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While Torah is traditionally translated 'law', the literal meaning is 'instruction'.
[H8451] torah, from :
[H3384] yara-to teach, instruct.
There are commandments, ordinances, judgments, precepts,
testimonies and prophecies with their exhortations and admonitions.
All are Torah, because all are given to instruct. This is precisely why Paul states:
2 Corinthians 3:
16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Be wary of someone who speaks often of "keeping the Torah",
without understanding the fullness of this "instruction".
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law (nomos),
I said, You are gods?
The Greek word nomos is used over 190 times in the New Testament
and is always translated by scholars as Law, just as Torah in the Old.
And yet, here the Lord is quoting from the Psalms, whose instruction
(torah), would normally be referred to as 'testimony'.
Is "I said, you are gods" a command to obey? Obviously not,
but it is given as instruction, by the inspiration of God.
Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony!
If they do not speak according to this word, it is because
there is no light in them.
We must be instructed by the full testimony of scripture.
[H8451] torah, from :
[H3384] yara-to teach, instruct.
There are commandments, ordinances, judgments, precepts,
testimonies and prophecies with their exhortations and admonitions.
All are Torah, because all are given to instruct. This is precisely why Paul states:
2 Corinthians 3:
16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Be wary of someone who speaks often of "keeping the Torah",
without understanding the fullness of this "instruction".
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law (nomos),
I said, You are gods?
The Greek word nomos is used over 190 times in the New Testament
and is always translated by scholars as Law, just as Torah in the Old.
And yet, here the Lord is quoting from the Psalms, whose instruction
(torah), would normally be referred to as 'testimony'.
Is "I said, you are gods" a command to obey? Obviously not,
but it is given as instruction, by the inspiration of God.
Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony!
If they do not speak according to this word, it is because
there is no light in them.
We must be instructed by the full testimony of scripture.
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