Wednesday, June 22, 2011
God did NOT change!
New Law vs. Old Law! Or...commonly referred to as the new (replacement) law that nullifies and makes desolate the old law from God to Moses that Jesus kept.
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past (opposite of future), through the forbearance of God;
Rom 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Rom 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Rom 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Rom 3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
Rom 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Rom 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Conjecture should never be an option in interpretation...especially conjecture born of a non Messianic Hebrew mindset. The above scripture by Paul appears to be contradictory to the unlearned eye. On one hand, he appears to say the deeds of the law are not necessary. But at the end, he said the law is not void... he is establishing the law. What law?
2Pe 3:16 As also in all his (Paul's) epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
The law of Faith (Rom 3:27).
What then is this law of faith? This is the focus of Paul's teaching above. If we can understand this "Law of Faith", then everything else will make clear sense.
...and Jesus said...
Mat 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Mat 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Mat 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte (convert to your twisted doctrine), and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Mat 23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Mat 23:17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Mat 23:18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
Mat 23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Mat 23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
Mat 23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
Mat 23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
Mat 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and FAITH (all found in the 10 commandments and tithing doctrine, Deu 14:22-29): these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Mat 23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Mat 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Mat 23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Mat 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres (tombs), which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Mat 23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Mat 23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
Mat 23:30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Mat 23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
Mat 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Mat 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
So now we know by the mouth of Messiah exactly what faith is and what we should and should NOT be doing. One cannot, through conjecture, make the assumption that the faith in question is a New Testament doctrine, as He often replied, "For it is written...". I would surmise that most folks even find the above words of Jesus confusing as they don't understand the customs of the Pharisees. However, pastors (shepherds) should pay close heed.
Rom 9:31 But Israel (ALL Israel...both Jews and gentiles), which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained (adhered) to the law of righteousness (Laws of Moses).
Rom 9:32 Wherefore (Why)? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
This is where Paul is speaking of those who focus only on the deeds of the law, rejecting the blood of Jesus or who killed His Holy Prophets. Most of all, it was fame and corrupt reasoning over faith. Jesus made it clear above that the weightier matters are located in the Torah. The Pharisees reject the Messiah, while other shepherds reject the laws and focus solely on grace. Both are man made doctrines, and both are out of God's will. The rejection of the truth has reared It's ugly head in recent years for the calling of the removal of the Book of Hebrews from scripture. Their reason? Because they don't understand it...and it clashes mightily with prosperity and replacement theology...
Heb 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Heb 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Heb 10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Heb 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
So much for grace, absent adherence to His law. Oh yes, it matters...
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
If there are any commandments outside the Laws of Moses that Jesus created to nullify Torah in the NT, I have not seen them. So far, I'm 0 for 0. In fact...I see Jesus all through the Torah, and the Torah all through the NT. My Book is one volume...
Heb 10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Psa 40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
Shalom (peace to you)
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past (opposite of future), through the forbearance of God;
Rom 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Rom 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Rom 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Rom 3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
Rom 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Rom 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Conjecture should never be an option in interpretation...especially conjecture born of a non Messianic Hebrew mindset. The above scripture by Paul appears to be contradictory to the unlearned eye. On one hand, he appears to say the deeds of the law are not necessary. But at the end, he said the law is not void... he is establishing the law. What law?
2Pe 3:16 As also in all his (Paul's) epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
The law of Faith (Rom 3:27).
What then is this law of faith? This is the focus of Paul's teaching above. If we can understand this "Law of Faith", then everything else will make clear sense.
...and Jesus said...
Mat 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Mat 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Mat 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte (convert to your twisted doctrine), and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Mat 23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Mat 23:17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Mat 23:18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
Mat 23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Mat 23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
Mat 23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
Mat 23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
Mat 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and FAITH (all found in the 10 commandments and tithing doctrine, Deu 14:22-29): these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Mat 23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Mat 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Mat 23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Mat 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres (tombs), which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Mat 23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Mat 23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
Mat 23:30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Mat 23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
Mat 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Mat 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
So now we know by the mouth of Messiah exactly what faith is and what we should and should NOT be doing. One cannot, through conjecture, make the assumption that the faith in question is a New Testament doctrine, as He often replied, "For it is written...". I would surmise that most folks even find the above words of Jesus confusing as they don't understand the customs of the Pharisees. However, pastors (shepherds) should pay close heed.
Rom 9:31 But Israel (ALL Israel...both Jews and gentiles), which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained (adhered) to the law of righteousness (Laws of Moses).
Rom 9:32 Wherefore (Why)? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
This is where Paul is speaking of those who focus only on the deeds of the law, rejecting the blood of Jesus or who killed His Holy Prophets. Most of all, it was fame and corrupt reasoning over faith. Jesus made it clear above that the weightier matters are located in the Torah. The Pharisees reject the Messiah, while other shepherds reject the laws and focus solely on grace. Both are man made doctrines, and both are out of God's will. The rejection of the truth has reared It's ugly head in recent years for the calling of the removal of the Book of Hebrews from scripture. Their reason? Because they don't understand it...and it clashes mightily with prosperity and replacement theology...
Heb 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Heb 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Heb 10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Heb 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
So much for grace, absent adherence to His law. Oh yes, it matters...
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
If there are any commandments outside the Laws of Moses that Jesus created to nullify Torah in the NT, I have not seen them. So far, I'm 0 for 0. In fact...I see Jesus all through the Torah, and the Torah all through the NT. My Book is one volume...
Heb 10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Psa 40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
Shalom (peace to you)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
6/9/2011- Did Messiah break the Sabbath? Who is He coming back for?
But first...a prayer;
Blessed are you, Oh Yahweh, King of the Universe, who gave us your one and only Son, Yahshua. Remind us to Keep Him at the peak of our faith, as we look forward to Him fulfilling the Fall Feasts you put in place from the beginning.
Amein
Mat 12:10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they (Pharisees) asked Him, saying, Is it lawful (in the Torah) to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse Him.
Mat 12:11 And He (Yahshua) said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
Mat 12:12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful (Torah principle) to do well (God's work) on the sabbath days.
Mar 3:3 And He saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
Mar 3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful (in the Torah) to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they (Pharisees) held their peace (they couldn't argue with the truth).
Mar 3:5 And when He had looked round about on them (Pharisees) with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Mar 3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. (They had nothing to hold against Jesus. He was vindicated through Torah principle, which made the Pharisees angry)
*Mar 13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
Mar 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. --Jesus
...and now the Torah reference...
*Deu 4:30 When thou art in tribulation (affliction), and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days (for in those days), if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto His voice (the elect whom He hath chosen);
Deu 4:31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee (shorten the days), nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
Many times in the New Testament, we read along and see Messiah "breaking the law." But...the only law He ever broke is what is called in the Hebrew "Takanot and Ma'asim." Takanot is what is referred to as the Oral Law kept today in the modern "Jewish Orthodox faith...Judaism." These laws are man made by the Pharisees over 2,000 years ago and added to over the centuries. This is a direct violation by Elohim (God) Himself in Deu 4:2 as follows;
"Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you."
Ma'asim are a list of precedents... past actions by previous Rabbi's that have been accepted as "Kosher." One such precedent is by a Rabbi confronted with descending down a ramp on the sabbath. Takanot says this is a violation of the Oral Law. But the Rabbi made a Ma'asim or, Ma' asei = singular..., and concluded, that since the ramp was not built for him specifically, it was Kosher to use that ramp on the sabbath. Another Ma' asei is a conflict from a Rabbi who lived in a country where shoes did not have laces. The Takanot stated that one should put on his right shoe first and not tie it, then put on his left shoe and not tie it, then tie the right shoe and then the left. When the Rabbi with the conflict wrote to the council of Rabbis about his dilemma, He was instructed that the Takanot still holds firm, and to complete the task, foregoing the tying steps, thus creating a Ma'asim from the conflicted Rabbi, getting his name published as setting precedent in the Ma'asim laws.
The modern version of the Pharisee is called the Orthodox. Their justification for changing Biblical standards is the same method used by much of the westernized Christian denominations, and that is to pull a numbered soundbite out of scripture text called "verses', and even sometimes "parts" of verses, and fit it into the denominational doctrine.
This is why NONE of the original writings had verses...they were one uninterrupted volume, whereby the Torah was to be taken as one writing and in complete context.
Replacement doctrine is to notify any who abide by that doctrine, that the denomination has vanquished Elohim, and that the respective denomination holds the key to the true faith, whereby proclaiming all other denominations are going to the Lake of Fire. This is old news, as the Orthodox Rabbi's proclaim this verbatim without so much as a sliver of guilt. Other religions may not say it as boldly, but It's the same doctrine none the less. With over 4,000 sects of Christian denominations spanning some 2000 years, is it too much to surmise that at least one of them might be wrong? After all, there is but one faith that Yahshua Messiah said He is coming back to rescue (Rev 12:17, 14:12, and 22:14), and It's not Judaism, Muslim, or at least some 4,000 of the Christian denominations.
Shalom (Peace to you)
James 4:12 There is one lawgiver (Yahshua Messiah), who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
Blessed are you, Oh Yahweh, King of the Universe, who gave us your one and only Son, Yahshua. Remind us to Keep Him at the peak of our faith, as we look forward to Him fulfilling the Fall Feasts you put in place from the beginning.
Amein
Mat 12:10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they (Pharisees) asked Him, saying, Is it lawful (in the Torah) to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse Him.
Mat 12:11 And He (Yahshua) said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
Mat 12:12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful (Torah principle) to do well (God's work) on the sabbath days.
Mar 3:3 And He saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
Mar 3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful (in the Torah) to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they (Pharisees) held their peace (they couldn't argue with the truth).
Mar 3:5 And when He had looked round about on them (Pharisees) with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Mar 3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. (They had nothing to hold against Jesus. He was vindicated through Torah principle, which made the Pharisees angry)
*Mar 13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
Mar 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. --Jesus
...and now the Torah reference...
*Deu 4:30 When thou art in tribulation (affliction), and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days (for in those days), if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto His voice (the elect whom He hath chosen);
Deu 4:31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee (shorten the days), nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
Many times in the New Testament, we read along and see Messiah "breaking the law." But...the only law He ever broke is what is called in the Hebrew "Takanot and Ma'asim." Takanot is what is referred to as the Oral Law kept today in the modern "Jewish Orthodox faith...Judaism." These laws are man made by the Pharisees over 2,000 years ago and added to over the centuries. This is a direct violation by Elohim (God) Himself in Deu 4:2 as follows;
"Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you."
Ma'asim are a list of precedents... past actions by previous Rabbi's that have been accepted as "Kosher." One such precedent is by a Rabbi confronted with descending down a ramp on the sabbath. Takanot says this is a violation of the Oral Law. But the Rabbi made a Ma'asim or, Ma' asei = singular..., and concluded, that since the ramp was not built for him specifically, it was Kosher to use that ramp on the sabbath. Another Ma' asei is a conflict from a Rabbi who lived in a country where shoes did not have laces. The Takanot stated that one should put on his right shoe first and not tie it, then put on his left shoe and not tie it, then tie the right shoe and then the left. When the Rabbi with the conflict wrote to the council of Rabbis about his dilemma, He was instructed that the Takanot still holds firm, and to complete the task, foregoing the tying steps, thus creating a Ma'asim from the conflicted Rabbi, getting his name published as setting precedent in the Ma'asim laws.
The modern version of the Pharisee is called the Orthodox. Their justification for changing Biblical standards is the same method used by much of the westernized Christian denominations, and that is to pull a numbered soundbite out of scripture text called "verses', and even sometimes "parts" of verses, and fit it into the denominational doctrine.
This is why NONE of the original writings had verses...they were one uninterrupted volume, whereby the Torah was to be taken as one writing and in complete context.
Replacement doctrine is to notify any who abide by that doctrine, that the denomination has vanquished Elohim, and that the respective denomination holds the key to the true faith, whereby proclaiming all other denominations are going to the Lake of Fire. This is old news, as the Orthodox Rabbi's proclaim this verbatim without so much as a sliver of guilt. Other religions may not say it as boldly, but It's the same doctrine none the less. With over 4,000 sects of Christian denominations spanning some 2000 years, is it too much to surmise that at least one of them might be wrong? After all, there is but one faith that Yahshua Messiah said He is coming back to rescue (Rev 12:17, 14:12, and 22:14), and It's not Judaism, Muslim, or at least some 4,000 of the Christian denominations.
Shalom (Peace to you)
James 4:12 There is one lawgiver (Yahshua Messiah), who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
6/8/2011-Torah Lesson...From the New Testament?
Mat 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
--Jesus
Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
--Jesus
Joh 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
--Jesus
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints (remnant of her seed): here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
1Jn 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him (Jesus), if we keep his commandments. --John
Mar 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
--Jesus
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
--Jesus
Joh 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
--Jesus
1Jn 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. --John
1Jn 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. --John
1Jn 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. --John
1Jn 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God (ALL Israel), when we love God, and keep his commandments. --John
1Jn 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. --John
2Jn 1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. --John
God's commandments do not include the worship of other gods, like Easter, the bare breasted goddess of sexual desire, who is the reincarnated wife of Nimrod (who became the sun-god after his death), who's name was Semiramis, who is the mother of Tammuz, who was born on Dec 25th, who was killed in his 40th year being gored to death by a wild boar. Tammuz is the reincarnated Nimrod. Semiramis claimed to have become impregnated by the rays of the sun, Nimrod. To proclaim Semiramis' divinity as the reincarnated sun-goddess Easter (Estarte), she came down from "heaven" in a giant egg, landed in the Euphrates River, and turned a bird into an egg-laying rabbit. This is why Playboy uses the bunny as their symbol for sexual perversion.
Eze 8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz (for 40 days...Lent).
Eze 8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
Eze 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Eze 8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose (thumb their nose at me).
Jer 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Jer 16:20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Jer 16:21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Yahweh.
Shalom (peace to you)
--Jesus
Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
--Jesus
Joh 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
--Jesus
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints (remnant of her seed): here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
1Jn 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him (Jesus), if we keep his commandments. --John
Mar 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
--Jesus
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
--Jesus
Joh 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
--Jesus
1Jn 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. --John
1Jn 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. --John
1Jn 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. --John
1Jn 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God (ALL Israel), when we love God, and keep his commandments. --John
1Jn 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. --John
2Jn 1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. --John
God's commandments do not include the worship of other gods, like Easter, the bare breasted goddess of sexual desire, who is the reincarnated wife of Nimrod (who became the sun-god after his death), who's name was Semiramis, who is the mother of Tammuz, who was born on Dec 25th, who was killed in his 40th year being gored to death by a wild boar. Tammuz is the reincarnated Nimrod. Semiramis claimed to have become impregnated by the rays of the sun, Nimrod. To proclaim Semiramis' divinity as the reincarnated sun-goddess Easter (Estarte), she came down from "heaven" in a giant egg, landed in the Euphrates River, and turned a bird into an egg-laying rabbit. This is why Playboy uses the bunny as their symbol for sexual perversion.
Eze 8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz (for 40 days...Lent).
Eze 8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
Eze 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Eze 8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose (thumb their nose at me).
Jer 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Jer 16:20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Jer 16:21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Yahweh.
Shalom (peace to you)
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
6/7/2011 Torah Lesson...From the New Testament?
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word (Yahshua Messiah), and the Word (Yahshua Messiah) was with God, and the Word (Yahshua Messiah) was God.
God willed it, and Jesus (Yahshua Messiah) spoke everything into existence.
1Jn 2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the Word (Yahshua Messiah) which ye have heard from the beginning.
Eph 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Yahshua Messiah:
1Jn 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of LIFE (Yahshua Messiah).
Deu 18:15 YHWH thy Elohim will raise up unto thee a Prophet (Messiah) from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto Him ye shall hearken;
Deu 18:16 According to all that thou desiredst of YHWH Elohim in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the YHWH my Elohim, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
Deu 18:17 And YHWH said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
Deu 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Deu 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
God willed it, and Jesus (Yahshua Messiah) spoke everything into existence.
1Jn 2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the Word (Yahshua Messiah) which ye have heard from the beginning.
Eph 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Yahshua Messiah:
1Jn 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of LIFE (Yahshua Messiah).
Deu 18:15 YHWH thy Elohim will raise up unto thee a Prophet (Messiah) from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto Him ye shall hearken;
Deu 18:16 According to all that thou desiredst of YHWH Elohim in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the YHWH my Elohim, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
Deu 18:17 And YHWH said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
Deu 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Deu 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Monday, June 6, 2011
The Letter of the Law...Misunderstood Doctrines
When someone says the letter of the law is done away with through New Covenant, I ask, "What letter of what law?" Then they'll say, "You know, the old law." Then I say, "What old law?"
This is right where the conversation takes a 360 degree turn, because nobody has ever asked these questions before and it makes one stop and think. It's at this point when they say, "The new law did away with all that." Then I say, "What new law?" Now right here is when they quote;
Mat 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
The first five commandments tell us how to love YHVH, and the last five tell us how to love our neighbors. Everything else in the law and the Prophets lays the doctrines for the 10 commandments. This is why Yahshua said on these two commandments HANG ALL the law and the prophets. Notice He didn't say some law.
ALL
G3650
ὅλος
holos
hol'-os
A primary word; “whole” or “all”, that is, complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb: - all, altogether, every whit, + throughout, whole.
LAW
G3551
νόμος
nomos
nom'-os
From a primary word νέμω nemō (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), generally (regulation), specifically (of Moses [including the volume]; also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle): - law.
I fail to see a new law! What I do recognize is that Yahshua came to bring salvation through his blood, so that we could remarry our first love. This eludes to a RENEWED Covenant, which is exactly what it means in the Hebrew.
The hottest contested principle though, is still the letter of the law. Again...what law and what is the letter of it? The letter is the curse of death without the possibility of salvation, which is not a law, but what happens to us instead if we disobey His laws. We have salvation through repentance, through the blood of Messiah, but the wages of living in sin (transgression of His laws) is still death.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Yeshua Messiah our Lord.
So...the letter of the law still exists, except now we have a way to avoid it. That's exactly what Messiah said above.
Sin
SIN, n.Websters 1828 Dictionary
1. The voluntary departure of a moral agent from a known rule of rectitude or duty, prescribed by God; any voluntary transgression of the divine law, or violation of a divine command; a wicked act; iniquity. Sin is either a positive act in which a known divine law is violated, or it is the voluntary neglect to obey a positive divine command, or a rule of duty clearly implied in such command. Sin comprehends not action only, but neglect of known duty, all evil thoughts purposes, words and desires, whatever is contrary to God's commands or law. 1 John 3. Mat 15. James 4. Sinner neither enjoy the pleasures of nor the peace of piety. Among divines, sin is original or actual. Actual sin, above defined, is the act of a moral agent in violating a known rule of duty. Original sin, as generally understood, is native depravity of heart to the divine will, that corruption of nature of deterioration of the moral character of man, which is supposed to be the effect of Adam's apostasy; and which manifests itself in moral agents by positive act of disobedience to the divine will, or by the voluntary neglect to comply with the express commands of God, which require that we should love God with all the heart and soul and strength and mind, and our neighbor as ourselves. This native depravity or alienation of affections from God and his law, is supposed to be what the apostle calls the carnal mind or mindedness, which is enmity against God, and is therefore denominated sin or sinfulness. Unpardonable sin, or blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, is supposed to be a malicious and obstinate rejection of Christ and the gospel plan of salvation, or a contemptuous resistance made to the influences and convictions of the Holy Spirit. Mat 12.
2. A sin-offering; an offering made to atone for sin. He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. 2 Cor 5.
3. A man enormously wicked. [Not in use.]
4. Sin differs from crime, not in nature, but in application. That which is a crime against society, is sin against God.
SIN, v.i.
1. To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or non-observance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Rom 3. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. Psa 51.
2. To offend against right, against men or society; to trespass. I am a man more sinn'd against than sinning. And who but wishes to invert the laws of order, sins against the' eternal cause.
SIN,for since, obsolete or vulgar.
Noah Webster was fluent in Greek and Hebrew. What he said above follows perfectly, word for word with Rev 12:17, 14:12, and 22:14 among others. He said his most revered piece of work was translating a pure copy of the Torah into English, which is under glass to this day for all to see. He himself standardized the English language. Only we pervert his work. Even he knew what sin was. It is his definition of it that is rejected and replaced with something less. Those who preach replacement theologies have paid way too much for their theological seminary degrees. Salvation is not rocket science. These are things that we can figure out on our own in one day without the help from indoctrinated psychology majors.
Messiah's favorite response was, "It is written." It is written where? In the Torah and the prophets, what He called in Hebrew, the Tanak! Rarely are we instructed to go back to see exactly where it is written, and many people can't, because they were only issued a New Testament copy from the denomination where they got saved. That in itself is a heresy, and confuses the new believer rather than establishing understanding. It is a copy...a half truth...void of the evidence of the truth...the same truth where Messiah said were embedded in all the law and prophets. Would you accept half a car as complete, even if the dealer said it was? I have to realize that the sheep are a product of their teachers. It's not their fault...mostly. But I too was deceived simply because I didn't open the scriptures and do my own study. It was a willful decision from a lazy heart. Eventually, I received the love of the truth 2Th 2:10. Then I searched for it and found it. I repented for the traditions that were handed down to me, and I renounced my citizenship to my former denomination. Now I am charged to go fishing. Not every cast is successful. That's why It's called fishing! It's a process...finding productive and fertile waters.
Shalom (Peace to you).
This is right where the conversation takes a 360 degree turn, because nobody has ever asked these questions before and it makes one stop and think. It's at this point when they say, "The new law did away with all that." Then I say, "What new law?" Now right here is when they quote;
Mat 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
The first five commandments tell us how to love YHVH, and the last five tell us how to love our neighbors. Everything else in the law and the Prophets lays the doctrines for the 10 commandments. This is why Yahshua said on these two commandments HANG ALL the law and the prophets. Notice He didn't say some law.
ALL
G3650
ὅλος
holos
hol'-os
A primary word; “whole” or “all”, that is, complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb: - all, altogether, every whit, + throughout, whole.
LAW
G3551
νόμος
nomos
nom'-os
From a primary word νέμω nemō (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), generally (regulation), specifically (of Moses [including the volume]; also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle): - law.
I fail to see a new law! What I do recognize is that Yahshua came to bring salvation through his blood, so that we could remarry our first love. This eludes to a RENEWED Covenant, which is exactly what it means in the Hebrew.
The hottest contested principle though, is still the letter of the law. Again...what law and what is the letter of it? The letter is the curse of death without the possibility of salvation, which is not a law, but what happens to us instead if we disobey His laws. We have salvation through repentance, through the blood of Messiah, but the wages of living in sin (transgression of His laws) is still death.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Yeshua Messiah our Lord.
So...the letter of the law still exists, except now we have a way to avoid it. That's exactly what Messiah said above.
Sin
SIN, n.Websters 1828 Dictionary
1. The voluntary departure of a moral agent from a known rule of rectitude or duty, prescribed by God; any voluntary transgression of the divine law, or violation of a divine command; a wicked act; iniquity. Sin is either a positive act in which a known divine law is violated, or it is the voluntary neglect to obey a positive divine command, or a rule of duty clearly implied in such command. Sin comprehends not action only, but neglect of known duty, all evil thoughts purposes, words and desires, whatever is contrary to God's commands or law. 1 John 3. Mat 15. James 4. Sinner neither enjoy the pleasures of nor the peace of piety. Among divines, sin is original or actual. Actual sin, above defined, is the act of a moral agent in violating a known rule of duty. Original sin, as generally understood, is native depravity of heart to the divine will, that corruption of nature of deterioration of the moral character of man, which is supposed to be the effect of Adam's apostasy; and which manifests itself in moral agents by positive act of disobedience to the divine will, or by the voluntary neglect to comply with the express commands of God, which require that we should love God with all the heart and soul and strength and mind, and our neighbor as ourselves. This native depravity or alienation of affections from God and his law, is supposed to be what the apostle calls the carnal mind or mindedness, which is enmity against God, and is therefore denominated sin or sinfulness. Unpardonable sin, or blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, is supposed to be a malicious and obstinate rejection of Christ and the gospel plan of salvation, or a contemptuous resistance made to the influences and convictions of the Holy Spirit. Mat 12.
2. A sin-offering; an offering made to atone for sin. He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. 2 Cor 5.
3. A man enormously wicked. [Not in use.]
4. Sin differs from crime, not in nature, but in application. That which is a crime against society, is sin against God.
SIN, v.i.
1. To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or non-observance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Rom 3. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. Psa 51.
2. To offend against right, against men or society; to trespass. I am a man more sinn'd against than sinning. And who but wishes to invert the laws of order, sins against the' eternal cause.
SIN,for since, obsolete or vulgar.
Noah Webster was fluent in Greek and Hebrew. What he said above follows perfectly, word for word with Rev 12:17, 14:12, and 22:14 among others. He said his most revered piece of work was translating a pure copy of the Torah into English, which is under glass to this day for all to see. He himself standardized the English language. Only we pervert his work. Even he knew what sin was. It is his definition of it that is rejected and replaced with something less. Those who preach replacement theologies have paid way too much for their theological seminary degrees. Salvation is not rocket science. These are things that we can figure out on our own in one day without the help from indoctrinated psychology majors.
Messiah's favorite response was, "It is written." It is written where? In the Torah and the prophets, what He called in Hebrew, the Tanak! Rarely are we instructed to go back to see exactly where it is written, and many people can't, because they were only issued a New Testament copy from the denomination where they got saved. That in itself is a heresy, and confuses the new believer rather than establishing understanding. It is a copy...a half truth...void of the evidence of the truth...the same truth where Messiah said were embedded in all the law and prophets. Would you accept half a car as complete, even if the dealer said it was? I have to realize that the sheep are a product of their teachers. It's not their fault...mostly. But I too was deceived simply because I didn't open the scriptures and do my own study. It was a willful decision from a lazy heart. Eventually, I received the love of the truth 2Th 2:10. Then I searched for it and found it. I repented for the traditions that were handed down to me, and I renounced my citizenship to my former denomination. Now I am charged to go fishing. Not every cast is successful. That's why It's called fishing! It's a process...finding productive and fertile waters.
Shalom (Peace to you).
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