Saved by grace alone? Are the commandments are done away with? Do all you have to do is a sinner’s prayer to be saved without being obedient to laws of the Torah? Is there a connection between keeping the Torah (the first five books of the Bible which are our Father YAHWEH’s guidelines and instructions) and life and death?
Many Christians today are walking in a false religion made up by men and think that they are walking in truth. They have twisted all of Paul’s letters to support a lawless doctrine by saying the commandments are done away with or just for the Jews! Even if Paul was hypothetically preaching a lawless doctrine he would need another witness outside of himself. Mathew 18:16 says “Out of the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.” I have spoken on this topic many times that Paul was NOT a lawless man, but he did in fact keep the Sabbath and observed all of the Holy Days that many say are for the Jews! For further information on this please visit yeshuasavesall.com, click on the free store link and download the free article titled “Are Christians twisting Paul’s words to their own destruction?”
Have Christians chosen the broad path that leads to death and eternal torment? Instead of entering in through the narrow gate that YESHUA spoke of in Mathew 7:13? You have to ask yourself what is narrow or hard pressed about not being obedient to our Father YAHWEH, not sacrificing anything in this world, not dying to you flesh and desire, living in sin and doing whatever you want by breaking the commandments? Wouldn’t this qualify as the broad path that leads to destruction? We will examine scripture to see if keeping the commandments equates to life versus not keeping the commandments equating to death; also we will reveal that YESHUA is the Written Word that became Living Flesh. If you reject the Torah then you are indirectly rejecting YESHUA which is a dangerous thing to do.
Revelation 12:9
“And the great dragon was thrown out, that serpent of old called the Devil and Satan, who leads ALL the world astray. He was thrown to the earth, and his messengers were thrown out with him.”
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
“For such are false emissaries, deceptive workers, masquerading as emissaries of Messiah. And no wonder! For Satan himself masquerades as a messenger of light! It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.”
These are clear scriptures that show that Satan’s whole goal to destroy man-kind and lead the whole world astray. He appears an angel of light as if he is on your side to lead you to eternal life, but this is what we call deception! He doesn’t show up with devil horns and pitchfork, he has to approach you in a manner that you will accept. The whole point of being deceived is NOT KNOWING that you are deceived! How does Satan do this? Through religion! There are over 51,000 different denominations of Christianity all created by men dating back as early as 1608 when he created the Baptist religion through John Smith. So my question is, YESHUA walked the earth over 2,000 years ago, how can anyone follow a religion created by a man 400 years ago? And many other religions came later in the 1800’s. Christians all over the world are part of a denomination each following its own version of the truth, all while neglecting the Torah, commandments, laws and decrees, the very Guidelines and instructions of our Father YAHWEH! Satan has convinced 99% of the world to reject the 7th Day Sabbath for worship of the SUN on SUN-day. Again, he has deceived many and sent them down the broad path of destruction through religion!
Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 11 that Satan can transform as a messenger of light and his servants masquerade as servants righteousness. How as he accomplished this? Satan has told Christians that they can break the commandments of YAHWEH by saying “There are for the Jews”, “They are saved by grace alone”, and all you have to do as say a “sinner’s prayer and you are saved.” By selling this lie to Christians he has told them that “they will not die for breaking the commandments” the same way he told Eve that “she would not die” for breaking the ONE commandment that He gave to Adam, and what happened when they disobeyed? Sin and death came into the world, and they were banished from the Garden of Eden. Satan is telling this exact same lie today to the masses, except this time he is telling it through the pulpit of churches and with false doctrine, and instead of being banished from the garden they will be banished from eternal life. The preachers that do this are masquerading as servants or righteousness.
The choice is yours to obey and live, or disobey and die!
From the very beginning a choice was given to man to choose life or death, and sadly many today are following in the footsteps of what happened to Adam.
Genesis 2:9
“And out of the ground YAHWEH ELOHIM made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, with the TREE OF LIFE in the midst of the garden and the TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. Verse 16 “And YAHWEH ELOHIM COMMANDED the man, saying, “Eat of every tree of the garden, but do not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for in the day that you eat of it you shall certainly die.”
We see two trees in the midst of the garden, one represents life and the other represents death. The same way we are also given a choice; and the tree of life is like YAHWEH’s Torah, which is His Son YESHUA who is Written Word that became Living Flesh; and the Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil is those who have chosen to be lawless and break the commandments! I want to be clear that we need the blood of YESHUA’s sacrifice to be washed clean and to be redeemed to our Father YAHWEH, but scripture clearly tells us that the commandments are how we know Him (1 John 2:2-4) and how we love Him (John 14:21).
Leviticus 18:5
“And you shall guard My Laws and My Right-Rulings, which a man does and LIVES BY THEM. I am YAHWEH.”
Ezekiel 20:20-21 (Parenthesis are my emphasis)
“And sanctify My Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, to know that I am YAHWEH your ELOHIM.” “But the children rebelled against Me (Just as 99% of the world has chosen to do today). They did not walk in My Laws, and My Right-Rulings they did not guard to do them, which, IF A MAN DOES, HE SHALL LIVE BY THEM. They profaned My Sabbaths, so I resolved to pour out My wrath on them to complete My displeasure against them in the wilderness.”
Deuteronomy 30:14-19 (Parenthesis are my emphasis)
“For the Word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart-to do it. “See, I have put before you today LIFE AND GOOD, and DEATH AND EVIL (Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil), In that I am commanding you today to love YAHWEH your ELOHIM, to walk in His Ways, and to guard His Commands, and His Laws, and His Right-Rulings. And you SHALL LIVE and increase, and YAHWEH your ELOHIM shall bless you in the land which you go to possess.” Verse 19 “I have called the heavens and the earth as witnesses today against you: I have put before you LIFE AND DEATH, the blessing and the curse. There you shall CHOOSE LIFE, SO THAT YOU LIVE, both you and your seed.”
Sirach 15:10-20
“For praise shall be uttered in wisdom, and YAHWEH shall make it prosper. Do not say, “It is because of YAHWEH that I fell away.” For you ought NOT TO DO that which He hates. Do not say, “He has caused me to stray.” For He has no need of a sinful man. YAHWEH hates all abomination; and those who fear ELOHIM do not love it. He Himself made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his own counsel; so you shall guard the Commands, and act trustworthily. He has put fire and water before you; stretch out your hand to which you choose. LIFE AND DEATH is before man; and what he chooses shall be given him. For the wisdom of YAHWEH is great, and He is mighty in power, and sees all. And His eyes are upon those who fear Him, and He knows every work of man. He has commanded no man to do wickedly, neither has He given any man permission to sin.”
The book of Sirach says YAHWEH has not given any man permission to sin, and what is the definition of sin?
1 John 3:4
“Everyone doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness (or transgression of the law).” YAHWEH nor His Son YESHUA has given man permission to sin by being lawless and breaking the commandments He has given us to keep!
2 Esdras 7:125-129
“For while we lived and committed wickedness, we did not consider that we should begin to suffer for it after death.” Then He answered me, and said, “This is the condition of the battle, that man who is born upon the earth shall fight; that, if he is overcome, he shall suffer as you have said, but if he overcomes, he shall receive that which I say. For this is the life of which Moses spoke to the people while he lived, saying, ‘Choose life, that you may LIVE.” (Deuteronomy 30:15) Nevertheless they did not believe him, nor even the prophets after him, nor Myself who has spoken to them, that there should not be such grief in their destruction, as shall be the joy over those who are persuaded to salvation.”
Baruk 4:1-2 (Parenthesis are my emphasis)
“This is the Book of the Commands of ELOHIM, and the Law that endures FOREVER; all those who guard it shall attain LIFE (Those who obey the commandments), but those who leave it shall DIE (Those who say the commandments are done away with). Turn, O Jacob, and take hold of it; walk in the presence of IT’S LIGHT, that you may be illuminated.”
How does Scripture define light?
Proverbs 6:23
“For the Command is a lamp, and the TORAH A LIGHT.”
So going back to the scripture from Baruk we can read as: “This is the Book of the Commands of ELOHIM, and the Law that endures forever; all those who guard it shall attain LIFE, but those who leave it shall DIE. Turn, O Jacob, and take hold of it; walk in the presence of IT’S TORAH, that you may be illuminated.”
As we see that those who walk in the Light of The Torah shall live, but those who reject it as Christianity has done shall die. Walking in the Torah will illuminate your path on the narrow gate to eternal life. The following is from the 12 Patriarch’s which includes the final words to their sons before they passed away.
Testament of Levi 19:1
“And now, my children, you have heard all; CHOOSE, therefore, for yourselves either the LIGHT (TORAH) OR DARKNESS, either the TORAH OF YAHWEH or the works of Beliyya’al (wickedness or worthlessness).
Testament of Judah 26:1
“Therefore my children, guard ALL the TORAH OF YAHWEH, for there is hope for ALL them who hold fast to His ways.” Judah is letting us know that holiness and righteousness are the ways of YAHWEH and walking in His commandments is part of achieving that along with His Son YESHUA who IS the Word!
Testament of Issachar 5:1-2
“Therefore my children, guard the TORAH OF ELOHIM, and get singleness of heart…”
Testament of Issachar 6:1
“Therefore my children, know that in the last times your sons will forsake singleness of heart, and will cling to insatiable desire. And leaving innocence will draw near to malice. And forsaking the COMMANDS OF YAHWEH, they will cling to Beliyya’al.”
Testament of Zebulon 5:1
“And now, my children, I bid you to GUARD THE COMMAND OF YAHWEH, and to show kindness to your neighbors, and to have compassion towards all, not towards men only, but also towards beasts.”
Testament of Dan 5:1
“Therefore, my children GUARD THE COMMANDS OF YAHWEH, and guard His TORAH. Depart from anger, and hateful lying, that YAHWEH may dwell among you, and Beliyya’al may feel from you.”
Testament of Naphtali 2:6
“As a man’s strength, so also is his work; and as his mind, so also is his skill; and as his purpose, so also is his achievement; and as his heart, so also is his mouth; as his eye, so also is his sleep; as his being, so also is his word, either in the TORAH OF YAHWEH or in the works of Beliyya’al.”
Testament of Gad 3:1
“And now, my children, listen to the words of truth to work righteousness, and ALL the TORAH OF THE MOST HIGH, and go not astray through the spirit of hatred.”
Testament of Asher 6:1-3
“Therefore, my children, GUARD THE COMMANDS OF YAHWEH, following the TRUTH single-mindedly. For they that are double-minded are guilty of double sin; for they both do the evil thing, and they have pleasure in them that do it, following the example of the spirits of error, and striving against mankind. Therefore you, my children, GUARD THE TORAH OF YAHWEH, and do not pay attention to evil as to good; but look to the thing that is really good, and GUARD IT IN ALL THE COMMANDS OF YAHWEH.”
Asher said “do not pay attention to evil as to good.” Which correlates with Isaiah 5:20 “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.”
Now remember we defined what Light is from Proverbs 6:23 as the Torah. So using this definition and plugging it in to Isaiah we can see that many put darkness (lawlessness) before light which is the Torah. Many say it’s a curse, legalistic, and bondage to keep the commandments which is a form of calling good evil!
Testament of Joseph 11:1
“Therefore my children, you also have the fear of ELOHIM in all your works before your eyes, and honor your brothers. For EVERYONE who DOES THE TORAH OF YAHWEH will be LOVED by Him.”
John 14:21
“He who possesses My Commands and guards (does) them, it is he who LOVES ME. And he who LOVES ME shall be LOVED by My Father, and I shall LOVE him and manifest Myself to him.”
Keeping the commandments is how we show our Father YAHWEH and His Son YESHUA that we LOVE THEM and when we do so He will LOVE us, so the Testament of Joseph agrees with what YESHUA said in John 14:21.
Testament of Benjamin 10:2-3
“And after he said these things, he said to them, “Therefore my children, know that I am dying. So do truth and righteousness each one to his neighbor, and judgment to confirmation and GUARD THE TORAH OF YAHWEH and His Commands.”
YESHUA is the Torah made flesh
YESHUA always declared who He was and many don’t catch it or choose to ignore it. So we will look scripture and break down some the words that He spoke to clarify this. YESHUA said in:
John 14:6
“YESHUA said to him, “I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
So how does Scripture define The Way, The Truth, and The Life?
THE WAY- Psalms 119:1 “Blessed are the perfect in THE WAY, who walk in the TORAH of YAHWEH.”
THE TRUTH- Psalms 119:142 “Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your TORAH IS TRUTH.”
THE LIFE- Proverbs 13:14 “The TORAH of the wise is a fountain of LIFE.”
Deuteronomy 32:46 “Lay your heart on all the words with which I warn you today, so that you command your children to guard to do all the Words of this Torah. For it is not a worthless Word for you, because it is YOUR LIFE, and by this Word you prolong your days on the land which you pass over the Jordan to possess.”
Now, we can clearly see what YESHUA was saying when He said that He is The Way, The Truth, and The Life. He was saying that He is the Written Word that became Living Flesh. That He is the Living Torah, as all three that He mentioned, The Way, The Truth and the Life ALL point right back to the Torah. Another example is:
John 5:45-47
“Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, in whom you have put your expectation. For if you believed Moses, you would have believed Me since he wrote about Me. BUT IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE HIS WRITINGS (TORAH), HOW SHALL YOU BELIEVE MY WORDS?”
Moses wrote the written Torah that 99% of the world has rejected saying that it is done away with, yet YESHUA is that exact same Torah made flesh. YESHUA is saying that you cannot believe His Words since He is the Living Torah if you don’t believe the written Torah by Moses because They are One and the same, it’s a package deal. How can you believe the Words of the Living Torah when you rejected the Words of the written Torah? You simply cannot! So when people say that the Torah is done away with, that means they have indirectly rejected YESHUA the very One that they claim to follow! Do you see the deception here? This has been Satan’s goal and why infiltrated the world with religion to lead them astray with false doctrines, and telling the same lie that leads to death just as he did to Adam and Eve.
Revelation 12:17
“And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to fight with the remnant of her seed, those GUARDING THE COMMANDS OF YAHWEH AND POSSESSING THE WTINESS OF YESHUA HA’MASHAICH (the Anointed One).”
To put this in perspective Satan is only threatened by those who keep the commandments and believe in YESHUA which is faith and works because they are the obedient saints. If you are not doing both you are not a threat to him, because he is saying that you are a disobedient servant. Why wage war on them when they lawless just as Satan is?
I pray this is an eye opener to the world to walk in obedience by keeping the Commands of the TORAH and believing in YESHUA who is the Living Torah made flesh.
May YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!