What are "the works" of the Law?

What are the Works/Deeds of the Law?

According to scriptures, Moses was given "the Law of the commandments of Ahayah" on Mount Sinai for Israel to do, that they may live.

Exodus 24:12

And Ahayah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

Deuteronomy 5:31-33

But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as Ahayah your Alahayim hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which Ahayah your Alahayim hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

Leviticus 18:4-5

Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am Ahayah your Alahayim. 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Ahayah.

The Law of the Commandments (including the statutes and judgments) were given so that a man may live, be well, and prolong his days by doing them. They ensure life and are good if a man chooses to do them.

Deu 30:15-16, 19-20

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; 16 In that I command thee this day to love Ahayah thy Alahayim, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and Ahayah thy Alahayim shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love Ahayah thy Alahayim, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which Ahayah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Ahayah didn't speak with Israel about burnt offerings and sacrifices at the first when He brought them out of Egypt. He first commanded Israel to obey His voice and walk in His commandments so things would be well unto them when He first brought them out.

Exo 15:22, 25-26

So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 25 And he cried unto Ahayah; ... there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Ahayah thy Alahayim, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am Ahayah that healeth thee.

Jeremiah 7:22-23

For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: 23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your Alahayim, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

There is a difference between the Law of the Commandments as oppose to the Law of Offerings and Sacrifices. For understanding the differentiation of "the Law of the Commandments" as oppose to "the Law of Offerings and Sacrifices," the Law of the Commandments are ordained to life, and those who choose life to do them shall live themselves, be well, prolong their days, their seed shall live, and they shall dwell in the Land of Promise to come. Also, if anyone does turn from their sins to do the law of the Commandments without committing iniquity, they shall surely live. [Eze 33:15] On the other hand, the Law of Offerings and Sacrifices were added due to the transgression of the Law of the Commandments, but they could not give life or take away sins, nor make a man perfect. Looking at scripture for understanding this, if a person transgressed against the Law of the Commandments, there were offerings and sacrifices required to atone for their sins, whether it be any soul of Israel, a priest, the congregation of Israel, a ruler of Israel, or a common person of the Gentiles that sojourned with Israel.

Leviticus 4:1, 3, 7-12

And Ahayah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of Ahayah concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:...3 If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto Ahayah for a sin offering. 7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Ahayah, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away, 10 As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering. 11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, 12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
Leviticus 4:13-14, 16, 20-21

And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of Ahayah concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; 14 When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. 16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: 20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. 21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.
Leviticus 4:22-26

When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of Ahayah his Alahayim concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; 23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish: 24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before Ahayah: it is a sin offering. 25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. 26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 4:27-31

And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of Ahayah concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; 28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto Ahayah; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

The precepts show the Law of Offerings and Sacrifices are for atoning for when anyone sinned through ignorance against the Law of the Commandments or if their sin came to their knowledge. Ahayah didn't speak to Israel concerning offerings and sacrifices when He brought them out of Egypt at first because He had no pleasure in those things, since the offerings of the bulls and goats could not actually take away sins nor make a man perfect.

Hebrews 10:6, 1, 4

In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

This is why He spake concerning obeying His voice and walking in the Law of the Commandments, so that they may live in turning away from their sins instead of just offering a sacrifice that couldn't take away their sins. If a man does obey His voice and does the commandments, he will surely live as that is what Ahayah actually has delight in over offerings and sacrifices.

1Sa 15:22

And Samuel said, Hath Ahayah as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Ahayah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.

Even when one may be sinning in rebellion and stubbornness, if one turns from his sin to do whats right unto Alahayim in His commandments, he shall surely live:

Ezk 33:14-16

Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

Alahayim willing, this helps understand "the Law of the Commandments" ordained to life to keep from sin or overcome sin and live are not the same as "the Law of Offerings and Sacrifices" for sins that cannot give life or take away sins to make a man perfect.

The Law of the Commandments

Psalms 94:20

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

1 John 3:4

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

The Law of the Commandments outline what is good and makes a division for us to differentiate good from evil so we can understand what sin is to avoid a transgression

Romans 7:12

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

The Law of the Commandments are holy, just and good. So the Law itself is not sin or bad for us nor the problem. Rather, it's actually Sin (which is identified by the commandments) that deceives us to transgress the Law of the Commandments is the problem, as it seeks to cause us to receive the wages of death through the sins we do:

Romans 7:7

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Alahayim forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

Confirming the law of the Commandments is not the problem because it helps us identify sin to abstain from it.

Romans 7:8

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

Sin knows the commandments and takes occasion by them to work lust within us to our hurt.

Romans 7:10-11

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

If sin has dominion in us (through love of evil pleasures) to make us transgress the law of the commandments by deceiving us through our lusts, the commandments will seem like it's unto death to us because we aren't actually pleased to keep it. On the other hand, if we love Alahayim, we would view the Law of the Commandments in truth, seeing it as a help unto us live a healthy life, having pleasure in keeping it by not viewing it as grievous:

1 John 5:3

For this is the love of Alahayim, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Romans 7:12

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

This is possible to keep the commandments with pleasure when we view the Law of the Commandments as they truly are, seeing it as holy, just, good, and ordained to life, holy, just, and good.

Romans 7:13

Was then that which is good made death unto me? Alahayim forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

The goodness of the Law of the Commandments just exposes the exceeding sinfulness of sin itself so one can see it for what it truly is and overcome the pleasure in it with right reasoning to hate it so as not to do it for oneself. The Law is not made death unto us as it's actually ordained to life for us, by helping us identify what sin is to abstain from its works unto death, that we may live unto Alahayim.

The Added Law of Offerings and Sacrifices

Though the Law of Offerings and Sacrifices of bulls and goats could not take away sins, Alahayim gave the Law of Offerings and Sacrifices to atone for sins whenever we did transgress the Law of the Commandments by sinning. This would prepare us for Christ to come, who would offer himself to purge our conscience of the sins committed against the Law of the Commandments. We will look at this understanding through precepts going forward:

Gal 3:19

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

"The law" being referred to here is not the "Law of the Commandments," but the "Law of Offerings and Sacrifices" that was added because of the transgression of the Law of the Commandments ordained to life. Moses was the mediator who received the Law of Offerings and Sacrifices ordained by angels {Deut 33:2} and added it to the Law of the Commandments to atone for sins when someone was in transgression. Remember, the covenant of obeying Ahayah's voice and keeping His commandments came before the Law of Burnt Offerings and Sacrifices ordained by angels:

Jeremiah 11:3-4

And say thou unto them, Thus saith Ahayah Alahayim of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, 4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your Alahayim:

Jer 7:22-23

For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices 23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your Alahayim, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

Mark 12:32-34

And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one Alahayim; and there is none other but he: 33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34 And when Yache saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of Alahayim.

Walking in all the ways of His commandments which are ordained to life and obeying His voice will be well unto us because the law and commandment are holy, just and good: [Rom 7:12] Paul taught the commandments of the Law are not sin because we need the laws to have the knowledge of what sin is:

Rom 3:20

..: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Romans 7:12, 7

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Alahayim forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

We have the knowledge of sin to identify it by the Law of the Commandments and when a person has knowledge that they have sinned by the Law, there are "deeds" that were added because of transgressions that they must perform to atone for their sins:

Lev 4:22

By the precept, the offerings are "the deeds" of the law, when one has knowledge of a sin committed against the Law of the Commandments:

Rom 3:20

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

The reason no person could be justified by "the deeds of the law" in offering a sin offering when they sinned is because the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins:

Heb 10:4

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Though "the deeds of the law" in offerings and sacrifices cannot justify any flesh, "the doers of the law" of the commandments shall be justified, so we can know the differentiation between the two things Paul was referring to in his letter to the Romans. Paul taught doing the laws of the commandments can justify us in the Lord's sight because "the doers of the law shall be justified" as opposed to "the deeds," which are offerings and sacrifices for sins, which cannot justify anyone:

Rom 2:13

(For not the hearers of the law are just before Alahayim, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

This means by doing the Law of the Commandments ordained to life, we shall be justified, but by performing the deeds of the law of sacrifices when we transgress the Law of the Commandments, we can never be justified because the blood of the bulls and goats cannot take away sins.

What was the Purpose of Adding the Deeds of the Law?

Knowing the deeds of the Law of Offerings and Sacrifices are not able to justify us, they were just our school master to prepare us for Christ, whose offering up and sacrifice of himself could justify us by faith in his blood to enable us to keep the Law of the Commandments ordained to life without a guilty conscience:

Gal 3:24

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Justification comes by faith in Christ's sacrifice and doing the Laws of the Commandments. Remember, sin is the transgression of the law, {1 Joh 3:4} so for the transgression of the Law of the Commandments, the Law of Offerings and Sacrifices for sin were added as our school master until the promised seed, Christ, to whom the promise was made would come:

Gal 3:16

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

For this reason, Christ's sacrificial offering could justify us by faith in his blood:

Gal 3:19, 17

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of Alahayim in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

Abraham was given the promise of his seed when he was 70 years old. 430 years after, the law of Offerings and Sacrifices on the Day of Atonement were added to the Law of the Commandments. This is what Paul is referring to in Galatians 3:17 that the Law of Offerings and Sacrifices given 430 years after Abraham's seed, Christ, was promised cannot disannul the covenant and make the promise of Abraham's seed to come ineffective:

Gal 3:24

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

For those reasons that the promise of Christ to come that were given 430 years before the law of Offerings and Sacrifices on the Day of Atonement were added, those sacrificial laws were our school master to bring us unto Christ that we might believe and be justified by that faith. We are no longer under those deeds of sin offerings and sacrifices of bulls and goats to atone for sins now that the justification by faith in Christ's blood for an atonement has come because the Law of Offerings and Sacrifices were just a shadow of good things to come that could not take away sins or make us perfect:

Heb 10:1, 4

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

The offerings and sacrifices of the Day of Atonement were offered year by year, yet unable to take away sins or make the comers therunto perfect. Paul explained why they could not take away sins or make us perfect:

Heb 9:9

Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

The reason the sacrifices of animals could not take away sins or make us perfect is because the man that did the service of the sacrifices could not purge his conscience from the guilt of his former sins, since by the deeds of the law he could not be justified. Paul goes on to confirm the offerings and sacrifices couldn't make one perfect in conscience or take away sins by the fact that they had to continue offerings for sins yearly during the Day of Atonement:

Heb 10:2-3

For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

The sacrifices that couldn't purge the conscience were just imposed until the time of reformation when the promised seed would come who could purge the conscience and take away sin by making an atonement in the Holy Place in Heaven:

Heb 9:10

Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

The time of reformation is when Christ establishes a New Testament by his blood as the High Priest of good things to come in his kingdom:

Heb 9:11-15

But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to Alahayim, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living Alahayim? 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

The blood of Christ through the eternal Spirit purges the conscience from dead works and the guilty conscience of former sins to go forward and serve the living Alahayim with a good conscience for the redemption of the transgressions of the commandments that were under the first testament of the blood of bulls and goats sprinkled upon the children of Israel. {Exo 24} For this reason, "the Letter," which are the "sacrifices," killeth and doesn't make alive because it cannot purge the guilty conscience, but the Spirit giveth life because Christ's offering through the Spirit purged the conscience of former guilt to move forward under the opportunity of grace without fear of doing the work or going through the process to overcome sins and become a doer of the Law of the Commandments living unto and serving Alahayim with a clear conscience, not being weighed down by the past sins, and having a good conscience going forward doing the work of avoiding any offense in transgressing the Law of the Commandments:

2Co 3:6

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

By giving himself as a ransom for the world, faith in Christ for justification from our former sins has given us access by our faith into the grace period wherein we have liberty from the law of judgment (death) for sins because we are under grace which gives us an opportunity to avoid judgment during the necessary experiences required to learn to walk in love keeping the commandments in all facets of our life.

Romans 5:1-2

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with Alahayim through our Lord Yache Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of Alahayim.

Galatians 5:13-15

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

We are admonished not to use this calling unto liberty from judgment under grace as an occasion to fulfill the lust of our flesh, lest we be consumed by the harm it would cause. To give us this opportunity of grace to attain unto love outlined in the commandments, Christ was sent to do what the law of offerings and sacrifices could not do by taking away sins that are past and purging the conscience from sins to condemn sin in the flesh:

Rom 8:3

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

The Law of Offerings and Sacrifice were weak because the blood of bulls and goats could not take away sins to purge the conscience of sin, so the Father had to send his Son to condemn sin in the flesh by his own body through being a doer of the Law of the Commandments as a lamb without blemish unto death:

Heb 10:5-10

Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O Alahayim. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O Alahayim. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Yache Christ once for all.

Yache was literally offered as a sacrifice for sins by his blood in the second testament to replace the blood of the weak sacrifices and offerings offered by the law of Moses in the first testament that could not purge our conscience from sins. His offering of himself establishes the Law of Faith in His blood as a propitiation for sins that are past so that we may be under grace as we learn not to sin anymore to live unto Alahayim :

Rom 3:25

Whom Alahayim hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of Alahayim;

Heb 10:18

Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

Romans 3:27

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

It was not the works of animal sacrifice that gave us this grace to be reconciled to Alahayim, but the law of faith in Christ's blood and sacrifice has done it:

Romans 6:14-15-19

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? Alahayim forbid. 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? 17 But Alahayim be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

By His one offering we are given remission of former sins by faith in his atonement so that we may walk in newness of life to serve Alahayim. This takes away the first testament of bulls and goat's blood, so there is no more offering of animal sacrifices needed for sins since we are sanctified for sins that are past by the offering of the body of Christ once and for all nations that believe.

The Sacrifices for the Body of Christ

In replacement of the sacrifices of animals, the sacrifices for the believers in the Body of Christ are by communion wherein they offer his body and his blood for an atonement:

1Co 10:16

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

1Co 11:24-26

And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

The believers literally treat the communion as a sacrifice by precept:

Acts of Peter chapter 2

Now they brought unto Paul bread and water for the sacrifice, that he might make prayer and distribute it to everyone.

The Body of Christ (Believers) eat his body and drink his blood of the new testament as a sacrifice, so Paul was teaching the Body they no longer needed to perform the deeds of the law to sacrifice of animals:

Col 2:16-17

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

There were sacrifices and offerings in respect of feast days that were all just a shadow of things to come in the kingdom, but the Body is of Christ's sacrifice as we seen with Paul. Acts of Peter chapter 2 When it comes to the true spiritual offerings and sacrifices for sins for the Body of Christ under Christ's priesthood, working the righteousness of the commandments giving oneself as a living sacrifice is acceptable with Alahayim:

Romans 12:1-2

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of Alahayim, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Alahayim, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of Alahayim.

Ecclesiasticus 38:10-11

Leave off from sin, and order thine hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all wickedness. 11 Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour; and make a fat offering, as not being.

Ecclesiasticus 35:1-5

He that keepeth the law bringeth offerings enough: he that taketh heed to the commandment offereth a peace offering. 2 He that requiteth a goodturn offereth fine flour; and he that giveth alms sacrificeth praise. 3 To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord; and to forsake unrighteousness is a propitiation. 4 Thou shalt not appear empty before the Lord. 5 For all these things are to be done because of the commandment.

For further edification on the true offerings for sins and burnt offerings according to the law of Faith, visit the tab below:

"The Priesthood and Offerings Under Christ"

https://www.hebrewreaders.com/priesthood-offerings-under-christ

How Shall We Be Justified?

The righteousness of Alahayim through faith in Christ's sacrifice without the law of animal sacrifice was manifested by Paul:

Rom 3:21

But now the righteousness of Alahayim without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

The atonement that Yache was to come and do was prophesied in the law and the prophets {Luke 24:44-49} so that men may repent and have remission of sins that are past {Rom 3:25} and bring forth fruit worthy of repentance by turning from the power of Satan unto Alahayim, {Acts 26:16-18} being doers of the Law of the Commandments, abstaining from sin and the lusts of the flesh by faith in Christ and because of their faith in Christ unto justification.

Luk 24:44-47

And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, 46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

He fulfilled the prophecies concerning him regarding his death and resurrection yet he did not destroy the commandments of the law nor the prophets by offering himself as a sacrifice.

Mat 5:17

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

He did fulfill suffering and rising the third day, yet there are more prophecies he must fulfill and the law shall endure until all be fulfilled:

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 be fulfilled.

Paul was simply preaching that Alahayim sent his Son to offer himself for us so that we may be justified by faith in him; {Gal 3:24} the righteousness of Alahayim is faith in Yache Christ's blood for remission of sins that are past because we believe in Yache; {Rom 3:25-26} our faith should work by love, {Gal 5:6} being doers of the Law of the Commandments to be justified; {Rom 2:13} and we should live by our faith being just as doers of the Law of the Commandments {Rom 1:17} yielding our members to righteousness unto holiness instead of iniquity unto iniquity. {Rom 6:19}

Rom 3:26

To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Yache.

Rom 2:13

For not the hearers of the law are just before Alahayim, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

The law will endure until all things be fulfilled so justification comes by faith in Yache's blood and being a doer of the Law of the Commandments as an example of a believer {1 Tim 4:12} and a living sacrifice {Rom 12:1-2} by awaking to righteousness and not sinning. {1 Cor 15:34} We must obtain justification by believing in Christ and being doers of the law because we cannot be justified without both:

Rom 2:12

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

Paul relayed the just shall live by faith {Rom 1:17} in Christ's blood to justify them in conscience believing they have an atonement for the sins that are past, so there is no boasting in "the works" of performing offerings and sacrifices of animals since by "the deeds" no flesh shall be justified:

Rom 3:27

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

Paul was clear that there was nothing to boast in as far as the works of the law in animal sacrifices because it is the law of faith in the blood of Christ that justifies us, not the blood of bulls and goats or offerings of meat and drinks.

Rom 3:28

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

Remember the deeds of the law is referring to sacrifices and offerings for sins by the law of Moses, not the commandments of the law because we actually have to do the commandments of the law to be justified {Rom 2:12-13} as the just shall live by faith, {Rom 1:17} but we do not have to do the animal sacrifices to be justified {Rom 3:28} because they can't take away sin {Heb 10:4} or perfect the conscience {Heb 9:9} to justify us. {Rom 3:20}

The Apostles Teaching Concerning Circumcision and Animal Sacrifice

"for the Brethren of the Gentiles"

Galatians 1:6-7

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

Galatians 5:2-4

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

Justification comes by faith in Christ’s sacrifice and being doers of the law of the commandments to be saved. Paul was teaching that justification is not by upholding the carnal sacrifices of the law of offerings and being circumcised, but when one comes into the knowledge of the faith to be saved;

Galatians 5:11

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

He wasn’t preaching circumcision for salvation but faith (in Christ) by love in keeping the commandments for salvation;

Galatians 5:6

For in Yache Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

Romans 13:8, 10

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

This was the truth of the gospel preached by the Apostles after they had agreed upon sound doctrine concerning adult circumcision and whether the law of offerings and sacrifices were necessary for salvation in Acts 15, yet it wasn’t what everyone else was teaching, as some folks were trying to subvert believers for their own glory;

Galatians 1:9

As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Galatians 5:12

I would they were even cut off which trouble you.

The contrary gospel was as follows:

Acts 15:1

And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

The issue at hand amongst the disciples was the desire of some to trouble those newly in Christ by saying it was required to keep the law of Moses (in offerings and sacrifices) and to be circumcised when one comes into the faith to be saved. As this wasn’t a doctrine handed down by the Apostles, they addressed whether this were true or not according to the faith:

Acts 15:24, 28-29

Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; 29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

The Apostles agreed that the brethren of the Gentiles needed only to keep themselves from idolatry, things offered to idols, blood, things strangled (witchcraft), and fornication (sinning in general by hearkening to idols), all of which, if they did, they would do well as disciples of Christ seeking salvation. This heresy of requiring animal sacrifice to be kept and circumcision when one comes into the faith for salvation stemmed from amongst those zealous for circumcision and the law of offerings and sacrifices, yet their desire wasn’t upright, as it was a means to avoid the persecution within themselves for Christ by overcoming their lusts as living sacrifices, while on the other hand, glorying in subverting others to get circumcised and do the sacrifices.

Galatians 4:17

They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

They were zealous to convert disciples for their own glory while excluding the convert from actually partaking in the kingdom by leading them away from keeping the commandments and believing in Christ’s sacrifice for justification;

Matthew 23:15, 13

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

The precepts help understand that they were teaching circumcision (fleshly work) and carnal sacrifices for salvation, as they themselves didn’t want to suffer going through the process of repentance (the cross) for the circumcising of their heart to be living sacrifices themselves to enter the kingdom, which is within us. For this reason, their teachings also hindered others from entering the kingdom as well;

Galatians 6:12-13

As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. 13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

There we see, they were trying to get disciples circumcised when they’d believe to glory in that, while they themselves weren’t willing to suffer overcoming their own pleasures for Christ as living sacrifices to keep the law of the commandments, though they’re trying to require others to keep the law of Moses in sacrifices.

Galatians 2:16

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Yache Christ, even we have believed in Yache 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.

This was the simplicity of understanding for believers from the Apostles; no flesh can be justified by the works of the law of Moses in offerings and sacrifices, as the just shall live by faith in Christ’s offering of himself and his blood to be justified from former sins to go forward working righteousness to be justified as doers of the law of the commandments given unto Moses;

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.

2 Esdras 16:75-76

Be ye not afraid neither doubt; for Alahayim is your guide, 76 And the guide of them who keep my commandments and precepts, saith the Lord Alahayim: let not your sins weigh you down, and let not your iniquities lift up themselves.

2 Baruch 32:1

’But as for you, if you prepare your hearts, so as to sow in them the fruits of the law, it shall protect you in that time in which the Mighty One is to shake the whole creation.

Remember he didn’t speak of sacrifices when he delivered Israel as he commanded to obey his voice, which is His law, commandments (which include believing on His Son), ordinances, statues, and judgments. These things will protect us that believe in His Son for our salvation in the times to come. Let’s look at the Apostles decision when the matter of circumcision for Gentiles and requiring upholding the law of sacrifices for salvation was presented to them:

Acts 15:1-2, 5-6

And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. 2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. 5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

Peter and James were the chief amongst the Apostles, Peter (Levite) being over the Church and James (Judaite) being the Leader of the Apostles as a law giver must be amongst Judah for the guidance of the Body of Christ:

Matthew 16:18

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Gospel of Thomas 13:1-2

The disciples said to Yache, "We know that you will depart from us. Who is to be our leader?" 2. Yache said to them, "Wherever you are, you are to go to James the righteous, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being.

Let’s see the doctrine they agreed upon for us all to follow as believers in Christ.

Acts 15:7-9

And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago Alahayim made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8 And Alahayim, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us; 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

The Gentiles' hearts were circumcised by faith in the hearing of the gospel, as they were already practicing righteousness by evidence of Cornelius;

Acts 10:1-2, 30-36, 42-45

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, 2 A devout man, and one that feared Alahayim with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to Alahayim alway. 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of Alahayim. 32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. 33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before Alahayim, to hear all things that are commanded thee of Alahayim. 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that Alahayim is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 36 The word which Alahayim sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Yache Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of Alahayim to be the Judge of quick and dead. 43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. 44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them which heard the word. 45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.

We see Gentiles who were working righteousness already needed only to hear the gospel and believe to receive circumcision of the heart, so it wasn’t necessary to require them be circumcised in their flesh after they already believed in Christ from the heart and were working righteousness.

Acts 15:10

Now therefore why tempt ye Alahayim, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

The yoke upon our fathers that they were not able to bear was the sacrificial laws which couldn’t purge the conscience to bring forth good fruits unto Alahayim, so it wasn’t needful to put that burden upon the Gentiles when they were already bringing forth good fruit by receiving the spiritual circumcision of their hearts by faith when hearing of the gospel and working righteousness. He was helping those in attendance understand, the Gentiles we’re already showing forth their faith in Christ’s sacrifice by good works for their salvation even as the Hebrews, so putting a yoke of unprofitable carnal (sacrifices) and fleshly (circumcision) ordinances upon them wasn’t necessary;

Acts 15:11

But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Yache Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

By faith and working righteousness through the grace of the Lord Yache to do these things, all nations shall be saved, so it was not necessary to require brethren of the Gentiles to be circumcised when they come into the faith nor to uphold the sacrificial laws according to Peter. Paul, in agreement with Peter, then speaks on the good fruit being brought forth amongst the Gentiles by the preaching of the gospel of Faith for remission of sins;

Acts 15:12

Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders Alahayim had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

Now James, the chief of the Apostles, is about to give the sentence on the matter for sound doctrine, as a lawgiver would always be amongst the children of Judah for our guidance according to prophesy; [Gen 49:10] Let’s see what the doctrine is for the Church on the matter;

Acts 15:13-17

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: 14 Simeon hath declared how Alahayim at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, 16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: 17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

He relayed to them that the conversion of the Gentiles by faith in hearing the gospel and working righteousness to receive the circumcision of their hearts and becoming living sacrifices through good works through the Holy Spirit for salvation was already prophesied, so it was not necessary to trouble them by requiring them to do carnal and fleshly things when they were doing and upholding the spiritual things of the law of the commandments and prophets;

Acts 15:18-20

Known unto Alahayim are all his works from the beginning of the world. 19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to Alahayim: 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

They had already turned unto Alahayim from the power of Satan through faith and good works in righteousness, so it was only needful to put them in remembrance to maintain good works. By commanding them to abstain from pollution of idols and from fornication, they were instructing them not to do evil by transgressing the commandments, as idolatry in spiritual fornication is the cause of all evil, so if one abstains from those things, one would only do the good outlined in the commandments;

Wisdom of Solomon 14:27, 12

For the worshipping of idols not to be named is the beginning, the cause, and the end, of all evil. 12 For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life.

Acts 15:21

For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

It wasn’t necessary to go into detail about the commandments they would need to keep as Moses’ law was being read and preached amongst them so they would know the things that are needful to do for justification by doing the law of the commandments through faith in Christ;

Romans 2:14-15, 13

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: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another;) 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before Alahayim, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

So though the Gentiles weren’t given the law as Israel was on tables of stone, yet they do the things outlined in the law of the commandments out of their own desire to do well unto Alahayim, they are witnessing that the law is written in their hearts as their conscience and hearts help direct them into performing the righteousness of the commandments unto their justification before Alahayim as doers of the law whose hearts have been counted for circumcision as new creatures in Christ by the Holy Spirit:

Romans 2:26

Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

Galatians 6:15

For in Christ Yache neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

Wisdom of Solomon 7:22-24, 14, 27-28

For Wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit, holy, one only, manifold, subtil, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good, quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good, 23 Kind to man, steadfast, sure, free from care, having all power, overseeing all things, and going through all understanding, pure, and most subtil, spirits. 24 For Wisdom is more moving than any motion: she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness. 14 For she is a treasure unto men that never faileth: which they that use become the friends of Alahayim, being commended for the gifts that come from learning. 27 And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself, she maketh all things new: and in all ages entering into holy souls, she maketh them friends of Alahayim, and prophets. 28 For Alahayim loveth none but him that dwelleth with Wisdom.

There we see the Apostles taught that through faith and working righteousness, the Gentiles can receive the Holy Spirit and the love of Alahayim through friendship even as the Hebrews. They aren’t required to be circumcised when they come into the faith, nor are they required to uphold the sacrificial law to be saved, as their circumcision is of the heart and they are living sacrifices unto Alahayim themselves through Christ by good works.

True Circumcision

The nations weren’t given the covenant of circumcision in their flesh as Israel was, yet even though Israel may be circumcised, the circumcision of the heart is what is actually profitable unto them and all nations:

Jeremiah 9:26

…for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

The circumcision in spirit (in our hearts) has always been what’s truly profitable to Israel and all nations:

Gospel of Thomas 53:1

His disciples said to him, "Is circumcision beneficial or not?" He said to them, "If it were beneficial, their father would beget them already circumcised from their mother. 2. Rather, the true circumcision in spirit has become completely profitable."

True circumcision in spirit is being humble and operating in humility in everything so as not to give any spirit of pride place to cause one to sin:

Deuteronomy 10:16

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

Sirach 10:12-13

The beginning of pride is when one departeth from Alahayim, and his heart is turned away from his Maker. 13 For pride is the beginning of sin..

For the Hebrews, true circumcision in spirit is what makes us Jews, whether circumcised in flesh or not;

Romans 2:28-29

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of Alahayim.

The Gentiles who believe of all nations, though the covenant of circumcision in the flesh is not required by the Holy Spirit for them to keep, are also called unto the true circumcision in spirit, in that of the heart to cease from sin, serving Alahayim through Christ Yache with Israel, their brethren through faith;

Acts 15:24, 28-29

The Holy Spirit doesn’t require the Gentiles to be circumcised in their flesh, as She just requires the Brethren of the Gentiles to keep themselves from idolatry, which is the cause of all evil, to maintain their circumcision in spirit:

Wisdom of Solomon 14:27, 12

Eph 2:11

Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

Through the Gentiles are not Hebrews, they have the same calling through the preaching. Receiving Christ unto the true circumcision in spirit to work righteousness:

Eph 4:17-21

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of Alahayim through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Yache:

Col 2:11

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

Eph 4:22-23

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

This helps understand true circumcision in spirit is that of the heart to be humble and operate in humility in all things as our Lord Yache did, abstaining from all idols that would cause us to sin or do evil in the sight of Alahayim:

Matthew 11:29-30

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Shall Hebrews Circumcise Their Children?

As for the Hebrews, it is the law of our fathers to circumcise our sons on the eighth day and raise them up in the nurture of the Lord, so they may learn how lowliness prevails with Alahayim, having us for an example, so that they may be circumcised in their hearts as true Jews before Alahayim:

Leviticus 12:1-3

And Ahayah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

1 Clem. 2:1, 5

And ye were all lowly in mind and free from arrogance, yielding rather than claiming submission, And giving heed unto His words, ye laid them up diligently in your hearts, and His sufferings were before your eyes. 5 Ye were sincere and simple and free from malice one towards another.

I Clem 1:3

…On the young too ye enjoined modest and seemly thoughts:

1 Clem. 21:7-8

…Let our children be partakers of the instruction which is in Christ: 8 let them learn how lowliness of mind prevaileth with Alahayim, what power chaste love hath with Alahayim, how the fear of Him is good and great and saveth all them that walk therein in a pure mind with holiness.

Why Must the Hebrews Circumcise Their Children?

Jubilees 15:25, 27-32

This law is for all the generations forever, and there is no circumcision of the days, and no omission of one day out of the eight days; for it is an eternal ordinance, ordained and written on the heavenly tables. 27. For all the angels of the presence and all the angels of sanctification have been so created from the day of their creation, and before the angels of the presence and the angels of sanctification He hath sanctified Israel, that they should be with Him and with His holy angels. 28. And do thou command the children of Israel and let them observe the sign of this covenant for their generations as an eternal ordinance, and they will not be rooted out of the land. 29. For the command is ordained for a covenant, that they should observe it forever among all the children of Israel. 30. For Ishmael and his sons and his brothers and Esau, Ahayah did not cause to approach Him, and he chose them not because they are the children of Abraham, because He knew them, but He chose Israel to be His people. 31. And He sanctified it, and gathered it from amongst all the children of men; for there are many nations and many peoples, and all are His, and over all hath He placed spirits in authority to lead them astray from Him. 32. But over Israel He did not appoint any angel or spirit, for He alone is their ruler, and He will preserve them and require them at the hand of His angels and His spirits, and at the hand of all His powers in order that He may preserve them and bless them, and that they may be His and He may be theirs from henceforth forever.

According to Alahayim’s will, He chose Israel out of all nations to be with his ministering angels to serve the nations, so they must circumcise their children on the 8th day as the angels of the presence and sanctification are circumcised. Being called into the ministry to serve, this is why the Hebrews are also committed the oracles of Alahayim to teach the law and the gospel to the nations:

Romans 3:1-2

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of Alahayim.

Romans 9:4

Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth…the giving of the law, and the service of Alahayim..

Barn 8:3

The children who sprinkle are they that preached unto us the forgiveness of sins and the purification of our heart, they to whom, being twelve in number for a testimony unto the tribes (for there are twelve tribes of Israel), He gave authority over the Gospel, that they should preach it.

For further understanding on Circumcision for Israel according to the Covenant, check out the lesson below:

“The Covenants of Abraham Pt. 1”

https://youtu.be/m0cjxxBOaVU?si=az4pGYh8ZhKz_5_S

Shall Brethren of the Gentiles Circumcise Their Children?

For the brethren of the Gentiles, the circumcision in spirit is truly profitable to all nations. It is not required that they circumcise their sons on the eighth day, though it is righteousness to do so if Alahayim wills it; yet circumcision is not their burden to bear as it was commanded by Ahayah unto the children of Israel. On the other hand, any brethren of the Gentiles that take hold of the covenant to obey Alahayim’s voice will be his people too, like the true Jews of Israel:

Isaiah 56:6-7

Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to Ahayah, to serve him, and to love the name of Ahayah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

Understanding the Circumcision

Barn 9:1-8

Furthermore He saith concerning the ears, how that it is our heart which He circumcised. the Lord saith in the prophet; With the hearing of the ears they listened to Me. And again He saith; They that are afar off shall hear with their ears, and shall perceive what I have done. And; Be ye circumcised in your hearts, saith the Lord. 2 And again He saith; Hear, O Israel, for thus saith the Lord thy Alahayim. Who is he that desireth to live forever, let him hear with his ears the voice of My servant. And again He saith; Hear, O heaven, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken these things for a testimony. And again He saith; Hear the words of the Lord, ye rulers of this people. And again He saith; Hear, O my children, the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Therefore, He circumcised our ears, that hearing the word we might believe. 3 But moreover the circumcision, in which they have confidence, is abolished; for He hath said that a circumcision not of the flesh should be practiced. But they transgressed, for an evil angel taught them cleverness. 4 He saith unto them; Thus saith the Lord your Alahayim (so I find the commandment); sow not upon thorns, be ye circumcised to your Lord. And what saith He? Be ye circumcised in the hardness of your heart; and then ye will not harden your neck. Take this again; Behold, saith the Lord, all the Gentiles are uncircumcised in their foreskin, but this people is uncircumcised in their hearts. 5 But thou wilt say; In truth the people hath been circumcised for a seal. Nay, but so likewise is every Syrian and Arabian and all the priests of the idols. Do all those then too belong to their covenant? Moreover, the Egyptians also are included among the circumcised. 6 Learn therefore, children of love, concerning all things abundantly, that Abraham, who first appointed circumcision, looked forward in the spirit unto Yache, when he circumcised having received the ordinances of three letters. 7 For the scripture saith; And Abraham circumcised of his household eighteen males and three hundred. What then was the knowledge given unto him? Understand ye that He saith the eighteen first, and then after an interval three hundred. In the eighteen 'I' stands for ten, 'H' for eight. Here thou hast YACHE. And because the cross in the 'T' was to have grace, He saith also three hundred. So He revealeth Yache in the two letters, and in the remaining one the cross. 8 He who placed within us the innate gift of His covenant knoweth; no man hath ever learnt from me a more genuine word; but I know that ye are worthy

Paul's Teachings on the Works of the Law

Paul had to teach the believers that the truth of the matter was that the works of sacrifices and offerings by the law would not justify anyone, nor was it necessary when coming into the faith to be circumcised as an adult (if prior awareness of the commandment wasn't known to be held accountable) to be saved when one believes in the preaching of faith in the blood of Christ Yache and works righteousness because of that faith for the circumcision of one's heart;

Gal 3:1

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Yache Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

The question shows that Paul was speaking about whether the works of the law of sacrifices or the hearing of the faith in Yache's sacrifice caused the people to receive the Spirit. There is no account of someone receiving the Spirit by the blood of bulls and goats, but the scriptures show that the hearing of faith in Yache has caused men to receive the Spirit when they work righteousness by evidence of Cornelius and his household in Acts 10:34-45. So it is evident the answer is the hearing of faith (and working righteousness) is how we receive the Spirit;

Gal 3:3

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

As men coming newly into the faith, circumcising their flesh would not make them perfect, after the hearing of faith and performing good works of righteousness from their hearts is what gave them the Spirit.

Gal 3:4

Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

He was saying "if it were true that you needed to be circumcised in your flesh to be saved instead your hearts (by which you received the Spirit already), have you suffered within yourselves to circumcise your hearts by overcoming lust to work righteousness from your hearts for salvation in vain?" The answer is no, they were already doing the profitable works by the Spirit in faith for their salvation, so it wasn't necessary to turn to the fleshly work of circumcising their flesh for salvation when they came into the faith, as having the Spirit was evidence that the spiritual work they had already put in was profitable unto them. Paul's question was to help them consider how it doesn't make sense that the work they've put in to work righteousness from their hearts through faith to receive the Spirit was in vain to require circumcision of the flesh for salvation after the work they've already been doing in the Spirit.

Gal 3:5

He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

He asked them if it was by animal sacrifice that the disciples performed miracles among them or was it by the hearing of faith in Yache's sacrifice and offering up of himself. The answer was by the hearing of faith. He goes on to explain that just like Abraham was accounted righteous by faith in Alahayim (yet being uncircumcised), so shall we, whether circumcised or not, be accounted righteous by faith today, not by animal sacrifices or circumcision as adults with no prior knowledge of the law requiring it to be done;

Gal 3:6-10

Even as Abraham believed Alahayim, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that Alahayim would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

As many as are under the works of the law of offerings and sacrifices of animals for justification are under the curse of the law to continue in that guilty conscience, as those sacrifices could not take away sins and would not lead to receiving the Spirit. Also, the law required to believe on Christ who would come and to hearken to him, [Duet 18:15-19; Isa 8:14-16; 28:16] so if one wouldn't receive his gospel, one would be under the curses as well. In Alahayim's kindness not to leave us under the curses of the law of sacrifices and unbelief, Christ became a curse himself to redeem us from the law of offerings and sacrifices to be justified by faith in him and good works of righteousness from our hearts to receive the Spirit.

Gal 3:13-14

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Yache Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Sirach 15:15

If thou wilt, to keep the commandments, and to perform acceptable faithfulness.

Christ's sacrifice gave the Gentiles (the Uncircumcision) the blessing of receiving the Spirit though uncircumcised; and Hebrews (the Circumcision) the opportunity of receiving the Spirit whether circumcised or not. Christ had to come deliver us from the curse of the law of sacrifices for justification because the law of offerings and sacrifices could not justify us in the sight of Alahayim

Rom 3:20

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight:

"The deeds of the law" and "works of the law" can refer to the sacrifices of the law, not the commandments of the law which are necessary to be kept to avoid sinning. In instances, "the works of the law" can also refer to circumcision by evidence of Peter being admonished for not eating with the Gentiles because they weren't circumcised according to the works of the law;

Acts 10:28

And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but Alahayim hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

Before the understanding was given to Peter in the faith that the Gentiles are clean and brethren by faith though they aren't circumcised, the Jews's religion was not to eat with any that were uncircumcised. This is why the Jews had contended with him at the first until they also learned that the Gentiles are brethren through faith without being circumcised:

Acts 11:2-4, 9-12, 15-18

And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What Alahayim hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven. 11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me. 12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house: 15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning. 16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. 17 Forasmuch then as Alahayim gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Yache Christ; what was I, that I could withstand Alahayim? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified Alahayim, saying, Then hath Alahayim also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

Unfortunately Peter had fell to this manner of living in separation from uncircumcised believers, which was contrary to the truth of the gospel that circumcision of the heart was counted for circumcision wherein the Gentiles keep the righteousness of the law of the commandments:

Galatians 2:11-12

But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

He separated from them because they were uncircumcised according to "the works of the law," which wasn't right and led others to stumble as well;

Galatians 2:13

And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.

Paul had to admonish his brother to restore him in the spirit of meekness on the matter:

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

The manner of the Jews in the faith is to be one body by faith through the circumcision of the heart by abstaining from sinning, whether one came into the faith already circumcised in the flesh according to "the works of the law" or not, seeing as though 'by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.' On the other hand, abstaining from sin as doers of the law of the commandments in faith whether circumcised or not, does justify us;

Galatians 2:15-16

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Yache Christ, even we have believed in Yache 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.

He was making a distinction for us to understand justification in that faith in Christ’s offering of himself justifies us with the circumcision of our hearts being doers of the law of the commandments, but no flesh can be justified by the works of the law in sacrifices as they cannot take away sin, nor circumcision after coming into the faith, as one is to come as one is called, not turning to the flesh for justification.

1 Corinthians 7:18-20

Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of Alahayim. 20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

He was simply relaying to abide in however you were called into the faith of Christ focusing on keeping the commandments which is "something" as that will justify a person. If one is already circumcised, then don't fall into sin and the lust of the flesh to become uncircumcised of heart. If one is called being uncircumcised unawares of the necessity to do so as an Hebrew similar to Titus who grew up a Greek by lifestyle, don't turn unto seeking glory and justification in the flesh to be circumcised after having been justified in the Spirit by faith in Christ and good works in the circumcision of the heart.

Galatians 6:12-13

Galatians 2:3-4

But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: 4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Yache, that they might bring us into bondage: 5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

The truth of the gospel was that faith in Yache and good works of righteousness as doers of the law for the circumcision of the heart justifies us though we may come into the faith circumcised or not. The only instance for Hebrews who come into the faith wherein circumcision would be required is if there was prior knowledge, as one's parent(s) was already living according to the manner of the Jews but hadn't performed the law, as was the case for Timothy for example, who had to be circumcised because his mother was a Jewess who should have gotten him circumcised in his youth though her husband, a Hebrew living according to Greek fashion, was against it. This is similar to Moses who should have circumcised his firstborn son and his wife had to circumcise him to take away the reproach as she should have done it on the eighth day according to the law though Moses' father-in-law who was living according to heathen fashion at that time had counseled him not to do it:

Acts 16:1

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:

2 Timothy 1:5

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

His mother Eunice walked in the faith as well as lived according the manner of the Jews, yet her Husband was a Greek, so Timothy wasn't circumcised according to the Greek fashion of living, though he should have been by his mother (as Zipporah should have circumcised Gershom, Moses' son). Timothy was well reported of for good works, yet as was the manner with Moses and his uncircumcised son, he needed to be circumcised because his mother was living according to the manner of the Jews like Moses and Zipporah, so there was prior knowledge of the necessity. For such reasons, Paul circumcised him:

Acts 16:2-3

Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

The Jews knew his father living according to Greek fashion was the reason he wasn't circumcised, but his wife living after the manner of the Jews should have circumcised him, so it was necessary to be done, even as Moses' son had to be circumcised though Moses made the mistake of not circumcising him according to the counsel of his father-in-law at that time, unfortunately. This helps understand why Timothy was circumcised as opposed to Titus who lived as a Greek prior to coming into the faith. Paul goes on to show he is not referring to the law of the commandments when he is speaking of “works of the law” by evidence of showing that even faith in Christ for justification isn’t profitable if we are found sinners against the commandments ourselves because we have to be doers of the law of the commandments as well to be justified.

Galatians 2:17

But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? Alahayim forbid. 18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

He was showing that if he turned back to continue (build again) in his sins (the old man), which was destroyed in his faith and good works seeking to be justified by Christ, he would be making himself a transgressor, as the faith in Christ was meant to establish the law in our hearts to learn to keep the commandments during this opportunity of grace, not to continue in sin because we are under grace;

Romans 3:31

Do we then make void the law through faith? Alahayim forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Romans 6:14-15

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? Alahayim forbid.

Being “under the law” is referring to the law of judgment for sins wherein we would die for our transgressions. Through Christ, we have been given the opportunity of grace to learn the commandments without being punished with death. Paul was showing the grace we are under gives us the opportunity to grow in righteousness through faith without being under the law of judgment for the sins committed in the learning process, so that sin may not have dominion over us, as this great grace is not an occasion to the flesh to continue in sin;

Romans 6:1-2

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 Alahayim forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

Galatians 5:13-14

This all helps see when Paul is referring to "the law" in certain instances, he is referring to the sacrifices, not the commandments of the law which must be fulfilled to love our neighbor as ourselves.

Gal 3:11

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of Alahayim, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

No man is justified by the law of sacrifices as they cannot take away sins. For such reasons, the just (a doer of the commandments) shall live by faith in Christ's sacrifice for justification. Paul was not saying a man who does the commandments of the Law cannot be justified because the doers of the law shall be justified. {Rom 2:13}

Rom 2:13

(For not the hearers of the law are just before Alahayim, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

He is not contradicting himself in Galatians 3:11 because doing the commandments of the law justifies us before Alahayim, but the works {Gal 3:11} and deeds {Rom 3:20} of the law in the sacrifices and offerings for when one transgresses the commandments of the law cannot justify anyone before Alahayim. He was just saying "the just," which are the doers of the law, shall live by faith in Yache's blood for justification, not the blood of bulls and goats to be justified.

Gal 3:11-12

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of Alahayim, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

Leviticus 18:4-5

The law of animal sacrifices for justification is not of faith in Yache's offering of himself for atonement, but the just man who does the statutes and judgments of the law of the commandments shall live in them by his faith in Yache's offering of himself for atonement.

The Law of Galatians 3:17-19

When it comes to sacrifices and offerings in general like burnt offerings and etc, some of them have been something that people were doing in scripture before the children of Israel received the law on Mount Sinai. Evidence that sacrifices and offerings were from the time of Adam's fall in beginning can be seen in that Adam made an offering, [Jub 3:27] Abel offered his firstling of the flock, [Gen 3:4-4] Noah offered burnt offerings, [Gen 8:20] and Jacob his drink offering, [Gen 35:14] all of which was before Israel received the law from Moses. This understanding that sacrifices and offerings existed before the Israelites received the law can also be seen in the fact that Levi was taught the priesthood by Isaac wherein he learned of these things:

Testament of Levi 9:6-7

And Isaac called me continually to put me in remembrance of the law of the Lord, even as the angel of the

Lord showed unto me. 7 And he taught me the law of the priesthood, of sacrifices, whole burnt-offerings, first-fruits, freewill-offerings, peace-offerings

Notice he did not learn the law of sacrifices in regard to the Day of Atonement, as that was not revealed until the Israelites received the law on Mount Sinai. In Galatians 3:17-19, Paul was referring to the sacrifices and offerings of the Day of Atonement as "the law" that was added 430 years after Abraham received the promise because of transgressions of the commandments of the Law:

Gal 3:17, 19

And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of Alahayim in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Remember, sin is the transgression of the Law {I John 3:4} of the commandments, so the commandments of the Law weren't added because of transgressions since it is through the commandments of the Law that one knows what a transgression is, {Rom 7:7-10} while the Day of Atonement's sacrifices were added to make an offering for those sins committed ever year (though they could not take away sins). {Heb 10:1-4} This helps understand "the law" Paul is referring to Gal 3:17-19 is the sacrifices of the Day of Atonement that were added because of transgressions of the commandments, not the commandments in general. Understanding this, Gal 3:17-19 confirm that the works of the law is referring to the sacrifices and offerings for sins, not the actual commandments of the law. Paul also explained that though the law of sacrifices and offerings were added because of transgression and cannot disannul the promises of Alahayim to Abraham, they also are not against the promises of Alahayim either, as they were instituted to bring us unto Christ;

Gal 3:21

Is the law then against the promises of Alahayim? Alahayim forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

Paul explained in Gal 3:21 that the law of sacrifices was not against the promises of Alahayim because they had to be added because of transgression as our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ Yache who was to come fulfill them. He showed if the law of animal sacrifices could have truly purged the conscience from sin to give life, then the righteousness of Alahayim would have been by the law of sacrifices rather than by Christ, but since the sacrifices could not take away sin, all were under sin waiting upon Christ to come set them free that believe.

Gal 3:22-23

But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Yache Christ might be given to them that believe. 23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

The sacrifices and offerings were teachers to prepare us to believe in Christ that we may be justified by that faith. These precepts of Barnabas, Paul's fellow servant in his ministry, helps to see how the law of sacrifices for the Day of Atonement (for example) were truly our schoolmasters to prepare us for Christ:

Barn 7:2-8

If then the Son of Alahayim, being Lord and future Judge of quick and dead, suffered that His wound might give us life, let us believe that the Son of Alahayim could not suffer except for our sakes. 3 But moreover when crucified He had vinegar and gall given Him to drink. Hear how on this matter the priests of the temple have revealed. Seeing that there is a commandment in scripture, Whatsoever shall not observe the fast shall surely die, Lord commanded, because He was in His own person about to offer the vessel of His Spirit a sacrifice for our sins, that the type also which was given in Isaac who was offered upon the alter should be fulfilled. 4 What then saith He in the prophet? And let them eat of the goat that is offered at the fast for all their sins. Attend carefully; And let all the priests alone eat the entrails unwashed with vinegar. 5 Wherefore? Since ye are to give Me, who am to offer My flesh for the sins of My new people, gall with vinegar to drink, eat ye alone, while the people fasteth and waileth in sackcloth and ashes; that He might shew that He must suffer at their hands. 6 Attend ye to the commandments which He gave. Take two goats, fair and alike, and offer them, and let the priest take the one for a whole burnt offering for sins. 7 But the other one--what must they do with it? Accursed, saith He, is the one. Give heed how the type of Yache is revealed. 8 And do ye all spit upon it and goad it, and place scarlet wool about its head, and so let it be cast into the wilderness.

The teachings of Paul agree to Barnabas' understanding that we must go without the camp unto Christ as living sacrifices suffering within ourselves to overcome sin that we may be well pleasing unto Alahayim through him by working righteousness;

Hebrews 13:11-15

For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. 12 Wherefore Yache also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. 14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to Alahayim continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

Romans 12:1-2

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices Alahayim is well pleased.

Continuation on the edification on how the ministration of the Day of Atonement was to bring us unto Christ;

Barnabas 7:7-11

7 But the other one--what must they do with it? Accursed, saith He, is the one. Give heed how the type of Yache is revealed. 8 And do ye all spit upon it and goad it, and place scarlet wool about its head, and so let it be cast into the wilderness. And when it is so done, he that taketh the goat into the wilderness leadeth it, and taketh off the wool, and putteth it upon the branch which is called Rachia, the same whereof we are wont to eat the shoots when we find them in the country. Of this briar alone is the fruit thus sweet. 9 What then meaneth this? Give heed. The one at the altar, and the other accursed. And moreover the accursed one crowned. For they shall see Him in that day wearing the long scarlet robe about His flesh, and shall say, Is not this He, Whom once we crucified and set at nought and spat upon; verily this was He, Who then said that He was the Son of Alahayim. 10 For how is He like the goat? For this reason, it says the goats shall be fair and alike, that, when they shall see Him coming then, they may be astonished at the likeness of the goat. Therefore, behold the type of Yache that was to suffer. 11 But what meaneth it, that they place the wool in the midst of the thorns? It is a type of Yache set forth for the Church, since whosoever should desire to take away the scarlet wool it behooved him to suffer many things owing to the terrible nature of the thorn, and through affliction to win the mastery over it. Thus, He saith, they that desire to see Me, and to attain unto My kingdom, must lay hold on Me through tribulation and affliction.

Lord willing this helps understand the simplicity of what Paul was relaying in his teachings that the law of sacrifices were just our schoolmasters to bring us unto Christ that we may be living sacrifices working righteousness as the children of Alahayim by the circumcision of our hearts unto good works:

Gal 3:24-26

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 26 For ye are all the children of Alahayim by faith in Christ Yache.

Paul explained faith in Christ makes us children of Alahayim, not living under the school master of doing sacrifices and offerings for sin. Being now under the law of Faith in Christ's offering and Priesthood, the goal is to be living sacrifices abstaining from sin having our hearts circumcised to bring forth fruits of good works unto Alahayim as His children:

1 John 3:4, 8, 5-7, 9-11

4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of Alahayim was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 9 Whosoever is born of Alahayim doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of Alahayim. 10 In this the children of Alahayim are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of Alahayim, neither he that loveth not his brother. 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

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Understanding "the Letter"

Psalms 119:104

Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

Rom 2:17-18

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of Alahayim, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

The commandments are what give us an understanding of Alahayim’s will and the things that are excellent in His sight. This helps understand that Paul is referring to the commandments in this chapter when speaking of "the law;"

Rom 2:19

And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

The commandment enlightens the eye to guide the blind and the law is a light for them that are in darkness, so it confirms he is referring to the commandments here, not the sacrifices and offerings.

Pro 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Psa 19:8

The statutes of Ahayah are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of Ahayah is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Rom 2:20

An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

The scriptures were given to instruct and teach, {II Tim 3:17-18} so it further confirms that he is referring to the commandments wherein is found knowledge and truth;

Rom 2:21-22

Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

These are all things that are forbidden according to the commandments. The man who makes his boast of Alahayim, resting in the law and using it to guide others, and yet breaks the law himself, is blaspheming the name of Alahayim because it is hypocrisy to teach another and not be doers of the law ourselves. {Rom 2:13}

Rom 2:23-25

Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou Alahayim? 24 For the name of Alahayim is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. 25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

Rom 2:25 shows that being circumcised is actually profitable if a man actually keeps the commandments of the law (showing his heart is circumcised too), but if he doesn’t keep the commandments, he is uncircumcised in heart though he did "the works" of circumcising his flesh. This further shows that in this chapter, “the law” is not referring to sacrifices and offerings, but the commandments, statutes, and judgments, which is a man does them, he shall live in them by his faith in Christ:

Rom 2:26

Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

In Rom 2:26, he testifies that if the Gentiles (the Uncircumcision) keep the righteousness of the law by not breaking the law of the commandments, statutes, and judgements, they will be counted as circumcised in heart because they are just and live by faith in Christ's blood, {Rom 1:17} being servants in obedience unto righteousness. {Rom 6:16} In the next verse, he is going to show that "the letter" is not in reference to the commandments because the Jews who trusted in "the letter" and circumcision were still transgressing the righteousness of the law of the commandments (statutes and judgements);

Rom 2:27

And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fullfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

The Gentiles who are circumcised of heart by keeping the righteousness of the law of the commandments to fulfill the law in their lives through faith will judge the Jews, who transgressed the law while being circumcised in their flesh and upholding animal sacrifice (the letter). Paul shows "the letter" and "the law" are two different things because the Jews at that time operated by "the letter" trusting in the offering and sacrifices of animals but were transgressors of "the law" of the commandments. The Letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life because the Spirit purges the conscience through Yache's blood from sin and writes the commandments into our hearts that we may live a life in righteousness unto Alahayim by obedience to the commandments through faith in Yache Christ for the true circumcision in spirit to be living sacrifices unto Alahayim;

2Co 3:6, 3

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living Alahayim; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

So the Spirit gives life because She writes on our hearts for us to be doers of the law because of our faith in Christ unto justification. On the opposite side, the Letter, which kills, was the ministration of death written on stones that Israel was enjoined unto by the blood of bulls: [Exo 24:5-8]

2Co 3:7

But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

The ministration of death written on stones didn't help us live because the law didn't enter our heart to keep it. Through Christ, the ministration of death engraven in stones which held us bringing forth fruit unto death through the motions of sin was to be done away:

Rom 7:5-6

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. 6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

We are delivered from the ministration of death through the law of sacrifices and offerings according to the letters written on the stones given to Moses to serve Alahayim in newness of spirit by the ministration of the Spirit's writings on our hearts having our conscience purged by the blood of Christ [Heb 9:14] to walk in the light of the commandments so that his blood can cleanse us from all sin; [1Jhn 1:17]

2Co 3:8-9

How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

This ministration of righteousness by faith in Yache written on our hearts by the Spirit to be doers of the commandments unto justification, exceeds the ministration of condemnation through the Letter written on stones in glory because it frees us from sin and purges our conscience to bring forth fruits unto righteousness:

Rom 6:22

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to Alahayim, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

In closing, "Works" or "the Works of the Law" can refer to either the circumcision as an adult or offerings and sacrifices of animals in scripture. The "Deeds of the Law" are referring to the sacrifices and offerings of the Law that were added to atone for sins [Lev 16:29-34] due to transgressions {Gal 3:19} against the Law of the Commandments {1 Joh 3:4; Gal 3:17,19}