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Teshuvah, Day 38

This is Day 8 of the Ten Days of Awe.

Persecution will come, but He will not forsake us. He is the righteous judge.

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Teshuvah, Day 8

The rich, young ruler asked Yeshua, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” The Messiah answered, “If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” To fully return to God means to return to His commandments in obedience. Let’s take a look.

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Teshuvah, Day 1

One of the most popular verses Christians use when speaking about repentance is 2 Chronicles 7:14. I’m not one to take a single verse and hang on it without knowing the context. It could be saying something else and we would be misleading people. Let’s take a look.

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How Do You Return to a Place You’ve Never Been?

The Days of Teshuva, Part 4

In part 2, we learned that teshuva means to return to the paths of righteousness as written in the Torah. But what if you’ve never been taught the Torah? What if you were taught that Christians don’t need the Torah? Do we really need to do teshuva in that way?

Torah simply means instructions. The Torah is God’s instructions for how He wants us to live. What follower of God doesn’t want to live the way He designed for us? Maybe you’ve been taught that the Torah was just for the Jews and not for Gentile believers. Is it possible that God gave instructions to one group of people that He didn’t expect the rest of humanity to follow?

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