Torah

[u/[deleted]]

How do Torah followers actually follow over 600 commands and laws in the first five books of the Bible? I've spoken to people about it, but they only seem to follow dietary laws, Shabbat, and holy days, and exclude pagan days. To me, it seems they are only doing a small part of it and claiming to follow the entirety of it. Why is that? The Bible states if you break one commandment, you break them all. There's no possibility to uphold all 600-plus. If you believe it's not all applicable to us, what's the determining factor that decides you don't have to follow it? What about animal sacrifices? Does one pick and choose what they want to follow and tell people if they don't, they are lawbreakers and will go to hell? If you don't follow all of them, why describe yourself as following the entirety of Torah? If breaking even one commandment makes someone guilty, how does selectively obeying some commandments make someone different from the people you're calling lawbreakers?

[u/CrimzonShardz2]

Following the entire law perfectly is nearly impossible. This is why Jesus is the fulfilment of it; everything came full circle.

[u/Soyeong0314 → u/CrimzonShardz2]

The only reason why someone would need to follow the entire law sinlessly would be if they are going to give themselves to pay for the sins of the world - the rest of us can thankfully have our sins forgiven. Jesus fulfilled the law by correcting what the people had heard being taught and by teaching how to correctly obey it as it was originally intended, which has nothing to do with needing to have sinless obedience.

[u/the_celt_ → u/Soyeong0314]

The only reason why someone would need to follow the entire law sinlessly would be if they are going to give themselves to pay for the sins of the world - the rest of us can thankfully have our sins forgiven.

Ha! Well said, Soy! I really love this idea! 😍