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Dispensationalist Admits Jesus ' Words Are No Longer Relevant Because of Paul
Some Christians are unfamiliar with the streak of Dispensationalism invading the churches. You have never heard this viewpoint boldly proclaimed in a sennon. Yet, its influence is growing because the contradictions between Jesus and Paul do not go away by mere spin.
Here is a very blunt but yet accurate and sincere summary of Dispensational theory. It is from a sennon by Pastor Mike Paulson of Touchet Baptist Church in Touchet, Washington. In a sennon entitled What Would Jesus Do or What Would Paul Do? Pastor Paulson boldly dismisses the What Would Jesus Do bracelets as heretical. He bases this squarely on mainstream dispensational teaching today. Pastor Paulson explains why this bracelet is heretical: it is wrong to teach anything that Jesus taught; we should instead only teach what Paul taught. Dispensational truth justifies this conclusion.
To avoid any claim that I am misleadingly taking his words out of context, I include almost all of Pastor Paulson's points. He says:
In regards to that heretical piece of jewelry and money-making
modern Christian symbol based on the mentality of modern
Christianity, What Would Jesus Do, we should know that it really
doesn't matter what Jesus would do in any specific situations
these days. In fact, the question is not even what Peter would do,
or Mary either! The question should be, What Would Paul Do!....
When most people start to read their 'bible,' they usually don't get very far; in fact, most just read up to the Gospels and ignore the rest claiming they don't understand it all.
***[T]hen [they] put their itching ears to their 'modern scholarly educated Greek/
Hebrew trained' pastor and let him.. .teach the teachings of Jesus making them 'feel' like they are a good Christian following Jesus' teachings!
Well, what's wrong with that, you ask? It goes against the Scriptures!!!!
Keep in mind as you read this sermon, Acts is a transitional book. We go from Jew to Gentile; Jerusalem to Rome; Law to Grace; and Peter to Paul!
Let's remind ourselves about the proper place of Peter in today's Christianity:
According to (Matt. 10:5-7), Peter, as were the rest of the twelve, was an apostle to Jews only.... In fact, Jesus is not even our spokesman for today! His 'target' was the lost sheep of Israel. Matthew 10:5,6.
Jesus' teachings in the Gospels were geared to the Jews-if they had accepted Him as their Messiah. They killed Him instead-thus the teachings in the Gospels will become the 'constitution' when He is on the earth again-however, this time He will enforce those teachings! That is what the Millennium is all about. Unfortunately, most 'modern' Christians follow those teachings today-I call them Beatitudinal Christians and a simple reading of the Sermon on the Mount should [show] them that they can NOT live that sermon completely today- no way, not at all-not even close! The stuff in the Sermon on the Mount actually contradicts Paul's teachings in everything from salvation to doctrinal belief! You would think folks would see this-but like Jesus said of them, ye err not knowing the Scriptures...
So now, let's consider the proper place of Paul in today's New Testament Christianity:
He is our one and only apostle. 'contradictions'), then we must
consider what Paul says- any instructions contradicting his
writings apply to a group other than the Church -other than the
Christian today.
We shouldn't follow Peter...
We really shouldn't even follow Jesus' Millennialistic-Gospelic teachings...
We are to follow Paul!
We shouldn't care what Peter would do!
We shouldn't care what Jesus would do!....
We should only care WWPD [i.e., What Would Paul Do?]! 24
What Paulson, a Baptist Pastor, admits is that Jesus' Sermon on the Mount contradicts Paul on general doctrines as well as salvation doctrine. Rather than this being proof that Paul is a false apostle, Pastor Paulson sees this as proof that
"Whoever is ashamed of me and my words... of him shall the Son of Man be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels." (Mark 8:38)
24.The sermon quoted is entitled WWJD v. WWPD
Dispensationalist Admits Jesus' Words Are No Longer Relevant Because of Paul alone is valid for our times. He insists all Jesus' words are invalid until the Millennium. Pastor Paulson says that it is heretical to ask 'what would Jesus do' in the era of grace. The only commands to search out are those in Paul's writings. We not only can ignore Jesus' words. We must ignore Jesus' directions and salvation theology. If we follow Jesus' words, Paulson insists we are the heretic! Oh My!
Pastor Paulson is a symptom of a much larger problem. Paulinism is taking over the churches. Jesus' words are being diminished and marginalized. The question of Paul's canonicity thus is becoming more and more urgent to resolve. If we wait too long, it may soon be regarded as heretical to teach anything Jesus taught about salvation or morality.
People's salvation is at risk. People will lose the promise that Jesus gives them that if you "kept guard" of His word you "should never taste death." (John 8:51.)
If we wait too long to re-examine Paul, John tells us that if anyone accepts any writing that transgresses a teaching of Jesus Christ, that Christian loses God ("doesn't have God"). John writes in 2 John 1:8-11 (Websters' Bible):
(8) Watch yourselves, that we [i.e., the twelve apostles] don't
lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a
full reward.
(9) Whoever transgresses [i.e., goes beyond] and doesn't remain in
the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God [i.e., breaks fellowship
with God], He who remains in the teaching [of Jesus Christ], the
same has both the Father and the Son.
John clearly warns that if you go beyond and transgress the teachings of Jesus Christ, you do not have God any longer. Yet, if you remain