"faith‖. Not one person in the Bible took their salvation for granted—before or after Y‘shua. The Messiah
makes it clear that if we don't forgive, we won't be forgiven.
The sacrificial system of the Tenach played a major role in reconciliation and was the reason more "lightning
bolts" didn't come down from the heavenlies to smite people. Y‘shua is presently fulfilling this role for us in
the heavenlies (1 John 2:2); hence, at this time there is no need for the day to day sacrifices of reconciliation.
This teaching also parallels that found in the Talmud:
Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 85b: ―Yom Kippur atones for all sins, but first you must reconcile your conflict with
others‖.
Learning Our Husband‘s Ways
We should, as Believers in Messiah Y‘shua, learn everything possible about the life and times of our
betrothed Husband. In order to do this, we must learn about the time, the place, and the customs of the
people to whom Y‘shua was sent—to the Jews of Judea and to ―...the lost sheep of the house of Israel‖
(Matt 15:24).
Y‘shua was not sent as a Roman or a Greek, nor was He sent among the people living in what we call today
India, China, or Japan; even though all of those people now have access to Him through His sacrifice on the
stake.
During His earthly ministry, Y‘shua was only able to gather to Himself a relatively small number of Jewish
disciples: ―And in those days (after the ascension of Y‘shua to heaven) Peter stood up in the midst of the
disciples (altogether the number of names was about a hundred and twenty)..." (Acts 1:15)
However, once the Ruach HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) arrived, the number of Jewish Believers increased
tremendously; so that on the Day of Pentecost ―... those who gladly received his word were baptized; and
that day about three thousand souls were added to them‖. (Acts 2:41)
These new Believers were both natural born Jews and Jewish Proselytes: ―... ̳how is it that we hear, each in
our own language in which we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in
Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of
Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs -- we hear them
speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God‘‖. (Acts 2:8-11)
The people who were at the Temple that day (where these events occurred) were all considered Jewish,
even though they had come from the Four Corners of the known earth. This fact was confirmed when Peter
addressed them saying, ―Men of Israel, hear these words:‘" (Acts 2:22)
Combine this information with the knowledge that all those who come to Y‘shua and accept Him as their
Saviour become ̳grafted-in‘ to the Commonwealth of Israel, whether they are members of the 'lost' tribes of
the House of Israel or Gentiles: ―And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive
tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree,
do not boast against the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root
supports you‖. (Rom 11:17-18)
So all Believers become part of the Commonwealth of Israel: ―And if you are Christ's, then you are
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise‖. (Gal 3:29)
5:25-30 Thou shalt not commit adultery
―(25) Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary
deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. (26) Verily I
say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. (27) Ye
have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: (28) But I say unto you, That
whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. (29)
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy
members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. (30) And if thy right hand
offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish,
and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell‖.
In a similar fashion to his teaching on murder, Y‘shua says lusting in the heart is as much a sin as committing
the act of adultery. The ensuing verses on "plucking out" your own eye are obviously not to be carried out