“Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end.” ~ 1 Corinthians 13:8-10, NRSV

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” ~ Matthew 5:17, NIV “He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace.” ~ Ephesians 2:15, NRSV

“God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.” ~ Colossians 2:13-14 (NIV)

“Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.” ~ Colossians 2:16-17, NIV

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” ~ Matthew 7:12, NIV

“Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” ~ Romans 13:10, NIV

“Christ’s way is more challenging and more demanding – as well as more rewarding – than any legal system can ever be.” ~ Dr. D.A. Carson, Theologian

“Circumcise, then, the foreskin of your heart, and do not be stubborn any longer.” ~ Deuteronomy 10:16, NRSV

“Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.” ~ Genesis 15:6, NIV

Five Areas Of Radical Change TORAHTRADITIONTEMPLETERRITORYTRIBALISM

TORAH –> TRADITION –> TEMPLE –> TERRITORY –> TRIBALISM –>

TORAH –> Love fulfills the Law TRADITION –> TEMPLE –> TERRITORY –> TRIBALISM –>

TORAH –> Love fulfills the Law TRADITION –> Community of faith becomes our primary fence” TEMPLE –> TERRITORY –> TRIBALISM –>

TORAH –> Love fulfills the Law TRADITION –> Community of faith becomes our primary fence” TEMPLE –>Our bodies TERRITORY –> TRIBALISM –>

TORAH –> Love fulfills the Law TRADITION –> Community of faith becomes our primary fence” TEMPLE –>Our bodies TERRITORY –> The Invisible Kingdom TRIBALISM –>

TORAH –> Love fulfills the Law TRADITION –> Community of faith becomes our primary fence” TEMPLE –>Our bodies TERRITORY –> The Invisible Kingdom TRIBALISM –> Circumcision of the Heart

“God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.” ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:13, NASB

“For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something external and physical. Rather, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart- -it is spiritual and not literal.” ~ Romans 2:28-29, NRSV

“For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.” ~ Ephesians 2:14-16, NIVi

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” ~ 1 Peter 2:9, NIV

“There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For you are all Christians – you are one in Christ Jesus. And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and now all the promises God gave to him belong to you.” ~ Galatians 3:28-29, NLT

"No longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.” ~ Genesis 17:5, NASB