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Why Should We Believe the Torah?

What Do the Scriptures Say? Every worldview must answer a simple question: Why should I believe you? Many religions ultimately ask their followers to trust the testimony of one man or a small group who claim to have received a private revelation. The reader cannot verify what happened. He is simply asked to believe. The Torah presents itself very differently. It does not ask Israel to believe Moses because he claimed to hear from God. It claims that God revealed Himself publicly before an entire nation, and that Moses merely …
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The Word Made Flesh

A Verse-by-Verse Commentary on John 1:1-18 What Do the Scriptures Say? “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 (ESV) Preface John 1 is one of the most beautiful and profound passages in the whole Gospel record. It is simple enough for a new believer to read with wonder, yet deep enough that a man may spend a lifetime searching its depths. Each Gospel gives us a distinct perspective on Yeshua. Matthew begins with the royal claim. He opens …
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God Does Not Change, and Neither Does His Word

There are few truths more foundational than this: God does not change. Scripture says it plainly. “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind.” Numbers 23:19 (ESV) “The Glory of Israel will not lie or have regret, for he is not a man, that he should have regret.” 1 Samuel 15:29 (ESV) “For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.” Malachi 3:6 (ESV) “With whom there is no variation or shadow …
hermeneutics

Exegesis and Eisegesis: The Difference Between Hearing God and Hearing Yourself

Exegesis and Eisegesis: The Difference Between Hearing God and Hearing Yourself Most Christians believe God has spoken. Most Christians believe Scripture is true. Most Christians believe truth is objective. And yet two people can read the same passage and arrive at opposite conclusions. How is that possible? Scripture only has one true interpretation. The issue is not whether Scripture is true. The issue is whether we are allowing Scripture to speak for itself. One person may be asking: “What does this passage actually mean?” While the other may be asking: …
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Not All Commandments Are Equal

What the Scriptures Say About Weight, Priority, and the Order of Obedience One of the most common half-truths in modern Christian speech is this: “Sin is sin.” There is a sense in which that is true. Any sin is rebellion against God. Any sin makes a man guilty. Any sin, left unforgiven, leads to death. “For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23, ESV). In that sense, every sin is deadly. But that is not the whole truth. The Scriptures do not teach that every commandment stands on exactly …
Prophecy

Those Who Are Wise Shall Understand Prophecy

Many believers quietly set prophecy aside. Not out of rebellion, but because it seems difficult, distant, or uncertain. Others assume it cannot be understood, or that it holds little relevance for daily life. Yet Scripture presents something very different. From the beginning, God has spoken of things to come. Not casually. Not unnecessarily. He reveals what is ahead because it serves His purposes for His people. Prophecy is not given to fill space. It is given to prepare, to warn, to strengthen, and to anchor hope. God does not speak …
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The Father Is Greater Than the Son

What is the relationship between the Father and the Son? The answer must come from Scripture itself. Not from philosophical systems, councils, or creeds. The Bible speaks plainly. When the text is allowed to speak for itself, a clear pattern emerges. The Father holds ultimate authority, and the Son operates in faithful submission to Him. The very titles Father and Son already communicate relationship. A father begets. A son receives. A father sends. A son is sent. A father commands. A son obeys. These are not interchangeable roles. They describe …
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Magnified and Made Glorious: What It Means That Yeshua Fulfilled the Law

Great Warning of Yeshua “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will …
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What Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life? Yeshua’s Answer: Obey Torah

“Do this, and you will live.” Luke 10:28 Few teachings of Yeshua have been more distorted than His view of the Torah. Modern Christianity often claims that Jesus came to do away with the Law, yet the plain words of Scripture reveal the opposite. Over and over again, Yeshua taught obedience to the commandments of God as the path of life. The Lawyer’s Question: “What Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life?” Luke records, “And behold, a lawyer stood up to put Him to the test, saying, ‘Teacher, what shall …
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“Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy” – Paul, New Testament

The Torah is God’s standard for all believers, the same standard by which Yeshua and Paul themselves lived. Violating it’s commandments brings guilt, which can be forgiven, but deliberately setting it aside, sinning with a high hand, is far more serious, for it means rejecting God’s own Word. To reject His Word is to reject the authority behind the word, the very act of rebellion that separates man from life itself. “Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three …
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Colossians 2:16–17 Let No One Pass Judgment on You

“Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.” Colossians 2:16–17 (ESV) For centuries, this passage has been quoted as the proof text that the Sabbath and dietary instructions of the Torah were “done away with.” But when read carefully—exegetically, not eisegetically—it teaches the exact opposite. Exegesis: What the Text Actually Says Paul writes to believers in …
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Under the Law: What It Means, Why It Matters, and How Messiah Freed Us

When you enter a courtroom, the judge sits high upon an elevated platform, while the accused stands below. The sentence is passed down. The very position of the courtroom reveals a universal truth: the one seated above possesses authority, while the one standing below is under that authority. This same imagery appears in Scripture. The Torah was read from a raised platform, called the bema, while the people stood beneath it (Nehemiah 8:4). The people were literally under the law, under its authority, its jurisdiction, and its sentence. To be …
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