Is Torah Observance My First Area of Responsibility?
It's 3:24 PM on Saturday in Albany as I ask myself this question, and it's a tough one. My short initial answer is in some ways yes, and in other ways no. If by Torah observance we mean obedience to your ground rules for my salvation, Messiah Yeshua, I am going to say after an hour of deliberation that on balance the safe answer is yes. Alright, now it's 4:24 PM and I have had a small epiphany. The question I should have been asking myself was whether Torah observance was my "next" Area of Responsibility. And here the truth is that I probably won't lose my salvation if I don't read the Torah portion and related commentary in Depths of the Torah this week. But it might be a sin for me in your eyes, Messiah Yeshua. Let's disentangle this just a bit further. Is the issue in front of me right now a potential further breakdown in a "Book Reading Program" Area of Responsibility, in a "Shabbat" Area of Responsibility, or in a "Torah Observance" Area of Responsibility? I am not sure yet. All I can say is that I plan to spend the next 2-3 hours away from my desktop getting caught up on the Torah portion.
The video at the top of this entry is titled "Was Paul Torah-Observant or Spirit-Led? | YouTube." It's something I listened to a year or two ago and have been processing again today.
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