The Instructions in Rgiteousness for Today [Torah]?
Galatians 5:2-6
2 Indeed I, Sha'ul, say to you that if you become circumcised, the haMessiYahu will profit you nothing. 3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole Instructions in Righteousness [Torah]. 4 You have become estranged from haMessiYahu, you who [attempt] [to] be justified by Torah; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Ruwakh eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in the haMessiYahu Yahushua neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. The key words are, "Justified by the Torah", and this is where most people get caught up. Over and over and over again Sha'ul plainly states that trying to be saved by keeping the Torah is useless. But why? Well here is the key:
Nobody, EXCEPT YAHUSHUA, has ever kept the law perfectly. Yahuweh's standard is perfection. Only if a person keeps that Torah perfectly could the Torah ever justify them. But no one ever has kept it perfectly except Yahushua haMessiYahu. This is why he says that if one were to believe as those that sought justification through Torah [Instructions in Righteousness], they would then be "debtors to keep the whole Torah".
Therefore the Torah condemns them rather than justifying! The Torah will not Justify us on Judgement day because of our transgressions...but Yahushua will because of his lack of transgressions! Why is Sha'ul so adamant on this point? Why is it stressed over and over again?
Let's think about the times that they were living in. Sha'ul was constantly teaching in the synagogues and reasoning with both Yisraelites and Greeks. Many Yisraelites believed they didn't need haMessiYahu for salvation because they had Torah, and they were sons of Avraham. Yahushua said that true sons of Avraham are those who do the things that Avraham did (see John 8:39), which was to keep the Torah and trust in Ab aHayah Yahuweh Alaha.
Genesis 26:5
5 "because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws." The New King James Version, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 1998, c1982.
The term translated "laws" in Genesis 26:5 is Torah [Law/Instructions in Righteousness]. Contrary to the "grace only" or "faith only" promoters, Scripture CLEARLY proves that Abraham merited his good standing with haElohim through obedience, which is an integral, inseparable component of "faith"! FAITH WITHOUT OBEDIENCE IS NOT QODESH SCRIPTURE/BIBLICAL FAITH! You have the verse above to prove my point. If you continue to believe or teach "grace only" using Avraham as your example, then you directly conflict with Genesis 26:5, or more to the point, you directly conflict with Yahuweh! In fact, Avraham was so intent on obeying Yahuweh that he was willing to sacrifice his son in obedience to Yahuweh! How can anyone possibly believe or teach that Avraham's example somehow removes the requirement for obedience...?
In short, the Yisraelites whom Sha'ul addressed had "confidence in the flesh" - that is - much of their confidence was in the fact that they were Yisraelites to whom the promises and the Torah [Instructions in Righteousness] were given. This is what Sha'ul had to always fight against. He attempted to teach that Torah and fleshly heritage can not save us due to our transgressions of the Law. The Torah can only condemn us; however, Sha'ul NEVER meant to imply the Torah/Law/Instructions in Righteousness was abolished.
We have a similar situation, which today dominates most Christianity! During the first century, it was commonly believed, particularly among Yisraelites religious leaders [keepers of traditions of man] whom Yahushua and Sha'ul opposed, that one's "fleshly heritage" guaranteed entrance into the world to come [by just believing that you are a son of Avraham]. It was the "once saved, always saved" belief of the first century! They believed their "salvation", once promised to their father Abraham and confirmed through his seed (Jacob / Yisrael), made them "eternally secure". Then, as now, Sha'ul tried to explain how putting your faith in a past experience or in that of someone else's faith was a recipe for eternal disaster! We ALL will be judged according to OUR OWN works! Yahushua's atonement is effective ONLY for those that persevere in trying to live a righteous [Torah observant/living by the Instructions in Righteousness] life, while your faith have been placed in Him. Those that profane his death by living habitually sinful lives are eternally damned because they have made his atonement "of no effect" in their lives! The "eternal security" or "once saved, always saved" doctrine of today may be the single most damning error in all religious folk, which WILL result in the eternal death of untold millions of surprising the religious people [Those who are stuck on keeping the Traditions of Man above the Instructions in Righteousness of Ab aHayah Yahuweh Alaha].
It must be understood that Sha'ul's teachings on Torah were almost always with respect to the narrow specifics of JUSTIFICATION. Traditional Christians take Sha'ul's limited discussions and incorrectly apply them to the general Torah. Such misapplication of Sha'ul's teachings have been tragic to the cause of Truth and have created a situation in which the majority of Christianity openly transgress the Law/Torah/Instructions! Sha'ul is pointing out the need for a Savior! He is NOT pointing out that the Torah has been nullified. Yahushua kept that Torah/Law perfectly; therefore, only HIS deserved justification according to the letter of the Torah/Law can justify us in our undeserving sinful condition. Reading Sha'ul's writings with this mind set will reveal the truth that Yahushua never abolished the Torah. In fact, the requirement for Yahushua to perfectly abide by Torah in order to justify us proves Torah is eternal and vindicates Yahuweh against those that slander Him with the accusation that the Torah [Law/Instructions in Righteousness] was/is impossible to keep!
Ok, let's start with the beginning of the 3rd chapter in Galatians
Galatians 3:1
1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Yahushua the haMessiYahu was clearly protrayed among you as impaled?
Someone has slandered them so they wouldn't "OBEY" the truth. Even though Yahushua was clearly shown to them as impaled.
2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Ruwakh/Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
The Gentiles who turned their lives over to Yahuweh didn't receive the Ruwakh haQodesh/Holy Spirit because they had been keeping Torah/Instructions in Righteousness. They received the Ruwakh haQodesh because they repented and accepted Yahushua the haMessiYahu. Kepha (Peter) also had been shown this truth:
Acts 10:44-47
44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Ruwakh of Yahuweh fell on all them which heard the word. 45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Ruwakh haQodesh. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify El'. Then answered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Ruwakh haQodesd as well as we?
Yahuweh even had to send a vision to prove this point to Kepha. I believe it was something very difficult for Yisraelite to accept because it was so ingrained in their culture that a Gentile couldn't just come to Yahuweh in one day. The tradition at that time was that a Gentile had to go through a one year proselyte period in which they were circumcised and fully taught the Torah. But the Gentiles received Yahuweh's Ruwakh because their sins were forgiven and a beautiful inward change had taken place, not because they were circumcised and had known all about the Instructions in Righteousness/Light. However, it is important to understand these were FIRST STEPS into Yahuweh's saving grace - those things necessary to "get your foot in the door". To assume, just because the Law/Torah is not necessary for INITIAL salvation, that it not necessary at all, is expanding greatly upon the text. Also, we read in Acts 15 that, during the Yahrushalyim conference, the BASICS were stated as:
Acts 15:19-21
19“Therefore I judge that we should not trouble those from among the gentiles who are turning to Elohim, 20but that we write to them to abstain from the defilements of idols, and from whoring, and from what is strangled, and from blood. 21“For from ancient generations Mosheh has, in every city, those proclaiming him – being read in the congregations every Sabbath." [The Scriptures]. Obviously, the statement in verse 21 regarding Mosheh being read (literally meaning the Torah being taught) every Sabbath (the day one is BIBLICALLY supposed to set aside for haElohim), means it was an assumption that all new believers would study and learn Torah! This is blatantly obvious yet overlooked by most Traditional Individuals within Christianity. Some things, particularly basics of the Hebraic faith, are rarely talked about in the Renewed Covenant because of the assumption that everyone knew it! In short, ALL the Renewed Covenant authors ASSUMED you and I would know to study the Canaan (Tanakh) and would not have be told to do so!
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Ruwakh/Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Speaking theYisraelite's doctrine concerning circumcision. The gentiles were starting to fall into this false doctrine that they were not saved unless they were circumcised. The Yisraelites [Yisraelites that were religious/keeping the traditions of man] of that day taught that you were not a child of Avraham and therefore 'not Yisrael' until you were circumcised. They believed that one couldn't be saved or receive Yisrael's promises unless you were 'Yisrael' by being circumcised. They were putting all their faith in the fact that they were children of Avraham. But John the baptist rebuked them for this:
Matt 3:7-9 7And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, “Brood of adders! Who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8“Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance, 9and do not think to say to yourselves, We have Ävraham as father.’ For I say to you that haElohim is able to raise up children to Ävraham from these stones Those miracles did not come because they had kept the law or were circumcised. But Yahuweh had purified their hearts by faith. And also the miracles that had been done among them as further evidence that they were indeed accepted by Yahuweh.
6 Even as Abraham believed Yahuweh, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Here it is pointed out that even Avraham 'believed' in Yahuweh and it was considered righteousness. Note that Avraham's belief was backed up by his works. He was willing to even offer his own son unto Yahuweh! Avraham spent much of his life not being circumcised, yet Yahuweh accepted him. Note again the verses in Genesis regarding Avraham.
Genesis 26:5
5because Äraham obeyed My voice and guarded My Charge: My commands,My laws, and My Torot.
As I stated before, the term translated "laws" in Genesis 26:5 is Torah [Law/Instructions in Righteousness] Contrary to the "grace only" or "faith only" promoters, Scripture CLEARLY proves that Avraham merited his good standing with Yahuweh through obedience, which is an integral, inseparable component of "faith"! FAITH WITHOUT OBEDIENCE IS NOT FAITH IN QODESH SCRIPTURE! How can anyone possibly believe or teach that Avraham's example somehow removes the requirement for obedience?
7 Know yoy therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Avraham.
If one has faith like Avraham, one is like Avraham. Therefore they are child of Avraham; however, Traditional Individuais wihin Christianity somehow miss Avraham's OBEDIENCE, which was the foundation of his faith. Consider what Yahushua said to the scribes and pharisees on this same subject:
John 8:37
37“I know that you are the seed of Avraham, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. 38“I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.” 39They answered and said to Him, “Avraham is our father d.” aSWHY said to them, “If you were Avraham’s children, you would do the works of Avraham. So Paul is in total agreement with what Yahushua had taught on this.
8 And the scripture, foreseeing that Yahuweh would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the good news unto Avraham, [saying], In thee shall all nations be blessed. So the Scripture quoted here, which is Genesis 22:18 says that all nations [even gentiles] would be blessed. How? Through Avraham's seed, Yahushua our haMessiYahu!
Gene 22:18 - And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Note, again, what Yahuweh says, "...because THOU HAST OBEYED...". It is through faith in Yahushua that we are blessed and justified/made righteous! More on this later.
9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Avraham. 10 For as many as are of the works of the law/Torah are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of Torah to do them. Now if we took the stance of many on this scripture, we would say that anyone who tries to keep Torah is under a curse. But that isn't what is being said here at all! Look at the scripture that is being quoted here. It is Deut. 27:26.
Deut 27:26 - Cursed [be] he that confirmeth not [all] the words of this Torah/law/Instructions in Righteousness to do them. And all the people shall say, Amein.
Does this scripture say that those who do them are under a curse? Certainly not. It is saying those who DO NOT do them are under a curse! So how does this fit in with what Sha'ul said? It is those Keepers of man traditions Yisraelites who did not accept Yahushua's good news of salvation who are not of faith because they are relying on their obedience to Yahuweh's Instructions in Righteousness to save them. Those who teach salvation by doing the 'works of the Torah' are under a curse because they have broken Torah that they are relying on to save them! No man except Yahushua has kept it perfectly, this is why all men need Yahushua haMessiYahu!
In contrast to the problem Sha'ul faced then, consider the worse problem today. Then, Sha'ul tried to teach how we are not "saved" [meaning justified], through our efforts but, instead, through Yahushua's perfect obedience, since only perfection can justify through the letter of Torah. Today's, grace only, "once saved, always saved" Christians are taught we are to make NO EFFORT AT ALL! Thus, Traditional Christianity has taken Sha'ul's teachings against RELIANCE upon our efforts and twisted it into a teaching against ANY EFFORT AT ALL! The situation today is absurd and eternally tragic for billions of Religious Individuals, and has resulted in generations of yahless, hedonistic, carnal and worldly "Religions" that profane Yahuweh daily through their unqodesh and unrestrained lifestyles of Sin. But who can blame them since their preachers are telling them they can sin all they want and will still go to "heaven". Those preaching such demonic lawlessness will pay eternally for it. I would not want to be in the shoes of any once saved always saved preacher on the day of judgment!
11 But that no man is justified by Torah/Instructions in Righteousness in the sight of Yahuweh, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
No one is justified by Torah because the just must live by faith. Let's look at the scripture quoted here:
Haba 2:4 - Behold, his soul [which]is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
One cannot live or be justified by trusting in his own righteousness. This scripture says "his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him" To claim that we have our own righteousness is to be proud or 'lift up our soul'. Here is how the NKJV translates this:
Haba 2:4 (NKJV) "Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.
So just because a person claims to be "upright" does not mean he is. We cannot be justified by our claims of righteousness because all men except Yahushua have sinned at some point in their life. We are left with no choice but to live by faith! Faith and hope for mercy from Yahuweh Alaha, which has always been the belief within the Hebraic faith! We must come to Yahuweh and trust in Him to forgive us of our sins and make us righteous through Yahushua the haMessiYahu if we expect to have any hope whatsoever. Any other claim to righteousness is pure pride!
12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
This is once again a quote from the law. Let's examine it:
Levi 18:5 - Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] [aHayah] the Yahuweh.
If a man will do the law/Instructions in Righteousness/Torah, he will certainly LIVE and have eternal life. This man would be justified by Torah. But again, NO MAN has ever done this except Yahushua the haMessiYahu. Therefore no man can LIVE or have salvation because they kept them. We all must rely on Yahushua!
13 The haMessiYahu hath redeemed us from the curse of Torah, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:
Is Torah a curse? Some would love to quote this verse to you to tell you that. But as we learned earlier, it isn't those who KEEP TORAH that are under the curse, but those who have BROKEN it! Yahshua redeemed us from the curse that comes when you break Torah.
Deut 21:22 - And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; [for he that is hanged [is] accursed of haElohim;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Yahuweh thy Alaha giveth thee [for] an inheritance.
Yahushua was hanged on a tree, yet He committed no sins. We have committed sins [transgressions of the law/instructions - 1 John 3:4] that are worthy of death [the wages of sin IS death] yet have never hanged on a tree. So Yahushua has redeemed us from this curse!! Yahushua took the curse from us. We deserved what He endured but He did it for us, HalleluYahuweh!!! So if we claim to have salvation because we have kept Torah, we are surely under that curse! But if we also claim there is no need for Torah and willfully disobey, we also fall under a curse because we prove by such behavior that the love of Yahuweh is not in us and we lie if we say we know him (1 John 2:3-5, Matt. 7:21-23). If we do not accept Yahushua's offer of salvation and we instead reject what He has done for us [became the curse] then we are putting ourselves "under Torah" which means we are cursed forever. For we have not obeyed Torah as Yahushua did!! Let us all accept what Yahushua did for us so that:
14 That the blessing of Avraham might come on the Gentiles through Yahushua the haMessiYahu; that we might receive the promise of the Ruwakh/Spirit through faith.
We see this promise fulfilled when we saw how the Gentiles received the Ruwakh/Spirit in Acts 10. So now the blessing of Avraham would also come to the Gentiles when they receive the promise of the Ruwakh/Spirit through faith. What is meant by this verse is explained in the following verses:
15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though [it be] but a man's covenant, yet [if it be] confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
Even in covenants of men, no one can take away or add to that covenant. Therefore the same is true of Yahuweh's covenants. Unfortunately, Traditional Christian theology takes away the majority of what Yahuweh promised, especially the specific LAND PROMISE to Yisrael. Through "Replacement Theology", which teaches the "church" has "replaced" Yisrael by becoming "spiritual Israel" [Where you will not find anywhere in Qodesh Scripture] Traditional Christianity erases, through spiritualizing them away, a large majority of Yahuweh's direct, unambiguous promises. Proof of widespread ignorance of the Tanakh (Older Testament) among Christianity, is the almost universal acceptance of these false replacement doctrines taught by many denominations.
16 Now to Avraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is the haMessiYahu.
To Avraham and his seed were the promises made. He doesn't say "To seeds" but rather "To his SEED" (Gen. 22:18) that seed being Yahushua, through whom all the nations be blessed!
17 And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before of Yahushua in haMessiYahu, the law/Torah, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Now here is where it gets very confusing. Even the law/Torah, which was given 430 years later cannot annul the covenant to Avraham that in Yahushua would all the nations be blessed. So the law /Torah covenant does not make this promise and covenant void. So the law/Instruction in Righteousness never took away the promise of the blessing through Avraham's seed, Yahushua, nor did it annul any of the other promises - such as the ones regarding the sure fact of a future in which Avraham and his seed would inherit as their's the literal land of Yisrael.
18 For if the inheritance [be] of the law/Torah, [it is] no more of promise: but Yahushua gave [it] to Avraham by promise.
For if the inheritance (which is the promises of Yah to Avraham) comes from Yahuweh's Torah then it is no longer a promise but rather a condition!
19 Wherefore then [serveth] the law/Torah/Instructions in Righteousness? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
What is the purpose of the law/Torah? It was added because of disobedience to Yahuweh's will! Yahuweh had to show everyone what His will is, what His way of Righteousness is so that when Yahushua would come, we would all realize we are sinners. And the promise of Yahushua's coming thru Yahuweh's declaration to Avraham said that "all nations would be blessed" so this promise was made to Gentiles also.
20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but Yahuweh is one.
This is a confusing verse, but I believe it is saying that a mediator is not a mediator of one person, but of many. However Ab aHayah Yahuweh Alaha IS one...! So in reality, Moses was mediating not just for Yisraelites but for Gentiles also because the law/Torah/Instructions in Righteousness would also show the Gentiles a need for Yahushua. Also a human mediator is not in oneness with Yahuweh because he also is a sinner. But Yahuweh and Yahushua are one in Ruwakh since Yahushua's Ruwakh was free from the defilement of sin. Therefore Yahushua is a better mediator than Moses or any High Priest.
Gala 3:21 (NKJV) - Is] the law then against the promises of Yahuweh? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law/Torah/Instructions in Righteousness.
How can the law/Torah be "against" Yahuweh's promises of eternal life thru Avraham's Seed, Yahushua haMashiyakh? It certainly does not take precedent over the promise to Avraham. The law itself doesn't give us life. If the law gave eternal life, then righteousness would have been by the law and not by a promise. Our life is given through Yahushua, the PERFECTLY obedient servant of Ab aHayah Yahuweh Alaha.
Gala 3:22 (NKJV) But the Qodesh Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Yahushua haMessiYahu might be given to those who believe.
The Qodesh Scriptures in His Torah show us that we all are in sin so that the promise [by faith in Yahushua haMashiyakh] would be given to those who believe. So the promise that Yahushua would bless us and give us life was there because Torah/the law shows us that we are sinners. So the purpose of Torah/the law was to lead us to the promise!! He gave us the law so that we would realize we are sinners and have faith in the promise of eternal life in Yahushua Yahuweh's haMashiyakh.
Gala 3:23 (NKJV) - But before faith came, we were kept under guard by Torah/the law/Instructions in Righteousness, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed.
But until this promise of Yahushua's coming came to fulfillment, we were guarded by Torah/the law and kept there for the faith in the promise [Yahushua blessing us and giving us eternal life] which would be revealed.
Gala 3:24 (NKJV) - Therefore Torah/the law was our tutor [to] [bring] [us] to haMessiYahu, that we might be justified by faith.
Because we were guarded and kept by Torah/the law, the law was our teacher [instruction in righteousness] to bring us to Yahushua, in whom is the promise of Avraham that all Gentiles would be blessed. HERE IS THE QUESTION: And what did it teach us?? It taught us that we are sinners!
25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
So now that we have faith in Yahushua, in whom is the promise of Avraham that all Gentiles would be blessed, we no longer need to be taught that we have sinned because now that we are forgiven of all those sins! The law has done what it always does. It brings us to the realization that we have sinned so that we would turn to Yahushua. So now we are not under [the condemnation of] the law [which condemned us] but under grace. So now that we are no longer under the condemnation the law requires, does this mean that once we have been forgiven for breaking Torah that now it is okay to go out and break it again?
Roma 6:15 (NKJV) What then? Shall we sin because we are not under Torah/law but under grace? Certainly not!
Sin is transgression of Torah/the law [See 1john 3:4] or breaking any sort of His commandments. Now what would happen if we continue to sin or break his Torah/law? We would then be back under the law's curse and once again we would need Torah/the law to "teach or tutor" us to come to Yahushua. And this is what Torah/the law does. It doesn't save us. It shows us our sins so that we will repent and come to Yahushua haMessiYahu. Another fact to ponder is the question, after one is "tutored" does that person then go off and purposely discard all he was taught? It is puzzling that many consider the only tutoring we are free to forget is Torah/the law! Obviously, even without Qodesh Scriptural support, one cannot reasonably state that we are free to discard our schooling of Torah/Instrucions in Righteousness/law.
So once again, we are left to conclude that Torah/the law shows us our sins but does not save us from them. Yahuweh's plan of salvation has been distorted by those who despise His TORAH/INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS/LAW. Yahuweh's plan was to promise all of us eternal life through Avraham's seed, Yahushua. First by showing us the path of righteousness which is in His Torah/law. And Yahuweh, being ever so merciful gave His only Son to redeem us from the curses that result in our disobedience to Him. The standard of righteousness DOES NOT CHANGE when we accept Yahushua, but our standing before Yahuweh does! It is a total distortion to teach that everyone else in the world is expected to refrain from sin [transgression of the law] but those those who receive Yahushua are free to transgress Torah/the law all day long!! This is not Yahuweh's glad tidings! Why would we ever want to go back and break that Torah/law again? It was for forgiveness of breaking it that Yahushua had to die in the first place! If, after accepting Yahushua as haMessiYahu, one then returns to sin, it is as Peter states in 2 Peter 2:22:
2 Peter 2:22
22 It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire." 22For them the proverb has proved true, “A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “A washed sow returns to her rolling in the mud.”
So even after being "washed" of sin, the fool [Proverbs 26:11] returns to sin, and thus his cleanliness is erased. But praise Yah! Even then Yahuweh is ever present to forgive IF we TRULY turn to Him with our WHOLE heart!
Gala 3:26 (av) - For ye are all the children of Yahuweh by faith in the haMessiYahu Yahushua.27 For as many of you as have been immersed into the haMessiYahu have put on the haMessiYahu.28 There is neither Yisraelite nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in the haMessiYahu Yahushua.29 And if ye [be] the haMessiYahu's, then are ye Avraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
So in conclusion I would like to admonish all that Yahuweh does not change. His standard and His love is the same yesterday, today and forever. Let us remember the words of Yahuweh in Malachi 3:6. "I YAHUWEH, CHANGE NOT". If He says "forever", He means "forever". If He says obey, He means obey. Whatever He said in the Tanakh is in force yesterday, today, and forever.
If we will make this statement when it comes to "the law." "Torah is Instructions In Righteousness," who in their right mind can come against this. Let us begin to use this statement in our writings. How can anyone say that they go to their worship services not to obtain Instructions in Righteousness, because those Instructions have been done away with, they would sound like a fool to themselves and to others, and maybe, people will begin to get the message.
May the Peace & Blessings of Ab aHayah Yahuweh Alaha and His haMashiyakh Yahushua haMessiYahu will be upon you and your love ones forever and ever, Amein...!
Shalom Shalom
"Zaquaine" Mufasa Abda Kalil TsidekiYahu
2 Indeed I, Sha'ul, say to you that if you become circumcised, the haMessiYahu will profit you nothing. 3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole Instructions in Righteousness [Torah]. 4 You have become estranged from haMessiYahu, you who [attempt] [to] be justified by Torah; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Ruwakh eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in the haMessiYahu Yahushua neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. The key words are, "Justified by the Torah", and this is where most people get caught up. Over and over and over again Sha'ul plainly states that trying to be saved by keeping the Torah is useless. But why? Well here is the key:
Nobody, EXCEPT YAHUSHUA, has ever kept the law perfectly. Yahuweh's standard is perfection. Only if a person keeps that Torah perfectly could the Torah ever justify them. But no one ever has kept it perfectly except Yahushua haMessiYahu. This is why he says that if one were to believe as those that sought justification through Torah [Instructions in Righteousness], they would then be "debtors to keep the whole Torah".
Therefore the Torah condemns them rather than justifying! The Torah will not Justify us on Judgement day because of our transgressions...but Yahushua will because of his lack of transgressions! Why is Sha'ul so adamant on this point? Why is it stressed over and over again?
Let's think about the times that they were living in. Sha'ul was constantly teaching in the synagogues and reasoning with both Yisraelites and Greeks. Many Yisraelites believed they didn't need haMessiYahu for salvation because they had Torah, and they were sons of Avraham. Yahushua said that true sons of Avraham are those who do the things that Avraham did (see John 8:39), which was to keep the Torah and trust in Ab aHayah Yahuweh Alaha.
Genesis 26:5
5 "because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws." The New King James Version, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 1998, c1982.
The term translated "laws" in Genesis 26:5 is Torah [Law/Instructions in Righteousness]. Contrary to the "grace only" or "faith only" promoters, Scripture CLEARLY proves that Abraham merited his good standing with haElohim through obedience, which is an integral, inseparable component of "faith"! FAITH WITHOUT OBEDIENCE IS NOT QODESH SCRIPTURE/BIBLICAL FAITH! You have the verse above to prove my point. If you continue to believe or teach "grace only" using Avraham as your example, then you directly conflict with Genesis 26:5, or more to the point, you directly conflict with Yahuweh! In fact, Avraham was so intent on obeying Yahuweh that he was willing to sacrifice his son in obedience to Yahuweh! How can anyone possibly believe or teach that Avraham's example somehow removes the requirement for obedience...?
In short, the Yisraelites whom Sha'ul addressed had "confidence in the flesh" - that is - much of their confidence was in the fact that they were Yisraelites to whom the promises and the Torah [Instructions in Righteousness] were given. This is what Sha'ul had to always fight against. He attempted to teach that Torah and fleshly heritage can not save us due to our transgressions of the Law. The Torah can only condemn us; however, Sha'ul NEVER meant to imply the Torah/Law/Instructions in Righteousness was abolished.
We have a similar situation, which today dominates most Christianity! During the first century, it was commonly believed, particularly among Yisraelites religious leaders [keepers of traditions of man] whom Yahushua and Sha'ul opposed, that one's "fleshly heritage" guaranteed entrance into the world to come [by just believing that you are a son of Avraham]. It was the "once saved, always saved" belief of the first century! They believed their "salvation", once promised to their father Abraham and confirmed through his seed (Jacob / Yisrael), made them "eternally secure". Then, as now, Sha'ul tried to explain how putting your faith in a past experience or in that of someone else's faith was a recipe for eternal disaster! We ALL will be judged according to OUR OWN works! Yahushua's atonement is effective ONLY for those that persevere in trying to live a righteous [Torah observant/living by the Instructions in Righteousness] life, while your faith have been placed in Him. Those that profane his death by living habitually sinful lives are eternally damned because they have made his atonement "of no effect" in their lives! The "eternal security" or "once saved, always saved" doctrine of today may be the single most damning error in all religious folk, which WILL result in the eternal death of untold millions of surprising the religious people [Those who are stuck on keeping the Traditions of Man above the Instructions in Righteousness of Ab aHayah Yahuweh Alaha].
It must be understood that Sha'ul's teachings on Torah were almost always with respect to the narrow specifics of JUSTIFICATION. Traditional Christians take Sha'ul's limited discussions and incorrectly apply them to the general Torah. Such misapplication of Sha'ul's teachings have been tragic to the cause of Truth and have created a situation in which the majority of Christianity openly transgress the Law/Torah/Instructions! Sha'ul is pointing out the need for a Savior! He is NOT pointing out that the Torah has been nullified. Yahushua kept that Torah/Law perfectly; therefore, only HIS deserved justification according to the letter of the Torah/Law can justify us in our undeserving sinful condition. Reading Sha'ul's writings with this mind set will reveal the truth that Yahushua never abolished the Torah. In fact, the requirement for Yahushua to perfectly abide by Torah in order to justify us proves Torah is eternal and vindicates Yahuweh against those that slander Him with the accusation that the Torah [Law/Instructions in Righteousness] was/is impossible to keep!
Ok, let's start with the beginning of the 3rd chapter in Galatians
Galatians 3:1
1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Yahushua the haMessiYahu was clearly protrayed among you as impaled?
Someone has slandered them so they wouldn't "OBEY" the truth. Even though Yahushua was clearly shown to them as impaled.
2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Ruwakh/Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
The Gentiles who turned their lives over to Yahuweh didn't receive the Ruwakh haQodesh/Holy Spirit because they had been keeping Torah/Instructions in Righteousness. They received the Ruwakh haQodesh because they repented and accepted Yahushua the haMessiYahu. Kepha (Peter) also had been shown this truth:
Acts 10:44-47
44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Ruwakh of Yahuweh fell on all them which heard the word. 45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Ruwakh haQodesh. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify El'. Then answered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Ruwakh haQodesd as well as we?
Yahuweh even had to send a vision to prove this point to Kepha. I believe it was something very difficult for Yisraelite to accept because it was so ingrained in their culture that a Gentile couldn't just come to Yahuweh in one day. The tradition at that time was that a Gentile had to go through a one year proselyte period in which they were circumcised and fully taught the Torah. But the Gentiles received Yahuweh's Ruwakh because their sins were forgiven and a beautiful inward change had taken place, not because they were circumcised and had known all about the Instructions in Righteousness/Light. However, it is important to understand these were FIRST STEPS into Yahuweh's saving grace - those things necessary to "get your foot in the door". To assume, just because the Law/Torah is not necessary for INITIAL salvation, that it not necessary at all, is expanding greatly upon the text. Also, we read in Acts 15 that, during the Yahrushalyim conference, the BASICS were stated as:
Acts 15:19-21
19“Therefore I judge that we should not trouble those from among the gentiles who are turning to Elohim, 20but that we write to them to abstain from the defilements of idols, and from whoring, and from what is strangled, and from blood. 21“For from ancient generations Mosheh has, in every city, those proclaiming him – being read in the congregations every Sabbath." [The Scriptures]. Obviously, the statement in verse 21 regarding Mosheh being read (literally meaning the Torah being taught) every Sabbath (the day one is BIBLICALLY supposed to set aside for haElohim), means it was an assumption that all new believers would study and learn Torah! This is blatantly obvious yet overlooked by most Traditional Individuals within Christianity. Some things, particularly basics of the Hebraic faith, are rarely talked about in the Renewed Covenant because of the assumption that everyone knew it! In short, ALL the Renewed Covenant authors ASSUMED you and I would know to study the Canaan (Tanakh) and would not have be told to do so!
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Ruwakh/Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Speaking theYisraelite's doctrine concerning circumcision. The gentiles were starting to fall into this false doctrine that they were not saved unless they were circumcised. The Yisraelites [Yisraelites that were religious/keeping the traditions of man] of that day taught that you were not a child of Avraham and therefore 'not Yisrael' until you were circumcised. They believed that one couldn't be saved or receive Yisrael's promises unless you were 'Yisrael' by being circumcised. They were putting all their faith in the fact that they were children of Avraham. But John the baptist rebuked them for this:
Matt 3:7-9 7And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, “Brood of adders! Who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8“Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance, 9and do not think to say to yourselves, We have Ävraham as father.’ For I say to you that haElohim is able to raise up children to Ävraham from these stones Those miracles did not come because they had kept the law or were circumcised. But Yahuweh had purified their hearts by faith. And also the miracles that had been done among them as further evidence that they were indeed accepted by Yahuweh.
6 Even as Abraham believed Yahuweh, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Here it is pointed out that even Avraham 'believed' in Yahuweh and it was considered righteousness. Note that Avraham's belief was backed up by his works. He was willing to even offer his own son unto Yahuweh! Avraham spent much of his life not being circumcised, yet Yahuweh accepted him. Note again the verses in Genesis regarding Avraham.
Genesis 26:5
5because Äraham obeyed My voice and guarded My Charge: My commands,My laws, and My Torot.
As I stated before, the term translated "laws" in Genesis 26:5 is Torah [Law/Instructions in Righteousness] Contrary to the "grace only" or "faith only" promoters, Scripture CLEARLY proves that Avraham merited his good standing with Yahuweh through obedience, which is an integral, inseparable component of "faith"! FAITH WITHOUT OBEDIENCE IS NOT FAITH IN QODESH SCRIPTURE! How can anyone possibly believe or teach that Avraham's example somehow removes the requirement for obedience?
7 Know yoy therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Avraham.
If one has faith like Avraham, one is like Avraham. Therefore they are child of Avraham; however, Traditional Individuais wihin Christianity somehow miss Avraham's OBEDIENCE, which was the foundation of his faith. Consider what Yahushua said to the scribes and pharisees on this same subject:
John 8:37
37“I know that you are the seed of Avraham, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. 38“I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.” 39They answered and said to Him, “Avraham is our father d.” aSWHY said to them, “If you were Avraham’s children, you would do the works of Avraham. So Paul is in total agreement with what Yahushua had taught on this.
8 And the scripture, foreseeing that Yahuweh would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the good news unto Avraham, [saying], In thee shall all nations be blessed. So the Scripture quoted here, which is Genesis 22:18 says that all nations [even gentiles] would be blessed. How? Through Avraham's seed, Yahushua our haMessiYahu!
Gene 22:18 - And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Note, again, what Yahuweh says, "...because THOU HAST OBEYED...". It is through faith in Yahushua that we are blessed and justified/made righteous! More on this later.
9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Avraham. 10 For as many as are of the works of the law/Torah are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of Torah to do them. Now if we took the stance of many on this scripture, we would say that anyone who tries to keep Torah is under a curse. But that isn't what is being said here at all! Look at the scripture that is being quoted here. It is Deut. 27:26.
Deut 27:26 - Cursed [be] he that confirmeth not [all] the words of this Torah/law/Instructions in Righteousness to do them. And all the people shall say, Amein.
Does this scripture say that those who do them are under a curse? Certainly not. It is saying those who DO NOT do them are under a curse! So how does this fit in with what Sha'ul said? It is those Keepers of man traditions Yisraelites who did not accept Yahushua's good news of salvation who are not of faith because they are relying on their obedience to Yahuweh's Instructions in Righteousness to save them. Those who teach salvation by doing the 'works of the Torah' are under a curse because they have broken Torah that they are relying on to save them! No man except Yahushua has kept it perfectly, this is why all men need Yahushua haMessiYahu!
In contrast to the problem Sha'ul faced then, consider the worse problem today. Then, Sha'ul tried to teach how we are not "saved" [meaning justified], through our efforts but, instead, through Yahushua's perfect obedience, since only perfection can justify through the letter of Torah. Today's, grace only, "once saved, always saved" Christians are taught we are to make NO EFFORT AT ALL! Thus, Traditional Christianity has taken Sha'ul's teachings against RELIANCE upon our efforts and twisted it into a teaching against ANY EFFORT AT ALL! The situation today is absurd and eternally tragic for billions of Religious Individuals, and has resulted in generations of yahless, hedonistic, carnal and worldly "Religions" that profane Yahuweh daily through their unqodesh and unrestrained lifestyles of Sin. But who can blame them since their preachers are telling them they can sin all they want and will still go to "heaven". Those preaching such demonic lawlessness will pay eternally for it. I would not want to be in the shoes of any once saved always saved preacher on the day of judgment!
11 But that no man is justified by Torah/Instructions in Righteousness in the sight of Yahuweh, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
No one is justified by Torah because the just must live by faith. Let's look at the scripture quoted here:
Haba 2:4 - Behold, his soul [which]is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
One cannot live or be justified by trusting in his own righteousness. This scripture says "his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him" To claim that we have our own righteousness is to be proud or 'lift up our soul'. Here is how the NKJV translates this:
Haba 2:4 (NKJV) "Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.
So just because a person claims to be "upright" does not mean he is. We cannot be justified by our claims of righteousness because all men except Yahushua have sinned at some point in their life. We are left with no choice but to live by faith! Faith and hope for mercy from Yahuweh Alaha, which has always been the belief within the Hebraic faith! We must come to Yahuweh and trust in Him to forgive us of our sins and make us righteous through Yahushua the haMessiYahu if we expect to have any hope whatsoever. Any other claim to righteousness is pure pride!
12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
This is once again a quote from the law. Let's examine it:
Levi 18:5 - Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] [aHayah] the Yahuweh.
If a man will do the law/Instructions in Righteousness/Torah, he will certainly LIVE and have eternal life. This man would be justified by Torah. But again, NO MAN has ever done this except Yahushua the haMessiYahu. Therefore no man can LIVE or have salvation because they kept them. We all must rely on Yahushua!
13 The haMessiYahu hath redeemed us from the curse of Torah, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:
Is Torah a curse? Some would love to quote this verse to you to tell you that. But as we learned earlier, it isn't those who KEEP TORAH that are under the curse, but those who have BROKEN it! Yahshua redeemed us from the curse that comes when you break Torah.
Deut 21:22 - And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; [for he that is hanged [is] accursed of haElohim;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Yahuweh thy Alaha giveth thee [for] an inheritance.
Yahushua was hanged on a tree, yet He committed no sins. We have committed sins [transgressions of the law/instructions - 1 John 3:4] that are worthy of death [the wages of sin IS death] yet have never hanged on a tree. So Yahushua has redeemed us from this curse!! Yahushua took the curse from us. We deserved what He endured but He did it for us, HalleluYahuweh!!! So if we claim to have salvation because we have kept Torah, we are surely under that curse! But if we also claim there is no need for Torah and willfully disobey, we also fall under a curse because we prove by such behavior that the love of Yahuweh is not in us and we lie if we say we know him (1 John 2:3-5, Matt. 7:21-23). If we do not accept Yahushua's offer of salvation and we instead reject what He has done for us [became the curse] then we are putting ourselves "under Torah" which means we are cursed forever. For we have not obeyed Torah as Yahushua did!! Let us all accept what Yahushua did for us so that:
14 That the blessing of Avraham might come on the Gentiles through Yahushua the haMessiYahu; that we might receive the promise of the Ruwakh/Spirit through faith.
We see this promise fulfilled when we saw how the Gentiles received the Ruwakh/Spirit in Acts 10. So now the blessing of Avraham would also come to the Gentiles when they receive the promise of the Ruwakh/Spirit through faith. What is meant by this verse is explained in the following verses:
15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though [it be] but a man's covenant, yet [if it be] confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
Even in covenants of men, no one can take away or add to that covenant. Therefore the same is true of Yahuweh's covenants. Unfortunately, Traditional Christian theology takes away the majority of what Yahuweh promised, especially the specific LAND PROMISE to Yisrael. Through "Replacement Theology", which teaches the "church" has "replaced" Yisrael by becoming "spiritual Israel" [Where you will not find anywhere in Qodesh Scripture] Traditional Christianity erases, through spiritualizing them away, a large majority of Yahuweh's direct, unambiguous promises. Proof of widespread ignorance of the Tanakh (Older Testament) among Christianity, is the almost universal acceptance of these false replacement doctrines taught by many denominations.
16 Now to Avraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is the haMessiYahu.
To Avraham and his seed were the promises made. He doesn't say "To seeds" but rather "To his SEED" (Gen. 22:18) that seed being Yahushua, through whom all the nations be blessed!
17 And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before of Yahushua in haMessiYahu, the law/Torah, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Now here is where it gets very confusing. Even the law/Torah, which was given 430 years later cannot annul the covenant to Avraham that in Yahushua would all the nations be blessed. So the law /Torah covenant does not make this promise and covenant void. So the law/Instruction in Righteousness never took away the promise of the blessing through Avraham's seed, Yahushua, nor did it annul any of the other promises - such as the ones regarding the sure fact of a future in which Avraham and his seed would inherit as their's the literal land of Yisrael.
18 For if the inheritance [be] of the law/Torah, [it is] no more of promise: but Yahushua gave [it] to Avraham by promise.
For if the inheritance (which is the promises of Yah to Avraham) comes from Yahuweh's Torah then it is no longer a promise but rather a condition!
19 Wherefore then [serveth] the law/Torah/Instructions in Righteousness? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
What is the purpose of the law/Torah? It was added because of disobedience to Yahuweh's will! Yahuweh had to show everyone what His will is, what His way of Righteousness is so that when Yahushua would come, we would all realize we are sinners. And the promise of Yahushua's coming thru Yahuweh's declaration to Avraham said that "all nations would be blessed" so this promise was made to Gentiles also.
20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but Yahuweh is one.
This is a confusing verse, but I believe it is saying that a mediator is not a mediator of one person, but of many. However Ab aHayah Yahuweh Alaha IS one...! So in reality, Moses was mediating not just for Yisraelites but for Gentiles also because the law/Torah/Instructions in Righteousness would also show the Gentiles a need for Yahushua. Also a human mediator is not in oneness with Yahuweh because he also is a sinner. But Yahuweh and Yahushua are one in Ruwakh since Yahushua's Ruwakh was free from the defilement of sin. Therefore Yahushua is a better mediator than Moses or any High Priest.
Gala 3:21 (NKJV) - Is] the law then against the promises of Yahuweh? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law/Torah/Instructions in Righteousness.
How can the law/Torah be "against" Yahuweh's promises of eternal life thru Avraham's Seed, Yahushua haMashiyakh? It certainly does not take precedent over the promise to Avraham. The law itself doesn't give us life. If the law gave eternal life, then righteousness would have been by the law and not by a promise. Our life is given through Yahushua, the PERFECTLY obedient servant of Ab aHayah Yahuweh Alaha.
Gala 3:22 (NKJV) But the Qodesh Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Yahushua haMessiYahu might be given to those who believe.
The Qodesh Scriptures in His Torah show us that we all are in sin so that the promise [by faith in Yahushua haMashiyakh] would be given to those who believe. So the promise that Yahushua would bless us and give us life was there because Torah/the law shows us that we are sinners. So the purpose of Torah/the law was to lead us to the promise!! He gave us the law so that we would realize we are sinners and have faith in the promise of eternal life in Yahushua Yahuweh's haMashiyakh.
Gala 3:23 (NKJV) - But before faith came, we were kept under guard by Torah/the law/Instructions in Righteousness, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed.
But until this promise of Yahushua's coming came to fulfillment, we were guarded by Torah/the law and kept there for the faith in the promise [Yahushua blessing us and giving us eternal life] which would be revealed.
Gala 3:24 (NKJV) - Therefore Torah/the law was our tutor [to] [bring] [us] to haMessiYahu, that we might be justified by faith.
Because we were guarded and kept by Torah/the law, the law was our teacher [instruction in righteousness] to bring us to Yahushua, in whom is the promise of Avraham that all Gentiles would be blessed. HERE IS THE QUESTION: And what did it teach us?? It taught us that we are sinners!
25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
So now that we have faith in Yahushua, in whom is the promise of Avraham that all Gentiles would be blessed, we no longer need to be taught that we have sinned because now that we are forgiven of all those sins! The law has done what it always does. It brings us to the realization that we have sinned so that we would turn to Yahushua. So now we are not under [the condemnation of] the law [which condemned us] but under grace. So now that we are no longer under the condemnation the law requires, does this mean that once we have been forgiven for breaking Torah that now it is okay to go out and break it again?
Roma 6:15 (NKJV) What then? Shall we sin because we are not under Torah/law but under grace? Certainly not!
Sin is transgression of Torah/the law [See 1john 3:4] or breaking any sort of His commandments. Now what would happen if we continue to sin or break his Torah/law? We would then be back under the law's curse and once again we would need Torah/the law to "teach or tutor" us to come to Yahushua. And this is what Torah/the law does. It doesn't save us. It shows us our sins so that we will repent and come to Yahushua haMessiYahu. Another fact to ponder is the question, after one is "tutored" does that person then go off and purposely discard all he was taught? It is puzzling that many consider the only tutoring we are free to forget is Torah/the law! Obviously, even without Qodesh Scriptural support, one cannot reasonably state that we are free to discard our schooling of Torah/Instrucions in Righteousness/law.
So once again, we are left to conclude that Torah/the law shows us our sins but does not save us from them. Yahuweh's plan of salvation has been distorted by those who despise His TORAH/INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS/LAW. Yahuweh's plan was to promise all of us eternal life through Avraham's seed, Yahushua. First by showing us the path of righteousness which is in His Torah/law. And Yahuweh, being ever so merciful gave His only Son to redeem us from the curses that result in our disobedience to Him. The standard of righteousness DOES NOT CHANGE when we accept Yahushua, but our standing before Yahuweh does! It is a total distortion to teach that everyone else in the world is expected to refrain from sin [transgression of the law] but those those who receive Yahushua are free to transgress Torah/the law all day long!! This is not Yahuweh's glad tidings! Why would we ever want to go back and break that Torah/law again? It was for forgiveness of breaking it that Yahushua had to die in the first place! If, after accepting Yahushua as haMessiYahu, one then returns to sin, it is as Peter states in 2 Peter 2:22:
2 Peter 2:22
22 It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire." 22For them the proverb has proved true, “A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “A washed sow returns to her rolling in the mud.”
So even after being "washed" of sin, the fool [Proverbs 26:11] returns to sin, and thus his cleanliness is erased. But praise Yah! Even then Yahuweh is ever present to forgive IF we TRULY turn to Him with our WHOLE heart!
Gala 3:26 (av) - For ye are all the children of Yahuweh by faith in the haMessiYahu Yahushua.27 For as many of you as have been immersed into the haMessiYahu have put on the haMessiYahu.28 There is neither Yisraelite nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in the haMessiYahu Yahushua.29 And if ye [be] the haMessiYahu's, then are ye Avraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
So in conclusion I would like to admonish all that Yahuweh does not change. His standard and His love is the same yesterday, today and forever. Let us remember the words of Yahuweh in Malachi 3:6. "I YAHUWEH, CHANGE NOT". If He says "forever", He means "forever". If He says obey, He means obey. Whatever He said in the Tanakh is in force yesterday, today, and forever.
If we will make this statement when it comes to "the law." "Torah is Instructions In Righteousness," who in their right mind can come against this. Let us begin to use this statement in our writings. How can anyone say that they go to their worship services not to obtain Instructions in Righteousness, because those Instructions have been done away with, they would sound like a fool to themselves and to others, and maybe, people will begin to get the message.
May the Peace & Blessings of Ab aHayah Yahuweh Alaha and His haMashiyakh Yahushua haMessiYahu will be upon you and your love ones forever and ever, Amein...!
Shalom Shalom
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