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What if we have something wrong? Could it be possible at all that we're off, even just a bit?
In this article, I'm merely asking questions. I'd rather not debate, and I'm only asking that you look at this (if nothing else, as a hypothetical)
So, try to look at everything in this article with the frame that, maybe Christianity as we know it, is flawed. This doesn't mean it is, but for the sake of reading this, just look at it from the perspective that it's not completely impossible that it could be wrong.
Now before I get started, Jesus is absolutely our Messiah. Our Savior. 100%, He kept all of the Torah that applied to Him, and even prophetically fulfilled many of the things no one could've ever foreseen Him fulfilling. The 4 spring feasts, the red heifer sacrifice, the cleansing of the leprous house, etc, etc. But, He tells us that although many are to be called to Him, only a small percentage will actually walk that small path to salvation.
In Matthew 22:14, Jesus said that many will be called, but few would be chosen.
Christianity is the largest religion in the world today, and has been one of the largest religions almost since it began. It's gone through times it struggled, but has never been eradicated, and has always been one of the more large ever since it boomed back during the book of Acts.
What if, we're worshipping the right person, but we're doing it in a way that is still missing the mark? If many are called, but few chosen, and it's the largest religion in the world, then either He was wrong in saying that few will be chosen, or we're off slightly in the walk.
We're to be hated for our walk.
John 15:8 - If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Provers 29:27 - An unjust man is abominable to the righteous, And he who is upright in the way is abominable to the wicked.
Matthew 10:22 - You will be hated by everyone on account of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
We're to stand in direct opposition to the world, and stick out like sore thumbs.
Matthew 5:14 - Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Phillipians 2:14 - so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
1 Peter 2:9 -But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
We're supposed to be different than the world, because they walk in darkness, and we walk in light. But what is this light? How do we know we're walking in it? The bible tells us what is this light, all throughout the scriptures it tells us.
Proverbs 6:23 - For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
The word "law" in the original text, is Torah. Which is the instruction, or what we call today the "law". The Torah is the light that we are to be for those walking in darkness.
I've heard many say, and I used to think myself, that our love was to be our light. Yet, we get out "christianed" by Jehovah witnesses, and Mormons all the time. What if our light, wasn't just as it's said today, the love we walk in? If love truly was our only light, then how would our light be any different than any of the cults I just described? What if the light it's referring to, is Torah, and not just love?
Romans 2:13 - (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
James 2:17 - Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
James 2:20 -O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
I used to think that us doing works, was wickedness, regardless. But, when I felt that way, verses like this caused an inner turmoil inside me, because they didn't make sense if the Torah was done away with completely.
What if, in keeping Torah out of faith, that was our light. I 100% agree that, no matter how well you keep the Torah you will not be deserving of salvation. I 100% agree that faith and faith alone will result in your salvation, because all have sinned, but the hebraic way of looking at faith isn't how we view it in America. Faith hebraically, is a belief that results in an action. It's believing and doing, not just believing.
All I'm saying, is I used to think that there were different times. That when Moses gave the laws, that no one before had anything to observe, and that after Moses, no one was justified without what Jesus did. That, if you were under the law, you couldn't come before God, and that you couldn't keep the law while being justified by faith, because they didn't mix. But, if that's so, and if keeping the Torah, denies you from being accepted by faith, how do we explain Moses? David? Joshua? Any of the prophets? They all kept Torah, but walked in faith, and they were given to do amazing things. They were men of great faith, yet they kept Torah. Why? Because, they believed, and their belief resulted in action.
All throughout scriptures they warn us of two extremes. One, being without the law. or Two, having the law, but no faith. The great men of faith had both. They kept Torah, but they did so in absolute faith, knowing that even if they messed up, or others, they'd get on their hands and knees before God, and pray or beg for mercy. This humility, fear, reverence, and love for God allowed Moses to talk before God. It allowed Enoch to not only walk with God, but to have God translate Him into heaven, it allowed Abraham to be justified by faith, even though he still kept the Law of God (Genesis 26:4-5), it allowed David to be forgiven for breaking the 10 commandments when he had a man killed just to sleep with and marry his wife, etc.
Faith without works is dead, because if we don't have works that back up our faith (His Law, His light to shine before the world, to those in darkness) then we believe in vain. Whether it's the men of great faith in the OT, or the men of great faith in the NT that kept the feasts, sacrificed an animal for the nazarite vow, taught gentiles to keep feasts, I feel that since most will openly reject this message, the few that will be chosen are those that desire to keep Torah, because they truly have faith.
I'll close out with this, here is Paul referring to the law of God.
Romans 85-8 - 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. 6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
God's law, is spirit, so if we walk in spirit, we're walking in Torah. Because the flesh doesn't desire Torah, it hates Torah, and it's why we can't avoid sin, because we're in fleshy bodies. Earlier in Romans 7, he mentioned that his mind desires to obey, and he walks accordingly, but his flesh still causes him to stumble. So, he desires to walk according to Torah, and does, but his flesh keeps him from being perfect in it.
What's my point? What if, our light, is the obedience to the ways and instructions of God. It's eating from the tree of life, but the serpent is trying to get us to eat from the knowledge of good and evil (our own judgement) and walk accordingly. God tells us what to do, but because we are flesh, and are often led by minds of flesh, we desire not the spirit, nor the ways of the spirit, which as Paul says are the laws of God. We, and the serpent lead us astray to do that which seems right in our own eyes, which is exactly what the whole world does. Our proof, is our light, and the light is Torah. The world is darkness, and by standing in opposition to it, we are light.
John 1:15 - And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
By walking in Torah, we will seem peculiar, but will be shining our light on high for all to see. We will obviously fail and slip up from time to time, but we're expected to grow. The important part, is the realize that when we do slip up, we have an advocate.
1 John 2:1 - 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, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Here John tells us not to sin, but then, in the next chapter, he tells us what sin is.
1 John 3:4 - Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
I'm not looking for a debate, I'm just asking questions. What if Christianity as we know it, has been gravely wrong about some things?
In this article, I'm merely asking questions. I'd rather not debate, and I'm only asking that you look at this (if nothing else, as a hypothetical)
So, try to look at everything in this article with the frame that, maybe Christianity as we know it, is flawed. This doesn't mean it is, but for the sake of reading this, just look at it from the perspective that it's not completely impossible that it could be wrong.
Now before I get started, Jesus is absolutely our Messiah. Our Savior. 100%, He kept all of the Torah that applied to Him, and even prophetically fulfilled many of the things no one could've ever foreseen Him fulfilling. The 4 spring feasts, the red heifer sacrifice, the cleansing of the leprous house, etc, etc. But, He tells us that although many are to be called to Him, only a small percentage will actually walk that small path to salvation.
In Matthew 22:14, Jesus said that many will be called, but few would be chosen.
Christianity is the largest religion in the world today, and has been one of the largest religions almost since it began. It's gone through times it struggled, but has never been eradicated, and has always been one of the more large ever since it boomed back during the book of Acts.
What if, we're worshipping the right person, but we're doing it in a way that is still missing the mark? If many are called, but few chosen, and it's the largest religion in the world, then either He was wrong in saying that few will be chosen, or we're off slightly in the walk.
We're to be hated for our walk.
John 15:8 - If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Provers 29:27 - An unjust man is abominable to the righteous, And he who is upright in the way is abominable to the wicked.
Matthew 10:22 - You will be hated by everyone on account of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
We're to stand in direct opposition to the world, and stick out like sore thumbs.
Matthew 5:14 - Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Phillipians 2:14 - so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
1 Peter 2:9 -But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
We're supposed to be different than the world, because they walk in darkness, and we walk in light. But what is this light? How do we know we're walking in it? The bible tells us what is this light, all throughout the scriptures it tells us.
Proverbs 6:23 - For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
The word "law" in the original text, is Torah. Which is the instruction, or what we call today the "law". The Torah is the light that we are to be for those walking in darkness.
I've heard many say, and I used to think myself, that our love was to be our light. Yet, we get out "christianed" by Jehovah witnesses, and Mormons all the time. What if our light, wasn't just as it's said today, the love we walk in? If love truly was our only light, then how would our light be any different than any of the cults I just described? What if the light it's referring to, is Torah, and not just love?
Romans 2:13 - (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
James 2:17 - Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
James 2:20 -O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
I used to think that us doing works, was wickedness, regardless. But, when I felt that way, verses like this caused an inner turmoil inside me, because they didn't make sense if the Torah was done away with completely.
What if, in keeping Torah out of faith, that was our light. I 100% agree that, no matter how well you keep the Torah you will not be deserving of salvation. I 100% agree that faith and faith alone will result in your salvation, because all have sinned, but the hebraic way of looking at faith isn't how we view it in America. Faith hebraically, is a belief that results in an action. It's believing and doing, not just believing.
All I'm saying, is I used to think that there were different times. That when Moses gave the laws, that no one before had anything to observe, and that after Moses, no one was justified without what Jesus did. That, if you were under the law, you couldn't come before God, and that you couldn't keep the law while being justified by faith, because they didn't mix. But, if that's so, and if keeping the Torah, denies you from being accepted by faith, how do we explain Moses? David? Joshua? Any of the prophets? They all kept Torah, but walked in faith, and they were given to do amazing things. They were men of great faith, yet they kept Torah. Why? Because, they believed, and their belief resulted in action.
All throughout scriptures they warn us of two extremes. One, being without the law. or Two, having the law, but no faith. The great men of faith had both. They kept Torah, but they did so in absolute faith, knowing that even if they messed up, or others, they'd get on their hands and knees before God, and pray or beg for mercy. This humility, fear, reverence, and love for God allowed Moses to talk before God. It allowed Enoch to not only walk with God, but to have God translate Him into heaven, it allowed Abraham to be justified by faith, even though he still kept the Law of God (Genesis 26:4-5), it allowed David to be forgiven for breaking the 10 commandments when he had a man killed just to sleep with and marry his wife, etc.
Faith without works is dead, because if we don't have works that back up our faith (His Law, His light to shine before the world, to those in darkness) then we believe in vain. Whether it's the men of great faith in the OT, or the men of great faith in the NT that kept the feasts, sacrificed an animal for the nazarite vow, taught gentiles to keep feasts, I feel that since most will openly reject this message, the few that will be chosen are those that desire to keep Torah, because they truly have faith.
I'll close out with this, here is Paul referring to the law of God.
Romans 85-8 - 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. 6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
God's law, is spirit, so if we walk in spirit, we're walking in Torah. Because the flesh doesn't desire Torah, it hates Torah, and it's why we can't avoid sin, because we're in fleshy bodies. Earlier in Romans 7, he mentioned that his mind desires to obey, and he walks accordingly, but his flesh still causes him to stumble. So, he desires to walk according to Torah, and does, but his flesh keeps him from being perfect in it.
What's my point? What if, our light, is the obedience to the ways and instructions of God. It's eating from the tree of life, but the serpent is trying to get us to eat from the knowledge of good and evil (our own judgement) and walk accordingly. God tells us what to do, but because we are flesh, and are often led by minds of flesh, we desire not the spirit, nor the ways of the spirit, which as Paul says are the laws of God. We, and the serpent lead us astray to do that which seems right in our own eyes, which is exactly what the whole world does. Our proof, is our light, and the light is Torah. The world is darkness, and by standing in opposition to it, we are light.
John 1:15 - And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
By walking in Torah, we will seem peculiar, but will be shining our light on high for all to see. We will obviously fail and slip up from time to time, but we're expected to grow. The important part, is the realize that when we do slip up, we have an advocate.
1 John 2:1 - 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, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Here John tells us not to sin, but then, in the next chapter, he tells us what sin is.
1 John 3:4 - Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
I'm not looking for a debate, I'm just asking questions. What if Christianity as we know it, has been gravely wrong about some things?
