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To: editor-surveyor
I respectfully disagree with your statement that we must keep Torah in order to be saved.

While it is clear that the new believing communities sprouting up in Gentile nations were aware of the Jewish roots of the faith (1 Cor. 5:7), where does Paul or any other New Testament writer encourage Gentile believers to live as Jews or embrace a Hebraic lifestyle?

"Should Gentiles Keep Torah? It is most telling that in all the epistles to congregations there is not a single word commanding Gentiles to adopt the whole Torah, and no direct statement of hope that they will eventually adopt a fully Torah keeping life in the same way as the Jews. There is no word of such an exhortation or even mild encouragement throughout the whole book of Acts, which is written in part to show the relationship of Jewish-Gentile fellowship!" Quoted from Ron Cantor, who serves on the leadership team of a Hebrew-speaking, Spirit-filled congregation in Tel Aviv. (I have read some of his books)

232 posted on 06/22/2017 2:04:36 PM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

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>> “It is most telling that in all the epistles to congregations there is not a single word commanding Gentiles to adopt the whole Torah” <<

That is absolute nonsense!

Just start with Matthew 5 which declares Torah to be forever.

Then Matthew 7:21-23, which sends the lawless to eternal darkness.

Then Acts 15 that calls on every new believer to hear Moses read in their synagogue every Sabbath day.

Romans 2:13 declares only doers of the law will be justified.

The entire epistle to the Colossians praises them for keeping the appointed times, and tells them to let no man judge them in their keeping of Torah but the Kehillah.

All the epistles speak of the keeping of the feasts, and Paul tells several congregations to withhold their tithes and gifts until the close of the Sabbath, and bring them in after sundown when the Sabbath has closed and the first day of the week has begun. (traveling with money is forbidden on the Sabbath)

The whole NT is about how to keep Torah.

Perhaps you should do your Bible reading when you are more awake.
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235 posted on 06/22/2017 5:01:15 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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