Apostle Paul Smashes Two Idols of Christianity

Published D02 M09 2023
Last updated D23 M09 2023

[pw =  rejected pagan word translation]

We have heard from the German  Lutheran Protestant Maritn Luther that we are saved by Faith alone.  








These are just two examples we have used  coming from mainstream Christendom  which refer to "Grace" and "Faith" and elevate these two.

Could it be that Christianity  has elevated these two  above and beyond their lawful position so that they are above the law of Elohim  (pw God) himself?

You may be surprised to know that the word Grace itself, an English word in the scriptures, has Graeco-Roman pagan roots and was forced into the translation.

Examining The Grace (Charis) Goddess

Grace comes from the Greek word "charis," and the Latin word "gratia." "Charis" was a Greek deity depicted here in the centre , the wife of Vulcan. From the goddess "Charis" comes the Greek "Charities," three female deities, daughters of "Helios," the Greek/Roman high Sun-god (Chrestos Helios cult). The "charis"matic movement has SUN worship as its centre through SUNday worship). The Sun worship cult of the eucharist  bears the Sun disc depcited in the next image. (For more see Transubstantiation How  Low can You Go?) 

    * Kindness or favor are better words both in English, and can be used without reference to paganism.

Hebrew often uses more specific words for various occasions.  Piety towards Yah'uah= Chesed (kheh-sed) gratitude -favour from us who are inferior to Yah who is superior. This form of favour or kindness to Yah'uah is the one that is most often not taught or ignored.

Chanan (pronounced khaw-nan) Yah'uah's favour (gift) reaching down to us who are inferior eg. unmerited favour or kindness ( this type is taught as the only one and falsely named "grace" by false "church" teachers eg Joseph Prince (makes Catholic allusions to "our Mother is Grace" or Jesus is Grace- no such doctrine in scripture). It is falsely taught as being received without limit and without any mention of what kindness we are to show in return to Yah'uah and his Son- namely gratitude in the form of love and obedience  -see 2 Peter 3:18 "Chanan" (pw Grace in KJV) here is defined in Strong's Greek as

Favour (gift /kindness )from Yah'uah is meant to result in reciprocal gratitude towards Yah'uah by way of righteous living.  I t is not unlimited: 

 Is 26:10   Let favour (chanan) be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness. 

Sending his own Son to die and suffer is the ultimate kindness / favour of Yah'uah yet false "grace" / "charis" results in the sinful false religion of "Christianity" which hates Yah's To'rah and causes the error of lawlessness /To'rahlessness. Those who deny hating the Torah are easily tested when you present Mat 5:17-20 to them which we cover shortly.

Examining The Faith (Fides) Goddess 

Faith is taken from the goddess Fides depicted  unashamedly  on a throne of worship with a pagan cross in another pagan octagon and with pagan blasphemous angelos. See angelos/angel . Also seen  on a coin with the Sun worship of the fellow goddess  euCHARISt mentioned  in the Charis deity. This Fides / Faith  goddess is worshiped in Christianity as she becomes the sole means of salvation as popularised by Martin Luther in the 1500s Protestant Reformation and thus the pagan unscriptural  "Faith Alone" slogan was born. See our article Faith Alone/ Sola Fides? & Bible Trivia Not So Trivial Q&A 4 . 

In this way the person is justified by their false Mashiach (pw Messiah)and  does not need to have any active response or moral conviction by obedience to Yah'uah but merely relies on a lie that goddess Fides /Faith secures their salvation similar to goddess Destiny, Grace or Fate regardless of their own actions, Torah trangressions (pw sin ) versus righteousnes). 

Strong's Greek for the word "Faith" used in the "New Testament" (square brackets my addition)

From G3982; persuasion, that is, credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly constancy in such profession; by extension the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself: - assurance, belief, believe, [pagan words from Fides ]   faith, fidelity.

*use "moral conviction" or Hebrew word "emunah".

"Faith" is often confused with words like religion, truth, trust, belief which are not the same thing and often out of context.

Idol Status

An idol is anything that is elevated above Yahuah to a point that it causes us to trangress hisTorah. 

These very two idols do just that when they are perverted from chesed/ kindness and emunah/ moral conviction into deities Charis/Grace and Fides/Faith in the cult of Christendom which hates and rejects the Torah. Charis and Fides  indeed have become personified to goddess celebrity status from Rome and it is no coincidence that inserting these goddess names into the translation was no mistake with a pagan Graeco-Roman cult such as Catholicism/ Christianity and all who bow to her. When you elevate these two above obeying the Torah you are bowing to Rome (Babylon). The symbol of Mystery Babylon , the Harlot church let us not forget is an image of the  Sola Fides Woman with the Cup in Hand and Sun Worship as we have shown above and thus incorporates these two idols.

Even food can be  an idol as Apostle Shaul points out.  People cannot give up their pork for instance  when Yahuah and his Son say we are to obey Torah  which includes not eating pig,  a filthy abomination.
Likewise people who cannot give up any torah transgression that they feel is uncomfortable or inconvenient   will merely want to replace that Torah command with deities Grace and Faith as if Yahushua came and put these two  idols on a pedestal before Yahuah. Blasphemy!

The truth is that neither of these two abolish the Torah. Apostle Shaul was not a Christian neither the author of it but followed the author and finisher of our  moral conviction (pw Fides)., Yahushua who preached Torah obedience.

 It is clear that Apostle Shaul could see that these two could potentially become idols already in his time of pagan Graeco-Roman mindsets. So, what  does Apostle Shaul do about these two idols who may dare to challenge the WORD [TORAH] of Yahuah?

1) Apostle Paul Smashes The Fides Idol:

ESTABLISH here does not mean abolish IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER. It means to STAND BY and  ABIDE IN THE COVENANT of the law.: 

2) Apostle Paul Smashes The Charis Idol: