Sha'ul - the Rabbi from Tarsus

Who was Sha'ul?

1.
Sha'ul was a Jew, from Benjamin tribe, a Hebrew of Hebrews, a Pharisee, regarding the Law he was blameless.

Php 3:5
circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
Php 3:6
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the Law, blameless.

2.
In front of Sanhedrin, he confessed that he IS a Pharisee. After he believed in Yeshua the Messiah, he kept his life as a Pharisee.

Act 23:6
Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, I AM a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial."

Note :
Sha'ul said, "I AM a Pharisee." (Present Tense). He did not say, "I WAS a Pharisee." (Past Tense).

3.
Sha'ul kept his name as "Sha'ul" for almost 15 years after he recieved Yeshua as his Messiah, and then he chose "Paul" as his name as his mission to bring Yeshua to the Gentiles.

4.
Although he changed his name to "Paul", he remained a Jew all his life, indeed, an observant Jew (Act 16:3, Act 17:2, Act 18:18, Act 20:16, Act 21:23-27, Act 25:8; Act 28:17; and see Act 21:21), even a Pharisee (Act 23:6, Php 3:5), while nevertheless sparing no effort to bring to Gentiles the Gospel of Yeshua the Messiah.

5.
Sha'ul was a Rabbi, under the leadership of Gamaliel, a teacher of the Torah / the Law.

Act 5:34
But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.

6.
Sha'ul expected us to follow him as he followed Yeshua the Messiah.

1Co 11:1
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

Yeshua the Messiah said :

Mat 5:17
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

As Yeshua did not abolished the Law, Sha'ul also. Sha'ul's teaching did not abolished the Law because 1Co 11:1.

Is it possible for a man who already encounter Yeshua the Messiah who never abolished the Law, then teach other people to abolish the Law?

IMPOSSIBLE!