The Books of Moses. The Pentateuch. That is Torah.
NOWHERE in the New Testament writings are there commands for believers in Christ (Christians) to keep the WHOLE law [...]
Wherever it is referring to Torah, it is necessarily speaking of the WHOLE law. But one must be careful to discern what is actually being spoken of, as in the Greek, there is no distinction between Torah and Halakha, and even at times, I would submit, Roman civil law. Without some experience with Torah, one can easily miss the fact that the passage is referring to something else (usually Halakha).
For instance, in Acts 15, the Jerusalem Council, the question is whether one has to be circumcised to be saved... The Torah does not require circumcision of adults, and especially not 'to be saved', so one knows this whole passage is talking about Halakha - the Law of the Elders, the Jewish Tradition, which Yeshua summarily rejected.
To further bolster that position, The 'yoke' the Apostles rejected necessarily MUST be Halakha, because the 'yoke' of Yeshua is necessarily based upon Torah, because He necessarily kept Torah.
[...] in order to either gain salvation, keep salvation or maintain a relationship with God.
There is the sticky wicket - I reject any idea that Torah affords salvation - That, we know, is only found in One place. But if you would care to wipe the Greece from your eyes, you will find that Torah is a part of a relationship with YHWH - It is the 'way' of His House, which He keeps, and His Son keeps... Do you think then that His Bride would not? Can the Head keep Torah and the body refuse it? Wouldn't the Sons of YHWH follow the way of YHWH's House too, even as a son on earth follows his father's way naturally?
Jesus said that if we loved him we would keep his commandments, so what are His commandments?:
His yoke is to love YHWH with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself - The BIG TWO. But the big two are a summary of the Big 10, which are a summary of the rest - Torah is necessarily indivisible, and true, or YHWH is not God. His challenge to those that follow the posers is that what He said in the beginning is what will be in the end. That is primarily why Yeshua cannot have changed it, nor added to it, nor made it null.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. His word cannot be made null, nor will He change His mind.
Sorry if I missed something in the discourse but that's exactly why Jesus died on the Cross...HE became the sacrifice because we could not keep the laws of the Torah...HE paid the price for us...
Because He was a Jew living prior to His death and resurrection.
>>His word cannot be made null, nor will He change His mind.<<
But He did change His dealings with man. We are now justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
Rom. 3:28-30, "For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one."
Paul even rebuked Peter for preaching like you do.
Gal. 2:16, "nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified."
You are in serious error preaching like you do.
Gal. 2:21, I do not nullify the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.
Galatians 5:4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
If you think God doesn’t change His dealing with man check out the but now.
Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
According to this,
Sources of Halakhah
Halakhah comes from three sources: from the Torah, from laws instituted by the rabbis and from long-standing customs. Halakhah from any of these sources can be referred to as a mitzvah (commandment; plural: mitzvot). The word "mitzvah" is also commonly used in a casual way to refer to any good deed. Because of this imprecise usage, sophisticated halakhic discussions are careful to identify mitzvot as being mitzvot d'oraita (an Aramaic word meaning "from the Torah") or mitzvot d'rabbanan (Aramaic for "from the rabbis"). A mitzvah that arises from custom is referred to as a minhag. Mitzvot from all three of these sources are binding, though there are differences in the way they are applied (see below). Mitzvot D'Oraita (in Hebrew)Mitzvot D'Oraita:
Commandments from the Torah
At the heart of halakhah is the unchangeable 613 mitzvot (commandments) that G-d gave to the Jewish people in the Torah (the first five books of the Bible).
halakha is also the Torah...And, Halakha whether from Rabbinical traditidon or not still has the weight of the Torah...Therefore, the discussions in Acts 15 ARE of the Torah laws from here...
His yoke is to love YHWH with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself - The BIG TWO. But the big two are a summary of the Big 10, which are a summary of the rest - Torah is necessarily indivisible, and true, or YHWH is not God. His challenge to those that follow the posers is that what He said in the beginning is what will be in the end. That is primarily why Yeshua cannot have changed it, nor added to it, nor made it null. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. His word cannot be made null, nor will He change His mind.
You forget that Jesus DID change the commandments - he preached the spirit of the law rather than the letter of the law and you espouse that we must return to practicing the letter again. Jesus kept both the spirit as well as the letter of the law - PERFECTLY - which is not something any of us is capable of doing. He did this so as to be the perfect sacrifice for the sins of mankind. God says He will "conform us into the image of the Son". He does that through His grace within us and NOT by hiding the "path" from our view.
Jesus changed the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself when he said, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." (John 13:34,35) So, instead of loving others as we love ourselves - which, if we're being honest, can mean that we don't always love ourselves - Jesus said we should love each other as HE loves us. That means UNCONDITIONALLY. This is ALSO impossible without Christ within us.
You certainly have the freedom to live according to the dictates of your heart, but you have NO ground to accuse others of failing to follow Christ if they choose to do it differently than you do.