Recently I was
again reminded of the folly that we walk in today as believers.
We all know that love without rules IS NOT LOVE, so lets not fool
ourselves and say that this sloppy agape PC love we see today is acceptable - IT IS NOT.
We take this matter very lightly, almost naively, but it is not just a naïve matter of “lest we forget” but very
definitely one of us being unable and absolutely incapable by our own ways and
thoughts of ever looking upon, or even coming close to understanding or loving
YHWH our Elohim in THE WAY HE WISHES AND REQUIRES TO BE LOVED BY US, THE HUMANS
HE CREATED, WITHOUT HIS HELP AND HIS TORAH (INSTRUCTIONS). SO AS THE LOVING
FATHER AND PROTECTOR THAT HE IS HE GIVES US HIS WORD TO BE A LIGHT UNTO OUR
PATHS AND A LAMP UNTO OUR FEET, AND THE UNMERRITED GIFT OF GRACE OF FORGIVENESS
THROUGH HIS SON TO BE ABLE TO PROPERLY APPLY THIS COVENANTED LAMP TO OUR LIFE’S
PATH!
Here are The 13
attributes of The Name YHWH our Elohim as agreed upon by the sages of Israel,
and given of Himself, by Himself to Moshe and as extracted from the original
Hebrew text of Exodus 34:5-7:
- YHWH – Emphasizes His unchanging Character and Mercy.
- EL – Creator Elohim underscoring His capacity for mercy.
- RACHUM – Compassionate – as experienced for a child in the womb.
- CHANNUN – Gracious – showering grace and favour on the underserving.
- AREK APH – Slow to anger, patiently waits for repentance.
- RAV CHESED – Abounding in loving kindness to both righteous and the unrighteous.
- METH – Truth, fair, equitable, stable certain in His Justice.
- NATSAR CHESED ELEPH – Keeps loving kindness for 1000’s - HIS generational, eternal Covenant devotion is boundless.
- NASA AVON – Forgives iniquity – intentional sin.
- NASA PESHA – Forgives transgressions – rebellious sins.
- NASA CHATTAH – Forgives sin – inadvertent sins.
- NAQAH – Who cleanses – HE cleanses sin – BUT WILL NOT OVERLOOK IT, BUT WILL STILL DISCIPLINE – AND WILL LOOK TO OUR GENERATIONS TO SEE THAT OUR SIN IS NOT CARRIED OVER!
The rendering of
LOVE as penned by Sha’ul in 1 Cor. 13 can be
recognized as originating I believe from this Midrash of Exodus 34:5-7.
Although we know
that YHWH’s Ways and Thoughts cannot be comprehended by us mere humans without
His input through His Ruach, we still, and will continually and habitually fall
into the traps our fallen nature, religion & society set for us BECAUSE
ALL THE ABOVE ARE BASED ON THE INTELLECT OF THE HUMAN MIND AND NOT ON THE RUACH
OF YHWH – Is. 55:6-11 arw Is. 64:6,
The following portion is not a
joke or in anyway to be taken lightly, so I ask each of you reading this to
please be very serious in your approach to what comes next:
No matter how
highly or lowly we may think of ourselves; the fact remains that we all need to
clean house from time to time and to do that we need to get back to the Feet of
our Master Yeshua and rededicate ourselves to through Him to the Fathers Purpose,
Kingdom and Will for each and every one of us, and I believe this can be done by
answering a very simple and straight forward question; but before we ask that
question of ourselves, I believe in fairness and obedience to The Word and the
need to count the cost and will need to first read Luke
14:26-33.
Have you read Luke 14:26-33?
Are you ready and
prepared to go on to the question now?
If so then here is
the question that each of us need to ask ourselves, and we need to make sure
that we answer it truthfully:
DO I HAVE ANY TRUE DESIRE AT ALL TO BEGIN TO WALK WITH
YHWH IN HIS WAY AND HIS LOVE?
As I said above, no
matter where we may believe we are right now, if we did indeed ask this
question of ourselves, and did not just lightly gloss over it, and if our
answer was YES I WANT TO WALK WITH YHWH ELOHIM IN AND THROUGH HIS SON! Then I
would ask you to continue reading on; HOWEVER if you have answered anything else
but YES to the above question I WOULD URGE YOU TO PLEASE GO BACK AND SPEAK WITH
YHWH, REASON WITH HIM UNTIL YOU CAN GIVE A VERY DEFINATE YES OR NO TO THIS
QUESTION – YOU OWE IT TO YHWH AND YOURSELF!
Those reading this,
welcome back.
Let us now continue
with the subject matter at hand – THE BIBLICAL DEFINITION OF LOVE vs. THE
DENOMINATIONAL/CHRISTIAN DEFINITION OF LOVE.
I stated above that
having the wrong definition of what YHWH’s definition and application of LOVE
is COULD VERY WELL LAND US IN ETERNAL DAMNATION, therefore in my estimation it
would be not only prudent but essential to expound on this singular and
foundational aspect of HIS revealed Character; to explore this sole underpinning
element which is HIS LOVE so intricately woven into the fabric of HIS VERY
CREATION, CREATIVE THOUGHTS & HIS ETERNAL REIGN – INTO HIS VERY BEING so as
to see HIM in a Clearer Light for Whom HE!
NB: IF INDEED
WE WISH TO WALK WITH MESSIAH YESHUA THEN I CANNOT EXPRESS ENOUGH THE CLARITY OF
THE WORKINGS OF HIS LOVE WE WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE, AND THIS CLARITY, WHICH
IS ONLY AVAILABLE FROM YHWH THROUGH YESHUA AND CAN ONLY BE WORKED OUT STEP FOR
STEP BY OBEDIENCE TO HIS RUACH AS MEASURED AGAINST HIS WORD, WILL LEAD US TO A
LIFE OF TOTAL SACRIFICE FOR YHWH, IF WE WILL ALLOW IT. James
1:2-8
YHWH, THE COVENANT
KEEPING, UNCHANGING ELOHIM – DESCRIBES LOVE IN THESE PARAPHRASED TERMS
– IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS!
Some verses
affirming this: Ex. 19:5; Deut. 11:1, 8, 13, 19 arw Deut. 29:14-15 (teach our
children to obey the same commandments); John 14:15;
John 15:14; 2 John 1:6; Col 3:22.
Without this understanding of HIS FOUNDATIONAL CHARACTER
we, in essence, shall NEVER UNDERSTAND WHOM HE IS and WILL ALSO NEVER BE ABLE
TO WORK ACCORDING TO HIS FATHERS WILL.
We all, especially today, have been so
conformed & conditioned to the actions and values of the world order
through our feasting of off the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil that we do not in and of ourselves even have the capacity to ever
understand Biblical Love, and because of our imposed / theoretical evolutionary
mindset we are supposed to consider ourselves, in a more PC term –
Enlightenment (light) and any of us daring to think more traditionally are
labeled Conservative (unenlightened – in other words a prehistoric and
supposedly extinct dinosaur mentality).
When adding to our “enlightened” minds our
religious and humanistic based teachings of Love (think passive,
non-confrontational with no restriction applied) we are open to the full
onslaught of our Post-Modern society that, instead of being driven through a
culture based on ABSOLUTE TRUTH, IS
NOW DRIVEN BY EVERY UNFETTERED FUTILE WHIM OF RELATIVE TRUTH WITH ONLY THE
FALLEN HUMAN MIND ACTING AS A RESTRAINT!
What an absolute nightmare – (Is. 5:18-25; James 1:5-8;
2 Cor. 6:14-18 arw Deut. 12:29-13:4)
Romans 1 from verse 18 on provides us with a very sobering caution as to
what will happen when we are handed over to our unfettered human minds, and
although we may say that we are worshipping Jesus AND NOT THE CREATURE so this
admonishment could never apply to us, I am here to say that the Politically
Correct and Torahless Jesus the Denominations present IS A HYBRID creation of
man and pagan beliefs AND IS NOT THE YESHUA (SALVATION OF YHWH) THE BIBLE
PORTRAYS IN BOTH THE TENACH (O/T) OR THE APOSTOLIC WRITING (N/T).
The Yeshua of The Scriptures it the exact
opposite to the Jesus of the Churches –
- Yeshua eats on Lev. 11 foods.
- Jesus will eat anything as long as we bless it.
- Yeshua will celebrate Sabbath, set it apart and meet with His Father as commanded.
- Jesus will keep the day of worship delegated to the Sun deity.
- Yeshua will only worship and celebrate Biblically Lev. 23 Holy Days.
- Jesus (or Paul really) can celebrate any day, any time, anywhere.
- Yeshua will keep the 10 Commandments.
- Jesus does not, he breaks the 4th and thereby breaks the 1st and so on – a chain reaction.
- Yeshua would consider keeping The Torah a blessing and breaking it sin.
- Jesus, by association would seem to consider keeping the Torah a curse and breaking it a blessing!
Please take time out here to watch these
two links that I have found whilst trying to locate a link to a Video posted on
one of our WhatsApp sites this morning covering this World Alliance signing of
Unity of Religion Agreement. Unfortunately the original source of this particular
posted video cannot be found so I have had to make do with the links now
posted:
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plfEiPT6FlQ
(World Alliance signing of Unity of Religion Agreement)
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6FfTxwTX34
(Pope Francis prayer for unity amongst differing faiths)
What I am extracting and reproducing next are the comments by Francis which
are attached to this WhatsApp video message as recorded and my comments noted
within the body of the text in black font:
“THE UNITY THAT IS BUDDING AMONGST US IS THAT UNITY
WHICH BEGINS UNDER THE SEAL OF THE ONE BAPTISM WE HAVE ALL RECEIVED. (Which Baptism is this – the un-Biblical infant Baptism introduced by the
RCC to replace His eternal Covenant of Circumcision and which all denominations
now apply, and will be applied to all under this Ecumenical Religion now upon
us, just as was already practiced by the RCC when they on pain of death forced
the Jews of the Middle Ages to convert to Jesus or die?) IT
IS THE UNITY WE ARE SEEKING ALONG A COMMON PATH (This statement
is in complete rebellion to Mat. 7:13-14; Luke 13:23-25 and MOST IMPORTANTLY HIS STATEMENT MAKES
A MOCKERY OF JOHN 14:5 –Yeshua
speaking: I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE, NO MAN
COMETH TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME!); IT
IS A SPIRITUAL UNITY OF PRAYER FOR ONE ANOTHER (Again a denial
of The Word in so many places & which will ultimately lead YHWH’s people to
destruction – but for now see the instruction Bala’am gave to Balak regarding causing
the Covenant Children of Israel to mix and share with other pagan beliefs – Num. 31:16-20, a portion of Scripture I am sure the
world and it’s religions finds very offensive and Politically Incorrect; see
also Deut. 12:30-13:4; Jude 1:11 & Rev. 2:14-15) IT IS A UNITY
OF OUR COMMON LABOUR ON BEHALF OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND ALL THOSE WHO
BELIEVE IN THE SOVERINTY OF CHRIST (Sounds very much like the
attitude adopted by Nimrod and the building of the Tower of Babel; and which
“Christ” is he talking of – The Biblical Yeshua HaMashiach or the Denomination
Jesus Christ?). DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS DIVISION IS A
WOUND IN THE BODY OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST AND WE DO NOT WANT THIS WOUND TO
REMAIN OPEN (I agree with that statement IF HE IS REFERRING TO
THE BIBLICAL BODY OF YESHUA THE MESSIAH AND NOT THE CATHOLIC ECUMENICAL ONE). DIVISON IS THE WORK OF THE FATHER OF LIES, THE FATHER
OF DISCORD WHO DOES EVERYTHING TO KEEP US DIVIDED (NOT NECESSARILY –
YESHUA KEEPS HIS SHEEP APART FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD AND HIS WORD IS A SWORD
OF DIVISION, A SMELL OF DEATH TO THOSE NOT WANTING HIM AND HIS TRUTH Mat. 10:21-22; 34-40; 2 Cor. 2:14-17). DISPITE OUR
DIFFERENCES WE ARE ONE! (AN ABSOLUTE LIE OUT OF THE PIT OF HELL IN
THIS CONTEXT 1 John 2:3-23 – THIS STATEMENT AND
WHAT IT PERTAINS TO SUPPORT DENIES THAT YESHUA, THE WORD, CAN BE THE MESSIAH –
IT IS THE SPIRIT OF THE ANTI-MESSIAH).”
What is so hated by the enemy is the extreme exclusivity of the
Gospel (Good News) of Messiah; the enemy has to introduce his LOVE BASED
RELIGIONS ON THE FALLEN EMOTIONS OF MAN; WHEREAS THE LOVE OF YHWH ELOHIM KNOWS THAT THE WAYS OF MAN ARE DEATH
AND THEREFORE HE CANNOT ALLOW US TO FOLLOW AFTER OUR FALLEN NATURES TOTALLY
DEVOID OF HIS WISDOM AND REVELATION therefore HE requires of us to be set apart
from the ways of the world.
The ways of the world (read Satan) depend
on a synchronicity, his alternate plan, as he began with in the Garden, which
as stated before depends entirely on the intellect, works, plans, religion and
efforts of fallen man REQUIRES THAT HE MIXES HIS WORKS WITH ELEMENTS OF
BIBLICAL TRUTH (See again the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil – Mixed
seed).
These mixed works or ways which, amongst
other depravities incorporate our humanistic precepts of Political Correctness,
Human based gender equalities mirrored by it’s unholy twin, the GLBT abomination
and placing all these compromises and all that we see around us today UNDER THE
GENERIC LABEL OF “LOVE”.
We have forgotten that we serve an Elohim
Who, in
HIS very NAME, AS SEEN ABOVE, EXUDES A LOVE WHICH IS BUILT ON DIVINE JUSTICE
AND RIGHTEOUS AND THEREFORE MAY NOT & CANNOT EVER ACCOMIDATE SIN - WHICH WE
ALL KNOW IS THE BREAKING OF HIS TORAH - BECAUSE TO BREAK HIS TORAH (SIN) IS AN
UNASHAMED DECLARATION BY US WHO MAKE UP HIS CREATION THAT WE DO NOT LOVE HIM, OUR VERY CREATOR, EL & LAWGIVER! 1 John 3:4; Ps.
89:14-18 arw Ps. 97:1-2; 1 John 2:3-4; Is. 33:22 arw and witnessed to by James 4:12.
So then with the
above in mind and as summed up in James 4:1-17, please
may I strongly suggest that we all, before we take up
some or other “mantle of ministry” or position of authority as a “watch on the
wall”; an appointed judge or any of the Five Fold Ministries make very sure we
have His Authority to operate in the role we are attempting to take up because
we just add more confusion to the “mix” and play right into the hands of the
enemy. Additionally before we pass judgment on another let us be cautioned to
read and prayerfully digest Scriptures such as Jer. 23
(SEE VERSES 6; 14; 20; 28; 31-32); Eze. 34 (SEE VERSES 12, 27, 28
– return of the Two Houses in the end times which seems to be occurring
right now with the return to Torah observance) – WE NEED TO ALL BE CAUTIONED
REGARDING THE CONTENTS OF SCRIPTURES SUCH AS MATT. 24:4
AND MATT. 24:21-25 – LET US NEVER THINK TOO
HIGHLY OF OURSELVES LEST WE TOO FALL – Rom. 12:1-9;
Prov. 16:18; 1 Cor. 10:12-13.
Having said that however
we MUST NEVER TOLERATE SIN IN OUR LIVES OR WITHIN OUR MIDST – good teaching,
discussions and debates (midrash) is a healthy and necessary element in our
Spiritual growth towards maturity, BUT once again the accepted & popular
“zeitgeist” of today both within the denominations and the secular Western
World would have us avoid conflict and disagreement at all and any cost when
all the while this condition is in and of itself an oxymoron when measured
against The Word, and strangely enough even the prevailing Human Rights of the
world today, although they cry “Peace, Peace” by their very PC doctrines
promote conflict and disagreement, and this view can best be summed up by self proclaimed atheist and feminist Ayaan
Hirsi Ali who is credited to have said:
“Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other a equals”.
Therefore in summation
I would state that because of our eternally fallen and dead natures, which we
can never ever totally overcome or defeat this side of the return of our
Messiah Yeshua, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO LOVE AS YHWH WOULD REQUIRE US TO, SO HE GAVE
US HIS SON IN BOTH WORD AND PERSON ASSISTED BY HIS SPIRIT (OUR FATHERS VERY
PERSON HIMSELF) TO LEAD US BACK TO HIS HOUSE AND KINGDOM IN, BY AND THROUGH HIS
LOVE, A LOVE WHICH THE DYING WORLD CANNOT AND WILL NOT EVER UNDERSTAND, SO WE
CAN NOW SAY IT IS NO LONGER I THAT LIVES BUT MESSIAH AND THE FULLNESS OF THE
GOD WHICH LIVES IN ME, SO NOW STRONGER IS HE WHO IS IN ME THAN HE WHO IS IN THE
WORLD! John 6:44-46; John 3:19-21; Gal. 2:20; Col. 2:9-10; 1 John 4:4.
It is my considered opinion that to just "go with the flow" of the denominations because all the others do it and have for nearly 2000 years would be guilt by association, it would be giving a false testimony against our Messiah Yeshua (Ex. 20:16; Ex. 23:1) and will simply not cut it and should one be guilty of such a contravention ONE WOULD BE GUILTY OF BREAKING THE TORAH, in actual fact it is a breaking of The 10 Commandments and REJECTING THE LOVE COVENANT OF THE MESSIAH OUR REDEEMER, KING AND SAVIOUR and I would not go down that road!
I trust and pray that
you will diligently check out all that I have said against His Word in prayer,
as I too am just a man trying to find his way back home.
Shabbat shalom.
Bo’az
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