I mean yes, if I'm a selfish person that desires fleshly things in the world, I can see how following Torah is a burden. Because following Torah is the oposite of selfishness. But I've been down that path of wanting worldly things, and that just runs life right into the ground. So I'm going to stick with the non-selfish path and observe what God said to observe.
And a lot of people need to re-read Matthew 22:37-40
They also need to read the question that was asked
And read the answer. Let us look at the scripture.
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34 [/SUP]But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. [SUP]
35 [/SUP]Then one of them, a lawyer, asked
Him a question, testing Him, and saying, [SUP]
36 [/SUP]“Teacher, which
is the great commandment in the law?”
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37 [/SUP]Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’[SUP]
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38 [/SUP]This is
the first and great commandment. [SUP]
39 [/SUP]And
the second
is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’[SUP]
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40 [/SUP]On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
So let's start. The question. He was asked which was the great commandment in the law? (I would assume, that he is also implying that there is more than 1 or 2 commandments)
The answer
“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ [SUP]
38 [/SUP]This is
the first and great commandment. [SUP]
39 [/SUP]And
the second
is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Both of these are quoted from Torah, Yeshua is not making something new up, He is quoting commandments from the Torah.
Continuation of the answer
"On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Yeshua is stating that these 2 commandments, sum up the rest of the Torah. If you live in loving God, and live in loving your neighbor, you'll be living in Torah.
It's like 1+1=2
It's that simple to read it like that. I don't know why people think there is some huge meaning behind what is stated here. It simply just means that. It's not hard to read. It doesn't take a 20 year scholar to point that out.
There was nothing new added in those verses. It's all quotation of the Torah.
Also with Yeshua stating that, if you're stating He was changing it, well then Yeshua would have been sinning if that's the case.