The Main Purpose of This Study

1.     1. If Jesus came to fulfill/abolish the law why do I need to follow Torah?  Am I not under Grace now?
2.     2. What do I do to be “Torah Observant”?

 

Torah - “Instruction”

• What does word Torah mean?

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• Original purpose of Torah?

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• What is the Torah/Law?

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The Torah [Law] or Grace?

• Are we to live under the Torah [Law] or grace?

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• Ro 3:28-31

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• If I chose to not eat certain foods, am I “Just living under the law and not under grace?’

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Was Torah Abolished? 

• Ma 5:17-18 - “Destroy” - Gk - “Kataluo”
  • Loose down
  • To render vain, deprive of success
  • To deprive of force, invalidate
  • Jesus came to fulfill not destroy
  • Jot or Tittle - Smallest markings in Hebrew Script

 

• Ep 2:14-15 - “Abolished” - Gk - “Katargeo”
  • Reduce to a state of inactivity

 

• Ro 6 - “If justification comes by faith alone, then is not the law rejected?
  • Ro 6:1-2 - “So then are we to say, “Let’s keep on sinning, so that there can be more grace”? Heaven forbid! - “Chalilah” - A curse by upon it!
  • Ro 6:14 - “For sin will not have authority over you; because you are not under legalism but under grace.” - Namos is Gk for “legalism’.  Torah is not a system of rules for earning God’s praise 
  • Ro 6:15 - “Therefore, what conclusion should we reach?  “Let’s go on sinning, because we’re not under legalism but under grace”? Heaven forbid!”
• Ro 7:7 - “Therefore, what are we to say?  That the Torah is sinful?

 

Question:  If this is true is it ok to kill?

 

Torah Properly Interpreted [Fulfill]

• Ro 10:4
  • Most English translations render the greek word “telos” as “end’ or “terminate” instead of “goal”
  • Implies law/torah has been abolished
  • “Fulfill” was a Rabbinic Idiom often used to mean “to properly interpret”
  • Jesus came to properly interpret [fulfill] the goal of the Torah, not to end it

 

 

Torah Observance - Jesus and Sabbath

• Not a question of did Jesus follow Torah, but rather in what manner did he keep it?
  • How is Torah interpreted and implemented?
  • Jewish custom to argue about Torah and then to go to Synagogue together

 

What is the “real” question in this study?

1.     1.If Jesus came to fulfill/abolish the law why do I need to follow Torah?  Am I not under Grace now?

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  • Torah is not “the law” it is for instruction in how to live in God’s world
  • Jesus did not abolish Torah - He fulfilled
  • Jn 14:15 - “If you love Me, keep My commandments”

 

1.     2.What do I do to be “Torah Observant”?

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  • Read His Word and discover it’s true meaning
  • Discuss with others - No arguing :)
  • Pray and follow the Spirits leading as we walk in progressive revelation

 

Torah Portion - Chayei Sarah

• Genesis 23:1-25:18
• 1 Kings 1:1-31
• Jan 4:3-14