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The core of Almighty Yahweh's Torah law is encompassed in the Ten Commandments. This is also called the Decalogue in the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament. Shall we continue to observe the Ten Commandments? What did the Messiah have to say about this? Let's look!

^{And behold, one came
to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal
life? And he said unto him, Why do you ask me
concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if you would enter
into life, keep the commandments. He says to him, Which? And Yahshua
said, You shall not kill, You shall not commit
adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,
Honor your father and mother; and, You shall love your
neighbor as yourself. The young man says to him, All these things
have I observed: what lack I yet? Yahshua said unto him,
If you would be perfect, go, sell that which you have, and give to the poor,
and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for he was one
that had great possessions.}^{Matthew 19:16-22}

Another passage that is often overlooked for its significance is found in Mark 12:28-33. In this passage, some have interpreted it to imply there are now only two commandments are applicable for us to observe! However, you can see that the Ten Commandments are composed of ten commandment laws that are divided into two parts. The first four laws of the ten commandments deal with laws pertaining to Almighty Yahweh. The next six deal with laws pertaining to our fellow man. (You can apply the fifth commandment to the Heavenly Father also.) Now you can also divide them five and five! You will see this application in The Messiahs words contained within the following passage.

^{And one of the
scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had
answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all? Yahshua
answered, "The first is, Hear, O Israel; Yahweh is our
Elohim, Yahweh is one: and you shall love Yahweh
you Elohim with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and
with all thy strength. The second is this, You
shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is none other commandment greater
than these." And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, you
have well said that he is one; and there is none other but he: and to love him
with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength,
and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings
and sacrifices. Mark 12:28-33}

^{What did we just
read in this passage? The first is you shall love Yahweh your Elohim... Apply
this to the first four laws (or five as He is also our Heavenly Father) of the
Ten Commandments. If you love Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart, mind, soul
and strength you will follow the directives contained within the first four. The
second is this; you shall love your neighbor... If you obey this directive you
will follow the next six laws contained within the Ten Commandments that deal
with your fellow man. The Bible is simple to understand and easy to follow if
you want to obey Yahweh's Holy word!}

Hear, for I will speak excellent things;

And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
^{For my mouth
shall utter truth;
And wickedness is
an abomination to my lips.
All the words of
my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing
crooked or perverse in them.
They
are all plain to him that understands,}
^{And right to
them that find knowledge.}

^{Proverbs
8:6-9}

^{A
scoffer seeks wisdom, and finds it not;}

^{But
knowledge is easy unto him that has understanding.}

^{Proverbs
14:6}

^{I will now
list the Ten Commandments as found in Exodus 20:1-17 (and they are also
listed in Deuteronomy 5:6-21)}

^{1. I am
Yahweh your Elohim, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of
the house of bondage. You shall have no other elohim before me.}

^{2. You
shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in
the water under the earth: you shall not bow down to them, or serve
them; for I Yahweh your Elohim am a jealous El, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of
those that hate me, and showing mercy to thousands of them that love me
and keep my commandments.}

^{3. You
shall not make wrong use of the name of Yahweh your Elohim; for Yahweh
will not leave unpunished the man who misuses His Name.}

^{4.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall you labor, and
do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath of Yahweh your
Elohim: in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your
daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the
stranger that is within your gates: for in six days Yahweh made heaven
and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day:
Therefore Yahweh blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.}

^{5. Honor
your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land
which Yahweh your Elohim gives you.}

^{6. You
shall not commit murder.}

^{7. You
shall not commit adultery.}

^{8. You
shall not steal.}

^{9. You
shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.}

^{10. You
shall not covet your neighbor's house, you shall not covet your
neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox or his
ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.}

^{Do you believe
that you should be obedient to the Ten Commandments? The organization
we seek will be teaching and observing these laws and the other moral laws
contained within Torah. The law was not done away with at our Savior's
death. The moral law is still in effect. Yahshua set aside the sacrificial
law at his death and became the only sacrifice that Almighty Yahweh will
accept at this time for the remission of sins. Yahshua set aside the temple
law at his death. We are now supposed to be the temples of Almighty Yahweh!
Do you believe this? The organization we seek will be teaching this for a
doctrine.}

^{The final book
of the Bible re-enforces the teachings concerning commandment keeping.}

And the dragon became exceedingly angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of Yahweh, and hold the testimony of Yahshua: Rev 12:17

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of Yahweh, and the faith of Yahshua Rev 14:12

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

^{Without are the dogs,
and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the
idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie. Rev 22:14-15}

^{This will end
part 9 in our Looking For Truth series.}

^{Yours in
Messiah, Hawke}

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