one torah for all god’s people

7/28/2019 One torah for all gods people

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TORAH

instructions orlearnings


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A long, long time ago...

God gave His TORAH (instructions) to His people...


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Take note!!!

ONLY ONE TORAH!!!


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Through Gods TORAHcontains:

Gods LawsStatutesCommandmentsRegulations


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Whats the issue???NOW...

- Some believers say that the TORAH(instruction)/LAW is still valid for

believers but only for the Jewishbelievers!


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OWS???!!!


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What is the Scripture saying?

- The Law given at Sinai was given toJews and to soujourners (the smartones..hehe)

gerim Gentiles who left Egyptalong with the Israelites andattached themselves to the Hebrewpeople. (eventually known to beconverts or proselytes)


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Exodus 12: 49The same teaching is to apply equally to the citizen and tothe foreigner living among you."

Leviticus 24:22 You are to apply the same standard of judgment to theforeigner as to the citizen, because I am ADONAI yourGod."

Numbers15: 14-16 If a foreigner stays with you - or whoever may be with

you, through all your generations - and he wants to bring anoffering made by fire as a fragrant aroma for ADONAI, he isto do the same as you.

Num 15:15 For this community there will be the same lawfor you as for the foreigner living with you; this is a

permanent regulation through all your generations; theforeigner is to be treated the same way before ADONAI asyourselves.

Num 15:16 The same Torah and standard of judgment willapply to both you and the foreigner living with you.'"


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Ephesians 2:11-22

- In Yeshua/Jesus, those who areformerly far off are nowbrought near through His shed

blood.

far away House of Israel

(fullness of Gentiles)near House of Judah (Jews)


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Whats the point then???

Every nation there is on the earth

has Laws! It is the same in GodsKingdom!

The same thing happens in GodsKingdom with the new citizens!


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BUT WAIT...

THERES A PROBLEM!!!!


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In Acts 15...

The question here is DoGentiles have to first become

Jews observing the Laws ofMoses before they can be

saved?


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ANSWER:

NO!!!! :-D


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Gentiles are to follow the principles

of an earlier covenant than thecovenant given at Mt. Sinai.

BUT...

This is not to say that Gentiles arenot required to learn from thecomplete word (OT at that time), sothat they can move from a paganisticstate of life to a holy life.


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Lets take an example...

Acts 10

Cornelius first convert to the believing

community of Messiah.- observed many Jewish customs & practices inhis life.

- gave many alms to the Jewish people & heprayed continually

- V2 says he was a devout man, a God-fearer


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IF...

Acts 15 injunction were all there

was for a Gentile believer toobserve, why did Paul put evenone single verse of the TORAH,the writings, or prophets in anyof his writings to the Gentiles.


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Romans 4:3 Gen. 15:6

Romans 3:10 Psalm 53:3

Romans 11: 26 Isaiah 59:20

1Cor. 3:20 Psalm 94:11


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GET THE POINT???


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But just as Ruth (Moabites) said to Naomi...

Your people shall be my people and

your God shall be my GodRuth 1:16


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The intention of the Law was never to makeone righteous.

Instead:

1. It thought how one become part of thecovenant community of God through grace.

[identity crises] (Deut. 7:7-9)

2. How a person was to behave within thiscovenant community.


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(through) grace

saved = obedience


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Wishful thinking of Adonai

Oh That they had such aHEART...

one torah for all god’s people

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