{"id":92,"date":"2011-06-28T11:33:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T11:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/does-christianity-actually-follow-the-teachings-of-jesus-and-the-early-apostles\/"},"modified":"2011-06-28T11:33:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T11:33:15","slug":"does-christianity-actually-follow-the-teachings-of-jesus-and-the-early-apostles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/does-christianity-actually-follow-the-teachings-of-jesus-and-the-early-apostles\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Christianity actually follow the teachings of Jesus and the early apostles?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-91\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/hway.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px; border: 1px solid black;\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Religious  scholars   have long attributed the tenets of Christian faith more to  Paul\u2019s teachings   than to those of Jesus.\u00a0 But as much as I would like  to jump into that   subject, I think it best to back up and take a  quick, speculative look at the   Old Testament.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The  Old Testament teaches that Jacob wrestled with   God.\u00a0 In fact, the Old  Testament records that Jacob not only wrestled   with God, but that  Jacob prevailed (Genesis 32:24-30).\u00a0 Now, bear in   mind, we\u2019re talking  about a tiny blob of protoplasm wrestling the Creator of   a universe  240,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles in diameter, containing over   a  billion galaxies of which ours\u2014the Milky Way Galaxy\u2014is just one (and a    small one, at that), and prevailing? \u00a0I\u2019m sorry, but someone was a    couple pages short of a codex when they scribed <em>that<\/em> passage.\u00a0    The point is, however, that this passage leaves us in a quandary.\u00a0 We    either have to question the Jewish concept of God or accept their  explanation   that \u201cGod\u201d does not mean \u201cGod\u201d in the above verses, but  rather it means   either an angel or a man (which, in essence, means the  Old Testament is not   to be trusted).\u00a0 In fact, this textual  difficulty has become so   problematic that more recent Bibles have  tried to cover it up by changing the   translation from \u201cGod\u201d to \u201cman.\u201d  \u00a0What they cannot change, however, is   the foundational scripture from  which the Jewish Bible is translated, and   this continues to read  \u201cGod.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Unreliability  is a recurring problem in the Old   Testament, the most prominent  example being the confusion between God and   Satan! \u00a0II Samuel 24:1  reads:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cAgain the anger of the <em>LORD<\/em> was aroused   against Israel, and He   moved David against them to say, \u2018Go, number Israel and Judah.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">However, I Chronicles 21:1 states:<span style=\"color: #008000;\"> \u201cNow <em>Satan<\/em> stood up against Israel,   and moved David to number Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Uhhh,  which was it? \u00a0The Lord, or Satan?   \u00a0Both verses describe the same  event in history, but one speaks of God and   the other of Satan.\u00a0 There  is a slight (like, total) difference.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Christians  would like to believe that the New   Testament is free of such  difficulties, but they are sadly deceived.\u00a0 In   fact, there are so many  contradictions that authors have devoted books to   this subject.\u00a0 For  example, Matthew 2:14 and Luke 2:39 differ over   whether Jesus\u2019 family  fled to Egypt   or Nazareth.\u00a0   Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4 differ  over the wording of the <span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cLord\u2019s   Prayer.\u201d<\/span> Matthew 11:13-14, 17:11-13  and John 1:21 disagree over whether   or not John the Baptist was  Elijah.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Things  get worse when we enter the arena of the   alleged crucifixion: Who  carried the   cross\u2014Simon (Luke 23:26, Matthew 27:32, Mark 15:21) or  Jesus (John 19:17)?   \u00a0Was Jesus dressed in a scarlet robe (Matthew  27:28) or a purple   robe (John 19:2)? \u00a0Did the Roman soldiers put gall  (Matthew 27:34) or   myrrh (Mark 15:23) in his wine? \u00a0Was Jesus  crucified before the third   hour (Mark 15:25) or after the sixth hour  (John 19:14-15)? \u00a0Did Jesus   ascend the first day (Luke 23:43) or not    (John 20:17)? \u00a0Were Jesus\u2019 last words, \u201cFather, \u2018into Your hands I    commit my spirit\u2019\u201d (Luke 23:46), or were they \u201cIt is finished\u201d (John  19:30)?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">These  are only a   few of a long list of scriptural inconsistencies, and they  underscore the   difficulty in trusting the New Testament as  scripture.\u00a0 Nonetheless,   there are those who <em>do<\/em> trust their  salvation to the New Testament, and   it is these Christians who need to  answer the question, \u201cWhere is the   \u2018Christ\u2019 in \u2018Christianity?\u2019\u00a0  \u201cThis, in fact, is a supremely fair   question.\u00a0 On one hand we have a  religion named after Jesus Christ, but   on the other hand the tenets of  orthodox Christianity, which is to say <em>Trinitarian<\/em> Christianity, contradict virtually everything he taught.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I  know, I   know\u2014those of you who aren\u2019t screaming \u201cHeretic!\u201d \u00a0are  gathering   firewood and planting a stake.\u00a0 But wait.\u00a0 Put down the    high-powered rifle and listen.\u00a0 Trinitarian Christianity claims to base    its doctrines on a combination of Jesus\u2019 and Paul\u2019s teachings.\u00a0 The    problem is, these teachings are anything but complementary.\u00a0 In fact,    they contradict one another.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Take  some examples: Jesus taught Old Testament Law;   Paul negated it.\u00a0  Jesus preached orthodox Jewish creed; Paul preached   mysteries of  faith.\u00a0 Jesus spoke of accountability; Paul proposed   justification by  faith.\u00a0 Jesus described himself as an ethnic prophet;   Paul defined him  as a universal prophet.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftn10763\" title=\" Jesus Christ was one more prophet in the long line of prophets sent to the astray Israelites. As he so clearly affirmed, \u201cI was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.\u201d (Matthew 15:24) When Jesus sent the disciples out in the path of Go\">[1]<\/a> Jesus taught prayer to God, Paul set Jesus up   as intercessor.\u00a0 Jesus  taught divine unity, Pauline theologians   constructed the Trinity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">For  these reasons, many scholars consider Paul the   main corrupter of  Apostolic Christianity and Jesus\u2019 teachings.\u00a0 Many   early Christian  sects held this view as well, including the second-century   Christian  sects known as \u201cadoptionists\u201d\u2013 \u201cIn particular, they considered   Paul,  one of the most prominent authors of our New Testament, to be an    arch-heretic rather than an apostle.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftn10764\" title=\" Ehrman, Bart D. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings. 2004. Oxford University Press. P. 3.\">[2]<\/a><br \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lehmann contributes:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cWhat  Paul   proclaimed as \u2018Christianity\u2019 was sheer heresy which could not be  based on the   Jewish or Essene faith, or on the teaching of Rabbi  Jesus.\u00a0 But, as   Schonfield says, \u2018The Pauline heresy became the  foundation of Christian   orthodoxy and the legitimate church was  disowned as heretical.\u2019 \u2026 Paul did   something that Rabbi Jesus never  did and refused to do.\u00a0 He extended   God\u2019s promise of salvation to the  Gentiles; he abolished the law of Moses,   and he prevented direct  access to God by introducing an intermediary.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftn10765\" title=\" Lehmann, Johannes. 1972. The Jesus Report. Translated by Michael Heron. London: Souvenir Press. pp. 128, 134.\">[3]<\/a><br \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Bart D. Ehrman, perhaps the most authoritative living   scholar of textual criticism, comments:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cPaul\u2019s    view was not universally accepted or, one might argue, even widely  accepted   \u2026. Even more striking, Paul\u2019s own letters indicate that there  were outspoken,   sincere, and active Christian leaders who vehemently  disagreed with him on   this score and considered Paul\u2019s views to be a  corruption of the true message   of Christ \u2026.\u00a0 One should always bear in  mind that in this very letter of   Galatians Paul indicates that he  confronted Peter over just such issues (Gal.   2:11-14).\u00a0 He disagreed,  that is, even with Jesus\u2019 closest disciple on   the matter.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftn10766\" title=\" Ehrman, Bart D. 2003. Lost Christianities. Oxford University Press. Pp. 97-98.\">[4]<\/a><br \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Commenting on the views of some early Christians in   the Pseudo-Clementine literature, Ehrman wrote:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cPaul  has   corrupted the true faith based on a brief vision, which he has  doubtless   misconstrued.\u00a0 Paul is thus the enemy of the apostles, not  the chief of   them.\u00a0 He is outside the true faith, a heretic to be  banned, not an   apostle to be followed.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftn10767\" title=\" Ehrman, Bart D. 2003. Lost Christianities. Oxford University Press. P. 184.\">[5]<\/a><br \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Others elevate Paul to sainthood.\u00a0 Joel   Carmichael very clearly is not one of them:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cWe are a universe away from Jesus.\u00a0 If   Jesus came <strong>\u201conly to fulfill\u201d<\/strong> the Law and the Prophets; If he thought   that <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u201cnot an iota, not a dot\u201d<\/strong> would <strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>pass from the Law,\u201d<\/strong> that the cardinal commandment was <strong>\u201cHear, O   Israel, the Lord Our God, the Lord is one,\u201d<\/strong><\/span> and that <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cno one was good   but God\u201d<\/span>\u2026.<\/strong>What  would he have thought of Paul\u2019s handiwork! Paul\u2019s triumph   meant the  final obliteration of the historic Jesus; he comes to us embalmed   in  Christianity like a fly in amber.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftn10768\" title=\" Carmichael, Joel, M.A. 1962. The Death of Jesus. New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 270.\">[6]<\/a><br \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Dr. Johannes Weiss contributes:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cHence  the   faith in Christ as held by the primitive churches and by Paul was  something   new in comparison with the preaching of Jesus; it was a new  type of religion.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftn10769\" title=\" Weiss, Johannes. 1909. Paul and Jesus. (Translated by Rev. H. J. Chaytor). London and   New York: Harper and Brothers. p. 130.\">[7]<\/a><br \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A  new type of   religion, indeed. \u00a0And hence the question, \u201cWhere is the  \u2018Christ\u2019 in   \u2018Christianity?\u2019\u00a0 \u201cIf Christianity is the religion of Jesus  Christ, where   are the Old Testament laws and strict monotheism of the  Rabbi Jesus\u2019 Orthodox   Judaism? \u00a0Why does Christianity teach that  Jesus is the son of God when   Jesus called himself the \u201cson of Man\u201d  eighty-eight times, and not once the   \u201cson of God?\u201d \u00a0Why does  Christianity endorse confession to priests and   prayers to saints, Mary  and Jesus when Jesus taught his followers:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cIn   this manner, therefore, pray: \u2018Our Father   \u2026\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/strong> (Matthew 6:9)?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And  who appointed   a pope? \u00a0Certainly not Jesus. \u00a0True, he may have called  Peter the   rock upon which he would build his church (Matthew  16:18-19).\u00a0   However, a scant five verses later, he called Peter  \u201cSatan\u201d and \u201can offense.\u201d   \u00a0And let us not forget that this \u201crock\u201d  thrice denied Jesus after Jesus\u2019   arrest\u2014poor testimony of Peter\u2019s  commitment to the new church.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Is  it possible that Christians have been denying Jesus   ever since?  \u00a0Transforming Jesus\u2019 strict monotheism to the Pauline theologians\u2019    Trinity, replacing Rabbi Jesus\u2019 Old Testament law with Paul\u2019s  \u201cjustification   by faith,\u201d substituting the concept of Jesus having  atoned for the sins of   mankind for the direct accountability Jesus  taught, discarding Jesus\u2019 claim   to humanity for Paul\u2019s concept of  Jesus having been divine, we have to   question in exactly what manner  Christianity respects the teachings of its   prophet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A parallel issue is to define which religion <em>does<\/em> respect Jesus\u2019 teachings.\u00a0 So let\u2019s see: Which religion honors Jesus    Christ as a prophet but a man? \u00a0Which religion adheres to strict    monotheism, God\u2019s laws, and the concept of direct accountability to God?    \u00a0Which religion denies intermediaries between man and God?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">If  you answered, \u201cIslam,\u201d you would be right.\u00a0   And in this manner, we  find the teachings of Jesus Christ better exemplified   in the religion  of Islam than in Christianity.\u00a0 This suggestion,   however, is not meant  to be a conclusion, but rather an introduction.\u00a0   Those who find their  interest peaked by the above discussion need to take the   issue  seriously, open their minds and then \u2026 read on!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Copyright \u00a9 2007 Laurence B. Brown.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">About the   author:<br \/> Laurence B. Brown, MD, can be contacted at <a href=\"mailto:BrownL38@yahoo.com\">BrownL38@yahoo.com<\/a>.   \u00a0He is the author of <em>The First and Final Commandment<\/em> (Amana   Publications) and <em>Bearing True Witness<\/em> (Dar-us-Salam).   \u00a0Forthcoming books are a historical thriller, <em>The Eighth Scroll<\/em>,   and a second edition of <em>The First and Final Commandment<\/em>, rewritten and   divided into <em>MisGod&#8217;ed<\/em> and its sequel, <em>God\u2019ed<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr width=\"33%\" size=\"2\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Footnotes:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftnref10763\" title=\"Back to the refrence of this footnote\">[1]<\/a> Jesus Christ was one more prophet   in the long line of prophets sent  to the astray Israelites. As he so clearly   affirmed, \u201cI was not sent  except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.\u201d   (Matthew 15:24) When  Jesus sent the disciples out in the path of God, he   instructed them,  \u201cDo not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a   city of  the Samaritans. But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.\u201d    (Matthew 10:5-6) Throughout his ministry, Jesus was never recorded as  having   converted a Gentile, and in fact is recorded as having  initially rebuked a   Gentile for seeking his favors, likening her to a  dog (Matthew 15:22-28 and   Mark 7:25-30). Jesus was himself a Jew, his  disciples were Jews, and both he   and they directed their ministries to  the Jews. One wonders what this means   to us now, for most of those  who have taken Jesus as their \u2018personal savior\u2019   are Gentiles, and not  of the \u201clost sheep of the house of Israel\u201d to   whom he was sent.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftnref10764\" title=\"Back to the refrence of this footnote\">[2]<\/a> Ehrman, Bart D. <em>The New Testament:   A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings<\/em>. 2004. Oxford University Press. P. 3.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftnref10765\" title=\"Back to the refrence of this footnote\">[3]<\/a> Lehmann, Johannes. 1972. <em>The Jesus   Report<\/em>. Translated by Michael Heron. London: Souvenir Press. pp. 128, 134.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftnref10766\" title=\"Back to the refrence of this footnote\">[4]<\/a> Ehrman, Bart D. 2003. <em>Lost   Christianities<\/em>. Oxford    University Press. Pp.   97-98.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftnref10767\" title=\"Back to the refrence of this footnote\">[5]<\/a> Ehrman, Bart D. 2003. <em>Lost   Christianities<\/em>. Oxford    University Press. P.   184.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftnref10768\" title=\"Back to the refrence of this footnote\">[6]<\/a> Carmichael, Joel, M.A. 1962. <em>The   Death of Jesus<\/em>. New York:   The Macmillan Company. p. 270.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles\/508\/#_ftnref10769\" title=\"Back to the refrence of this footnote\">[7]<\/a> Weiss, Johannes. 1909. <em>Paul and   Jesus<\/em>. (Translated by Rev. H. J. Chaytor). London   and New York:   Harper and Brothers. p. 130.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Religious scholars have long attributed the tenets of Christian faith more to Paul\u2019s teachings than to those of Jesus.\u00a0 But as much as I would like to jump into&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Does Christianity actually follow the teachings of Jesus and the early apostles? 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