Torah and the Apostle Paul

A few thoughts on the book of Romans and the Torah…

Did the Apostle Paul really teach that the Law was abolished?

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 The very first thing that needs to be established when discussing Torah and the relevance for
people today is what exactly is Torah? What is THE LAW? Generally the Torah is accepted to
mean the first 5 books of the Bible. They include the very first instruction from Yahweh to Adam
and Eve, all the way through the 613 LAWS given to the children of Israel and the people who
had gathered with them at Mt. Sani. The Torah is a Covenant between Yahweh and His people
Israel and all those who have joined themselves to Israel through adoption.

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The Covenant carries a blessing for those who obey and follow the guidelines and a curse for
those who do not. In today’s society it has been given the all encompassing term THE LAW,
however, there is today, as was then actually many laws in play during the time of Messiah
Yeshua and the New Testament believers. By the time of Yeshua, there had been many added
law’s which Yeshua called fences that the Rabbi’s had placed around the original Torah which
made it so NO ONE was able to follow them. They were known as the traditions of the elders.
Yeshua spent much time trying to tear down the traditions of men and the false pretence of
the leaders of His time by pointing them all back to the original Laws written in the Torah.

On more than one occasion the Master is quoted as saying, “but, it is written…” The original
Torah, Laws of Yahweh are not burdensome and are righteous, holy, spiritual, and a delight…at
least that is what Paul said about The Law. Yeshua said that we should NEVER think that He
came to destroy the LAW and that if anyone ever taught such foolishness they would end up
least in the Kingdom. James said that there would some who would hear the word, but not
follow the Word…what word…the only word, scriptures that James had was the Torah…The
LAW! He said people who heard, but turned away were only deceiving themselves.

What did James mean by this person would forget what type of man he is? The answer lies in
what the purpose of The Law is. The Law was given, according to John, James, Paul and others
in order that we would know what sin is. Paul said, how would we know not to steal unless the
Torah told us not to steal!  John said that transgression or sin is lawlessness. So, what is sin? Sin
is breaking Yahweh’s torah!

 
1Jn 3:4 whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

  Jas 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Jas 1:23 for if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his
natural face in a glass:

 Jas 1:24 for the man beholds himself, and go’s his way, and straightway forgets what manner
of man he was.

        

       So when James said that a man who hears, but does not will walk away and forget what
manner of man he is, what he means is that he will not KNOW what type of man he is because
the Law serves to show us what type or manner of men we are. The Torah defines for us what
sin is and then it magnifies that sin in our lives and shows us how much we need grace and
mercy!

     If we live our lives thinking that the LAW has been abolished, then we have no mirror, no
standard, no guideline and we will all to soon forget what manner of men we actually are. This
is one reason we see so many arrogant, boastful, prideful and vain men and women in the
Christian congregations of today. They are a Torahless generation who well the Master said
would worship Him with their lips, but their hearts would be far from Him because they choose
the traditions of men over obedience!

Mat 15:6 …And you have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

Mat 15:7 you hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

Mat 15:8 this people honor me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.
 

Mat 15:9 but in vain do they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

What else does Yeshua say about the Torah

Mat 5:17 think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to
destroy, but to fulfill.

Mat 5:18 for verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise
pass from the law, till all is fulfilled.

Mat 5:19 whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach
men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach
them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Mat 7:21 not everyone that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Mat 7:22 many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by
thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?

Mat 7:23 and then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that practice
lawlessness.

Mat 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise
and cumin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith:
these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Mat 24:11 and many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Mat 24:12 and because lawlessness shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Mat 24:13 but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

 
 Every time I look into the LAW of Yahweh my own sins and weaknesses are magnified. I’m so
thankful that Yeshua saved us from the curse of the law…that being death.  I love
Romans….Paul was one of, if not the greatest minds of his time.  His words can be quite
confusing if one is not careful.  When a Pharisaic genius tries to teach common folk about such
matters of Torah, it can be difficult for us to comprehend what he is actually trying to say.

I agree with those who say that the LAW cannot save us…it was never meant to. Salvation has
ALWAYS been through the Grace of Yahweh, through faithful obedience to HIS LAW and now
coupled with Faith in Yeshua the Messiah! John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
We have to remember when Yeshua spoke those words there was no New Testament…ALL they
had was the OLD Testament!   Paul says that the LAW shows us what sin actually is…so without
the law we would not know what sin even is. When Paul says, “we are dead to the LAW”, surely
he does not mean that the LAW has been abolished or done away with, as some teach. If this is
what he meant than he would be coming against the very words of Jesus (Mat 5:17-20) and one
schizophrenic dude! As he states just a few chapters before;

Rom 3:30 seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and un-circumcision
through faith.

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

What is Paul saying…he is saying that it’s not the works (deeds) of the LAW that will justify or
SAVE a man, but FAITH! What he ALSO say’s is that even though we are “saved” by faith we DO
NOT make void the LAW…on the contrary we establish the LAW!!!  The Jewish audience whom
he was writing to knew the LAW, boasted in the LAW and thought salvation and righteousness
came from the LAW. Some of the Gentiles whom had not the LAW, but came to have faith in
Yeshua (Jesus) were keeping the LAW and Paul says, Rom 2:26 therefore if the un-circumcision
keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his un-circumcision be counted for circumcision?

Rom 2:27 and shall not un-circumcision which is by nature, if it fulfill the law, judge thee, who
by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

 
You see, the Jewish believers were “coveting” the very sin Paul mentions in chapter 7. They
were boasting and ultimately sinning according to the LAW. They had Torah and thought it just
for them…not the Gentiles. It was their seemingly obedience to “the very letter” of the LAW,
their self-righteous, legalistic view that they were taking pride in…they had forgot about simple
faith along with obedience out of love!

   Seems pretty simple to me, but some still want to teach that Paul says we are no longer to
keep Torah (LAW)…to their shame!  Yeshua, Paul and NO other person in scripture EVER says
such a thing! Yeshua actually says in Matt; 5-19 that whoever does teach someone this false
teaching will be the least in the kingdom…He must have known this would one day happen!

According to Romans 2 the Father says we will be judged by our deeds…not ‘just’ by what we
believe in our hearts! I know this goes against most church teaching, but it’s there
nonetheless:

Rom 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against
the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

Rom 2:6 who will render to every man according to his deeds:

Rom 2:7 to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and
immortality, eternal life:

Rom 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Rom 2:9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and
also of the Gentile;

Rom 2:10 But glory, honor, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and
also to the Gentile:

          
What in the world could these ‘good deeds’ and works of righteousness be’??? I think we find
the answer a few verses down:   Paul states; Rom 2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just
before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.  What was that…did he really just say…
doers?

And further he states,

Rom 2:14 for when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in
the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

Rom 2:15 which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing
witness

I think it’s quite plain that Paul is saying the WORKS-DEEDS that we will ALL be judged by are
the Works of the LAW…even the Gentiles who were not given the LAW show that it’s now
written on their hearts…how…by KEEPING IT!!!

I heard a teacher say the other day concerning Romans 7; the chapter starts with this
admonishment; Rom 7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,)… he
stated that if you did not study Torah, know Torah and have a deep understanding of the LAW,
you should probably shut the book of Romans and go learn the LAW first. If not, you would be
left confused at best.

I always tell people if I read a verse or two that seems to say one thing and then find twenty
that say something else…I go and find out what the two are ‘really’ trying to say. The scriptures
are either true or not…they can’t contradict each other.

Here is one example:

Paul says; Rom 4:15 … for where no law is, there is no transgression. He then states; Rom 6:1
what shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

He then answers his own question;

Rom 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

Paul then says; Rom 6:14 for sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law,
but under grace.
Rom 6:15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God
forbid… Here Paul says in 4:15 where there is no LAW there is NO sin. Then he says in 6: 14-15
we are not under law…yet…we should not continue in sin…hummm. If there is No Law then
there is no sin and yet he says for us not to continue in sin? So…what does Paul mean by ‘no
longer under the LAW’…he means ‘no longer under the ‘curse’ of the LAW and that we are no
longer to use or view the LAW as a means to salvation!  

How do I come to this conclusion…because the very next verse Paul says; Rom 6:16  Know ye
not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey;
whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Rom 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the
heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

Rom 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

Rom 7:7 what shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by
the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not covet.

Paul is saying that we no longer are to look at the letter of the LAW as a means of boasting and
salvation. We have been ‘saved’ through FAITH (Jew and Gentile alike) in Yeshua by the very
GRACE of Yahweh! And NOW that we are saved we can follow (through obedience of the heart)
HIS LAW through faith. We are now servants of Righteousness!!!

Here’s a simple analogy… I tell my son to do something and I expect him to obey my LAW…my
commandment. If he follows my rules to the letter out of obligation, but harbors, pride,
bitterness and covetousness in his heart…he is doing it for all the wrong reasons. Once he starts
to see the consequences of his actions when he falls short of my LAWS he will start to
appreciate why they were given. Once he realizes that the harder he tries sometimes he still
falls short, the more he will see the need for Dads kindness and mercy!
 One day after he fails again he comes in and says; “Dad, I try and try, but it seems I just can’t
keep all your rules. I feel like you don’t love me or accept me because of my failures.” I look at
him and say, “Son, it was never a matter of love…I have and always will love you! I gave you
those rules so you would be safe and your life would be blessed!”

At that moment he realizes that Daddy loves him and the LAW was never meant to be a means
of winning my love or approval, it was for his own good and benefit! He then goes out and with
a grateful heart full of love, respect and kindness keeps the LAW simply because he loves me
and knows it to be the right thing to do! Not out of obligation, but admiration!

Along the same line of thinking consider for a moment if a man were to break one of the LAWS
in America. Say for instance he got angry and in the midst of an argument killed another
person.  Even though it was an unintended murder, it is still murder. He goes to court and the
judge gets ready to hand down the sentence of life in prison or worse, the death penalty, when
someone steps up and says, “Your Honor, I would like to take this man’s place.” For some
unheard reason the Judge agrees and places the guilt of the man upon the stranger. Would this
mean that the Judge did away with the LAW that stated you shall not kill…or did he do away
with the punishment?

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        The LAW never changed…only the consequences for those of us who are guilty of breaking
them!

I dare say that this man would leave the court room and out of a grateful heart follow every
LAW the rest of his life! This is what Yahweh has done for us through Messiah Yeshua! We now
can Love and be obedient to the Father and obey HIS commandments through faith in Yeshua!
He was our example and our sacrifice! He paid the penalty that the LAW required and now we
are FREE to follow the Father’s LAW’s out of LOVE…hence the LAW of Liberty!

The LAW could never ‘save’ us…the LAW only shows us how much we need saving…

Rom 8:3 for what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his
own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

 
What is sin? Most say it is anything Jesus wouldn’t do…well; Jesus NEVER broke TORAH (LAW)
and never would have. As far as that goes…Paul, Peter, James and every other disciple kept the
whole of Torah. How much more should we?

Yahweh says that HE gave us HIS LAW (TORAH) so that it will be well with us!

Deut 11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

Deut 11:27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command
you this day:

Deut 11:28  And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn
aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not
known.

Even Peter said that Paul would be misunderstood by those who were unlearned and that
they would wrest which is the Greek word (στρεβλόω strebloō streb-lo'-o)

 Meaning to wrench, that is, (specifically) to torture (by the rack), but only figuratively to
pervert: - wrest. So, Peter is saying that some would take Paul’s words AND the other
scriptures and pervert them to their own destruction! What other scriptures was Peter
talking about here? The only scriptures available at this time was, once again, the Tanakh >
the TORAH, Prophets and Writings!  

2Pe 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth,
wherein dwells righteousness.

2Pe 3:14 wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be
found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

2Pe 3:15  And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved
brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

2Pe 3:16  As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things
hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the
other scriptures, unto their own destruction
2Pe 3:17 ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, bewares lest ye also, being
led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.

Continuing with the matter of the LAW

       There is a LAW for EVERYTHING! Every LAW has a consequence, reaction if you will. Take
the law of gravity for example; throw something off the edge of a cliff, it falls down…every time!
However, what if I take a balloon, fill it with helium and toss it off the same cliff…will it fall
downwards? Well, eventually probably, but for the moment, no. It will float up, up and away.
Now, did I abolish the LAW of gravity by adding the helium to the balloon? What if I believe
with ALL my heart that I did??? Would that change anything? Of course not! What happened
then to change the law? Well, glad you asked. I added helium to the balloon which allowed me
to ‘no longer be under the law, especially the curse of the law.’ The curse of the law being, if I
jump off the same cliff, gravity will cause me to fall and die! The LAW did not change.

         Paul said that believers in Yeshua are no longer under the law. What does that mean?
Well, again we have a LAW with a consequence…The LAW is Torah, The commandments of
Yahweh! The consequence is a blessing or a curse based upon our obedience.  What is the
‘curse of the LAW’ and WHAT part of the law are we ‘no longer under?’  SIN and DEATH!
Without the law we would not know what sin is and we ALL sin…the consequence for our sin is
death, separation from Yahweh…not the blessing of eternal life! Now enters Yeshua on the
scene…HE paid the price for our sin’s he filled us if you will…with HIS spirit, His helium and now
we are no longer are under the law…the law of sin and death! Does that change the LAW…
Absolutely not!!!

    Just as gravity is still in effect no matter how many helium balloons we throw overboard…the
LAWS of Yahweh will NEVER be abolished. Yeshua said this himself: MATT: 5, 17.

           This is why Paul can say in Romans that with his mind he still serves the LAWs of Yahweh,
but his flesh, sin.  Now, read the following verses from Romans with this understanding if see
how much sense it makes!

 
 My notes included…

Rom 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law (curse of the law), that being dead (the
consequence) wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit (see verse 14
below), and not in the oldness of the letter (the letter stating we had to die for our sin)

Rom 7:7 what shall we say then? Is the law sin? (Paul must have known some would think this)
God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law
had said, Thou shall not covet.

Rom 7:21 I find then a law (an example of another law, and this helps explain that Paul
discusses MANY laws…not just THE LAW in his letters), that, when I would do good, evil is
present with me. (Even though Paul is doing well, following Torah…he still has the inclination to
sin in his flesh)

Rom 7:22 for I delight in the law of God after the inward man: (notice he never says THE LAW is
‘no more’ or that he has stopped following Torah. On the contrary, he says he delights in THE
LAW of Yahweh!)

Rom 7:23 But I see another law (here again…another law) in my members, warring against the
law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

Rom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Rom 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the
law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. (Paul is saying that The LAW of Yahweh is holy, a
delight and something spiritual that with his mind and spirit he willingly serves, however, his
flesh still has this law working in him that causes him to sin!  As many of us who become
frustrated while doing good we slip and stumble, Paul is saying what can I do…I’m not under the
LAW or rather the curse of the Law, meaning I have eternal life through Yeshua now, YET…I still
find myself falling short and sinning…what is sin, he already stated that SIN is Torahlessness or
lawlessness! This would be a bad place to leave his readers and most actually do stop here at
the end of chapter 7 and just feel Paul’s pain while relishing in the idea that they are freed from
the law and can do whatever their flesh desires. The problem is, in the original context there are
no chapters and verses and if you would just turn the page to chapter 8 you’ll see that Paul
answers his own dilemma!)

Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk
not after the flesh (Paul said his flesh served the law of sin and his spirit The LAW of Yahweh),
but after the Spirit (and The LAW is what, spiritual...See verse 7:14!
      

        Many people use this verse to say that as long as you believe in Jesus there is no
condemnation to those who sin…basically, do what you will cause you are free from the Law
and no longer condemned…just believe! If you look at the verse closely though you’ll see that
what Paul actually says is, ‘and there in no longer condemnation to those who what… “WALK
NOT AFTER THE FLESH” and the flesh is where lies the law of sin or desire to sin. So, as we see,
it’s not those who are in or believe in Jesus who are no longer condemned, but those who walk
NOT after the flesh, but rather after the SPIRIT!!! What was it Paul said was spiritual…oh yeah,
THE LAW…THE TORAH!!!

Rom 8:2 for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and
death (here we come full circle and see that Paul was actually talking about the consequence of
what The Law brought which was sin magnified and death resulted. He is freed from the
consequences that the Law through lawlessness brought, that being death and separation from
Yahweh, through the sacrifice of Yeshua, he is NOW able to live and walk after the spirit in
obedience to The Law)

        Rom 8:3 for what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh (Once
again…the Law could never save anyone) God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh,
and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

        Rom 8:4 that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit (This is so beautiful and bridges the whole issue together…Yeshua’s
death and resurrection condemned sin…remember there is no longer any condemnation to
those who walk NOT after the flesh!  Those of us who will NOT walk after the flesh in
lawlessness, but FOLLOW Torah…THE LAW of Righteousness WILL BE fulfilled in us!!!

    

      Do you see???     Remember…two aspects of The Law…Righteousness = blessings and

unrighteousness = a curse!)  We are NO LONGER UNDER THE CURSE OF THE LAW…we now have
the blessing, the righteousness fulfilled in us, if we obey…walk after the spirit!

 
The whole key, the whole plan was for us to be restored to Yahweh and receive eternal life
through Yeshua’s sacrifice. Yeshua did what the Law could not do…he brought salvation. He
restored us to Yahweh

Rom 8:5 for they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after
the Spirit the things of the Spirit (What did Paul say was spiritual)

Rom 8:6 for to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Rom 8:7 because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God,
neither indeed can be. (Paul states in the above verse that to be carnal minded brings death…
but to be spiritual minded brings life and peace…in verse 14 Paul says The Law is spiritual, so it
bears witness that to be spiritual minded and walk after the spirit one would walk a Torah filled
life with his/her mind stayed upon Yahweh’s WORD! Which, by the way…is TORAH? See Psalm
119)

Rom 8:8 so then they that are in the flesh cannot please God… (If you are not following Torah
and keeping The Laws of Yahweh then Paul says YOU are in the flesh! See verse 14…Verse 7 says
that those in the flesh have a carnal mind and it is at odds with Yahweh why…because it is NOT
subject to The Law of Yahweh!)

Rom 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

Rom 8:13 for if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the
deeds of the body, ye shall live.  (Paul says we owe a debt…really? Never hear that taught do
we? Paul says we are debtors, not to the flesh, but to what…we are called to mortify, kill,
destroy the deeds of the flesh…through the SPIRIT…really, just how do we do that? What is the
tool that Yahweh has provided for us to do that…THE LAW, remember…it is spiritural! We are
debtors to the Yahweh and He has given us His instructions and guidelines in order for us to live
a righteous life, fulfilling our debt with NO FEAR as we are no longer under the Law!)

 
Rom 8:14 for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (Those that are
led by Torah are the Sons of Yahweh)

Has anyone ever thought to ask the question, why? Why would we want the LAW to be
abolished, why would we want the Torah to be done away with? If we are no longer supposed
to follow the Law then that means we are free to do whatever we desire…really? Wow, we can
murder, commit adultery, worship ha-satan…anything, right? Why people look at the LAW as a
bad thing I will never understand!

Without the LAW (TORAH) to guide us, where would we go…how would we even know what
SIN was…?

1 John 3:4 whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the
law. 

Just to be sure, less we think Paul was against The LAW, consider his own words:  

 Rom 7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law
hath dominion over a man as long as he lives?

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

Rom 7:14 for we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Rom 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

Rom 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I serve the law of
God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

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

 
 

I know it’s hard sometimes for us to wrap our minds around all this, but Paul says to
remember that there is a reason for that…Rom 8:7 because the carnal mind is enmity against
God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. We have to get out of our
heads and listen to the spirit. Paul says, Rom 8:8 so then they that are in the flesh cannot
please God.

Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you.
Now if any man has not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Rom 8:10 and if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of
righteousness.

   Weare dead to the LAW (to the consequences) because of sin that
came through the LAW, thus we are dead to the penalty of the LAW
through the Spirit of our new LIFE in Yeshua UNTO Righteousness,
which is obedience to TORAH!!!