Y3
We are to trust in Yeshua and believe that He is our Messiah sent by God.
Category: God & Yeshua
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: Old Testament
Uniqueness: Not unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- John 6:29
- John 8:24
- John 14:1
- John 14:6
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Acts 4:12
- Acts 13:48
- Acts 16:30-31
- 1 Corinthians 15:1-2
- John 3:14-18
- John 3:36
- John 4:13-14
- John 5:24
- John 6:27-29
- John 6:35
- John 6:40
- John 6:47
- John 12:44-46
- John 20:31
- 1 John 3:23
- 1 John 5:1
- 1 John 5:11-13
- Luke 7:49-50
- Luke 8:47-48
- Luke 17:19
- Mark 16:16
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Matthew 19:16-21
- 1 Timothy 1:16
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
The various Scriptures supporting this Mitzvah speak of trusting him, and others speak of believing in him; both infer having faith in him and in his Father in heaven who sent him. It is important to understand that the kind of faith to which we are called is not mere intellectual belief for we read in James 2:19 : You believe that "God is one"? Good for you! The demons believe it too - the thought makes them shudder with fear! Our belief must be more than cognitive - it must be a full embracing of Yeshua as our Lord and Messiah - no less than what is stated in Romans 1:8-9 : What, then, does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart." - that is, the word about trust which we proclaim, namely, that if you acknowledge publicly with your mouth that Yeshua is Lord and trust in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be delivered. Although pursuing eternal life (salvation) is not commanded, it is a clear benefit and result of trusting and believing in Yeshua.
Classical commentators
This Mitzvah is not addressed by any of the Jewish classical commentators.
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