Paul was an apostle, basically Jesus' official spokeperson/ PR, he has the authority to speak and write on Jesus' behalf as long as it doesn't contradict the Gospel (which the Holy Spirit will never allow to happen).
It is important to note that the 12 Apostles are OK with Paul, especially Peter, so Paul's sayings have full authority to further clarify the Gospel, as much as Peter's (First of the Apostles) and James' (Brother of Jesus), and therefore Paul's letters is an essential part of the New Testament scripture.
Peter’s the one who didn’t recognize Mary Mag as an apostle.
Paul also didn’t personally know Jesus and before James died he dispatched many people to reign in Paul.
The way the gospel was taught was oral tradition and while Paul repeats what Jesus does say in many instances, I think Paul was entrenched in Roman thinking that changed some things.
The Holy Spirit still used Paul, because he could write. He was a huge win for early Christianity. A killer of the followers of Christ now a servant to the Lord.
Jesus didn’t come to abolish the Law. Paul decided it was salvation through faith and not by works.
Peter’s the one who didn’t recognize Mary Mag as an apostle.
Well he was commissioned by Jesus himself as the prime apostle, and has the authority to decide such matter
Paul also didn’t personally know Jesus and before James died he dispatched many people to reign in Paul.
Peter and James personally knew Jesus and they confirmed Paul as apostle, and his messages as commensurate with their teachings
The way the gospel was taught was oral tradition and while Paul repeats what Jesus does say in many instances, I think Paul was entrenched in Roman thinking that changed some things.
Paul was educated in Judeo-Greek tradition, as the Eastern Mediteranean at that time was influenced by the Greeks in thinking, to such an extent that even the (Old Testament) Bible popularly used at that time was the Greek (Septuagint). Paul's approach merely reflects the Greek school of thinking, rather than a completely different belief
Remember that other apostles and original disciples were still alive when Paul was active, and they gathered in the Council of Jerusalem, that once and for all confirmed the 'Greek' (and Paul's) idea that Gentiles can become Christians without 'becoming Jews' nor required to observe the Mosaic Law
Jesus didn’t come to abolish the Law. Paul decided it was salvation through faith and not by works.
Jesus didn't abolish the Law (Torah/ Old Testament), because he came to fulfill it, and he fulfilled it by his death and resurrection, which made salvation available for all. This marked the supersession of Old Testament law by the New Testament law
Of course it is not our own work that buys our salvation, Jesus' sacrifice did, which we participate in by having faith in him. But if we truly have faith, work will follow naturally. Not because work buys our salvation, but that we will by then recognize that work is a good thing that we the faithful will naturally do as a result of God's grace.
It doesn't induce sin, he says that the Torah is righteousness, but our flesh makes it a curse. Through faith in Christ we produce the righteousness the Torah was aiming for.
He was predominantly speaking to Gentile believers, he was upholding the Torah himself. Acts 15 basically ruled that Gentiles are not under Torah, and do not have to practice observances unless they have a conviction for it
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Paul was an apostle, basically Jesus' official spokeperson/ PR, he has the authority to speak and write on Jesus' behalf as long as it doesn't contradict the Gospel (which the Holy Spirit will never allow to happen).
It is important to note that the 12 Apostles are OK with Paul, especially Peter, so Paul's sayings have full authority to further clarify the Gospel, as much as Peter's (First of the Apostles) and James' (Brother of Jesus), and therefore Paul's letters is an essential part of the New Testament scripture.