Ephesians 2:8 King James Version
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of Yahuwah:
Ephesians 2:8 Amplified Bible
8 For it is by grace [Yahuwah’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Messiah] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of Yahuwah;
What is Grace? Grace means the divine influence upon the heart, according to the Greek Concordance. It means unmerited favor, undeserved favor. But what does grace do?
Titus 2:11-13 King James Version
11 For the grace of Yahuwah that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Yahushuwa the Messiah;
Titus 2:11-15 New International Version
11 For the grace of Yahuwah has appeared that offers salvation to all people.
12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Yahushuwa the Messiah, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
So, Yahuwah’s grace provides us forgiveness of sin, and it teaches us to live right, or to obey Yahuwah’s commandments/ laws. It also empowers us to live right, to keep the law. It is NOT a license to keep on sinning (violating Yahuwah’s commandments).
2 Corinthians 12:9 King James Version
9 And he said unto me, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Yahushuwa may rest upon me.
Power and grace go hand in hand. We obtain the power to overcome sin through grace, because we are weak and He is strong. Again, grace doesn’t give us a license to sin, it empowers us to stop sinning, to start obeying our Creator.
We also have His Holy Spirit, our comforter and helper, which most believers do not know that one of the reasons He was given to us is to help us obey the law! It’s interesting that the LAW was given to Moses on Pentecost, in the Old Testament days, and later the Holy Spirit was given to believers on Pentecost, in the New Testament days! The Holy Spirit CAUSES us to obey His law of the OLD TESTAMENT! (If we walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh – most Christians refuse to cooperate and let it cause them to obey the law.)
Ezekiel 36:26-27 King James Version
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my spirit within you, and CAUSE you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Acts 2:38 King James Version
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Yahushuwa the Messiah for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (Holy Spirit)
Yahuwah gave us His Holy Spirit so that it would cause us, as our helper, to walk in His laws, and not just to be our comforter. And it will empower us to stop sinning and to be successful witnesses of our Messiah as well.
Acts 1:8 King James Version
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
The verse below tells us to keep His commandments, and live.
Proverbs 7:2 King James Version
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
But Christians will say “That’s the OLD Testament!!!!” as if it doesn’t count anymore. But this next verse says:
Matthew 19:17 King James Version
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, Yahuwah: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Well, how about that?! They both say the same thing! O.T. and N.T. both tell us to keep His commandments to live! And the N.T. verse in Matthew is Yahushuwa Himself saying it! Fancy that. There are actually several more verses in the N.T. that say to obey the law in order to enter heaven. Like this one:
Revelation 22:14 King James Version
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
In Matthew 19:17 above, it does not mean that Yahushuwa is saying that HE is not good. He is implying that they call Him good because they know that He is Yahuwah who came in the form of a man.
Obeying Yahuwah’s Torah, law, instruction, commandments (one and the same) do not come BEFORE salvation, as our ‘works’ cannot save us, but are necessary AFTER getting born-again. When we are born-again, we are forgiven of all of our sins, thereby being released from the penalty for sinning, which is transgressing Yahuwah’s law, and that penalty we are released from is death, as Scripture says that the wages of sin is death, and we are released from the law of sin and death! Getting born-again means believing in our heart and confessing with our mouth that Yahushuwa died on the cross and rose from the dead for our sins. It includes confessing our sins and giving them up, asking forgiveness for them (example: Father I am a sinner and I ask You to forgive me), confessing Yahushuwa as our Savior (I thank You Yahushuwa for dying for my sins), dying to ourselves, our own ways, (Help me to live my life YOUR way and not my own), and beginning the journey of learning to live His way. Obeying His instructions comes AFTER getting born-again, as He accepts us where we are and then helps us change.
1 John 1:9-2:2-7 King James Version
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
2:1-7
1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Yahushuwa the Messiah the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of Yahuwah perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
See, we are to CONFESS our sins (to Yahuwah, not a priest), receive forgiveness for them and be cleansed from them, and then we are to ‘sin not’ (learn to stop sinning, to stop transgressing His laws, start obeying His laws.) His commandments are exactly the same thing as His laws.
Most Christians use these verses in Romans to try and explain away the law. A question for you – after reading down through verse 21, you know that there was always Yahuwah’s law from the beginning, there was added the Levitical Priesthood law through Moses which is now done by our High Priest Yahushuwa instead of a Levitical priest, the law will not be done away with until heaven and earth pass away which is after the Millennium, the law will be in effect IN the Millennium, including sacrifices and feast days, so what makes you think that the law is presently done away with and we do not need to keep the Sabbath, the dietary laws, celebrate Yahuwah’s feast days, avoid pagan holidays, etc.?
And look at this:
Matthew 24:20 King James Version
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
That, my friends, is a future, end-time event being addressed, which shows us the Sabbath law is still in effect! Let’s move right along here!
Romans 4:15 King James Version
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Romans 5:13,20-21 King James Version
13 for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. (This verse confuses even the commentators – there was always law from Genesis on [don’t eat the fruit, keep the Sabbath, do sacrifices, don’t murder, no adultery, etc] and people were held accountable for their sin [expelled from Eden, the flood, etc] so this verse is saying sin was always in the world, and it was imputed because there was always law. It is NOT saying that there was no law until the Law of Moses and no one who sinned before that time was held accountable for their sin because they didn’t know any better.)
20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound….
(The purpose of the law is to show what sin is and how bad it is - remember, sin is the transgression of the law.) The word ‘entered’ is Strong’s #3922 ‘pareiserchomai’ which means ‘to come in secretly or by stealth, or creep or steal in; to enter in addition, come in besides’. That’s interesting, because the law that was added through Moses was the Levitical Priesthood and it was entered in addition to the rest of the law that was already there but not in writing. The word ‘abound’ is #4121 ‘pleonazo’ and means ‘to superabound, of things to exist in abundance, to increase, be augmented; to make to increase: one in a thing’. Now let’s use some common sense. Would it make sense that the law was added so that sin would increase? Does Paul or Yahuwah want people to sin more? Of course not. The definition that makes sense is having to do with “of things to exist in abundance” because sin definitely exists in abundance!
….But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.
(Where there is sin, there is more than enough grace to deal with it.) The word ‘abound’ here is different than the previous ‘abound’ – this one is #5248 ‘hyperperisseuo’ and means ‘to abound beyond measure, abound exceedingly, to overflow, to enjoy abundantly’.
21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Yahushuwa the Messiah our Lord.
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Yahushuwa, we believe that we shall also live with him: (born-again)
9 Knowing that Yahushuwa being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto Yahuwah.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto Yahuwah through Yahushuwa the Messiah our Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto Yahuwah, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto Yahuwah.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? Yahuwah forbid.
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
6 For to be carnally minded is death; (and if we obey the lusts of the flesh then we will be under the law of sin and death) but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (But if we obey the laws of Yahuwah, then we will continue to have life – eternal life.)
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against Yahuwah: for it is not subject to the law of Yahuwah, neither indeed can be.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of Yahuwah, they are the sons of Yahuwah.
Titus 2:11-13 King James Version
11 For the grace of Yahuwah that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Yahushuwa the Messiah;
Titus 2:11-15 New International Version
11 For the grace of Yahuwah has appeared that offers salvation to all people.
12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Yahushuwa the Messiah, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
So, Yahuwah’s grace provides us forgiveness of sin, and it teaches us to live right, or to obey Yahuwah’s commandments/ laws. It also empowers us to live right, to keep the law. It is NOT a license to keep on sinning (violating Yahuwah’s commandments).
2 Corinthians 12:9 King James Version
9 And he said unto me, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Yahushuwa may rest upon me.
Power and grace go hand in hand. We obtain the power to overcome sin through grace, because we are weak and He is strong. Again, grace doesn’t give us a license to sin, it empowers us to stop sinning, to start obeying our Creator.
We also have His Holy Spirit, our comforter and helper, which most believers do not know that one of the reasons He was given to us is to help us obey the law! It’s interesting that the LAW was given to Moses on Pentecost, in the Old Testament days, and later the Holy Spirit was given to believers on Pentecost, in the New Testament days! The Holy Spirit CAUSES us to obey His law of the OLD TESTAMENT! (If we walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh – most Christians refuse to cooperate and let it cause them to obey the law.)
Ezekiel 36:26-27 King James Version
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my spirit within you, and CAUSE you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Acts 2:38 King James Version
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Yahushuwa the Messiah for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (Holy Spirit)
Yahuwah gave us His Holy Spirit so that it would cause us, as our helper, to walk in His laws, and not just to be our comforter. And it will empower us to stop sinning and to be successful witnesses of our Messiah as well.
Acts 1:8 King James Version
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
The verse below tells us to keep His commandments, and live.
Proverbs 7:2 King James Version
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
But Christians will say “That’s the OLD Testament!!!!” as if it doesn’t count anymore. But this next verse says:
Matthew 19:17 King James Version
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, Yahuwah: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Well, how about that?! They both say the same thing! O.T. and N.T. both tell us to keep His commandments to live! And the N.T. verse in Matthew is Yahushuwa Himself saying it! Fancy that. There are actually several more verses in the N.T. that say to obey the law in order to enter heaven. Like this one:
Revelation 22:14 King James Version
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Many like to say that is ‘works religion’, but it’s in the Bible and you can either take a marker and block these verses out and ignore them (and get in trouble with Yahuwah for that), or you can study this out and learn why they say that, and adjust your beliefs to the Scriptures and move away from your preconceived ideas. It is not ‘works’ religion. We cannot get born-again by our works, as I will soon show you that Paul taught about that. But ‘works’ (doing the commandments) comes AFTER getting born-again, and is a PART OF FAITH, and His grace EMPOWERS YOU AND TEACHES YOU HOW TO OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS. Faith without works is dead, and dead faith will do nothing for you.
In Matthew 19:17 above, it does not mean that Yahushuwa is saying that HE is not good. He is implying that they call Him good because they know that He is Yahuwah who came in the form of a man.
Obeying Yahuwah’s Torah, law, instruction, commandments (one and the same) do not come BEFORE salvation, as our ‘works’ cannot save us, but are necessary AFTER getting born-again. When we are born-again, we are forgiven of all of our sins, thereby being released from the penalty for sinning, which is transgressing Yahuwah’s law, and that penalty we are released from is death, as Scripture says that the wages of sin is death, and we are released from the law of sin and death! Getting born-again means believing in our heart and confessing with our mouth that Yahushuwa died on the cross and rose from the dead for our sins. It includes confessing our sins and giving them up, asking forgiveness for them (example: Father I am a sinner and I ask You to forgive me), confessing Yahushuwa as our Savior (I thank You Yahushuwa for dying for my sins), dying to ourselves, our own ways, (Help me to live my life YOUR way and not my own), and beginning the journey of learning to live His way. Obeying His instructions comes AFTER getting born-again, as He accepts us where we are and then helps us change.
1 John 1:9-2:2-7 King James Version
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
2:1-7
1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Yahushuwa the Messiah the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of Yahuwah perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
See, we are to CONFESS our sins (to Yahuwah, not a priest), receive forgiveness for them and be cleansed from them, and then we are to ‘sin not’ (learn to stop sinning, to stop transgressing His laws, start obeying His laws.) His commandments are exactly the same thing as His laws.
We are to keep the law, but we are not JUSTIFIED by the law – we do not do the law in order to get born-again. It is not a pre-requisite to getting born-again. We do the law AFTER getting born-again to SANCTIFY ourselves. Born-again by grace through faith, because of repenting of our past sins and getting forgiven when we repent and confess Yahushuwa as our savior, and then learning how to stop doing the sin we got forgiven for which is transgressing His laws, or learning to keep His laws. That is how we become sanctified and holy.
Getting baptized is important also. It is an outward sign of the inward commitment we made to Yahuwah – dying to our own selfish ways (getting buried in the water) and coming alive in Him and His will (coming up out of the water as a re-born soul) – when a baby is born it comes out of the water in the mother – baptism is symbolic of being born-again and at the same time symbolic of dying and being buried and then coming back alive out of the burial. So, after we get born-again we should obey Him and get baptized, and then learn how to keep the commandments. Below the next paragraph, the chapters in Romans explains more about this. I put my comments in parenthesis.
Getting baptized is important also. It is an outward sign of the inward commitment we made to Yahuwah – dying to our own selfish ways (getting buried in the water) and coming alive in Him and His will (coming up out of the water as a re-born soul) – when a baby is born it comes out of the water in the mother – baptism is symbolic of being born-again and at the same time symbolic of dying and being buried and then coming back alive out of the burial. So, after we get born-again we should obey Him and get baptized, and then learn how to keep the commandments. Below the next paragraph, the chapters in Romans explains more about this. I put my comments in parenthesis.
Most Christians use these verses in Romans to try and explain away the law. A question for you – after reading down through verse 21, you know that there was always Yahuwah’s law from the beginning, there was added the Levitical Priesthood law through Moses which is now done by our High Priest Yahushuwa instead of a Levitical priest, the law will not be done away with until heaven and earth pass away which is after the Millennium, the law will be in effect IN the Millennium, including sacrifices and feast days, so what makes you think that the law is presently done away with and we do not need to keep the Sabbath, the dietary laws, celebrate Yahuwah’s feast days, avoid pagan holidays, etc.?
And look at this:
Matthew 24:20 King James Version
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
That, my friends, is a future, end-time event being addressed, which shows us the Sabbath law is still in effect! Let’s move right along here!
Romans 4:15 King James Version
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Romans 5:13,20-21 King James Version
13 for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. (This verse confuses even the commentators – there was always law from Genesis on [don’t eat the fruit, keep the Sabbath, do sacrifices, don’t murder, no adultery, etc] and people were held accountable for their sin [expelled from Eden, the flood, etc] so this verse is saying sin was always in the world, and it was imputed because there was always law. It is NOT saying that there was no law until the Law of Moses and no one who sinned before that time was held accountable for their sin because they didn’t know any better.)
20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound….
(The purpose of the law is to show what sin is and how bad it is - remember, sin is the transgression of the law.) The word ‘entered’ is Strong’s #3922 ‘pareiserchomai’ which means ‘to come in secretly or by stealth, or creep or steal in; to enter in addition, come in besides’. That’s interesting, because the law that was added through Moses was the Levitical Priesthood and it was entered in addition to the rest of the law that was already there but not in writing. The word ‘abound’ is #4121 ‘pleonazo’ and means ‘to superabound, of things to exist in abundance, to increase, be augmented; to make to increase: one in a thing’. Now let’s use some common sense. Would it make sense that the law was added so that sin would increase? Does Paul or Yahuwah want people to sin more? Of course not. The definition that makes sense is having to do with “of things to exist in abundance” because sin definitely exists in abundance!
….But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.
(Where there is sin, there is more than enough grace to deal with it.) The word ‘abound’ here is different than the previous ‘abound’ – this one is #5248 ‘hyperperisseuo’ and means ‘to abound beyond measure, abound exceedingly, to overflow, to enjoy abundantly’.
21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Yahushuwa the Messiah our Lord.
(And the wages of sin is death – both physical and separation from Yahuwah – but His grace makes us righteous in His eyes, through Yahushuwa, so that we can have eternal life.)
Romans is so often used incorrectly to justify breaking Yahuwah’s law, that I’m including a whole chapter here to show that’s not what it means.
Romans 6 King James Version
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin (transgression of the law), that grace may abound?
2 Yahuwah forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Yahushuwa the Messiah were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Romans is so often used incorrectly to justify breaking Yahuwah’s law, that I’m including a whole chapter here to show that’s not what it means.
Romans 6 King James Version
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin (transgression of the law), that grace may abound?
2 Yahuwah forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Yahushuwa the Messiah were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
(this is referring to being born-again.)
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Yahushuwa, we believe that we shall also live with him: (born-again)
9 Knowing that Yahushuwa being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto Yahuwah.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto Yahuwah through Yahushuwa the Messiah our Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto Yahuwah, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto Yahuwah.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
(We are not under the law of sin and death – we don’t have to die for our sins – if we repent, His grace covers us and we get forgiven, and His grace and His Holy Spirit helps us to stop sinning, therefore, sin doesn’t dominate us anymore.)
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? Yahuwah forbid.
(You see, not being under the law does NOT mean we are free to break the law! It is sin to transgress/break His law. We are freed from the PENALTY of breaking the law, death, free from the law of sin and death, IF we walk in the Holy Spirit, which CAUSES us to obey His law.)
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
(Look at that – sin unto death covers the law of sin and death, and our choice is that OR OBEDIENCE! Obedience, that grace helps us achieve, brings us to righteousness!)
17 But Yahuwah be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
17 But Yahuwah be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
(There’s that word again – OBEYED from the heart – not just an action but also a heartfelt obedience – for instance, if you get circumcised or get baptized but your heart isn’t submitted to Yahuwah and you are just going through the motions, it will mean nothing to Yahuwah and it will not benefit you.)
18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity
18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity
(iniquity means lawlessness); even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
20 For when ye were the servants of sin (sin means transgression of the law), ye were free from righteousness.
20 For when ye were the servants of sin (sin means transgression of the law), ye were free from righteousness.
(So when they were transgressing the law, they were NOT righteous.)
21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to Yahuwah (servants obey their master’s instructions, the law), ye have your fruit unto holiness
21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to Yahuwah (servants obey their master’s instructions, the law), ye have your fruit unto holiness
(holiness involves obeying the laws – I will show you that shortly), and the end everlasting life.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of Yahuwah is eternal life through Yahushuwa the Messiah our Lord.
Grace empowers you to obey the law – to stop sinning. Stop transgressing the law – start obeying it. Some think this has changed in the N.T., as if Yahuwah used to be one way and now has changed. But the Bible says He and His word changes not. Below are four verses that tell us that:
Hebrews 13:8 King James Version
8 Yahushuwa the Messiah the same yesterday, and today, and forever.
Malachi 3:6 King James Version
16 For I am Yahuwah, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Psalm 119:160 King James Version
160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
1 Peter 1:25 King James Version
25 But the word of Yahuwah endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
He doesn’t change and His word doesn’t change!
There are a lot of different kinds of laws in the Bible. Which one are we ‘not under’ anymore? Not Yahuwah’s laws! Yahuwah’s laws do not go away until He makes a new heaven and earth. To not let sin reign in our mortal bodies we must not let lawlessness reign in our mortal bodies, meaning we must obey His laws.
Romans 5:12 King James Version
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Romans 6:23 King James Version
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of Yahuwah is eternal life through Yahushuwa the Messiah our Lord.
Ezekiel 18:20 King James Version
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die……
1 John 2:1 King James Version
1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Yahushuwa the Messiah the righteous.
But we are not under the law of sin and death, because we have an advocate with the Father if we sin, and can repent and not have to suffer the wages of sin, which is death, but can be forgiven instantly, and continue to have eternal life to look forward to.
Romans 8:1 King James Version
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Messiah Yahushuwa, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Notice that there is a condition here – you are not condemned if you are born-again IF you walk in the Spirit instead of walking under the lusts of your flesh – if you don’t let your flesh, your mortal body’s desires, rule over and control you. Eating pig, shellfish, catfish, etc., celebrating pagan holidays, refusing to bother with celebrating Yahuwah’s commanded feast days, Sabbaths, etc., are all doing the lusts of our flesh and not walking by His Holy Spirit. And what does Yahuwah’s Spirit do when you walk in it? It helps you obey His laws, and so does His grace. Yes, Yahuwah’s grace is a free gift, but YES YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS TO KEEP IT. You cannot use it as a license to sin. You must use it to help you to stop sinning and walk in the Spirit instead of your flesh.
Here is more of that verse. I LOVE this verse! We must, however, understand it correctly:
Romans 8:1-17 King James Version
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Messiah Yahushuwa, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yahushuwa hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of Yahuwah is eternal life through Yahushuwa the Messiah our Lord.
Grace empowers you to obey the law – to stop sinning. Stop transgressing the law – start obeying it. Some think this has changed in the N.T., as if Yahuwah used to be one way and now has changed. But the Bible says He and His word changes not. Below are four verses that tell us that:
Hebrews 13:8 King James Version
8 Yahushuwa the Messiah the same yesterday, and today, and forever.
Malachi 3:6 King James Version
16 For I am Yahuwah, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Psalm 119:160 King James Version
160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
1 Peter 1:25 King James Version
25 But the word of Yahuwah endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
He doesn’t change and His word doesn’t change!
There are a lot of different kinds of laws in the Bible. Which one are we ‘not under’ anymore? Not Yahuwah’s laws! Yahuwah’s laws do not go away until He makes a new heaven and earth. To not let sin reign in our mortal bodies we must not let lawlessness reign in our mortal bodies, meaning we must obey His laws.
Romans 5:12 King James Version
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Romans 6:23 King James Version
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of Yahuwah is eternal life through Yahushuwa the Messiah our Lord.
Ezekiel 18:20 King James Version
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die……
1 John 2:1 King James Version
1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Yahushuwa the Messiah the righteous.
But we are not under the law of sin and death, because we have an advocate with the Father if we sin, and can repent and not have to suffer the wages of sin, which is death, but can be forgiven instantly, and continue to have eternal life to look forward to.
Romans 8:1 King James Version
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Messiah Yahushuwa, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Notice that there is a condition here – you are not condemned if you are born-again IF you walk in the Spirit instead of walking under the lusts of your flesh – if you don’t let your flesh, your mortal body’s desires, rule over and control you. Eating pig, shellfish, catfish, etc., celebrating pagan holidays, refusing to bother with celebrating Yahuwah’s commanded feast days, Sabbaths, etc., are all doing the lusts of our flesh and not walking by His Holy Spirit. And what does Yahuwah’s Spirit do when you walk in it? It helps you obey His laws, and so does His grace. Yes, Yahuwah’s grace is a free gift, but YES YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS TO KEEP IT. You cannot use it as a license to sin. You must use it to help you to stop sinning and walk in the Spirit instead of your flesh.
Here is more of that verse. I LOVE this verse! We must, however, understand it correctly:
Romans 8:1-17 King James Version
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Messiah Yahushuwa, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yahushuwa hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
(there ya go – we are free from the law of sin and death, NOT Yahuwah’s commandments)
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, Yahuwah sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, Yahuwah sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; (and if we obey the lusts of the flesh then we will be under the law of sin and death) but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (But if we obey the laws of Yahuwah, then we will continue to have life – eternal life.)
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against Yahuwah: for it is not subject to the law of Yahuwah, neither indeed can be.
(the carnal mind doesn’t submit to Yahuwah’s law – it’s of the flesh.)
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please Yahuwah.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please Yahuwah.
(See, we cannot please Yahuwah if we live in our fleshly desires instead of subjecting ourselves to Yahuwah’s law.)
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of Yahuwah dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Yahushuwa, he is none of his.
10 And if Yahushuwa be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of Yahuwah dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Yahushuwa, he is none of his.
10 And if Yahushuwa be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
(born-again = dying to ones own sinful ways.)
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Yahushuwa from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Yahushuwa from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: (law of sin and death) but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. (…and not be under that law of sin and death.)
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Yahushuwa from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Yahushuwa from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: (law of sin and death) but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. (…and not be under that law of sin and death.)
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of Yahuwah, they are the sons of Yahuwah.
(Ahhh, we become sons of Yahuwah – we are adopted in to His family – and while adopted sons and daughters receive the same benefits as the natural-born children, they also have to obey the same household rules/laws/instructions – no separate rules for Jews and Gentiles – we are all one.)
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of Yahuwah:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of Yahuwah, and joint-heirs with Yahushuwa; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Many will say “Wow, why all this stuff about obeying His laws? Even grace teaches us to obey His laws. Even His Holy Spirit helps us to obey His laws. Many think our whole purpose in life is to get born-again and do what makes us happy and comfortable. They will mentally tear this verse out of their Bibles!
Ecclesiastes 12:13 King James Version
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear Yahuwah, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (Commandments and law are the same thing.)
So why don’t Christians want to hear anything about Yahuwah’s law? Why do they get mad and walk away from relationship with us when we tell them the law is still valid? This verse Galatians 4:16 “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” is the way it goes. They don’t understand that His laws/commandments/instructions are for our benefit! They are good for us, give us life, health, happiness, wealth, etc. And they’re daddy’s rules. If we don’t obey them, we suffer negative consequences.
Matthew 7:21 King James Version
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of Yahuwah:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of Yahuwah, and joint-heirs with Yahushuwa; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Many will say “Wow, why all this stuff about obeying His laws? Even grace teaches us to obey His laws. Even His Holy Spirit helps us to obey His laws. Many think our whole purpose in life is to get born-again and do what makes us happy and comfortable. They will mentally tear this verse out of their Bibles!
Ecclesiastes 12:13 King James Version
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear Yahuwah, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (Commandments and law are the same thing.)
So why don’t Christians want to hear anything about Yahuwah’s law? Why do they get mad and walk away from relationship with us when we tell them the law is still valid? This verse Galatians 4:16 “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” is the way it goes. They don’t understand that His laws/commandments/instructions are for our benefit! They are good for us, give us life, health, happiness, wealth, etc. And they’re daddy’s rules. If we don’t obey them, we suffer negative consequences.
Matthew 7:21 King James Version
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
(Doing His will means obeying His commandments/laws, and this is Yahushuwa talking about the Father’s laws – which is the same thing as Yahushuwa’s laws, because they are One God.)
Really pay attention to that one! It says that not everyone who calls our Messiah ‘Lord’ will go to heaven (in other words those who accept Him as their Lord and believe He is their Lord). Only those who do Yahuwah’s will, which means obeys His commandments/laws/Torah will go to heaven!!! (Rip rip!!! Tearing THAT one out of your Bible!....)
Really pay attention to that one! It says that not everyone who calls our Messiah ‘Lord’ will go to heaven (in other words those who accept Him as their Lord and believe He is their Lord). Only those who do Yahuwah’s will, which means obeys His commandments/laws/Torah will go to heaven!!! (Rip rip!!! Tearing THAT one out of your Bible!....)
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