NOT Having Mine OWN Righteousness . . . Which is of The LAW

So   . . . you want to go back to keeping Torah ?

So . . . you want your OWN Righteousness 

instead of CHRIST'S ? 

FLAWLESSLY Following Torah ? ..... YES !

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We discovered in the previous post that it is truly possible --- and required --- to follow Torah flawlessly .

This can ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED, however, by uniting one's own will with The WILL of Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA. 

  

Because of HIS+ being " The Way, The Truth, and The Life," even primitive peoples who have never heard of the Torah may enter into HIS+ Righteousness ... if they follow Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA for the salvation from their sins.

That is why Y'SHU+

did NOT instruct 

His+ followers to preach Torah

for the remission of sins...

but rather 

to baptize and share the Good News to all nations that repentance and remission of sins were accomplished in His+ Name, for those who would believe and follow HIM+. 

[Verses Courtesy of  Dukhrana.com]

Luke 24:46 - And HE+ said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it was right for MESSIAH+ to suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day;

Luke 24:47 - ܘܰܕ݂ܢܶܬ݂ܟ݁ܪܶܙ ܒ݁ܰܫܡܶܗ ܬ݁ܝܳܒ݁ܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ ܠܫܽܘܒ݂ܩܳܢܳܐ ܕ݁ܰܚܛܳܗܶܐ ܒ݁ܟ݂ܽܠܗܽܘܢ ܥܰܡ݈ܡܶܐ ܘܫܽܘܪܳܝܳܐ ܢܶܗܘܶܐ ܡܶܢ ܐܽܘܪܺܫܠܶܡ ܀

Translations

Etheridge:Luke 24:47    and that in his name should be preached repentance and the forgiveness of sins among all nations, and that the commencement should be from Urishlem.

Murdock: Luke 24:47    and that, in his name, repentance for the remission of sins should be preached among all nations, and that the commencement be at Jerusalem.

Lamsa:  Luke 24:47  And that repentance should be preached in his name for the forgiveness of sins among all nations; and the beginning will be from Jerusalem.

   Following Torah FLAWLESSLY... 

 simply cannot be done through those 613 Laws listed in the Torah proper, according to Scriptures. 

Hear the words of Y'SHU+ to the Jews and to the crowd gathered in the Temple at the Feast of the Tabernacles in John 7:19: 

John 7:19 - ܠܳܐ ܗ݈ܘܳܐ ܡܽܘܫܶܐ ܝܰܗ݈ܒ݂ ܠܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܢܳܡܽܘܣܳܐ ܘܠܳܐ ܐ݈ܢܳܫ ܡܶܢܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܢܳܛܰܪ ܢܳܡܽܘܣܳܐ ܀

John 7:19 - ܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܡܘܫܐ ܝܗܒ ܠܟܘܢ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܘܠܐ ܐܢܫ ܡܢܟܘܢ ܢܛܪ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܀

Etheridge: John 7:19 - Did not Musha give you the law? But no man of you keepeth the law. Why seek you to kill ME+ ?

Murdock: John 7:19 - Did not Moses give you the law? Yet no one of you observeth the law.

Lamsa: John 7:19 - Did not Moses give you the law? and yet no one of you obeys the law. Why do you want to kill ME+ ?

[ "Why do you want to kill ME+" is accurately translated but it is found attached to verse 20 in the Peshitta and Khabouris Texts. ]

Now Note here: 

Mr. Roth's Netzarim AENT has a footnote, # 80, that is very mis-leading. For verse 7:19, Mr. Roth states that 

  

• " THE PHARISEES face a stern rebuke here from Y'shua+ for not keeping the Torah of Moshe; ..... By contrast, 'not a man among you,'  not one Pharisee, is keeping Torah..."    Page 254, Mis-pg. Edition, John 7:10, footnote #80. 

However, Mr. Roth's words are only his own assumption. In this 7th chapter of John, the Pharisees are not identified until verse 32. But rather, the Jews in general ( Sadducees or proselytes, perhaps included ?) and the crowd are the identities of those in the Temple who heard Y'SHU+ .  

There, in verse 32, the Pharisees heard the words of  the crowd which was listening to HIM+ saying ... "When M'SHIKHA+  comes, what more than these miracles that this man  does will HE+ do ? " ... so the chief priests sent guards to seize HIM+. 

Yes, a follower of Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA is enabled by the HOLY SPIRIT, the Ruach ha Kadosh, to keep Torah flawlessly because His+ Righteous ways arise in one's heart... even if that follower has not read Torah nor known that it existed !  Such marvelous Grace !

Next post,  we will look at Galatians 2:20 in retrospect to see HOW one can actually unite one's will to the Will of Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA...   LORD be willing and we live.    

Following Torah .... FLAWLESSLY !

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An Exclusive Interview with the Chief Shepherd+ of our Souls:

Q.  Is it possible to follow TORAH in this day and age? 

Chief Shepherd+:  YES! Not only is it possible but it is required to keep Torah flawlessly . 

Q.  How can this be true ? 

Chief Shepherd+:  My+ Word says that it is possible and furthermore, it tells you HOW to perform it.

Q.  Well, not to be quarrelsome, but...  how do I perform all 613 laws included in Torah... all the time ?  For I know that if I break even one of them, I have "broken the law" and am found to be a sinner. 

 Chief Shepherd+:  My+ Word shows you a simpler way. If you can count to TWO, that is all the Law you have to remember to perform. 

I+ have told you before:  

Thou shalt love the LORD thy GOD with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

This is the first and great commandment.  

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.  

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

My+ Faithful Servant Paul taught you this as well.  

Q. He did ?    

  

Chief Shepherd+: Have you not read in The BOOK the instructions I+ gave to him for you?  Do you not realize that ALL Scriptures are given by the in-breathing of GOD and are profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness ? 

Q. Where ? 

Chief Shepherd+: In the book My+ Servant Paul wrote to My+ followers who failed to keep Torah flawlessly.   

He told them repeatedly HOW to keep Torah and remain righteous before GOD all their days. He wrote those instructions in a letter to the followers in Galatia, who were struggling to keep The Law, Torah.  

Listen carefully to those words now. 

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Galatians 2:21 

in Aramaic, courtesy of Dukhrana.com 

both Peshitta and Khabouris Texts; 

Latin Clementine Vulgate, Greek Byzantine Textform

And English translations by 

Dr. John Etheridge, Dr. James Murdock, and Mr. George Lamsa, 

respectively. 

Galatians 2:21 - ܠܳܐ ܛܳܠܶܡ ܐ݈ܢܳܐ ܛܰܝܒ݁ܽܘܬ݂ܶܗ ܕ݁ܰܐܠܳܗܳܐ ܐܶܢ ܓ݁ܶܝܪ ܒ݁ܝܰܕ݂ ܢܳܡܽܘܣܳܐ ܗ݈ܝ ܙܰܕ݁ܺܝܩܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ ܡܰܓ݁ܳܢ ܡܺܝܬ݂  Galatians 2:21 - ܠܐ ܛܠܡ ܐܢܐ ܛܝܒܘܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܐܢ ܓܝܪ ܒܝܕ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܗܝ ܙܕܝܩܘܬܐ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܡܓܢ ܡܝܬ ܀  Galatians 2:21 - I do not deny the grace of Aloha; for if righteousness is by the law, the Meshiha died in vain! Galatians 2:21 - I do not spurn the grace of God. For if righteousness is by means of the law, the Messiah died in vain. Galatians 2:21 - I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness comes by means of the law, then Christ died in vain. Galatians 2:21 - Non abiicio gratiam Dei. Si enim per legem iustitia, ergo gratis Christus mortuus est. Galatians 2:21 - ουκ αθετω την χαριν του θεου ει γαρ δια νομου δικαιοσυνη αρα χριστος δωρεαν

Even Mr. Roth's AENT states: 

"And I do not frustrate the grace of ELOHIM, for if righteousness came by Torah, then Mashiyach died for nothing. "  

Other than a few technicalities [ one wrong verb tense, an added word not in the text, and changing 3 words into Hebrew  instead of using the Aramaic, in an effort to be authentic ], Mr. Roth's translation in this verse is acceptable because he retains the meaning, in general, of the Aramaic Text. 

Galatians plainly states that righteousness NOW COMES THROUGH The M'SHIKHA+ .... not by the hand of, by the way of, through the means of        ܒ݁ܝܰܕ݂      TORAH !

"B'YaD"    ܒ݁ܝܰܕ݂    is an idiom, as you know, that is translated as "by the hand of"  something, in this case, NaMuSa, The Law.  NaMuSa is all the Law, even that which is found beyond the 5 books of Moses, the Torah specifically, including that which is found in the Psalms, Proverbs, and other Prophetic writings.  

So, how do followers of Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+ keep Torah flawlessly ?

We unite our will with HIS+.

We follow HIM+ with an obedient, love, faith- relationship with Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+. 

We make HIM+ LORD of our life, 

removing self from being 

on the throne of our life.

We yield unto HIS+ LORDSHIP.

We are not our own;

we are bought with a PRICE+.

When this truly occurs in our life ,  then we are made righteous in HIS+ eyes.   This was the AIM of TORAH all along.  Now it is possible. 

And indeed, it is required.