The Bible is not just the "story of God"; it is not
"man's fall and deliverance"; it is not the "OT vs the NT"; it is not about "those old rules that don't apply to us but do"; it is not "love" and it is certainly not "grace". The Bible is:
Yahweh asking us to obey Him - This is stated at least 281 times! Yahweh wants nothing more than for us to obey Him. One does not obey Yahweh by simply "believing" while, at the same time, continuing to sin and ignoring Torah! (God's Laws)
Hebrews 10:26 - "For if we deliberately continue to sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins…"
Thus, to obey Yahweh and to have Torah written on our hearts (Romans 2:15) means that people will at least try to learn and obey Torah, and to begin to integrate it into their daily lives! In the OT perhaps Proverbs 4:2 says it best: "...for I give you good instruction, do not forsake My Torah." In the NT, perhaps Yeshua says it best: (John 14:15) "If you love me, you will keep my commands." Yeshua sought to show us the way to the Kingdom of Yahweh. Along the way, He showed us love and the meaning of obedience, and most importantly, He died for our sins. But let us not forget that Yeshua only taught what Yahweh sent him to teach! Luke 4: 43 "But he (Yeshua/Jesus) said, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent." And it happened after these things that Y'shua was going around in the cities and in the villages and was preaching and declaring the Kingdom of Elohim. Acts 28: 23 "From morning till evening the Apostle Paul explained and declared the Kingdom of God and tried to convince people about Yeshua from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets." Acts 24: 14. But this indeed I (Paul) acknowledge, that in that same doctrine of which they speak, I do serve the Elohim of my fathers, believing all the things written in Torah and in the prophets. Yeshua said:
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who do what my Father in heaven wants. On that Day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord! Didn't we prophesy in your name? Didn't we expel demons in your name? Didn't we perform many miracles in your name?' Then I will tell them to their faces, 'I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!'"
Many people like to believe the "once saved, always saved" idea. But what does the Bible say to those who like to believe they're saved, yet continue to sin and act "carnal"? Ezekiel 18: 4 Look, all lives belong to me - both the parent's life and the child's life are equally mine - so it is the person who sins, himself, who must die. In reality Grace is the gift of the Ruach haKodesh (Holy Spirit) that empowers followers of Y'shua (Jesus' given name) to be set free from the slavery of sin. Grace is the empowerment to stop sinning and live a wholesome and righteous life in Mashiyach (Messiah). A person who has not received Grace continues to break Torah (Gods Laws); they are slaves to sin because they cannot stop and have no intention of stopping their sin. Those without Grace refuse to live according to the Word of YHWH, much like a smoker addictied to ci******es cannot stop smoking, even though little "voices" tell the addict that smoking brings hardship, cancer and even premature death. The "cross-fied Jesus" does not provide Christians the power to stop breaking Torah (Gods laws), because the Harlot Church system preaches a false Jesus that is strictly anti-Torah. One would never expect the board of directors of a cigarette manufacturing company to research, demonstrate and report to the public all the ill effects of smoking; neither can we realistically expect the Church leaders to take up the cause of righteousness and the importance of having Torah written upon the heart (Jer 31)! As a matter of fact, theologians within the Church system are the ones who devised a "cross theology" which teaches that Torah was nailed to the cross, and insist the sinner who believes in "the cross" can break Torah without consequence. This is a very popular and convenient religious lie because it caters to the sins of the weak human flesh. The Certificate of Debts or the sins of the repentant sinner were metaphorically nailed to the torture stake (Matthew 6:12, Luke 7:36-50, Colossians 2:14) The penalty for sin is, in fact, set aside only for those who repent and turn from sin, but YHWH's Word that requires punishment for sin has never been removed from the books. The will of YHWH and His Mashiyach is for mankind to ►STOP◄ sinning, but the will of Satan is, and always has been, for mankind to ramp up all manner of sin which leads to destruction. This is the difference between "grace" and "license." "Grace" will find you guilty as charged, but your sincere repentance and efforts to turn from sin is rewarded with spiritual strength from Mashiyach. Those who look to Mashiyach are delivered and saved from the traps of Satan who desires to seduce you into breaking Torah. "License" is the opposite of Grace; it teaches that a person who believes in Jesus can continue in sin and all the consequences of their sin are put upon Messiah so that the sinner goes free. This, of course, is the central theme of false religion and the root of all Christian wickedness. ....... By doing so the Harlot Church has made void the Fear of YHWH and turned their version of the cross into a Christian icon and the license to sin.
