2Timothy 3:16
¹⁶ All Scripture is given by inspiration of Yahweh, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of Yahweh may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Most people, regardless of doctrine or denomination (or lack thereof), are familiar with this verse in 2Timothy.

But do we fully understand the significance of the very first word?
“All”
Three letters, one small word…
What is so significant about it?
Here is the definition of the word all:
all;  adjective; \ ˈȯl  \
Definition of all
1: the whole amount, quantity, or extent of
2: every member or individual component of all
3: the whole number or sum of
4: Every

We must ‘see’ the whole of scripture to know truth.
Most people in the world actually apply this verse as “Some scripture is given…”
It is possible to isolate and extract individual verses in the bible and use them to create false doctrine or false beliefs.
How is this possible IF “All scripture is given…”?
The answer to this question lies in the definition of the word all.
Our understanding of scripture must be the sum of all the parts.
It must be all inclusive.

How are we to sort it out?
How are we to know if we are in error, or if we are adhering to the overall truth of the whole of scripture?
Yahweh told us how to do this, very early in the scriptures.
Dueteronomy 13:3-4
“…for Yahweh your Elohim is testing you, to find out whether you love Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul. 5 Yahweh your Elohim you will follow and Him you will fear. His commands you will keep, to His voice you will listen, Him you will serve and to Him you will cling.”
Every life, every decade, every year, every hour, every minute, every second, every situation, every circumstance falls within the realm of this test.
What we do in each and every moment will be evaluated based on the criteria of this test.
Will we love Yahweh with our whole heart?
Will we follow Yahweh?
Will we fear Yahweh?
Will we keep His commands?
Will we listen to His voice?
Will we serve Him?
Will we cling to Him?

Tick, tick, tick…
Second by second, all that we believe, think, say, and do is a test.
What is the purpose of this test?
Yahweh is sorting out who are His and who are not His.
We are auditioning for His Kingdom.
Is this just some wonky idea I have created in my own mind?
No, we are told exactly this in the scriptures.
The book of Ecclesiastes sums it up for us.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Verse 13 tells us what our goal is:
1. Fear Yahweh
2. Keep His commandments
Verse 14 better explains this life is our audition for His Kingdom:
1. Yahweh is watching and evaluating every single work (the things we believe, think, say, and do)
2. Each of these things, moment by moment, will be judged
3. Not only the obvious things, but even our secret thoughts and actions
4. Whether good or evil, all will be considered.

I for one am motivated to do well on my test.
I want to have a successful audition.
What is the prize?  Eternal life and a place in His Kingdom.
Revelation 22:14
14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.

The entire book of Deuteronomy, the final words of the Torah, remind us over and over again of our purpose, of our test, of our audition.
Deuteronomy 6:1-5
6 “Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which Yahweh your Elohim has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess, 2 that you may fear Yahweh your Elohim, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. 3 Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it,that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as Yahweh your Elohim of your fathers has promised you—‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’ 4 “Hear, O Yisra’ĕl: יהוה our Elohim, יהוה is one! 5 You shall love Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.”

Deuteronomy 6:17
^17 “You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your Elohim, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you. ¹⁸ And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of Yahweh, that it may be well with you…”

Deuteronomy 7:9-11
⁹ “Therefore know that Yahweh your Elohim, He is Yahweh, the faithful Elohim who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; ¹⁰ and He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him; He will repay him to his face. ¹¹ Therefore you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which I command you today, to observe them.”

Deuteronomy 8:1
“Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply…”

Deuteronomy 8:6
“Therefore you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your Elohim, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.”

Deuteronomy 10:12-13, 16-17
¹² “And now, Israel, what does Yahweh your Elohim require of you, but to fear Yahweh your Elohim, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul, ¹³ and to keep the commandments of Yahweh your Elohim and His statutes which I command you today for your good? 
¹⁶ Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer. ¹⁷ For Yahweh your Elohim is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.”

Deuteronomy 11:1
“Therefore you shall love Yahweh your Elohim, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always.”

Deuteronomy 11:8
⁸ “Therefore you shall keep every commandment which I command you today, that you may be strong…”

Deuteronomy 11:18-20
¹⁸ “Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. ¹⁹ You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. ²⁰ And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates…”

Deuteronomy 11:26-28
²⁶ “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: ²⁷ the blessing, if you obey the commandments of Yahweh your Elohim which I command you today; ²⁸ and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of Yahweh your Elohim, but turn aside from the way which I command you today…”

Deuteronomy 11:32
32 And you shall be careful to observe all the statutes and judgments which I set before you today.

Deuteronomy 12:32
“Whatever I command you, you must take care to do—you are not to add to it or take away from it.”

Deuteronomy 13:18
“…because you have listened to the voice of Yahweh your Elohim, to keep all His commandments which I command you today, to do what is right in the eyes of Yahweh your Elohim.”

Deuteronomy 15:5
“…5 only if you carefully obey the voice of Yahweh your Elohim, to observe with care all these commandments which I command you today.”

Deuteronomy 26:16-19
“This day Yahweh your Elohim commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17 Today you have proclaimed Yahweh your Elohim, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice. 18 Also today Yahweh your Elohim has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments, 19 and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to Yahweh your Elohim, just as He has spoken.”

Deuteronomy 27:1
“Keep all the commandments which I command you today.”

Deuteronomy 27:9-10
9 Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, “Take heed and listen, O Israel: This day you have become the people of Yahweh your Elohim. 10 Therefore you shall obey the voice of Yahweh your Elohim, and observe His commandments and His statutes which I command you today.”

Deuteronomy 27:26
26 ‘Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law by observing them.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ ”

Deuteronomy 28:1-2
“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of Yahweh your Elohim, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that Yahweh your Elohim will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of Yahweh your Elohim…”

Deuteronomy 28:9
9 “Yahweh your Elohim will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of Yahweh your Elohim and walk in His ways.”

Deuteronomy 28:13-14
“…if you heed the commandments of Yahweh your Elohim, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. 14 So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left…”

Deuteronomy 28:15
15 “But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of Yahweh your Elohim, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you…”

Deuteronomy 28:58-59
58 “If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, Yahweh your Elohim, 59 then Yahweh will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues—great and prolonged plagues—and serious and prolonged sicknesses.”

Deuteronomy 29:29
29 “The secret things belong to Yahweh your Elohim, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.”

Deuteronomy 30:8-9
8 And you will again obey the voice of Yahweh your Elohim and do all His commandments which I command you today. 9 Yahweh your Elohim will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good.

Deuteronomy 30:15
15 “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, 16 in that I command you today to love Yahweh your Elohim, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and Yahweh your Elohim will bless you…”

Deuteronomy 30:19-20
19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 20 that you may love Yahweh your Elohim, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days…

Deuteronomy 32:46-47
“…“Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe—all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a futile thing for you, because it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land…”

An argument could be made that this is the overall theme of the Book of Deuteronomy – to insure we clearly understand the task that has been placed before us, individually and as a covenant nation of people who want to belong to Yahweh.
We are being tested, and we should all make this test our primary concern, as it is the purpose of our life.
It is the duty of all mankind.

Back to the idea of this study…
All scripture?
Or some scripture?
Do our beliefs, thoughts, actions, and words fall within the boundaries of the whole of scripture?
Or have we taken some (not all) scripture and used it to create a doctrine or belief system that causes us to deviate from the Words of Yahweh?
Why is it even possible for this to occur?
Why would Yahweh allow His Word to contain statements that might lead us to create false doctrine?
Because it is a test.
Will we cling to Him and His words?
Or will we depart from Him and His words, justifying our departure by claiming it came from scripture?
Paul’s writings are used to create a lawless doctrine for mainstream Christianity.
Following these ideas seem to make sense if we only use SOME scriptures – but we need to remember the test that Yah gave us.
Will we cling to His voice and the things He said?
Or will we be swayed into lawlessness by misunderstanding and twisting Paul’s writings along with the whole of scripture?
Peter warns us to not make this mistake:
2Peter 3:14-17
14 “Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; 15 and consider that the longsuffering of our Elohim is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. 17 You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked…”

In the end, we MUST cling the the words of Yah.
We must not adopt doctrine that opposes the things Yahweh said to us.
Bits and pieces of scripture allow us to do so, but only if we forget about our test.

Before we end this study, let’s talk about Messiah’s sacrifice and forgiveness.
Am I trying to teach that we earn our way into the Kingdom through obedience to Yah’s commands?
No, that is not what I’m saying.  This is not possible.
We must begin our race by coming to Yeshua Messiah.
We cannot be righteous as He is righteous without His sacrifice and forgiveness.
The standard is not to be perfect in the law.
The goal is for us to value and cherish Yah’s instructions to us, even if we are not perfect in them.
Messiah told us this:
John 14:15
 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.”
Yahweh and Yeshua Messiah want us to love Them.
What is their standard to know if we do?
Keeping the commandments as best we can.
Not for legalistic reasons, but because we have submitted our hearts and our will to Him.

What if we can find verses in scripture to build an idea, a concept, or doctrine?
Should we do it?
Yes, of course we can do it, but should we?
Is It A Good Idea?
That all depends!

Does the idea, concept, or doctrine align with the whole of scripture?
Does it align with the voice of Yahweh (God)?
Does it align with the voice of Yeshua Messiah (Jesus)?

Yahweh tells us to not alter His instructions, His Torah, His Law.
Deuteronomy 4:2
“You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.”

Deuteronomy 12:32
³² “Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.”

Yahweh (God) says His law brings life and blessings:
Deuteronomy 30
¹⁵ “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, ¹⁶ in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply…”

Yeshua Messiah (Jesus) tells us that He did not come to abolish the law, and that not a single pen stroke of it will change until heaven and earth pass away.
Matthew 5
¹⁷ “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. ¹⁸ For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.”

Yahweh (God) tells us how He will know if we love Him:
Deuteronomy 13
“…for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. ⁴ You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.”

Yeshua Messiah tells us this about the commandments:
John 14:15
“If you love Me, keep My commandments.”

I could go on and on and on, but these are enough examples.
There are many more if you’d like to look for them.
Both Yahweh (God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) and Yeshua Messiah (Jesus, our Savior) tell us the commandments are forever, that we should not alter it, that it will never change, and that it brings life and blessing.  But most importantly, both God and Jesus tell us They will know we love Them if we keep the commandments.

And yet, we’ve been taught for many generations that the Law is done away with.
Literally billions of people have lived their lives believing this, even though it is the exact opposite of what God and Jesus tell us.

Jeremiah the prophet even warns of this outcome:
Jer 16:19-20
¹⁹ O Lord, my strength and my fortress,
My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and unprofitable things.”
²⁰ Will a man make gods for himself,
Which are not gods?

Seriously!! A man chosen by God thousands of years ago foretold of this tragedy.
So why do people do it?
Billions of people?

I Googled the phrase “Proof the law is done away with” and got 740,000,000 results in less than a second.
So, yeah, lots of people are talking about this idea, pushing this idea, and publishing this idea.
Why do they think this, if God and Jesus say the opposite?
I clicked on the very first search result and found this “evidence” for the premise the law is done away with, and this is what I found by the first author of this concept:

Here are 37 scriptures that prove that Christians are not under the law!
Acts
The law is an unbearable yoke. (Acts 15:10)

Romans
The law reveals sin but cannot fix it. (Romans 3:20)
If the law worked then faith would be irrelevant. (Romans 4:14)
The law brings wrath upon those who follow it. (Romans 4:15)
The purpose of the law was to increase sin. (Romans 5:20)
Christians are not under the law. (Romans 6:14)
Christians have been delivered from the law. (Romans 7:1-6)
The law is good, perfect and holy but cannot help you be good, perfect or holy. (Romans 7:7-12)
The law which promises life only brings death through sin. (Romans 7:10)
The law makes you sinful beyond measure. (Romans 7:13)
The law is weak. (Romans 8:2-3)

1 Corinthians
The strength of sin is the law (1 Corinthians 15:56)

2 Corinthians
The law is a ministry of death. (2 Corinthians 3:7)
The law is a ministry of condemnation. (2 Corinthians 3:9)
The law has no glory at all in comparison with the New Covenant. (2 Corinthians 3:10)
The law is fading away. (2 Corinthians 3:11)
Anywhere the law is preached it produces a mind-hardening and a heart-hardening veil. (2 Corinthians 3:14-15)

Galatians
The law justifies nobody. (Galatians 2:16)
Christians are dead to the law. (Galatians 2:19)
The law frustrates grace. (Galatians 2:21)
To go back to the law after embracing faith is “stupid”. (Galatians 3:1)
The law curses all who practice it and fail to do it perfectly. (Galatians 3:10)
The law has nothing to do with faith. (Galatians 3:11-12)
The law was a curse that Christ redeemed us from. (Galatians 3:13)
The law functioned in God’s purpose as a temporary covenant from Moses till John the Baptist announced Christ. (Galatians 3:16 & 19, also see… Matthew 11:12-13, Luke 16:16)
If the law worked God would have used it to save us. (Galatians 3:21)
The law was our prison. (Galatians 3:23)
The law makes you a slave like Hagar. (Galatians 4:24)

Ephesians
Christ has abolished the law which was a wall of hostility (Ephesians 2:15)

Philippians
Paul considered everything the law gained him as “skybalon” which is Greek for “poop”. (Philippians 3:4-8)

1 Timothy
The law is only good if used in the right context. (1 Timothy 1:8) (see next verse for the context)
It was made for the unrighteous but not for the righteous. (1 Timothy 1:9-10)

Hebrews
The law is weak, useless and makes nothing perfect. (Hebrews 7:18-19)
God has found fault with it and created a better covenant, enacted on better promises. (Hebrews 8:7-8)
It is obsolete, growing old and ready to vanish. (Hebrews 8:13)
It is only a shadow of good things to come and will never make someone perfect. (Hebrews 10:1)

If we believe the words of Yahweh (God) and the words of Yeshua Messiah (Jesus) then we know the law is not done away with, and They want us to observe/keep/honor/remember/obey the law.
Not for legalistic reasons, but because God’s instructions will bring us life and blessing.  It is what is best for us.
It is like reading the owner’s manual for a complicated machine.
Operate it correctly and all is good.
Operate it incorrectly and bad things happen.

That leaves about 739,999,999 more “resources” to review, but I’ll leave you to it.
I’ve already heard what my Creator said, and I’m good with that.  I don’t need to research the things men say…

Here is the question, though:
Can these countless men be correct?
They quoted scripture to establish their belief that the law is done away with.
Here is the short answer:
If you are able to create a premise/idea/doctrine by using scripture — BUT — the premise/idea/doctrine requires you to ignore what God said, or ignore what Jesus said, then it is not a good premise/idea/doctrine.
Even if it is founded upon ‘scripture’ it is a bad idea if it causes you to depart from God or Jesus and the things They have said.

Here is an even shorter answer:
Know the Voice of God.
Know the Voice of Jesus.
Do not depart from what they say.

It does not matter how much sense someone seems to make.
It does not even matter if someone performs miracles or predicts the future and it comes true; reject what they say if it departs from the things God or Jesus said.
Is this my idea?
Nope.
It is what God warns us about.
It is what Jesus warns us about.

Deuteronomy 13:1-6
“If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, ² and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’ ³ you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. ⁴ You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him. ⁵ But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken in order to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of bondage, to entice you from the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall put away the evil from your midst.

If someone says anything that causes you to depart from what God said, then that person is to be put to death. That is what would happen in a Covenant nation of people living under the instructions of Yahweh.

What did Jesus say?
Matthew 7:21-23
²¹ “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. ²² Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ ²³ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Jesus says only those who do the will of the Father will be in the Kingdom of Heaven.  What is the will of the Father?  His instructions, His commands, His law.
Jesus goes on to say people who think they serve Him are not included.
We are not talking about non-believers here. We are not talking about atheists.
We are talking about people who call Jesus Lord.
We are talking about people who literally were able to perform miracles in His name, and yet, what does He tell them?
“I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!”

Jesus also said this:
John 10:27-28
²⁷ My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. ²⁸ And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.”

WE HAVE TO KNOW THE THINGS JESUS SAID.
WE HAVE TO KNOW HIS VOICE.

We are not to depart from the words of God or the words of Messiah – EVER!!
It does not matter what verses you can find that may seem to say otherwise.
Going back to the list above of 37 verses someone compiled to prove the law is done away with…
Most of these verses are from the writings of Paul.
Are we warned not to deviate from the word of God because of the things Paul wrote?
Yes!!!!
Double Yes!!
Triple Yes!!!
2Peter 3:14-17
¹⁴ Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; ¹⁵ and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, ¹⁶ as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
¹⁷ You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked;

We are warned to not use Paul’s writings to create false doctrine.
If we do, what is the result?
Our destruction!!
So, in other words, this is serious.

Men and women will tell us the law is a burden and a curse, but what does God Himself say about it?
Deuteronomy 30
¹¹ “For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. ¹² It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ ¹³ Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ ¹⁴ But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

There are countless more scriptures we could look at, and this study could be ten times this long.
But if you consider your ‘possible destruction’ a serious matter, I recommend you do more research on the topic.
Learn all the things Yahweh said (direct quotes of God) and learn all the things Yeshua Messiah said (direct quotes of Jesus).
Build your doctrine from the things They said.
No one is a higher authority than them.
No matter what.

So, does this mean that Paul is a false prophet?
No, it does not.
Paul was called by Jesus to serve Him. He was struck blind on the road to Damascus, quite the dramatic way to get his attention.
He was humbled, then he was restored, and he became an apostle.
(The other apostles voted in Mathias, and we never hear another word about him. Jesus chose Paul to replace Judas Iscariot).

If Paul sounds like he is saying the law is done away with, then how is it possible he is not a false prophet deserving death, if God and Jesus said the opposite about the law?

1. Sometimes Paul is speaking of the man made traditions of the Pharisees when he refers to ‘the law’ in a negative manner.
Jesus did exactly the same thing (quoting Isaiah):
Matthew 15 (words of Jesus, referring to the Pharisees)
⁸ ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
⁹ And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”

2. Paul also speaks of the teaching of the Pharisees and speaks negatively about it.
Some ‘think’ he is speaking of the Old Testament Law, but he is not. Refer back to the warning Peter gave in 2Peter 3.  He said unstable and untaught people will twist Paul’s writings, along with the rest of the scriptures.
Why?
Because they do not know the scriptures nor understand Paul’s writings.
If God says His law is forever, and for all people (both native born Hebrew and the strangers among them), then we CANNOT believe Paul is saying the law is done away with.
It is a simple choice.
I follow God my Creator, Yahweh, Yahuah, Yehova, Adonia, Elohim
Or
I follow Paul, another man who speaks against the things God said.
Which do you choose?

3. Paul also speaks against the idea that we are saved by keeping the law.
Yes, he is correct in this, but it does not mean we should not keep the law.
He is defining the purpose of the law, not saying we should ignore it.

Paul was an apostle, chosen by Jesus.
He is not a false prophet.
But…  His writings can be hard to understand if we do not know and believe the Voice of God and the Voice of Jesus.

Is any of this making sense? I hope and pray so!!
Do not disregard the things God or Jesus said in favor of ideas made up by men that oppose Their Voices, even if men can quote scripture to explain their idea.

So far, this article is dealing with the premises of the mainstream Christian doctrine.
But this same idea/concept/doctrine is creeping into Torah community as well.
A teacher named Matthew Nolan has a ministry called Torah to the Tribes.
He teaches that Yahweh’s instructions are separated into two documents:
1. The Book of the Covenant
2. The Book of the Law

He says the Book of the Covenant is comprised of Genesis 1:1 to Exodus 24:11, and that the Book of the Law is comprised of Exodus 24:12 to Joshua 1:8.
He teaches that the Book of the Covenant is still in effect, and applies to us today.
He says the Book of the Law was given only for the rebellious first generation of the Exodus out of Egypt, and is now obsolete.
He can string together a number of scriptures to prove his point, and his presentation sounds logical.

But is it a good idea to believe him, if his idea/concept/doctrine opposes the things that Yahweh said?
Absolutely not.

I’ll save all the details of scripture that debunks this idea for my next blog post.
But very quickly, here are two examples that debunk his idea:

Numbers 15
³⁷ Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ³⁸ “Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners. ³⁹ And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, ⁴⁰ and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your God. ⁴¹ I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.”

With regard to tassles/tzitzits, God says they are “throughout their generations.”
This means forever.
This detail completely debunks Matthew Nolan’s teaching that the Book of the Law was temporary and only for one generation.

Deuteronomy 30 speaks of the restoration of the house of Israel in today’s time, after they were exiled/scattered among all the nations of the earth.
This is spoken directly to end time people, not the generation of the Exodus:

The Blessing of Returning to God
1 “Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you ^[a]call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God drives you, ² and you return to the Lord your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, ³ that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you. ⁴ If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. ⁵ Then the Lord your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. ⁶ And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
⁷ “Also the Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. ⁸ And you will again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. ⁹ The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the Lord will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, ¹⁰ if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Yahweh specifically says that we are to obey His voice, keeping His commandments and statutes in His “Book of the Law” — not the Book of the Covenant.

There is much more to study and quote to debunk this idea, but here is the gist of it:

If someone in the Torah community strings together some scriptures to say the Book of the Law is done away with — do not listen to them. It is a bad idea!
They are drawing you away from the things that Yahweh said.
It is the exact same scenario as mainstream Christians using direct quotes out of the scriptures to “prove” the law is done away with.

Both are a test.
Yahweh (God) is testing us to see if we know His voice, and to see if we love Him (review Deuteronomy 13:3-4 again to see this test).

Please do not fail your test given by the Creator of all things because you are listening to men instead of His voice.