TEOTW Ministries Answers Freedom in Yeshua Ministries

Freedom In Yeshua Ministries understanding of the law is skewed because she repeatedly treats the law as something that has shifted from an actual set of divine instructions to merely Yahusha dwelling in the believer, which means she redefines “keeping the commandments” as only having spiritual intimacy, not actual obedience to the written commands given by Yahuah.

This position removes the binding nature of Yahuah’s statutes and turns them into an abstract concept of “love” or “spirit-led living” without requiring the believer to do what Yahuah literally commanded. She claims this avoids “legalism,” but in practice it dismisses the physical obedience that the prophets, Yahusha, and the apostles upheld. When she draws a hard separation between “law of Moses” and “law of Yahuah” and then says the “law of the Spirit” replaces physical observance, she’s ignoring that Jeremiah 31:33 says the same law will be written on the heart, not a different one. She also leans on the idea that we “cannot keep the law in the flesh,” but the Torah was given to Israel to actually live by (Deuteronomy 30:11–14 says the commandment is not too hard for you). This makes her conclusion that law-keeping is impossible a contradiction of Yahuah’s own words.

Her understanding of the Sabbath is skewed for similar reasons. She shifts the Sabbath from a specific day Yahuah sanctified forever (Genesis 2:2–3, Exodus 31:16–17, Isaiah 66:22–23) to a purely symbolic “state of rest” in Yahusha. While there is a prophetic rest in Messiah, scripture never cancels the seventh-day command; instead, Yahusha kept it (Luke 4:16), his disciples kept it after his resurrection (Acts 17:2, Acts 18:4), and Isaiah prophesied it will be kept in the new heavens and new earth. By teaching that the “true” Sabbath is only spiritual and not bound to a literal seventh day, she nullifies one of the Ten Commandments and treats a perpetual sign between Yahuah and Israel as optional. This spiritualizing removes the covenant marker that sets Yahuah’s people apart.

• She makes “keeping the law” about abstract faith experience instead of actual obedience.

• She treats the law written on the heart as a replacement for the Torah, not the internalization of the same Torah.

• She makes the Sabbath symbolic only, ignoring that it is still commanded and prophesied as a literal observance in the future.

Point By Point Explanation:

Turning “keep my commandments” into intimacy only

Freedom In Yeshua Ministries words:

“When the Bible says keep the law or keep the commandments, it’s not just talking about memorizing a list of rules from Sinai… What it’s actually saying is that you must keep Yahusha… This is about intimacy and not behavior.”

The issue: She separates intimacy from obedience. Scripture joins them, love for Yahuah is proven by doing what He said (Deuteronomy 10:12–13, John 14:15). Reducing “keep my commandments” to a spiritual relationship alone removes the literal actions that Yahuah commanded. Jeremiah 31:33 says the same law is written on the heart, not replaced by only a feeling or inward connection.

Claiming we cannot keep the law, so obedience becomes impossible

Freedom In Yeshua Ministries words:

“We are not able to keep the law in the flesh according to Romans 8:3–4.”

The issue: Romans 8:3–4 says the law was powerless without the Spirit, but with the Spirit the “righteous requirement of the law” is fulfilled in us. Deuteronomy 30:11–14 says the commandment “is not too hard for you” and can be done. Her reading makes it sound like no one can obey at all, which contradicts both Torah and the New Testament.

Treating the “law of the Spirit” as different from Torah

Freedom In Yeshua Ministries words:

“The law of the Spirit supersedes all the rest… you’re not going back under the Mosaic system in the flesh.”

The issue: The “law of the Spirit” in Romans 8:2 doesn’t replace Torah, it empowers believers to keep it from the heart. Ezekiel 36:27 says Yahuah’s Spirit causes His people to “walk in my statutes” and “keep my judgments.” She treats the Spirit as if it abolishes the written commands, when in fact the Spirit enables their proper application.

Claiming old-covenant commands cannot be read with new-covenant texts

Freedom In Yeshua Ministries words:

“When people grab a verse from Deuteronomy and a verse from Revelation… they’re mixing up two totally different agreements.”

The issue: The covenant administration changes, but Yahuah’s standards do not. Revelation 14:12 still commends those who “keep the commandments of Yahuah” in the last days, the same commandments He gave from the beginning. She draws too sharp a break between the covenants, ignoring that the new covenant writes the same Torah on the heart.

Making the Sabbath only symbolic

Freedom In Yeshua Ministries words:

“People who ‘keep a day’ miss the larger legal and prophetic framework… Yahusha is the Sabbath.”

The issue: Genesis 2:2–3 sanctified the seventh day before sin, before Israel, and before the written law. Exodus 31:16–17 calls it a perpetual sign forever. Isaiah 66:22–23 shows it will still be observed in the new earth. Yahusha being our ultimate rest does not remove the literal day; it deepens its meaning while the command remains.

Using “Lord of the Sabbath” to imply cancellation

Freedom In Yeshua Ministries words:

“He is Lord of the Sabbath… therefore fulfilled in him.”

The issue: Being “Lord” means authority over the day, not the end of the day. Matthew 5:17–19 says nothing passes from the law until heaven and earth pass. Fulfillment brings the command to its fullest meaning, it doesn’t erase it.

Reframing the Sabbath as a “courtroom verdict” instead of a creation covenant

Freedom In Yeshua Ministries words:

“The Sabbath is a legal declaration, a verdict, not a calendar day.”

The issue: While the Sabbath does declare Yahuah’s completed work, it is also a literal, recurring seventh day rest. Exodus 20:8–11 grounds Sabbath in creation itself. Her focus on symbolism strips away the weekly practice that Yahuah commanded and sanctified for His people.

Misunderstanding how the law of the Spirit applies the law through love

Freedom In Yeshua Ministries words:

“The Spirit fulfills the law in us… it’s not about going back under the yoke of the Mosaic system.”

The issue: The Spirit applies Torah with love, not as a rigid letter without mercy. Yahusha gave examples:

• Ox in the ditch: The law says “do no work” on Sabbath, but love rescues the ox because mercy preserves life (Luke 14:5; Matthew 12:11–12).

• David and the showbread: The law says only priests may eat it, but love allowed David’s men to eat when starving (Matthew 12:3–4).

• Priests on Sabbath: They “profane” it by working in the temple, yet are blameless because the work serves Yahuah’s purpose (Matthew 12:5).

  
  

  These examples show the Spirit never nullifies Torah, it applies it in a way that protects life and reflects Yahuah’s heart.

  
  

The law is good if used properly

Freedom In Yeshua Ministries words:

She implies that using the law for literal obedience is “legalism.”

The issue: 1 Timothy 1:8 says “the law is good, if a man use it lawfully.” The problem is not the law itself, but misusing it, either by trying to earn salvation through it, or by discarding it altogether. She and others misapply the law by spiritualizing it into something with no binding commands, which is not how scripture treats it.

Her teaching blurs the clear line between the written commands of Yahuah and the inward work of His Spirit, reducing obedience to a matter of sentiment rather than action. By turning the Sabbath into a metaphor and the law into an abstract “relationship,” she strips away the covenant markers Yahuah gave to identify His people. The Spirit does not replace Torah; it writes the same Torah on the heart and empowers its proper use through love, mercy, and justice. The law is good if used lawfully, and when applied by the Spirit it preserves life, reflects Yahuah’s character, and remains the standard of righteousness for His people.