Audio Series: The Weighty Matters of the Torah

Lectures by Aaron Aby and D. T. Lancaster from Beth Immanuel's 2022 Shavuot conference on the subject of Matthew 23:23, "You tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the Torah: justice and mercy and faithfulness."

1 The Weighty Matters Recorded 06/04/2022

Yeshua says that the weighty matters of the Torah are "justice, mercy, and faithfulness." Does this mean that the details of Jewish law are irrelevant? This teaching, the first of a series of teachings for the Shavuot 2022 at Beth Immanuel, opens the discussion on the "weightier provisins of the Law."

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! (Matthew 23:23-24)

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2 The Words of Eternal Life Recorded 06/10/2022

In the popular presentation of the gospel, the teachings of Yeshua are irrelevant to the core message of salvation. Whether salvation by sacraments or salvation by faith, the teaching of Yeshua does not figure into the equation. This teaching reexamines the gospel message and reconsiders the weight we apply to Yeshua's teachings.

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3 Upon Three Pillars Recorded 06/04/2022

Why does Yeshua identify faithfulness as one of the weighty matters of the Torah, and what does that really mean? Aaron Eby takes a look at the meaning of justice, mercy, and faithfulness by comparing a similar discussion in the Talmud where the sages boil the 613 commandments down to the principle of living by faith. This teaching from the 2022 Shavuot conference takes you through an easy-to-understand path toward understanding what it means to live by faith.

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4 Walking Humbly with Your God Recorded 07/01/2022

Yeshua identifies the weighty matters of the Torah as justice, mercy, and faithfulness. From where does he derive this triad? This teaching focuses in on Micah 6:8, offering context for the saying from the days of Isaiah and Hezekiah. Then we examine what it means "to walk humbly with your God" in light of Yeshua's teachings about the weighty matters of the Torah.