Michael L. Brown, PhD, according to his personal info at Ask Dr. Brown is the "founder and president of FIRE School of Ministry in Concord, North Carolina, director of the Coalition of Conscience, and host of the daily, nationally, syndicated talk radio show, "The Line of Fire," as well as the host of the Jewish-outreach, documentary TV series, "Think It Thru," which airs internationally on the INSP network. He became a believer in Jesus 1971 as a sixteen year-old, heroin-shooting, LSD-using Jewish rock drummer. Since then, he has preached throughout America and around the world, bringing a message of repentance, revival, reformation, and cultural revolution"....

In reading About Dr. Brown it quickly becomes clear that this natural born Jew who has fallen for the deception of Christianity is a "trinitarian" who, on top of other misconceptions, believes that Christians are NOT "spiritual Israel and therefore Torah has no relevance for Christians - not even the commanded Seventh Day Sabbath which YHWH so clearly reiterated for ALL believers (see, for instance, Numbers 15:13-16)!

Brown writes:

On the other hand, since God never commanded Gentile believers to observe the seventh-day Sabbath—it is simply not stated in the New Testament—there is no reason why they cannot set Sunday aside as a special day of rest and worship for the Lord, thereby incorporating the principle of Sabbath into their lives. To the extent that Christians feel led to set aside Sunday as their Sabbath, there is nothing wrong with doing so, as long as they realize that they cannot judge others who do not share this conviction (see especially Romans 14).

Our ultimate rest is found in a Person, not a day, so Sabbath observance should be both spiritual and practical. It is clear that God set up a system of weekly renewal in which we would rest from our daily labors and focus on Him. On a certain level, through the work of the Messiah, we have entered into a perpetual rest from our own labors (see Matthew 11:28-30; Romans 4:4-5; Hebrews 4:9-11). On another level, the demands and distractions of this life are ever upon us, so it is good to slow down and turn aside from these things every week, at the same time directing our attention to the Lord to find renewal in Him....

...Some of these same principles apply to Jewish believers, but we must remember that the seventh-day Sabbath was given as a special sign to Israel, and in keeping with that, it is especially appropriate for Messianic Jews to observe the seventh-day Sabbath, also worshiping as congregations on that day as well. Nonetheless, as we have stressed, this is a matter of conviction and calling, and other Jewish believers may sense a different calling and responsibility in the Lord, part of their being all things to all men so as to save some (1 Corinthians 9:20-22) and part of their liberty in the Lord. In that respect, we must always remember that, with the coming of the Messiah into the world, our relationship to the Torah was radically changed as well, and that includes our relationship to the Sabbath.

Netzarim response:

God never commanded Gentiles to observe the seventh-day Sabbath? Where in the Bible does YHWH ever tell ANYONE there would be different rules for His Natural and Adopted children? Do YOU treat your adopted children differently? If so, please read about Torah. Where in the Bible does YHWH ever tell ANYONE to change His Sabbath day?

Numbers 15: 13 "'Everyone who is native-born must do these things in this way when he brings an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD. 14 For the generations to come, whenever an alien or anyone else living among you presents an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, he must do exactly as you do. 15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the alien living among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the alien shall be the same before the LORD: 16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the alien living among you.'"

Who was YHWH talking to? His Torah observant Hebrews! Are Gentiles, once they become believers in Yeshua not "grafted in" to the Olive Tree? If not, then the Torah observant Paul was a liar and a hypocrite!

Romans 10: 12. And in this, it discriminates neither Jews nor Gentiles. For there is one, Master YHWH, over them all, who is abundantly generous towards every one that calls on him. 13. For everyone that will call on the name of Master YHWH, will have life.

It is important to understand that YHWH did NOT make His New Covenant with the Gentiles; He made it with those who were obedient to His divine Instructions (Jeremiah 31:32)! Same God, same rules for both the "natural" and the grafted-in" children....

TORAH is our judge, not the "church fathers" who initially removed all "Jewishness" from Yeshua's teachings!

Catholics and Christians didn't invent the concept of "Jesus" out of the blue; they basically "borrowed" Him from the Jews - and immediately stripped Him of His identity. They changed His Name to "Jesus"; they changed his birthday from the first day of Sukkot (Tabernacles) to December 25th (never mind the fact that YHWH never said to concentrate on His birthday at all); they insisted He abolished YHWH's Torah including the seventh-day Sabbath and the Biblical Feasts, suggesting those holy days were "only for Jews"; and despite the fact that YHWH commanded us not to have idols or to make graven images, they placed statues of "Jesus" (and Mary) in every Catholic church and hung him on the cross in many Christian churches - never mind the fact that no one has actually seen Him face-to-face in two thousand years and can't honestly proclaim that today's statues are a true representation of Him....

As an added slap in the face of God, the Catholics and Christians decided that "the Jews" were the "bad guys" and when they weren't harassing, imprisoning or slaughtering them in the Inquisition, the pogroms, or the Holocaust, the "Church" leaders were teaching that Judaism had been replaced with a new religion that had new rules which in no way smacked of Judaism. "Church founders" such as Ignatius(35-107 CE), Marcion (110-160 AD) and Tertullian(155-230 CE) were instrumental in tweaking the Scriptures and inserting their own opinions - which, of course, were swallowed by "the world" as "true Gospel" which sought to free the Church from "false Jewish doctrines":

According to Romans 11:17, Gentiles are grafted in to the Olive Tree (Israel). "Grafted-in" branches cannot change the constitution of the tree. Once Gentiles have been grafted in (adopted) into Israel, why would God would have different rules for His Natural and Adopted Children? (Would you have different rules for your natural and adopted children?) We suggest Dr. Brown read and answer these questions on our website so he can get a better idea about his own role as a natural born Jew who should NEVER have dared to leave YHWH's Torah and adopt the customs of the pagans....

No doubt Dr. Brown is a very well educated Jewish man and while one should have high regard for much of his teaching, the problem is, his credentials come from organizations that are into MAN's DOCTRINES and THEOLOGIES and are VERY anti-Torah. He's learned Christian apologetics, and speaks to audiences that have little or no interest in Torah or proper living according to YHWH's Torah. Somehow, it has never dawned on Dr. Brown that the Torah-less "Jesus" is a myth made up by Jew haters, or that YESHUA never came to abolish ANYTHING except the need for sin sacrifices. He came to proclaim the Kingdom of YHWH and do everything the Father commanded Him!

Deuteronomy 18: 15 "ADONAI will raise up for you a prophet like me from among yourselves, from your own kinsmen. You are to pay attention to him, 16 just as when you were assembled at Horev and requested ADONAI your God, 'Don't let me hear the voice of ADONAI my God any more, or let me see this great fire ever again; if I do, I will die!' 17 On that occasion ADONAI said to me, 'They are right in what they are saying. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their kinsmen. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I order him.

Yeshua Himself said He came to do HIS FATHER's will; not His own!

John 6: 35. Y'shua said to them, I am the Bread of Life. Whoever comes to me will not hunger. And whoever believes in me will not ever thirst. 36. But I have said to you that you have seen me, and you do not believe. 37. All who my Father has given to me will come, and whoever comes not to me I will cast outside! 38. For I came down from heaven,[1] not to do my will, but to do the will of Him who sent me. 39. And this is His will, that of Him who sent me, that all that He has given to me I do not lose even one. 40. For this is the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in Him, will have life that is eternal. And I will raise him up on the last day. (Aramaic English New Testament)

[1] As in the context of Miltha (the Word) or the "Manifestation" or the "Will of" YHWH coming down from heaven to do the Will of YHWH upon earth; his Spirit is of YHWH but his nephesh (soul) and body are human and temporal. This shows that Yeshua was NOT in charge; HIS FATHER WAS!

Yeshua came to proclaim the Kingdom of YHWH and to do everything His Father commanded. He tore down the fences of man's legalism. Neither He nor His Apostles ever advocated against Torah!

John 12: 44. But Y'shua cried out and said, He who believes in me, it is not in me he does believe, but in Him who sent me. [1] 45. And he who sees me sees Him who sent me! 46. I have come as the light into this world that all who believe in me might not remain in the darkness! 47. And he who hears my words, yet does not keep them, I do not judge him, for I have not come to judge the world but to give life[2] to the world. 48. He who rejects me and does not receive my words, there is something that judges him. The word that I have spoken, it will judge him on the last day. 49. For I have not spoken from my soul, but the Father who sent me. He gave a Commandment to me what I should say and what I should speak. 50. And I know that His commands are eternal life.[3] Therefore, these things that I speak just as my Father told me, thus I speak.[4] (Aramaic English New Testament)

[1] Y'shua does not bring a new Faith, but reveals the original Faith of YHWH the Father.

[2] Y'shua proclaims that he came to give life, then he declares that His father's Commands are eternal life! The Father's "Commands" are instruction in righteousness; this is Torah which contains Commandments, Judgments, Testimony and Witness regarding the Kingdom of Elohim. Those who enter into Covenant with Mashiyach are entering into Covenant with his Father YHWH; therefore, it is evil - an outright lie - to teach that Torah is done away with and replaced by a new theology!

[3] The Commands of YHWH bring eternal life. YHWH's "Commands" refers to all of His Commandments; these are one and the same as every Word that proceeds out of the Mouth of Elohim. These are not Commands only between Y'shua and His Father but they are universal for all souls who will enter into the Malchut Elohim.

[4] Y'shua speaks the Word of YHWH, not his own words; therefore, he conveys the revelation of YHWH according to the Ruach haKodesh without the baggage of man's religious tradition. Religion has a propensity to reinvent or interpret the Word of YHWH to make it "acceptable" to man's standards; whereas Mashiyach came not to please men, but to honor and bring Glory to his Father.

Yeshua was sent by the Father NOT to do His own will, but the Father's! So many seem to think He came to replace the Father and abolish Torah....Yet He came to restore man's relationship with YHWH and remind us to totally rely on YHWH for everything.

One of the articles on the Dr. Brown's site is called: What is the original Hebrew name for Jesus? And is it true that the name Jesus is really a pagan corruption of the name Zeus? In this article, Dr. Brown attempts to prove that it's okay to use "Jesus" while bashing the idea that Yeshua was ever our Savior's Name.

The Netzarim response:

To that we say, YHWH gave us His own Name, and "Yeshua" has a true meaning!

If we took the matter of "JeZeus" to court one could prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is a sonic connection between "JeSUS" and "Zeus...even a child understands this; you don't need a PhD. Please check out our articles on the Sacred Names of YHWH; Jesus and Yeshua.

Much of polytheistic Greek civilization saw the Jewish culture as lower "barbarian" non-modern, and in that sentiment the syncretism of Zeus into Christianity is painfully obvious. The Aramaic English New Testament by Andrew Gabriel Roth included a detailed appendix of Yeshua to Zeus, citing examples from historians who have shown busts of Zeus to appear in Christian churches....

Bottom line on the "Jesus" vs "Yeshua" argument is: One is the true Name of our Savior, and the other isn't. Yeshua (or Y'shua) means "YHWH is Salvation," whereas "Jesus" means absolutely nothing, and detracts from WHO He is and was....End of discussion.

I have friends who call Jesus "Yeshua". I don't mind it at all. I have other friends who keep the Saturday Sabbath. It doesn't bother me too much, unless there is a kind-of "aggressive attitude" about it. But in recent years I have witnessed a worrying trend - that in my opinion is growing worse - and we need to address it.

Today when a Christian tells me that they are "Torah-observant" then all kinds of alarms go off. It may be that they are just into 'Hebrew roots' - but usually it is a lot more than that. We all know that in the early church, the biggest problem they had was with the "Judaizers" who went around trying to convince the Gentile Christians that they must obey the letter of the Old Testament Law. This shipwrecked the faith of many. It was the biggest problem they had. The book of Galatians is all about it - and many other sections of the New Testament. It was a battle between the old Law - with its subtle bondages - and the new walk of the Spirit and of grace.

The Netzarim response:

Well, Mr. Strom - Get used to it: The "Judaizers" are returning! As a matter of fact, Yeshua Himself was a "Judaizer" as were Rav Shaul, Ya'akov, Shimon Kefa, Yochanan and others. They taught what Yeshua taught THEM! And they, like today's "Judaizers" are returning with a vengeance against all unrighteousness and anyone who puffs themselves up with the false Jesus gospel....It was Paul who wrote that there are two "Jesus's" and Paul said he was upright and kept Torah!

Why would "alarms go off" when it comes to the Truth? Can you show us where God ever negated His Seventh Day Sabbath or the Feasts? Can you show us where He said to come up with our own "holy days" steeped in paganism? Can you show us where He ever said that His "Son" who was a human (with a divine qnoma/nature) was sent to replace YHWH Himself and start a new "religion"?

Strom continues:

....This is exactly what the Bible warns against - losing the "simplicity" of the faith. And that is why Paul was so strong against the Juda- izers. He saw that Christians were being tempted - not to place their faith in Christ alone - but rather in Christ PLUS the keeping of the Law. It was no longer a simple trust in JESUS to be their righteousness. They now started to feel they had to keep the letter of the Old Law too - in order to be truly "holy". And so they became "Judaized". This is the worst trap possible. And so subtle!

The Netzarim response:

According to the Appendix "Judaizers" in the Aramaic English New Testament:

So, in essence, what Strom espouses if one wishes to follow what GOD said and begin to obey His "forever" commands, they should be admonished and called unbecoming names!

Strom continues:

Let us look at a few vital Scriptures. Please open your Bible to Acts 15:1-29. This whole passage is about a great meeting of the apostles to decide whether - with the new Gentile Christians - it was "necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses" (v 5). So what did the apostles conclude about this? As Peter declared during the debate about it, "Why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?" (v 10).

At the end of the great meeting, the apostles put out a letter to the Gentile Christians that declared: "For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well." (v. 28-29). And as far as the Old Law went, that was it!

In other words, no "Torah observance", no Sabbath, no circumcision, no Old Law apart from these few things. This brief list only. That was the pronouncement of the apostles. If they wanted to tell the Gentiles, "You must keep the Jewish Sabbath," then this was the place to do it. But it is definitely not included. And neither are a thousand-and-one other things from the Old Testament.

The Netzarim response:

We suggest Mr. Strom educate himself by reading what actually transpired in Acts 15!

Strom continues:

Of course, this should be no surprise to us. In Colossians 2, Paul tells us very clearly that Christ has "wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us" by nailing it to the cross (v. 14). He then goes on to say: "So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ." (v. 16-17).

The Netzarim response:

We suggest Strom read this article on the Book of Romans, which says in part:

Question: Did Rav Sha'ul (Paul) say the Law (Torah) was nailed to the cross?

Col 2:14 - He wiped away the bill of charges against us. Because of the regulations, it stood as a testimony against us; but he removed it by nailing it to the execution-stake 15 stripping the rulers and authorities of their power he made a public spectacle of them triumphing over them by means of the stake.

Answer: No. He wiped away the documented opinions of men (bill of charges) against us and took them from our midst....

The Torah is holy, righteous and good. To suddenly have it "nailed to the cross" would mean that the things of God were originally evil, something to be done away with.

Rav Sha'ul also said, concerning the opinions of men:

Col 2:16 - So don't let anyone pass judgment on you in connection with eating and drinking, or in regard to a Jewish festival or Rosh-Hodesh or Shabbat.

This doesn't mean Rav Sha'ul was negating Torah. He was warning about the opinions of men concerning these things - NOT giving permission to transgress or dismiss them.

A footnote from the Aramaic English New Testament says: The Body of Mashiyach must not be concerned with the judgments of those who are outside the Malchut Elohim, that is, those who don't know Torah or Mashiyach. It is clear, given the location of this audience and the fact that Rav Shaul always references Jews directly, that Shaul is addressing the local talk of the pagans whose religion dominates this region.

Strom continues:

So all these Old Testament practices are only a "shadow" of the New. In fact, as Hebrews makes clear, the entire Old Covenant was only a 'type' or shadow of that which was to come. It was not the real thing! It does not make us more "holy"! The substance is found in Christ - and Him alone. The Old Torah "requirements" were nailed to the cross with Jesus. We don't need them any more. If anybody ever tells you that the New Testament is simply a "continuation" of the Old, run a mile from that person. They simply do not know what they are talking about. In fact, what they are spouting is dangerous heresy.

Thus, as Paul tells us in Romans, observing the Sabbath is only necessary if our conscience is weak in this area - and we feel we have to:- "One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it" (Rom 14:1-6).

The Netzarim response:

Is that so?

Question: Did Rav Sha'ul say it is up to each of us to decide what we should eat and what day we should keep?

Romans 14:5-6: 5 One person considers some days more holy than others, while someone else regards them as being all alike. What is important is for each to be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes a day as special does so to honor the Lord. Also he who eats anything, eats to honor the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; likewise the abstainer abstains to honor the Lord, and he too gives thanks to God.

Answer: Absolutely not. The context of this passage was a dispute over whether one may eat food that MAY or MAY NOT have been offered to idols. In those days food that was offered to idols was usually put out for sale to people on a certain day of the week. It could or could not have been offered to idols. Therefore, some believers would not buy food and eat it on those days just to make sure. However, some believers did, because they reasoned that since they didn't know for sure it was offered, it was not wrong. Paul's instruction did not address either Kosher or Sabbath day observance. It addressed the dispute over whether marketplace food, because of idolatry, should be purchased and eaten on a certain day of the week. It also shows how sensitive the believers were to the possibility of food offered to idols. How much more sensitive should we be to what we eat, as to whether or not it is approved by the Word of God.

(Check out David H. Stern's explanation in the preface of his Complete Jewish Bible, where he demonstrates that there is a difference between what is kosher and what is ceremonially clean. God NEVER said pork, shellfish, etc. were food - people called it food in rebellion against God. Where the passages are in question in the Bri't Chadasha (NT), it is dealing with animals God gave us to eat and whether they are ceremonially clean and can be eaten at that time. Even in Peter's vision, he would never have eaten the kosher animals that had been in contact with treife (non-kosher) animals. The vision was to show that the kosher animals were no longer considered unclean because they were among the treife. This was clearly showing that the Gentiles were to be accepted and it would be okay to associate with them. The rest of the passage shows that this is the correct interpretation and what the vision was all about.)

Strom continues:

Paul clearly tells us in Galatians that you can lose your salvation by beginning to rely on the Law in your Christian walk: "You observe days and months and seasons and years. I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain" (Gal 4:10-11). He then goes on to say, "You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace." (Gal 5:4). Alarming statements, are they not?

The Netzarim response:

Really? Yeshua's return is closer than we realize and in that vein we HIGHLY suggest Strom read our response to another Torah-less Christian's clueless opinions about the Book of Galatians while there's still time to find out the TRUTH!

Strom continues:

You see, it is a direct insult to the work of Christ and to God for us to go back to the "works of the Law" to try and make us more 'righteous' in His sight. It is placing our trust in something other than just Jesus. We are "adding works" for our salvation. And it will not do.

Just like the Galatians, a lot of people today need to repent of trying to add the Old Law to their salvation - sometimes in subtle ways - sometimes major. This is not the kind of thing to toy around with. It can be utterly deadly. If you are someone who is adding "Torah observance" to your faith, I urge you to repent.

Netzarim response:

And it's not a direct insult to God that people such as Strom have taken the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and turned Him into someone unrecognizable? He and his theology have not only changed the NAME of our Savior, but also the dates of His birth, death and resurrection....and he actually have the guts to insist that God approves of those grievous sins!

Strom has ignored YHWH's COMMANDED Seventh Day Sabbath, and is instead honoring "sun-day" (so who is he really worshipping?); and he's ignored God's commanded seven Biblical Feasts (of which Yeshua has so far only fulfilled the first FOUR), and he's proudly substituted the man-made "holy days" of Christmas and Easter - both of which have their roots in paganism!

And then he has the audacity to call US "Judaizers" morons....

Yeshua came to proclaim the Kingdom of YHWH, not to usurp YHWH's powers and do away with everything HIS FATHER ever said. He even said so!

Luke 4: 43 "But he (Yeshua) said, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent."

Acts 28: 23 "From morning till evening the Apostle Paul explained and declared the Kingdom of God and tried to convince people about Yeshua from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets."

And Paul backed that up by saying:

Acts 24: 14. But this indeed I (Paul) acknowledge, that in that same doctrine of which they speak, I do serve the Elohim of my fathers, believing all the things written in Torah and in the prophets.

Romans 7: 7 Therefore, what are we to say? That the Torah is sinful? Heaven forbid! Rather, the function of the Torah was that without it, I would not have known what sin is. For example, I would not have become conscious of what greed is if the Torah had not said, "Thou shalt not covet."

Romans 7: 12 So the Torah is holy; that is, the commandment is holy, just and good.

Yeshua's Father commanded ALL who believe in Him to be Torah observant!

Numbers 15: 13 "'Everyone who is native-born must do these things in this way when he brings an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD. 14 For the generations to come, whenever an alien or anyone else living among you presents an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, he must do exactly as you do. 15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the alien living among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the alien shall be the same before the LORD: 16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the alien living among you.'"

Please re-read the above in case you missed it: Any Torah-less non-Jew/Hebrew/Israelite who does not yet believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is an "alien"/foreigner. However, if they do wish to accept Him, then they are to do exactly as those who are already belong to Him!

"Living among" means not necessarily physically, but rather, it refers to all those who have accepted the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They MUST be Torah observant, just like the Houses of Israel and Judah were with whom God made His New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:32)!

Romans 10: 12. And in this, it discriminates neither Jews nor Gentiles. For there is one, Master YHWH, over them all, who is abundantly generous towards every one that calls on him. 13. For everyone that will call on the name of Master YHWH, will have life.

Micah 6: 8 Human being, you have already been told what is good, what ADONAI demands of you - no more than to act justly, love grace and walk in purity with your God.

How do you walk in purity with God unless you are OBEYING Him?

Some final thoughts:

So we ask both Dr. Brown and Mr. Strom: What is meant by "unless your righteousness SURPASSES those of the Pharisees and the teachers of the Torah you shall surely not enter into the kingdom of heaven." How was righteousness established AT THAT TIME if not by Torah?

When we look at comments like that in context, it is clear just how shabby the anti nomian lies are. Joseph was considered a righteous man by the standards of the Torah even in respect to how he wanted to divorce his wife Mary. Joseph and Mary were called righteous by doing purification and circumcision of their son and our Savior. John the Baptist's father Zacharaiah was clearly called righteous for keeping the Torah too. Then Rav Shaul, another Pharisee, establishes Torah for Gentiles (Romans 3:31) and calls it the standard of righteousness (Romans 7) and "holy, just, perfect and good" (7:12).

If Christians then are so free from the law as they say, THEN WHY DOES THE NT HAVE 400 MORE COMMANDS THAN THE 613 IN TANAKH? What are they free from?

Christians have adopted this arrogant attitude that only "the Jews" have to obey God, while they themselves are free to do whatever they wish "because Jesus die for me and all I have to do is believe in Jesus." They truly believe that God's laws don't pertain to them, because they are "under grace."

NEWSFLASH! MAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN "UNDER GRACE!" YHWH could have killed Adam and Eve on the spot, but He allowed them to live. He could have wiped out the entire earth with the Flood, but He allowed Noah and his family to live....Instead of killing mankind, He kept reaching out to us and providing commands for us to live by! But yet Christians mistakenly believe themselves to be "above the law" and plow right ahead into the pits of hell citing scriptures such as John 13 which supposedly tells them they are free to NOT obey YHWH! Somehow, they cannot see that GOD HATES PAGANISM!!! How very sad....

Here's something for these "learned" men to think about: If Torah was only for the Jews, then why did Adam and Eve have Torah (Divine Instructions in Righteousness) commands to follow - whose breaking of those commands got them kicked out of the Garden of Eden? They weren't Jews! How did Cain and Abel know to provide sacrifices? They weren't Jews! How did Noah know the difference between "clean and unclean" animals? He wasn't a Jew! There were no Jews before Jacob gave birth to his son Yehudah - where the term "Jew" originated....

Y'shua said to the PHARISEES in Mark 12, "if you want to enter into life (eternal), keep the COMMANDMENTS". How much more do they need? As Luke warned, "therefore they will believe a lie".

The thing is, YHWH couldn't care less how many PhD's or any other kind of credentials anyone has; all He cares about is: "Did you bother to OBEY my 'forever' commands?" If the answer is "No," then all the PhD's in the world won't matter on Judgment Day because that person will be considered "lukewarm." And you know what Yeshua says about the lukewarm....