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Should
We Obey The Torah (Law) Of Yahweh
Definition H8451
Torah
BDB Definition:
1) law, direction,
instruction
1a) instruction,
direction (human or divine)
1a1) body of
prophetic teaching
1a2) instruction in
Messianic age
1a3) body of
priestly direction or instruction
1a4) body of legal
directives
1b) law
1b1) law of the
burnt offering
1b2) of special
law, codes of law
1c) custom, manner
1d) the
Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law
Law before Moshe so
it was the "Law of Yahweh , NOT the Law of
Moshe
- No Other Elohim
Before Yahweh
Gen 2:15 And Yahweh
Elohim took the man, and put him into the garden of
Eden to dress it
and to keep it.
Gen 2:16 And Yahweh
Elohim commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of
the garden thou
mayest freely eat:
Gen 2:17 But of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not
eat of it: for in
the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Note: Notice that
also here is the "Law of sin and death)
- Sabbath Rest
Gen 2:1 Thus the
heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them.
Gen 2:2 And on the
seventh day Elohim ended his work which he had
made; and he rested
on the seventh day from all his work which he had
made.
Gen 2:3 And Elohim
blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that
in it he had rested
from all his work which Elohim created and made.
Note: Sabbath was
"sanctified" (set apart as a special day)
- Honor Father
& Mother (Family Relationships)
Gen 2:23 And Adam
said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my
flesh: she shall be
called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Gen 2:24 Therefore
shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his
wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Gen 3:16 Unto the
woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and
thy conception; in
sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire
[shall be] to thy
husband, and he shall rule over thee.
- NAME Yahweh known
to men
Gen 4:26 And to
Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his
name Enos: then began
men to call upon the name Yahweh.
Note: This would
incorporate the 3rd commandment not to falsify
the NAME Yahweh
- Thou Shalt not
murder
Gen 4:8 And Cain
talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when
they were in the
field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew
him.
Gen 4:9 And Yahweh
said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he
said, I know not:
Am I my brother's keeper?
Gen 4:10 And he
said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood
crieth unto me from
the ground.
Gen 4:11 And now
art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her
mouth to receive
thy brother's blood from thy hand;
Gen 4:15 And Yahweh
said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,
vengeance shall be
taken on him sevenfold. And Yahweh set a mark upon
Cain, lest any
finding him should kill him.
- Adultery
Gen 6:1 And it came
to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the
earth, and
daughters were born unto them,
Gen 6:2 That the
sons of Elohim saw the daughters of men that they [were]
fair; and they took
them wives of all which they chose.
Gen 6:3 And Yahweh
said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for
that he also [is]
flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
-Idolatry
Gen 2:16 And Yahweh
Elohim commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of
the garden thou
mayest freely eat:
Gen 2:17 But of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not
eat of it: for in
the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Gen 6:5 And Yahweh
saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the
earth, and [that]
every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only
evil continually.
Gen 6:6 And it
repented Yahweh that he had made man on the earth, and it
grieved him at his
heart.
Note: There are
many instances of Physical Idolatry as well as
Spiritual
- False Witness
(Lying)
Gen 4:8 And Cain
talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when
they were in the
field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew
him.
Gen 4:9 And Yahweh
said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he
said, I know not:
[Am] I my brother's keeper?
Gen 4:10 And he
said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood
crieth unto me from
the ground.
This of course, is
only a sample of the commandments being known or given
before Moshe. There
are many more examples. It is important to note that
the commandments
were "before Moshe." It is probably valuable to note
here that in the
Mishna the Jews believe that the Torah (Law) given to
Moshe was written
by Yahweh’s hand before the creation of the
world, and given to
Moshe on Mount Sinai.
Exo 31:18 And he
gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of
communing with him
upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of
stone, written with
the finger of Elohim.
Deu 9:10 And Yahweh
delivered unto me two tables of stone written with
the finger of
Elohim; and on them [was written] according to all the words,
which Yahweh spake
with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the
day of the assembly.
If the Torah was
given before Moshe, then it was binding on all men
from the creation
of the world, and not only on the nation of Yisrael.
What is the
Covenant Yahweh made?
Lev 26:12 And I
will walk among you, and will be your ELOHIM, and ye
shall be my people.
Deu 7:6 For thou
art an holy people unto Yahweh thy Elohim: Yahweh thy
Elohim hath chosen
thee to be a special people unto himself, above all
people that are
upon the face of the earth.
Deu 14:2 For thou
art an holy people unto Yahweh thy Elohim, and Yahweh
hath chosen thee to
be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations
that are upon the
earth.
Deu 26:18 And
Yahweh hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar
people, as he hath
promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his
commandments;
Deu 26:19 And to
make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in
praise, and in
name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy
people unto Yahweh
thy Elohim, as he hath spoken.
Deu 27:9 And Moses
and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel,
saying, Take heed,
and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the
people of Yahweh
thy Elohim.
Deu 27:10 Thou
shalt therefore obey the voice of Yahweh thy Elohim, and do
his commandments
and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
Deu 28:9 Yahweh
shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he
hath sworn unto
thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of Yahweh thy
Elohim, and walk in
his ways.
Deu 29:12 That thou
shouldest enter into covenant with Yahweh thy Elohim,
and into his oath,
which Yahweh thy Elohim maketh with thee this day:
Deu 29:13 That he
may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and
that he may be unto
thee Elohim, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath
sworn unto thy
fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Deu 29:14 Neither
with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
Deu 29:15 But with
him that standeth here with us this day before Yahweh
our Elohim, and
also with him that is not here with us this day:
(Compare 1 Pet 2)
We see that
Yahweh’s Covenant (Every one of them) with man is that HE is
our Elohim (Mighty
One) and we are HIS people. This is an
important point to
keep in mind. For if the Covenants are all the same, then
it is not the
Covenants that have changed, but something else. We at this
point should look
at what changed in the Covenants, for we know that its not
Yahweh that changes
(Mal 3:6; Heb 13:8; James 1:7)
What Changed in The
Covenants?
Let’s look at the
covenants and see if there is REALLY any change at all in
them. By definition
a covenant is a contract, between two parties, each one
promising specific
things. We have already seen that each covenant in
Scripture is
between Yahweh and HIS people. HE promises to be their
Mighty One (Take
care of them) and they promise to be HIS people
(obedient to HIM).
Every covenant has to be sealed, and the seal Yahweh
chose for each
covenant with HIS people was BLOOD. The
Covenants we find
are as follows:
a) ADAMIC – Sealed
by the blood of an animal when Yahweh made skins for
them to wear
b) NOAHIC – Sealed
by the blood of the "clean animals" taken from the ark
c) ABRAHAMIC –
Sealed by the blood of circumcision
d) MOSAIC – Sealed
by blood for each sin committed
f) NEW COVENANT –
Sealed by the blood of Yahushua
You will notice upon
close inspection that the ONLY thing that changed in
each of the
covenants was the offering of blood. This is a very important
thing to remember
as we go through the rest of our study. At this point, I
would also submit
that even though the sacrifice "appears" to change, that is
only an illusion,
as every covenant is fulfilled in Yahushua and by HIS
blood. Please study
out Hebrews 7 – 10 for the entire treatise on this fact. It
was NOT Torah that
was changed…but it was the seal on the
covenant!
a) ADAMIC – Ha
Messiah is the seed of the woman (Gen 3:15).
b) NOAHIC – Ha
Messiah is the greatest son of Shem (Lk 3:36;
Gen 9:23-27).
c) ABRAHAMIC - The
"seed" to whom the promises were made
(Gen 22:18).
d) MOSAIC – The
Passover Lamb that ended all Sacrifice.
e) NEW – Ha
Messiah's sacrifice is its foundation and focus in
the Millennium
(1 Cor 11:25)
<B.Was The Torah
Done Away With?
At this point we
should see what, if anything was done away with in the
Torah after the
coming of Yahushua our MESSIAH. We will begin with
HIS own Words and
cover other Scriptures in the Brit Kodesh (New
Testament).
Mat 5:17 Think not
that I am come to destroy the law, or the
prophets: I am not
come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Mat 5:18 For verily
I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one
jot or one tittle
shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Note: a valid
question to ask here is "Has EVERYTHING been fulfilled."
From our studies
already we have seen that the thing that was to be fulfilled
was the Blood
Sacrifice for the penalty of our sin. So in this aspect the
MESSIAH has
fulfilled the Law’s Seal (The blood sealing the Covenant). But
what about the
individual aspects of the Covenant? Is Yahweh still our
Elohim? Are we
still HIS people (To be HIS people as we have seen we must
be obedient to
HIM)? This is critical to understand, as we will later look at a
few verses that are
often misunderstood in regards to The Torah and our
keeping of it. But
has all the "Law (Torah)" been fulfilled? Well let’s look at
some other verses
to see if Torah (Law Keeping) is still required as our
response to Yahweh.
Mat 7:12 Therefore
all things whatsoever ye would that men should
do to you, do ye
even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Mat 22:36 Master,
which [is] the great commandment in the law?
Mat 22:37 Yahushua
said unto him, Thou shalt love Yahweh thy
Elohim with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind.
Mat 22:38 This is
the first and great commandment. Mat 22:39 And
the second [is]
like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40 On these
two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.
Mat 23:23 Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
pay tithe of mint and
anise and cummin, and have omitted the
weightier [matters]
of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these
ought ye to have
done, and not to leave the other undone.
Mat 5:19 Whosoever
therefore shall break one of these least
commandments, and
shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in
the kingdom of
heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the
same shall be
called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 5:20 For I say
unto you, That except your righteousness shall
exceed [the righteousness]
of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no
case enter into the
kingdom of heaven.
Mat 23:1 Then spake
Yahushua to the multitude, and to his
disciples,
Mat 23:2 Saying,
The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
Mat 23:3 All
therefore whatsoever they bid you observe,
[that] observe and
do; but do not ye after their works: for
they say, and do
not.
Mat 23:4 For they
bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and
lay [them] on men's
shoulders; but they [themselves] will not move
them with one of
their fingers.
Mat 23:5 But all
their works they do for to be seen of men: they make
broad their
phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
Note: It is very
clear that the MESSIAH told us that we should keep the
commandments, but to
do it with a pure heart. This was prophesied that the
commandments
(Torah) would be written on our hearts. We are not to keep
the commandments
thinking that in doing so we are doing Yahweh a favor,
but in love,
humility, and obedience to HIM as our Father, our Elohim. But
HE also showed us
how to keep the commandments this way. Let’s look…
Mat 5:21 Ye have
heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou
shalt not kill; and
whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the
judgment:
Mat 5:22 But I say
unto you, That whosoever is angry with his
brother without a
cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and
whosoever shall say
to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the
council: but
whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell
fire.
Mat 5:27 Ye have
heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou
shalt not commit
adultery:
Mat 5:28 But I say
unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to
lust after her hath
committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Mat 5:31 It hath
been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let
him give her a
writing of divorcement:
Mat 5:32 But I say
unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife,
saving for the
cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery:
and whosoever shall
marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Mat 5:33 Again, ye
have heard that it hath been said by them of old
time, Thou shalt
not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto Yahweh
thine oaths:
Mat 5:34 But I say
unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for
it is Yahweh's
throne:
Mat 5:35 Nor by the
earth; for it is his footstool: neither by
Jerusalem; for it
is the city of the great King.
Mat 5:36 Neither
shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst
not make one hair
white or black.
Mat 5:37 But let
your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for
whatsoever is more
than these cometh of evil.
Mat 5:38 Ye have
heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and
a tooth for a
tooth:
Mat 5:39 But I say
unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever
shall smite thee on
thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Torah written in
our hearts and minds (Spirit of the Law)
Jer 24:7 And I will
give them an heart to know me, that I am Yahweh:
and they shall be
my people, and I will be their Elohim: for they shall
return unto me with
their whole heart.
Jer 31:31 Behold,
the days come, saith Yahweh, that I will make a new
covenant with the
house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not
according to the covenant that I made with their
fathers in the day
that I took them by the hand to bring them out of
the land of Egypt;
which my covenant they brake, although I was an
husband unto them,
saith Yahweh:
Jer 31:33 But this
shall be the covenant that I will make with the
house of Israel;
After those days, saith Yahweh, I will put my law in
their inward parts,
and write it in their hearts; and will be their
Elohim, and they
shall be my people.
Jer 31:34 And they
shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and
every man his
brother, saying, Know Yahweh: for they shall all know
me, from the least
of them unto the greatest of them, saith Yahweh:
for I will forgive
their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no
more.
Jer 32:38 And they
shall be my people, and I will be their Elohim:
Jer 32:39 And I
will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear
me forever, for the
good of them, and of their children after them:
Jer 32:40 And I
will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I
will not turn away
from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in
their hearts, that
they shall not depart from me.
Eze 11:19 And I
will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within
you; and I will
take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an
heart of flesh:
Eze 11:20 That they
may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances,
and do them: and
they shall be my people, and I will be their Elohim.
Eze 11:21 But as
for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their
detestable things
and their abominations, I will recompense their way
upon their own
heads, saith Yahweh ELOHIM.
Eze 14:11 That the
house of Israel may go no more astray from me,
neither be polluted
any more with all their transgressions; but that
they may be my
people, and I may be their Elohim, saith Yahweh
ELOHIM. (note –
what is transgression See 1 Jn 3)
Eze 36:25 Then will
I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be
clean: from all
your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse
you. (See Jn 15:3)
Eze 36:26 A new
heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put
within you: and I
will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you
an heart of flesh.
Eze 36:27 And I
will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk
in my statutes, and
ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Eze 36:28 And ye
shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers;
and ye shall be my
people, and I will be your Elohim.
Eze 36:29 I will
also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will
call for the corn,
and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
Eze 37:24 And David
my servant shall be king over them; and they
all shall have one
shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments,
and observe my
statutes, and do them.
Eze 37:25 And they
shall dwell in the land that I have given unto
Jacob my servant,
wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall
dwell therein, even
they, and their children, and their children's
children for ever:
and my servant David shall be their prince for
ever.
Eze 37:26 Moreover
I will make a covenant of peace with them; it
shall be an
everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them,
and multiply them,
and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for
evermore.
heart of flesh:
Eze 11:20 That they
may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances,
and do them: and
they shall be my people, and I will be their Elohim.
Eze 11:21 But as
for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their
detestable things
and their abominations, I will recompense their way
upon their own
heads, saith Yahweh ELOHIM.
Eze 14:11 That the
house of Israel may go no more astray from me,
neither be polluted
any more with all their transgressions; but that
they may be my
people, and I may be their Elohim, saith Yahweh
ELOHIM. (note – what
is transgression See 1 Jn 3)
Eze 36:25 Then will
I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be
clean: from all
your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse
you. (See Jn 15:3)
Eze 36:26 A new
heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put
within you: and I
will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you
an heart of flesh.
Eze 36:27 And I
will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk
in my statutes, and
ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Eze 36:28 And ye
shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers;
and ye shall be my
people, and I will be your Elohim.
Eze 36:29 I will
also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will
call for the corn,
and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
Eze 37:24 And David
my servant shall be king over them; and they
all shall have one
shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments,
and observe my
statutes, and do them.
Eze 37:25 And they
shall dwell in the land that I have given unto
Jacob my servant,
wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall
dwell therein, even
they, and their children, and their children's
children for ever:
and my servant David shall be their prince for
ever.
Eze 37:26 Moreover
I will make a covenant of peace with them; it
shall be an
everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them,
and multiply them,
and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for
evermore.
heart of flesh:
Eze 11:20 That they
may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances,
and do them: and
they shall be my people, and I will be their Elohim.
Eze 11:21 But as
for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their
detestable things
and their abominations, I will recompense their way
upon their own
heads, saith Yahweh ELOHIM.
Eze 14:11 That the
house of Israel may go no more astray from me,
neither be polluted
any more with all their transgressions; but that
they may be my
people, and I may be their Elohim, saith Yahweh
ELOHIM. (note –
what is transgression See 1 Jn 3)
Eze 36:25 Then will
I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be
clean: from all
your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse
you. (See Jn 15:3)
Eze 36:26 A new
heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put
within you: and I
will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you
an heart of flesh.
Eze 36:27 And I
will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk
in my statutes, and
ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Eze 36:28 And ye
shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers;
and ye shall be my
people, and I will be your Elohim.
Eze 36:29 I will
also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will
call for the corn,
and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
Eze 37:24 And David
my servant shall be king over them; and they
all shall have one
shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments,
and observe my
statutes, and do them.
Eze 37:25 And they
shall dwell in the land that I have given unto
Jacob my servant,
wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall
dwell therein, even
they, and their children, and their children's
children for ever:
and my servant David shall be their prince for
ever.
Eze 37:26 Moreover
I will make a covenant of peace with them; it
shall be an
everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them,
and multiply them,
and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for
evermore.
2Co 6:16 And what
agreement hath the temple of Yahweh with
idols? for ye are
the temple of the living Elohim; as Yahweh hath
said, I will dwell
in them, and walk in them; and I will be their
Elohim, and they
shall be my people.
2Co 6:17 Wherefore
come out from among them, and be
ye separate, saith
Yahweh, and touch not the unclean
thing; and I will
receive you,
2Co 6:18 And will
be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons
and daughters,
saith Yahweh Almighty.
Heb 8:10 For this
is the covenant that I will make with the
house of Israel
after those days, saith Yahweh; I will put my
laws into their
mind, and write them in their hearts:
and I will be to
them a Elohim, and they shall be to me a people:
Heb 8:11 And they
shall not teach every man his neighbour, and
every man his
brother, saying, Know Yahweh: for all shall know
me, from the least
to the greatest.
1Pe 2:7 Unto you
therefore which believe he is precious: but
unto them which be
disobedient, the stone which the builders
disallowed, the
same is made the head of the corner,
1Pe 2:8 And a stone
of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to
them which stumble
at the word, being disobedient: whereunto
also they were
appointed.
1Pe 2:9 But ye are
a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an
holy nation, a
peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the
praises of him who
hath called you out of darkness into his
marvellous light:
1Pe 2:10 Which in
time past were not a people, but are now the
people of Yahweh:
which had not obtained mercy, but now have
obtained mercy.
1Pe 2:11 Dearly
beloved, I beseech you as strangers and
pilgrims, abstain
from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1Pe 2:12 Having
your conversation honest among the Gentiles:
that, whereas they
speak against you as evildoers, they may by
your good works,
which they shall behold, glorify Yahweh in the
day of visitation.
1Pe 2:13 Submit
yourselves to every ordinance of man for
Yahweh's sake:
whether it be to the king, as supreme; note –
Isn’t the Ordinance
of Yahweh greater than that of
man?
Yahushua was very
clear that the commandments went deeper than
simply the outward
appearance, they were commandments that should
be kept from the
heart, spiritually. But how could we possibly do this? It is
impossible in an
unregenerate man to keep the commandments even
outwardly, let
alone the Spiritual aspects of them. Yahushua had the
answer. HE would
send the very Spirit that abode in HIM while HE walked
this earth back to
dwell in us. Why? So that we could do the very same
thing HE did, and
walk the same way HE walked.
Jn 14:12 Verily,
verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the
works that I do
shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall
he do; because I go
unto my Father.
Note: The Greek
word "Ergon" means an act, deed, thing done. Thus we
are to walk even as
our MESSIAH walked…in obedience to the Torah.
Joh 14:15 If ye love
me, keep my commandments.
Joh 14:16 And I
will pray the Father, and he shall give you another
Comforter, that he
may abide with you for ever;
Joh 14:17 [Even]
the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive,
because it seeth
him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for
he dwelleth with
you, and shall be in you.
Joh 14:18 I will
not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Note: What were HIS
commandments? HE was clear over and over again
that they were the
commandments of Yahweh (IE: The Torah). But we
could never keep
them in the flesh. They would have to be kept by the
Spirit, and HE sent
the RUACH (Spirit) to enable us to do just that!
Joh 14:21 He that
hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is
that loveth me: and
he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father,
and I will love
him, and will manifest myself to him.
Joh 14:26 But the
Comforter, [which is] the RUACH Ha Kodesh,
whom the Father
will send in my name, he shall teach you all
things, and bring
all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have
said unto you.
Joh 15:10 If ye
keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love;
even as I have kept
my Father's commandments, and abide in his
love.
Joh 15:12 This is
my commandment, That ye love one
another, as I have
loved you.
Note: Remember that
in loving one another and in loving Yahweh we
fulfill (keep) the
whole Torah. Or more aptly put, if we keep the Torah
we will love one
another and Yahweh.
Joh 16:13 Howbeit
when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide
you into all truth:
for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall
hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you
things to come.
Note: Please read
all of John 14–17 here to get the big picture. I have
shown the above
verses chronologically so as to see the intent in the
passage. When you
get to John 17 please note the MESSIAH’s definition of
"truth"
as it is in the same address to HIS disciples. If we allow all
Scripture explain
Scripture we will better understand what is being said.
Joh 17:17 Sanctify
(Set them apart) them through thy truth: thy word
(Torah) is truth.
Is the Torah truth?
What does the Word say? Let’s look at just a few
Scriptures that
show that the Torah is Yahweh’s truth!
2Ti 2:15 Study to
shew thyself approved unto Yahweh, a workman
that needeth not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2Ti 3:14 But
continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and
hast been assured
of, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them];
2Ti 3:15 And that
from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures,
which are able to
make thee wise unto salvation through faith which
is in Yahushua
2Ti 3:16 All
scripture is given by inspiration of Yahweh, and is
profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness:
whom the Father
will send in my name, he shall teach you all
things, and bring
all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have
said unto you.
Joh 15:10 If ye
keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love;
even as I have kept
my Father's commandments, and abide in his
love.
Joh 15:12 This is
my commandment, That ye love one
another, as I have
loved you.
Note: Remember that
in loving one another and in loving Yahweh we
fulfill (keep) the
whole Torah. Or more aptly put, if we keep the Torah
we will love one
another and Yahweh.
Joh 16:13 Howbeit
when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide
you into all truth:
for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall
hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you
things to come.
Note: Please read
all of John 14–17 here to get the big picture. I have
shown the above
verses chronologically so as to see the intent in the
passage. When you
get to John 17 please note the MESSIAH’s definition of
"truth"
as it is in the same address to HIS disciples. If we allow all
Scripture explain
Scripture we will better understand what is being said.
Joh 17:17 Sanctify
(Set them apart) them through thy truth: thy word
(Torah) is truth.
Is the Torah truth?
What does the Word say? Let’s look at just a few
Scriptures that show
that the Torah is Yahweh’s truth!
2Ti 2:15 Study to
shew thyself approved unto Yahweh, a workman
that needeth not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2Ti 3:14 But
continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and
hast been assured
of, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them];
2Ti 3:15 And that
from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures,
which are able to
make thee wise unto salvation through faith which
is in Yahushua
2Ti 3:16 All
scripture is given by inspiration of Yahweh, and is
profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness:
Yahweh’s Word NEVER
changes! HalleluYAH! We ARE to keep HIS
precious Torah, not
as a point of Salvation, but as our act of
obedience to the
contract (Covenant) HE has with us.
Objections Answered
Isa 2:2 And it
shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of
Yahweh's house
shall be established in the top of the mountains, and
shall be exalted
above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Isa 2:3 And many
people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up
to the mountain of
Yahweh, to the house of the Elohim of Jacob; and
he will teach us of
his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of
Zion shall go forth
the law (Torah), and the word of Yahweh from
Jerusalem.
I will at this
point answer objections that "seem" to negate the Torah in the
"New
Testament". I will clearly show that these objections have no value,
and are merely
smokescreens perpetuated by the false religious system in
an attempt to do
away with Yahweh’s Torah and to keep the people of HIS
Covenant from
enjoying the freedom and joy of keeping the Torah.
Dan 7:25 And he
shall speak [great] words against the most High,
and shall wear out
the saints of the most High, and think to change
times and laws: and
they shall be given into his hand until
a time and times
and the dividing of time.
It is Antimessiah
who would have Yahweh’s people be disobedient to HIM,
as he has tried to
do from the foundation of the world. If he can make
people think that
Torah is no longer in effect, then he can cause people to
sin, for…
1Jo 3:3 And every
man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself,
even as he is pure.
1Jo 3:4 Whosoever
committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin
is the transgression
of the law (Torah).
1Jo 3:5 And ye know
that he was manifested to take away our sins;
and in him is no
sin.
1Jo 3:6 Whosoever
abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth
hath not seen him,
neither known him.
1Jo 3:7 Little
children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth
righteousness is
righteous, even as he is righteous.
1Jo 3:8 He that
committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth
from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of Yahweh was
manifested, that he
might destroy the works of the devil.
1Jo 3:9 Whosoever
is born of Yahweh doth not commit sin; for his
seed remaineth in
him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of
Yahweh.
Understanding that,
let us look at some of these "smokescreens", verses
taken out of
context and/or misunderstood by many. Some even believe
that Yahweh gives
them freedom from keeping the letter of the Torah and
obeying the Spirit.
But as we have already seen, The Spirit of the Law
does not do away
with the Torah, rather it magnifies it. The law
(Torah) is now
written on our hearts, not only on tablets of stone. But it is
the very same Torah
as we have already seen! The first objection
usually comes from
the Book of Romans. Does Shaul say anywhere that we
should not keep
Torah in Romans (or any of his other writings for that
fact)? I would
submit that if he does, he is going against the teaching
of the MESSIAH
HIMSELF as we have already discussed. Romans is
easy to understand
if not taken out of context. Why begin in chapter 7?
Why not begin where
Shaul’s thought on the subject begin? So that we shall
do.
Rom 3:1 What
advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit [is
there] of
circumcision?
Rom 3:2 Much every
way: chiefly, because that unto them
were committed the
oracles of Yahweh.
Rom 3:3 For what if
some did not believe? shall their unbelief
make the faith of
Yahweh without effect?
Rom 3:4 Yahweh
forbid: yea, let Yahweh be true, but every man a
liar; as it is
written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings,
and mightest
overcome when thou art judged.
We immediately see
that Shaul upholds the Torah. He states plainly
that many tried to
"keep the law" without real belief, and thus were judged
guilty. This is the
base of Shaul’s argument. We continue then…
Rom 3:10 As it is
written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Rom 3:11 There is
none that understandeth, there is none that
seeketh after
Yahweh.
Rom 3:12 They are
all gone out of the way, they are together
become
unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Rom 3:13 Their
throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their
tongues they have
used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under
their lips:
Rom 3:14 Whose
mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness:
Rom 3:15 Their feet
[are] swift to shed blood:
Rom 3:16
Destruction and misery [are] in their ways:
Rom 3:17 And the
way of peace have they not known:
Rom 3:18 There is
no fear of Yahweh before their eyes.
Rom 3:19 Now we
know that what things soever the law saith,
it saith to them
who are under the law: that every mouth may
be stopped, and all
the world may become guilty before Yahweh.
Rom 3:20 Therefore
by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh
be justified in his
sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.
Under the law? What
does this really mean? If we read it carefully, all that
way to Romans
chapter 8 we see it is the PENALTY of the law or death
because we have
broken the Torah of Yahweh. We are under a "death
penalty"
because the "sacrifice of the law" couldn’t make us
"just" in the
sight of Yahweh.
The blood of bulls and goats could only temporarily
"cover"
our sin (See Heb 7 – 10 for a detailed explanation of this).
This is what Shaul
refers to in Romans 8 as "The law of sin and death."
And THAT is the law
that we are no longer under… because a
better SACRIFICE
has been offered for the penalty of breaking the law
(Torah)!
HALLELUYAH!!! See what Shaul says in the next verse in Rom 3:
Rom 3:21 But now
the righteousness of Yahweh without the law is
manifested, being
witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Rom 3:22 Even the
righteousness of Yahweh [which is] by faith of
Yahushua Ha Messiah
unto all and upon all them that believe: for
there is no
difference:
Shaul is clearly
speaking about our JUSTIFICATION here. To make him
say anything more,
such as we are no longer to keep (Obey) the Torah
would be putting
words in his mouth and making him a liar. For we see
that only a few
verses from this point Shaul makes it VERY CLEAR that
the TORAH IS NOT
DONE AWAY WITH, BUT IS SET IN
CONCRETE TO BE KEPT
FOREVER.
Rom 3:31 Do we then
make void the law through faith?
Yahweh forbid: yea,
we establish the law.
So then, we must
read ALL of Romans with this fact in mind as seen
through the verses
in 3:9-30, that works can not "JUSTIFY" us, but only
cause boasting in
that we have done something to "merit salvation." No
one could possibly
do enough works to EVER merit salvation…
that’s why we need
the blood of the MESSIAH. But does this fact
negate the
obedience we are to have to the Torah? Shaul again addresses
this VERY SAME
issue in Ephesians:
Eph 2:8 For by
grace are ye saved (justified) through faith; and that
not of yourselves:
[it is] the gift of Yahweh:
Eph 2:9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are
his workmanship, created in Ha
Messiah Yahushua
unto good works, which Yahweh hath
before ordained
that we should walk in them.
You see? Yahweh has
ordained that we are obedient to Torah
friend. And that is
why HE justified us, so that we COULD obey HIM! So
when we see things
like we are "dead to the law" it simply put means to the
"penalty of
the law" which is death for our sins. You don’t have to die any
longer for your
sins… Yahushua did that for you! Praise HIS Glorious
name.
Rom 6:11 Likewise
reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto
sin, but alive unto
Yahweh through Yahushua Ha Messiah our
MASTER.
Rom 6:12 Let not
sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye
should obey it in
the lusts thereof.
Rom 6:13 Neither
yield ye your members [as] instruments of
unrighteousness
unto sin: but yield yourselves unto Yahweh, as those
that are alive from
the dead, and your members [as] instruments of
righteousness unto
Yahweh (By keeping HIS Torah)
Rom 6:14 For sin
shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not
under the law (the
penalty that was your death sentence), but under
grace.
Rom 6:15 What then?
shall we sin, because we are not under the law,
but under grace?
Yahweh forbid.
Rom 6:16 Know ye not,
that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to
obey, his servants
ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death,
or of obedience
unto righteousness?
Rom 6:17 But Yahweh
be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but
ye have obeyed from
the heart that form of doctrine which was
delivered you.
Rom 6:18 Being then
made free from sin, ye became the servants of
righteousness.
Rom 6:19 I speak
after the manner of men because of the infirmity of
your flesh: for as
ye have yielded your members servants to
uncleanness and to
iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your
members servants to
righteousness unto holiness.
Does Shaul even
insinuate that the Torah is bad? That we should no longer
obey it?
Contrarily:
Rom 7:12 Wherefore
the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy,
and just, and good.
1Ti 1:8 But we know
that the law [is] good, if a man use it lawfully;
Rom 12:1 I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of Yahweh,
that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto
Yahweh, [which is]
your reasonable service.
Rom 12:2 And be not
conformed to this world: but be ye transformed
by the renewing of
your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good,
and acceptable, and
perfect, will of Yahweh.
How do we know what
is good and acceptable and perfect to Yahweh? We
have already seen
that in Ps 19 and other Scriptures. It is HIS Torah!
Looking through the
rest of Shaul’s writings we see this continued theme –
"Justification
is by grace alone" (See Gal, Heb, Col, etc). But Shaul
NEVER tells anyone
not to be obedient to Torah, in fact, which would be
contrary to not
only his words, but also his actions. See the book of Acts to
see if the early
believers were obedient to Torah. Shaul kept vows and
sacrifices, we are
commanded to keep the feasts (of course in the Spirit),
and even the
Gentiles in Acts 15 are commanded out of Torah, and
READ the Torah EVER
SABBATH!!!!
Friend, you cannot
escape the fact, you are justified by Faith,
through grace
(undeserved mercy). But you MUST be obedient
to Torah (Yahweh’s
Handbook for a long, healthy, prosperous life
(see Dt 28)) Not
being obedient will only bring curses upon your
head. There is a
special blessing in Is 56 & 58 for any GENTILE
that would be
obedient to Torah. Read it. Do not be deceived any
longer. It is not
"bondage" to be obedient to Yahweh’s Torah,
rather it is a joy
that is unspeakable.
Let’s summarize
what we have learned:
1. Torah means
instruction out of the Word of Yahweh
2. It is NOT the
Law of Moshe, but the Law of Yahweh
3. The law was
given BEFORE Moshe on Mount Sinai
4. The Covenant
Yahweh made was that HE would be our
Elohim and we would
be HIS people
5. The only thing
that changed in the covenant was the
Sacrifice that
sealed that covenant with Blood (from the
sacrifice of bulls
and goats to the precious blood of our
Messiah Yahushua)
6. The MESSIAH
NEVER did away with Torah in HIS
teachings
7. Yahweh has
written the Torah in our hearts, and has given
us HIS Ruach
(Spirit) to help us understand that Torah and
obey it
8. Shaul NEVER did
away with nor told anyone not to obey
the Torah, rather
in his own words he stated that the Torah
was forever (set in
concrete – Rom 3:31)
9. The early
Assembly obeyed Torah as they were commanded
to do by the
Apostles
10.Yahweh’s Torah
is Holy, just, and good. It is useful for
Doctrine, Teaching,
Reproof, and Training in
Righteousness
11.There was one
who came thinking to change times and
laws and seasons
(Festivals of Yahweh). We are told
throughout the word
to get away from that one’s false
teaching and lies
Hos 4:6 My people
are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because
thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou
shalt be no priest
to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of
thy Elohim, I will
also forget thy children.
Hos 4:7 As they
were increased, so they sinned against me:
therefore will I
change their glory into shame.
Rev 18:4 And I
heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come
out of her, my people,
that ye be not partakers of her sins, and
that ye receive not
of her plagues.
1Jo 2:4 He that
saith, I know him, and keepeth not his
commandments
(Torah), is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Rev 12:17 And the
dragon was wroth with the woman, and
went to make war
with the remnant of her seed, which keep
the commandments of
Yahweh, and have the testimony of
Yahushua Ha
Messiah.
Rev 14:12 Here is
the patience of the saints: here [are] they
that keep the
commandments of Yahweh, and the faith of
Yahushua.
Rev 22:14 Blessed
[are] they that do his commandments, that
they may have right
to the tree of life, and may enter in through
the gates into the
city.
Rev 22:15 For
without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and
whoremongers, and
murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever
loveth and maketh a
lie.
Rev 22:16 I
Yahushua have sent mine angel to testify unto you
these things in the
churches. I am the root and the offspring of
David, [and] the
bright and morning star
Shalom
Shalom
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