Torah

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 …

From the book of Acts to the letters of Paul, the central controversy of the New Testament after the death of Messiah is clear: How is a person saved? Is it by works, or by faith? That is the great debate that runs through the apostolic writings. It appears in Acts 15 at the Jerusalem Council, in Romans, in Galatians, and throughout Paul’s letters. Yet modern Christianity has misread this controversy, mistaking it for a debate over which law to obey or whether the Torah itself was abolished. That misunderstanding has created confusion …