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What follows is an archive of a website authored by Douglas J. Del Tondo, arguing that Jesus' words should be considered the sole inspired portion of the New Testament, and that Paul was a false apostle. Though I am not a Christian, I found what this author had to say interesting, and I've thus archived the site as the domain has now expired. A complete HTML archive may be found of jesuswordsonly.com at
The Internet Archive (Web link).
This archive is currently a work in progress. Text may make references to links which do not currently exist. As this archive grows, I hope to fix these dead links and fill in missing pages.
Questions, comments, corrections? Feel free to email me at eriounious@tilde.pink
Last update to this archive: May 24, 2022
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"The apostle (Paul) lied [about Peter not] walking uprightly..." (Jerome, quoted by Augustine 397 A.D.)
Our mission is to proclaim our Lord Jesus' lesson that He was the "sole teacher." (Matthew 23:8-11). He sternly told the apostles they were not to call themselves or anyone else a "teacher"! In John, Jesus explained why when He insisted that the "apostolos is not more important than the one who sent him." (John 13:16.) The Greek word apostolos means either the title of Apostle or messenger or one that is sent. Here Jesus meant He was more important than any Apostle or messenger.
Even John the Baptist realized that despite knowing he himself was the greatest prophet who ever lived prior to Jesus (Matthew 11:11), yet he "must decrease" so that unfettered acceptance of Jesus' message would "increase." (John 3:30-31.)
Once Jesus began preaching the kingdom, then it would rob him of the authority God gave Jesus to treat anyone else's words -- particularly from mere correspondence whose author does not claim to quote Jesus -- as an authority on the same level as Jesus: "All authority has been given me in heaven and on earth." (Matthew 28:18.) For more on this principle, see our article "The Jesus' Words Only Principle Explained from Numbers 12 & Deut. 18."
The Modern Church has instead fallen in love with Paul, or, more correctly, the points in Paul's writings that soften the requirements of costly grace which Jesus taught. This causes a vying for control over the church. Either Paul and his Dispensation of Grace applies, or Jesus and His costly grace gospel applies, as Bonhoeffer highlighted. We have developed two masters. Mainstream Christian theologians largely defend dismissing Jesus' words as applicable only to a prior dispensation of Law. Sometimes this is called Dispensationalism or Covenant Theology, but it all ends up the same: marginalizing Jesus' words. The famous theologian Rudolf Bultmann even claimed Paul teaches us in Second Corinthians 5:16 that it is necessary to treat Jesus's teachings pre-resurrection as irrelevant.
Based upon this, Bultmann has influenced evangelical seminaries ever since to teach young pastors to emphasize the message of Paul, dismissing as largely irrelevant the words of Jesus. To dismiss Jesus' words as pertinent only to an old covenant of Law disregards entirely the prophecies that the New Testament was supposed to place the Law more proximately on our hearts, and God would give us a heart wanting to obey His statutes. See our
PS The Law on Gentiles in the Law is a short list -- largely just the Ten Commandments. Importantly, Gentiles had the option to use atonements provided in the Law - and this is why we can invoke Jesus' atonement for us. See
Bultmann's influential dismissal of any ongoing validity to Jesus' words in the NT, putting all the emphasis on Paul's words, proves the danger of two masters as Jesus said: you will love the one and hate the other. (Matthew 6:24.) This is where the church is today--having been wooed from its first love for Christ. To avoid making any apostle a competing master, we must remember the apostles only had one inspired function -- that is when they served to carry Jesus' words (John 14:26), that is, when they serve the role of a "messenger" -- the meaning of the Greek word apostolos. Otherwise, they are at best edifying.
This message of focusing only on the words of Jesus as the New Testament inspired scripture appears overdue. The hunger for this information is reflected by the number of visitors. Since January 2008 through July 2019, there have been over 16 million hits, increasing at a present rate over 2.6 million per year. (In 2016, the rate was 1.6 million per year.) Interest on this topic is speedily growing.
Over 400 true followers of Jesus / Yahshua have written positive emails and book reviews on Jesus' Words Only and Jesus' Words On Salvation. (See "Reviews" Tab above.) These two books are available here free for download in PDF. (The chapters also have been converted to webpages with free links in the list below.) If you wish to share these books with others, they can also be purchased from Amazon and major online retailers.
Works by other authors are highlighted here because they too draw us to trust only Jesus as our true sole teacher and our divinely-indwelled Lord (John 14:10 "father dwells in me.") For more information on general church topics, including articles and books critical of Paulinism, see the popular "Further Reading" tab.
The links below lead you to this book series free for download or viewing: [full text to come]
Book: Jesus' Words on Salvation
1. Marcionism - Paulinism of 144 AD was heresy.
2. Second Peter & Its Reference to Paul as "Scripture": What Does This Mean?
3. Trophimus - Was He Misled by Paul to Abominate The Temple in 58 AD?
4. Luther Killed Jesus' Words Only Movement in Reformation (June 26, 2010)
5. Early Negative Church Views of Paul (June 27, 2010)
6. Jesus's Commands on Church Structure (contradicted by Paul (June 5, 2010))
7. More on Benjamite Wolf Prophecy & Paul (June 15, 2010)
8. John Locke: The Priority of Jesus /The Gospel Writings Over the Epistles (June 27, 2010)
9. Paul Is An Advocate of Jesus Words Only As A Test of Orthodoxy (June 30, 2010)
10. Paul in Romans 7 Claims The God of Sinai Is Dead (July 6th, 2010)
11. Paul's Contradictions of Jesus (July 14, 2010): English
12. Tolstoy Criticizes Paulinism (July 16, 2010)
13. Paul's Words Support Unwitting Blasphemies (July 25, 2010)
18. Habakkuk 2:2-5 - A Prophecy About Paul? (7/30/2011)
19. Jesus' Prophecy About Person Who Identified Himself To Paul As "Jesus" In Acts 9 (2/17/2011)
20. Paul Abolished Sabbath (July 23, 2011)
An audio version of the above article.
23. Was James' Epistle an Answer point-by-point to Paul? A table comparision (Feb 25, 2012)
24. Anti-Paul Passages in the Gospel of Matthew (Feb 26, 2012)
26. Of Lightning & Skorpions: Jesus' Words in Luke 10 Point At Paul Again (3/19/2012)
27. A Skolops Sent By An Angel of Satan To Keep Paul Humble--Its Importance (3/21/2012)
28. Why Does The Spirit of Python, A Serpent-Demon, Promote Paul in Acts 16:16? (3/25/2012)
29. The List of the Problems About The Validity of Paul (3/26/2012)
Article 30 appears to be skipped.
31. Did Luther in 1537 Finally Condemn Paul As A False Prophet? (6/10/2012)
32. Did Paul Ever Deliberately Lie in a Court of Law? (12/8/2012)
33. Paul Admits He Normally Is Not Writing Under Inspiration (12/9/2012)
34. Did Paul Know the Twelve Preached Another Jesus? (12/14/2012)
35. Paul`s Turning Believers over to Satan
36. Reformation Doubts About Paul (12/28/2012)
37. Luke is A Legitimate Non-Pauline Gospel History (1/26/2013)
38. Early Church View of Paul (3/30/2013) [This seems to be the same as #5]
39. Balaam's Encounter With Satan and the Parallel to Paul (3/30/2013)
40. Was Paul A True Apostle of Jesus Christ? (4/3/2013)
41. Tertullian's Treatment of Paul in Against Marcion (207 AD) (4/6/2013)
42. Luke 6:26: Another Negative Prophecy About Paul? (4/17/2013)
43. Why Did An Exorcism In The Name of "Jesus whom Paul Preaches" Fail? (6/2/2013)
44. The Jesus' Words Only Principle Explained - Numbers 12 & Deut 18 (7/27/2013)
45. How Many Apostles of Jesus Christ Are In The Bible? by Greg (4/5/2014)
46. Are These Evil Immoral Commands / Teachings of Paul? Applying Matthew 7:15 et seq. (5/31/2014)
49. Seven Proofs Paul Met An Imposter Jesus Outside Damascus (2/21/2015)
50. Was Matthias or Paul the 12th Apostle? (4/27/2015)
51. Paul's Surprising Testimony before Felix & Agrippa (7/3/2015)
52. Isaiah 28:18 - Another Prophecy About Paul (7/19/2015)
53. Paul's Epistles Have Zero Unique Quotes of Jesus
54. The Implication of Paul Admitting He Blasphemed & Compelled Christians to Blaspheme (1/15/2016)
55. Paul's cavalier attitude about eating meat sacrificed idols at an idol's temple (2/6/2015)
56. Messianic Congregations' Solutions to the Problem of Paul (5/21/2016).
57. Proof Apostle John Was Critical of Paul (7/3/2016)
58. Why I Don't Follow Paul and Instead Follow Jesus Only - Email Exchange (7/26/2016)
59. Parallel of Paul To Pharisees' Traits Jesus Criticized (8/2016)
60. The Discerning Disobedience of the Rechabites; A Lesson about Paul (8/21/2016)
61. Paul's Gospel versus the Gospel of Jesus (11/5/2016)
62. Proofs the 12 Apostles Rejected Paul (11/20/2016)
63. Response to Critic on Whether Paul Permits Eating Idol Meat (11/20/2016)
64. The Movie Interstellar and God's Messages on Paulinism (12/4/2016)
65. Answering about the Angel of Blinding Light Outside Damascus (12/10/2016)
66. Mammon is Root Prop of Paulinism (1/25/2017)
67. Book Review of Gray's Paul as a Problem in History and Culture (4/2/2017)
68. Twelve Apostles Refuse to Commend Paul (4/30/2017)
69. Heretical Dualism of 2 Distinct Gods - the Son and Father - in Paul (5/9/2017)
70. Review of Polite Bribe movie - A Slander of Bishop James (6/16/2017)
71. Jesus' Gospel v. Paul's Amoral Non-Yahweh Gospel (6/23/2017)
72. Deliberate Fabrication in Acts 15:24 in 10th Century to Help Paul (8/3/2017)
73. Why Jesus Said He Was The Sole Teacher - YouTube (8/9/2017) [Link no longer functioning]
74. Was Paul At Least An Important Missionary of the Church? (10/15/2017)
76. Calvin's Doctrine God Predestines Evil (Based on Paul) by Rives
77. Response to Paul Defender Over Idol Meat Issue [This is the same article as #63]
78. What Paulinism and Satan’s Temptation In Garden Have In Common
79. Does Second Peter Commend Paul as Apostle? As Holy Scripture? (Dec. 12, 2017)
80. What Jesus' remarks in Revelation Imply About Paul (1/20/2018)
81. Elder Dismisses Jesus' Words (3/3/2018) - Introduction to JWO Revised 2019
82. Take a Chance on Jesus Alone (3/3/2018) - A Message from Oswald Chambers
83. Paul Errs That Those Not Under the Law Can Invoke Atonement (3/3/2018)
85. Does Acts 13:2 Prove Paul Met the True Jesus? (8/28/2018)
86. Jesus Clear Refutation of Faith Alone in Parable of Unmerciful Servant (from JWOS ch. 13).
87. Reply to Defender Paul had a Superceding Gospel to that of Jesus (12/26/2018)
88. The Pleasure Trap of Paulinism (2/19/2019)
89. History of Jesus' Words Only Canon Movement (11/2/2019).
90. Did Paul Attempt to Bribe the Apostolic church at Jerusalem? (3/19/2020)
91. Elevating Jesus over Paul -- Handling Objections (3/20/2020)
92. The Pandemic of Paulinism (3/25/2020)
95. To Apparently Protect Paul, Matt 5:28 Mistranslated to be about Lust for Any Woman (4/11/2020)
106. Ebionites - the First Apostolic Church - Rejected Paul's Writings (5/27/2020)