K-Common Apostasies Of Christianity (Pt3)
Common Apostasies Of "Christianity" (Part 3)
Most of the Church tragically believes that "Jesus" ended" the Law", (as in abolishment). Let us see what Yehowshu`a Said about The Torah:
Matthew 5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the Torah, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Matthew 5:18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one yud or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the Torah, till all be fulfilled.
Matthew 5:19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least Mitzvot, 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.
NOTE: All of the desputes about The Torah between Yehowshu`a and the Pharisees and Tzaddikim were not over whether or not The Torah was still valid, but rather were disagreements over Hallakha (Jewish Law). Also, the Church often uses The Writings of Paul to argue that Paul was anti-Torah. Nothing could be farther from The Truth! They totally disregard the context of Paul’s Writings, whom he was writing to and what problems he was addressing! Paul was a Minister to the Gentiles outside of The Holy Land. But he himself kept The Torah:
Acts 21:18And the day following Paul went in with us unto Yaakov; and all the elders were present.
Acts 21:19And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things Elohim had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
Acts 21:20And when they heard it, they glorified ADONAI, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the Torah:
Acts 21:21But they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moshe, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs!
Acts 21:22What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
Acts 21:23Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
Acts 21:24Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the Torah.
NOTE: V20 clearly shows that in the early Messianic Congregation, Jews still kept The Torah! And these verses clearly show that the leaders were happy about that! The "but" at the start ov verse 21 clearly shifts the moond to unhappy over THE FALSE RUMOR against Paul that he was against JEWS keeping The Torah. Then in V24, we see that he did continue to keep The Torah! So, when The New Testament is read without any bias, and is read with truly Jewish hearts and minds, (even if the people are not Jewish), The New Testament is proven to be a fully JEWISH Scripture! The biggest apostasy of the Church has been its break away from Biblical Judaism.
ROMAN CATHOLICISM
Clearly, The Torah forbids bowing down and worshipping statues made of stone or wood! It forbids worship to anyone other than ’Elohim Himself. We are Told there is only ONE mediator between G-d and us:
1 Timothy 2:5For there is ONE Elohim, and ONE mediator between Elohim and men, the man Moshiach Yehowshua; So we cannot go through Miriam ("Mary") or some other saint. That would violate the above Scripture and many, many others! The Catholic Church also holds to the apostasy of "Replacement Theology", (See about this in the previous link). Not only that, but they claim "Peter was the first Pope"! Again, easily disproven, since under His Leadership, Jews continued to keep THE TORAH--AND AS JEWS! (Acts 21:20; Acts 21:24)! Scripture indicates absolutely no change commanded or urged to Jews to change their Religion! Rather, Scripture Tells us that ALL need to have their hearts changed in Yehowshu`a. If we truly believe that Holy Scripture is from ’Elohim, and no mortal has the right to change His ETERNAL WORD, then no "Pope" who came AFTER Scripture has the Authority to change G-d’s Holy Word! We can clearly see in Scirpture that it is G-d’s Adversary who tries to change Times and Seasons:
Daniel 7:24And the ten shofars out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Daniel 7:25And he shall speak great words against the El Elyon, and shall wear out the saints of the El Elyon, and think to change times and Laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
NOTE: So whether it is The Catholic Church, Protestant Church, or Synagogue who changes G-d’s Precepts, we are to deny ALL false worship and cling to The eternal Word of ’Elohim in Sanctification.