Judaism and the Torah Epstein s The Faith of Judaism 57 pgs. of 386 pgs. 15% Solomon Schechter s Aspects of Rabbinic Theology 69 pgs of 343 pgs. 20% Louis Jacob s A Jewish Theology 73 pgs. of 331 pgs. 22% Christianity and the Law Augustus Strong s Systematic Theology 28 pgs. of 1,056 pgs. 2% L. Berkhof s Systematic Theology 3 pgs. of 745 pgs. ½ of 1% (.5%) Lewis Sperry Chater s 7 Vol. Systematic Theology within Judaism 7 pgs. of 2,607 pgs. ¼ of 1% (.25%) Torah To-Raw Law, direction, instruction, prophetic teaching. Torah Yaw-Raw To teach, direct, instruct. To shoot an arrow, and hit the mark. Shabbat 1
Missing the Mark 1 John 3:4 Everyone who keeps sinning is violating Torah - indeed, sin is violation of Torah. 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is valuable for teaching the truth, convicting of sin, correcting faults and training in right living Matthew 5:17-19 Don't think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete. Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah not until everything that must happen has happened. So whoever disobeys the least of these mitzvot and teaches others to do so will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever obeys them and so teaches will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. Shabbat 2
Acts 21:17-24 In Yerushalayim, the brothers received us warmly. The next day Sha'ul and the rest of us went in to Ya'akov, and all the elders were present. After greeting them, Sha'ul described in detail each of the things God had done among the Gentiles through his efforts. On hearing it, they praised God; but they also said to him, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of believers there are among the Judeans, and they are all zealots for the Torah. Now what they have been told about you is that you are teaching all the Jews living among the Goyim to apostatize from Moshe, telling them not to have a b'rit-milah for their sons and not to follow the traditions. "What, then, is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come. So do what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow. Take them with you, be purified with them, and pay the expenses connected with having their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is nothing to these rumors which they have heard about you; but that, on the contrary, you yourself stay in line and keep the Torah." Acts 13:5-10 After landing in Salamis, they began proclaiming the word of God in the synagogues, with Yochanan (Mark) as an assistant; and thus they made their way throughout the whole island. They ended up in Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and pseudo-prophet named Bar-Yeshua. He had attached himself to the governor, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. Now the governor had called for Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul and was anxious to hear the message about God; but the sorcerer Elymas (for that is how his name is translated) opposed them, doing his best to turn the governor away from the faith. Then Sha'ul, also known as Paul, filled with the Ruach HaKodesh, stared straight at him and said, "You son of Satan, full of fraud and evil! You enemy of everything good! Won't you ever stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? Galatians 2:16 (KJV) Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Taken from the Complete Jewish Bible by David H. Stern. Copyright 1998. All rights The reserved. King James Used by Version permission public of Messianic domain. Jewish Publishers, 6120 Day Long Lane, Clarksville, MD 21029. www.messianicjewish.net Shabbat 3
KJV Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Galatians 2:16 CJB even so, we have come to realize that a person is not declared righteous by God on the ground of his legalistic observance of Torah commands, but through the Messiah Yeshua's trusting faithfulness. Therefore, we too have put our trust in Messiah Yeshua and become faithful to him, in order that we might be declared righteous on the ground of the Messiah's trusting faithfulness and not on the ground of our legalistic observance of Torah commands. For on the ground of legalistic observance of Torah commands, no one will be declared righteous. Taken from the Complete Jewish Bible by David H. Stern. Copyright 1998. All rights reserved. The King James Version is public domain. Taken from the Complete Jewish Bible by David H. Stern. Copyright 1998. All rights reserved. Used by permission Used of by Messianic permission Jewish of Messianic Publishers, Jewish 6120 Publishers, Day Long Lane, 6120 Clarksville, Day Long Lane, MD 21029. Clarksville, www.messianicjewish.net MD 21029. www.messianicjewish.net Romans 6:14 (KJV) For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Taken from the Complete Jewish Bible by David H. Stern. Copyright 1998. All rights The reserved. King Used James by Version permission public of Messianic domain. Jewish Publishers, 6120 Day Long Lane, Clarksville, MD 21029. www.messianicjewish.net Romans 6:14 KJV For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. CJB For sin will not have authority over you; because you are not under legalism but under grace. Taken from the Complete Jewish Bible by David H. Stern. Copyright 1998. All rights reserved. The King James Version is public domain. Taken from the Complete Jewish Bible by David H. Stern. Copyright 1998. All rights reserved. Used by permission Used of by Messianic permission Jewish of Messianic Publishers, Jewish 6120 Publishers, Day Long Lane, 6120 Clarksville, Day Long Lane, MD 21029. Clarksville, www.messianicjewish.net MD 21029. www.messianicjewish.net Shabbat 4
Romans 6:14-15 (KJV) For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Taken from the Complete Jewish Bible by David H. Stern. Copyright 1998. All rights The reserved. King Used James by Version permission public of Messianic domain. Jewish Publishers, 6120 Day Long Lane, Clarksville, MD 21029. www.messianicjewish.net Saul = Jewish = Bad Paul = Christian = Good Is Judaism The Problem? Romans 7:12 So the Torah is holy; that is, the commandment is holy, just and good. Shabbat 5
Is Judaism The Answer? Romans 7:13-15, 24-25 Then did something good become for me the source of death? Heaven forbid! Rather, it was sin working death in me through something good, so that sin might be clearly exposed as sin, so that sin through the commandment might come to be experienced as sinful beyond measure. For we know that the Torah is of the Spirit; but as for me, I am bound to the old nature, sold to sin as a slave. I don't understand my own behavior - I don't do what I want to do; instead, I do the very thing I hate! What a miserable creature I am! Who will rescue me from this body bound for death? Thanks be to God [he will]! - through Yeshua the Messiah, our Lord! To sum up: with my mind, I am a slave of God's Torah; but with my old nature, I am a slave of sin's "Torah." Bottom Line Sin is the problem and YESHUA is the answer! Hallelujah!!! Shabbat 6