Many accuse those who love the law of Yahweh of being a legalist. But just what is legalism? Is it obeying the commands of Yahweh with all our hearts? Is it adding to the commands of Yahweh? Is it focusing too much on obedience and not enough on “salvation”?
There is no such word as “legalism” found anywhere in scripture,
I have read that Yeshua gave 6 commandments, and we read about them in Mark 10:17-20 when Yeshua relates a story about when a young man asks what he has to do in order to be saved. Yeshua answers that he has to follow the commandments, and the six he gave were:
Do not kill,
Do not commit adultery,
Do not steal,
Do not bear false witness,
Do not defraud,
Honor thy father and mother.
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In last week’s Parasha (Torah portion) Shelach Lecha, the seeds of rebellion were sown as the Israelites threatened to replace Moses as their leader. So great was their fear of the giants in the Promised Land, and so great was their unbelief that they would be able to overcome those giants, that they wanted to forsake the promises of God and return to Egypt.
In modern culture, most of us have been raised to believe that a new day begins at midnight. There is no scriptural precedent for this belief and the way that midnight is reckoned today would be impossible without mechanical clocks.
Since Yahuah is the one who created days and nights, it is important for us to understand when He regards a new day to begin. This becomes important if we want to keep the Ten Commandments because the fourth commandment says that we must “Remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy.”
This podcast of this episode will demonstrate from the scriptures that evening marks the time when a day has ended, and a new 24-hour day begins.
This is episode on the first chapter of Timothy, a chapter sometimes used to in response to anyone who believes we should observe Yahweh’s commandments in the Torah/law.
There are some who believe walking in the Spirit is something completely different walking in obedience to the law of Yahweh.
Let’s begin by looking at a few scriptures that deal with this: