Follow Jesus or Follow Paul?

Question

The New Testament gives us a choice; either we follow Jesus Christ, or the anti-Christ Paul of Tarsus: Each one demands his followers to accept his teachings:

PAUL said :Be ye followers of me… that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered [them] to you. (1 Corinthians 11:1)

JESUS said :“If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed” (John 8:31)

Amazing, the former preached against the teachings of Jesus, and the latter, (Jesus) teaches that salvation is only attained by following him. According to Deuteronomy 24:16, Ezekiel 18:20-21, and Micah 6:7-8, a man is responsible for his own sin. Jesus rejected the Pauline doctrine of “vicarious atonement”. Compare the two passages below:
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. (Hebrews 9:22)

Jesus was teaching his disciples in the outer court of the Temple and one of them said unto him: Master, it is said by the priests that without shedding of blood there is no remission. Can then the blood offering of the law take away sin? And Jesus answered: No blood offering, of beast or bird, or man, can take away sin, for how can the conscience be purged from sin by the shedding of innocent blood? Nay, it will increase the condemnation. (Gospel of the Nazorenes, Lection 33, verses 1-2)

Jesus was circumcised, Paul rejected circumcision.

This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. (Genesis 17:14)
On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived. (Luke 2:21)

The Jewish Law commands the circumcision on the eighth day. The reason why Christians are not circumcised is because they follow Paul. They have broken the covenant of Circumcision according to Jesus himself (5:19)

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (Galatians 5:6, KJV)

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. (NIV)

The Talmud states the following to those who break the Covenant:

"The one who voids the covenant of Abraham has no portion in the world to come (Avot 3:16).
Christians may not have any “portion in the world to come” because they have totally rejected the Message of Jesus, replacing the Gospel with the Gospel of Paul.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. (NIV)

The Talmud states the following to those who break the Covenant:

"The one who voids the covenant of Abraham has no portion in the world to come (Avot 3:16).
Christians may not have any “portion in the world to come” because they have totally rejected the Message of Jesus, replacing the Gospel with the Gospel of Paul.

“We have already noted that every teaching of Jesus was already in the literature of the day….. Paul, the founder of Christianity, the writer of half the NT, almost never quotes Jesus in his letters and writings." (Professor Smith in his “The World Religions”, p 330)

The Jewish Christians reacted strongly to Paul, they rejected his pagan ideas of the “divinity of Christ”, and they rejected the concept of the “divine sonship” of Jesus, whom they regarded as a Prophet and Messenger

Jesus taught Salvation comes through Faith and Works, Paul distorted it:
Jesus taught salvation is attained by keeping the commandments, physical prayer, fasting, and observing the Law of Moses. Paul neglected these commands and distorted the Path to Salvation preached by Jesus.
Paul said that “salvation comes through faith and grace” which is exactly what the missionaries are saying today. Let us read the words of Jesus.

Answer 1

i always thought Paul was full of himself. glad some one else thinks so to.

Answer 2

first - who is the Master? Follow Him.

second -- Paul's teachings were pointing TO the Master. I can see how you would think that Mr Paul was against the Christ, but he is not.

Answer 3

first of all, Paul was a follower of Jesus. he was the son of a Pharisee, who discarded that and followed Jesus when, literally And figuratively, the "scales fell from his eyes."

i do not believe Paul says anything against or to detract from Jesus' teachings. he is meaning to share them from his perspective, how it had changed his life...esp Romans 5-8 really spoke to me. and regarding the circumcision...Paul is not speaking of physical circumcision, he was speaking of "Spiritual" Circumsicion; as in, even tho u are a Gentile (uncircumcized), u are still allowed to follow Christ.

anyways, instead of picking apart what u *think* is right or wrong with the bible, i believe that seeking what is Good, Positive, Right, and Healthy in life will point u in the right direction. if words of Paul can give u comfort, by all means. if words of Jesus give u comfort, by all means. comfort does not equal following one and not the other..who doesn't go to church and listen to a sermon and "follow" that pastor? it's the same thing...we are all parts of the body, but the Head of the body is Christ Jesus. therefore, we may disagree in little ways and things of how we live our lives, but we're still part of a whole. instead of judging eachother, we should accept and lift glory to God, in all ways we know how, isntead of wasting time trying to point out flaws in fellow Christians. it's just not going to do any good....and that is not what Jesus' "good news" was about. it was to shed that outer layer or judgement, castes, discrepencies, and show that we are all equally loved and have equal opportunities to change for the *better*. good luck and God bless to all of us~ :)

Answer 4

I think this is taken out of context, Paul was referring to Christ words, not himself.

Answer 5

Peter said that if you argue with Paul you argue to your own destruction.

Jesus said that whatever Peter binds on earth will be bound in heaven.

Answer 6

FOLLOW NO ONE, ENOUGH OF THIS MUMBO JUMBO!!!
LIBERATE YOURSELF AND FOLLOW YOUR OWN MIND!!!

Answer 7

JESUS