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Jesus came as the Jewish Messiah of Judaism and he set a perfect example for us to follow of how to practice Judaism by walking in sinless obedience to the Torah. In Acts 21:20, they were rejoicing that tens of thousands of Jews were coming to faith in Jesus who were all zealous for the Torah...

John the Baptist called for people to repent from their sins, Jesus continued the call for repentance by spreading the Gospel of the Kingdom, and the Torah was how his audience knew what sin is Romans 3:20). In Psalms 119:29-30, he wanted to put false ways far from him, for God to be gracious...

I agree that the NT commands faith in Christ, though I see that as being perfectly compatible with commanding obedience to the Torah because that is the way to have faith in Christ. In other words, God's word is His instructions for how to have faith in Christ, which is by the Bible frequently...

It is important to recognize that the Bible can speak against obeying the Torah for incorrect reasons without speaking against obeying it for corrects and that the correct solution to doing something incorrectly is to start doing it correctly rather than to cease doing it. For example, in...

It is contradictory to contrast faith in God with faith in God's instructions or to contrast faith in God's word made flesh with faith in God's word, rather God's word is His instructions for how to have faith in God's word made flesh. God has straightforwardly made His will known through His...

Grace is a gift and gifts can't be earned, so grace is incompatible with works insofar as those works as done in order to earn a wage as the result, however, there can be many other reasons for doing works that are not incompatible with grace. For example, a gift can be the experience of doing...

The existence of amoral commands would mean that we can be acting morally while disobeying those commands, however, the Bible never describe any of God's commands as being immoral, there are no examples in the Bible where disobedience to any of God's laws was said to be moral, and I see no...

I don't think that Hebrews should be interpreted as speaking against obeying God's commands. In Deuteronomy 4:2, it is a sin to ad to or subtract from the Torah, so it has not been supersede. God did not make any mistakes when He gave the Torah that needed amending. The greatest two...

In Matthew 5:17-20, Jesus said said that he came to fulfill the law in contrast with saying that he came not to abolish it and he warned against relaxing the least part of it or teaching others to relax the least part of it, so you should not interpret fulfilling the law to mean essentially the...

You should have major problems with you interpreting Paul as speaking against obeying God, so it is important to recognize that the Bible can speak against obeying God for an incorrect reason without speaking against obeying God. For example, if Paul had been speaking against circumcision for...

Acts 23:6 Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.” I do not see how you can deny that Paul...

Nowhere does the Bible state that Paul repented of the works of the Pharisees, but rather it states that he still claimed to be a Pharisee. In Acts 21:20-24, Paul planned to take steps to disprove false rumors that he had been teaching against the Torah and to show that he continued to live in...

In Acts 15:5, it states that Pharisees spoke up from among the believers, so there is nothing about Paul becoming a Christian that implies that he ceased to be a devout Pharisee, especially given the fact that he still claimed to be a Pharisee after he became a Christian. Jesus did not come to...

While it is true that what Paul said caused dissension that does not mean that what he said was false. If we take Paul at his word, then most of the NT was written by a Pharisee. Moreover, in 1 Corinthians 11:1, we are told to be imitators of Paul as he is of Christ, so we are instructed to be...

The Bible never refers to anyone having a religious spirit and never speaks negatively about someone being religious. Jesus set a perfect example for us to follow of how to practice Judaism by walking in sinless obedience to the Torah, so he was the most religious person ever and he had a...

We can do works that express our faith, such as with the examples of faith listed in Hebrews 11 or with James 2:18 saying that he would show his faith by his works, so the significance of our works is not that they are part of what we are required to have done first in order to become saved, but...

If you agree that God's law was given to reveal what sin is and that we should refrain from doing what God has revealed to be sin, then you should agree that we should obey it. God's law not just given to reveal our sin, but was also given to teach us how to do what is holy, righteous, and good...

Those verses do not say that there are eternal aspects of the Mosaic Covenant, but that it is eternal. In Jeremiah 31:33, the New Covenant involves God putting the Torah in our minds and writing it on our hearts, so I have been speaking about the way to live under the New Covenant and those who...

You are free to think that that is correct, just recognize that it is your own made up doctrine that is not based on what is stated in the Bible and that the Bible in fact states the opposite.

Nowhere does the Bible say that, but rather it says the opposite. You are denying what Paul said is the word of faith that we proclaim. Christ set a sinless example for us to follow of how to walk in obedience to God's law, and those who are in Christ are obligated to walk in the same way he...