The Truth of the Great Commission
All over the world, believers promote the "Great Commission" as the mission and purpose of "The Church." But why do we not do the Great Commission as Yahshua requested? Yahshua told us to teach all nations to obey everything He commanded, but this in itself is one command most refuse to teach. Do we really want to obey the Great Commission after we learn what it really means? We should, but why don’t we?
Matthew 28:19-20,“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
This was the last commandment Yahshua issued to His disciples before His ascension. It is considered one of the most important commandments ever uttered by Yahshua and is the foundational setting of most vision and mission statements of Christian churches all over the world.
My question is do we really want to do what Yahshua commanded in the Great Commission, and if we do, then why are we not doing it?
There are really two parts that consist of what is commonly referred to as the “Great Commission of Yahshua Messiah.”
1) Go to all nations and baptize new disciples.
2) Teach the new disciples to obey everything I (Yahshua) commanded you (disciples).
Only then will they truly be "Disciples" The word "Disciples" means "Ones who are taught" We are called to teach the commandments of Yahshua the Messiah. So Yahshua is very clear that all of His disciples, in all nations, are to obey everything He commanded. What did Yahshua command to His disciples?
Matthew 23:1-3,"Then Yahshua said to the crowds and to his disciples: "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach."
Let’s break the above down.
1) Yahshua is commanding His disciples to obey and do everything taught out of Moses’ seat.
2) Yahshua issues a second contrasting commandment to not do what the Pharisees actually practice which is contrary to what is preached in Moses’ seat.
That which is taught out of Moses’ seat we are directly commanded by Yahshua to observe and do. Not only are we to observe and do what is taught out of Moses’ seat, but according to the Great Commission we are also to teach ALL NATIONS to OBSERVE and DO it.
Let’s start with what Yahshua commanded His disciples to not do.
But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
Yahshua stated that His disciples should not model the behaviors and teachings of the scribes and Pharisees that are contrary to what is preached out of the Moses’ seat. There are two laws dominant in the first century that merit scripturally defining. (We are not discussing Government -Roman- laws)
1) In Moses’ seat the Pharisees taught word for word Elohim’s law that was written down by Moses. This is Elohim’s law or often referred to as the Law of Moses. This is known as the first 5 books of our Bible.
2) When they left the Moses’ seat the Pharisees and Scribes taught and practiced something called the “oral law” or the “Talmud.” This is the “tradition of the elders,” also called “commandments and doctrines of men.” The Pharisees of today still practice these “oral laws.”
Simply put, these “oral laws” are laws of men (Pharisees) that were invented to build “fences” around God’s laws. They placed more importance on the “oral law” than Elohim’s own laws. For example, Elohim’s law has just a few commandments specific to His Sabbath. The Pharisees had 1400+ commandments that they commanded men to keep to help “protect” and “guard” God’s laws. The Pharisees made their own laws for people to obey so that people would not even come close to breaking Elohim’s laws. Thus, people were actually obeying men instead of Elohim. This is a form of idolatry.
The Pharisees elevated their own laws above Elohim’s laws with their “traditions of the elders.” This is precisely why Jesus had so many harsh words for the Pharisees. Also there existed a false doctrine that some Pharisees subscribed to which taught that salvation was enabled through the keeping of commandments (Acts 15; Galatians). This is defined today as legalism.
Yahshua Himself intentionally violated the “oral law” of the Pharisees directly in front of them several times, just to make a point that they were making a dangerous error and that commandments and doctrines of men are in reality nothing. Commandments of Elohim are all that matter. Here is an example of Yahshua speaking harshly to the Pharisees because of their “oral law.”
Mark 7:6-13,"He replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:" 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.'You have let go of the commands of Elohim and are holding on to the traditions of men." And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of Elohim in order to observe your own traditions! For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' But you say that if a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to Elohim), then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. Thus you nullify the word of Elohim by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."
The only time the Pharisees really had everything completely right was when they were sitting in the Moses’ seat reading the Law of Moses verbatim. This is the only time when their own bias and doctrine did not violate and compromise the will and doctrine of Elohim. They were in fact simply speaking only the Word of Yahweh Elohim. Therefore, in Matthew 23:3, Yahshua is simply stating to not nullify the Word of Elohim by our traditions and doctrines, even if they are what was passed down to us.
What did Yahshua command His disciples to do?
"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you.”
Here is a picture of a Moses’ seat. It is a real stone seat in which the one sitting in it would read directly and verbatim from the Law of Moses.
How and when did the actual Moses’ seat originate?
Not surprisingly, it began with Moses.
From Exodus 18 before Mount Sinai Moses was teaching and judging from the law that was passed down orally from Jethro (Moses father-in-law) in the Moses’ seat:
Exodus 18:13,"The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening."
Moses defines the purpose and process of the Moses’ seat to be the vehicle to state Yahweh Elohim’s law to thus make His law known:
Exodus 18:15,"And Moses said unto his father in law, 'Because the people come unto me to Inquire of Elohim: When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of Elohim, and His laws”
Jethro recommended to Moses to share the responsibility of teaching Elohim’s law because Moses was only one man:
Exodus 18:17-18,"Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone."
Moses then gathered elders based on specific criteria and taught them all of Yahweh’s law so they could also perform the duty of Moses’ seat:
Exodus 18:20-21,"Teach them the decrees and laws, and show them the way to live and the duties they are to perform. But select capable men from all the people—men who fear Elohim, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens."
From the time of the Exodus onward, Moses’ seat has been a vehicle to teach Yahweh Elohim’s exact laws (Law of Moses) to His people.
Do Christian scholars also define “Moses’ seat” to be the Law of Moses just as it is taught to be in Scripture from Exodus to the first century? Yes, here is a sample:
The Geneva Study Bible:
“(1) We ought to listen to whatever we are truly taught from the word of God, even by wicked teachers, but in a way so that we abstain from their evil behaviour.”
The People’s New Testament:
23:2 Sit in the Moses' seat. Are the expounders of the law of Moses.”
Wesly’s Notes:“23:2 The scribes sit in the chair of Moses - That is, read and expound the law of Moses, and are their appointed teachers.”
Scofield:
Cf. Ezra 7:6,25,26. Jesus' disciples were to honour the law (of Moses), but not the hypocritical teachers of it.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary:
in Moses' seat-that is, as interpreters of the law given by Moses.
Christian commentary and scholarship agree that Moses’ seat was indeed the Law of Moses and that the disciples were commanded by Jesus to keep the Law of Moses.
So what does all of this mean?
It means simply what Yahshua commanded. Yahshua clearly commanded His disciples to OBSERVE and DO the Law of Moses (Matthew 23:1-3). No one disputes this.
Yahshua ALSO commanded His disciples to teach ALL NATIONS to obey EVERYTHING they were COMMANDED by Yahshua. No one disputes this. THEREFORE, LET'S FULLY APPLY WHAT YAHSHUA TEACHES AND COMMANDS US:
We as disciples are to go out into ALL NATIONS and teach ALL NATIONS to OBEY EVERYTHING Yahshua COMMANDED which, of course, INCLUDES the LAW OF MOSES. (Matthew 28:19:20)
Really? Yahshua wants us to OBSERVE and DO the Law of Moses AND teach ALL NATIONS TO OBEY?
It shouldn’t be that surprising, for Yahshua did state:
Matthew 5:17-19,"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I do not come to destroy, but to fulfill (with meaning). For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all (law and prophets) be fulfilled. 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."
Yahshua stated Himself that not one of Elohim’s commandments was to be “abolished” or “put an end to” until all of the Law and Prophets are fulfilled and Heaven and Earth passes away. Heaven and Earth passing away and being made new is the last prophetic event foretold in Scripture.
Isaiah 65:17,"Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind."
Revelation 21:1,"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,"
Please note that this event has clearly not yet happened.
Yahshua states that all of Elohim’s law will exist at LEAST UNTIL the day that the Lord states:
Revelation 21:5-6,"He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End."
Messiah’s work on the cross for our salvation is finished (John 19:30), but the Lord is not yet finished with what has been said in all of His Law and Prophets until He says “it is done,” which is signaled by the new Heaven and new Earth. If this Scripture is true, then what Scriptural gymnastics do some teachers employ to avoid such a conclusion?
Well, if they touch the verse at all, it creates quite an embarrassing mess. Some teach that in Matthew 5:17, “fulfill” means “to put and end to” or to “finish.” This is done, by their own admission, to avoid the clear teaching of Yahshua that not one of Elohim’s commandments are to pass away from the law and to preserve their misinterpretations of Paul’s letters.
If this interpretation is indeed true, we should be able to apply such teaching to Scripture and it should make logical sense, as Elohim is not the author of confusion. We are commanded to test all things and only hold on to what is good (1 Thes. 5:20) Let’s test the teaching that “fulfill” means “to put and end to” or “finish” instead of “fulfill” simply meaning to “fill up the whole and complete meaning” of Elohim’s law, evidenced by Yahshua walking out the true interpretation (not Pharisaical) of Elohim’s law.
Can “fulfill” in Mt 5:17 mean “to put an end to?
Matthew 5:17,"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I do not come to destroy (the law), but to “put and end (to the law")
Huh?
Matthew 5:18,"For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all (law and prophets) be fulfilled."
Double huh?
Matthew 5:19,"Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments (that I just put an end to), and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them (even though I put an end to them), the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
Triple huh?
There are only two possible interpretations of “fulfill” in Matthew 5:17.
1) One is that Yahshua came to “fulfill the real meaning of Elohim’s law,” which the Pharisees polluted through their oral law. This makes sense because this was the complete point and purpose of every teaching of Yahshua when He was in proximity to the Pharisees. This is to correctly instruct us in the way Elohim wants us to walk in His law and not the way men want us to walk in Elohim’s law.
2) Or “fulfill” in Matthew 5:17 means to “complete, finish, or put an end to.” All one has to do is insert that definition into the context of the Scripture to witness how such an interpretation is illogical and absurd.
Technically based on a literal rendering of the Greek, either interpretation is acceptable:
G4137 pleroo play-ro'-o from G4134;
to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.:--accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full(come), fully preach, perfect, supply.(Strong's)
The only interpretation of “fulfill” that fits the context and avoids logical absurdities is to understand Yahshua is teaching that He will make full or fully preach Elohim’s law.
Yahshua came to fully preach Elohim’s law.
He taught us the full meaning of Elohim’s law.
Does that not fit the ministry of Yahshua perfectly? Yahshua taught, walked, practiced, obeyed, and lived the Law of Moses. Are we not commanded to walk as Yahshua walked?
1 John 2:6,"He that says he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."
So if Yahshua commanded us to observe and do the Law of Moses, teach all nations to obey the Law of Moses, and He taught us that the Law of Moses would exist until the very end, then why are we not doing it?
Seriously.
I can only ask this question in response:
Do we really want to do what Yahshua commanded and if we do, then why are we not doing it?
All of Yahweh's word (Torah) has one aim in mind - LOVE.So many unbelievers view the bible as a book of "hard to do" commandments that appears to be nothing more than "bondage" to them. But if we can share the important point that every commandment is written in the context of love, it helps them to see things from the proper perspective
If we really love Yahshua, then our hearts and minds will want to obey every one of Yahweh Elohim’s commandments with eagerness:
John 14:15,"If you love me, keep my commandments."
Loving Elohim is actually defined as keeping Elohim’s commandments:
2 John 1:6,"And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it."
So when Yahshua stated:
Matthew 22:37-38 ,"Yahshua said unto him, You should love Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment."
Yahshua is simply stating that we should keep Elohim’s commandments with all of our heart, soul, and mind. That is how we love Elohim. Elohim’s grace, which is the forgiveness of our breaking of the law (sin) when we mess up, is Yahweh Elohim’s demonstration of love for us.
Our keeping of Elohim’s law to the best of our ability is a demonstration of the extent of our love back to Him. How much do you love Yahweh Elohim?
As it relates to the Great Commission, how much do you want to see the rest of the world love Yahweh Elohim?
Are we only emphasizing grace and Elohim's love for us, or are we instructing ALL NATIONS how to LOVE Yahweh back?
And if we are teaching ALL NATIONS Elohim's commandments, are we teaching them all of them or just some of them?
We are to love Yahweh by keeping His commandments with all of our heart, soul, and mind. Is this not why Yahweh’s law (Holy Spirit) is written on our (Israel’s) hearts and minds in the New Covenant:
Ezekiel 36,"25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. 26I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. "
Jeremiah 31:31-33,"Behold, the days come, saith Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith Yahweh: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith Yahweh, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their Elohim, and they shall be my people."
The new covenant involves the placement of Yahweh's law in the heart
The word "Law" in Hebrew is "Torah", which actually means "teaching, instruction"
Isaiah 8:16," Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.17 And I will wait upon YAHWEH, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.18 Behold, I and the children whom YAHWEH hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from YAHWEH of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion."
This verse 18 is quoted in the book of Hebrews 2:13 as referring to Yahshua
Isaiah 8:19,"And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their Elohim? for the living to the dead?"
Beware of peeping and muttering spirits. Instead, remember!
Isaiah 8:20," To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."
Brethren, the great commission involves proclaiming Yahweh's Torah to all nations! It is the Torah that we learn, and thus become "taught ones" of Yahshua the Messiah. For He is the living Torah, and it is He who seeks to live in each one of us.. placing the Torah in our inward parts as the new covenant declares.
In truth, all of Yahweh's word is actually "Torah", for it is all His instruction, His teaching, His way of life and love
Matthew 4:4," But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of YAHWEH."
Hebrews 10:16,"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith Yahweh, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;"
Yahweh writes His Law in our heart and mind through the teaching of the Holy Spirit:
1 John 2:27,"But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him."
John 14:23-24, 26 ,"Yahshua answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."
Some will say, “but Paul Said…”
After realizing the above can not be refuted, some might still state “but I understand Paul to teach that some of Elohim’s commandments have been abolished.” I would simply respond to that person that they are in error and are misunderstanding Paul.
Paul stated that we should continue in Elohim’s law (Romans 3:31) and that Paul himself delighted in the law (Romans 7:22). Paul teaches nowhere in all of his letters that the Law of Moses has been abolished in any capacity. Paul was likely the best law teacher in all of the New Testament, right behind Yahshua. Paul Stated that He Kept and Taught the Law of Moses.
In fact, Paul is accused several times of not keep or teaching the law of Moses. Paul responds, directly from His own mouth and actions, that he does keep and teach the Law of Moses (Acts 21:20-26; Acts 24:13-14).
In several instances, we witness Paul keeping Yahwh Elohim’s Feast days and Sabbaths.
Is it not odd that the very thing Paul had to defend himself against in the first century is the very thing we accuse him of today? Who messed up, us or Paul? Was Paul a hypocrite or spiritual schizophrenic?
No. Peter even warned us in advance that Paul’s letters were hard to understand and that untaught and unstable people would twist Paul’s letters to abolish Elohim’s commandments and make the error of the lawless.
2 Peter 3:15-17,"Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; and consider that the long suffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures."
You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the lawless;
Notice Peter did not state that teachers would twist Paul’s words and make the error of the “lawful.” Teachers will be and are twisting Paul’s words to break Elohim’s laws and make the error of the lawless. The commandments that have been twisted away through Paul’s letters are ironically the same commands that Yahweh’s people ditched first when they would begin to fall away. These are stated by Yahweh Himself to be His most important commandments and the flesh has never wanted to be obedient to them. These commandments are His dietary instructions, Feast days, and Sabbath. When teachers create doctrine that removes these commandments, they are tickling the ears of the flesh, thus such teaching became popular.
2 Timothy:2-4,"Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will heap up around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."
If people would read Paul’s letters from start to finish and pull in all appropriate context, stop injecting their own bias, then the error of the lawless would become a thing of the past and Elohim’s people would wake up to all of His ways. There are many things that we have been taught that are simply not in Scripture in any capacity. They are only doctrines and traditions of our fathers. Remember, the Pharisees had the same problem. How did Yahshua respond to them?
Isn’t this legalism?
Legalism is the attempt to keep Elohim’s commandments to earn favor or points leading to salvation. This is actually what the whole Book of Galatians teaches against. Galatians teaches against salvation through the law, not against obedience to Elohim’s law. There is a difference. Keeping the Sabbath and Elohim’s Feast days is no different than us also being obedient to honesty and being baptized.
Would it not be odd if someone accused you of legalism because you chose honesty as opposed to dishonesty because Yahweh Elohim commands that of you through His Word?
Just because Scripture states that Yahweh Elohim has a day that He considers important and was created for our benefit, does not make it legalism to keep it.
That word is all to often abused and used incorrectly. Scripture clearly teaches that through our faith by grace we are promised eternal life as all of our sins are forgiven. (Eph. 2:8).
Salvation by faith was also true during the ministry of Yahshua (Luke 7:20) and even before His first coming (Romans 4:9). It has always been the means to salvation and always will be. Faith gets us into His kingdom. Once we are in His kingdom as citizens (Eph. 2), we are to be obedient to His rules in His constitution for His people, just like any other nation. In fact, it is how well we apply the Truth of Elohim’s Word to our lives that determines the different levels of rewards and crowns we receive in the
end.
Scripture teaches us the more we strive to not sin (break Elohim’s law)(1 John 3:4), the greater our eternal rewards (Matthew 5:17-19)(Romans 14:10-12)(Romans 6:1-4). Are you going to be least or great in the end? The greater your love for Elohim as evidenced in your obedience, the greater your rewards in heaven will be.
Remember though, Yahweh Elohim knows our motive for obedience, if it is not out of pure love and desire to be obedient to Him, but instead to boast or try to earn rewards, such works will be burned up (1 Cor. 3:11-15).
Messiah IS our foundation, and IS the Word made flesh.
John 1:1 ,"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim."
Yahshua is called "the Word"
John 1:14 ," And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
In truth, He is the whole word.. not just what is found in the "New Testament" Obedience to the Word is everything in our faith. It is our rock in which we are to stand firm.
But aren’t there hundreds of laws?
It is commonly taught that there are 613 commandments in Elohim’s Word. Many of those are for the High Priesthood role which has now been transferred to Yahshua (see Hebrews). The majority (95%+) of the commandments most Christians already understand they should be keeping. The ones that are often ignored are the dietary instructions, Sabbath, Yahweh’s Feast days, (Leviticus 11 & 23) and a few others.
In whichever city or state one might be living in, you are already being obedient to over a hundred thousand man made civil laws. Our eternal savior asks for obedience for a few hundred out of love for Him.
Some of the commandments are rather odd on the surface and it takes some prayer, meditation, and study to understand them, but consider this: If Elohim himself came down and asked you to walk on you hands for the rest of your life because He states it will bring glory to Him and light to the nations, would you do it, or would you ask Him why and do nothing till you receive a response?
Now you might understand James:
James 2:18,"Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works."
Perhaps it is time we show Elohim how much we love Him. Perhaps we should stop finding excuses and comfort in men’s doctrine that tickles our ears. If we don’t love His ways now, we are not going to love them for all eternity either. Yahshua called us to teach all nations to come to faith in Yahshua by grace (Yahweh’s love for His people) and then teach them obey the Law of Moses (our love back).
Following our entering into His promise of our salvation, obedience is the most important thing in all of Scripture for His people. His (whole) Word is such a wonderful gift to offer.
Remember:
ALL (not some) Scripture is given by inspiration of Elohim.
ALL (not some) Scripture is profitable for doctrine.
ALL (not some) Scripture is for rebuking and correction
ALL (not some) Scripture is for INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS
2 Timothy 3:16-17,"All Scripture is given by inspiration of Elohim, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of Elohim may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."
When we understand and apply this, then and only then are we completely furnished unto all good works. We are then equipped to evidence our faith and LOVE ELOHIM completely. We are equipped to worship Elohim in spirit and in truth as Yahshua described...
John 4:23,"But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him."
AN OUT REACH EXAMPLE:
When reaching out to unbelievers and those ignorant of Elohim's Word(LAW), we can begin by asking, "Ever wonder why we live in a world with such sorrow, emptiness and pain? Through it all, you need to know that there is some good news for us: It will not be like this forever!"
John 17:17b,“Thy Word Is Truth”
Every day, archaeological discoveries are confirming that the bible is indeed a true and trustworthy book. With the Dead Sea Scroll biblical manuscripts dating all the way back to 200 BCE, we not only have confirmation that the bible been preserved with remarkable accuracy, but also that hundreds of biblical prophecies have come true.
The scriptures say the days are coming when there will be an end to all that is evil in the world. Our Creator will right all the wrongs and cause everyone to walk in the ways of love and peace.
If we choose to walk in the ways of love and peace now, we can be saved from this doomed world where pleasures are only temporary, but pain and sadness our frequent companion.
The reason why we are in this situation simple. We have failed to love one another and we have failed to love the One who created us with His definition of love. Our failure to love is called sin.
Although every one of us have sinned, the Heavenly Father has shown His love for us by sending His only begotten Son into this world to suffer and die for the sins of the world.
The Messiah willingly allowed our sin to be placed on Him, resulting in His torture and death. But because He did not sin, He was raised again and has the power to give us everlasting life in the coming age.
We only need to make the choice to love Him in return by believing in the Him and seeking to walk in the ways of love rather than our own ways. How could anyone turn down such an act of love? It is a wonderful opportunity! His ways are the ways of truth, purity, life and joy. But the ways of man are the ways of falsehood, corruption, death and sadness.
For this reason:
Jeremiah 17:5,“...Cursed is the man who trusts in man…”
Trusting in man for salvation has resulted in thousands of churches, denominations and beliefs amongst those who claim to follow the scriptures.
But what would happen if we chose to set aside thousands of years of man’s tradition, corruption and watered down faith, and just went straight to the words of our Creator as the source of understanding the ways of truth and love?
And what if we decided that we were not going to care what people thought of us if we found something that was quite unusual or out of the mainstream? Wouldn’t that be a good way to show love to our Heavenly Father?
Matthew 10:28a,“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul...”
So if we do love Him, we should seek to live in a way that honors Him, no matter what. After all, when He puts an end to this age, only His ways will stand. Our life here but is a speck in the universe compared to eternity. When this short life is over, man’s wayward opinions and false traditions will not stand.
FALSE TRADITIONS OF MEN
One of the many false traditions of men is the complete removal of our Heavenly Father’s name from the English translations of scripture. Just as you and I have a name, so does our Heavenly Father: Yet, because of this, few people even know His name.
Isaiah 42:8,“I am Yahweh, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to carved images.”
Yet, in most bibles, it will say “I am the LORD, that is my name”. But this is not true. Man chose to remove the Heavenly Father’s name and put “the LORD” in its place. This is simple historical fact:
“Yahweh, the God of the Israelites, his name being revealed to Moses as four Hebrew consonants (YHWH) …. the divine name was increasingly regarded as too sacred to be uttered; it was thus replaced vocally in the synagogue ritual by the Hebrew word Adonai ("My Lord)” Encyclopedia Britannica, under the heading “Yahweh”.
So this tradition continues to this day. But it isn’t very loving toward our Heavenly Father to take His name out of the bible, is it?
Yet it is no secret. The translators of most bibles admit that they have done this if you just read the bible preface. His name is actually in scripture nearly 7,000 times, most often replaced with the title “LORD” or “GOD”.
So keep this in mind: Our Heavenly Father really does have a name. His name is “Yahweh”, and He wants us to use it:
Psalm 105:1,“Oh, give thanks to Yahweh! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!”
Joel 2:32a,“And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of Yahweh shall be saved.”
[Also see Acts 4:12, Psalm 68:4 and Isaiah 52:6|
We have also discovered that men have changed the name of the Messiah to “Jesus”. But His actual name is “Yahshua” (pronounced Yah-SHU-a). The name Yahshua carries a very important meaning which is not found in the name “Jesus”:
Yah = Yaheh/Yahweh (the Heavenly Father’s Name)
Shua = Saves
Therefore, “Yahshua” means “Yahweh saves” or “Yahweh (is) salvation”. Thus, scripture begins to make more sense when we read Yahweh’s words in the book of Matthew:
Matthew 1:21,“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Yahushua (Yahweh saves): for he shall save his people from their sins.”
So it was the Heavenly Father who named His Son and He had a really good reason for it. It isn’t very loving to change His Son’s name, is it?
Would you want someone to change your son’s name?
Yahweh wants us to walk in love, so why not do it? Why not leave His word alone and let it speak to us, just as He inspired it?
Of course, many aren’t aware of these things. But once we learn about it, we should walk in love rather than false traditions.
ALL OF HIS WORD IS TRUTH
Yahshua said:
Matthew 22:37-40,“You shall love Yahweh your Mighty One with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
Another false tradition we have discovered is the “Christian” belief that we do not need to keep Yahweh’s law (commandments) anymore. But notice that the above scripture says all of the law and prophets (the law is His commandments) hang from the two greatest commandments which are to love Yahweh and love one another.This means every biblical commandment was given to help us learn what it means to love our Heavenly Father and love our fellow man. In the commandments, He defines what love truly is. For if He had only given us the two commandments, everyone would just decide for themselves what love is.
For instance, some could have claimed that committing adultery is an act of love, but He says that we should not commit adultery.
The Ten commandments also teach that we are to keep the Sabbath day holy. When Yahweh created the heavens and the earth, he rested on the 7th day of the week. He blessed that day and made it holy so that we would also rest on the 7th day of the week.It would not be very loving to profane the day that he made holy by choosing to work on that day, would it? Ignoring what Yahweh has done and choosing to do our own thing is not love.
There are many other commandments as well, and they are all good for us. He knew our bodies needed to rest.
John 14:15,“If you love Me, keep My commandments.”
1 John 5:3,“For this is the love of Yahweh, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.”
Don’t let anyone tell you different. Man thinks His commandments are a burden so he tries to find ways to avoid keeping them.
But His commandments are not burdensome at all, especially when we consider all that He has done for us.
He created a very beautiful world for us to live in. He has given us every good thing we have. He also gives us life and hope in spite of man’s choice to ignore Him and choose his own way. He loves us very much.
He only wants us to love Him in return and choose life. How could we ever turn that down?
There are awesome and wonderful things awaiting those who have chosen the way of truth and love. Find yourself a bible and read Revelation 21 & 22 for a glimpse!
Indeed, a day of judgment is coming:
Daniel 12:2-3,“And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.”
So if you desire eternal life, and if you see the foolishness of this world and desire to be delivered from the bondage of sin, consider these very important words from the scriptures which tell us what we should do:
Acts 2:38,“Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Yahshua Messiah for the forgiveness of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
To repent means to turn away from a life of sin and turn toward walking in righteousness. It is a decision to leave the ways of this world and walk in the ways of Yahweh. We need forgiveness for past sins and a true commitment to walk in love by keeping His commandments. With repentance and water baptism, we also look forward to receiving the Holy Spirit baptism (Acts 1:4–5 & Acts 11:16); Messiah Yahshua living in us and giving us the power to walk in His love:
Galatians 2:20b,“...it is no longer I who live, but Messiah lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of Yahweh, who loved me and gave Himself for me”
Do you desire a new life? A life of peace? Peace only comes when we are at peace with our Creator. He wants you to come to Him so that He may cleanse you from all sin, no matter how bad the sin:
Isaiah 1:18,“Come now, and let us reason together," Says Yahweh, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.”
We can believe that the most powerful being in the universe is able to purify us and take away our sins.
We can also believe that the day is coming when those who refuse His offer of love will find out where the end of their road takes them:
Revelation 20:15,“And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”
After all, it would not be very loving for our Heavenly Father to force those who walk in love to live forever with those who refuse to walk in love, would it?
"He will hear the sincere prayer of those who receive His Son and are committed to walk in love. Pray, seek baptism and read the scriptures. He will guide you!"
If the unbeliever becomes a believer, (repenting and accepting Messiah Yahshua as Lord and Savior) than the next step in their life journey as Yahshua's disciple is water baptism in His name; and joining a good local Torah teaching church family. [END OF OUT REACH EXAMPLE]
So let’s do the Great Commission and fully equip the saints with ALL OF ELOHIM’S WORD.
If you would like to better know what you are bringing them when you instruct all nations to be obedient to Elohim’s law, then consider studying the following Scripture:
1. The Law blesses (obey) and curses (disobey).
(Deut 11:26-27)(Ps 112:1)(Ps 119:1-2)(Ps 128:1)(Prov 8:32)(Is 56:2)(Mat 5:6)(Mat 5:10)(Luke 11:28)(Jam 1:25)(1 Pe 3:14)(Rev 22:14)
2. The Law defines sin.
(Jer 44:23)(Ez 18:21)(Dan 9:11)(Ro 3:20)(Ro 7:7)(1 Jo 3:4)
3. The Law is perfect.
(Ps 19:7)(Jam 1:25)
4. The Law is liberty.
(Ps 119:45)(Jam 1:25, 2:12)
5. The Law is the way.
(Ex 18:20)(Deut 10:12)(Josh 22:5)(1 King 2:3)(Ps 119:1)(Prov 6:23)(Is 2:3)(Mal 2:8)(Mark 12:14)(Ac 24:14)
6. The Law is the truth.
(Ps 119:142)(Mal 2:6)(Ro 2:20)(Gal 5:7)(Ps 43:2-4)(Jo 8:31-32)
7. The Law is life.
(Job 33:30)(Ps 36:9)(Prov 6:23)(Rev 22:14)
8. The Law is light.
(Job 24:13)(Job 29:3)(Ps 36:9)(Ps 43:2-4)(Ps 119:105)(Prov 6:23)(Is 2:5) (Is 8:20)(Is 51:4)(2 Cor 6:14)(1 John 1:7)
9. The Law is Yahshua, the Word made flesh.
(PERFECT-LIBERTY-WAY-TRUTH-LIFE-LIGHT) (Ps 27:1)(Jo 1:1-14)(Jo 14:5-11)(1 Jo 1:7)
10. The Law is also for the Gentiles (foreigner/alien) who are grafted in.
(Ex 12:19) (Ex 12:38) (Ex 12:49) (Lev 19:34) (Lev 24:22) (Num 9:14) (Num 15:15-16) (Num 15:29) (ie: Ruth) (Is 42:6) (Is 60:3) (Mat 5:14) (Eph 2:10-13) (Ac 13:47) (Ro 11:16-27) (Jer31:31-34) (Ez 37) (1 Jo 2:10) (1 Jo 1:7)
11. The Law is Yahweh’s instructions on how to love Yahweh Elohim, how to love others, and how to not love yourself.
(Ex 20:6)(Deut 5:10)(Deut 7:10)(Deut 11:13)(Deut 11:22)(Deut 30:16)(Deut 6:5)(Lev 19:18)(Neh 1:5)(Dan 9:4)(Mat 22:35-37)(Matthew 10:39)(Mat 16:25)(Jo 14:15)(Jo 14:21)(Ro 13:9)(1 Jo 5:2-3)(2 Jo 1:6)
May Yahweh's name be magnified, and may He use His word, and our very lives to reach out to others who need to know the way of life
For it is not walking in love, my brethren, to ignore the call to reach out to a lost and dying world. It is an act of love to show this world a better way. The wonderful, awesome ways of Yahweh!
May Yahweh bless you, and may He have mercy and grace on us all!
(MEMORY VERSE)
Proverbs 28:9"He who turns away his ear from hearing the Law, Even his prayer is an abomination."
Shalom
Matthew 28:19-20,“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
This was the last commandment Yahshua issued to His disciples before His ascension. It is considered one of the most important commandments ever uttered by Yahshua and is the foundational setting of most vision and mission statements of Christian churches all over the world.
My question is do we really want to do what Yahshua commanded in the Great Commission, and if we do, then why are we not doing it?
There are really two parts that consist of what is commonly referred to as the “Great Commission of Yahshua Messiah.”
1) Go to all nations and baptize new disciples.
2) Teach the new disciples to obey everything I (Yahshua) commanded you (disciples).
Only then will they truly be "Disciples" The word "Disciples" means "Ones who are taught" We are called to teach the commandments of Yahshua the Messiah. So Yahshua is very clear that all of His disciples, in all nations, are to obey everything He commanded. What did Yahshua command to His disciples?
Matthew 23:1-3,"Then Yahshua said to the crowds and to his disciples: "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach."
Let’s break the above down.
1) Yahshua is commanding His disciples to obey and do everything taught out of Moses’ seat.
2) Yahshua issues a second contrasting commandment to not do what the Pharisees actually practice which is contrary to what is preached in Moses’ seat.
That which is taught out of Moses’ seat we are directly commanded by Yahshua to observe and do. Not only are we to observe and do what is taught out of Moses’ seat, but according to the Great Commission we are also to teach ALL NATIONS to OBSERVE and DO it.
Let’s start with what Yahshua commanded His disciples to not do.
But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
Yahshua stated that His disciples should not model the behaviors and teachings of the scribes and Pharisees that are contrary to what is preached out of the Moses’ seat. There are two laws dominant in the first century that merit scripturally defining. (We are not discussing Government -Roman- laws)
1) In Moses’ seat the Pharisees taught word for word Elohim’s law that was written down by Moses. This is Elohim’s law or often referred to as the Law of Moses. This is known as the first 5 books of our Bible.
2) When they left the Moses’ seat the Pharisees and Scribes taught and practiced something called the “oral law” or the “Talmud.” This is the “tradition of the elders,” also called “commandments and doctrines of men.” The Pharisees of today still practice these “oral laws.”
Simply put, these “oral laws” are laws of men (Pharisees) that were invented to build “fences” around God’s laws. They placed more importance on the “oral law” than Elohim’s own laws. For example, Elohim’s law has just a few commandments specific to His Sabbath. The Pharisees had 1400+ commandments that they commanded men to keep to help “protect” and “guard” God’s laws. The Pharisees made their own laws for people to obey so that people would not even come close to breaking Elohim’s laws. Thus, people were actually obeying men instead of Elohim. This is a form of idolatry.
The Pharisees elevated their own laws above Elohim’s laws with their “traditions of the elders.” This is precisely why Jesus had so many harsh words for the Pharisees. Also there existed a false doctrine that some Pharisees subscribed to which taught that salvation was enabled through the keeping of commandments (Acts 15; Galatians). This is defined today as legalism.
Yahshua Himself intentionally violated the “oral law” of the Pharisees directly in front of them several times, just to make a point that they were making a dangerous error and that commandments and doctrines of men are in reality nothing. Commandments of Elohim are all that matter. Here is an example of Yahshua speaking harshly to the Pharisees because of their “oral law.”
Mark 7:6-13,"He replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:" 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.'You have let go of the commands of Elohim and are holding on to the traditions of men." And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of Elohim in order to observe your own traditions! For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' But you say that if a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to Elohim), then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. Thus you nullify the word of Elohim by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."
The only time the Pharisees really had everything completely right was when they were sitting in the Moses’ seat reading the Law of Moses verbatim. This is the only time when their own bias and doctrine did not violate and compromise the will and doctrine of Elohim. They were in fact simply speaking only the Word of Yahweh Elohim. Therefore, in Matthew 23:3, Yahshua is simply stating to not nullify the Word of Elohim by our traditions and doctrines, even if they are what was passed down to us.
What did Yahshua command His disciples to do?
"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you.”
Here is a picture of a Moses’ seat. It is a real stone seat in which the one sitting in it would read directly and verbatim from the Law of Moses.
How and when did the actual Moses’ seat originate?
Not surprisingly, it began with Moses.
From Exodus 18 before Mount Sinai Moses was teaching and judging from the law that was passed down orally from Jethro (Moses father-in-law) in the Moses’ seat:
Exodus 18:13,"The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening."
Moses defines the purpose and process of the Moses’ seat to be the vehicle to state Yahweh Elohim’s law to thus make His law known:
Exodus 18:15,"And Moses said unto his father in law, 'Because the people come unto me to Inquire of Elohim: When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of Elohim, and His laws”
Jethro recommended to Moses to share the responsibility of teaching Elohim’s law because Moses was only one man:
Exodus 18:17-18,"Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone."
Moses then gathered elders based on specific criteria and taught them all of Yahweh’s law so they could also perform the duty of Moses’ seat:
Exodus 18:20-21,"Teach them the decrees and laws, and show them the way to live and the duties they are to perform. But select capable men from all the people—men who fear Elohim, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens."
From the time of the Exodus onward, Moses’ seat has been a vehicle to teach Yahweh Elohim’s exact laws (Law of Moses) to His people.
Do Christian scholars also define “Moses’ seat” to be the Law of Moses just as it is taught to be in Scripture from Exodus to the first century? Yes, here is a sample:
The Geneva Study Bible:
“(1) We ought to listen to whatever we are truly taught from the word of God, even by wicked teachers, but in a way so that we abstain from their evil behaviour.”
The People’s New Testament:
23:2 Sit in the Moses' seat. Are the expounders of the law of Moses.”
Wesly’s Notes:“23:2 The scribes sit in the chair of Moses - That is, read and expound the law of Moses, and are their appointed teachers.”
Scofield:
Cf. Ezra 7:6,25,26. Jesus' disciples were to honour the law (of Moses), but not the hypocritical teachers of it.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary:
in Moses' seat-that is, as interpreters of the law given by Moses.
Christian commentary and scholarship agree that Moses’ seat was indeed the Law of Moses and that the disciples were commanded by Jesus to keep the Law of Moses.
So what does all of this mean?
It means simply what Yahshua commanded. Yahshua clearly commanded His disciples to OBSERVE and DO the Law of Moses (Matthew 23:1-3). No one disputes this.
Yahshua ALSO commanded His disciples to teach ALL NATIONS to obey EVERYTHING they were COMMANDED by Yahshua. No one disputes this. THEREFORE, LET'S FULLY APPLY WHAT YAHSHUA TEACHES AND COMMANDS US:
We as disciples are to go out into ALL NATIONS and teach ALL NATIONS to OBEY EVERYTHING Yahshua COMMANDED which, of course, INCLUDES the LAW OF MOSES. (Matthew 28:19:20)
Really? Yahshua wants us to OBSERVE and DO the Law of Moses AND teach ALL NATIONS TO OBEY?
It shouldn’t be that surprising, for Yahshua did state:
Matthew 5:17-19,"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I do not come to destroy, but to fulfill (with meaning). For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all (law and prophets) be fulfilled. 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."
Yahshua stated Himself that not one of Elohim’s commandments was to be “abolished” or “put an end to” until all of the Law and Prophets are fulfilled and Heaven and Earth passes away. Heaven and Earth passing away and being made new is the last prophetic event foretold in Scripture.
Isaiah 65:17,"Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind."
Revelation 21:1,"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,"
Please note that this event has clearly not yet happened.
Yahshua states that all of Elohim’s law will exist at LEAST UNTIL the day that the Lord states:
Revelation 21:5-6,"He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End."
Messiah’s work on the cross for our salvation is finished (John 19:30), but the Lord is not yet finished with what has been said in all of His Law and Prophets until He says “it is done,” which is signaled by the new Heaven and new Earth. If this Scripture is true, then what Scriptural gymnastics do some teachers employ to avoid such a conclusion?
Well, if they touch the verse at all, it creates quite an embarrassing mess. Some teach that in Matthew 5:17, “fulfill” means “to put and end to” or to “finish.” This is done, by their own admission, to avoid the clear teaching of Yahshua that not one of Elohim’s commandments are to pass away from the law and to preserve their misinterpretations of Paul’s letters.
If this interpretation is indeed true, we should be able to apply such teaching to Scripture and it should make logical sense, as Elohim is not the author of confusion. We are commanded to test all things and only hold on to what is good (1 Thes. 5:20) Let’s test the teaching that “fulfill” means “to put and end to” or “finish” instead of “fulfill” simply meaning to “fill up the whole and complete meaning” of Elohim’s law, evidenced by Yahshua walking out the true interpretation (not Pharisaical) of Elohim’s law.
Can “fulfill” in Mt 5:17 mean “to put an end to?
Matthew 5:17,"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I do not come to destroy (the law), but to “put and end (to the law")
Huh?
Matthew 5:18,"For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all (law and prophets) be fulfilled."
Double huh?
Matthew 5:19,"Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments (that I just put an end to), and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them (even though I put an end to them), the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
Triple huh?
There are only two possible interpretations of “fulfill” in Matthew 5:17.
1) One is that Yahshua came to “fulfill the real meaning of Elohim’s law,” which the Pharisees polluted through their oral law. This makes sense because this was the complete point and purpose of every teaching of Yahshua when He was in proximity to the Pharisees. This is to correctly instruct us in the way Elohim wants us to walk in His law and not the way men want us to walk in Elohim’s law.
2) Or “fulfill” in Matthew 5:17 means to “complete, finish, or put an end to.” All one has to do is insert that definition into the context of the Scripture to witness how such an interpretation is illogical and absurd.
Technically based on a literal rendering of the Greek, either interpretation is acceptable:
G4137 pleroo play-ro'-o from G4134;
to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.:--accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full(come), fully preach, perfect, supply.(Strong's)
The only interpretation of “fulfill” that fits the context and avoids logical absurdities is to understand Yahshua is teaching that He will make full or fully preach Elohim’s law.
Yahshua came to fully preach Elohim’s law.
He taught us the full meaning of Elohim’s law.
Does that not fit the ministry of Yahshua perfectly? Yahshua taught, walked, practiced, obeyed, and lived the Law of Moses. Are we not commanded to walk as Yahshua walked?
1 John 2:6,"He that says he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."
So if Yahshua commanded us to observe and do the Law of Moses, teach all nations to obey the Law of Moses, and He taught us that the Law of Moses would exist until the very end, then why are we not doing it?
Seriously.
I can only ask this question in response:
Do we really want to do what Yahshua commanded and if we do, then why are we not doing it?
All of Yahweh's word (Torah) has one aim in mind - LOVE.So many unbelievers view the bible as a book of "hard to do" commandments that appears to be nothing more than "bondage" to them. But if we can share the important point that every commandment is written in the context of love, it helps them to see things from the proper perspective
If we really love Yahshua, then our hearts and minds will want to obey every one of Yahweh Elohim’s commandments with eagerness:
John 14:15,"If you love me, keep my commandments."
Loving Elohim is actually defined as keeping Elohim’s commandments:
2 John 1:6,"And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it."
So when Yahshua stated:
Matthew 22:37-38 ,"Yahshua said unto him, You should love Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment."
Yahshua is simply stating that we should keep Elohim’s commandments with all of our heart, soul, and mind. That is how we love Elohim. Elohim’s grace, which is the forgiveness of our breaking of the law (sin) when we mess up, is Yahweh Elohim’s demonstration of love for us.
Our keeping of Elohim’s law to the best of our ability is a demonstration of the extent of our love back to Him. How much do you love Yahweh Elohim?
As it relates to the Great Commission, how much do you want to see the rest of the world love Yahweh Elohim?
Are we only emphasizing grace and Elohim's love for us, or are we instructing ALL NATIONS how to LOVE Yahweh back?
And if we are teaching ALL NATIONS Elohim's commandments, are we teaching them all of them or just some of them?
We are to love Yahweh by keeping His commandments with all of our heart, soul, and mind. Is this not why Yahweh’s law (Holy Spirit) is written on our (Israel’s) hearts and minds in the New Covenant:
Ezekiel 36,"25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. 26I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. "
Jeremiah 31:31-33,"Behold, the days come, saith Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith Yahweh: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith Yahweh, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their Elohim, and they shall be my people."
The new covenant involves the placement of Yahweh's law in the heart
The word "Law" in Hebrew is "Torah", which actually means "teaching, instruction"
Isaiah 8:16," Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.17 And I will wait upon YAHWEH, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.18 Behold, I and the children whom YAHWEH hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from YAHWEH of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion."
This verse 18 is quoted in the book of Hebrews 2:13 as referring to Yahshua
Isaiah 8:19,"And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their Elohim? for the living to the dead?"
Beware of peeping and muttering spirits. Instead, remember!
Isaiah 8:20," To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."
Brethren, the great commission involves proclaiming Yahweh's Torah to all nations! It is the Torah that we learn, and thus become "taught ones" of Yahshua the Messiah. For He is the living Torah, and it is He who seeks to live in each one of us.. placing the Torah in our inward parts as the new covenant declares.
In truth, all of Yahweh's word is actually "Torah", for it is all His instruction, His teaching, His way of life and love
Matthew 4:4," But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of YAHWEH."
Hebrews 10:16,"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith Yahweh, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;"
Yahweh writes His Law in our heart and mind through the teaching of the Holy Spirit:
1 John 2:27,"But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him."
John 14:23-24, 26 ,"Yahshua answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."
Some will say, “but Paul Said…”
After realizing the above can not be refuted, some might still state “but I understand Paul to teach that some of Elohim’s commandments have been abolished.” I would simply respond to that person that they are in error and are misunderstanding Paul.
Paul stated that we should continue in Elohim’s law (Romans 3:31) and that Paul himself delighted in the law (Romans 7:22). Paul teaches nowhere in all of his letters that the Law of Moses has been abolished in any capacity. Paul was likely the best law teacher in all of the New Testament, right behind Yahshua. Paul Stated that He Kept and Taught the Law of Moses.
In fact, Paul is accused several times of not keep or teaching the law of Moses. Paul responds, directly from His own mouth and actions, that he does keep and teach the Law of Moses (Acts 21:20-26; Acts 24:13-14).
In several instances, we witness Paul keeping Yahwh Elohim’s Feast days and Sabbaths.
Is it not odd that the very thing Paul had to defend himself against in the first century is the very thing we accuse him of today? Who messed up, us or Paul? Was Paul a hypocrite or spiritual schizophrenic?
No. Peter even warned us in advance that Paul’s letters were hard to understand and that untaught and unstable people would twist Paul’s letters to abolish Elohim’s commandments and make the error of the lawless.
2 Peter 3:15-17,"Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; and consider that the long suffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures."
You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the lawless;
Notice Peter did not state that teachers would twist Paul’s words and make the error of the “lawful.” Teachers will be and are twisting Paul’s words to break Elohim’s laws and make the error of the lawless. The commandments that have been twisted away through Paul’s letters are ironically the same commands that Yahweh’s people ditched first when they would begin to fall away. These are stated by Yahweh Himself to be His most important commandments and the flesh has never wanted to be obedient to them. These commandments are His dietary instructions, Feast days, and Sabbath. When teachers create doctrine that removes these commandments, they are tickling the ears of the flesh, thus such teaching became popular.
2 Timothy:2-4,"Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will heap up around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."
If people would read Paul’s letters from start to finish and pull in all appropriate context, stop injecting their own bias, then the error of the lawless would become a thing of the past and Elohim’s people would wake up to all of His ways. There are many things that we have been taught that are simply not in Scripture in any capacity. They are only doctrines and traditions of our fathers. Remember, the Pharisees had the same problem. How did Yahshua respond to them?
Isn’t this legalism?
Legalism is the attempt to keep Elohim’s commandments to earn favor or points leading to salvation. This is actually what the whole Book of Galatians teaches against. Galatians teaches against salvation through the law, not against obedience to Elohim’s law. There is a difference. Keeping the Sabbath and Elohim’s Feast days is no different than us also being obedient to honesty and being baptized.
Would it not be odd if someone accused you of legalism because you chose honesty as opposed to dishonesty because Yahweh Elohim commands that of you through His Word?
Just because Scripture states that Yahweh Elohim has a day that He considers important and was created for our benefit, does not make it legalism to keep it.
That word is all to often abused and used incorrectly. Scripture clearly teaches that through our faith by grace we are promised eternal life as all of our sins are forgiven. (Eph. 2:8).
Salvation by faith was also true during the ministry of Yahshua (Luke 7:20) and even before His first coming (Romans 4:9). It has always been the means to salvation and always will be. Faith gets us into His kingdom. Once we are in His kingdom as citizens (Eph. 2), we are to be obedient to His rules in His constitution for His people, just like any other nation. In fact, it is how well we apply the Truth of Elohim’s Word to our lives that determines the different levels of rewards and crowns we receive in the
end.
Scripture teaches us the more we strive to not sin (break Elohim’s law)(1 John 3:4), the greater our eternal rewards (Matthew 5:17-19)(Romans 14:10-12)(Romans 6:1-4). Are you going to be least or great in the end? The greater your love for Elohim as evidenced in your obedience, the greater your rewards in heaven will be.
Remember though, Yahweh Elohim knows our motive for obedience, if it is not out of pure love and desire to be obedient to Him, but instead to boast or try to earn rewards, such works will be burned up (1 Cor. 3:11-15).
Messiah IS our foundation, and IS the Word made flesh.
John 1:1 ,"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim."
Yahshua is called "the Word"
John 1:14 ," And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
In truth, He is the whole word.. not just what is found in the "New Testament" Obedience to the Word is everything in our faith. It is our rock in which we are to stand firm.
But aren’t there hundreds of laws?
It is commonly taught that there are 613 commandments in Elohim’s Word. Many of those are for the High Priesthood role which has now been transferred to Yahshua (see Hebrews). The majority (95%+) of the commandments most Christians already understand they should be keeping. The ones that are often ignored are the dietary instructions, Sabbath, Yahweh’s Feast days, (Leviticus 11 & 23) and a few others.
In whichever city or state one might be living in, you are already being obedient to over a hundred thousand man made civil laws. Our eternal savior asks for obedience for a few hundred out of love for Him.
Some of the commandments are rather odd on the surface and it takes some prayer, meditation, and study to understand them, but consider this: If Elohim himself came down and asked you to walk on you hands for the rest of your life because He states it will bring glory to Him and light to the nations, would you do it, or would you ask Him why and do nothing till you receive a response?
Now you might understand James:
James 2:18,"Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works."
Perhaps it is time we show Elohim how much we love Him. Perhaps we should stop finding excuses and comfort in men’s doctrine that tickles our ears. If we don’t love His ways now, we are not going to love them for all eternity either. Yahshua called us to teach all nations to come to faith in Yahshua by grace (Yahweh’s love for His people) and then teach them obey the Law of Moses (our love back).
Following our entering into His promise of our salvation, obedience is the most important thing in all of Scripture for His people. His (whole) Word is such a wonderful gift to offer.
Remember:
ALL (not some) Scripture is given by inspiration of Elohim.
ALL (not some) Scripture is profitable for doctrine.
ALL (not some) Scripture is for rebuking and correction
ALL (not some) Scripture is for INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS
2 Timothy 3:16-17,"All Scripture is given by inspiration of Elohim, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of Elohim may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."
When we understand and apply this, then and only then are we completely furnished unto all good works. We are then equipped to evidence our faith and LOVE ELOHIM completely. We are equipped to worship Elohim in spirit and in truth as Yahshua described...
John 4:23,"But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him."
AN OUT REACH EXAMPLE:
When reaching out to unbelievers and those ignorant of Elohim's Word(LAW), we can begin by asking, "Ever wonder why we live in a world with such sorrow, emptiness and pain? Through it all, you need to know that there is some good news for us: It will not be like this forever!"
John 17:17b,“Thy Word Is Truth”
Every day, archaeological discoveries are confirming that the bible is indeed a true and trustworthy book. With the Dead Sea Scroll biblical manuscripts dating all the way back to 200 BCE, we not only have confirmation that the bible been preserved with remarkable accuracy, but also that hundreds of biblical prophecies have come true.
The scriptures say the days are coming when there will be an end to all that is evil in the world. Our Creator will right all the wrongs and cause everyone to walk in the ways of love and peace.
If we choose to walk in the ways of love and peace now, we can be saved from this doomed world where pleasures are only temporary, but pain and sadness our frequent companion.
The reason why we are in this situation simple. We have failed to love one another and we have failed to love the One who created us with His definition of love. Our failure to love is called sin.
Although every one of us have sinned, the Heavenly Father has shown His love for us by sending His only begotten Son into this world to suffer and die for the sins of the world.
The Messiah willingly allowed our sin to be placed on Him, resulting in His torture and death. But because He did not sin, He was raised again and has the power to give us everlasting life in the coming age.
We only need to make the choice to love Him in return by believing in the Him and seeking to walk in the ways of love rather than our own ways. How could anyone turn down such an act of love? It is a wonderful opportunity! His ways are the ways of truth, purity, life and joy. But the ways of man are the ways of falsehood, corruption, death and sadness.
For this reason:
Jeremiah 17:5,“...Cursed is the man who trusts in man…”
Trusting in man for salvation has resulted in thousands of churches, denominations and beliefs amongst those who claim to follow the scriptures.
But what would happen if we chose to set aside thousands of years of man’s tradition, corruption and watered down faith, and just went straight to the words of our Creator as the source of understanding the ways of truth and love?
And what if we decided that we were not going to care what people thought of us if we found something that was quite unusual or out of the mainstream? Wouldn’t that be a good way to show love to our Heavenly Father?
Matthew 10:28a,“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul...”
So if we do love Him, we should seek to live in a way that honors Him, no matter what. After all, when He puts an end to this age, only His ways will stand. Our life here but is a speck in the universe compared to eternity. When this short life is over, man’s wayward opinions and false traditions will not stand.
FALSE TRADITIONS OF MEN
One of the many false traditions of men is the complete removal of our Heavenly Father’s name from the English translations of scripture. Just as you and I have a name, so does our Heavenly Father: Yet, because of this, few people even know His name.
Isaiah 42:8,“I am Yahweh, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to carved images.”
Yet, in most bibles, it will say “I am the LORD, that is my name”. But this is not true. Man chose to remove the Heavenly Father’s name and put “the LORD” in its place. This is simple historical fact:
“Yahweh, the God of the Israelites, his name being revealed to Moses as four Hebrew consonants (YHWH) …. the divine name was increasingly regarded as too sacred to be uttered; it was thus replaced vocally in the synagogue ritual by the Hebrew word Adonai ("My Lord)” Encyclopedia Britannica, under the heading “Yahweh”.
So this tradition continues to this day. But it isn’t very loving toward our Heavenly Father to take His name out of the bible, is it?
Yet it is no secret. The translators of most bibles admit that they have done this if you just read the bible preface. His name is actually in scripture nearly 7,000 times, most often replaced with the title “LORD” or “GOD”.
So keep this in mind: Our Heavenly Father really does have a name. His name is “Yahweh”, and He wants us to use it:
Psalm 105:1,“Oh, give thanks to Yahweh! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!”
Joel 2:32a,“And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of Yahweh shall be saved.”
[Also see Acts 4:12, Psalm 68:4 and Isaiah 52:6|
We have also discovered that men have changed the name of the Messiah to “Jesus”. But His actual name is “Yahshua” (pronounced Yah-SHU-a). The name Yahshua carries a very important meaning which is not found in the name “Jesus”:
Yah = Yaheh/Yahweh (the Heavenly Father’s Name)
Shua = Saves
Therefore, “Yahshua” means “Yahweh saves” or “Yahweh (is) salvation”. Thus, scripture begins to make more sense when we read Yahweh’s words in the book of Matthew:
Matthew 1:21,“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Yahushua (Yahweh saves): for he shall save his people from their sins.”
So it was the Heavenly Father who named His Son and He had a really good reason for it. It isn’t very loving to change His Son’s name, is it?
Would you want someone to change your son’s name?
Yahweh wants us to walk in love, so why not do it? Why not leave His word alone and let it speak to us, just as He inspired it?
Of course, many aren’t aware of these things. But once we learn about it, we should walk in love rather than false traditions.
ALL OF HIS WORD IS TRUTH
Yahshua said:
Matthew 22:37-40,“You shall love Yahweh your Mighty One with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
Another false tradition we have discovered is the “Christian” belief that we do not need to keep Yahweh’s law (commandments) anymore. But notice that the above scripture says all of the law and prophets (the law is His commandments) hang from the two greatest commandments which are to love Yahweh and love one another.This means every biblical commandment was given to help us learn what it means to love our Heavenly Father and love our fellow man. In the commandments, He defines what love truly is. For if He had only given us the two commandments, everyone would just decide for themselves what love is.
For instance, some could have claimed that committing adultery is an act of love, but He says that we should not commit adultery.
The Ten commandments also teach that we are to keep the Sabbath day holy. When Yahweh created the heavens and the earth, he rested on the 7th day of the week. He blessed that day and made it holy so that we would also rest on the 7th day of the week.It would not be very loving to profane the day that he made holy by choosing to work on that day, would it? Ignoring what Yahweh has done and choosing to do our own thing is not love.
There are many other commandments as well, and they are all good for us. He knew our bodies needed to rest.
John 14:15,“If you love Me, keep My commandments.”
1 John 5:3,“For this is the love of Yahweh, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.”
Don’t let anyone tell you different. Man thinks His commandments are a burden so he tries to find ways to avoid keeping them.
But His commandments are not burdensome at all, especially when we consider all that He has done for us.
He created a very beautiful world for us to live in. He has given us every good thing we have. He also gives us life and hope in spite of man’s choice to ignore Him and choose his own way. He loves us very much.
He only wants us to love Him in return and choose life. How could we ever turn that down?
There are awesome and wonderful things awaiting those who have chosen the way of truth and love. Find yourself a bible and read Revelation 21 & 22 for a glimpse!
Indeed, a day of judgment is coming:
Daniel 12:2-3,“And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.”
So if you desire eternal life, and if you see the foolishness of this world and desire to be delivered from the bondage of sin, consider these very important words from the scriptures which tell us what we should do:
Acts 2:38,“Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Yahshua Messiah for the forgiveness of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
To repent means to turn away from a life of sin and turn toward walking in righteousness. It is a decision to leave the ways of this world and walk in the ways of Yahweh. We need forgiveness for past sins and a true commitment to walk in love by keeping His commandments. With repentance and water baptism, we also look forward to receiving the Holy Spirit baptism (Acts 1:4–5 & Acts 11:16); Messiah Yahshua living in us and giving us the power to walk in His love:
Galatians 2:20b,“...it is no longer I who live, but Messiah lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of Yahweh, who loved me and gave Himself for me”
Do you desire a new life? A life of peace? Peace only comes when we are at peace with our Creator. He wants you to come to Him so that He may cleanse you from all sin, no matter how bad the sin:
Isaiah 1:18,“Come now, and let us reason together," Says Yahweh, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.”
We can believe that the most powerful being in the universe is able to purify us and take away our sins.
We can also believe that the day is coming when those who refuse His offer of love will find out where the end of their road takes them:
Revelation 20:15,“And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”
After all, it would not be very loving for our Heavenly Father to force those who walk in love to live forever with those who refuse to walk in love, would it?
"He will hear the sincere prayer of those who receive His Son and are committed to walk in love. Pray, seek baptism and read the scriptures. He will guide you!"
If the unbeliever becomes a believer, (repenting and accepting Messiah Yahshua as Lord and Savior) than the next step in their life journey as Yahshua's disciple is water baptism in His name; and joining a good local Torah teaching church family. [END OF OUT REACH EXAMPLE]
So let’s do the Great Commission and fully equip the saints with ALL OF ELOHIM’S WORD.
If you would like to better know what you are bringing them when you instruct all nations to be obedient to Elohim’s law, then consider studying the following Scripture:
1. The Law blesses (obey) and curses (disobey).
(Deut 11:26-27)(Ps 112:1)(Ps 119:1-2)(Ps 128:1)(Prov 8:32)(Is 56:2)(Mat 5:6)(Mat 5:10)(Luke 11:28)(Jam 1:25)(1 Pe 3:14)(Rev 22:14)
2. The Law defines sin.
(Jer 44:23)(Ez 18:21)(Dan 9:11)(Ro 3:20)(Ro 7:7)(1 Jo 3:4)
3. The Law is perfect.
(Ps 19:7)(Jam 1:25)
4. The Law is liberty.
(Ps 119:45)(Jam 1:25, 2:12)
5. The Law is the way.
(Ex 18:20)(Deut 10:12)(Josh 22:5)(1 King 2:3)(Ps 119:1)(Prov 6:23)(Is 2:3)(Mal 2:8)(Mark 12:14)(Ac 24:14)
6. The Law is the truth.
(Ps 119:142)(Mal 2:6)(Ro 2:20)(Gal 5:7)(Ps 43:2-4)(Jo 8:31-32)
7. The Law is life.
(Job 33:30)(Ps 36:9)(Prov 6:23)(Rev 22:14)
8. The Law is light.
(Job 24:13)(Job 29:3)(Ps 36:9)(Ps 43:2-4)(Ps 119:105)(Prov 6:23)(Is 2:5) (Is 8:20)(Is 51:4)(2 Cor 6:14)(1 John 1:7)
9. The Law is Yahshua, the Word made flesh.
(PERFECT-LIBERTY-WAY-TRUTH-LIFE-LIGHT) (Ps 27:1)(Jo 1:1-14)(Jo 14:5-11)(1 Jo 1:7)
10. The Law is also for the Gentiles (foreigner/alien) who are grafted in.
(Ex 12:19) (Ex 12:38) (Ex 12:49) (Lev 19:34) (Lev 24:22) (Num 9:14) (Num 15:15-16) (Num 15:29) (ie: Ruth) (Is 42:6) (Is 60:3) (Mat 5:14) (Eph 2:10-13) (Ac 13:47) (Ro 11:16-27) (Jer31:31-34) (Ez 37) (1 Jo 2:10) (1 Jo 1:7)
11. The Law is Yahweh’s instructions on how to love Yahweh Elohim, how to love others, and how to not love yourself.
(Ex 20:6)(Deut 5:10)(Deut 7:10)(Deut 11:13)(Deut 11:22)(Deut 30:16)(Deut 6:5)(Lev 19:18)(Neh 1:5)(Dan 9:4)(Mat 22:35-37)(Matthew 10:39)(Mat 16:25)(Jo 14:15)(Jo 14:21)(Ro 13:9)(1 Jo 5:2-3)(2 Jo 1:6)
May Yahweh's name be magnified, and may He use His word, and our very lives to reach out to others who need to know the way of life
For it is not walking in love, my brethren, to ignore the call to reach out to a lost and dying world. It is an act of love to show this world a better way. The wonderful, awesome ways of Yahweh!
May Yahweh bless you, and may He have mercy and grace on us all!
(MEMORY VERSE)
Proverbs 28:9"He who turns away his ear from hearing the Law, Even his prayer is an abomination."
Shalom