How do, or can we "obey"...?
What is the best most effective way to obey?, and obey what exactly...?
Do we do so by knowing all the time knowing what "not to" do, or not...?
If not, then how does that work or operate...?
Comments...?
God Bless!
To know what you are to obey, you must see that which you should avoid. He tells us to avoid sin. But, what does the bible describe as sin? The transgression of his instruction, his Torah. By obeying his Torah, you are obeying Him.
As Jesus (Yeshua) says, John 14:31 -
But that the world may know that I love the Father; and
as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
Psalm 119:94 - I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
Everyone since Adam and Eve has had his Torah to follow.
- Cain and Abel knowing about how sacrifices work: Genesis 4:4
- Noah knowing what clean and unclean animals were: Genesis 7:2
- Abraham observing the law: Genesis 26:5
Even in the Garden of Eden, what kicked them out of living in eternal peace with the Father? Eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Literally, doing that what the Father told them not to do. They broke the law, and had to pay the price by being removed from the Father's presence, and were forced out of paradise, and consequently died. That is quite literally the punishment for breaking the law. Breaking the law is sin, and the punishment for sin, is death. BUT, the thing people get hung up on today, is the fact that no one aside from Jesus could perfectly uphold the law, so they disregard it while pointing to grace, despite there being verses saying that grace doesn't mean we should just embrace sin. All the while saying obey God, obey God! While ironically seeking disobedience.
But, exactly as you've asked, what do you obey? This forum is filled with many different answers, because without the Torah, you can't know what sin is. You can't know what to avoid. You're literally just doing whatever you see fit in your own eyes. Jesus tells us not to lean on our own understanding, yet everyone in the modern church does just that. He tells us to avoid paganism and idolatry, yet all of our holidays we celebrate as Christians are rooted in paganism. Christmas for example. The 25th is the birthdate of A "god", but it's not the Savior...
I digress though, my point is, without the law, we can't even know what sin is (Romans 7:7)(Psalm 119:92)(Psalm 119:89-91), let alone how to avoid it, even though Jesus tells us to "go and sin no more". Seeking to obey the law, will not condemn you, despite what the church today preaches. It will only condemn you, if you place your faith for salvation in your "ability" to keep the law. Abraham was considered righteous by faith, but yet, as the verse I linked above shows you Genesis 26:5, he still kept the laws. Why? Because. Desiring the law, is desiring the Father. The law, IS the Father. If you love the Father, your faith will manifest itself, or (more accurately) desire to manifest itself as obedience. As James says (James 2:17), faith without works is dead. Which, I'd like to point out makes no sense under the modern church's teachings.
Here are some that point to what I'm saying regarding the garden of eden.
Psalm 3:18, Psalm 11:30, Deuteronomy 4:6, Matthew 5:18 (heaven and earth are still here).
Pray on the things I've mentioned brother. I've got another additional message I'll post shortly after this one, it's something I've just thought of, but this message is too long so, figured I'd separate them.