Food for thought. There is an author from many years ago who wrote What Paul Really Said and other books about Pauline doctrine or I should say, Mans interpretation of Paul. This author states that many Christian writings mistake the term work to mean trying to earn salvation by following the law. As noted in past posts, I have written extensively about Jewish theology regarding not salvation but atonement, two different things. Jews had to renew their atonement every year for that years sin. Salvations is done one by God, a free gift from him. So in Jewish theology there are three ways to atone for sins. 1) Yom Kippur, day of atonement, sacrificing at the temple. No temple, no sacrifices. 2) Repenting, turning away from the sin you are committing and back to God, that is getting back to obedience of the law you are braking. 3) Alms giving above and beyond. The author I speak of states that doing good works is not following the law to the letter but rather alms giving, and that Paul is saying that people were trying to atone for their sins by good works meant they were trying to earn it through giving above and beyond or doing good for others. He further goes on to say that several authors got it wrong back 130 or so years ago. Many of the ideas posited by these authors are what we follow today. Paul was a Jew who went to the temple, worshiped on the Sabbath and basically kept the law, but not to earn his way into heaven but out of love and respect for God. Can it be that man for a good long time have misinterpreted the Epistles of Paul and now all those mistakes are common knowledge and simply accepted as truth?
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 23:08:49 +0000
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