(Matt 7:12-21)
Today, we see the world through the Twenty-First Century, western world eyes. Unfortunately, our view is
skewed by our own life experiences, the form of government under which we live, the values of society (or
lack thereof), our news media, television, movies and novels which we watch and read and by our personal
relationships with family, friends and brethren.
In the world of theology and religion, there is a phenomenon known as ―the pendulum principle‖. A pendulum
swings as far as it can go in one direction, and then swings as far as it can go in the opposite direction.
Some believers are pulled like a pendulum from one extreme to the opposite extreme. When they realise that
they have been in extreme error about some doctrine, they swing like a pendulum to the opposite extreme
and sometimes end up in an equally dangerous error.
The whole objective of studying and understanding the Hebrew Roots is to bring us into a closer relationship
with our Saviour, to know as much about Y‘shua as we can through the people and time period in which He
lived.
Many Messianic believers who now honour the Torah started out as pork-eating, Sabbath-breaking, Bible-
believing Christians, as I did. By the grace of YHWH, we saw that Christianity was in error concerning the
Torah. We realised that the Church had "diminished from it‖ by eliminating the Sabbath, Feast Days, and
dietary laws, and had thereby disobeyed the warning in Deut 4:2 not to ―diminish ought from it‖. The same
verse that warns us not to ―diminish ought from‖ the Torah also warns us to ―not add to‖ the Torah.
Those of us who have been enlightened to see the error of ―diminishing from‖ the Torah need to be careful
that we do not allow ourselves to be drawn to the opposite extreme of ―adding to‖ the Torah. We need to be
aware of the fact that this is the very error which Satan will attempt to draw us into. If he can draw us into the
opposite extreme of ―adding to‖ the Torah, then this error can be used to discredit the entire Torah
restoration movement. Bible-believing Christians who might otherwise be open to Torah will throw out the
proverbial baby with the bathwater and reject the entire message.
Y‘shua is the door to this relationship. Torah is the path beyond this door – for all who wish to put their trust
in Him. Sadly, most will not end up on the right path, even after learning of Him.
It is a fact that a renaissance of First Century Judeo-Christian teaching is occurring within the Church in our
time. It is revolutionising Christian theology. It will impact all Christian believers. Like the computer age, it is
challenging but unavoidable. Why not be on the cutting edge?
Let us therefore:
“... grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Y‟shua HaMashiach”
(2 Peter 3:18);
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth”
(2 Tim 2:15);
and
“receive the word with all readiness of mind, and search the scriptures daily,
whether those things were (are) so.”
(Acts 17:11)
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