The Name of God implies His unchanging nature and His faithfulness to keep His word. He acts in accordance with His name and keeps His covenant.
Yeshua demonstrates the method for determining what is a greater commandment and what is a lesser commandment in Matthew 12. Far from abolishing a commandment, He upholds all of the commandments and shows that compassion is foundational to Torah.
This teaching is part of our Distinctives Series and gives an overview of Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when God delivered His people with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.
The suffering of the righteous atones for the sins of the nation. Through Yeshua’s suffering and death we have atonement and forgiveness of sin.
When God forgives a person’s sin and grants them a new heart and a new spirit, they are a new creation. No longer a slave to sin, they can live righteously unto God.
This week we discuss the need to establish a solid grounding in the Word of God in order to repair the foundations of our faith, and to guard what God has given us as we grow in maturity and in the Spirit.
This week we discuss the sanctity of the Priesthood, and the distinction between the Levitical priesthood and spiritual priesthood of believers.
God’s desire is to dwell with man as it was in the beginning. As part of the restoration, God has given the Holy Spirit as a pledge of what is to come at the end of the Millennial Reign.
At Sinai, God took Israel as His bride and promised to send His Angel before them, to bring them to their inheritance. Before His last Passover seder, Yeshua spoke in bridal terms as He promised to bring His disciples to their inheritance.
The Torah (Law) is a vital part of the covenant relationship between God and His people, though its role is often misunderstood. The Torah does not bring justification (salvation), but rather it is for the sanctification of those who have already been redeemed.