"Whoever will do and teach [my commandments] the same will be called great in the kingdom of heaven," Matthew 5:19. That is the purpose of the Natzarim Yahshua: to study, obey, and teach the commandments of Yahweh, our heavenly Father, and Yahshua, His Son. Are we Judaizers? No. The Judaizers taught men to obey the traditions of man. We are teaching them to obey the commandments of Yah. His instructions are timeless and set in place to be obeyed by all peoples. Are we trying to earn our salvation through legalism? No. We know and teach that coming into covenant with the Almighty through accepting Yahshua's sacrifice for ourselves by His grace is the only thing that can save us and that this does not come by our own works. Then why do we study, observe, and teach the Torah (Instructions in the books of Moses)?

 

Instead of giving you a long, theological dissertation on our reasons for keeping Yah's instructions, we can explain it simply in six words: Yahweh said it, that settles it. If you want a longer answer that still does not involve the tainted reason of human theology, we must turn to the Scriptures (that is always a good thing to do anyway). One reason was already mentioned: That we may be called great in the kingdom (Matthew 5:19). Here are a few more. We want Yahweh's blessing to make us fruitful like a burgeoning tree (Psalm 1). We want to have access to the Tree of Life and enter into our Father's city through the gates (Revelation 22:14). We love Him (John 14:15). We want to be assured of our redemption (I John 2:3). We want to demonstrate our faith (Romans 3:29-31, James 2:14-20).

 

Beyond that, our purpose is to gather together on the Sabbath and on the feast days that we may spend time in Yahweh's presence and in each other's company as we learn together what it means to follow Him in the way that He planned and revealed through the Scriptures and through the obedient life of the Son, our Master Yahshua. We are not a "church" in the Grecko-Roman sense of the word, but simply a family who loves each other and comes together to worship the Creator and Ruler of everything that exists.