You see Yeshua came to bring the good news, which is that sin can be defeated and those who love God can enter into eternal life, Yeshua served as an example that we in our humanly weak flesh can defeat sin if we really try, we can OVERCOME it just as he did, since Yeshua was a man and not God in human form and was tempted by the same temptations as we are there are no excuses for us not to overcome sin as and to live righteous and sinless lives, will we stumble? of course, but as long as we confess to God and not make it into a habit of sinning and into thinking that we will be forgiven no matter what and how much we sin(like many Christians and Jews do) God will forgive us by the blood of our messiah, after all he did die so we could live, he was the final sacrifice.
Yeshua was constantly teaching and stressing the fact that by keeping God's commandments one enters the kingdom of heaven not by just believing unto the name of Yeshua...:
Mtthew 19:16
16And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."
it is interesting that Yeshua starts with "why call me good"? only God is good... Yeshua was saying that since he himself is not God don't call him good, only God is good. then he continued if you to enter the kingdom keep the commandments. there you have it, it was always about keeping God's commandments not believing a name like most teach today.
Mtthew 19 - continued
18He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 20The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? 21Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, goand sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. 22But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Although the moral of this story is even though you think you keep all the ten commandments and possessions are more precious to you than God you are not worthy of God and his kingdom, the young man was breaking the first commandment even though he was positive that he kept them all, he did not love God with all his heart and all his mind but rather loved his money more.
Yeshua himself said that..."17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Yeshua is saying that the commandments stand today as they did in the beginning nothing really changed except that messiah is to die and be the final covering for sin.
today we are being thought in so many churches that we are not under the law because we are covered by the blood of messiah no matter what which couldn't be further from the truth, how can there be sin if there is no law in place at the first place? if the ten commandments were not abiding today then there was no point in anything really, without law there can be no sin.
Yeshua explains that...
18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Yeshua is explaining that the law abides until everything is fulfilled, I believe at the end of the millennial reign is when the end of the ages comes and all will be fulfilled and after that sin will be no more and there will be no need for the law, but until then we need to abide by it and be careful what we teach... "19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." sounds familiar? Yeshua is warning that those who teach that the law does not abide will be called the least in the kingdom of heaven but those who keep the law and teach it will be the greatest, how different this teaching is from today's mainstream Christian teaching isn't? so next time you hear something like "the law does not abide on us Christians because we are saved by grace" tell them we are saved by grace through faith..." (Ephesians 2:8-9) 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Mtthew 19:16
16And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."
it is interesting that Yeshua starts with "why call me good"? only God is good... Yeshua was saying that since he himself is not God don't call him good, only God is good. then he continued if you to enter the kingdom keep the commandments. there you have it, it was always about keeping God's commandments not believing a name like most teach today.
Mtthew 19 - continued
18He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 20The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? 21Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, goand sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. 22But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Although the moral of this story is even though you think you keep all the ten commandments and possessions are more precious to you than God you are not worthy of God and his kingdom, the young man was breaking the first commandment even though he was positive that he kept them all, he did not love God with all his heart and all his mind but rather loved his money more.
Yeshua himself said that..."17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Yeshua is saying that the commandments stand today as they did in the beginning nothing really changed except that messiah is to die and be the final covering for sin.
today we are being thought in so many churches that we are not under the law because we are covered by the blood of messiah no matter what which couldn't be further from the truth, how can there be sin if there is no law in place at the first place? if the ten commandments were not abiding today then there was no point in anything really, without law there can be no sin.
Yeshua explains that...
18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Yeshua is explaining that the law abides until everything is fulfilled, I believe at the end of the millennial reign is when the end of the ages comes and all will be fulfilled and after that sin will be no more and there will be no need for the law, but until then we need to abide by it and be careful what we teach... "19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." sounds familiar? Yeshua is warning that those who teach that the law does not abide will be called the least in the kingdom of heaven but those who keep the law and teach it will be the greatest, how different this teaching is from today's mainstream Christian teaching isn't? so next time you hear something like "the law does not abide on us Christians because we are saved by grace" tell them we are saved by grace through faith..." (Ephesians 2:8-9) 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast."
since we are saved by grace through faith our faith should produce works meaning if we have genuine faith in God we will keep God's commandments and produce good works.
since we are saved by grace through faith our faith should produce works meaning if we have genuine faith in God we will keep God's commandments and produce good works.
(Matthew 5 - continued)
20For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Yeshua is saying that those who pretend to be Godly are actually the ones who will not inherit the kingdom, so many rabbis, pastors and teachers of the bible are actually unrighteous and will be judged harshly at judgement day because of their hypocrisy. God is not looking for those who can memorize every verse in the bible but still understand nothing of the spirit, no, God is looking for those who are humble, loving with sincerity towards God, like children that are unconditionally in love with their parents and no matter what the children love their parents even if their parents are the worst, it is heart breaking but that is the kind of love and child like heart God wants in his kingdom, if you can humble yourself and become like the children and live to serve others you will find a place in God's kingdom.
so to conclude, each will be judged according to their works and not whether they believed a name or accepted that name as their savior.
believing unto the name of the savior is believing in what he taught which was to keep the commandments, by keeping the commandments you believe the one true God that created them.
"Rev 20:11 …I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works."
Rev 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be."
Matt
16:27 For
the
Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father
with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his
works
"Romans
2:5 But
after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself
wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the
righteous judgment of God;
6
Who
will render
to every man according to his deeds:
2
Cor 5:10 …we
must all appear
before the judgment
seat of Christ;
that every one may
receive the things done in his body,
according
to that he hath done,
whether it be good or bad.
Matt
7:21 Not
every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he
that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven."
Rev
3:5 He
that overcometh,
the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I
will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but
I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels
"Ex
32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned
against me, him will I blot out of my book.
“Rev
22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that
they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in
through the gates into the city. 15 For
without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and
murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a
lie.
