Proverbs 11:6
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them:
But transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
John, the beloved disciple of the Lord tells us that ‘sin’ is the breaking of the Law. Contextually, that would mean that ‘sin’ is the breaking of the Torah.
The Torah has such bad rap these days. Adhering to the commandments Moses relayed to us straight from God in the book of Exodus has been equated to ‘legalism’. That is because of an anachronistic understanding of Paul’s text in Galatians.
I think we need to make a difference between ‘legalism’ and pure plain ‘obedience’ to God. Obedience to God is to obey His ordinances; legalism is to define obedience to the commandments of God by man’s teaching about them. Even Jesus who believed in and obeyed the Torah rebuked the Pharisees for obeying their own traditions above the commandments of God. The issue came up when the Pharisees accused Jesus of desecrating the Sabbath because He healed a man and told to carry His bed on that day. Moses never mentioned that it was forbidden to heal on the Sabbath, and even though in his days, Jeremiah rebuked people for lifting burdens on the Sabbath, it was mainly for commercial purposes, and commerce is forbidden on the Sabbath.
Obedience to the commandments of God is beneficial to us in every way. God is like the parent or teacher who try to instill in us the healthy mechanics and dynamics of life, while we always try to see if it can work otherwise. Most of us realize, only later in life that in fact, ‘Daddy’ was right.
Keeping God’s morals ordinances maintains the harmony of our families. Keeping His dietary laws keeps us healthier. Adhering to His sabbatical laws definitely keeps us healthier, even the economico-sabbatical laws. If we were to keep in financial laws, even those pertaining to sabbatical jubilees, we would have much, much less poverty, our lands would produce more and better, and we would not be a society dependant on borrowing, thus forever living in the stress of paying back debt.
The rod of correction God applies on us is simply imbedded in the result incurred by our disobedient actions. Righteousness, or ‘obedience to whatever is conformed to God’s will’ truly delivers the righteous; while transgressors, or ‘those who disobey and transgress God’s commandments’ shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them:
But transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
John, the beloved disciple of the Lord tells us that ‘sin’ is the breaking of the Law. Contextually, that would mean that ‘sin’ is the breaking of the Torah.
The Torah has such bad rap these days. Adhering to the commandments Moses relayed to us straight from God in the book of Exodus has been equated to ‘legalism’. That is because of an anachronistic understanding of Paul’s text in Galatians.
I think we need to make a difference between ‘legalism’ and pure plain ‘obedience’ to God. Obedience to God is to obey His ordinances; legalism is to define obedience to the commandments of God by man’s teaching about them. Even Jesus who believed in and obeyed the Torah rebuked the Pharisees for obeying their own traditions above the commandments of God. The issue came up when the Pharisees accused Jesus of desecrating the Sabbath because He healed a man and told to carry His bed on that day. Moses never mentioned that it was forbidden to heal on the Sabbath, and even though in his days, Jeremiah rebuked people for lifting burdens on the Sabbath, it was mainly for commercial purposes, and commerce is forbidden on the Sabbath.
Obedience to the commandments of God is beneficial to us in every way. God is like the parent or teacher who try to instill in us the healthy mechanics and dynamics of life, while we always try to see if it can work otherwise. Most of us realize, only later in life that in fact, ‘Daddy’ was right.
Keeping God’s morals ordinances maintains the harmony of our families. Keeping His dietary laws keeps us healthier. Adhering to His sabbatical laws definitely keeps us healthier, even the economico-sabbatical laws. If we were to keep in financial laws, even those pertaining to sabbatical jubilees, we would have much, much less poverty, our lands would produce more and better, and we would not be a society dependant on borrowing, thus forever living in the stress of paying back debt.
The rod of correction God applies on us is simply imbedded in the result incurred by our disobedient actions. Righteousness, or ‘obedience to whatever is conformed to God’s will’ truly delivers the righteous; while transgressors, or ‘those who disobey and transgress God’s commandments’ shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
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