can we keep all of the commandments on
multiple occasions when someone finds
out that I teach we should keep the
commandments they typically respond by
saying that it is impossible to keep all
the commandments in the Bible but is
that true is that really is it really
impossible to keep all the commandments
what does the Bible say on the subject
in Exodus 16 God gave Commandments about
the collecting of manna for six days and
resting on the Sabbath and when some of
the people ignored his instructions
about not gathering manna on the Sabbath
God spoke these words and the Lord said
to Moses how long do you refuse to keep
my Commandments and my laws Exodus 16:28
it seems that when God gave the
commandments concerning the collection
of manna on the Sabbath he expected the
people to obey look at what he says in
another place oh that they had such a
heart in them that they would fear me
and always keep my Commandments that it
might be well with them
and with their children forever
deuteronomy 529 can you hear the longing
he has for his people to obey Him but
some will say the commandments are too
difficult I cannot possibly keep them
all let me ask you a question do you
keep all the laws in America or whatever
country live in I know that in the
United States there are more laws than
anyone has ever been able to count and
thousands of new laws are added every
year as citizens of the United States we
are required to keep all the laws of our
country when you try to count all the
laws it seems like an impossible task to
accomplish yet the majority of Americans
are considered law-abiding citizens do
we not want to be a law-abiding citizen
in the kingdom of God listen to what God
says about it now what I am commanding
you today is not too difficult for you
or beyond your reach
Deuteronomy 30 11 so according to the
Bible the commandments of God are not
too difficult or beyond our reach this
means that we should be able to keep his
Commandments let me submit to you that
we can keep all of his Commandments
but we might not be able to do all of
them personally I know that some of you
are currently thinking only issue accept
all the commandments
however listen to what the Bible says
about Zacharias and Elizabeth and they
were both righteous before God walking
in all the commandments and ordinances
of the Lord blamelessly 1:6 according to
the Bible the parents of John the
Baptist's were able to keep all the
commandments of God perfectly
let me also submit to you that although
you should kept all the commandments
perfectly he did not do all of all of
the commandments personally I know that
sounds strange but think about it he was
a man so obviously he was not able to do
certain commandments that only apply to
women for example since he was not a
woman he did not have a monthly
menstrual cycle therefore he could not
do the commandments that apply to women
during their monthly cycle however he
kept all the commandments perfectly just
because you cannot do a commandment
personally does not mean you cannot keep
that commandment the Hebrew word
translated keep is the worst Shamar and
it means to keep to guard to observe to
give heed to protect to wait for to
retain to treasure to observe and to
celebrate obviously there's more to
keeping the commandments than simply
making sure you check them off your
to-do list keeping the commandments is
about making them a treasure and
protecting them making the sure that
they are respected holding them in high
esteem and not disobeying them some
might say since you cannot do them all
doesn't that mean you disobey some
absolutely not we are to do all the
commandments that we are capable of
doing and guard them as one would take
care of a valuable treasure you would
not throw away a treasure or let it be
stolen you would keep it safe anyone who
says that we can disobey the
he has not learned to treasure them that
person does not know how to keep the
commandments remember that our Messiah
said if you love me keep my Commandments
John 14:15 many people estimate that
they're around 600 Commandments in the
Torah
I've not counted them all so I don't
know for sure however not all of those
Commandments apply to every person many
of those Commandments are only for the
priests and the Levites likewise many
are only to be done when there's a
temple in Jerusalem which there's not
some only apply to Kings and others only
apply to women some are for slaves and
others are for slave owners a number of
them only apply when you're living in
the Land of Israel and some are only for
those who own farmland and farm animals
if those scenarios do not apply to you
personally then you are not required to
do them personally however you are still
expected to keep those Commandments let
me give you an example from the life of
Yeshua as I said earlier he kept all the
commandments perfectly but he did not do
all of them personally in John chapter 8
we see a very interesting situation take
place a woman who was supposedly caught
in the act of adultery was brought to
use schewe to test him to see what he
would do they said to him teacher this
woman was caught in adultery in the very
act now Moses in the law commanded us
that such should be stoned but what do
you say this they said testing him that
they might have something of which to
accuse him John 8 for 36 what kind of
test was this they were testing him to
see if he really knew the law and if he
would really keep the law he was
claiming to be the Messiah and they were
trying to trap him to prove that he was
a fraud or a false teacher it was a very
clever trap but our Messiah had no
difficulty knowing what to do to keep
the law perfectly look at what the
commandment says about those who are
caught in adultery the adulterer and the
adulteress shall surely be put to death
the Vegas 2010 where was the man
the they only brought a woman to Yeshua
they claimed that she was caught in the
very act of adultery which means the man
was also caught in the act with her yet
they failed to bring the man for
judgment to gain him the woman would
have been a violation of the commandment
both were necessary for this
condemnation we carried out it's also
important to note what he did next he
raised himself up and said to them he
who is without sin among you let him
throw a stone at her first john 8 7
after he said that all of the accusers
went away and there were no witnesses
left to accuse this woman this is vital
because there must at least be two
witnesses to a crime before death
sentence can be carried out whoever is
deserving of death shall be put to death
on the testimony of two or three
witnesses he shall not be put to death
on the testimony of one witness
Deuteronomy 17 6 if you sure would have
had this woman stoned to death he would
have been guilty of breaking at least
two Commandments in the Torah however he
kept the commandments perfectly and
righteous judgment was given that day
and you should have said to her neither
do i condemn you go and sin no more John
8:11 it's important to note that he told
her to stop sinning he didn't give her
permission to continue in her sin of
adultery he expected her to repent and
stop sinning I bring the story up
because I have had several people say
that if we want to keep all the
Commandments in the Torah then we must
stone people to death however we've
already seen that Yeshua didn't do that
and he kept the tour perfectly also the
qualifications for stoning are very
specific and if you don't meet all the
qualifications then you cannot stone
anyone if you do then you are violating
the commandments there's a popular idea
among many Christians that believe the
Bible has ceremonial laws and moral laws
and they claim that the ceremonial laws
were somehow abolished but the moral
laws are still active today let me be
clear the Bible never makes such a
distinction
the Bible simply says keep my
Commandments at no point in the entire
Bible does anyone ever say that a single
commandment has been done away with in
fact listen to the words of our Messiah
do not think that I came to abolish the
law or the prophets I did not come to
abolish but to make full for surely 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
accomplished whoever therefore breaks
one of the least of these Commandments
and teaches men so shall be called least
in the kingdom of heaven but whoever
does and teaches them he shall be called
great in the kingdom of heaven Matthew
5:17 through 19 according to our Savior
we should be doing and teaching the
commandments and heaven and earth will
be destroyed before even a single dot is
removed from the law it's obvious that
the Son of God wants to do what his
father commands he did not come to
abolish his father's Commandments he
came to abolish sin let me leave you
with a sobering word of warning from our
Messiah 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 many will say to me in that day
Lord Lord have we not prophesied in your
name and cast out demons in your name
and done many wonders in your name and I
will declare to them I never knew you
depart from me you who practice
lawlessness Matthew 7:21 through 23
according to the Messiah there will be
many who call him Lord but do not do the
will of his father in heaven and he says
those people practice lawlessness this
stands in striking contrast to what we
just read in Matthew 5:19 but whoever
does and teaches them he shall be called
great in the kingdom of heaven I don't
know about you but I want to be called
great in the kingdom not least and I
certainly don't want to be called
lawless
popular Christianity says that we do not
need to keep the commandments anymore
saying that the commandments have been
abolished or nailed to the cross but
remember that many travel the wide road
deletes to destruction just because
something is popular does not make it
true test everything according to the
scriptures so that you are not led
astray by false teachers