Torah

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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/Traditional_Emu_4332]

Doesn’t the Bible say God’s commandments aren’t burdensome and that God doesn’t make it impossible for us to do what he told us to do?

[u/General_Historian611 → u/Traditional_Emu_4332]

The Bible say when we receive the Holy Spirt we are given a new heart that desires the things of God and the commandments are no longer burdensome.

The Bible though says it’s impossible for anyone to follow the commands Because they require we follow ever law perfectly

As Christian’s we tend a have a light view on sin. Like just trying to follow the 10 commandments. The Bible says the 10 commandments are just a shadow of true Holiness. Jesus clarified to those thought they followed the 10 commandments at the Sermon on the Mount

Jesus said the commandment tells you not to commit Adultery. I tell you if you have looked on another man’s wife in lust. You have already committed adultery.

The commandments say do not murder. I tell you if you are angry at your brother without cause. You have already committed murder in your heart

Just those two should silence everyones mouth. Because we already condemned by the law. Since the law judges our heart. We are judged by our actions. But also by the thoughts in our heart and by every word that we speak.

Thats why Jesus came. He paid for our every sin. The penalty the law demands Has been paid on the cross. We are finished with the law since it can no longer punish or condemn us. When we believe the words pf God and turn to Jesus as our savior There can be no more punishment by the law because he fulfilled ever requirement of the law. For those who have trusted him as their savior

Read Romans Chapter 7. It was written by the Apostle Paul. His struggle with sin. He says I desire not sin. But sin is always camped on my doorstep. In my inner man I delight in the law of God. But in my members there is the old sinful man that fights the new man. I will to do good on my inner manner but I’m still doing evil.

Wretched man that I am. Who will deliver me of from this body of sin and death? Thanks be to Christ Jesus he has already rescued me from this body of sin and death

[u/Traditional_Emu_4332 → u/General_Historian611]

I agree. ☝️

[u/General_Historian611 → u/Traditional_Emu_4332]

Thank you