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Law and Grace Scripture Studies
Read Scripture studies that distinguish grace, justification, obedience, and YAHUAH's instruction without isolating one verse from its witnesses.
Focused passage studies
- Matthew 5:17: Did “Fulfill” Abolish the Law?
Read Matthew 5:17-19 in context and test whether fulfill can mean abolish when YAHUSHA expressly denies destroying the Law and the Prophets. - Romans 3:31: Does Faith Establish or Void the Law?
Examine Romans 3:27-31 and Paul's direct statement that faith does not make the law void but establishes it. - Romans 6:14: What Does “Not Under the Law, but Under Grace” Mean?
Read Romans 6:1-15 to test whether grace abolishes the law or delivers believers from sin's dominion. - Romans 7:7: Is the Law Sin?
Read Romans 7:7-13 and Paul's answer that the law reveals sin while the commandment remains holy, just, and good. - Romans 10:4: Is Messiah the End of the Law?
Read Romans 10:1-4 in context and test whether end means cancellation or the goal toward which the law points. - Romans 14: Days, Food, Conscience, and Immediate Context
Study Romans 14:1-6 and 13-23 without turning disputable eating, common food, or personal esteem into a reversal of Sabbath and clean-food Scripture. - Colossians 2:14: What Was Nailed to the Stake?
Read Colossians 2:13-15 and distinguish the handwriting against us from YAHUAH's righteous instruction. - Galatians 3:10-13: The Curse of the Law Versus Obedience
Read Galatians 3:10-14 and distinguish the curse for transgression from loving obedience to YAHUAH. - Galatians 4:9-10: Days, Months, Times, and Years
Read Galatians 4:8-11 and identify the former pagan bondage behind Paul's warning about returning to weak and beggarly elements. - Ephesians 2:15: The Law of Commandments in Ordinances
Read Ephesians 2:11-19 and examine the hostility, ordinances, and reconciliation of formerly alienated Gentiles in one body. - Acts 15: The Jerusalem Council and the “Yoke”
Read Acts 15:1-5, 10-11, 19-21, and 28-29 to identify the salvation dispute, the yoke, and the council's starting requirements. - Hebrews 8: New Covenant, Law, and the Heart
Read Hebrews 8:6-13 and distinguish better promises and a fault with the people from the law YAHUAH writes in minds and hearts. - James 2: The Royal Law and the Law of Liberty
Read James 2:8-12 and 14-26 on the royal law, partiality, the law of liberty, and faith demonstrated by works. - 1 John 3:4: Sin, Lawlessness, and Obedience
Read 1 John 3:4-10 and John's definition of sin as transgression of the law alongside Messiah's work and righteous practice.
Words in Context
- Matthew 5:17 — Fulfil Does Not Mean Abolish
- Matthew 5:18 — Not One Jot or Tittle Has Passed Away
- Matthew 11:28-30 — Rest in Messiah Does Not Erase the Sabbath
- Matthew 12:1-8 — Sabbath Mercy Corrects Tradition, Not YAHUAH
- Matthew 12:8 — Master of the Sabbath Did Not Destroy the Sabbath
- Matthew 15:17-20 — Defilement From the Heart Is Not a Food-Law Reversal
- Matthew 22:37-40 — Love Hangs the Law, It Does Not Replace It
- Matthew 23:23 — Weightier Matters Do Not Cancel the Others
- Mark 2:23-28 — The Sabbath Was Made for Man, Not Abolished by Man
- Mark 3:1-6 — Healing on Sabbath Upholds Mercy Within the Commandment
- Mark 7:18-19 — Mark Seven Must Not Be Used Against Torah
- Mark 12:29-31 — The Greatest Commandments Summarize, Not Replace
- Luke 6:1-5 — YAHUSHA Corrected Sabbath Accusation, Not Sabbath Itself
- Luke 6:6-11 — Doing Good on Sabbath Does Not Make Sabbath Common
- Luke 10:27 — Love YAHUAH and Neighbor Is Torah Language
- Luke 16:16 — The Law and Prophets Were Preached, Not Canceled
- John 1:17 — Grace and Truth Do Not Oppose the Law
- John 4:21-24 — Spirit and Truth Does Not Mean Man-Defined Worship
- John 8:36 — Freedom in Messiah Is Freedom From Sin
- John 13:34 — The New Commandment Does Not Cancel the Old Witness
- John 15:12 — Love One Another Must Be Defined by the Word
- Acts 11:9 — Common and Unclean Must Follow the Vision's Meaning
- Acts 15:10 — The Yoke Was Not YAHUAH's Righteous Instruction
- Acts 15:19-21 — Four Starting Points Were Not a Replacement Torah
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