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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗜𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱.

One of the biggest mistakes people make is judging with standards they invented instead of the ones God gave.

I’ve seen people claim Jesus sinned because He flipped tables.

Because He called people hypocrites.

Because He healed on the Sabbath.

Think about that for a second.

They’re calling the only sinless man who ever lived a sinner because He didn’t conform to their definition of “nice.”

That’s exactly what the Pharisees did.

They elevated their traditions above God’s commandments, then condemned Jesus for refusing to play by their rules.

Nothing has changed.

People still confuse personal preferences with biblical standards.

They mistake conviction for hate.

Boldness for pride.

Righteous anger for sin.

Mercy for compromise.

Here’s a simple question:

Are you judging by God’s standard, or by the one you’ve grown comfortable with?

Because if your standard condemns Christ, it’s not Christ that needs correcting.

It’s your standard. God doesn’t bend to our opinions.

Our opinions must bend to Him.

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿

The word “Remember” appears in the Bible 210 times.

And maybe it’s just a coincidence, but I can’t help noticing that 210 kind of sounds like “To Tend.”

Tend to the commandments of God. Tend to your walk. Tend to your heart. Tend to your relationship with Him.

Because that’s what remembering looks like in the Bible. It’s not just recalling information. It’s living in obedience.

Numbers 15:40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

Psalms 103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

Malachi 4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

Matthew 23:1-5

John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Revelation 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗻
(Ecclesiastes 12:13)

𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱.

Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

“But doesn’t the Bible say to honor your father and mother?”

Yes.

Honoring your parents does not mean affirming everything they believe or following them into sin.

It means respecting them, caring for them, and telling them the truth. It means obeying God before man.

Matthew 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

If your family’s wishes conflict with God’s commands, choose Christ.

Honor your parents. Love them enough to tell them the truth. But never love them more than God.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆?

Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

So here’s the question:

If the Torah has been done away with, then what is written in those books? By what standard are our works being judged?

Scripture says that sin is the transgression of the law (1 John 3:4), and that where there is no law, there is no transgression (Romans 4:15). Paul also says, “I had not known sin, but by the law” (Romans 7:7).

The Scriptures consistently present God’s law as the standard that identifies sin, while our works reveal whether we walked in obedience or rebellion (Ecclesiastes 12:13–14; James 2:12).

Many have been taught that God’s commandments were abolished, yet Jesus said, “Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law” (Matthew 5:17–19).

So I urge you. Test every doctrine against the Scriptures. “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Turn to the truth, and let God’s Word, not tradition, be your authority.

Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

To the “Christians”:

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲?

Paul wrote:

2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

At the time Paul wrote this, the New Testament did not exist as a compiled collection of books. The Scriptures Timothy had known since childhood were the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings (2 Timothy 3:15).

So if the Old Testament was done away with, why does Paul say it is profitable for doctrine, correction, and instruction in righteousness?

Why did Jesus quote it?

Why did the apostles teach from it?

Why did the Bereans test Paul’s teachings by it (Acts 17:11)?

The New Testament does not replace the Scriptures. It points us back to them. The apostles did not preach against the Word of God. They preached from it.

𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘄

A lot of people think Paul taught against the Law of Moses. But when we compare Scripture with Scripture, that idea doesn’t hold up.

1. The law is not evil — it is good

Romans 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

Paul clearly calls the law good, not something to reject.

2. Jesus warned about traditions replacing God’s Word

Mark 7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

Paul gives the same warning:

Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

The issue is not God’s law — it is man’s traditions replacing it.

3. Paul teaches we are not justified by works

Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Paul is talking about justification, not rejecting obedience.

4. True faith produces obedience

James 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Faith and obedience go together.

5. Faith does not cancel the law — it establishes it

Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

Paul was not teaching against God’s law.

He was teaching against:
• trusting works to save you
• replacing God’s commandments with human tradition
• empty obedience without faith

True faith is not:

“I’ll obey just in case.”

True faith is:

“I trust God — therefore I follow Him.”

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝?

People love quoting John 13:34. Jesus said, “A new commandment I give you, that you love one another as I have loved you.” That is true. But people often miss the weight of what is actually being said.

First, this is not a brand new idea. Love for God and neighbor was never invented in the New Testament. It was always there from the beginning. Even John later makes it clear that this command is not something new in substance, but the same foundation that has always existed. What Jesus does is not rewrite truth, but reveal it in its clearest form, through His life.

Second, love is not what culture keeps turning it into. Love is not affirmation. Love is not telling people that everything they want is good. Love is not agreement with every desire. That is not love. That is confusion with no direction.

Jesus ties love to action, not approval. And Scripture defines it plainly in 1 John 5:3. “This is the love of God: that we keep His commandments.”

So love is not emotional softness. It is not moral compromise. It is alignment with God’s order, even when it is uncomfortable.

So the question becomes very simple.

Do you love God, or do you hate Him, while still using His name?

Because at some point, refusing what He clearly said is not neutrality. It is rejection. And that is what it means to take His name in vain.

𝗜𝗻𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗻.

One of the biggest misconceptions about sin is thinking that doing nothing makes you innocent.

“How have I sinned? I didn’t even do anything.”

Well, the Bible says:

James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

So, sin is not only committing evil; it is also failing to do what is right when you know better.

Take the parable of the Good Samaritan for example (Luke 10:30–37).

The priest and the Levite passed by the wounded man and did nothing.

Why was that wrong?

Because they had the opportunity to show mercy and compassion, yet chose not to.

Some might ask, “Then why don’t you give to every beggar you pass by?”

Well, the Bible says:

Matthew 26:11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

But consider the wounded man in the parable of the Good Samaritan. Had someone not stopped to help him, he may not have lived to see another day.

The lesson is not that we are personally responsible for solving every problem in the world. The lesson is that when God places an opportunity to show mercy directly before us, and we have the ability to help, we should not harden our hearts and walk away.

2 Timothy 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.