Which biblical laws apply to Christians?
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What is the modern Christian’s relationship to the Old Testament law in the Bible? Which laws are we supposed to obey? Do the Ten Commandments still apply? Here's an overview of the story of God's people and their relationship to biblical law through history. It'll answer a lot of the questions you have (and maybe even some you didn't)!
Knowing the overarching story of God’s people and their relationship to the law helps us get our bearings as we dive into different passages during our Bible reading or Bible Study groups. It also helps us to identify questionable teachings, such as those coming out of the Hebrew Roots Movement (aka Torahism or return to Torah). And it sheds some light on the divergence between Judaism and Christianity in the early centuries.
If you’re a believer in God today, this is your story. This is our shared history! The faith journey that believers are living today is the continuation of this same story.
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Revalation 14 :12 Here is the patience of the saints, here are they that keep the commandments of god and the faith in Yashua (jesus)
1 John 3:23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
@@bugslayerprime7674so it’s ok to bow down to idols? Ok to eat things with blood in it? Think of your statement please read the Bible Torah first.. cause the NT is a confirmation of the old.. meaning they both stand. Until all is fullfilled
@@Romans-rz8fp In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. -Hebrews 8:13. Until all be fulfilled, what didn’t Yeshua fulfill? It’s all good if you’re convicted to practice Torah. I tried to observe the Torah for 8 years and was blessed during that time. It helped me realize the error of dispensationalism and I gained a better understanding of the old covenant. That being said trying to force others to keep the Torah is wrong like it would be wrong to judge you for keeping it.
@@Romans-rz8fpyou told this other believe to check their statement…they just quoted the word of Yahweh. What’s there to check? What’s wrong with the versus they quoted?
@@woodflowerman quote---- That being said trying to force others to keep the Torah is wrong like it would be wrong to judge you for keeping it... unquote
Does that include the Ten Commandments?? ALL of them???
My mind is blown with the explanation of Jesus restoring the original intent of The Law! Come on 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼! Never heard it explained that way, but it’s so redemptive… God is so good! 🥹
Jesus his self said he didn’t come to abolish the law but to fulfill it. Even though these laws won’t affect one’s salvation, they will and do affect one’s health and life in the here and now.
So it's been fulfilled then?
10 commandments are not part of Mosaic law. They are eternal moral precepts given to all mankind, not just the Hebrews. They were placed inside the ark of the covenant, as opposed to all other laws placed outside the ark. That was done to make a clear distinction between the two. The 10 commandments is the moral law given to all created beings, whether angels or humans. How do we know that? All throughout the Bible, whenever there is a mention of fall of Lucifer ( angels) or Adam ( humans) there is a reference to sin. What is sin? Transgression of the law. Which one? 10 commandments.Therefore, it is critical two make demarcation between Mosaic laws ( for the Hebrews) which were nailed to the cross and 10 commandments which were not. 10 commandments define sin, and we are supposed to fulfil the law ( like Jesus), love is fulfilling of the law. To keep God's commandments is synonymous with love. Blessings
I’m just wondering, are you a seventh day Adventist? Because this is what my friend who is a seventh Always tells me.
@@janezietlow2851 Yes, I am. But the question is, is what I am claiming biblical or not irrespective of denomination. Many blessings.
Jesus taught that the rich young man should keep the 10 commandments we should keep His commandments also
1Ti 1:6 Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion,
1Ti 1:7 desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.
1Ti 1:8 Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully,
Thank you ver much!
What abbout the Sabbath? Why do Christians now have their service on Sunday? In the 10 Commandments it talks about the sabbath.
As a gentile part of a MJ. This couldn't be any better and kinder. Thanks Doctor Solberg. The hebrew roots need a serious theological teacher who is not afraid to engage with them at all levels.
So glad I found your channel as I deal with 2 Hebrew roots guys at work (on a 4 man masonry crew). I've tried to reason with scripture but they usually resort to saying the scriptures are tainted and have been changed. I feel there is nowhere to go once someone claims the scriptures we have are not originally what was written. It has been a true headache. Thank you for producing this material brother. Much love! ✌🏼
Thanks, Jesse! As Augustine famously said, “If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.” Those who take that position don't usually think about it this way, but they are putting themselves in a position of authority over the Scriptures. And, at that point, when it comes to theological disagreements between us, I have to choose Holy Scripture over my friend's opinions. Hope you find my videos helpful in your ongoing discussions! Blessings, Rob
@@TheBiblicalRoots Thank you for the reply. Your content definitely has been helpful and I've been devouring it this week. Keep it brother! Peace!
Why do you want the Torah to be wrong professor?@@TheBiblicalRoots
Fortunately for you, they are right! (I am NOT) a member of the Hebrew Roots but a gentile believer in Yeshua HaMassiach. What we read and study nowadays is nothing but the crooked Greco-Roman catholic theology that for almost 2000 years the main stream church is been feeding us. Time to change diets! Please, read the Scriptures from the hebrew perspective, with the hebrew understanding and you will see the difference right away. Shalom 🕎
@@Pverb623 I used to work for a company where I worked alongside Orthodox Jews. One of them confessed to me that although there are over 600 Torah Laws, in reality, they only keep about half. I would think it's impossible to function in daily life while being mindful of 613 OT Laws at all times. If you break one, you break them all, according to Yahweh. And with no system for annual animal sacrifice to atone for sins, that's a no win situation. Book of Hebrews calls the Mosaic Law system the Ministry of Death & Condemnation. But the Good News is that Jesus Christ offers salvation TO SINNERS & SINNERS ONLY. Who REPENT & abide in Jesus Christ. Try reading Book of Hebrews & Galatians & Romans.
Thank you so much Rob! Got into Seventh Day Adventism three years ago when I met my current boyfriend, and I loved it in the beginning. Their dietary requirements and other teachings confused me, but I jumped right in being newer and inexperienced in the faith and wanting to support my boyfriend. Your videos have brought me so much peace and educated me so much more than my church has! Keep up the amazing work and may God bless you 💕
Thank you for sharing that. God is so good!!
RLS
@@avasutton5408 how can you say the law is not important? When Jesus was called perfect and sinless BECAUSE he kept the Torah the way it was meant. Love. It’s all about love. The Torah is not a burden. The new testament says we must follow the commands. Everything leads back to our example. God worked six days and he rested. We are commanded to do the same.
This teaching about the law… has made Christian’s not read the back of the boot and they get all doctrine from the New Testament when the new is a confirmation of the old. The law stands. Please be humble and just ask him if you or I are wrong.
You dont have to be a SDA to keep ALL 10 commandments. I am not a SDA either. Follow the words of Jesus. See a few short comments above I made already.
@@Romans-rz8fpSo what does it mean when the Bible says we are not under the law?
@@DANNYCHISENGA it means we are under grace not laws.. meaning we have grace from these laws we broke?
When God commanded Peter to kill and eat? What was his response to kill and eat? He told God No! I have never eaten unclean. This is a few years after Jesus died. They kept the mosaic law. They kept the sabbath. We are saved 100% by faith. But we should also wanna do what the Bible says to do..
I’m not trying to fight at all … just open your eyes… when you read the prophets they are prophesying restoration of Israel. During the millennial reign.. we will be keeping the sabbath and festival and if the nations don’t show up for sukkot it won’t even rain on there land. Now if you didn’t know.. we will be doing sacrifices in the millennial reign.. did you know that? See the problem is we have learned the Bible from men and haven’t studied enuff to show ourselves approved.
Jesus kept the sabbath and ate clean… his disciples ate clean and kept the sabbath. Pual which came a few years later. He kept the law. He kept the sabbath. Jesus said I didn’t come to abolish. We are not under law but grace. You gotta have the right foundation or the WHOLE Bible is off in view.
This is a Hebrew faith.. we are grafted in… we don’t take over the promises… those are Israeli and we cling to them.
And an even bigger topic is who the true Hebrews are.. cause the people living in Israeli right now… are not what Jesus looked like… 1948 man made Israeli is not the fulfillment of prophecy. They don’t dwell safely. They hate our messiah and Christian’s. They want a new messiah. They wanna build third temple. Yet all Christian’s say.. gotta support Israeli.. well that’s wrong.. how did you treat his TRUE children?
This video is such a blessing, you are helping so many people like myself. Thank you so much, and God bless!❤
Great video! Thank you for breaking it down so simply and providing Bible chapter and verse.
Excellent presentation of a complex topic that tends to trip up Christians. Thanks, Rob!
It's amazing to me that a man as learned as you appear to be, will be using Acts chapter 10 and saying that that vision negates us keeping Yah's dietary restrictions.
Peter interprets his own vision after he goes to the centurion's home. He literally says that God has made man clean and what God has made clean he should not call common or unclean. It's not about pork it's about people.
Hello, Mr. Batman. Well, at least you find me amazing in one sense. :-)
I hear what you're saying, but we need to remember that Scripture inextricably links unclean people and unclean food: “You shall therefore separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the unclean bird from the clean. You shall not make yourselves detestable by beast or by bird or by anything with which the ground crawls, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean. You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.” (Leviticus 20:25-26)
God decreed a set of foods unclean for Israel (Lev 11), but Gentiles weren’t held to those laws (See Deut 14:21). So under the Mosaic Covenant, what you ate revealed who you were. This is why in Acts 10 God used a vision of food to indicate a change in the status of people. When the voice said of the food, “What God has made clean, do not call common” (Acts 10:15), Peter understood it signaled a change in the status of people as well. The holiness laws his ancestors had lived under for a millennium and a half- which categorized certain food and certain people unclean-had changed.
If we take Peter’s vision solely as a metaphor for the Gentiles, we run into two significant problems. First, on what basis are we willingly allowing for a change in the Law of Moses on the issue of people, but not food? It's an arbitrary standard based on a pre-commitment to keeping the kosher food laws. Second, if the vision was solely given as a metaphor for the Gentiles, the command to “kill and eat” (v. 13) and the declaration “What God has made clean, do not call common” (v. 15) would be based on a falsehood. Yahweh would be teaching that formerly impure people are now clean by _falsely_ declaring formerly impure food clean. There is no precedent in scripture for God doing such a thing. Moreover, Yahweh does not teach false things or abide deceit. “It is impossible for God to lie” (Heb 6:18).
Blessings,
Rob
It amazes me how so many Christian's try to out Jew the Jews. I mean, they have a long history of failure to abide in the Mosaic Laws (613 Mitzvot Laws). Maybe alot of Christian's are not versed on the doctrine of Double Imputation? By Martin Luther? Is this why so many are still relying on their own works of self righteousness? I wonder?
@@TheBiblicalRoots well that's a waste of about 7 minutes I'll never get back. Sir you need to understand you said a whole bunch of nothing. You not addressed the issue that God says it that settles it. There's no place in the New testament that changes what God says his law in the Old testament.
Have a blessed day repent or perish.
100% Fact. At least your eyes are open unlike the narrator.
Hi Mr batman, firstly I really enjoyed your video god bless you.
I had one question please don't think I'm trying to be smart ass either as i genuinely am unsure.
Here goes I have read your reply in regards to the dietary requirements and it referencing the animal it self but I have heard elese where that if this were the case why would God in the beginning say when he made all things which included animals that he says they are all good? If the animal was unclean it wouldn't be good right ? Not sure if I've something which if I have my apologies.
Thank you so much brother for preaching the true word of GOD
Great Word, ticked all the boxes very simply put
This is an excellent presentation. It's very thorough and well explained. Thanks brother and God bless!
Thanks for pointing out that the relationship to the law for the people of Israel was covenantal. This is imperative to understand in respect to the promise of the new covenant, where sanctification is defined as an internal work, clearly because of God's sending of The Messiah, who is our righteousness and holiness. This is why Paul defines our relationship to the law as being entirely re-defined by the freedom found uniquely in Christ (Galatians 3:22). Keep up the good work!
Thanks, Howard!
Wow, thank you so much. You have helped me grow in my faith.
Great, as usual... keep on keepin' on!
Thanks, Josh!
Shalom thank you so much. I honestly really needed this and right now I’m really just using the Voice to text thing because I wanted to get like my genuine tone across really well and that’s probably the best way I can do it probably without telling other stupid, formal or really really weird but thank you just thank you thank you so much for this I know it’s not just you if you relaying the information to me from God thank you so much for relaying the information today thank God for his word, thank God for his amazing blessings, and thank God for you every single one of his children all of them thank the Lord and maker hallelujah hallelujah and hallelujah amen!!!!!!
Thank you for this class. All the pieces that were loose in my head are now put together in a way that makes sense e "sounds like God" other than many teachings about the law, hebrew roots that I've heard.
Thank you, Isabela! Blessings, Rob
Question. If covenant meants agreement then there would be a new agreement but not a new law? Same law, new agreement. Ofcourse we wouldn't be under the leviticial priesthood laws bc there isn't a leviticial priesthood anymore and no need for sacrifices because Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice. He paid the penalty of death for our lawlessness. If Jesus obeyed the Torah, his disciples obeyed the Torah as well as Paul and other authors of the bible why wouldn't we need to as followers of christ? If we are grafted into the branches as Gentiles and there for apart of the olive tree which is isreal wouldn't that mean we have the same laws as isreal. Jesus says to inherit eternal life we are to obey his fathers commands. I realize he saved Us but what sets us apart if we do not follow his father's commands. Jesus was the word made flesh and the word is truth. Jesus was righteous which means he followed the law. Satan was the lawless one he told us we didn't have to obey God's laws. Satan can not obey God's laws because he is a liar and by us as followers of christ abiding in him, obey his fathers commands is what sets us apart from the ways of the world and the lawless one.
This is one of the best explanations of the Gospel ive ever heard. Just clearly explained with no noise around it. Getting emotional is fine, but truly understanding it is essential.
well its clear and lovely to listen to but unfortunately it is rote explanation of modern false theology being perpetuated to all in error.
See my comments up top for a very brief few verses.
The Biblical laws are to love God and love people. We love God by worshipping him and follow how he loves. We love people in every good quality of life.
this was wonderful! thank you
I wish this video goes viral cause I too used to question why God was so harsh in the old testement but now I know the history I feel so much more confident in the Bible and Jesus Christ. I think every single Christian need to do this homework at least once in their lives so that when an athiest or someone fron another religion questions us about the old laws were not faltering in showing Jesus Christ mercy. Thank you so much
BASHING/TRASHING O.T. insults GOD who was Moses' manager and insults/ makes Moses appear to be a control freak, sadistic tyrant!!!
I think it is important to point out that the Mosaic Covenant between Israel and God was CONDITIONAL, not UNCONDITIONAL like the previous covenant with Abraham.
Indeed! Thanks for watching.
Great side note there (I'll just copy off your paper and write that down real quick, lol.), thanks for pointing that out! God bless!
@craftedeyecandies
Ya it's a derail for hebrew roots
Once u establish that laws had to change from adam to abraham
Noah had a covenant adam did.
We ate veges at first then we were allowed meat.
😅 hebrew roots will say noah new which animals were clean cuase he followed the law.?
How?
Who did seth marry?
😅ask yourself that and it will break the torarh spell.
Wow thank you
This is such a great summary! Thank you!
I’m learning more and more how an understanding of the biblical covenants proves that the Hebrew Roots perspective is unbiblical. When you see that some commands are specific to a certain covenant, you see that one cannot simply cite a commandment to show it is binding.
Priests had certain washings that were commanded under the Mosaic covenant, but now, there are no true priests under that covenant. In the New Covenant, we are all priests, with Jesus our high priest, and so we all are commanded to do the washing (baptism), but only once, because in it we identify with Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection, which were once for all time.
Great point, Andrew! Your stuff is really good.
@@TheBiblicalRoots How does "do the washing (baptism), but only once" reconcile with Hebrews 6:2 "....the doctrine of baptismS..."?
Thank you so much -- spent 20 yrs in a Christian church that kept the OT feasts, sabbath, dietary laws, and then it fractured --thought it was gone, and just recently found there are still branches and I was wrestling with whether God wanted me to go back to that -- your lecture has helped to realize it is not what God is requiring --- I am so grateful God led me to your site!!!
This video was SO HELPFUL!! Thank you Brother Rob!!
Thanks, VM! I am very happy to hear that. Shalom, Rob
God bless you Rob, for explaining this complicated topic in such an easy and simple way.
Thank you
This is quite helpful!
It’s really wild that the more I watch content about G-d, Yahusha (“Jesus”) that the commercials/Ads are all about sin.
Thank you, much apriciated
“You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean (Acts 10:28). I am not sure Peter's vision was about clean and unclean food at all. That said, great video by the way. God bless you.
Thank you! This is definitely the most comprehensive and clearly explained teaching on the relationship between Levitical law and the law of Christ. God bless you richly for your work!
Thank 🙏it was confusing me a lot
Great teaching! Thank you!
the question becomes, if the only two commands are to love God and people. how do we do that?
it seems like now that every other command is gone, we are left to our own interpretation of what love is.
example:
it used to be Gods command that his people were not to worship him the way pagans did by making up their own feasts to him (golden calf)
but now can we love God and celebrate man made feasts to God. (chrismas)
It seems with only just two commands that we are leaving a lot out and a lot would be left up to people's own interpretation of what they believe love is.
And what exactly would be the definition of sin now?
Hope you've found your answer
This is the working of the Holy Spirit. He’s there to convict the world of sin, the believer of his righteousness. If you understand your identity in Christ you are much less focused on sin and more-so focused on Christ living through you. If all a person focuses on is sin managment I think it is worth asking, have they died?
Love is a Who
Amen brother Im all with you there. This is where christianity fall into great darkness and they dont know it.
Isaiah 8:20 (KJV) To the LAW and to the testimony: if they SPEAK NOT ACCORDING to this word, IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THEM.
@@keithsecristCAN WE GET THE SPIRIT OF GOD WITHOUT HIS WORD?
For someone who claims to be a theologian, you display an appalling ignorance of Scripture and Hebrew history. Contrary to what you claim:
1. Gentiles living in Israel were not expected to be Torah-observant. Although they were not supposed to work on the sabbath, they were not required to circumcise their sons or eat only kosher foods, for example.
2. The Torah was not built piecemeal with the addition of extra mitzvot each time Israel disobeyed God.
3. Although the 10 northern tribes were taken into captivity and Israel never recovered as a nation, those tribes were not wiped off the map. Many Israelites fled south to the nation of Judah. All 12 tribes were thus affected by the Babylonian captivity and a remnant of all 12 later returned to the Promised Land.
4. The Promised Land did not become a theocracy post-exile; that is what it was between Moses and King Saul. Post-exile, it became a hierocracy.
5. The commandments referred to in Matthew 22:36-40 were not introduced for the new covenant; they merely affirmed existing summaries of the old one (cf. Deuteronomy 6:5; Leviticus 19:18). The greatest commandment encapsulates the first four of the 10 commandments and the second greatest commandment encapsulates the last six.
6. Your assertion that obedience to even the 10 commandments has been done away with on the basis of Matthew 22:36-40 is not supported by anything written in the NT. One wonders what you have to say about: 1 Corinthians 7:19; Matthew 5:28 (cf. Exodus 20:17); Matthew 19:16-19 (cf. Exodus 20:12-16: Leviticus 19:18); Romans 13:9 (cf. Exodus 20:13-15; 17: Leviticus 19:18); Ephesians 6:1-3 (cf. Exodus 20:12); Colossians 3:5 (cf. Exodus 20:3, 14, 17); 1 Corinthians 8:6 (cf. Exodus 20:3)?
7. Acts 10 has nothing to do with God declaring all foods clean. As the narrative plainly shows, Peter's vision was allegorical and the reality concerned sharing the gospel with gentiles. Given the ritual purity context of Mark 7, even Mark 7:19 only applies to _kosher_ foods. Furthermore, 1 Corinthians 10:23-30 concerns asking questions about whether food has been offered in sacrifice, not whether it is kosher.
8. In saying the old covenant has become obsolete, the writer does not say it has already been abolished; rather, he says it _will soon_ disappear. You say, however, that the old covenant has in fact already disappeared. Yet your own defense of the Law's ongoing utility confirms that it has not.
9. Your claim that the Law of Moses concerned only outward acts and behaviors is false. The two greatest commandments already prove otherwise. Moreover, the 1st and 10th Commandments (which bookend the rest) clearly concern one's thoughts. As an example if this, Jesus' teaching about lust in Matthew 5:28 addresses the 10th commandment, not the 7th. In the Septuagint, the verb translated 'covet' in Exodus 20:17 & Deuteronomy 5:21 is ἐπιθυμέω (epithumeó), the same word Jesus used for lust at Matthew 5:28. Paul used the corresponding noun, ἐπιθυμία (epithumia), in Romans 7:7 & 13:9 when referring to Exodus 20:17 & Deuteronomy 5:21. Paul drives the point home in Romans 7:7-8:
_I should not have known what it is to covet_ (ἐπιθυμία - epithumia) _if the law had not said, "You shall not covet_ (ἐπιθυμέω - epithumeó) _." But sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, wrought in me all kinds of covetousness_ (ἐπιθυμία - epithumia).
In other words, lust and covetousness are the same thing in Scripture. As for Adam and Eve in the garden, perhaps you'd care to explain how either could have violated the 10th commandment?
10. Christ does not give us his righteousness. You should read 2 Corinthians 5:21, which says Christ was _made_ sin for us (not that our sin was imputed to Him) and that we _become_ the righteousness of God through union with Christ (not just have it imputed to us). See also Romans 3:22; 5:19; Galatians 3:13 & Philippians 3:9.
There is no scriptural support for the imputation of:
a. Adam's guilt or sin nature to anyone;
b. our guilt to Christ; or
c. Christ's righteousness to us.
These are just inferences Calvinists and others have imported into Scripture (i.e. eisegesis) to support their doctrine.
What we do see, though, is that faithfulness to God was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness (Romans 4:3, 9, 22). See also Romans 4:5-6 for righteousness on the basis of faithfulness being imputed to us also.
One wonders how a 'theologian' could get so much so wrong...
Job was righteous before his God. To me that means he did all that his God commanded and for this reason he was seen as an upright man. At least that's how I see it
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Sabbath Day keeping is not salvation. Read Galatians 3: 19-25 to understand that Jesus fulfilled the Law, and Sabbath keeping is now obsolete. Colosians 2: 16 - 17 confirms that Christians should not keep the Law or the Sabbath.
The new Law is spiritual (2 Corinthians (3: 6).
What is so hard about this that Sabbath Keepers are adamant about the right day of worship?
Great summary!
To this day, 13 year old Jewish boys are expected to memorize or learn the 613 Mitvot Laws as a right of passage & to celebrate their Bar Mitvah. Interesting that before somebody can become a lawyer in America, they need to pass the Bar Exam 🤓
I have a question... I'm looking at this logically. Why did God (Yahweh) give the Law to Moses for ISRAEL the first time instead of humanity in general? If God knew what was about to happen between the tribes and their downfall, wouldn't He have given the Law to humanity as a whole from the get-go (since He is omnipotent)? Therefore, the whole human world on every continent would have been aware of the first Laws and their breakage.
Just found and subscribed to this channel recently. Very helpful content, bro! I'm glad you posted that 1 Cor reference. It'll come in hanady when trying to talk sense into my "have to follow the Torah" Christian friends.
Well I’m a have follow Torah Jew……that studies…..what verse would you try and use on me?
Tell me….do you believe in Kosher?
How about the oral Torah?
Let’s see how much you know!?
@@CleanlinessisGodliness
One the NT is not apart of the Jewish Bible…..
Two …your saying you have to remove apart of your Bible to see truth……?
Remove the whole thing then!
Deuteronomy 4:2
Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.
Your literally saying that the NT is not the word of God……I agree!
Without Paul….there is no NT…….so Jesit would have not been created by man then.
Paul never even gave his meeting with Jesit story……Luke did……
Please look at how Luke knew this story but Paul didn’t…?
I could add a story for anyone, if they didn’t give a back story…..!
The story of Jesit has been told since the Egyptians…..Pharaoh thought he was a god…….that didn’t work out to well for him huh?
I am a “have to follow the Torah “ Jew……..please give me the 1 Corinthians verse….let’s see where the “talking sense” comes in…..!
Please talk since into it!
1 Corinthians 9:20
When I was with the Jews, I lived like a Jew to bring the Jews to Christ. When I was with those who follow the Jewish law, I too lived under that law. Even though I am not subject to the law, I did this so I could bring to Christ those who are under the law.
Paul wasn’t under the laws….as he says.
This verse proves messianic Christianity, where Christians dress and act like Jews to infiltrate our synagogues and preach the gospel…..this illegal in Israel…..so why does Christianity like to break laws…..?
Sense….!?
Furthermore if you believe Talmudic rabbinical Judaism is synonymous with the law of Moses you are working with a sever handicap from the get go
Very nice breakdown ,thanks ,bless you 🙏
Excellent teaching and illustration.
Thanks, Kim!
Absolutely magnificent! This video is much appreciated.
Hebrew Roots adherents seem to have a problem with Paul, so much so that they come close to rejecting him as an apostle and some fully do so. There is a problem there: Peter validated Paul’s ministry and instructed believers to observe Paul’s teaching. So to reject Paul is to reject Peter.
Been in that group, Jesus barely mentioned
And rejecting Peter is rejecting the Gospel of Mark, as according to historical sources he got his info from Peter. So they basically have to throw out about half of the NT.
The ten commandments is the foundation of Gods character and rejecting His law you reject Him
With all due respect, Tom, you have that backwards. God's character is the foundation of the 10 Commandments. His perfect character is behind every commandment He has ever given to anyone at any timeI
Blessings,
RLS
@@TheBiblicalRoots yea, what's the difference?
@@TheBiblicalRoots what I'm saying is God made the ten commandments as a revelation of His own heart and is the foundation of His kingdom.
The gospel is so much easier when you realize yeshuas grace and love is where we get our salvation and Gods laws are all the laws that were given. Amen. Obviously we can’t keep all the laws or should based on the conditions of the laws. Let the Holy Spirit guide you on sanctification just like in acts 15. Jerusalem council listened to the Holy Spirit. It’s a beautiful thing to come into Torah. The Holy Spirit is living in you. Be encouraged and not discouraged like how solberg likes to do.
Thanks!
Thank you, JJ!
Blessings, RLS
Best summary of the bible Ive ever heard
Great video with great information.
You are taking scriptures out of context.
Please exegete the context.
Thank you.
This question of what laws do I keep and what are no longer necessary bothered me for years, until I felt God leading me to dig deeper for myself. At a very basic level, what is sin - 1Jn3:4 - Sin is transgression of the Law. Jesus came to die a horrible death to free us from the penalty of our sin, our least response if we say we love Him would be to stop sinning, i.e simply keep the Law. Paul himself says - I would not have known sin if it were not for the Law. So I do agree there is some division in the Law and I will get to that in the next paragraph, but there is Law that defines sin, and law that defines what righteous living is, there is law that defines iniquity and law that defines holiness. All these laws either align us with God's intrinsic nature or get us to go against God's intrinsic nature, and since God does not change, we can rest assured the definition of sin, holiness , iniquity and righteousness do not change either. This should make us VERY cautious about dismissing any Law without an EXPLICIT NT statement undoing what was EXPLICITY recorded by Moses. By making the Law something that is ONLY attached to the Sinai covenant , this is very dangerous teaching that leads one by the nose through a selection of verses that seems to confirm this notion that so much of the Laws recorded by Moses are no longer in effect. Anti Law teachers like to use verses from Paul's letters to "prove" that the Law is not for new covenant believers. In all honestly - I myself could put together a collection of verses from Paul's writings to prove the Law is no longer necessary and it would be very convincing for new believers. But in the very same breath I can also gather a collection of verses from Paul's writings to prove that we should still be very Law observant - so what is the reality then? If you chose to believe that the Law is done away with by favoring those verses of Paul, then you will have a problem with Paul's other writings, the writings of the apostles, the first 2 thirds of scripture as well as the very severe warnings of Jesus - "get away from me - I never knew you , you workers of Lawlessness" Note Jesus does not tell the Law keepers to get away, keeping the Law is in line with the Father's will as Jesus says - not all who call me Lord Lord.... Who calls Jesus Lord - is it not the Christian community ? but only those who DO the will of the Father, i.e keep his Law? (Mat 7)
Now let's be clear, no amount of law keeping will justify you. We cannot be justified by Law, only by faith lest anyone should boast so we can then come into good works defined before hand by our Father - clear? (that we should walk in them... a phrase often used in the OT to get people to follow the Law) So now for the next part, there were laws that defined sin and holiness etc, then there were laws that were the remedy for sin, or laws to deal with transgressions -- even though this remedy was not perfect, it served as an atonement for sin - a covering, not a redemption from it. Also a long list of punishments and curses were pronounced. It is really necessary to carefully examine what transpired at Mt Sinai, otherwise we just lump all 3 covenants as one and the same and this leads to misunderstanding. The first covenant offered at Mt Sinai, was a marriage to a free woman, an offer and then an acceptance by the MIXED MULTITUDE i.e not only Israelites. There was no mention of an Earthly high priest, tabernacle or Levitical system and a complex set of atonements and sacrifices. To keep this short - problem number 1 - the people feared and did not want to hear God's voice, and basically requested a mediator between them and God. The covenant progression continues, the book is sprinkled with blood and the covenant is now sealed - i.e it cannot be added to. Then God calls Moses up the mountain again to give him the testimony and a law? How can you add law now to the covenant once it has already been blood ratified, this was God making an allowance for their fear and stony hearts - so God gives the law pertaining to the Tabernacle and the Earthly high priest - so now His presence will not be out in the open due to their fear, and instead of a kingdom of priests, we have an additional layer of mediation with the Earthly high priest. But it gets worse... they break the covenant in less than 40 days, resulting in them incurring the death penalty - which they cannot hope to pay because we all already will die at least once. Death reigned from Adam to Moses (Rom). Moses intercedes and manages to negotiate with God, but the next 2 covenants that happen have a complex system of sacrifices included, a Levitical system, Tabernacle Earthly high priest. From the book of Hebrews it is quite clear that this was God's permissive will and was no longer necessary as Jesus replaces all those elements with better arrangements. Jesus also frees us from the curse of the Law not the Law itself. This slaughtering of animals and people bringing offerings became something which obviously made devout people of God feel quite confident in. Now imagine the massive mind shift if you place yourself in the shoes of a first century Jew that regularly brought your sacrifices and offerings, now to let that go and have faith in what Jesus accomplished, it must have been quite a challenge, it is a lot easier for me today to trust in what Jesus did, as I know no other way of re-conciliation. In Gal 3, Paul speaks of Law added because of transgressions, then he goes on to say these were a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, now that Christ is come we no longer need the school master. What was added ? Do you see now Paul is not referring to the whole Law, but those elements that were added because of transgressions. Paul I believe sometimes refers to this as the Law of Moses, the Law of Moses cannot be the entire first 5 books, because Law existed since Adam's time. I know this statement can get a lot of flak, because the first 5 books are referred to as Torah or instructions and were all written by Moses, so many believe the "Law of Moses is the entire first 5 books".
The massive slaughtering and blood letting is most likely what Paul associates with the ministry of death. In addition the letter of the Law without the Spirit results in death, - the letter killeth but the Spirit gives life. Trying to follow the Law without God's nature placed on the inside of us - well that is not going to get us very far. Now what does God say about the new covenant and Law ? There are a few verses we can draw on, but God clearly tells us He will write His laws on our inward parts - for what reason? so that we can ignore them? no He states He will cause us to walk in them - this is the reason primarily stated for the New covenant. Eze 11, Eze 36. Now fortunately He does not say He will write His commandments on our inward parts because that would give people the opportunity to say oh it's only the ten commandments, well actually it's only 9 because that one commandment that starts with "Remember" that is the one we can safely forget, and if you are Catholic you only have to obey 8 commandments..... (I am being sarcastic here). Let us look at this verse often quoted "Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Note 1) The covenant is not with Gentiles or other peoples (oops! if you say the Law was only given to Israel then how do you embrace the covenant because that was only to Israel as well)
Note 2) God references the FIRST covenant at Mt Sinai - the one which they broke as a reference. Now we know the first covenant did NOT include the Levitical system, Earthly High priest, a building where the presence of God will be hidden, but that first covenant did include reference to the feasts as example. Long before the covenant though we see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob being chosen because ...... Gen 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Gen 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. So God did not have to be explicit to Abraham when he made a promise and covenant to Him , because Abraham already kept statutes laws commandments etc. So to make the Law all about the Mosaic covenant is simply downright mis-leading.
Difficulty with Paul's writings? they can be explained, but only by someone who understands the covenants and prophets and Law the way Paul understood them. there are some really good explanations for those difficult verses of that "SEEM" to contradict the rest of scripture - don't be mislead.
Wrong about Peter. That is about unclean ppl
Paul was never a "Christian " but a Messianic Jew.
I don't usually watch a video more than once but I gotta review this one again and again THX
I have read the Bible and I can confirm all the things he has said. Excellent video through and through. It helped me put things into perspective too. So thank you.
Dear Mr. Solberg,
Thanks so much for your beautiful analysis and summary!
I do believe however, that there’s an even greater truth in clarifying our relationship to the Old Testament Law as having been completely nullified. Certainly all of the Bible is God-breathed and should be studied, but context is everything!
A New Testament believer has Christ’s laws - basically to believe in Hi, and love others as He loved us, not Old Testament Law written on our hearts and minds. (Hebrews 10:16 specifically changes Jeremiah‘s “Law” to “Laws” for that purpose). Our motivation now is to bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit in our daily living, not be guided by Old Testament Law. Paul in many passages makes clear that we are not under the Law, Christ is the end of the Law, and believers are dead to the Law; as in Galatians 2:19: "For through the Law I died to the Law, so that I might live for God."
We should have therefore no relationship whatsoever to something that we are dead to.
Moreover, our New Testament guidance as to sin is whatever is not of faith. As Paul states in Romans 14:23: "But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin."
I pray that what I believe to be the greater truths of the New Testament will be edifying and truth that sets free. Thanks again for your diligent and thoughtful videos!
Your brother in Christ,
Jose
❤ thank you so much! For me it is mind boggling why christians decide to keep the law of Moses. I have heard different versions: you need grace (Jesus) to keep the law of Moses, or Jesus was the end of the law so we need Jesus for our righteousness to keep the law, Jesus actually made the law heavier because you are accountable for your thoughts now. 😮
Great teaching
If a person really believes God has cleansed all meats, they should have no problem being invited over for a nice “horse roast,” “dog dumplings,” or “crow tacos.”
Sure, there's no problem from the perspective of ritual purity. But that's a whole different thing than palatability! RLS
Sir, I think some of your explanation of some text are out of context.
Most Christians don't know what gospel, grace saved mean.
Thank you so much Brother!
This has been a matter of confusion for me for years.
I have been a Christian for 5 years and the topic of the Law has fascinated and overwhelmed me.
At one time, I even started fellowshipping with Hebrew Roots believers because I thought that we had to keep the OT laws today as Christians.
You have clarified this topic beautifully.
Thank you so much! 🙏❤
It is confusing because LAW trashing bible warping preachers teach HERESY like the Pharisees from 2000 years ago
The original question was, is circumcision required to be saved?
By your interpretation, there are four requirements for salvation
1.abstain from things offered to idols
2.from blood
3.from things strangled
4.from sexual immorality.
What about faith in Jesus?
How is a new believer to behave when they are converted?
The requirements to salvation is having faith in God. Which means to have loyalty to him, which also means to believe and trust in him. God is called the word in the Bible, Jesus, and if you have faith in him you would believe his word. His word is Statutes, Judgements, and Commandments. And if you believe or have faith in the Lord then you would repent to God, you would get baptize and you would stay away from sin which is transgression of the Law.
Everything he said in the beginning was on point...he messed up when he got to the new covenant and contradicted himself. He said the new testament writing was letters not scripture. No he is saying none of the law is to be obeyed...but that's only the sacrificial. The commandments still stand. 😅if the law isn't thrown out then we use them ..if they thrown we don't use them.
Che Dio ti benedica grandemente fratello amen Alleluyia
Jesus also said I've only come with the words my father has given me. This also validates Deuteronomy where it says that Yah will send a profit like Moses with only the words that Yah has put in his mouth.
Exactly!
Jesus said until Heaven and Earth pass away no law would be null and void! He added to He did not take away from!
It still stands...
The Mosaic law hasn´t passed away, but Christians have died to it.
Romans 7:6 But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
"Simple", concise and clear, backed up with scripture references. Thank you!
Thank you, Robin!
Rob
All of them…
Obey the laws of The Most High, Deut 4:2 sends a clear warning NOT to add or remove from the law of God, he is the same today, yesterday and forever. We as believers need to be very careful of what is being feed to us from an earthly standpoint. Be bless!
What a clear teaching of The Law of Moses, and the “Law of Love”, Christ.
I was battling with the Sabeth.
I enjoyed the teaching and it cleared up a lot. Thank you.
Because of being 73 what you are saying agrees with the reading and studying scriptures since 6 or 7 years old in 1957 or 1958. Teach children and when they wander they will allways come back. Praise the Lord.
The 10 commandments are not required but are desired from God. Being that they were written by the actual finger of God they are eternal. Jesus himself said if you love Me you will follow my commandments.
If you continue to block out the need to be Baptized you are not teaching the whole truth. Except for that, you are great.
Hi, William. I agree with you that baptism is an important part of following Jesus! I believe every Christian who can should baptized in water to declare their identification with Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection (Rom. 6:3-4). I just don't believe baptism rises to the level of a _requirement_ for salvation. If it was required it would mean what Jesus did wasn't enough and we have to add our own works to truly be saved. But the Bible says, "By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is *_not your own doing;_* it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast" (Eph 2:8-9).
Blessings,
Rob
Read John 4: 3&4. Baptism is necessary, Jesus said so.
Sorry John 3: 3&4
I’m just a true believer who believes that when Jesus says something it’s true. He is God, no one can contradict God. I respect you as a teacher, God is the ultimate teacher.
Discernment is a gift of God The Holy Spirit. I’m just a spectator and enjoy reading and trying to understand what God is wanting for us. My pastor and I have a hard time discerning the messages in a like understanding.
May we all someday understand and have unity with God.
My Church says one Baptism with water is sufficient. Then why must we have Confirmation? Isn’t confirmation a second Baptism in The Spirit?
The ceremonies are similar in that it is proclaiming our belief in the Apostles Creed. Our Belief in God and wanting to live a Godly life.
If Gentiles were never under the law of Moses, then why does Paul say the following? "For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are ALL under sin... Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that EVERY mouth may be stopped, and ALL the world may become guilty before God... for by the law is the knowledge of sin... for ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory" (Romans 3:9, 19-20, 23). To be a sinner, you must admit that you broke God's laws (all of them), for "whomever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness" (1 John 3:4). When the Gentiles repent of their sins, what then are they repenting of? How can they be guilty if they were never obligated to follow the laws of Moses?
God's laws were/are meant for all of humanity. He chose Israel to be the nation that would shine forth the wisdom and righteousness His laws (Deuteronomy 4:6-8). Thus they were not only to draw all of the nations to God through their obedience, but God was preparing them to be royal priests to teach the nations His laws. This is, after all, the role of the priests (Malachi 2:7). Instead of drawing the nations closer to God, they broke His law, profaned His name, and sought to be like the Gentiles. Up to this point, they have not completed the mission because of sin. But God also allowed this to happen because they, too, needed to be committed to disobedience (just like the rest of humanity), so that God can have mercy on all and that salvation would come through Him, and Him alone (Romans 11:30-32). Keep in mind, though, that God is not finished with His people (Israel), for "the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable" (11:29). God will use them to do what He intended from the beginning--to shine forth His law before the nations. This time they will not fail. Why? Because God's word does not fail.
In Zechariah, we read that in the end, "it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and keep the Feast of Tabernacles (which is commanded in the law of Moses)" (14:16-19). Why this feast? I am sure that there are many reasons, but here is one that is worth noting:
Deuteronomy 31:10-13
"At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of release, at the FEAST OF TABERNACLES, when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully observe all the words of this law, and that their children who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess."
Every seven years (the year of release), on the Feast of Tabernacles, the law was to be read so all could hear it. Is this a coincidence? Not for those who believe there are no coincidences with God.
The 613 laws are meant to keep. You made a point about mortgage and contract. Contracts are not valid in my belief.
Come on man really!! Your gonna use a few verses out of acts 10 to eating whatever you want. I would urge people to actually read Acts 10 through the middle of Acts 11. None of this conversation is about food. Its clearly about jewish people calling gentiles unclean. Verse 10:28 shows this. Also mark 7 is the same story as matthew 15. Go read that chapter too. Its clearly about jewish traditions of not eating with unwashed hands. Its even explained in matt 15:15-20. All sects of Christianity like to twist and distort verses to make it line up with what they want it to. Be careful and read it for yourself.
I hear what you're saying, but we need to remember that the Torah inextricably links unclean people and unclean food: “You shall therefore separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the unclean bird from the clean. You shall not make yourselves detestable by beast or by bird or by anything with which the ground crawls, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean. You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy and have *separated you from the peoples,* that you should be mine.” (Leviticus 20:25-26)
God decreed a set of foods unclean for Israel (Lev 11), but Gentiles weren’t held to those laws (See Deut 14:21). So under the Mosaic Covenant, what you ate revealed who you were. This is why in Acts 10 God used a vision of food to indicate a change in the status of people. When the voice said of the food, “What God has made clean, do not call common” (Acts 10:15), Peter understood it signaled a change in the status of people as well. The holiness laws his ancestors had lived under for a millennium and a half- which categorized certain food and certain people unclean-had changed.
Blessings, Rob
It is prophesied that Yeshua will destroy those eating eating swines flesh, rats and the abomination (shrimp, lobster, crabs, etc.) when he comes in flaming fire (second coming). Why would anyone who knows this tell people it's o.k. to eat these things?
Be careful call no man Rabbi or Master only Christ the bible says and no man Father only God our Father in heaven.
Really good stuff. This is very confusing to many but you make it so clear and easy to understand. Thank you!
Thanks, Bill!
Acts 15....a very easy explanation of the law mosaic laws we are to follow.
Love thy neighbor as thy self and Love God a lot more. Jesus first, others second and yourself last.
Great explanation. Very clear and biblical. Thank you.
Absolutely Wonderful video - power packed - you have taken efforts to make a video to explain !!! So proud of your work and commitment.
GOD BLESS YOU & THE LISTENERS
excellent teaching! : )
Thanks!
RLS
Matthew 5v17, Think Not, I've not come to destroy the Law-Torah and the Prophets, but to complete. V19 N v20, I'm sure if Christians read the bible in context they would see these Doctrines, cherry 🍒 picking verses and making up false doctrine, Did the Messiah making all food, or meats clean?Acts 10 Peter's vision, the chapter go on to say to call no man unclean. Does Roman 14 v5 actually talking about the 7th Sabbath and that you can have any day as Sabbath Rest. Twisting Scripture making it say what you want it to say. Worship in Spirit and in Truth. The Spirit of Truth.
Hi, Karl. What do you make of these words from Jesus after His resurrection?
Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. (Luke 24:44-48)
Jesus didn´t destroy the Mosaic Law. But through Christ we are born again so that we have died to the Mosaic Law. Read your Bible.
Romans 7:6 But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
Always excited to see one of your videos pop up
Thanks
Thanks, Craig!
Acts 10:9 was about the diverse people, not food....as shown in verse 28.
That's a popular theory, Velvet. But diverse people are not mentioned anywhere in Peter's vision. The only thing the vision speaks of is food: Peter was commanded to kill and eat the animals on the sheet. It says nothing of Gentiles, other nations, or diverse people. So the question is, how did Peter come to associate a vision that was only about food with the Gentiles in 10:28?
It was because he had been raised a good Torah-observant Jew and knew how interconnected food and people are by the Mosaic law. The Torah directly connects God’s dietary restrictions to Israel’s holiness or “set-apartness” from all other people (ex. Deut 14:21). Peter understood that his vision of food meant a change in the status of people as well. The clean and unclean laws that the Jews had lived under for so many centuries had changed under the New Covenant.
Here's a video that explains this connection: ua-cam.com/video/RIZyCg-KVyI/v-deo.html
Blessings,
Rob
@@TheBiblicalRoots Read about the dreams of Pharaoh's baker, butler and Nebuchadnezzer
I noticed a major contradiction. You said that we can't throw out the Mosaic Law because it shows us what sin is but we don't have to observe the laws. If the mosaic law shows us what sin is then should we not practice it to avoid sin?
Hey, BT! The Law of Moses speaks to more than just what sin is. It also speaks to the ceremonial and national laws of ancient Israel. And the problem arises when we conflate the two. The ceremonial laws were given to Israel alone and have never been incumbent on Gentiles. It's not a sin for Gentiles to eat pork or work on Saturday, for example. The laws of right and wrong, on the other hand, apply to everyone. We know this because (a.) those moral laws existed long before Sinai, and (b.) God never judges other nations for not keeping Shabbat, or eating kosher, or observing the feasts. Israel alone is judged for that. Yet, (c.) other nations _are_ judged for moral evil. Blessings, Rob