47 Re'eh (Part B) - See - Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17

47 Re'eh (Part B) - See - Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17

From Deuteronomy (Messianic) Vol.I by Torah Teacher Ariel ben-Lyman HaNaviy

November 4, 2025 · 45 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the relationship between grace and obedience to God's commands as taught in the New Covenant and the implications of this understanding for believers.

What does the New Covenant teach us about God's commands? The book of 1 John (5:3) gives us a definitive answer: “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous (KJV).” Why does this passage surprise us as "New Testament" believers in Yeshua? I believe it has much primarily to do with the fact that we have been trained over the last 2000 or so years to believe that grace is diametrically opposed to obedience. Nothing could be further from the truth! Grace (given through his generous Spirit) is what enables us to properly obey in the first place! Were it not for God's grace, many of the saints of the TaNaKH period (Old Testament) would have surely perished under the "letter of the Law", based on their moral failure to uphold the many details that the Law spells out. Moreover, many of us today would also perish. This important “Spirit-led” feature is the secret to properly understanding the passage quoted by Moshe in Deuteronomy chapter 30 above! Moshe could boldly state “thou mayest do it” because he knew that when the Spirit of the God who gives the Torah comes to live within an individual (viz, the “circumcised heart” of Deut…

Topics covered

  • New Covenant
  • God's commands
  • grace
  • obedience
  • Deuteronomy

Keywords

  • 1 John 5:3
  • letter of the Law
  • circumcised heart
  • Spirit-led

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: KJV, Old Testament, Deuteronomy, Torah

Places: Egypt

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