WHY STUDY THE TORAH/BIBLE

Debra E. Brandt

Deborah’s Messianic Ministries

 

THE WORD OF YAHWEH-

 

God’s Word has been unscrolled in both the Scriptures and in His incarnate Son – Yeshua Ha Mashiach/Jesus The Messiah/Christ.  Yeshua/Jesus, in describing the importance of the eternal Scriptures said,  “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matt 4:4)  He also commended the steadfast inquiry into the Word of God.  “Search the Scriptures…they…testify of Me.”    (John 5:39).  There is no such thing as health or growth in Christian living apart from a clear priority on the place of the  Bible in the life of the individual or the group.  The Scriptures are the conclusive standard for our faith, morals, and practical living and are the nourishment for our rising to strength in faith, holiness in living, and effectiveness in service.   The Holy Spirit who comes to fill us is the same Person  who has given us the Book to guide and sustain us.   Jack W. Hayford

 

THE SOURCE AND NATURE OF YAHWEH’S/ADONAI iii TORAH/ WORD

 

1.                  The Divine Inspiration of the Torah/Word i

 

            2 Timothy 3:16,  II Peter 1:20,21, I Corinthians 2:10-13

 

            The Torah/Word is “God Breathed” and the words planned by God’s creative design.

 

2.     The Complete Trustworthiness of the Torah/Word – Yahweh is True, Yahweh can not lie.

 

            Psalm 19:7,  John 17:17, Number 23:19, Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:18

 

            The Torah/Word of Yahweh is “perfect” in its accuracy and “sure”

 

3.     The  Content of God’s Torah/Word is Completed – You can not add or take away from Yahweh’s Torah/Word

           

            Proverbs 30: 5-6, Jeremiah 36:20-32

 

            The Torah/Word is complete. completely trustworthy, and sufficient to completely

            answer anything we need to know about eternal salvation or practical wisdom

            concerning relationships, morality, character, and conduct.

 

4.     Yeshua/Jesus and The Holy Scriptures

 

            Luke 16:17, Matthew 5:17-19, John 10:35, Matthew 24:35, John 14:26, 16,12-13

 

            [i]Yeshua/Jesus confirms that every word of Scripture is given by God, every truth is to be

            held inviolable, that the Scriptures are indissoluble and credible.

 

 

5.     The Way of God’s Torah/Word is to Be Ministered

           

            2 Cor. 3:5-8, Ephesians 4:15,  II cor. 3:6, Mark 16:15-20

 

            The Torah/Word of Yahweh  is to be ministered literally and life-givingly in the Ruach/Spirit of

            Truth and the Ruach/Spirit of Life.

 

THE ESSENTIAL PLACE AND POWER OF GOD’S  TORAH/WORD

 

6.     The Regenerating Power of God’s Torah/Word

 

            1 Peter 1:23, Titus 3:5, II Corinthians 5:17, James 1:18, II Peter 3:9, John 1:13

 

            The Torah/Word of Yahweh regenerates new spiritual life where man has, by nature, died

            spiritually

 

7.     The Authority of Yahweh’s Torah/Word over Our lives

 

            Psalm 119: 89-91, John 8:47, I Corinthians 2:13-16

           

            As “spiritual” people we are to refuse   the “natural” inclinations of fallen

            man, giving place instead to bearing and yielding to the authority of Yahweh’s

            Torah/Word.

 

8.     Yahweh’s Torah/Word and Our Soul’s Nourishment

 

            Deut. 8:3, Matthew 4:4, I Peter 2:2, Psalm 19:10

 

            Spiritual survival is not possible for long without feeding upon the Torah/Word of Yahweh.

 

 

9.     Yahweh’s Torah/Word and Practical, Fruitful Living

 

            Psalm 119: 10, Joshua 1:8, Pslam 119:130 (Read all of Psalm 119)

 

            The regular application of the Torah/Word of Yahweh is the pathway to success and

            prosperity in living.                   

 

10. True Spiritual Growth Requires Yahweh’s Torah/ Word

 

            1 Cor. 3:1-5, I Corinthians 2:10,13, Hebrews 5:12-15

 

            True Spiritual growth requires the  Torah/Word of Yahweh, which makes spiritual maturity

            genuine

 

11. Loving Yahweh’s Torah/Word As  Messiah Yeshua’s/Jesus Christs Follower

 

            John 14:21, Matthew 5:17-19, John 5:39, Luke 24:27

 

            To follow Messiah Yeshua/Jesus Christ and to know Yahweh a continuing requirement of steadfast

            commitment to hearing, heeding, and studying the Torah/Word is necessary.

 

12. Yahweh’s Torah/Word: Purifier unto Kodesh/Holy Living

 

            James 1:23-25, II Corinthians 3:18, Jeremiah 20:9, Psalm 119:9

 

            The Torah/Word shows us Messiah Yeshua’s/Jesus Christs likeness so that we can be ordered and shaped into

            His image.

 

13. Yahweh’s Torah/Word, Evangelism, and Expansion

 

            Isaiah 55: 10-11,  Luke 8:11, Romans 10:17

 

            The spreading of Yahweh’s Torah/Word and the fulfillment of our personal potential

            come by the Word of Yahweh.

 

14. Yahweh’s Torah/Word: Read it! Study it! Memorize it!

 

            2 Timothy 2:15, John 8:32, Psalm 19:10, I Timothy 4:13, Psalm 119:11, Hebrews 4:12, Ephesians 6:17

 

            Yahweh’s Torah/ Word is the only conclusive source of wisdom, knowledge, and under-

            standing concerning ultimate realities waiting to liberate and enrich those

            who will pursue its  wealth.

 

 

  

 

 


iii A-do-nai-literally, ‘my Lord” a word the Hebrew Bible uses to refer to God. When in large and small capital letters in the CJB (A-do-nai_, it represents the tetragraminaton, the Hebrew name of God consisting of the four letters, Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh, sometimes rendered in English Yahweh, but usually as Lord Matthew. 1:20.  p. 1558 Glossary The Complete Jewish Bible, Transalation David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc.

 

i Torah –literally, “teaching” but usually translated “Law” because Greek uses nomos (“law”) to render Hebrew Torah. (1) The Five Books of Moses, the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) called the Written Torah. Matthew 5:17. (2) That plus Nevi’im (Prophets) and K’tuvim (Writtings) i.e. the whole Tanakh.  Yn 10:34 (3) That plus additional material (the Oral Torah) considered in varying degree authoritative in Judasim. Ga 5:3 (4) Uncapitalized, Torah can be understood generically as “law” or “principle” Ro 7:31ff. p 1596 Glossary The Complete Jewish Bible, Translation David H. Stern , Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc.

 

iiYe-shu-a (Jesus) Variant of “Y”hoshua (Joshua) In the Tanakh nine persons and a city have the name of Yeshua, usually transliteranted as “Jeshua” or :”Jeshuah”. In the Septuagint and the New Testament the name was brought over into Greek as Iesous and thence into English as “Jesus”.  It means “Y-H-V-H saves” (Mt 1:21) and is also the masculine form of yeshu’ah (salvation). (1) The Messiah of Israel, Yeshua from Natzeret.  In modern Hebrew Yeshua’s name is pronounced and written “Yeshu” which may have been the ancient pronounciation in the Galil. However, reflecting two thousand years of conflict between the Church and the Synagogue, it is also an acronym for Yimach sh’mov’zikhrono (“May his name and memory be blotted out) However, the late Yosef Vaktor, a Messianic Jewish Holocaust survivor, took it as an acronym for Yigdal sh’moumalkhuto (May His name and Kingdom grow).   Pg. 1600 Glossery The Complete Jewish Bible,  Translation David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc.