Very well and lovingly said: "It seems odd to me that we (those who have received the spirit of adoption into YHVH’s family), after receiving the gift of salvation and being redeemed from a death we could not escape, are looking at reasons why we can’t be obedient to Him (as dear children) rather than asking the question, “How CAN we follow His prescription”? It is, after all, always recorded that those who, from a heart of love, follow His ways are seen as being rewarded with life. Those who choose their own means to fellowship with Him, quite the opposite. So, lest we fall into the trap warned of by Paul to Titus in Titus the 3rd. Chapter, let’s suspend this arguing about the Law thing and ask the real question that no one seems to be addressing and has been asked from the very beginning. Do we want to be obedient to the words breathed by YHVH Himself (as the men in Numbers 9:6-12 who wanted to do Passover) whether in Jerusalem on a journey (can anyone say diaspora?) abroad? Or do we, after the way of Cain want to approach YHVH on our own terms? That didn’t turn out so well as neither did it in many other places including the golden calf incident (Exodus 32:1-6). Do we really want to, while able to do so, follow His observances or reject them as archaic vestiges of an era long gone by and replace them with observances of our own design? Is history, once again, repeating itself? If so, maybe we should look at it to learn from it." -taken from a commentor on an anti-Torah blog
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:27:45 +0000