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lunes, 22 de abril de 2013

Rejecting God and His Word at your Peril

When I have been doing some reading this weekend in Deuteronomy 28/29/30 I have found that the more we pay attention to God the more the blessing He endows on us.

However today we can see that there is much that society has lost by turning its back on God.

Here are some simple and true words that God spoke to Moses with regard to the turning away from God and the consequences of such actions. The choices we face in our lives are for us life and death. Depending on you own standpoint with depend whether you would choose to obey and live or choose to disobey and suffer the consequences of such actions.

Here are the consequences of our denial of the Living God and turning our backs on His precious teachings and Holy way of life. God makes it very clear that if we do not pay attention to his voice and what he is teaching and his laws and his regulations, which he has given to us from the time of Moses, then all the following curses will be yours in abundance. Deuteronomy 28 v 15-68

1. A curse on you in the city, and a curse on you in the countryside.

2. A curse on your grain-basket and kneading bowl

3. A curse on the fruit of your body, the fruit of your land and the young of your cattle and flocks.

4. A curse on you when you come in, and a curse on you when you go out.

5. Adonai (God) will send on you curses , disasters and frustrations in everything you set out to do, until you are destroyed and quickly perish, because your evil actions in abandoning me. (God Creator)

6. Adonai will bring you a plague that will stay with you until he had exterminated you from the land you are entering in order to take possession of it.

7. Adonai will strike you down with wasting diseases, fever, inflammation, fiery heat, drought, blasting winds and mildew; and they will pursue you until you perish.

8. The sky-over your head will be brass and the earth under you iron

9. Adonai will turn the rain your land needs into powder and dust that will fall on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

10. Adonai your God will cause you to be defeated before your enemies, you will advance on them one way and flee before them seven. You will become an object of horror to every kingdom on earth. Your carcasses will become food for all the birds in the air and the wild animals, and there will be no one to scare them away.

11. Adonai will strike you down with boils that broke out on the Egyptians, tumours , skin lesions, itching, all incurable.

12. Adonai will strike you with insanity, blindness and utter confusion.

13. You will grope about at noon like a blind person groping in the dark, unable to find your way.

14. You will be continually be oppressed and robbed, and there will be no one to save you.

15. You will get engaged, but another man will marry her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not use its fruits

16. Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you won’t eat any of its meat. Your donkey will be taken away from you by force as you watch, and you won’t get it back. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and there will be no one to help you.

17. Your sons and daughters will be handed over to another people; you will watch for them longingly all day but not see them; and there will be nothing you can do about it.

18. A nation unknown to you will eat the fruit of your land and labour. Yes, you will be continually oppressed and crushed,

19. Till you go crazy from what your eyes have to see.

20. Adonai will bring you and your king whom you have put over yourselves to a nation you havenot known, neither you nor your ancestors; and there you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.

21. You will be so devastated as to become a proverb and a laughingstock among all the peoples to which Adonai will drive you.

22. You will carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, because locusts will devour it.

23. You will plant vineyards and dress them but neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.

24. You will have olive trees throughout your territory but not anoint yourself with oil, because your olives will fall off unripe.

25. You will father sons and daughters, but they won’t belong to you, because they will go into captivity.

26. The bugs will inherit all your trees and the produce of your land.

27. The foreigner living with you will rise higher and higher, while you sink lower and lower.

28. He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he will be the head and you the tail.

29. All these curses will come on you, pursuing you and overtaking you until you are destroyed because you didn’t pay attention to what Adonai your God said, observing his mitzvot (teachings) and regulations that he gave to you. These curses will be on you and your descendants as a sign and wonder forever.

30. Because you didn’t serve Adonai you God with joy and gladness in your heart when you had such an abundance of everything.

31. Adonai (God) will send your enemy against you; and you will serve him when you are hungry, thirsty, poorly clothed and lacking everything; he will put a yoke of iron on your neck until it destroys you.

32. Yes Adonai will bring against you a nation from far away that will swoop down on you from the end of the earth like a vulture, a nation whose language you don’t understand

33. A nation grim in appearance, whose people neither respect the old nor pity the young.

34. They will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil, until you have been destroyed. They will leave you without grain, wine, olive oil, or your young cattle and sheep – until they have caused you to perish.

35. They will besiege all your towns until your high fortified walls, in which you trusted, collapse everywhere in your land, which Adonai you God gave you.

36. Then, because of the severity of the siege and distress that you enemies are inflicting on you, you will eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your own sons and daughters whom Adonai your God has given you.

37. Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will be without pity for his brother, his beloved wife or his surviving children

38. To the degree that he will refuse to share with any of them the flesh of his children whom he is eating; because if he did, he would have nothing left for himself – in the severity of the siege and distress your enemies are inflicting on you in all your towns.

39. The most delicate and sensitive woman among you, so sensitive and delicate that she wouldn’t think of touching the sole of her foot to the ground, will so begrudge her own beloved husband, son and daughter, that she will secretly eat the afterbirth that comes out her and even her own children as she bears them – so desperately hungry will she be in the severity of the siege and distress of your enemies are inflicting on you in your towns. IF YOU WILL NOT OBSERVE AND OBEY ALL THE WORDS OF THIS TORAH (TEACHING) THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK, SO THAT YOU WILL FEAR THIS GLORIOUS AND AWSOME NAME, ADONAI YOU GOD; Then Adonai will strike you down and your descendant’s with extraordinary plagues and severe sicknesses that go on and on

We can see clearly here that in our own society these very sicknesses and diseases and plagues are prevalent and therefore we need to ask ourselves the question – How can we turn the situation round so that we are able to be free from the ills that this portrays. For me the solution is simple – for each individual to really repent and turn back from the traditions of man which has been brought about since the throwing out of the Commandments and regulations which God had given to Moses – by really beginning to ask God to teach us His ways and ask for His deliverance from the mess we are in today and to really get to know people who are going teach the TRUTH AND PRACTICE THE TRUE WAY OF GOD in to speak and teach the people so that at least we can have an opportunity to ask for full salvation and repentance and become totally restored to the Father – bringing our lives in line with His teachings – following the footsteps of the early disciples and Yeshua by leaning to follow their teachings not the so called teachings today in the churches – far better to get on your on knees in your own home  and pray and start to READ THE SCRIPTURES FOR YOURSELF and LEARN FROM GOD and ask the HOLY SPIRIT TO TEACH YOU because the HOLY SPIRIT IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY AND TEACHER and it is what Yeshua had said to the Disciples when they were told to wait for the HOLY SPIRIT TO COME with TONGUES OF FIRE DECENDING FROM HEAVEN to teach them and guide them to keep them on the Path of righteousness. By returning back to the Word of God and learning from God and asking for Wisdom and Understanding – you will find that the scriptures open up a whole new meaning to you. The WORD BECOME LIVING BREATHING AND POWERFUL – when you read the scriptures about the wonderful powerful events that occurred throughout history you get a greater picture of an incredible God – who is Creator and Father to all. For me the choice is simple learn to follow God or die. – If you would like to share with me your experiences and your understanding please feel free to leave your email and contact details and I shall get back to you. For me the Restoration of the True Way is so important if Mankind is going to survive – as mankind at this moment in time is on a collision course with death and destruction – with only pain and suffering. For there to be a change in society today – we should all take responsibility to learn how to serve the Living God of the Word of God.


Restoration: Returning the Torah of God to the Disciples of Jesus

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domingo, 7 de abril de 2013

1 Book of Corinthians - God Holy Days

Gods Holy DaysI have over the course of this week being reading 1 book of Corinthians.  I have noted just how much Paul expounded to the people the need to keep close to that which he was teaching and also the same with the other disciples and Yeshua/Jesus  taught the same.

There is a very clear picture that we need to keep very close to the Word of God if we hope to become over comers of this world.  We can see by today's society that there is much that is not right.  Even the way we treat our environment.  We can see just how the disciples and Yeshua/Jesus refer back to the scriptures and how much I have discovered the clarity when I have been doing my walk thru the bible from Genesis - I have reached Ezekiel 39 - the description of the End Times events are very clear in here and just how God proposes to use many events in order for people to cry out to Him.  He even tells Ezekiel - talk to the animals the wild animals and the birds to prepare them for the feast yet to come.  We can see the same description being written in Revelations.  Therefore no matter how much you may not like to refer to the Old Testament there would not be a new one without it.

We see Paul actually staying in Ephesus for Shavuot - Feast of Weeks/Pentecost as there had been a door opened for him.  Showing quite clearly that the Disciples kept the Feasts and Holy Days that God had designated to be kept for perpetuity, it is these things that I have read in the past that made me question the so called holy days that are kept in the churches today - I could not find any reference to them in the Old Testament nor in the new Testament - Yeshua did not change the Sabbaths, nor Gods Feast days.

For me when I am reading the Scriptures and the new Testament I can see just how much is in connection together.  We seem to consider that the Old has passed away - Yet God Himself said that Not one Word nor one Title would pass away until all had been fulfilled.

We can see today - we have been heading in the same direction as the nations prior to the flood, the blasphemy, denial, absolutely antigod - anti christ.

Strangely enough people will celebrate - Christmas, Easter, and Halloween yet they would not want to be seen to being partakers in Gods Holy days.

We can see just how much has been altered when we check with historical data which has been scrutinized and verified and really a great deal of study has been done in searching out the evidence to support the writing is this booklet which has been a very useful tool for me.  Satans Counterfeit Christianity 

We can see by the signs of the times that we are walking straight in to the new life for some and hell and damnation for others - which would you choose.  For me walking with Yeshua/Jesus has been a great joy and priviledge and I hope that you too would come to a place of understanding that you cannot toss away the past books of scripture because it does not fit with your teachings from your churches, better you take the time to read the scriptures yourself and discover for yourself the amazing truth of God and Yeshua and the incredible destiny God has for Mankind - and the incredible future for those who choose to Stand on Gods word.  Will you be one of them.





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viernes, 29 de marzo de 2013

Human being, prophesy against the shepherds of Isra’el. Prophesy! Tell them, the shepherds, that Adonai Elohim says this: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Isra’el who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?

Book of Ezekiel

34 The word of Adonai came to me: Human being, prophesy against the shepherds of Isra’el. Prophesy! Tell them, the shepherds, that Adonai Elohim says this: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Isra’el who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep? You eat the choice meat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, and you slaughter the best of the herd; but you don’t feed the sheep! You don’t strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bandage the broken, bring back the outcasts or seek the lost; on the contrary, you tyrannize them with crushing force. So they were scattered, without a shepherd, and became food for every wild animal — they were scattered. My sheep wandered around aimlessly on every mountain and hill; yes, my sheep were scattered all over the land, with no one to search for them or look after them.
“‘Therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Adonai: “As I live,” Adonai Elohim swears, “because my sheep have become prey, my sheep have become food for every wild animal, since there was no shepherd, since my shepherds didn’t look for my sheep, and instead my shepherds fed themselves but not my sheep,” therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Adonai! 10 Adonai Elohim says, “I am against the shepherds. I demand that they hand my sheep back to me. I will not allow them to feed the sheep, and they won’t feed themselves either. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths; they will be food for them no longer.”
11 “‘For here is what Adonai Elohim says: “I am taking over! I will search for my sheep and look after them, myself. 12 Just as a shepherd looks after his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so I will look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered when it was cloudy and dark. 13 I will bring them back from those peoples, gather them from those countries and return them to their own land. Then I will let them feed on the mountains of Isra’el, by the streams and in all the liveable places of the land. 14 I will have them feed in good pastures; their grazing ground will be on the high mountains of Isra’el. They will rest in good grazing grounds and feed in rich pastures on Isra’el’s mountains. 15 Yes, I will pasture my sheep; and I will let them rest” says Adonai Elohim. 16 “I will seek the lost, bring back the outcasts, bandage the broken, and strengthen the sick. But the fat and the strong I will destroy — I will feed them with judgment.”
17 “‘As for you, my flock,’ Adonai Elohim says this: ‘I will judge between sheep and other sheep, between rams and billy-goats. 18 Wasn’t it enough for you to feed on the best pasture and drink from the clearest water? Did you have to trample the rest of the pasture and foul the remaining water with your feet? 19 So now my sheep eat what you have trampled with your feet and drink water fouled by your feet.’ 20 Therefore here is what Adonai Elohim says to them: ‘I will judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep. 21 Because you push them with your flanks and shoulders and butt all the weak ones with your horns, till you scatter them in every direction; 22 therefore I will save my flock; they will no longer be prey; and I will judge between sheep and other sheep.
23 “‘I will raise up one shepherd to be in charge of them, and he will let them feed — my servant David. He will pasture them and be their shepherd. 24 I, Adonai, will be their God; and my servant David will be prince among them. I, Adonai, have spoken. 25 I will make a covenant of peace with them; I will rid the land of wild animals; and they will live securely in the desert and sleep in the forests. 26 I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing, and I will cause the rain to fall when it should — there will be showers of blessing. 27 The trees in the field will bear their fruit and the soil its produce, and they will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am Adonai, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the power of those who turned them into slaves. 28 No longer will they be prey for the Goyim, nor will the wild animals devour them; but they will live securely, with no one to make them afraid. 29 I will make the productivity of their crops famous, and they will no longer be consumed by hunger in the land or bear the shame of the Goyim any more. 30 They will know that I, Adonai their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Isra’el, are my people,’ says Adonai Elohim. 31 ‘You, my sheep, the sheep in my pasture, are human beings; and I am your God,’ says Adonai Elohim.”

WE can praise God that he has risen up a shepherd whom we can trust  Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah.
We can trust the words of his testimony and life as he lived according to Gods Holy ways, and kept Gods Holy days, and was very much a man who walked and talked the way that God had ordained him to do.  Withouth his precious life and death and resuurection we would have not gateway back to the Father.

We have all been taught to follow the teaching of the various denominations and sects, whatever and wherever you are coming from I do not try to say follow me, I offer you my thoughts and my understanding of the scriptures.
When I first came to know the Lord when I was 21 I was a sceptic and unbeliever who although I did have some notion that there must be a supreme being who was in control of the whole universe as it did not make sense to me not have a Intelligence in control.  For me even before I got sick I was looking a life and wondering how was it all made possible.  There was so much in the scientific community that were discovering new things especially in archaeology and there was so much that was so incredible man could not duplicate no matter how much they have tried.
As a child I had some experiences which were hard to share – as I would probably have been classed as a nutter.  I can remember a time I was in the bath when as I lay there soaking in the water I noticed the window frame made the shape of the cross in the water as I pondered on this I was led on to see a beach scene with Jesus in white coming towards me – as I was watching I could see how lovely he was and how friendly he was and much pain he must have suffered.  I did not fully appreciate this gift I had been given till much later.
When I was dying at 21 with an illness brought on from stress and fear, chronic nervous indigestion – today people take gaviscon and other remedies to soothe the tension and relax the muscles – but it does not take away the underlying cause – anyway, I was seeing a doctor who had prescribed Aslione Suspension which was supposed to relax my stomach cramps and help with the pain I was undergoing.  However, it did not work for me, because it was not meant to as it was a way that God had used to bring me to my knees to reach out and touch the skirt of the Jew – to call upon Him for my help.  I was lying in bed suffering great weight on my chest as if my life was being pushed out of me, when I cried to God  - acknowledging my unbelief in Him.  Yet at the same time something in side of me was crying out to God for Help.  As I acknowledge my unbelief and asked for him to deliver me and help me the weight lifted off and I was able to sleep.  I needed God’s help I had no-one else to help me. I was alone with a young baby who needed me.  I was really scared I was going to die and she too would have died as there was no way anyone could have come in to help us.   I cried to God and He rescued me.  He can rescue you too.  
The only thing I can remember doing before this incredible event happened in my life – I had been reading Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in a bible I had had since I was a child. It was the only reading of any value in my home at the time.  I can remember reading it and thinking how could this amazing God possibly help me.  How does this relate to my life.
However since that time, I have been reading the scriptures and learning much about How God does care, How He does want to help us – yet because of our unbelief and actually denying he even exists and changing His word to suit our Ideas – the softening of the word for the flock has actually done people more harm.
For me the scriptures are a joy and a great way to get know the Heavenly Father.  Not only that as you read the scriptures you can see how throughout all of history Yeshua/Jesus was also very much in evidence.  Throughout the books of the prophets you can see that his coming is announced both the first and second coming.  For me the adventure of knowing Yeshua/Jesus as my lord and saviour has been an ever increasing source of joy and pleasure.  In all the scriptures I can see that without Gods ways we are doomed, by following in Gods ways and footsteps we can see that we would be blessed.  So when he says seek the Lord while he may be found, and seek you first the kingdom of heaven, we can see that he has a way of life that is different to the way we live our lives now.
For me seeking the Kingdom of Heaven – that has meant the discovery of how would we live in the kingdom of Heaven – under his teachings and His laws.  Learning from the scriptures exactly that has meant has been a real journey of joy and expectation.  I would that you too would open your Word and discover the great pleasure is in store for you.
For me starting in genesis and working my way through the Bible has been a real eye opener.  Reading about the times when the kings of Israel and Judah who kept Gods teachings and His ways, His feasts and His commandments they flourished and were living in peace with their neighbours.
However when the kings who chose to not obey, who lived their lives their own way and taught the people to do the same, following after the lusts of their own flesh and offering up their children to Molech and sacrificing their children in the fires to the pagan gods who were not gods at all. We can see that their kingdoms were shattered and full of battles and wars and slavery.  
Which would you choose.  Learn to live Gods way or keep living the way of the society is today. Making a choice to change is clearly in your own best interests.  For me, the scriptures and the words of Yeshua/Jesus are very clear.  Come back to the father, repent of our sins and unbelief and turn to him for him to teach us and lead us to life more abundantly.
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sábado, 12 de enero de 2013

Adventures in the Book of Kings

I have recently been reading the books of Kings in the Scriptures.  I have been thrilled at the incredible movement of God in peoples lives, how when we are obedient the nations flourish and prosper and when the kings/governments choose not to follow Gods teachings and instructions, the families are wiped out of history.  You can double check this for yourself if you take the time to read both books of Kings.  I am excited by what I am reading.

The more I read of the Scriptures the more secure I feel in God Creator and Yeshua the King of Kings.  We can have a faith as a child and believe as a child.  However when you start to look at the exciting events in the scriptures it gives me a real security in knowing that the God of the Bible is incredible and worth working with and growing to be more like him. To follow His instructions for our lives is for the benefit of every man woman and child in societies across the planet.

For me, I praise God for the Word of God, it never changes nor does it lead you astray.  YOU are the one that needs to see the amazing events in the Scriptures - it truly is an amazing adventure.

The prophets were so aware of Gods real presence in their lives and trusted Him with their lives.  Elisha and Elijah are incredible prophets and when you start to read their complete stories in the book of Kings - both books, you will discover a real sense of Trust.

Bless every one who reads this today.  May God Bless you with Peace and understanding.
Take care.


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miércoles, 21 de noviembre de 2012

Our Roots

Hebraic Roots: An Introductory Study


A Year Through the Torah - A Week-By-Week Journey For Christians and Messianic Believers (80min CD and 320p. Book) Hebrew World


Complete Jewish Bible-OE


On my journey through the Word of God I have made some amazing discoveries.  I have discovered that the roots of the "christianity" is in Judaism - which we know is correct, yet even so there is much that the history of the church as we know it today has thrown away in order to separate themselves from the very root that gives us the support and knowledge - infact because of the separation - we no longer celebrate the same feasts that God ordained, nor do we follow any of His Holy Days or Shabbats - yet the "churches" claim to joined they do not really seem to appreciate exactly what they are joined to.

On my first becoming a believer I soon discovered that there were large discrepancies in the teachings of the churches from the teachings of the Messiah. 

For instance-
Yeshua/Jesus Christ maintained that we should follow every word that God had spoken, that we should keep the commandments that were laid down in the scriptures - that is the commandments which were given to Moses - and also if you look back right at the beginning of the Word of God the laws of God were already laid down in the Garden of Eden and for the Children of God to follow.  Yet because we choose to be stubborn and do our own thing we do not really want to follow Gods ways at all, yes we want the benefits of God yet not the discipline of God.  We say we want the Kingdom of God to come yet we do not want His rules and regulations to govern our lives.

Our roots are in the Word of God, Gods word is Law - and by His word everything was created, everything was brought into being by His word.  His Word even became flesh and dwelt amongst us - yet we seem to dismiss it as it were not that important - yes we get up and sing and worship - yet we do not really follow his code of practice in our everyday lives.

Why is it that when we read the scriptures we want to only take the bits that suit us in the first place, most so called "christians" do not want to acknowledge that we are infact joined and expected to follow the commandments - most people do not even know what they are - even if they go to church - if you were to be really honest with yourself when you read the Bible do you actually think that the word applies to you.

For me, I have been making the study to apply it to my own life.  There is much we can gain by relooking at the roots.  When you take a plant and repot it the roots have to be carefully transplanted as well, yet we say we are grafted into the olive branch - yet we do not see fit to follow the ways of the olive branch.

In the old scriptures, the foreigners that joined together with Isreal were also expected to follow the rules and regulations laid down by God to the people of Isreal.  If they choose to be with Isreal then they were also accepting the same laws and disciplines.  Today people do not really believe we have to be following in the same footsteps - yet God made it clear right back at the beginning that we are to be all following His commandments - we have the way of peace and harmony in the Word of God, we have teachings to live in peace with our neighbours.  We have the ability when studying His Word that by really taking into account what Jesus said to the people "you have the teachings of Moses and the books of the prophets in them you have the way forward to life" remember Yeshua/Jesus Christ is the Word of God therefore if we say we are followers of Yeshua/Jesus then we should also be following every word that He spoke and how he lived.

You may consider it to be old fashioned to live that way, yet when you study the 10 commandments you will see that there is a common sense about them and wisdom in how to conduct our lives.

Without studying the roots how can you possible expect to understand what Yeshua/Jesus Christ said to the people.

We look at the stories of Jesus and are warmed by their parables, and even consider ourselves joined together.

Bear in mind, when a farmer grafts a plant from one tree to another the grafted in part needs the roots to give it life.  We too are needing to feed off the roots of our faith - Yeshua/Jesus Christ is a Jew and the Kingdom of God will be of the same system as what is in the Bible - because God said that His word will never pass away - therefore it stands to reason we need to really look again at what God said and really come to some understanding on how we can apply Gods ways to our lives.  It will require us to change, it will take a deliberate decision on our parts to decide to Follow God and really become obedient to His teachings, it means the restoration of the complete Word of God, not just the new testement teachings - after all the new testement did not exist before the disciples wrote their letters, and writings - and all their teachings and writings are based on the Scriptures that they had all been taught as they were growing up - in Jewish communities.  The early chruches were completely rooted in the jewish roots - it is only after the last of the disciples died off that the so called "church fathers" decided to break away from the roots - which is clearly what has happened.  Therefore we must acknowledge our need for our roots which is the teaching of God and His rules and regulations which are all in the scriptures - the old testament.

I have frequently come across Christians who have said we do not read the old testament - we only go by what Jesus taught in the new testament.  Well Yeshua/Jesus Christ was teaching the people out of the Old testament scriptures and if you only want to live by half the teachings then how can you possibly understand what Jesus was teaching.

I have started to understand more and more what Jesus meant when he speaks in the New Testament  because the foundation is in the old scriptures. On discovering many of the saying of Christ in the Old scriptures you then begin to really understand how it all fits together.  You cannot have just the new testament because it needs its backbone which is the roots of the scriptures.  The books of Moses and the prophets are the backbone of the teachings of God and therefore we need to re-examine ourselves and see what do we truly believe.


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sábado, 6 de octubre de 2012

Life or Death that is the question

Over the many years since I became a believer and was touched by the hand of God and was healed by his miraculous power.  Learning to understand the basic fundamentals of how to live has been a really interesting study of mine.

Firstly, let me tell you a bit about myself - when I was in my early twenties I suffered what was called chronic nervous indigestion - which may not sound too bad on the surface, however, when you are all pent up inside and feeling nervous and scared all the time, that even to answer the door becomes and issue, being afraid to go out and even to speak to people that is a problem.

However, when I was suffering to such a degree then God in his mercy reached down from heaven an d made me whole again.  He showed me how I had got into the state that I had done so because of fear not just of circumstance but of life itself  I really did not know how to live, I really did not understand about relationships nor love nor friendship.  I found it really difficult to come to terms with being alone, with a baby.  I found it really difficult to understand how I had allowed myself to get into such a place.  I was not stupid, nor unlearned - however I was like lots of other people who felt lost and alone and very much needing to find some way to comfort themselves with some thing or someone.  When you are from a broken home where there has been years of constant difficult relationships it makes it really difficult to reach out and trust anyone.  For me it because so difficult that it caused me to get really ill.

Anyway, although I had my lovely daughter whom I adored and still do love even though she is now fully grown up and has a new life of her own I became very much aware that things were not right for us.

For me, the crux came one night when I felt a heavy weight on my chest and it felt like it was going to crush the life out of me - I cried out to God and admitted I did not believe in him even though - I had just read Matthew Mark Luke and John in the bible (it was the only book in the house at the time) I did not believe the stories with my mind but something had happened because when I called out to God He HEARD me and I felt the huge weight lift off me.  Then He slowly showed me what had caused me to be in such a place Fear, Stress, Anxiety - all these things God had said in His Word that we should give to him, and to carry his burden which is light with is just to TRUST that God is there and He is well able to carry all our burdens.  He knows our frame and he understands every part of our lives.  He has our best interest at heart and no matter how much we think we know the best way HIS WAY is better.

For me the discovery that God really did exist and really cared for me started me on a journey of discovery - I got really excited with the Word of God and really started to ASK GOD to teach me HIS ways and discover what HE said to mankind through His prophets and through the Death and Resurrection of the Messiah Yeshua (Jesus Christ).

I reread the books Matthew Mark Luke and John over the years and each time I am thrilled to see the miracle working hand of God in the pages, understanding that this same God had touched my life.  I wanted to learn more.  I discovered that as I read the words of the Bible I was wanting to understand the differences which I read about in the Word - I also did read the Archaeology of the Bible which held some really interesting revealing material.  For me it is not just a matter of believing everything your read it is a matter of Come Let Us Reason together in order to get to Truth of a matter.

I have always been fascinated with History and Geography and how the planet came to be - I was interested to discover how come the planet as we know it is how it is.

I have read many interesting article on the internet over these issues and each time I come to the conclusion that God is Awesome and that as he had created the universe and everything in it for a purpose he also created me for a purpose.

Well, for me the discovery of my purpose took a while to discover, I am not going to say it was easy to follow the footsteps of Yeshua because the doctrines I had learned as a child and the reasoning's of those around me did not really show me anything except how separate we are from God.

As I started to read the scriptures and read what Yeshua (Jesus) had taught the disciples I started to question the real meaning of his words.  I started to look for answers in the Word of God regarding the teachings - I soon discovered that the teachings in the churches and the teachings in the bible were nothing to do with each other - the churches claimed to be following Yeshua (Jesus) but when I questioned why we did not keep a Sabbath day as Yeshua did or keep the Ten Commandments as Yeshua did - I was quickly informed that they no longer mattered.  Well for me that was a matter of great concern because I could see from the scriptures and from the history of Israel that when they did not keep to Gods Teaching and His Commandments Israel was marched off to slavery, and death and destruction and dispersion.  However when one of the prophets and kings rediscovered the Commandments of God and that they were to follow them Israel prospered.  For me this was a breakthrough.  I had found the key to really what I was meant to be doing - that is to live Gods way.

Discovering the path of enlightenment back to the father has been an incredible journey.
If you are willing to walk with me then I will show you what I have learned over the years.

To keep Gods Commandments and His Teachings brings life to the flesh and prosperity to your home and lifestyle.  In Deut. He made it very clear that if we are willing to obey his teaching he is willing to bless us mightly - if not we are under the curse and death and madness will ensue.

For me I choose life, to live with God and obey his teachings and learn from him.

Not just lipservice but really started to study His Word.
Over the next few weeks I will start to write about what I have learned.  I will share with you the joy of my salvation of knowing the Messiah the King of the Universe.  Are you with me.

Here are some study materials which you may find useful.  I use the Complete Jewish Bible myself and have found it really helpful and inspiring.

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Messianic Judaism is Not Christianity: A Loving Call to Unity Messianic Mo'adiym Devotional: Messianic Jewish Devotionals for Israel's Annual Feasts, Fasts and Appointed Times



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