Most of so-called "christianity" pick and choose what parts of the bible they believe. Some "christians" only believe the New Testament is for "christians" and others - the "Paul worshipers" (hyper dispensationalists) believe the only scripture they need to obey is the apostle Paul's writings from Romans through Philemon. Of course, the Paul worshipers twist Paul's words to make it say what they want it to say as Peter said they would do.
2 Peter 3
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked G113, fall from your own stedfastness.
Strongs G113 Athesmos, translated as wicked, means lawless. Lawless means breaking Yahweh's instructions (AKA Torah or "The Law")
Most "christians" have no clue what the bible says because they never read it - or pick and choose what they read - for themselves. Instead, most "christians" believe and accept as fact what their "pastors" and youtube "gurus" tells them what the bible says - and oftentimes, scripture is twisted to prove that "pastor" or guru's false doctrines such as Once Saved Always Saved (OSAS). I grew up attending a baptist church and know all too well about the OSAS doctrine of demons and how it has shipwrecked the faith of millions of people.
The bible needs to be taken in its entirety to understand what Yahweh expects of His people, who His people are, what Messiah Yeshua's earthly mission was, and how all of it fits together. Nothing in scripture - from Genesis through Revelation - contradicts other parts of scripture. If there was a contradiction, it would mean the bible is not infallible and calls into question the infallibility of the rest of scripture. Where there seems to be a contradiction, then there is a misinterpretation and we understand this from Luke's writing in Acts where the Bereans examined what the apostle Paul taught them and compared his teachings with the Old testament (the ONLY scripture that had been written at the time) and made sure there was no contradiction before they accepted Paul's teachings about Messiah Yeshua.
Acts 17
10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
Throughout the Old Testament, Yahweh sets His instructions for His people. This started after Adam and Eve sinned and Yahweh killed animal(s) to cover their sin. Cain and Abel knew about sacrifice where Abel brought an animal sacrifice and the fat (the best parts) to sacrifice to Yahweh - a blood sacrifice to cover his sin. Cain offered vegetables and we can surmise a couple differerent reasons why it was not acceptable both due to disobedience:
1) Cain's sacrifice was not accepted because he did not offer the best vegetables and only offered the lowest quality. This happened later in the old testament where Ancient israel offered blind and lame lambs instead of the best.
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2) Cain's sacrifice was of his own work and he did not also bring a blood sacrifice to cover his sins. While vegetables and grain was an accepted sacrifice to Yahweh when His laws were given to Moses, the grain sacrifice was an offering and did not cover sin and was to be offered along with the blood sacrifce which covered the sin of the offerer.
Genesis 4
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Many people teach the law was "for the Jews" and "we are under the new covenant so we do not need to stop sinning", etc. We know what sin is: it is defined as breaking Yahweh's instructions (IE: "The Law" / Torah) so those that teach we do not need to obey Yahweh's instructions (Torah) are stating we do not need to stop sinning.
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
I have shown in previous posts that "the law" and the need for a blood sacrifice to cover sin was required - from the time that Yahweh covered Adam and Eve with skins of animal(s), Cain and Abel, Noah, Job, Abraham, etc. and even Moses BEFORE he was given they knew the need of a blood sacrifice to cover sin.
Exodus 5:3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
When the law was re-given to Moses at Mt. Sinai, Yahweh clearly stated the gentiles who left Egypt and that were grafted into Yahweh with Israel were to obey the very same laws as the native born. Notice that even the animals were to be given the Sabbath off from working - so to argue "it is for the Jews" is proven to be a lie even if those who make that claim come up with a reasoning why it does not apply to them.
Exodus 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
To make it clear that there is one law for both Jew and gentile:
Numbers 15
15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
The apostle Paul shows this with his discussion about the Olive Tree. The native branches who grew up knowing the law who accept Yeshua as their Messiah are partaking of The Root (Yeshua) and the gentiles who did not grow up knowing the law are grafted in and learn the law of Yahweh and abide in the goodness of The Root (Yeshua) when they accept Yeshua as their Messiah. Both are nourished and bare fruit - olives - and they produce Good Fruit which is of the Holy Spirit - Olive Oil
Romans 11
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Notice the apostle Paul stated the gentiles come into the olive tree and become a part of the same tree as the native branches.
When Messiah Yeshua came and led a Torah observant life (IE: was sin free) He became our forever sacrifice for sin so our sins are atoned for when we do violate Yahweh's instructions - but that does not give us the license to continue to freely sin.
Jude 1
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
Yeshua bodily resurrected the third day which showed He never sinned - violated Torah - and never spoke against Yahweh or Yahweh's instructions (Torah) otherwise He would never have been accepted as that final sin sacrifice fulfilling the law for sin sacrifice.
Most "christians" bad mouth "the law" (Torah) like it is a curse on them to obey what Yahweh says. In a previous post, I discussed the difference between obeying the Torah as Yahweh gave it and the 'bondage of the law' that the rabbis have placed on it (rabbinic Judaism) Now I will be showing you why "christians" rejecting Yahweh's instructions and following a false "christianity" (which will lead them to hell unless they repent) is why the United States (and other countries) will be judged by Yahweh. While these so-called "christians" reject Yahweh's Torah, they have no problem with obeying the laws of their country . Those "christians" in the United States defend the Constitution yet claim Yahweh's instructions are not for them. These so-called "christians" want the Ten Commandments displayed and are horrified when they are removed even though they reject the commandment to observe Yahweh's Sabbath day (and it is NOT sunday)
Yahweh is allowing the laws of countries that protect morality and decency to be changed and allowing the reprobate minds because the "christians" reject what He says so He is allowing the countries to make laws that violate His rules.
"christians" do not want homosexual marriages, drug abuse, abortions, etc. to be legal yet Yahweh had rules about these that "christians" claim "is not for them" because "we are under graaace not the laaaaw". If "christians" do not want to obey what Yahweh says, He will let those laws be changed by secular government.
Here are Yahweh's instructions about marriage and sexuality that "christians" claim they do not have to obey because "christians are under graaace not the laaaaw. Many of these "christians" are upset the secular governments are changing these laws yet at the same time they claim they do not have to obey the Torah which is where these laws originated from!
- A man must not have sexual relations with his mother. (Leviticus 18:7)
- A man must not have sexual relations with his father's wife. (Leviticus 18:8)
- A man must not have sexual relations with his sister. (Leviticus 18:9)
- A man must not have sexual relations with his half-sister. (Leviticus 18:11)
- A man must not have sexual have relations with his son's daughter. (Leviticus 18:10)
- A man must not have sexual relations with his daughter's daughter. (Leviticus 18:10)
- A man must not have sexual relations with his daughter. (Leviticus 18:10)
- A man must not marry a woman and her daughter. (Leviticus 18:17)
- A man must not marry a woman and her son's daughter. (Leviticus 18:17)
- A man must not marry a woman and her daughter's daughter. (Leviticus 18:17)
- A man must not have sexual relations with his father's sister. (Leviticus 18:12)
- A man must not have sexual relations with his mother's sister. (Leviticus 18:13)
- A man must not have sexual relations with his father's brother's wife. (Leviticus 18:14)
- A man must not have sexual relations with his daughter-in-law. (Leviticus 18:15)
- A man must not have sexual relations with his brother's wife. (Leviticus 18:16)
- A man must not have sexual relations with one wife in the dwelling of another. (Leviticus 18:18)
- A man must not approach a menstruous woman for sexual relations or in any way to become ritually unclean by her. (Leviticus 18:19)
- Do not commit adultery. (Leviticus 18:20)
- A man must not have sexual relations with an animal. (Leviticus 18:23)
- A woman must not have sexual relations with an animal. (Leviticus 18:23)
- A man must not have sexual relations with another man. (Leviticus 18:22)
- A man must not have sexual relations with a woman betrothed to another man. (Leviticus 19:20)
- A man must not lust after any woman forbidden to him. (Leviticus 18:16)
- A man must not have sexual relations with a woman until he has lawfully acquired her in marriage. (Exodus 22:16-17)
- Do not allow your son or daughter to marry a godworshiper (a worshiper of false gods) who refuses to repent. (Deuteronomy 7:3, 23:2)
- Do not allow your daughter to play the harlot, allowing her to commit fornication. (Leviticus 19:29)
- A man must not have sexual relations with a woman who returns to him after having sexual relations with another man. (Deuteronomy 24:4)
- A childless widow must not marry anybody outside of her husband's family. (Deuteronomy 25:5)
- A man must not divorce a woman he married after having raped her. (Deuteronomy 22:29)
- A man must not divorce a woman he married after having slandered her. (Deuteronomy 22:19)
- A man must not allow himself to be castrated. (Deuteronomy 23:1)
- A man must not divorce a woman, unless she committed premarital fornication. (Deuteronomy 24:1)
Many "christians" are disturbed by the legal system creating immoral laws (Yahweh's laws THEY claim they do not have to obey) yet it is what they want - they REFUSE to obey Yahweh's instructions so He will allow the secular government to change secular laws based on Torah to what the wicked want. Why do these "christians" object since they believe they do not have to obey Yahweh's laws? Why do they want them in the government if they refuse to obey them when Yahweh says to obey them??? Here is some of Yahweh's laws that "christians" refuse to obey yet they are upset when the very same secular laws are being changed by the secular government.
- A judge must not pervert justice by rendering his own opinion. He must judge according to Yahweh's Laws. (Leviticus 19:15)
- A judge must not accept bribes. (Exodus 23:8)
- A judge must not show partiality to the rich. (Leviticus 19:15)
- A judge must not be afraid to give Righteous Judgment. (Deuteronomy 1:17)
- A judge must not show partiality to the poor. (Leviticus 19:15)
- A judge must not deny justice to the poor in his lawsuit. (Exodus 23:6)
- A judge must not show pity to the guilty. (Deuteronomy 19:11-13, 21)
- A judge must not pervert the justice due to the stranger or the fatherless. (Deuteronomy 24:17)
- Do not spread a false report. (Exodus 23:1)
- Do not fail to report sin or testify in an investigation. (Leviticus 5:1)
- Do not follow the crowd in doing evil. (Exodus 23:2)
- Do not appoint as judge one who is ignorant of Yahweh's Laws. (Deuteronomy 1:13)
- Do not give false testimony in a lawsuit or investigation. (Exodus 20:16)
- The judges must not accept false testimony in a case. (Deuteronomy 19:16-17)
- Do not judge a person for the actions of either their parents or their children. (Deuteronomy 24:16)
- Do not judge a matter on the testimony of one witness, or on circumstantial evidence. (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- Do not murder. (Exodus 20:13)
- The judges must not condemn an innocent or righteous person. (Exodus 23:7)
- Do not judge a matter until it has been fully investigated. (Deuteronomy 19:18)
- Do not put a murderer to death before the judges hear his case. (Numbers 35:12)
- Do not fail to carry out the sentence of judgment. (Deuteronomy 17:11-12)
- Do not punish the innocent victim of crime. (Deuteronomy 22:26)
- Do not accept ransom from one who willfully murdered. He must surely be put to death. (Numbers 35:31)
- Do not accept ransom from one who killed accidentally. He must remain at the city of refuge. (Numbers 35:32)
- Do not endanger anyone's life. (Leviticus 19:16)
- Do not neglect to protect against hazards. (Deuteronomy 22:8)
- Do not mislead another person by giving unlawful advice. (Leviticus 19:14)
- Do not administer more punishment than the Law allows. (Deuteronomy 25:2-3)
- Do not go about tale-bearing or slandering about anyone. (Leviticus 19:16)
Here is a list of the 613 laws Yahweh expects His people to obey: https://www.gospeloutreach.net/613laws.html . Messiah Yeshua fulfilled the sacrificial laws for sin sacrifice and other offerings cannot be carried out until the temple is rebuilt in the millennial kingdom but this does not negate observing Yahweh's instructions that we CAN observe. Messiah Yeshua said that we are to love God and the definition of loving God is to OBEY what He says in His Torah. Those who belong to Messiah Yeshua KNOW His voice and FOLLOW / OBEY Him
Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
A thousand generations is over 40,000 years
Deuteronomy 11:1 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
John 10
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
30 I and my Father are one.
Messiah Yeshua said that He will reject "christians" that claim to be following Him and "doing things for Him" if they do not OBEY the Torah.
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Matthew 7
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. G458
Strong's number G458 iniquity (transliterated as anomia) :
anomia
1) the condition of without law
a) because ignorant of it
b) because of violating it
2) contempt and violation of law, iniquity, wickedness
John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John 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.
1 John 2
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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