth.
If most Pastors in modern day Christianity have twisted Paul’s words to their own destruction as Peter said, then it makes sense why we have a lawless group of believers that Satan has led astray as Revelation 12:9 says.
Let’s examine Paul’s words
Romans 8:1-4
“There is, then, now no condemnation to those who are in Messiah YESHUA, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Ruach. For the Torah of the Ruach of the life in ha’Mashiach YESHUA has freed me from the LAW OF SIN AND DEATH. For the Torah being powerless, in that it was weak through the flesh, YHWH, having His own Son in the likeness of flesh of sin, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteousness of the Torah should be completed in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Ruach.”
Paul just told us that the only law we are free from is the law of “sin and death” meaning that through the atonement of YESHUA he freed us from sin so that we do not have to suffer eternal torment, but have everlasting life in YESHUA. We know that the wages of sin is death and YESHUA freed us. The righteousness of the Torah is completed in us who walk in Spirit (who leads us into all truth) and not the flesh, because the flesh is what makes you sin which makes you a slave to sin. Without the Holy Spirit to guide you into truth none of us would make it because we cannot do it on our own strength.
Zechariah 4:6
“Not by might nor by power, but by My Ruach (Spirit),’ said YHWH of hosts.”
Galatians 4:22-31
“For it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one by a female servant (Hagar), the other by a free woman (his wife Sarah). But he who was of the female servant (Ishmael) was born according to the flesh, and he of the free woman through promise (Isaac). This is allegorical (moral or hidden meaning), for these are the two covenants: one indeed from Mount Sinai which brings forth slavery, which is Hagar, for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it has been written, “Rejoice, O barren (Sarah), you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who do not have birth pains! For the deserted one has many more children than she who has a husband.” And we brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise. But as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who is according to the Ruach, so also now. But what does the Scripture say? Cast out the female servant and her son, for the son of the female servant shall by no means be heir with the son of the free woman.” Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the female servant but of the free woman.”
That freedom that we have is freedom from sin that the Ruach ha’Kodesh frees us from which was given by YESHUA when He ascended, the gift of our Father YHWH. The Ruach (Spirit) is freedom and the flesh is slavery. This is explained further in Galatians 5:16
“And I say: Walk in the Ruach, and you shall not accomplish the lust of the flesh.”
Mathew 26:41
“Watch and pray, lest you enter into trial. The spirit indeed is eager, but the flesh is weak.”
Paul is basically saying walk in freedom from sin with the power of The Holy Spirit and not to the flesh which slavery to sin. Now as pointed out in Galatians 4:29 Ishmael was born according to the flesh and the slave woman. Sinning is of the flesh which means you are in slavery as Ishmael was born to the female servant. Walking in the flesh with its passions and desires leads to lawlessness being a slave to sin. But the child of the promise (Isaac) was born of the free woman and according to the Ruach which is freedom. So when Paul said “Cast out the female servant and her son, for the son of the female servant shall by no means be heir with the son of the free woman.” He is saying those walking in the flesh in chains to sin and not walking according to the holiness of The Spirit will be cast out from eternal life when YESHUA says depart from Me I never knew you!” Light and darkness cannot mix just as the righteous with the unrighteous.
What does the Ruach do for us? John 16:13
“But when He comes, the Ruach of the Truth, He shall guide you into all the truth. For He shall not speak from Himself, but whatever He hears He shall speak, and He shall announce to you what is to come.”
So if the Ruach will lead us into ALL truth that means that he will not lead us into sin which is against The Torah. He will lead you into freedom from sin so that you will impale the desires of the flesh and die to self. Now we can get a better grasp on Galatians 5:17-18
“For the flesh lusts against the Ruach, and the Ruach against the flesh. And these two are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you desire to do. But if you are led by the Ruach, you are not under the Torah.”
The flesh lusts against the Spirit and Spirit against flesh. You cannot be both free and a slave at the same time! The Ruach ha’Kodesh is holy and living in us to lead us down the narrow path that leads to eternal life, so you will already be keeping the Torah without even thinking about it which is why Paul says you are no longer under Torah because you are free from bondage of sin.
Galatians 6:8
“Because he who sows to his own flesh (sin) shall reap corruption from the flesh, but he who sows to the Ruach shall reap everlasting life from the Ruach.”
When you are walking in the Spirit and not the flesh as He is guiding you, then you will be able to overcome the works of the flesh. Galatians 5:19-21
“And the works of the flesh are well-known, which are: adultery, whoring, uncleanness, indecency, idolatry, drug sorcery, hatred, quarrels, jealousies, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, envy, murders, drunkenness, wild parties, and the like of which I forewarn you, even as I also said before, that those who practice such as these shall not inherit the reign of Elohim.
What will the Ruach do?
The exact opposite! Galatians 5:22-25
“But the fruit of the Ruach (Spirit) is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trust-worthiness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no Torah. And those who are of Messiah have impaled the flesh with its passions and the desires. If we live in the Ruach, let us also walk in the Ruach.”
Our fleshly desires, passions, and lusts is what makes you sin against the Torah making you walk in flesh. And sin is defined in 1 John 3:4
“Everyone doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.”
Are there examples of Paul keeping Torah?
Acts 13:42-44
“And when the Yahudim (Jews) went out of the congregation, the gentiles begged to have these words spoken to them the next Sabbath. Verse 44 “And on the next Sabbath almost all the city came together to heard the Word of YHWH.”
As we can see Paul and Barnabas went into the congregations and taught on the Sabbath Day which is in the Torah the 4th of the 10 commandments (Exodus 20:8). Paul was obedient to the command to remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy, the day Christianity has forsaken for Sunday. So if Paul is the man the world wants to follow then why aren’t they following his example of Sabbath worship? And again in Acts 17:1-2
“And having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a congregation of the Jews. And according to his practice, Paul went in unto them, and for three Sabbath days was reasoning with them from the Scriptures, explaining and pointing out that ha’Mashiach had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and that, “This is ha’Mashiach YESHUA, whom I proclaim to you.” Here we find Paul teaching on the Sabbath again and pointing out YESHUA from The Torah and Prophets.
Acts 20:6-7
“And we sailed away from Phillipos AFTER THE DAYS OF MATZAH (Feast of Unleavened Bread)”, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days. And on one of the Sabbaths, the disciples having gathered together to break bread, Paul intending to depart the next day, was reasoning with them and was extending the Word till midnight.”
So now we see that Paul and those with him observed The Feast of Unleavened Bread also known as the Feast of Matzah, which is in the Torah (Leviticus 23). They did not even sail until after they finished observing the Feast. Then in verse 7 it says on one of the Sabbaths they broke bread, we can still see he observed the Holy Days also known as Sabbaths in Leviticus 23.
Acts 20:16
“For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might lose no time in Asia, for he was hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the Day of the Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost.).”
So here again we see that Paul kept the Holy Feast Days of YHWH found in Leviticus 23. He wanted to get back to Jerusalem to celebrate the Holy Day of Shavuot known as Pentecost. So how can believers say Paul did away with the law when he was obeying it himself? He kept Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, The Sabbaths, and Shavuot etc. Paul would have called believers out on their celebration of the pagan holidays being celebrated by the church today. These satanic days of Xmas, Easter, Halloween, News Years etc.
Galatians 4:8-10
“But then, indeed, not knowing Elohim, you served those which by nature are not mighty ones. But now after you have known Elohim, how do you turn again to the weak and poor elementary matters, to which you want to be enslaved again? You closely observe days and months and seasons and years.”
Yes Christians closely observe the days, months, and seasons for their beloved holidays that are not found in Scripture which makes them recipients of another gospel that has not been taught.
Acts 21:18-24
“And on the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders came. And having greeted them, he was relating one by one what Elohim had done among the gentiles through his service. And when they heard it, they praised the Adon (Master). And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Yahudim (Jews) there are who have believed, and all are ardent (passionate, enthusiastic) for the Torah. And they have been informed about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the gentiles to forsake Moses, saying not to circumcise the children nor to walk according to the practices. Verse 24 “Take them and be cleansed with them, and pay their expenses so that they shave their heads. And all shall know that what they have been informed about you is not so, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Torah.”
Acts 22:3
“I am indeed a Jew (Yahudi), having been born in Tarsus of Kilikia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamli’el, having been instructed according to the exactness of the Torah of our fathers, being ardent for Elohim, as you are all are today.” Paul says he was brought up at the feet of Gamli’el, who is Gamli’el? Acts 5:34
“But a certain one in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamli’el, a teacher of the Torah, respected by all the people, and ordered them to put the emissaries outside for a little while.”
Acts 26:22-23
“Therefore, having obtained help from Elohim, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying nil (zero, nothing) else than what the Prophets and Moses (Torah) said would come-that ha’Mashiach would suffer, would be the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to the people and to the gentiles.” Verse 27-28 “King Agrippa’s, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you do believe.” And Agrippa’s said to Paul, “With a little you might persuade me to become a Messianic (Natsarim).”
A Messianic or Natsarim is one who believes in the true living Elohim YHWH and YESHUA and obeys the commandments in the Torah. And we can see that Agrippa’s reckoned that’s what Paul was after he had been converted to the truth of the gospel, The Good News: YESHUA!
Acts 11:25-26
“Then Barnabah went to Tarsus to seek Paul, and having found him, he brought him to Antiokeia. And it came to be that for an entire year they came together in the assembly and taught large numbers. And the disciples were called (Messianic or Natsarim) first in Antiokeia.”
Acts 28:23
“And having appointed him a day, many came to him where he was staying, to whom he was explaining, earnestly witnessing about the reign of Elohim, and persuading them concerning YESHUA from both the Torah of Moses and the Prophets, from morning until evening.”
We have to understand between Torah and Judaism!
Galatians 1:13-14
“For you have heard of my former behavior in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the assembly of Elohim, and ravaged it. And I progressed in Judaism beyond many of my age in my race, being more exceedingly ardent for the TRADITIONS OF MY FATHERS.”
Paul was more passionate for the “traditions of his fathers!” These traditions are the man-made traditions that YESHUA scolded the Pharisees for, which are the rabbinical (Jewish laws) teachings today include some elements of The Torah, like saying keep the Sabbath or the dietary laws, but you have to be careful of how they interpreted it by adding to it. The Torah is the 1st five books of the Bible was disregarded by the Pharisees in favor of their own religion of Judaism/Jewish Law that they esteemed more than the actual Words of YHWH.
They were hypocrites that added to the Word of YHWH to make themselves appear more holy, but it was all works of the flesh and not the Spirit. As YESHUA said in Mathew 23 “they lay heavy burdens upon men, but they themselves do not lift a finger.” However, if the command is from the Torah then you are to do it, just not according to their works. For example if they said to keep The Sabbath holy then you are to do it because it’s in the Torah, but not according to their works meaning the man-made laws they added to the Torah like (you cannot tie your shoes on the Sabbath, you cannot write on the Sabbath, winnowing which plucking heads of grain that YESHUA’s disciples did, etc.)
So the believer would have to sift through their teachings to distinguish truth from none truth. We know Satan will use enough truth then he will deceive you. They spent a lot of time accusing others for breaking commands, that they were not keep it themselves making them hypocrites. Do you see how that can become a burden for men? The Sabbath is a delight even though we do not work and keep it holy, not a time to sit in a corner in the dark.
They held their added traditions to higher value than the Torah. The Pharisees tried to accuse YESHUA of breaking The Sabbath; when in actuality they were measuring YESHUA up to their added prohibits to the Torah and not the actual words of YHWH, which is why YESHUA said in Mathew 15:6-10
“So you have nullified the Command of Elohim by your tradition. Hypocrites! Isaiah rightly prophesied about you saying, ‘This people draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commands of men.”
Luke 12:1
“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy.”
An example of their hypocrisy is found in John 7: 19-23
“Did not Moses give you the Torah? Yet not one of you does the Torah! Why do you seek to Kill Me? The crowd answered and said, “You have a demon, who seeks to kill You? YESHUA answered and said to them, I did one work, and you all marvel. Because of this Moses has given you the circumcision though it is not from Moses, but from the fathers and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the Torah of Moses should not be broken, are you wroth with Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath?
See the hypocrisy? The Pharisees accused YESHUA of breaking the Sabbath because He healed a man’s entire body on the Sabbath, yet they would circumcise their son on the 8th day according to the Torah on the Sabbath to keep the commandment, what’s the difference? Their added tradition of what they viewed as work made them hypocrites of what they were doing themselves. They healed a small portion of a child’s body and YESHUA healed the entire body, yet they didn’t view their circumcision as work, but viewed YESHUA’s healing as work. They also would pull an sheep out of a pit to save the animal, but were mad when YESHUA healed a woman who had been bound by Satan for 18 years.
Being more exceedingly ardent for the TRADITIONS OF MY FATHERS!
So Paul thought he was doing the right thing by persecuting those who followed The Way as he said in Galatians “being more ardent for the traditions of his fathers”. They arrested and accused YESHUA of breaking their version of the Sabbath with false, man-made, Babylonian Talmud additions that are not found in the Bible. It gave men the appearance they were holy but they were the exact opposite. Which is why YESHUA said in Mathew 23:13
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heaven before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.”
Acts 26:5 Paul said this while being in chains for preaching the truth of YESHUA and the resurrection
“Since they have known me from the first, if they want to witness, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our observance.”
What strict observances? There are many, many examples I can list but I will give references to a few.
Mark 7 and Luke 11:37-44 strict hand-washing ritual before eating bread which they thought made a man unclean. This practice is still observed to this day.
Mathew 23:5
“And they do all their works to be seen by men, and they make their t’fillen wide and lengthen the fringes of their garments.”
T’fillen or phylacteries are a set of small black leather boxes that contain scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah that they literally tie on their foreheads and wrap around their arms trying to fulfill Deuteronomy 6:8
“And shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.”
So to them literally binding the commands in a small box with portions of the Torah on their head and arms would fulfill this command. YESHUA is saying they want to be seen by men to appear holy. YHWH is saying the Hebrew word (Resh) what are your thoughts on? (Forehead) Keeping His word before you always to meditate on it. And on your arm is (Yod) your actions to fulfill his Word and do it and not just hear it.
These are just a few examples of them keeping Judaism versus Torah.
So now we can see that Paul was initally not a part of the truth or anything good, but a strict Pharisee which followed the false, man-made, Judaism that YESHUA scolded. Changing him from a persecutor of The Way into one preaching The Way. Galatians 1:22-23
“And I was not known by sight to the assemblies of Judah which were in Messiah, but they were hearing only that, “The one who once persecuted us (The Way) now brings as Good News the belief which he once ravaged.”
So when YESHUA appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus Paul saw the error of his ways and the false teaching he was a part of and for killing those who followed The Way. He went out and preached the truth about YESHUA which is belief in Him and The Torah. Those laws are dogmas from Judaism that Paul was speaking against, not the truth of Scripture.
Conclusion
1 Thessalonians 5:22-23
“Keep back from every form of wickedness. And the Elohim of peace Himself make you completely holy, and your entire spirit, and being, and body-be preserved blameless at the coming of our Adon YESHUA ha’Mashiach!”
These are not the words of a lawless man as he is telling the brothers in this letter to be found blameless when YESHUA returns. Those who are walking in flesh continuing to sin because they are lawless are bound to slavery. Present yourselves as a living sacrifice and follow His Commands and do not rely on grace alone because it is “unmerited favor” purely out of His love for us. The lawless will not enter into His kingdom. As stated earlier, even if Paul was preaching a lawless doctrine saying the law is done away with, then he would need more witnesses then just himself. It is my prayer today that your eyes have been opened and will follow YESHUA in truth and not the lawless traditions of men! HalleluYAH!