1. There is only one lawgiver, not two or three. This one lawgiver is Yahweh, the Father (James 4:11, 12; Isa. 33:22).

2. The law which Yahweh gave was perfect (Ps. 19:7-9) and so could not be improved upon – not even by Yahshua the Messiah.

3. Yahshua did not have the authority to cancel his Father's law (John 7:15-19).

4. Yahshua did not have the authority to make a new law (John 14:24).

5. Yahshua did not come as a lawgiver or a judge, but as a Savior in order to save us who have transgressed the law which the Father gave (John 12:47, 48, 49; 7:16 and Rom. Ch. 7).

6. At his trial before the Sanhedrin, witnesses were sought to testify against Yahshua. If he had at that time canceled his Father's law and made a new one, this surely would have been used against him in the trial, just as it was used (falsely) against Stephen (Acts 6:13). The Jews would have considered this a great offence. This charge was not lodged against him, however (Mt. 26:59-67).

7. If Yahshua gave a new law, there should be Scriptures which tell us where, when and what.

   1. Where do the Scriptures say that he made a new law?

   2. When did he give this new law?

      1. If before his death on the tree, the Jews would have known of it and, at his trial, would have accused him of this, but they did not (Mt. 26:59-67).

      2. If Yahshua gave a new law after his trial, when was this law given?

         1. While the nails were in his hands?

         2. During the forty days before his ascension?

         3. After his ascension – one year, two years or forty years?

   3. What does this law consist of? The Father's law had ten major points. How about the Son's law?

8. IF Yahshua gave a new law, why did the Apostles, in 66 C.E., continue to prove their doctrine by the law of the old Scriptures? (2 Tim. 3:16, 17).

9. If Yahshua gave a new law, why did he say, "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them …" (Mt. 5:17 RSV).

10. If Yahshua gave a new law, why did the Apostle Paul say that he, Paul, was forbidden by Yahweh to abolish the law. On the contrary, he was to establish the law - set in on a more firm basis (Rom. 3:31).

11. If Yahshua made a new law, why did the Apostle Peter say that Yahweh's law (his spoken words) endures forever? (1 Pet. 1:25).

12. The seventh day Sabbath is a part of this law (Ex. 20: 8-11).

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