paul had been one of the pharisees who was against the jesus group, who changes sides as it were. and once he comes into the community he just comes in incredibly strongly and takes a huge role. paul has been traveling across the roman empire, preaching his own version of the jesus message for more than ten years. his manifesto has even reached non-jews or gentiles. the tricky issue of what do we do with gentiles was the hot button issue in earliest christianity. you have to remember all of the earliest followers of jesus were jews. all of them. so where do the gentiles fit into this? paul doesn t want the gentiles to convert to judaism in order to become christians, to be followers of christ.
gentiles to convert to judaism in order to become christians, to be followers of christ. the epistles make up a third of the new testament. his teachings show how determined he is to reach out to gentiles. jesus said go and make disciples of all the nations, and that meant not just the jews. if i were james and i d heard about paul and what paul was doing, i would be hugely frustrated. paul never met the human jesus. here was james, who was jesus brother, and this upstart was presuming to teach jesus message and go out among the gentiles with this message? things got so bad in the relations between paul and james that ultimately they had a big conference in jerusalem to sort it out. around 50 a.d., 20 years after the execution of his brother jesus, james presides over a council of the movement s
and ownership for his brother s message. but his authority is soon to be challenged by someone who was once a sworn enemy of jesus and his teachings. paul had been one of the pharisees who was against the jesus group, who changes sides as it were. and once he comes into the community he just comes in incredibly strongly and takes a huge role. paul has been traveling across the roman empire, preaching his own version of the jesus message for more than ten years. his manifesto has even reached non-jews or gentiles. the tricky issue of what do we do with gentiles was the hot button issue in earliest christianity. you have to remember all of the earliest followers of jesus were jews. all of them. so where do the gentiles fit into this? paul doesn t want the gentiles to convert to judaism in order to become christians, to be followers of christ. his letters to new christian
pharisees who was against the jesus group, who changes sides as it were. and once he comes into the community he just comes in incredibly strongly and takes a huge role. paul has been traveling across the roman empire, preaching his own version of the jesus message for more than ten years. his manifesto has even reached non-jews or gentiles. the tricky issue of what do we do with gentiles was the hot button issue in earliest christianity. you have to remember all of the earliest followers of jesus were jews. all of them. so where do the gentiles fit into this? paul doesn t want the gentiles to convert to judaism in order to become christians, to be followers of christ.
his teachings. paul had been one of the pharisees who was against the jesus group, who changes sides as it were. and once he comes into the community he just comes in incredibly strongly and takes a huge role. paul has been traveling across the roman empire, preaching his own version of the jesus message for more than ten years. his manifesto has even reached non-jews or gentiles. the tricky issue of what do we do with gentiles was the hot button issue in earliest christianity. you have to remember all of the earliest followers of jesus were jews. all of them. so where do the gentiles fit into this? paul doesn t want the gentiles to convert to judaism in order to become christians, to be followers of christ.