Realizing That Prosperity Proceeds From
True or False
Please give your honest, correct scriptural answers to all the above, then check them with the explanations that will be brought during the course of this new series. True or False
Answer: False What does seeking after YÁOHU Ulhím really mean? First, let us examine what the Scriptures say about seeking YÁOHU Ulhím and what we should always seek after. Furthermore, know why should we seek YÁOHU Ulhím, and what are the rewards for those who seek Him. And know this, as long you keep on seeking YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím will make you to prosper! - Those who seek YÁOHU Ulhím will have peace in every aspect of their lives and they will retain whatever YÁOHU Ulhím has brought them. Furthermore, they will continue building and expanding in success and prosperity. 'Let us build up these towns,' Osa said to YAOHÚ-dah, 'and put walls around them, with towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought YÁOHU our Ulhím; we sought Him and He has brought us peace on every side.' So they built and prospered.' - 2 Chronicles 14:7 'All YAOHÚ-dah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought YÁOHU Ulhím eagerly, and He was found by them. So YÁOHU Ulhím gave them quietness on every side.' - 2 Chronicles 15:15 'He sought YÁOHU Ulhím during the days of Zochár-YÁOHU, who taught him in the reverential fear of YÁOHU Ulhím. As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5 'In everything that he undertook in the service of YÁOHU Ulhím's Temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his YÁOHU Ulhím and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered!' - 2 Chronicles 31:21 - Especially in the midst of difficulties, trials and tests, YÁOHU Ulhím expects us to always seek Him. As we seek Him, we will find Him and He will deliver and rescue us. We will be made free from bondages and from all fears, when we always seek Him with all our hearts and souls. 'But if from there you seek YÁOHU your Ulhím, you will find Him if you look for Him with all your heart and with all your soul.' - Deuteronomy 4:29 'But in their difficulty, they turned to YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím Yaoshorúl, and sought Him, and He was found by them.' - 2 Chronicles 15:4 'In his difficulty he sought the favor of YÁOHU his Ulhím and humbled himself deeply before YÁOHU Ulhím of his fathers.' - 2 Chronicles 33:1-2
- Failure to seek YÁOHU Ulhím's favor invites calamity and ruin. Know this, that seeking YÁOHU Ulhím involves turning away from all known sin and giving serious thought to His Word. 'Just as it is written in the Law of Mehushúa, all this calamities has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of YÁOHU our Ulhím by turning from our sins and giving attention to Your truth.' - Dayan-Úl (Daniel) 9:13 - When you seek YÁOHU Ulhím always, your heart will be filled with ecstacy and gladness.
- We must serve YÁOHU Ulhím with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind; whoever forsakes Him will be rejected forever. 'And you, my son Shuaólmoh, acknowledge YÁOHU Ulhím of your father, and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for YÁOHU Ulhím searches every heart and knows every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.' - 1 Chronicles 28:9 - Humbling yourselves, praying, seeking YÁOHU Ulhím, and turning from all wicked ways will elicit His forbroughtess and healing of the land. 'If My people, who are called by My Shúam (Name), will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.' - 2 Chronicles 7:14 - YÁOHU Ulhím is always with you if you are always with Him. 'He went out to meet Osa and said to him, 'Hear me, Osa and all YAOHÚ-dah and Benyamin. YÁOHU Ulhím is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.' - 2 Chronicles 15:2 'They entered into a covenant to seek YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím of their fathers, with all their heart and soul. All who would not seek YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím Yaoshorúl, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.' - 2 Chronicles 15:12-13 - Seeking YÁOHU Ulhím involves avoiding unclean pagan practices, and the ruining of all idols and graven images. 'In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek YÁOHU Ulhím of his father Dáoud. In his twelfth year he began to purge YAOHÚ-dah and Yaohúshua-oléym of high places, Asherah poles, carved idols and cast images.' - 2 Chronicles 34:3 'So the Yaoshorulítes who had returned from the exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the unclean practices of their Gentile neighbors in order to seek YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím Yaoshorúl.' - Ozór (Ezra) 6:21 - We must not seek or go after false creators.
- YÁOHU Ulhím will never forsake those who seek Him continually.
- The wicked do not seek YÁOHU Ulhím because they are full of pride and self-confidence.
- YÁOHU Ulhím is looking for those who seek and praise Him, and He uplifts the poor who do so.
- Even our hearts tell us to seek YÁOHU Ulhím.
- Those who seek YÁOHU Ulhím will lack no beneficial thing.
- People should seek, search for and find out His Shúam (Name).
- Those who keep His Word and seek Him wholeheartedly are empowered.
- We are to seek YÁOHU Ulhím's prosperity, for the sake of His house (Oholyáo).
'Remember YÁOHU your Ulhím, for it is He Who gives you the ability to yield wealth, and so confirms His covenant, which He swore to your forefathers, as it is today.' - Deuteronomy 8:18 - You should not seek great things for yourself, but always for the greatness of YÁOHU Ulhím and His Kingdom. And do not seek to please yourself, but to please YÁOHU Ulhím always. 'Should you then seek great things for yourself? Seek them not! For I will bring calamity on all people, declares YÁOHU Ulhím, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.' - Yármi-YÁOHU 45:5 'By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and My judgment is just, for I seek not to please Myself but Him Who sent Me.' - YÁOHU-khánam (John) 5:30 - YÁOHU Ulhím's purpose for all His creation is for people to seek and know Him. 'He is YÁOHU Ulhím Who made the world and everything in it. Since He is the Ruler of heaven and earth, He doesn't live in man-made temples, and human hands can't serve His needs — for He has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and He satisfies every need there is. From one man He created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He determined beforehand which should rise and fall, and He determined their boundaries. His purpose in all of this was that the nations should seek after YÁOHU Ulhím and perhaps feel their way toward Him and find Him — though He is not far from any one of us. For in Him we live and move and do exist!' - Acts 17:24-28a - By the richness of YÁOHU Ulhím's favors, He reveals Himself to those who are not seeking for Him, but were elected by His predetermined will.
- And we should always seek YÁOHU Ulhím now, now is the time to seek YÁOHU Ulhím until He showers rectitude upon you.
'Afterward the Yaoshorulítes will return and seek YÁOHU their Ulhím and Dáoud their king. They will come trembling to YÁOHU Ulhím and to His benediction in the last days.' - Hoshúa 3:5
So now you know the importance and rewards of seeking YÁOHU Ulhím; next we will discuss how do you really seek Him, in practical terms. Haolul-YÁOHU UL Kaokám, the only wise YÁOHU UL! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-náo! To be continued....
'I now decide to make it my daily endeavor to seek YÁOHU Ulhím wholeheartedly, and to please Him in all my ways. I acknowledge YÁOHU Ulhím as my sole Creator, and I do serve Him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for YÁOHU Ulhím searches every heart and knows every motive behind my thoughts. So please help me do Your will, YÁOHU Abihúl, am-nám!'
You will keep YÁOHU Ulhím always in your mind and heart at all times, seeking His will in every aspect and activity of your life.
True or False
Answer: False What does seeking after YÁOHU Ulhím really mean? 'Those who know Your 'Shúam' (Name) will trust upon You, For You, YÁOHU Ulhím, have never forsaken those who seek You. - Tehillím 9:10 'You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.' - Yármi-YÁOHU 29:13 'The lions may grow weak and hungry, But those who seek YÁOHU Ulhím lack no beneficial thing.' - Tehillím 34:10 'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Haolul-YÁOHU UL Kaokám, the only wise YÁOHU UL! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-náo! To be continued....
'O upright YÁOHU Ulhím, 'The lamp of YÁOHU Ulhím searches the spirit of a man; it searches out his inmost being.' - Proverbs 20:27 'And He Who searches our hearts knows the mind of the 'RÚKHA' because the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) intercedes for the sanctified ones in agreement with YÁOHU Ulhím's will.' - Romans 8:27 'The human heart is most deceitful and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? But I know! I, YÁOHU Ulhím, search all hearts and examine secret motives. And I give all people their due rewards, according to what their behavior deserve.' - YarmiYÁOHU (Jeremiah) 17:9-10
'I will always examine and correct the motives of my heart, the meditations of my mind and the words of my lips, that everything will be pleasing in YÁOHU Ulhím's sight, carrying this out this by His Word and by His 'RÚKHA-YAOHÚSHUA' in me. So please always help me do your will, YÁOHU Abihúl, am-nám!'
True or False
Answer: False What does seeking after YÁOHU Ulhím really mean? 'Those who know Your 'Shúam' (Name) will trust upon You, For You, YÁOHU Ulhím, have never forsaken those who seek You. - Tehillím 9:10 'You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.' - Yármi-YÁOHU 29:13 'The lions may grow weak and hungry, But those who seek YÁOHU Ulhím lack no beneficial thing.' - Tehillím 34:10 'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Diligently and Heartily Reading the Holy Writ Daily 'Oh, the gladness of those who do not follow evil men's advice, who do not hang around with sinners, scoffing at the things of YÁOHU UL: But they delight in doing everything YÁOHU UL wants them to, and day and night are always meditating on His laws and thinking about ways to follow Him more closely. They are like trees along a river bank bearing delectable fruit in due time without fail. Their leaves shall never wither, and all they do shall prosper!' - Tehillím (Psalms) 1:1-3 'Your Words are a lamp to light the path ahead of me, and keep me from stumbling.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 119:105 'But if anyone keeps looking fixedly into YÁOHU UL's law for free men, he will not only remember it but he will DO what it says, and YÁOHU UL will greatly reward him in everything he does!' - YÁOHU-caf (James) 1:25 'How can a young man can remain pure? By reading your Word and following it rules.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 119:9 'I have thought much about Your Words, and keep them in my heart so they would hold me back from sin.' - Tehillím 119:11 'May I never forget Your Words; for they are my only hope. Therefore I will keep on obeying You forever and forever, free from within the limits of Your laws.' - Tehillím 119:43-45 'From my earliest youth I have to tried to obey You; Your Word has been my comfort.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 119:52 'For these laws of Yours have been my source of gladness and singing through all these years of my earthly pilgrimage. I obey them even at night and keep my thoughts, O YÁOHU UL on You.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 119:54-55 'I will never lay aside Your laws, for You have used them to regain my gladness and health.' - Tehillím 119:93 'Nothing is perfect except Your Words. Oh, how I love them! I think about them all day long. They make me wiser than my enemies, because they are always my guide. Yes, wiser than my teachers, for I am ever thinking of Your commands. They make me even wiser than the aged.' - Tehillím 119:96-100 'No, I haven't turned away from what You taught me; Your Words are more sweet compared to honey. And since only Your commands can give me wisdom and comprehension, no wonder I hate every false teaching.' - Tehillím 119:102-104 'Those who love Your laws have great peace of mind and heart and do not stumble.' - Tehillím 119:165 'For YÁOHU UL grants wisdom! His every Word is a treasure of knowledge and comprehension.' - Proverbs 2:6 'My paths are those of justice and right. Those who follow Me are indeed wealthy.' - Proverbs 8:20-21
'YAOHÚSHUA told him, 'No! For the Scriptures tell us that bread won't feed the souls: obedience to every Word of YÁOHU UL is what we need.' - Mán-YÁOHU (Matthew) 4:4 'The 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life!' - YÁOHU-khánam 6:63
'Ha-BÓR (the Son) is the radiance of YÁOHU UL's glory and the exact image of His being, preserving all things by His powerful Word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat by the right hand of the Majesty up in heaven. So He became as much superior to the angels as the 'Shúam' (Name) He has inherited is superior to theirs.' - Hebrews 1:3-4
YAOHÚSHUA replied, 'Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of YÁOHU UL?' - Mark 12:24 'You diligently study the Scriptures because you believe that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about Me.' - YÁOHU-khánam 5:39
'For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, in order that through endurance and the empowerment of the Scriptures we might have hope.' - Romans 15:4
'And how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in ha-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA.' - 2 YÁOHU-tam (Timothy) 3:15
He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to comprehend, which ignorant and unstable people twist, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own ruin.' - 2 Káfos 3:16 'Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we twist the Word of YÁOHU UL. On the contrary, by holding out the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of YÁOHU UL.' - 2 Cor. 4:2
YÁOHU UL's Words must be spoken frankly, directly and without fear or favor. The sharpness must not be dulled by the use of sugar-coated words. 'Is not My word like fire,' declares YÁOHU UL, 'and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?' - Yármi-YÁOHU 23:29 'For the Word of YÁOHU UL is living and active. Sharper than any double-bladed sword, it penetrates even to dividing of the soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.' - Hebrews 4:12
'Thus you nullify the Word of YÁOHU UL for the sake of your tradition.' - Mán-YÁOHU (Matthew) 15:6
Yet, because of religious traditions, many still prefer calling on other names (idolatrous names!) despite clear warnings against such in the written Scriptures. What part of 'there's no OTHER name' don't they comprehend or refuse to accept, just because of tradition?
YAOHÚSHUA replied, 'Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been brought.' - Mán-YÁOHU 19:11 Yaohúshuahím who physically die will not meet Death upon entry to the afterlife, but angels of YÁOHU UL will immediately bring them to the presence of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA. Those who are unsaved will be met by Death and demons to be brought to that part of 'sheól' where the unsaved are tormented till they are finally hurled to the lake of fire after the Great White Throne judgment. Yaohúshuahím will never experience the Second Death, which is the lake of fire. 'I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see Death.' - YÁOHU-khánam 8:51
'Though you do not know Him, I know Him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know Him and keep His word.' - YÁOHU-khánam 8:55
'You are already clean because of the Word I have spoken to you.' - YÁOHU-khánam 15:3 'To make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the Word.' - Ephesians 5:26 'Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.' - YÁOHU-khánam 17:17
'I have revealed You to those whom You gave me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me and they have obeyed Your word.' - YÁOHU-khánam 17:6
'Those who had been scattered proclaimed the Word wherever they went.' - Acts 8:4 The Word is able to edify your faith and give you the promised inheritance as you are sanctified, purified by it - 'Now I commit you to YÁOHU UL and to the Word of His favor, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.' - Acts 20:32 'Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of hol-MEHUSHKHÁY.' - Romans 10:17
'Unlike so many, we do not peddle the Word of YÁOHU UL for profit. On the contrary, in hol-MEHUSHKHÁY we speak before YÁOHU UL with sincerity, like men sent from YÁOHU UL.' - 2 Cor. 2:17
'Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit), which is the Word of YÁOHU UL.' - Ephesians 6:17
'He preferred to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all He created.' - YÁOHU-caf (James) 1:18 'For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring Word of YÁOHU Ulhím.' - 1 Káfos 1:23
'Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the Word planted in you, which can save you. Do not merely hear the Word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who hears the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror yet does nothing to improve his appearance.' - YÁOHU-caf (James) 1:21-23
'Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.' - Mán-YÁOHU (Matthew) 24:35 'The word of YÁOHU Ulhím endures forever.' And this is the Word that was proclaimed to you.' - 1 Káfos 1:25 'But they deliberately forget that long ago by YÁOHU UL's Word the heavens were and the earth was formed out of water and by water.' - 2 Káfos 3:5 One title of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA is - 'He is clothed in a robe dipped in 'DAM' (blood), and His title is 'The Word of YÁOHU UL.' - Revelation 19:13 Those who remain faithful to YÁOHU UL's Words will be rewarded - 'If anyone is ashamed of Me and My Words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His YÁOHU AB's glory with the holy angels.' - Mark 8:38 'I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been brought authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for YAOHÚSHUA and because of the Word of YÁOHU UL. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY a thousand years!' - Revelation 20:4 'But if anyone obeys His Word, YÁOHU UL's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in Him.' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam 2:5 'If you remain in Me and My Words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be brought you.' - YÁOHU-khánam 15:7 But what version of the Holy Scriptures should you read? This is a matter of personal conviction, entirely between you and YÁOHU UL. Whichever version is easily comprehensible and alive to you, then read that, and do what it says. And in case you need more explicit or deeper comprehension of a passage, then you may consult Scripture concordances and dictionaries.
How many chapters to read each day? Ten to fifty chapters would suffice, or even more, when you really want to make time to read YÁOHU UL's Word. Of course you won't have time if you don't make time to read them. That's obvious. Finally, always remember to do everything 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! Best for you to begin truly seeking YÁOHU Ulhím now! May YÁOHU Ulhím give you the desire and enablement to love His Word and walk in them, now and always, am-nám! Haolul-YÁOHU UL Kaokám, the only wise YÁOHU UL! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-náo! To be continued....
'If you remain in Me and My Words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be brought you.' - YÁOHU-khánam 15:7 'I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see Death.' - YÁOHU-khánam 8:51 'My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. Let love and loyalty never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a fine name in the sight of YÁOHU UL and man. Trust upon YÁOHU UL with all your heart and lean not on your own comprehension; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; reverentially fear YÁOHU UL and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. Honor YÁOHU UL with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.' - Proverbs 3:1-10
'I will daily make time for my Scripture reading, prayers and devotional, because I must also give back to YÁOHU UL the minimum of a tenth of the hours He gives me daily, for His Words give me life, lengthens my days, keeps me healthy, vigorous and prosperous. Now know I that I cannot live by mere bread alone but by every Word that comes from the mouth of my YÁOHU Abihúl. So please always help me do your will, YÁOHU Abihúl, am-nám!'
You will begin seriously reading the Holy Scriptures daily, making it your goal to completely read the entire book at least three times yearly.
True or False
Answer: False What does seeking after YÁOHU Ulhím really mean? 'Those who know Your 'Shúam' (Name) will trust upon You, For You, YÁOHU Ulhím, have never forsaken those who seek You.' - Tehillím 9:10 'You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.' - Yármi-YÁOHU 29:13 'The lions may grow weak and hungry, But those who seek YÁOHU Ulhím lack no beneficial thing.' - Tehillím 34:10 'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Knowing Who YÁOHU UL really is! 'The reverential fear of YÁOHU UL is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is real comprehension.' - Proverbs 9:10 To find out and really know Who YÁOHU UL is results in your gaining a true and honest comprehension of Himself, His ways in dealing with you, and of your life and its purposes. YÁOHU UL reveals His Person, traits and attributes by means of His redemptive Name and titles. As we have said, a name represents to total personality and nature of the person behind the name. In order that you may fully delight in YÁOHU UL Himself, you must have a thorough comprehension of His redemptive Name and titles.
All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'The reverential fear of YÁOHU UL is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is real comprehension.' - Proverbs 9:10
PERSUASIVENESS which is exactly the opposite of Combativeness
Winners are willing to do things they hate, in order to create something they love.
You will memorize all the redemptive Name-titles of YÁOHU UL brought above, and you must really know by heart the meaning and significance of each of His redemptive Name-titles. Faith without works is dead. True or False
Answer: False What does seeking after YÁOHU Ulhím really mean? 'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Knowing Who YÁOHU UL really is! 'The reverential fear of YÁOHU UL is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is real comprehension.' - Proverbs 9:10 To find out and really know Who YÁOHU UL is results in your gaining a true and honest comprehension of Himself, His ways in dealing with you, and of your life and purposes. YÁOHU UL reveals His Person, traits and attributes by means of His redemptive Name and titles. As we have said, a name represents to total personality and nature of the person behind the name. In order that you may fully delight in YÁOHU UL Himself, you must have a thorough comprehension of His redemptive Name and titles.
Later on, YÁOHU UL proved, tried Abruhám's faith and obedience. 'Abruhám!' YÁOHU UL called. 'Yes, YÁOHU UL?' he replied. 'Take with you your only son - yes, YÁOHU-tzkáq (Isaac) whom you love so much - and go to the land of Maór-YÁOHU (Moriah) and sacrifice him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I'll point out to you!' The next morning Abruhám rose up early, chopped wood for a fire upon the altar, loaded his donkey, and took with him his son YÁOHU-tzkáq and two young men who were his servants, and began off to the place where YÁOHU UL had told him to go. On the third day of the journey Abruhám saw the place afar off. 'Remain here with the donkey,' Abruhám told the young men, 'and the lad and I will travel yonder and worship, and then come right back.' Abruhám placed the wood for the burnt offering upon YÁOHU-tzkáq's shoulders, while he himself carried the knife and the flint for lighting a fire. So the two of them went on together. 'Abí (Father),' YÁOHU-tzkáq asked, 'we have the wood and the flint to make the fire, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?' 'YÁOHU UL will provide it, my son,' Abruhám replied. And they went on. When they arrived at the place where YÁOHU UL had told Abruhám to go, he built an altar and placed the wood in order, ready for the fire, and then tied YÁOHU-tzkáq and laid him on the altar over the wood. And Abruhám took the knife and lifted it up to plunge it into his son, to slay him. At that moment the Angel of YÁOHU UL loudly said to him from heaven, 'Abruhám! Abruhám!' 'Yes, Molkhiúl!' he answered. 'Lay down the knife; don't hurt the lad in any way,' the Angel said, 'for I know that YÁOHU UL really is first priority in your life - you have not withheld even your beloved son from Me!' Then Abruhám noticed a ram caught by its horns in a bush. So he took the ram and sacrificed it, in place of his son, as a burnt offering on the altar. Abruhám named the place 'YÁOHU Yaoro-éh' (YÁOHU will take care and provide) - and it still goes by that Name to this day. Then the Angel of YÁOHU UL called again to Abruhám from heaven. 'I, YÁOHU UL, have sworn by Myself that because you have obeyed Me and have not withheld even your beloved son from Me, I will reward you with incredible benediction and multiply your offsprings into countless thousands and millions, like the 'cocavím' (sta-s) above you in the sky, and like the sands along the shore. They will conquer their enemies, and through your Seed shall benediction abound to all the nations because you have obeyed Me.' Bereshít (Genesis) 22:1-18, Holy Scriptures
You will identify and determine who or what is in your life that you hold most valuable and dear to you, and you will make sure that you have fully surrendered that to YÁOHU UL, and that He is at liberty to take whatever you most cherish away from you anytime He wants, and you will still be grateful regardless. If YÁOHU UL takes away that which is most valuable to me, would I be fully confident that He will replace it, him or her, with what He deems best suitable for my well being and what will truly give me exuberance in contentment? Please underline whether your answer is Yes or No
Then Mehushúa led the people of Yaoshorúl away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the Shur Desert. They traveled in this desert for three days without water. When they came to Marah, they finally found water. But the people couldn't drink it because it was bitter. (That is why the place was called Marah, which means 'bitter.') Then the people turned against Mehushúa. 'What are we going to drink?' they demanded. So Mehushúa cried out to YÁOHU UL for help, and YÁOHU UL showed him a branch. Mehushúa took the branch and threw it into the water. This made the water fit for drinking. It was right there at Marah that YÁOHU UL laid before them the following conditions to test their faithfulness to Him: 'If you will hearken carefully to the voice of YÁOHU your UL and do what is right in His sight, obeying His commands and laws, then I will not make you suffer the diseases I sent to the Egyptians; for I am YÁOHU UL Ro-éhfo Who heals you.' - Exodus 15:22-26
All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'I once thought all these things were so very important, but now I reckon them worthless because of what ha-MEHUSHKHÁY has carried out. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing ha-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA my Molkhiúl (King). I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, in order that I may have hol-MEHUSHKHÁY and become one with Him. I no longer count on my own noble works or my ability to obey YÁOHU UL's law, but I trust ha-MEHUSHKHÁY to save me! For YÁOHU UL's way of making us right with Himself depends on faith. As a result, I can really know ha-MEHUSHKHÁY and experience the mighty power that raised Him from the dead. I can learn what it means to suffer with Him, sharing in His death, in order that, somehow, I can experience the resurrection from the dead! I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these objectives or that I have already reached perfection! But I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that ha-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA saved me for and wants me to be. No, dear friends, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I endeavor to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which YÁOHU UL, through ha-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA, is calling us up to heaven. I hope all of you who are mature Yaohúshuahím will agree on these matters. If you disagree on some point, I believe YÁOHU UL will make it plain to you. But we must be sure to obey the truth we have already learned.' - Philippians 3:7-16 'Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of bad behavior.' - Ephesians 4:31 'Look after one another in order that none of you will miss out on the special favor of YÁOHU UL. Watch out that no bitter root of unbelief rises up among you, for whenever it springs up, many are corrupted by its poison.' - Hebrews 12:15
FORGIVENESS which is the opposite of Harboring Grudges
What you hate reveals what you were created to correct. True or False
Answer: False
'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Knowing Who YÁOHU UL really is! 'The reverential fear of YÁOHU UL is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is real comprehension.' - Proverbs 9:10 To find out and really know Who YÁOHU UL is results in your gaining a true and honest comprehension of Himself, His ways in dealing with you, and of your life and purposes. YÁOHU UL reveals His Person, traits and attributes by means of His redemptive Name and titles. As we have said, a name represents to total personality and nature of the person behind the name. In order that you may fully delight in YÁOHU UL Himself, you must have a thorough comprehension of His redemptive Name and titles.
At YÁOHU UL's command, the people of Yaoshorúl left the Sin Desert and moved from place to place. Eventually they came to Rephidim, but there was no water to be found there. So once more the people grumbled and complained to Mehushúa. 'Give us water to drink!' they demanded. 'Quiet!' Mehushúa replied. 'Why are you arguing with me? And why do you continue to test YÁOHU UL?' But tormented by thirst, they continued to complain, 'Why did you ever take us out of Egypt? Why did you bring us here? We, our children, and our livestock will all die!' Then Mehushúa pleaded with YÁOHU UL, 'What should I do with these people? They are about to 'éban' (s-one) me!' YÁOHU UL said to Mehushúa, 'Take your shepherd's staff, the one you used when you hit the water of the Nile. Then call some of the leaders of Yaoshorúl and walk on ahead of the people. I will meet you by the rock at Mount Sinai. Hit the rock, and water will come pouring out. Then the people will be able to drink.' Mehushúa did just as he was told; and as the leaders looked on, water gushed out. Mehushúa named the place Massah — 'the place of test' — and Meribah — 'the place of arguing' — because the people of Yaoshorúl argued with Mehushúa and tried YÁOHU UL by saying, 'Is YÁOHU UL going to take care of us or not?' While the people of Yaoshorúl were still at Rephidim, the warriors of Amalek came to fight against them. Mehushúa commanded Yaohúshua (Joshua), 'Call the Yaoshorulítes to arms, and fight the army of Amalek. Tomorrow, I will arise at the top of the hill with the staff of YÁOHU UL in my hand.' So Yaohúshua did what Mehushúa had commanded. He led his men out to fight the army of Amalek. Meanwhile Mehushúa, Aharón, and Hur went to the top of a nearby hill. As long as Mehushúa held up the staff with his hands, the Yaoshorulítes had the advantage. But whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites gained the upper hand. The arms of Mehushúa finally became too tired to hold up the staff any longer. So Aharón and Hur found an 'éban' (s-one) for him to sit upon. Then they rose up on each side, holding up his hands until sunset. As a result, Yaohúshua and his troops were able to crush the army of Amalek. Then YÁOHU UL told Mehushúa, 'Write this as a permanent record, and announce it to Yaohúshua: I will blot out every trace of Amalek from under heaven.' Mehushúa built an altar there and called it 'YÁOHU Nissí.' He said, 'They have dared to raise their fist against the throne of YÁOHU UL, so now YÁOHU UL will be at war with Amalek generation after generation.' - Exodus 17:1-16, Holy Scriptures
I now realize that I have to continually war against the Amalekites (sinful nature with its lusts of the flesh) in my body by walking at the direction and power of the indwelling 'RÚKHA-YAOHÚSHUA' (Holy Spirit of YAOHÚSHUA) Who always gives me the victory over them. Underline please: Yes or No I will, from now on, regularly 'lift up my holy hands' in prayer so YÁOHU Abihúl (Father) will give me the desire and empowerment to always subjugate all sinful Amalekite urges that may arise and attack me. Underline please: Yes or No I now fully realize that on my own abilities and energies, I am not able to win this battle against the lusts of the flesh, and that I need supernatural power from the 'RÚKHA-YAOHÚSHUA' to keep me always on the winning advantage over their cravings. Underline please: Yes or No I have asked these two fellow Yaohúshuahím I list below to regularly support me in prayer: ________________________ _______________________ I now fully comprehend the personal application of the following chapter in the Holy Scriptures in my own life. Underline please: Yes or No 'So ha-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah) has made us free! Now make sure that you remain free and don't get all tied up again in the chains of slavery to YAOHÚ-dim (Jewish) laws and rituals. Now hear this, for this is serious: if you are counting on circumcision and keeping the YAOHÚ-dim laws to make you right with YÁOHU UL, then hol-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah) cannot save you! I'll say it again. Anyone trying to find favor with YÁOHU UL by being circumcised must always obey every other YAOHÚ-dim law or perish! Hol-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah) is useless to you if you are counting on clearing your debt to YÁOHU UL by keeping those laws; you are lost from YÁOHU UL's undeserved favor (grace). But we by the help of the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' are counting on the death of hol-MEHUSHKHÁY to clear away our sins and make us right with YÁOHU UL. And we to whom ha-MEHUSHKHÁY has brought eternal life don't need to worry about whether we have been circumcised or not, or whether we are obeying the YAOHÚ-dim ceremonies or not; for all we need is FAITH working itself through LOVE. You were getting along so well. Who has interfered with you to hold you back from following the truth? It surely wasn't YÁOHU UL Who did it, for He is the One Who has called you to freedom in hol-MEHUSHKHÁY. But it takes only one wrong person among you to infect all the others. I trust fully ha-Molkhiúl (the King, Ruler) to bring you back to believing as I do about these matters. YÁOHU UL will deal with that person, whoever he is, who has been troubling and confusing you. Some people even say that I myself am proclaiming that circumcision and YAOHÚ-dim laws are necessary to the plan of salvation. Well, if I proclaimed that, I would be persecuted no more - for that legalistic message doesn't offend anyone. The fact that I am still being persecuted proves that I am still proclaiming salvation through faith in the stake of ha-MEHUSHKHÁY alone. I only wish those false teachers who want you to cut yourselves by being circumcised would cut themselves off from you and leave you alone! For, dear brethren, you have been brought freedom: not freedom to do wrong, but freedom to love and serve one another. For the whole Law can be summed up in this one command: 'LOVE OTHERS AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF.' But if in place of showing love among yourselves you are always critical and grumpy, watch out! Beware of ruining one another. I advise you to obey the voice of the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA.' He will tell you where to go and what to do, and then you won't always be doing the wrong things your evil nature wants you to. For we naturally love to do evil activities that are just the opposite from those deeds that the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' tells us to do; and the upright deeds we want to do when the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) has His way with us are just the opposite of our natural desires. These two forces within us are continually fighting against one another to win control over us, and our wishes are never free from their internal pressures. When you are guided by the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' you need no longer force yourself to obey the YAOHÚ-dim (Jewish) laws. But when you follow your own wrong inclinations your lives will yield these evil results: impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasures, idolatry, spiritism (that is, encouraging the activity of demons), hatred and fighting, jealousy and anger, continual effort to get the best for yourself, complaints and criticisms, factions and divisions - and there will be wrong doctrine, envy, murder, drunkenness, wild parties, and all that sort of sin. Let me tell you again as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of YÁOHU UL. But when the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' controls our lives He will yield this kind of fruit in us: love, ecstasy, peace, patience, kindness, rectitude, faithfulness, meekness and self-control; and there is no conflict with YAOHÚ-dim laws in this. Those who belong to ha-MEHUSHKHÁY have nailed their natural evil desires to His stake and impaled them there. If we are living now by the power of 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Holy Spirit), let us follow the leading of the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' in every part of our lives. Then we won't need to look for recognition and popularity, which only lead to jealousy and wounded feelings.' Galatians 5, Holy Scriptures
YÁOHU UL said to Mehushúa, 'Give the Yaoshorulítes these regulations, which apply to those who are Yaoshorulítes by birth as well as to the foreigners living among you. If any among them devote their children as burnt offerings to Molech, they must be 'éban'd' (s-oned) to death by people of the community. I Myself will turn against them and cut them off from the community, because they have defiled My holy place and profaned My holy Shúam (Name) by giving their children to Molech. And if the people of the community tolerate this offering of children to Molech and refuse to execute the guilty parents, then I Myself will turn against them and cut them off from the community, along with all those who commit prostitution by worshiping Molech. If any among the people are unfaithful by consulting and following mediums or psychics, I will turn against them and cut them off from the community. Make sure you set yourselves apart to be holy, for I, YÁOHU, am your UL. Keep all My laws and obey them, because I am YÁOHU Hodshúa, Who makes you holy. All who curse their father or mother must be put to death. They are guilty of a capital offense. If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death. If a man has intercourse with his father's wife, both the man and the woman must die, for they are guilty of a capital offense. If a man has intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both must be put to death. They have acted contrary to nature and are guilty of a capital offense. The penalty for homosexual acts is death to both parties. They have committed a detestable act and are guilty of a capital offense. If a man has intercourse with both a woman and her mother, such an act is terribly wicked. All three of them must be burned to death to wipe out such wickedness from among you. If a man has sexual intercourse with an animal, he must be put to death, and the animal must be killed. If a woman approaches a male animal to have intercourse with it, she and the animal must both be put to death. Both must die, for they are guilty of a capital offense. If a man has sexual intercourse with his female sibling, the daughter of either his father or his mother, it is a terrible disgrace. Both of them must be publicly cut off from the community. Since the man has had intercourse with his female sibling, he will suffer the consequences of his guilt. If a man has intercourse with a woman suffering from a hemorrhage, both of them must be cut off from the community, because he exposed the source of her flow, and she allowed him to do it. If a man has sexual intercourse with his aunt, whether his mother's sibling or his father's sibling, he has violated a close relative. Both parties are guilty of a capital offense. If a man has intercourse with his uncle's wife, he has violated his uncle. Both the man and woman involved are guilty of a capital offense and will die childless. If a man marries his brother's wife, it is an act of impurity. He has violated his brother, and the guilty couple will remain childless. You must carefully obey all My laws and regulations; otherwise the land to which I am bringing you will vomit you out. Do not live by the customs of the people whom I will expel before you. It is because they do these heinous wickedness that I detest them so much. But I have promised that you will inherit their land, a land flowing with milk and honey. I, YÁOHU, am your UL, Who has set you apart from all other people. You must therefore make a difference between ceremonially clean and unclean animals, and between clean and unclean birds. You must not defile yourselves by eating any animal or bird or creeping creature that I have forbidden. You must be holy because I, YÁOHU UL, am holy. I have set you apart from all other people to be My very own. Men and women among you who act as mediums or psychics must be put to death by 'ebaním' (s-oning). They are guilty of a capital offense.' - Leviticus 20:1-27
I now fully comprehend that it is YÁOHU UL's requirement that I be holy, sanctified, pure and clean. No dirt comes from heaven. I am aware that friendliness with the world is enmity or fighting against YÁOHU UL. Furthermore, I purpose not commit spiritual prostitution by worshiping horrible idols, such as the pagan Greek idol gee-ZEUS. Underline please: Yes or No I admit that I am not perfect yet, and could not achieve it on my own puny human self-efforts. However, I trust that my Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY will change and purify me from glory to glory till I be conformed to His exact likeness. Underline please: Yes or No I have now become a part of the spiritual body of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA on earth, and since I belong to His body, and has received Him as my one and only Life Governor and Savior, I now live by His power and always do His will. Underline please: Yes or No HaolulYÁOHU UL Kaokám, the only wise YÁOHU UL! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA. For the power of the life-giving 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) has freed you through hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA from the power of sin that leads to death. The law of Mehushúa could not save us, because of our sinful nature. But YÁOHU UL put into effect a different plan to save us. He sent His own Son in a human body like ours, except that ours are sinful. YÁOHU UL removed sin's control over us by giving His Son as a sacrifice for our sins. He did this so the requirement of the law would be fully accomplished for us who no longer follow our sinful nature but, on the contrary, follow the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit). Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful matters, but those who are controlled by the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' think about matters that please the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit). If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death. But if the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' controls your mind, there is life and peace. For the sinful nature is always hostile to YÁOHU UL. It never did obey YÁOHU UL's laws, and it never will. That's why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please YÁOHU UL. But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the 'RÚKHA' if you have the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' (Spirit of YÁOHU UL) living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the 'RÚKHA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY' living in them are not Yaohúshuahím at all.) Since ha-MEHUSHKHÁY within you resides, even though your body will die because of sin, your spirit is alive because you have been made right with YÁOHU UL. The 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' Who raised YAOHÚSHUA from the dead, lives in you. And just as He raised ha-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead, He will give life to your mortal body by this same 'RÚKHA' living within you. So, my dear Yaohúshuahím friends, you have no obligation whatsoever to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. For if you keep on following it, you will perish. But if through the power of the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' you turn from it and its evil deeds, you will live. For all who are led by the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' are children of YÁOHU UL.' - Romans 8 'Therefore, I urge you, brethren, in view of YÁOHU UL's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to YÁOHU UL - this is your spiritual act of worship.' - Romans 12:1 'So wherever you assemble, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to YÁOHU UL, free from anger and controversy.' - 1 YÁOHU-tam (Timothy) 2:8 'For He selected us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight.' - Ephesians 1:4 'And to present her to himself as a radiant Oholyáo, without spot or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.' - Ephesians 5:27 'But now He has reconciled you by the physical body of ha-MEHUSHKHÁY through His death to present you holy in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation.' - Colossians 1:22 'Therefore, as YÁOHU UL's selected people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.' - Colossians 3:12 'Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is right, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.' - Titus 1:8 'But just as He Who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: 'Be holy, because I am holy.' - 1 Peter 1:15-16 'You also, like living 'ebaním', are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to YÁOHU UL through YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 2:5 'But you are a selected people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to YÁOHU UL, that you may declare the praises of Him Who called you out of darkness into His brilliant light.' - 1 Káfos 2:9 'For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in YÁOHU UL used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands.' - 1 Káfos 3:5 'Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and upright lives.' - 2 Káfos 3:11
SELF-CONTROL which is the opposite of Recklessness
The problem that infuriates you the most is the problem that YÁOHU UL has assigned you to solve! True or False
Answer: False What does seeking after YÁOHU Ulhím really mean? 'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Knowing Who YÁOHU UL really is! 'The reverential fear of YÁOHU UL is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is real comprehension.' - Proverbs 9:10 To find out and really know Who YÁOHU UL is results in your gaining a true and honest comprehension of Himself, His ways in dealing with you, and of your life and purposes. YÁOHU UL reveals His Person, traits and attributes by means of His redemptive Name and titles. As we have said, a name represents to total personality and nature of the person behind the name. In order that you may fully delight in YÁOHU UL Himself, you must have a thorough comprehension of His redemptive Name and titles. Redemptive Name and Titles
Again the Yaoshorulítes did what was evil in YÁOHU UL's sight. So YÁOHU UL handed them over to the Midianites for seven years. The Midianites were so cruel that the Yaoshorulítes fled to the mountains, where they made hiding places for themselves in caves and dens. Whenever the Yaoshorulítes planted their crops, marauders from Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east would attack Yaoshorúl, camping in the land and ravaging crops as far away as Gaza. They left the Yaoshorulítes with nothing to eat, taking all the sheep, oxen, and donkeys. These enemy hordes, coming with their cattle and tents as thick as locusts, arrived on droves of camels too numerous to count. And they remained until the land was despoiled bare. So Yaoshorúl was reduced to intense hunger by the Midianites. Then the Yaoshorulítes cried out to YÁOHU UL for help. When they cried out to YÁOHU UL because of Midian, YÁOHU UL sent a prophet to the Yaoshorulítes. He said, 'This is what YÁOHU UL Yaoshorúl, says: I brought you up out of slavery in Egypt and rescued you from the Egyptians and from all who oppressed you. I drove out your enemies and gave you their land. I told you, 'I am YÁOHU your UL. You must not worship the idols of the Amorites, in whose land you now live.' But you have not hearkened to Me.' Then the angel of YÁOHU UL came and sat beneath the oak tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Yaohúsh of the clan of Abí-Ozór. Gideon son of Yaohúsh had been threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites. The angel of YÁOHU UL appeared to him and said, 'Mighty hero, YÁOHU UL is with you!' 'Maór (Sir),' Gideon replied, 'if YÁOHU UL is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our forefathers told us about? Didn't they say, 'YÁOHU UL brought us up out of Egypt'? But now YÁOHU UL has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.' Then YÁOHU UL turned to him and said, 'Go with the vigor you have and rescue Yaoshorúl from the Midianites. I now send you!' 'But YÁOHU UL,' Gideon replied, 'how can I rescue Yaoshorúl? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!' Then YÁOHU UL said to him, 'I will be with you. And you will subdue the Midianites as if you were fighting against one man.' Gideon replied, 'If You are truly going to help me, show me a sign to prove that it is really YÁOHU UL speaking to me. Don't go away until I come back and bring my offering to You.' YÁOHU UL answered, 'I will remain here until you return.' Gideon hurried home. He cooked a young goat, and with half a bushel of flour he baked some bread without yeast. Then, carrying the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he brought them out and offered them to the angel, who was under the oak tree. The Angel of YÁOHU UL said to him, 'Place the meat and the unleavened bread on this rock, and pour the broth over it.' And Gideon did as he was told. Then the Angel of YÁOHU UL touched the meat and bread with the staff in his hand, and fire flamed up from the rock and consumed all he had brought. And the Angel of YÁOHU UL disappeared. When Gideon realized that it was the Angel of YÁOHU UL, he cried out, 'Sovereign YÁOHU UL, I have seen the Angel of YÁOHU UL face to face!' 'It is all right,' YÁOHU UL replied. 'Do not be afraid. You will not die.' And Gideon built an altar to YÁOHU UL there and named it 'The YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym.' The altar remains in Ophrah in the land of the clan of Abí-Ozór to this day. That night YÁOHU UL said to Gideon, 'Take the second best bull from your father's herd, the one that is seven years old. Pull down your father's altar to 'baal' (the lord), and cut down the Asherah pole erected beside it. Then build an altar to YÁOHU your UL here on this hill, laying the 'ebaním' (s-ones) carefully. Sacrifice the bull as a burnt offering on the altar, using as fuel the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down.' So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as YÁOHU UL had commanded. But he did it at night because he was afraid of the other members of his father's household and the people of the town. He knew what would happen if they found out who had done it. Early the next morning, as the people of the town began to awake, someone discovered that the altar of 'baal' (the lord) had been knocked down and that the Asherah pole beside it was gone. In their place a new altar had been built, and it had the remains of a sacrifice on it. The people said to each other, 'Who did this?' And after asking around and making a careful search, they learned that it was Gideon, the son of Yaohúsh. 'Bring out your son,' they shouted to Yaohúsh. 'He must die for dismantling the altar of 'baal' (the lord) and for cutting down the Asherah pole.' But Yaohúsh yelled to the mob, 'Why are you defending 'baal' (the lord)? Will you argue his case? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If 'baal' (the lord) truly is the Eternal Creator, let him defend himself and ruin the one who knocked down his altar!' From then on Gideon was called Yaoro-baal, which means 'Let baal defend himself,' because he knocked down baal's altar. Soon afterward the armies of Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east formed an alliance against Yaoshorúl and went over the Yardayán, camping in the valley of Yaozoro-Ul. Then the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' took control of Gideon. He blew a ram's horn as a call to arms, and the men of the clan of Abí-Ozór came to him. He also sent envoys throughout Manasseh, Osher, Zabulon, and Naphtali, summoning their warriors, and all of them responded. Then Gideon said to YÁOHU UL, 'If You are truly going to use me to rescue Yaoshorúl as You promised, prove it to me in this way. I will put some wool on the threshing floor tonight. If the fleece is wet with dew in the morning but the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to help me rescue Yaoshorúl as You promised.' And it happened just that way. When Gideon woke up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out a whole bowlful of water! Then Gideon said to YÁOHU UL, 'Don't be angry with me, please, but let me make one more request. This time let the fleece remain dry while the ground around it is wet with dew.' And that night YÁOHU UL did as Gideon asked. The fleece was dry in the morning, but the ground was covered with dew. - Shoftím (Judges) 6:1-40
1. The Midianites, being YÁOHU UL's chastisements in my life today, are the following: Please encircle which ones apply to you and your family:
2. YÁOHU UL has been calling me to become a peacemaker in the lives of the following individuals:
Between ______________________ and ______________________
'I (YÁOHU UL) will send calamity upon the leaders of My people — the shepherds of My sheep — for they have ruined and scattered the very ones they were expected to care for,' says YÁOHU UL. This is what YÁOHU UL Yaoshorúl, says to these shepherds: 'In place of leading my flock to safety, you have abandoned them and driven them to ruin. Now I will pour out judgment on you for the evil you have done to them. But I will gather together the remnant of My flock from wherever I have driven them. I will bring them back into their own fold, and they will be fruitful and increase in number. Then I will appoint responsible shepherds to care for them, and they will never be afraid again. Not a single one of them will be lost or missing,' says YÁOHU UL. 'For the time is coming,' says YÁOHU UL, 'when I will place an upright Branch on the throne of King Dáoud. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just, correct throughout the land. And this is his name: 'YÁOHU Tzaodóq-nu.' In that day YAOHÚ-dah will be saved, and Yaoshorúl will live in safety. 'In that day,' says YÁOHU UL, 'when people are taking an oath, they will no longer say, 'As surely as YÁOHU UL lives, Who rescued the people of Yaoshorúl from the land of Egypt.' But they will say, 'As surely as YÁOHU UL lives, Who brought the people of Yaoshorúl back to their own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.' Then they will live in their own land.' My heart is broken because of the false prophets, and I tremble uncontrollably. I stagger like a drunkard, like someone overcome by wine, because of the holy words YÁOHU UL has spoken against them. For the land is full of adultery, and it lies under a curse. The land itself is in mourning — its meadows are dried up. For the prophets do evil and abuse their power. 'The priests are like the prophets, all unholy, wicked men. I have seen their despicable acts right here in My own Temple,' says YÁOHU UL. 'Therefore, their paths will be dark and slippery. They will be chased through dark and treacherous trails, where they will fall. For I will bring calamity upon them when their time of punishment comes. I, YÁOHU UL, have spoken! I saw that the prophets of Samaria were terribly evil, for they prophesied by baal (the lord), and led My people of Yaoshorúl into sin. But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse! They commit adultery, and they love dishonesty. They empower those who are doing evil in place of turning them away from their sins. These prophets are as wicked as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were.' Therefore, this is what YÁOHU UL Almighty says about the prophets: 'I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink. For it is because of Jerusalem's prophets that wickedness fills this land. This is My warning to My people,' says YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo (The Commander of Heaven's Armies). 'Do not hearken to these prophets when they prophesy to you, filling you with futile hopes. They are making up everything they say. They do not speak for YÁOHU UL! They keep saying to these rebels who despise My word, 'Don't worry! YÁOHU UL says you will have peace!' And to those who stubbornly follow their own evil desires, they say, 'No harm will come your way!' 'But can you name even one of these prophets who knows YÁOHU UL well enough to hear what He is saying? Has even one of them cared enough to heed? Look! YÁOHU UL's anger bursts out like a tempest, a whirlwind (tornado) that swirls upon the heads of the wicked. The anger of YÁOHU UL will not diminish until it has finished all His plans. In the days to come, you will comprehend all this very clearly. I have not sent these prophets, yet they claim to speak for Me! I have brought them no message, yet they prophesy. If they had hearkened to Me, they would have spoken My words and turned My people from their evil ways. Am I YÁOHU UL Who is only in one place?' asks YÁOHU UL. 'Do they think I cannot see what they are doing? Can anyone hide from Me? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?' asks YÁOHU UL. 'I have heard these prophets say, 'Hear this, I had a dream from YÁOHU UL last night.' And then they proceed to tell lies in My behalf. How long will this go on? If they are prophets, they are prophets of deceit, inventing everything they say. By telling these false dreams, they are trying to get My people to forget Me, just as their forefathers did by worshiping the idols of the lord (baal). Let these false prophets tell their dreams, but let My true emissaries faithfully proclaim My every word. There is a difference between chaff and wheat! Does not My word burn like fire?' asks YÁOHU UL. 'Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes rock to pieces?' 'Therefore,' says YÁOHU UL, 'I arise against these prophets who get their messages from each other — these smooth-tongued prophets who say, 'This prophecy is from the Most High!' Their imaginary dreams are flagrant lies that lead My people into sin. I did not send or appoint them, and they have no message at all for My people,' says YÁOHU UL. 'Suppose one of the people or one of the prophets or priests asks you, 'What prophecy has YÁOHU UL burdened you with now?' You must reply, 'You are the burden! YÁOHU UL says He will abandon you!' If any prophet, priest, or anyone else says, 'I have a prophecy from YÁOHU UL,' I will punish that person along with his entire family. You should keep asking each other, 'What is YÁOHU UL's answer?' or 'What is YÁOHU UL saying?' But stop using this phrase, 'prophecy from YÁOHU UL.' For people are using it to give authority to their own ideas, turning upside down the words of our YÁOHU UL, the living YÁOHU UL, YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo. 'This is what you should say to the prophets: 'What is YÁOHU UL's answer?' or 'What is YÁOHU UL saying?' But suppose they respond, 'This is a prophecy from YÁOHU UL!' Then you should say, 'This is what YÁOHU UL says: Because you have used this phrase, 'prophecy from YÁOHU UL,' even though I warned you not to use it, I will forget you completely. I will expel you from My presence, along with this city that I gave to you and your forefathers. And I will make you an object of ridicule, and your name will be notorious throughout the ages.' - Yarmi-YÁOHU (Jeremiah) 23
I now fully realize that the rectitude (righteousness) which I will need for heaven is not the one that I establish on my own self-efforts, but it is the rectitude of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA which is given to me as a free gift, imputed to be mine, because I believe in Him as my sole Life Governor and Savior. Having received this free gift of rectitude, I am now living in and by it in step with the 'RÚKHA-YAOHÚSHUA' producing kind and noble works in me. Underline your reply, please - Yes or No I will seek first matters and activities pertaining to the Kingdom of YÁOHU UL and His character traits, rectitude and noble qualities, fully confident that all the other needs I have will be amply provided by Him. Underline your reply, please - Yes or No HaolulYÁOHU UL Kaokám, the only wise YÁOHU UL! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'I (YAOHÚSHUA) am leaving you with a gift — peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give isn't like the peace the world gives. Never be troubled or afraid, therefore.' - YÁOHU-khánam 14:27 'I have told you all this so you may have peace in Me. Here on earth you will face many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world!' - YÁOHU-khánam 16:33 He (YAOHÚSHUA) spoke to them again and said, 'Peace be with you! As YÁOHU ABí has sent Me, so I likewise send you.' - YÁOHU-khánam 20:21 'But there will be glory and honor and peace from YÁOHU UL for all who do what is right — for the YAOHÚ-dee first and also for the Gentile.' - Romans 2:10 'Therefore, since we have been made right in YÁOHU UL's sight by faith, we have peace with YÁOHU UL because of what YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY our Molkhiúl has carried out for us.' - Romans 5:1 'If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death. But if the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Holy Spirit of YAOHÚSHUA) controls your mind, there is life and peace.' - Romans 8:6 'Do your part to live in peace with everyone, as much as possible.' - Romans 12:18 'For the Kingdom of YÁOHU UL is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of rectitude and peace and ecstacy in the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA.' - Romans 14:17 'But if the husband or wife who isn't a Yaohúshuahée (believer) insists on leaving, let them go. In such cases the Yaohúshuahée husband or wife is not required to remain with them, for YÁOHU UL wants His children to live in peace.' - 1 Corinthians 7:15 'For YÁOHU UL is not a YÁOHU UL of confusion but of peace, as in all the other congregations.' - 1 Corinthians 14:33 'When the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' controls our lives, He will yield this kind of fruit in us: love, ecstasy, peace, patience, kindness, rectitude, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.' - Galatians 5:22-23a 'May YÁOHU UL's mercy and peace be upon all those who live by this principle. They are the new people of YÁOHU UL.' - Galatians 6:16 'For hol-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah) Himself has made peace between us YAOHÚ-dim and you Gentiles by making us all one people. He has broken down the wall of hostility that used to separate us. By His death He ended the whole system of YAOHÚ-di (Jewish) law that excluded the Gentiles. His purpose was to make peace between YAOHÚ-dim and Gentiles by creating in Himself one new person from the two groups.' - Ephesians 2:14-15 'He has brought this Glorious Message of peace to you Gentiles who were once far away from Him, and to us YAOHÚ-dim who were near.' - Ephesians 2:17 'Always keep yourselves united in the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' and bind yourselves together with peace.' - Ephesians 4:3 'For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Glorious Message, so you will be always fully prepared.' - Ephesians 6:15 'May YÁOHU UL give you peace, dear friends, and love with faith, from YÁOHU ABí and Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY.' - Eph. 6:23 'If you do this, you will experience YÁOHU UL's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can comprehend. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA.' - Philippians 4:7 'Keep putting into practice all you learned from me and heard from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym will be with you.' - Philippians 4:9 'And let the peace that comes from hol-MEHUSHKHÁY rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are all called to live in peace. And always be grateful.' - Colossians 3:15 'He must not be a heavy drinker or be violent. He must be gentle, peace loving, and not one who loves money.' - 1 YÁOHU-tam (Timothy) 3:3 'Run from anything that excites youthful lust. Follow anything that makes you want to do right. Pursue faith and love and peace, and delight in the companionship of those who call on YÁOHU UL with pure hearts.' - 2 YÁOHU-tam (Timothy) 2:22 'Try to live in peace with everyone, and seek to live a clean and holy life, for those who are not holy will not see YÁOHU UL.' - Hebrews 12:14 'And now, may YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym, Who brought again from the dead our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA, equip you with all you need for doing His will. May He yield in you, through the power of YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, all that is pleasing to Him. YAOHÚSHUA is the great Shepherd of the sheep by an eternal covenant, signed with His blood. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amnáo.' - Hebrews 13:20 'The wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and noble deeds. It shows no partiality (favoritism) and is always honest. Those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of rectitude.' - YÁOHU-caf (James) 3:17-18
'For I (YAOHÚSHUA) tell you that unless your rectitude surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the religious law, you will absolutely not enter the kingdom of heaven.' - Mán-YÁOHU 5:20 'Be careful not to do your 'acts of rectitude' before men, to be admired by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your YÁOHU ABí (Father) in heaven.' - Mán-YÁOHU (Matthew) 6:1 'Seek first His kingdom and His rectitude, and all the other things will be brought to you as well.' - Mán-YÁOHU 6:33 'For YÁOHU-khánam (the Immerser) came to you to show you the way of rectitude, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.' - Mán-YÁOHU 21:32 'For in the Glorious Message a rectitude from YÁOHU UL is revealed, a rectitude that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: 'The upright will live by faith.' - Romans 1:17 'Now a rectitude from YÁOHU UL, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This rectitude from YÁOHU UL comes through faith in YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY to all who believe.' - Romans 3:21-22 'What does the Scripture say? 'Abruhám believed YÁOHU UL, and it was credited to him as rectitude.' - Romans 4:3 'However, to the man who does not work (the works of the Mosaic Law) but trusts YÁOHU UL Who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as rectitude. Dáoud says the same thing when he speaks of the exuberance of the man to whom YÁOHU UL credits rectitude apart from works.' - Romans 4:5-6 'Just as sin reigned in death, so also favor might reign through rectitude to bring eternal life through YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY our Molkhiúl.' - Romans 5:21 'Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, to be tools of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to YÁOHU UL, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to Him to be tools of rectitude.' - Romans 6:13 'Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey - whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to rectitude?' - Romans 6:16 'You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to rectitude. I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to rectitude leading to holiness.' - Romans 6:18-19 'Since they did not know the rectitude that comes from YÁOHU UL and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to YÁOHU UL's rectitude. Hol-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah) is the end of the law in order that there may be rectitude for everyone who believes.' - Romans 10:3-4 'It is because of Him that you are in hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA, Who has become for us wisdom from YÁOHU UL - that is, our rectitude, holiness and redemption.' - 1 Corinthians 1:30 'YÁOHU UL made Him Who had no sin to be sin for us, in order that in Him we might become the rectitude of YÁOHU UL.' - 2 Cor. 5:21 'I do not set aside the favor of YÁOHU UL, for if rectitude could be gained through the law, then the death of ha-MEHUSHKHÁY is rendered worthless!' - Galatians 2:21 'By faith we eagerly await through the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) the rectitude for which we hope.' - Galatians 5:5 'Put on the new self, created to be like ha-Molkhiúl in true rectitude and holiness.' - Ephesians 4:24 'For the fruit of the light consists in all kindness, rectitude and truth.' - Ephesians 5:9 'Remain firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of rectitude in place.' - Eph. 6:14 'Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue rectitude, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on YÁOHU UL out of a pure heart.' - 2 YÁOHU-tam (Timothy) 2:22 'All Scripture is YÁOHU UL-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in rectitude.' - 2 YÁOHU-tam 3:16 'Now there is in reserve for me the crown of rectitude, which YÁOHU UL, the just Judge, will award to me on that day - and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for His appearing.' - 2 YÁOHU-tam (Timothy) 4:8
'No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of rectitude and peace for those who have been trained by it.' - Hebrews 12:11 'He (YAOHÚSHUA) Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so we might die to sins and live for rectitude; by His wounds you have been cured.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 2:24 'In keeping with His promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of rectitude.' - 2 Káfos 3:13 'So I pray that YÁOHU UL, Who gives you hope, will keep you happy and full of peace as you believe in him. May you overflow with hope through the power of the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA.'' - Romans 15:13 'Now may YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until that day when our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY comes again.' - 1 Thessalonians 5:23 'YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym will soon crush ha-satán under your feet! May the favor of our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY be with you.' - Romans 16:20 'Dear friends, I close my letter with these last words: Exult! Change your ways. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then YÁOHU UL of LOVE and PEACE will be with you.' - 2 Corinthians 13:11 'And now may YÁOHU UL, Who gives us His peace, be with you all. Amnáo.' - Romans 15:33
Losers focus on what they cannot do while champions focus on what they want to achieve and do! True or False
Answer: False What does seeking after YÁOHU Ulhím really mean? 'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Knowing Who YÁOHU UL really is! 'The reverential fear of YÁOHU UL is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is real comprehension.' - Proverbs 9:10 To find out and really know Who YÁOHU UL is results in your gaining a true and honest comprehension of Himself, His ways in dealing with you, and of your life and purposes. YÁOHU UL reveals His Person, traits and attributes by means of His redemptive Name and titles. As we have said, a name represents to total personality and nature of the person behind the name. In order that you may fully delight in YÁOHU UL Himself, you must have a thorough comprehension of His redemptive Name and titles. Redemptive Name and Titles
YÁOHU UL is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want.
He guides me in paths of uprightness
Even though I walk through the valley You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely kindness and love will follow me all the days of my life. And I will dwell in the house of YÁOHU UL forever. - Tehillím (Psalms) 23 And King Dáoud wrote the above psalm when he was in the following predicament. Please see how YÁOHU UL had been a real Shepherd to King Dáoud, especially in times of turmoil, and how YÁOHU UL punishes rebellion against authorities: 'In the course of time, Abshalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him. He would get up early and arise by the side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a ruling, Abshalom would call out to him, 'What town are you from?' He would answer, 'Your servant is from one of the tribes of Yaoshorúl.' Then Abshalom would say to him, 'Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you.' And Abshalom would add, 'If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would make sure that he gets justice.' Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Abshalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him. Abshalom behaved in this way toward all the Yaoshorulítes who came to the king asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts of the men of Yaoshorúl. At the end of four years, Abshalom said to the king, 'Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo. While your servant was living at Geshur in Aram, I made this vow: 'If YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo takes me back to Yaohúshua-oléym, I will worship YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo in Hebron.'' The king said to him, 'Go in peace.' So he went to Hebron. Then Abshalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Yaoshorúl to say, 'As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, then say, 'Abshalom is king in Hebron.'' Two hundred men from Yaohúshua-oléym had accompanied Abshalom. They had been invited as guests and went quite innocently, knowing nothing about the matter. While Abshalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahitopol the Gilonite, Dáoud's counselor, to come from Giloh, his hometown. And so the conspiracy gained momentum, and Abshalom's following kept on increasing. A messenger came and told Dáoud, 'The hearts of the men of Yaoshorúl are with Abshalom.' Then Dáoud said to all his officials who were with him in Yaohúshua-oléym, 'Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Abshalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin upon us and put the City to the sword.' The king's officials answered him, 'Your servants are ready to do whatever our ruler the king decides upon.' The king set out, with his whole household following him; but he left ten concubines to take care of the palace. So the king set out, with all the people following him, and they halted at a place some miles away. All his men marched past him, along with all the Kerethites and Pelethites; and all the six hundred Gittites who had accompanied him from Gath marched before the king. The king said to Ittai the Gittite, 'Why should you come along with us? Go back and stay with King Abshalom. You are a foreigner, an exile from your homeland. You came only a day before. And today shall I make you wander about with us, when I do not know where I am going? Go back, and take your countrymen. May kindness and faithfulness be with you.' But Ittai replied to the king, 'As surely as YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo lives, and as my ruler the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be.' Dáoud said to Ittai, 'Go ahead, march on.' So Ittai the Gittite marched on with all his men and the families that were with him. The whole countryside wept aloud as all the people passed by. The king also went through the Kidron Valley, and all the people moved on toward the desert. Tzaodóq was with them, too, and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the Ark of the Covenant of YÁOHU UL. They set the Ark of YÁOHU UL, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the City. Then the king said to Tzaodóq, 'Take the Ark of YÁOHU UL back into the City. If I find favor in YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo's eyes, He will bring me back and let me see it and His dwelling place again. But if He says, 'I am not pleased with you,' then I am ready; let Him do to me whatever seems right to Him.' The king also said to Tzaodóq the priest, 'Aren't you a seer? Go back to the City in peace, with your son Ahimaoz and Yaonaokhán son of Abiathar. You and Abiathar take your two sons with you. I will wait at the fords in the desert until word comes from you to inform me.' So Tzaodóq and Abiathar took the ark of YÁOHU UL back to Yaohúshua-oléym (Jerusalem) and remained there. But Dáoud continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went; his head was covered and he was barefoot. All the people with him covered their heads too and were weeping as they went up. Now Dáoud had been told, 'Ahitopol is among the conspirators with Abshalom.' So Dáoud prayed, 'O YÁOHU UL, turn Ahitopol's counsel into foolishness.' When Dáoud arrived at the summit, where people used to worship YÁOHU UL, Hushai the Arkite was there to meet him, his robe torn and dust upon his head. Dáoud said to him, 'If you go with me, you will be a burden to me. But if you return to the City and say to Abshalom, 'I will be your servant, O king; I was your father's servant in the past, but now I will be your servant,' then you can help me by countering Ahitopol's advice. Won't the priests Tzaodóq and Abiathar be there with you? Tell them anything you hear in the king's palace. Their two sons, Ahimaoz son of Tzaodóq and Yaonaokhán son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with anything you hear.' So Dáoud's friend Hushai arrived at Yaohúshua-oléym as Abshalom was entering the City. When Dáoud had gone beyond the summit, there was Ziba, the trustee of Mephibosheth, waiting to meet him. He had a line of donkeys saddled and loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred cakes of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs and a skin of wine. The king asked Ziba, 'Why have you brought these?' Ziba answered, 'The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and fruit are for the men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become tired in the desert.' The king then asked, 'Where is your boss's grandson?' Ziba said to him, 'He is in Yaohúshua-oléym, because he thinks, 'Today the house of Yaoshorúl will give me back my grandfather's kingdom.' 'Then the king said to Ziba, 'All that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.' 'I humbly bow,' Ziba said. 'May I find favor in your eyes, my ruler the king.' As King Dáoud approached Bakhurim, a man from the same clan as Shaúl's family came out from there. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and he cursed as he came out. He pelted Dáoud and all the king's officials with 'ebaním' (s-ones), though all the troops and the special guard were on Dáoud's right and left. As he cursed, Shimei said, 'Get out, get out, you man of blood, you scoundrel! YÁOHU UL has repaid you for all the blood you poured in the household of Shaúl's, in whose place you have reigned. YÁOHU UL has handed the kingdom over to your son Abshalom. You have come to ruin because you are a man of blood!' Then Abishai son of Zeruyah said to the king, 'Why should this dead dog curse my ruler the king? Let me go over and cut off his head.' But the king said, 'What do you and I have in common, you sons of Zeruyah? If he is cursing because YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo said to him, 'Curse Dáoud,' who can ask, 'Why do you do this?'' Dáoud then said to Abishai and all his officials, 'My son, who is of my own flesh, is trying to take my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo has told him to. It may be that YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo will see my affliction and repay me with kindness for the cursing I am receiving today.' So Dáoud and his men continued along the road while Shimei was going along the hillside opposite him, cursing as he went and throwing 'ebaním' at him and showering him with dirt. The king and all the people with him arrived tired at the objective place. And there he refreshed himself. Meanwhile, Abshalom and all the men of Yaoshorúl came to Yaohúshua-oléym, and Ahitopol was with him. Then Hushai the Arkite, Dáoud's friend, went to Abshalom and said to him, 'Long live the king! Long live the king!' Abshalom asked Hushai, 'Is this the love you show your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?' Hushai said to Abshalom, 'No, the one preferred by YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo, by these people, and by all the men of Yaoshorúl - His I will be, and I will remain with him. Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should I not serve the son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you.' Abshalom said to Ahitopol, 'Give us your advice. What should we do?' Ahitopol answered, 'Lie with your father's concubines whom he left to take care of the palace. Then all Yaoshorúl will hear that you have made yourself a malodor in your father's nose, and the hands of everyone with you will be invigorated.' So they pitched a tent for Abshalom on the roof, and he lay with his father's concubines in the sight of all Yaoshorúl. Now in those days the advice Ahitopol gave was like that of one who inquires of YÁOHU UL. That was how both Dáoud and Abshalom regarded all of Ahitopol's advice. Ahitopol said to Abshalom, 'I would select twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of Dáoud. I would attack him while he is weary and weak. I would hit him with terror, and then all the people with him will flee. I would hit down only the king and bring all the people back to you. The death of the man you seek will mean the return of all; all the people will be unharmed.' This plan seemed acceptable to Abshalom and to all the elders of Yaoshorúl. But Abshalom said, 'Summon also Hushai the Arkite, so we can hear what he has to say.' When Hushai came to him, Abshalom said, 'Ahitopol has brought this advice. Should we do what he says? If not, give us your opinion.' Hushai replied to Abshalom, 'The advice Ahitopol has brought is not right this time. You know your father and his men; they are fighters, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Besides, your father is an experienced fighter; he will not spend the night with the troops. Even now, he is hidden in a cave or some other place. If he should attack your troops first, whoever hears about it will say, 'There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Abshalom.' Then even the bravest soldier, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will melt with fear, for all Yaoshorúl knows that your father is a fighter and that those with him are brave. So I advise you: Let all Yaoshorúl, from Dan to Beersheba - as numerous as the sand by the shore - be gathered to you, with you yourself leading them into battle. Then we will attack him wherever he may be found, and we will fall on him as dew rests on the ground. Neither he nor any of his men will be left alive. If he withdraws into a city, then all Yaoshorúl will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a piece of it can be found.' Abshalom and all the men of Yaoshorúl said, 'The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than that of Ahitopol.' For YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo had determined to blunt the wise advice of Ahitopol in order to bring ruin upon Abshalom. Hushai told Tzaodóq and Abiathar, the priests, 'Ahitopol has advised Abshalom and the elders of Yaoshorúl to do such and such, but I have advised them to do so and so. Now send a message immediately and tell Dáoud, 'Do not spend the night at the fords in the desert; go over without fail, or the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.'' Yaonaokhán and Ahimaoz were then at En Rogel. A servant girl was to go and inform them, and they were to go and tell King Dáoud, for they could not risk being seen going into the city. But a young man saw them and told Abshalom. So the two of them left quickly and went to the house of a man in Bakhurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it. His wife took a covering and spread it out over the opening of the well and scattered grain over it. No one knew anything about it. When Abshalom's men came to the woman at the house, they asked, 'Where are Ahimaoz and Yaonaokhán?' The woman answered them, 'They went over the brook.' The men searched but found no one, so they returned to Yaohúshua-oléym. After the men had gone, the two climbed out of the well and went to inform King Dáoud. They said to him, 'Set out and cross the river at once; Ahitopol has advised such and such against you.' So Dáoud and all the people with him set out and went over the Yardayán. By daybreak, no one was left who had not went over the Yardayán. When Ahitopol saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his house in order and then hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father's tomb. Dáoud went to Mahanaim, and Abshalom went over the Yardayán with all the men of Yaoshorúl. Abshalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Yaoab. Amasa was the son of a man named Yaoter, a Yaoshorulíte who had married Abigaul, the daughter of Nakhash and sibling of Zeruyah the mother of Yaoab. The Yaoshorulítes and Abshalom camped in the land of Gilead. When Dáoud came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nakhash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Makir son of Ammiul from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim brought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roast grain, beans and lentils, honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows' milk for Dáoud and his people to eat. For they said, 'The people have become hungry and tired and thirsty in the desert.' Dáoud gathered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. Dáoud sent the troops out - a third under the command of Yaoab, a third under Yaoab's brother Abishai son of Zeruyah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. The king told the troops, 'I myself will surely march out with you.' But the men said, 'You must not go out; if we are forced to flee, they won't care about us. Even if half of us die, they won't care; but you are worth ten thousand of us. It would be better now for you to give us support from the city.' The king answered, 'I will do whatever seems best to you.' So the king rose up beside the gate while all the men marched out in units of hundreds and of thousands. The king commanded Yaoab, Abishai and Ittai, 'Be gentle with the young man Abshalom for my sake.' And all the troops heard the king giving orders about Abshalom to each of the commanders. The army marched into the field to fight Yaoshorúl, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim. There the army of Yaoshorúl was defeated by Dáoud's men, and the casualties that day were heavy - twenty thousand men. The battle spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest claimed more lives that day than the sword. Now Abshalom happened to meet Dáoud's men. He was riding his mule, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Abshalom's head was caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair, while the mule he was riding kept on going. When one of the men saw this, he told Yaoab, 'I just saw Abshalom hanging in an oak tree.' Yaoab said to the man who had told him this, 'What! You saw him? Why didn't you hit him to the ground right there? Then I would have had to give you ten shekels of silver and a warrior's belt.' But the man replied, 'Even if a thousand shekels were weighed out into my hands, I would not lift my hand against the king's son. In our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, 'Protect the young man Abshalom for my sake.' And if I had put my life in jeopardy - and nothing is kept hidden from the king - you would have kept away even from me.' Yaoab said, 'I'm not going to wait like this for you.' So he took three javelins in his hand and plunged them into Abshalom's heart while Abshalom was still alive in the oak tree. And ten of Yaoab's armor-bearers surrounded Abshalom, hit him and killed him. Then Yaoab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped pursuing Yaoshorúl, for Yaoab halted them. They took Abshalom, threw him into a big pit in the forest, piled up a large heap of rocks over him. Meanwhile, all the Yaoshorulítes fled to their homes. During his lifetime Abshalom had taken a pillar and erected it in the King's Valley as a monument to himself, for he thought, 'I have no son to carry on the memory of my name.' He named the pillar after himself, and it is called Abshalom's Monument to this day.' - 2 Samu-Úl 15-18 Personal Life Application: Underline your answers, please - 1. In every difficult predicament I'm in, I now fully realize that YÁOHU Abihúl allows it so I will learn to make my Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA to be a real Shepherd in my life, fully dependent upon Him alone and relying on His protection. Yes or No 2. I will no longer be concerned about my own personal reputation but will only be zealous in everything for the sake of His Shúam (Name). Yes or No 3. I will rest confidently in My Shepherd YAOHÚSHUA to always provide for my needs, and I shall never be in lack, for He gives me the desires of my heart, and He is my Provider. Yes or No HaolulYÁOHU UL Kaokám, the only wise YÁOHU UL! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'YÁOHU UL is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want.' - Tehillím (Psalm) 23:1
'Save Your people and grant favors Your inheritance;
'He tends His flock like a shepherd: 'As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after My sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.' - Kozoqiúl (Ezekiel) 34:12 'I will search for the lost, as well as bring back those who have wandered away. I will bind up the injured and reinvigorate the weak, but the sleek and the arrogant I will ruin. I will shepherd the flock with justice.' - Kozoqiúl (Ezekiel) 34:16 'I will place over them one Shepherd, My servant Dáoud (the Messiah), and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their Shepherd.' - Kozoqiúl 34:23
'He will arise and shepherd His flock
'But you, Beth-lékhem, in the land of YAOHÚ-dah, 'All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.' - Mán-YÁOHU (Matthew) 25:32 'I (YAOHÚSHUA) am the TAV Shepherd. The TAV Shepherd lays His life down for the sheep. The hireling is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.' - YÁOHU-khánam (John) 10:11-12 'I (YAOHÚSHUA) am the TAV Shepherd; I know My sheep and My sheep know Me.' - YÁOHU-khánam (John) 10:14 'For you were like sheep wandering away, but now, you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 2:25 'May YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym (the Eternal Creator of Peace), Who through the 'DAM' (blood) of the eternal Covenant brought back from the dead our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA, the Great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything 'tav' for doing His will, and may He work in us what is pleasing to Him, through YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, to Whom be glory for ever and ever. Amnáo.' - Hebrews 13:20-21 'And when the Chief Shepherd (YAOHÚSHUA) appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 5:4 'For the Lamb in the middle of the throne will be their Shepherd; He will lead them to springs of living water. And YÁOHU UL will wipe away every tear from their eyes.' - Revelation 7:17
REVERENCE which is the opposite of Rudeness
Someone is always observing you Who is capable of greatly benefiting you! True or False
Answer: False What does seeking after YÁOHU Ulhím really mean? 'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Knowing Who YÁOHU UL really is! 'The reverential fear of YÁOHU UL is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is real comprehension.' - Proverbs 9:10 To find out and really know Who YÁOHU UL is results in your gaining a true and honest comprehension of Himself, His ways in dealing with you, and of your life and purposes. YÁOHU UL reveals His Person, traits and attributes by means of His redemptive Name and titles. As we have said, a name represents to total personality and nature of the person behind the name. In order that you may fully delight in YÁOHU UL Himself, you must have a thorough comprehension of His redemptive Name and titles.
'I will give 'hodayáo' (thanks) to YÁOHU UL because of His rectitude and will sing praise to the 'Shúam' (Name) of YÁOHU UL Gavóha, the Most High.... YÁOHU, our YÁOHU UL, how majestic is Your 'Shúam' in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.' - Tehillím 7:17-8:1 'YÁOHU, our YÁOHU, how majestic is Your 'Shúam' in all the earth! - Tehillím (Psalms) 8:9 'I will be glad and be happy in You; I will sing praise to Your 'Shúam' (Name), O Most High. - Tehillím (Psalms) 9:2 'Those who know Your 'Shúam' will trust fully in You, for You, YÁOHU UL, have never forsaken those who seek You.' - Tehillím 9:10 'Therefore I will praise You among the nations, YÁOHU UL; I will sing praises to Your 'Shúam.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 18:49 'May YÁOHU UL answer you when you are in turmoil; may the 'Shúam' of the UL of YÁOHU-caf (Jacob) protect you.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 20:1 'We will shout for gladness when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the 'Shúam' of our UL. May YÁOHU UL grant all your requests.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 20:5 'Some depend upon chariots and some in horses, but we trust fully in the 'Shúam' of YÁOHU our UL.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 20:7 'I will declare Your 'Shúam' (Name) to my brethren; in the Congregation I will praise You.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 22:22 'Ascribe to YÁOHU the glory due His 'Shúam' (Name); worship YÁOHU UL in the splendor of His holiness.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 29:2 'Sing to YÁOHU UL, you saints of His; praise His holy Shúam!' - Tehillím (Psalms) 30:4 'Since You are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of Your 'Shúam' (Name) lead and guide me.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 31:3 'In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust fully in His holy 'Shúam' (Name).' - Tehillím (Psalms) 33:21 'Glorify YÁOHU UL with me; let us exalt His 'Shúam' together!' - Tehillím (Psalms) 34:3 'In YÁOHU UL we take pride all day long, and we will praise Your 'Shúam' (Name) forever.' - Tehillím 44:8 'I will praise You forever for what You have done; in Your 'Shúam' (Name) I will hope, for Your 'Shúam' is noble! I will praise You in the presence of Your sanctified ones.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 52:9 'I will praise You as long as I live, and in Your 'Shúam' I will lift up my hands.' - Tehillím 63:4 'Sing the glory of His 'Shúam'; make His praise glorious!' - Tehillím (Psalms) 66:2 'All the earth bows low to You; they sing praise to You, they sing praise to Your 'Shúam' (Name).' - Tehillím 66:4 'Sing to YÁOHU UL, sing praise to His 'Shúam'; magnify Him Who rides on the clouds - His 'Shúam' (Name) is YÁOHU - and exult before Him.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 68:4 'I will praise YÁOHU UL's 'Shúam' in song, and glorify Him with thanksgiving.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 69:30 'Praise be to His glorious 'Shúam' forever! May the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amnáo and am-nám.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 72:19 'Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that do not call on Your 'Shúam' (Name).' - Tehillím (Psalms) 79:6 'Help us, YÁOHU UL our Savior, for the glory of Your 'Shúam'; deliver us and forgive our sins for the sake of Your Shúam.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 79:9 'Let them know that You, Whose 'Shúam' (Name) is YÁOHU - that You alone are the Most High over all the earth.' - Tehillím 83:18 'All the nations You have made will come and worship before You, YÁOHU UL; they will bring glory to Your 'Shúam' (Name).' - Tehillím (Psalms) 86:9 'Teach me Your way, YÁOHU UL, and I will walk in Your truth; please give me an undivided heart, that I may reverentially fear Your 'Shúam' (Name). I will praise You, YÁOHU my UL, with all my heart; I will glorify Your 'Shúam' (Name) forever!' - Tehillím 86:11-12 'Because he loves Me,' says YÁOHU UL, 'I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges My 'Shúam.' - Tehillím 91:14 'Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give 'hodayáo' (thanks) to Him and praise His 'Shúam' (Name).' - Tehillím (Psalms) 100:4 'So the 'Shúam' (Name) of YÁOHU will be declared in Zion and His praise in Yaohúshua-oléym (Jerusalem).' - Tehillím (Psalms) 102:21 'He provided redemption for His people; He ordained His covenant forever - holy and awesome is His 'Shúam' (Name).' - Tehillím 111:9
'All the nations surrounded me, but in the 'Shúam' of YÁOHU UL I cut them off! They surrounded me on every side, but in the 'Shúam' of YÁOHU UL I cut them off! They swarmed around me like bees, but they died out as quickly as burning thorns; in the 'Shúam' of YÁOHU UL I cut them off!' - Tehillím (Psalms) 118:10-12 'Turn to me and have mercy on me, as You always do to those who love Your 'Shúam' (Name).' - Tehillím (Psalms) 119:132 'Our help is in the 'Shúam' (Name) of YÁOHU UL, the Maker of heaven and earth.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 124:8 'I will exalt You, my YÁOHU UL the King; I will praise Your 'Shúam' for ever and ever. Every day I will praise You and lift up Your 'Shúam' for ever and ever.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 145:1-2 'The 'Shúam' (Name) of YÁOHU is a fortified tower; the upright run to it and are safe!' - Proverbs 18:10 'Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of His hands? Who has wrapped up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His 'Shúam' (Name), and the 'Shúam' of His Son? Tell me, if you know!' - Proverbs 30:4 In that day you will say: 'Give 'hodayáo' (thanks) to YÁOHU UL, call on His 'Shúam'; make known among the nations what He has accomplished, and proclaim that His 'Shúam' (Name) is lifted up.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 12:4 'Therefore in the east give glory to YÁOHU; exalt the 'Shúam' of YÁOHU UL Yaoshorúl, in the islands of the sea.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 24:15 'YÁOHU, You are my YÁOHU UL; I will exalt You and praise Your 'Shúam,' for in perfect faithfulness You have done marvelous deeds, deeds planned long ago.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 25:1 'Yes, YÁOHU UL, walking in the way of Your laws, we wait for You; Your 'Shúam' (Name) and renown are the desires of our hearts!' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 26:8 'I am YÁOHU; that is My 'Shúam' (Name)! I will not give My glory to another or My praise to idols.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 42:8 'For Your Maker is your Husband - YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo is His 'Shúam' - the Holy One of Yaoshorúl (Israel) is your Redeemer; He is called YÁOHU UL of all the earth.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU 54:5 'For this is what the high and lofty One says - He Who lives forever, Whose 'Shúam' is holy: 'I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 57:15 'From the west, men will reverentially fear the 'Shúam' (Name) of YÁOHU, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere His glory. For He will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of YÁOHU UL drives along.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 59:19 'No one is like You, YÁOHU UL, You are great, and Your 'Shúam' is mighty in power!' - Yarmi-YÁOHU 10:6 'Therefore I will teach them - this time I will teach them My power and might. Then they will know that My 'Shúam' (Name) is YÁOHU UL.' - Yarmi-YÁOHU 16:21 'I will make known My holy 'Shúam' (Name) among My people Yaoshorúl (Israel). I will no longer let My holy 'Shúam' be profaned, and the nations will know that I, YÁOHU UL, am the Holy One in Yaoshorúl (Israel).' - Kozoqiúl (Ezekiel) 39:7 'Give ear, YÁOHU UL, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the City that bears Your 'Shúam' (Name). We do not make requests of You because we are upright, but because of Your great mercy. YÁOHU UL, hearken! YÁOHU UL, forgive! YÁOHU UL hear and act! For Your sake, O my YÁOHU UL, do not delay, because Your City and Your people bear Your Shúam (Name).' - Dayan-Úl (Daniel) 9:18-19 'And everyone who calls on the 'Shúam' of YÁOHU UL will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Yaohúshua-oléym (Jerusalem) there will be deliverance, as YÁOHU UL has said, among the remnant (survivors) whom YÁOHU UL calls.' - Yao-Úl (Joel) 2:32 'He Who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals His thoughts to man, He Who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth - YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo (the Commander of Heaven's Armies) is His 'Shúam' (Name).' - Amos 4:13 'He will arise and shepherd His flock in the power of YÁOHU UL, in the majesty of the 'Shúam' of YÁOHU His UL. And they will live securely, for then His greatness will reach to the ends of the earth.' - Micah 5:4 'But I will preserve within you the meek and humble, who trust fully in the 'Shúam' of YÁOHU UL.' - Zafna-YÁOHU 3:12 'This third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My 'Shúam' and I will answer them; I will say, 'They are My people,' and they will say, 'YÁOHU is our UL!'' - Zochar-YÁOHU 13:9 'YÁOHU UL will be King over the whole earth! On that day there will be one YÁOHU UL, and His 'Shúam' the only 'Shúam' (Name).' - Zochar-YÁOHU 14:9 Personal Life Application: Yes or No, underline, please.
All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'Everyone who calls on the 'Shúam' (Name) of YÁOHU UL will be saved.' - Romans 10:13 'You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the 'Shúam' (Name) of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA ha-MEHUSHKHÁY and by the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) of our YÁOHU UL.' - 1 Corinthians 6:11 'From Whom His whole family in heaven and on earth derives its 'Shúam' (Name)!' - Ephesians 3:15 'Always giving 'hodayáo' (thanks) to YÁOHU AB (the Father) for everything, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY.' - Ephesians 5:20 'Therefore YÁOHU UL exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the 'Shúam' that is above every name, that at the mention of the 'Shúam' YAOHÚSHUA every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth!' - Philippians 2:9-10 'And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all - 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) Molkhiúl (King) YAOHÚSHUA, giving 'hodayáo' (thanks) to YÁOHU AB (the Father) through Him.' - Colossians 3:17 'We pray this so the 'Shúam' (Name) of our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the favors of our YÁOHU UL and ha-Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY.' - 2 Thessalonians 1:12 'All who are under the yoke of slavery should think of their bosses worthy of full respect, in order that the 'Shúam' YÁOHU UL and our teaching may not be slandered.' - 1 YÁOHU-tam (Tim.) 6:1 'Nevertheless, YÁOHU UL's solid foundation remains firm, sealed with this inscription: 'YÁOHU UL knows those who are His,' and, 'Everyone who confesses the 'Shúam' of YÁOHU UL should turn away from wickedness.' - 2 YÁOHU-tam (Timothy) 2:19 'So he became as much superior to the angels as the 'Shúam' He has inherited is superior to theirs.' - Hebrews 1:4 'Through YAOHÚSHUA, therefore, let us continually offer to YÁOHU UL a sacrifice of praise - the fruit of lips that confess His 'Shúam.' - Hebrews 13:15 'If you are insulted because of the 'Shúam' of 'ha-MEHUSHKHÁY' (the Messiah), you are empowered, for the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) of glory and of YÁOHU UL rests on you.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 4:14 'However, if you suffer as a Yaohúshuahée (believer in the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA) do not be ashamed, but praise YÁOHU UL that you bear that Shúam (Name).' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 4:16 'I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forbrought on account of His Shúam (Name).' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam (John) 2:12 'And this is His command: to believe in the 'Shúam' of His Son, YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, and to love one another as He commanded us.' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam (John) 3:23 'I write these matters to you who believe in the 'Shúam' of 'ha-BÓR YÁOHU UL' (the Son of YÁOHU UL) so you may know that you have eternal life!' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam (John) 5:13 'It was for the sake of the 'Shúam' (Name) that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans.' - 3 YÁOHU-khánam (John) 1:7 'You have persevered and have endured hardships for My 'Shúam' (Name), and have not grown weary.' - Revelation 2:3 'The nations were angry; and Your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding Your servants the prophets and Your sanctified ones and those who reverence Your 'Shúam' - both small and great - and for ruining those who ruin the earth.' - Revelation 11:18
ENDURANCE which is the opposite of Discouragement
'Remain firm when the enemy attacks. Trust YÁOHU UL; and remember that other Yaohúshuahím (believers in the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA) all around the world are going through these sufferings too.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 5:9 'I am warning you ahead of time, dear brothers, so you can watch out and not be carried away by the mistakes of these wicked men, lest you yourselves become confused too.' - 2 Káfos 3:17
Stop looking at where you have been and begin looking at where you can be. True or False
Answer: False What does seeking after YÁOHU Ulhím really mean? 'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Knowing Who YÁOHU UL really is! 'The reverential fear of YÁOHU UL is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is real comprehension.' - Proverbs 9:10 To find out and really know Who YÁOHU UL is results in your gaining a true and honest comprehension of Himself, His ways in dealing with you, and of your life and purposes. YÁOHU UL reveals His Person, traits and attributes by means of His redemptive Name and titles. As we have said, a name represents to total personality and nature of the person behind the name. In order that you may fully delight in YÁOHU UL Himself, you must have a thorough comprehension of His redemptive Name and titles.
After the death of Mehushúa, YÁOHU UL's servant, YÁOHU UL spoke to Yaohúshua (Joshua) son of Nun, auxiliary to Mehushúa. He said, 'Now that my servant Mehushúa is dead, you must lead my people through the Yardayán River into the land I am giving them. I promise you what I promised Mehushúa: 'Everywhere you go, you will be on land I have brought you — from the Negev Desert in the south to the Lebanon mountains in the north, from the Euphrates River on the east to the Mediterranean Sea on the west, and all the land of the Hittites.' No one will be able to hold their ground against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Mehushúa. I will not fail you or abandon you. Be tough and brave, for you will lead My people to possess all the land I swore to give their forefathers. Be tough and very brave. Obey all the laws Mehushúa gave you. Do not turn away from them, and you will be successful in everything you do. Study this Book of the Law continually. Meditate on it day and night so you may be sure to obey all that is written in it. Only then will you succeed. I command you — be tough and brave! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For YÁOHU your UL is with you wherever you go.' Then Yaohúshua commanded the leaders of Yaoshorúl, 'Go through the camp and tell the people to get their provisions ready. In three days you will pass the Yardayán River and take possession of the land YÁOHU your UL has brought you.' Then Yaohúshua called together the tribes of Reuben, Gaold, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. He told them, 'Remember what Mehushúa, the servant of YÁOHU UL, commanded you: 'YÁOHU your UL is giving you rest; He has brought you this land.' Your wives, children, and cattle may remain here on the east side of the Yardayán River, but your warriors, fully armed, must lead the other tribes through the Yardayán to help them conquer their territory. Remain with them until YÁOHU UL gives rest to them as He has brought rest to you, and until they, too, possess the land YÁOHU your UL is giving them. Only then may you dwell here on the east side of the Yardayán River in the land that Mehushúa, the servant of YÁOHU UL, gave you.' They answered Yaohúshua, 'We will do whatever you command us, and we will go wherever you send us. We will obey you just as we obeyed Mehushúa. And may YÁOHU your UL be with you as he was with Mehushúa. Anyone who rebels against your word and does not obey your every command will be put to death. So be tough and brave!' Then Yaohúshua secretly sent out two spies from the Yaoshorulíte camp at Acacia. He ordered them, 'Spy out the land on the other side of the Yardayán River, especially around Yericho.' So the two men set out and came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab and remained there that night. But someone told the king of Yericho, 'Some Yaoshorulítes have come here tonight to spy out the land.' So the king of Yericho sent orders to Rahab: 'Bring out the men who have come into your house. They are spies sent here to discover the best way to attack us.' Rahab, who had hidden the two men, replied, 'The men were here earlier, but I didn't know where they were from. They left the city at dusk, as the city gates were about to close, and I don't know where they went. If you hurry, you can probably catch up with them.' (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them beneath piles of flax.) So the king's men went looking for the spies along the road leading to the shallow places of the Yardayán River. And as soon as the king's men had left, the city gate was shut. Before the spies went to sleep that night, Rahab went up on the roof to talk with them. 'I know YÁOHU UL has brought you this land,' she told them. 'We are all afraid of you. Everyone is living in terror. For we have heard how YÁOHU UL made a dry path for you through the Red Sea when you left Egypt. And we know what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Yardayán River, whose people you completely ruined. No wonder our hearts have melted in fear! No one has the courage to fight after hearing such reports. For YÁOHU your UL is the supreme YÁOHU UL of the heavens above and the earth below. Now swear to me by YÁOHU UL that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that when Yericho is conquered, you will let me live, along with my father and mother, my brothers and female siblings, and all their families.' 'We offer our own lives as a guarantee for your safety,' the men agreed. 'If you don't betray us, we will keep our promise when YÁOHU UL gives us the land.' Then, since Rahab's house was built into the city wall, she let them down by a rope through the window. 'Escape to the hill country,' she told them. 'Hide there for three days until the men who are searching for you have returned; then go on your way.' Before they left, the men told her, 'We can guarantee your safety only if you leave this scarlet rope hanging from the window. And all your family members — your father, mother, brothers, and all your relatives — must be here inside the house. If they go out into the road, they will be killed, and we cannot be held to our oath. But we swear that no one inside this house will be killed — not a hand will be laid on any of them. If you betray us, however, we are not bound by this oath in any way.' 'I accept your terms,' she replied. And she sent them on their way, leaving the scarlet rope hanging from the window. The spies went up into the hill country and remained there three days. The men who were chasing them had searched everywhere along the road, but they finally returned to the city without success. Then the two spies came down from the hill country, went through the Yardayán River, and reported to Yaohúshua all that had happened to them. 'YÁOHU UL will surely give us the whole land,' they said, 'for all the people in the land are terrified of us.' Early the next morning Yaohúshua and all the Yaoshorulítes left Acacia and arrived at the banks of the Yardayán River, where they camped before going through it. Three days later, the Yaoshorulíte leaders went through the camp giving this regulation to the people: 'When you see the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of YÁOHU your UL, follow them. Since you have never traveled this way before, they will guide you. Remain about a half mile behind them, keeping space far enough between you and the Ark. Make sure you don't come any closer.' Then Yaohúshua told the people, 'Purify yourselves, for tomorrow YÁOHU UL will do great wonders among you.' In the morning Yaohúshua said to the priests, 'Lift up the Ark of the Covenant and lead the people through the river.' And so they began out. YÁOHU UL told Yaohúshua, 'Today I will begin to make you great in the eyes of all the Yaoshorulítes. Now they will know that I am with you, just as I was with Mehushúa. Give this regulation to the priests who are carrying the Ark of the Covenant: 'When you reach the banks of the Yardayán River, take a few steps into the river and stop.'' So Yaohúshua told the Yaoshorulítes, 'Come and hearken to what YÁOHU your UL says. Today you will know that the living YÁOHU UL is among you. He will surely drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Yebusites. Think of it! The Ark of the Covenant, which belongs to YÁOHU UL of the whole earth, will lead you though the Yardayán River! Now select twelve men, one from each tribe. The priests will be carrying the Ark of YÁOHU UL, YÁOHU UL of all the earth. When their feet touch the water, the flow of water will be cut off upriver, and the river will pile up there in one heap.' When the people set out to go through the Yardayán, the priests who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant went ahead of them. Now it was harvest time, and the Yardayán was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river's edge, the water began piling up at a town upriver called Adam, which is near Zarethan. And the water below that point flowed on to the Dead Sea until the riverbed was dry. Then all the people went over near the city of Yericho. Meanwhile, the priests who were carrying the Ark of YÁOHU UL's Covenant arose on dry ground in the middle of the riverbed as the people passed by them. They waited there until everyone had gone through the Yardayán on dry ground. When all the people were safely on the other side of the river, YÁOHU UL said to Yaohúshua, 'Now select twelve men, one from each tribe. Tell the men to take twelve 'ebaním' (s-ones) from where the priests are arisen in the middle of the Yardayán and pile them up at the place where you camp tonight.' So Yaohúshua called together the twelve men and told them, 'Go into the middle of the Yardayán, in front of the Ark of YÁOHU your UL. Each of you must pick up one 'éban' and carry it out on your shoulder — twelve 'ebaním' in all, one for each of the twelve tribes. We will use these 'ebaním' to build a memorial. In the future, your children will ask, 'What do these 'ebaním' mean to you?' Then you can tell them, 'They remind us that the Yardayán River stopped flowing when the Ark of YÁOHU UL's Covenant went through.' These 'ebaním' will be as a permanent memorial among the people of Yaoshorúl.' So the men did as Yaohúshua told them. They took twelve 'ebaním' from the middle of the Yardayán River, one for each tribe, just as YÁOHU UL had commanded Yaohúshua. They carried them to the place where they camped for the night and built the memorial there. Yaohúshua also built another memorial of twelve 'ebaním' in the middle of the Yardayán, at the place where the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant were arisen. The memorial remains there to this day. The priests who were carrying the Ark arose in the middle of the river until all of YÁOHU UL's orders, which Mehushúa had brought to Yaohúshua, were carried out. Meanwhile, the people hurried through the riverbed. And when everyone was on the other side, the priests came over with the Ark of YÁOHU UL. The armed warriors from the tribes of Reuben, Gaold, and the half-tribe of Manasseh led the Yaoshorulítes through the Yardayán, just as Mehushúa had directed. These warriors — about forty thousand vigorous men — were ready for battle, and they went over to the plains of Yericho in YÁOHU UL's presence. That day YÁOHU UL made Yaohúshua great in the eyes of all the Yaoshorulítes, and for the rest of his life they revered him as much as they had revered Mehushúa. YÁOHU UL had said to Yaohúshua, 'Command the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant to come up out of the riverbed.' So Yaohúshua gave the command. And as soon as the priests carrying the Ark of YÁOHU UL's covenant came up out of the riverbed, the Yardayán River flooded its banks as before. The people went through the Yardayán on the tenth day of the first month — the month that marked their exodus from Egypt. They camped at Gilgal, east of Yericho. It was there at Gilgal that Yaohúshua piled up the twelve 'ebaním' taken from the Yardayán River. Then Yaohúshua said to the Yaoshorulítes, 'In the future, your children will ask, 'What do these 'ebaním' mean?' Then you can tell them, 'This is where the Yaoshorulítes went through the Yardayán on dry ground.' For YÁOHU your UL dried up the river right before your eyes, and He kept it dry until you were all safe, just as He did at the Red Sea when He dried it up until we had all went through. He did this so all the nations of the earth might know the power of YÁOHU UL, and that you might reverentially fear YÁOHU your UL forever.' When all the Amorite kings west of the Yardayán and all the Canaanite kings who lived along the Mediterranean coast heard how YÁOHU UL had dried up the Yardayán River so the people of Yaoshorúl could go through, they lost courage and were paralyzed with fear. At that time YÁOHU UL told Yaohúshua, 'Use knives of flint to make the Yaoshorulítes a circumcised people again.' So Yaohúshua made flint knives and circumcised the entire male population of Yaoshorúl at Gibeath-haaraloth. Yaohúshua had to circumcise them because all the men who were old enough to bear arms when they left Egypt had died in the wilderness. Those who left Egypt had all been circumcised, but none of those born after the Exodus, during the years in the wilderness, had been circumcised. The Yaoshorulítes wandered in the wilderness for forty years until all the men who were old enough to bear arms when they left Egypt had died. For they had disobeyed YÁOHU UL, and YÁOHU UL vowed He would not let them enter the land He had sworn to give us — a land flowing with milk and honey. So Yaohúshua circumcised their sons who had not been circumcised on the way to the Promised Land — those who had grown up to take their fathers' places. After all the males had been circumcised, they took rest while in the camp until they were cured. Then YÁOHU UL said to Yaohúshua, 'Today I have rolled away the shame of your slavery in Egypt.' So the place has been called Gilgal to this day. While the Yaoshorulítes were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Yericho, they celebrated 'Pósqayao' (Passover) on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month — the month that marked their exodus from Egypt. The very next day they began to eat unleavened bread and made roast grain reaped from the land. No manna appeared that day, and it was never seen again. So from that time on the Yaoshorulítes ate from the crops of Canaan. As Yaohúshua approached the city of Yericho, he looked up and saw a man facing him with sword in hand. Yaohúshua went up to him and asked, 'Are you friend or foe?' 'Neither one,' he replied. 'I am commander of YÁOHU UL's army.' At this, Yaohúshua fell with his face to the ground in reverence. 'I am at your command,' Yaohúshua said. 'What do you want your servant to do?' The commander of YÁOHU UL's army replied, 'Take off your sandals, for this is holy ground.' And Yaohúshua did as he was told. Now the gates of Yericho were tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Yaoshorulítes. No one was allowed to go in or out. But YÁOHU UL said to Yaohúshua, 'I have brought you Yericho, its king, and all its mighty warriors. Your entire army is to march around the city once a day for six days. Seven priests will walk ahead of the Ark, each carrying a 'shofár' (ram's horn). On the seventh day you are to march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the horns. When you hear the priests give one long blast with the horns, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the walls of the city will collapse, and the people can charge right into the city.' So Yaohúshua called together the priests and said, 'Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and assign seven priests to walk in front of it, each carrying a shofár.' Then he gave orders to the people: 'March around the city, and the armed men will lead the way in front of the Ark of YÁOHU UL.' After Yaohúshua spoke to the people, the seven priests with the rams' horns began marching in the presence of YÁOHU UL, blowing the horns as they marched. And the priests carrying the Ark of YÁOHU UL's Covenant followed behind them. Armed guards marched both in front of the priests and behind the Ark, with the priests continually blowing the horns. 'Do not shout; do not even talk,' Yaohúshua commanded. 'Not a single word from any of you until I tell you to shout. Then shout!' So the Ark of YÁOHU UL was carried around the city once that day, and then everyone returned to spend the night in the camp. Yaohúshua rose up early the next morning, and the priests again carried the Ark of YÁOHU UL. The seven priests with the rams' horns marched in front of the Ark of YÁOHU UL, blowing their horns. Armed guards marched both in front of the priests with the horns and behind the Ark of YÁOHU UL. All this time the priests were blowing their horns. On the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They followed this pattern for six days. On the seventh day the Yaoshorulítes woke up at dawn and marched around the city as they had done before. But this time they went around the city seven times. The seventh time around, as the priests blew the long blast with their horns, Yaohúshua commanded the people, 'Shout! For YÁOHU UL has brought you the city! The city and everything in it must be completely ruined as an offering to YÁOHU UL. Only Rahab the prostitute and the others in her house will be spared, for she protected our spies. Do not take any of the things set apart for ruin, or you yourselves will be completely ruined, and you will bring trouble on all Yaoshorúl. Everything made from silver, gold, bronze, or iron is sacred to YÁOHU UL and must be brought into His treasury.' When the people heard the sound of the horns, they gave a shout, as loud as they could. Immediately, the walls of Yericho collapsed, and the Yaoshorulítes charged directly into the city from every side and captured it. They completely ruined everything in it — men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, donkeys — everything! Then Yaohúshua said to the two spies, 'Keep your promise. Go to the prostitute's house and bring her out, along with all her family.' The young men went in and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all the other relatives who were with her. They moved her whole family to a safe place near the camp of Yaoshorúl. Then the Yaoshorulítes burned the city and everything in it. Only the things made from silver, gold, bronze, or iron were kept for the treasury of YÁOHU UL's house. So Yaohúshua spared Rahab the prostitute and her relatives who were with her in the house, because she had hidden the spies Yaohúshua sent to Yericho. And she lives among the Yaoshorulítes to this day.
So YÁOHU UL was with Yaohúshua, and his name became famous throughout the land.' - Yaohúshua (Joshua) 1-6:27 Personal Life Application: Yes or No, underline, please.
All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'Be on your guard; remain firm in the faith; be men of courage! Be powerful!' - 1 Corinthians 16:13 'Serve only YÁOHU your UL and reverentially fear Him alone. Obey His commands, hearken to His voice, and cling to Him!' - Deuteronomy 13:4 'Fear not, YÁOHU-caf, my servant,' says YÁOHU UL, 'for I am with you. I will ruin the nations to which I have exiled you, but I will not ruin you. But I must discipline you; I cannot let you go unpunished.' - Yarmi-YÁOHU (Jeremiah) 46:28 'Son of man, do not fear them! Don't be afraid even though their threats are sharp like thorns and barbed like briers, and they sting like scorpions. Do not be dismayed by their dark scowls. For remember, they are rebels!' - Kozoqiúl (Ezekiel) 2:6 'I have made you as hard as rock! So never be afraid of them or fear their angry looks, even though they are such rebels.' - Kozoqiúl (Ezekiel) 3:9 'I will make a covenant of peace with them and drive away the dangerous animals from the land. Then My people will be able to camp safely in the wildest places and sleep in the woods without fear.' - Kozoqiúl (Ezekiel) 34:25 'The lion has roared — tremble in fear! The Sovereign YÁOHU UL has spoken — I dare not refuse to proclaim His message!' - Amos 3:8 'Everyone will live quietly in their own homes in peace and prosperity, for there will be nothing to fear. YÁOHU UL Tzavulyáo has promised this!' - Micah 4:4 'Don't be afraid of those who want to kill you. They can only kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Reverentially fear only YÁOHU UL, Who can ruin both soul and body in hell.' - Mán-YÁOHU (Matthew) 10:28 'We have been rescued from our enemies, so we can serve YÁOHU UL fearlessly!' - Luke 1:74 'But I'll tell you Whom to fear. Reverentially fear YÁOHU UL, Who has the power to kill people and then throw them into hell.' - Luke 12:5 'For YÁOHU UL has not brought us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.' - 2 YÁOHU-tam 1:7 'Only in this way could He deliver those who have lived all their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.' - Hebrews 2:15 'Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of judgment, and this shows that His love has not been perfected in us.' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam 4:18 'Who will not fear, O YÁOHU UL, and glorify Your 'Shúam' (Name)? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your upright deeds have been revealed.' - Revelation 15:4
BRAVERY which is the opposite of Fearfulness
True or False
Answer: False What does seeking after YÁOHU Ulhím really mean? 'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Knowing Who YÁOHU UL really is! 'The reverential fear of YÁOHU UL is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is real comprehension.' - Proverbs 9:10 To find out and really know Who YÁOHU UL is results in your gaining a true and honest comprehension of Himself, His ways in dealing with you, and of your life and purposes. YÁOHU UL reveals His Person, traits and attributes by means of His redemptive Name and titles. As we have said, a name represents to total personality and nature of the person behind the name. In order that you may fully delight in YÁOHU UL Himself, you must have a thorough comprehension of His redemptive Name and titles.
'And He passed front of Mehushúa, proclaiming, 'YÁOHU, YÁOHU UL, the compassionate and benevolent YÁOHU UL, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet He does not leave the guilty unpunished; He punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.' - Exodus 34:6-7
'With unfailing love You (YÁOHU UL) will lead 'Never seek revenge or bear a grudge against someone, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am YÁOHU UL.' - Leviticus 19:18 'And you must love YÁOHU your UL with all your heart, all your soul, and all your vigor.' - Deuteronomy 6:5 'And now, Yaoshorúl (Israel), what does YÁOHU your UL require of you? He requires you to reverentially fear Him, to live according to His will, to love and worship Him with all your heart and soul!' - Deuteronomy 10:12 'Suppose there are prophets among you, or those who have dreams about the future, and they promise you signs or miracles, and the predicted signs or miracles take place. If the prophets afterward say, 'Come, let us worship the idols of foreign nations,' do not hearken to them. YÁOHU your UL is merely trying, proving you to see if you love Him with all your heart and soul. Serve only YÁOHU your UL and reverentially fear Him alone. Obey His commands, hearken to His voice, and cling to Him. The false prophets or dreamers who try to lead you into error must be put to death, for they empower rebellion against YÁOHU your UL, Who brought you out of slavery in the land of Egypt. Because they try to keep you from following YÁOHU your UL, you must execute them to remove the evil from among you. Suppose your brother, son, daughter, beloved wife, or closest friend comes to you secretly and says, 'Let us go worship idols!' — idols that neither you nor your forefathers have known. They might suggest that you worship the idols of peoples who live nearby or who come from the ends of the earth. If they do this, do not give in or hearken, and have no pity. Do not spare or protect them. You must put them to death! You must be the one to initiate the execution; then all the people must join in. 'Éban' (s-one) the guilty ones to death because they have tried to draw you away from YÁOHU your UL, Who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery. Then all Yaoshorúl will hear about it and be afraid, and such wickedness will never again be done among you. Suppose you hear in one of the towns YÁOHU your UL is giving you that some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens into error by encouraging them to worship foreign idols. In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully. If you find it is true and can prove that such a detestable act has occurred among you, you must attack that town and completely annihilate all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock. Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the town square and burn it. Put the entire town to the torch as a burnt offering to YÁOHU your UL. That town should remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt. Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for ruin. Then YÁOHU UL will turn from His fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a great nation, just as He solemnly promised your forefathers. YÁOHU your UL will be merciful only if you obey Him and keep all the commands I am giving you today, doing what is pleasing to Him.' - Deuteronomy 13:1-18 'Decide to love YÁOHU your UL and to obey Him and commit yourself to Him, for He is your life. Then you will live long in the land YÁOHU UL swore to give your forefathers Abruhám, YÁOHUtz-kaq, and YÁOHU-caf.' - Deuteronomy 30:20 'Give 'hodayáo' (thanks) to YÁOHU UL, for He is kind! His faithful love endures forever.' - 1 Chronicles 16:34 He prayed, 'O YÁOHU UL Yaoshorúl, there is no YÁOHU UL like You in all of heaven and earth. You keep Your promises and show unfailing love to all who obey You and are eager to do Your will.' - 2 Chronicles 6:14
'But let all who take refuge in You exult;
'Surely Your kindness and unfailing love will pursue me
'Love YÁOHU UL, all you faithful ones!
'But may all who search for You
'The love of YÁOHU UL remains forever 'Those who love me inherit wealth, for I fill their treasuries.' - Proverbs 8:21 'Others died that you might live. I traded their lives for yours because you are dear to Me. You are honored, and I love you.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU 43:4 'For YÁOHU your UL has arrived to live among you. He is a mighty Savior. He will exult over you with great gladness. With His love, He will calm all your fears. He will exult over you by singing a happy song.' - Zafna-YÁOHU 3:17 'You have heard that the law of Mehushúa says, 'Love your neighbor' and hate your enemy. But I (YAOHÚSHUA) speak, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!' - Mán-YÁOHU 5:43-44 'No one can serve two bosses. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both YÁOHU UL and money.' - Mán-YÁOHU 6:24 'You must love YÁOHU your UL with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your vigor.' The second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' No other command is greater than these.' - Mark 12:30-31 'Love your enemies! Do kindness to them! Lend to them! And don't be concerned that they might not repay. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for He is kind to the ungrateful and to those who are very wicked.' - Luke 6:35 'So now I am giving you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you should love one another. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are My disciples.' - YÁOHU-khánam 13:34-35 'Those who obey My commands are the ones who love Me. And because they love Me, My YÁOHU ABí will love them, and I will love them. And I will reveal Myself to each one of them.' - YÁOHU-khánam 14:21 YAOHÚSHUA replied, 'All those who love Me will do what I say. My YÁOHU ABí will love them, and We will come to them and live with them. Anyone who doesn't love Me will not do what I say. And remember, My words are not My own. This message is from YÁOHU ABí Who sent Me.' - YÁOHU-khánam (John) 14:23-24 'When you obey Me (YAOHÚSHUA), you remain in My love, just as I obey My YÁOHU ABí and remain in His love.' - YÁOHU-khánam 15:10 'I command you to love each other in the same way that I love you. And here is how to measure it — the greatest love is shown when people lay down their lives for their friends.' - YÁOHU-khánam 15:12-13 'I command you to love one another.' - YÁOHU-khánam 15:17 'The world would love you if you belonged to it, but you don't. I selected you to come out of the world, and so it hates you.' - YÁOHU-khánam (John) 15:19 'Don't just pretend that you love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Remain on the side of the kind. Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.' - Romans 12:9-10 'Pay all your debts, except the debt of love for others. You can never finish paying that! If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill all the requirements of YÁOHU UL's law. For the commands against adultery and murder and stealing and coveting — and any other command — are all summed up in this one command: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does no wrong to anyone, so love satisfies all of YÁOHU UL's requirements.' - Romans 13:8-10 'No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what YÁOHU UL has prepared for those who love Him.' - 1 Cor. 2:9 'If anyone does not love YÁOHU UL, that person is cursed! Our Molkhiúl, come now please!' - 1 Corinthians 16:22 'For when we place our faith in hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA, it makes no difference to YÁOHU UL whether we are circumcised or not circumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.' - Galatians 5:6 'For you, dear friends, have been called to live in freedom — not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another in love. For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'' - Galatians 5:13-14 'The purpose of my teaching is that all the Yaohúshuahím (believers) there would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.' - 1 YÁOHU-tam 1:5 'For YÁOHU UL is not unfair. He will not forget how hard you have worked for Him and how you have shown your love to Him by caring for other Yaohúshuahím, as you still do.' - Hebrews 6:10 'Keep away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you have. For YÁOHU UL has said, 'I will never fail you. I will never forsake you.' - Hebrews 13:5 'YÁOHU UL rewards the people who patiently endure tests. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that YÁOHU UL has promised to those who love Him.' - YÁOHU-caf (James) 1:12 'And this is His commandment: We must believe in the Shúam (Name) of His Son, YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, and love one another, just as He commanded us.' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam (John) 3:23 'Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from YÁOHU UL. Anyone who loves is born of YÁOHU UL and knows YÁOHU UL. But anyone who does not love does not know YÁOHU UL — for YÁOHU UL is love. YÁOHU UL showed how much He loved us by giving His only Son into the world so we might have eternal life through Him. This is real love. It is not that we loved YÁOHU UL, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam 4:7-10 'We know how much YÁOHU UL loves us, and we have put our trust upon Him. YÁOHU UL is love, and all who live in love live in YÁOHU UL, and YÁOHU UL lives in them. And as we live in YÁOHU UL, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the Day of Judgment, but we can face Him with confidence because we are like ha-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah) here in this world. Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of judgment, and this shows that His love has not been perfected in us. We love each other as a result of His loving us first. If someone says, 'I love YÁOHU UL,' but hates another Yaohúshuahée, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love YÁOHU UL, Whom we have not seen? And YÁOHU UL Himself has commanded that we must love not only Him but our Yaohúshuahím brethren, too.' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam 4:16-21 'We know we love YÁOHU UL's children if we love YÁOHU UL and obey His commands. Loving YÁOHU UL means keeping His commands, and really, that isn't difficult.' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam 5:2-3 'Take heed, all of you. Love your enemies! Be kind to those who hate you. Pray for the exuberance of those who curse you; implore YÁOHU UL's rewards on those who hurt you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, let him slap the other too! If someone demands your coat, give him your shirt besides. Give what you have to anyone who asks you for it; and when things are taken away from you, don't worry about getting them back. Treat others as you want them to treat you. Do you think you deserve commendation for merely loving those who love you? Even the wicked do that! And if you are kind only to those who are kind to you - is that so commendable? Even sinners do that much! And if you lend money only to those who can repay you, how commendable is that? Even the most wicked will lend to their own kind for full return! Love your enemies! Be kind to them! Lend to them! And don't be concerned about the fact that they won't repay. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of YÁOHU UL Gavóha (the Most High): for He is kind to the ungrateful and to those who are very wicked. Try to show as much compassion as your YÁOHU ABí (Father) does. Never criticize or condemn - or it will all come back on you. Go easy on others; then they will do the same for you. For if you give, you will receive! Your gift will return to you in full and overflowing measure, pressed together, shaken over to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you use to give - large or small - will be used to measure what is given back to you.' - Luke 6:27-38 Personal Life Application: Yes or No, underline, please.
All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'If I could speak in any language in heaven or on earth but didn't love others, I would only be making meaningless noise like a loud gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I knew all the enigmas of the future and knew everything about everything, but didn't love others, what benefit would I be? And if I had the gift of faith so I could speak to a mountain and make it move, without love I would be no benefit to anybody. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would be of no value whatsoever. Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad about injustice but exults whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every predicament. Love never fails. There are three things that will endure — faith, hope, and love — and the greatest of these is love.' - 1 Corinthians 13:1-8a;13
Honesty which is the opposite of Hypocrisy
What you make happen for others, YÁOHU Ulhím will likewise make happen for you.
'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Living in the Resurrection Power of YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY! 'Praise be to YÁOHU UL and ABí of our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY! In His great mercy He has brought us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 1:3 'For you were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY when you were baptized. And with Him you were raised to a new life because you relied upon the mighty power of YÁOHU UL, Who raised hol-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead.' - Colossians 2:12 'All this newness of life is from YÁOHU UL, Who brought us back to Himself through what hol-MEHUSHKHÁY did. And YÁOHU UL has brought us the task of reconciling people to Him.' - 2 Cor. 5:18 'For we died and were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY by baptism. And just as hol-MEHUSHKHÁY was raised from the dead by the glorious power of YÁOHU ABí, now we also may live new lives.' - Romans 6:4 'He (YAOHÚSHUA) died for everyone so those who receive His new life will no longer live to please themselves. On the contrary, they will live to please ha-MEHUSHKHÁY, Who died and was raised for them.' - 2 Corinthians 5:15 When you believed and accepted Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY as your sole individual Life Governor and Savior, you were brought a new birth and were united with Him, in His body, the Oholyáo, by immersion in water and in the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit). Since you have been united with Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA, and become part of His body, you now identify yourself with everything that He did in the past, all that He does in the present and all the He will do in the future. Since He died, you also died with Him, and since He was raised from the dead, you also were raised from the dead and since He now reigns, so do you humbly in this life. Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA died to sin and so you also reckon or think of yourself as dead to sin. Sin and death has no power over Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA, and neither do they have power over you now that you belong to Him, united with YAOHÚSHUA. Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA rose from the dead and is now resurrected, and so you, being one with Him, must live your new life in the power of His resurrection, the resurrection life, no longer in bondage to the law of Mehushúa (Moses), but free from the law and its curses, with complete liberty to live upright lives which leads to holiness and life eternal in Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA. How do you live this new resurrection life in YAOHÚSHUA?
To engraft means to make it a part of your nature, actual portion and parcel of your whole being, the Word actually becoming a living part of you, always in your heart and mind, abiding in you continually. The first step in engrafting is memorizing word for word the passages of Scriptures, and meditating on them, muttering them always, and fixing your minds on the verses. Absorbing Scriptural passages is similar to eating solid food. When food is hastily taken, and not chewed, but quickly swallowed and eliminated, your body does not get the nourishment that the food contained. In order to get full nourishment, you must first chew your food well, ruminate on them, and your body should thoroughly digest them. This way, you get all the nourishment and physical benefits which the food offered. Like so, the written Word which is quickly read, and not pondered upon, would not give you the nourishment and life, power and health which is contained in the incorruptible seed of YÁOHU UL's Word. In order for you the really benefit from YÁOHU UL's Words, you must take them in slowly and carefully, memorize and meditate on them with all seriousness and attention, and continually mutter them until they become fully engrafted in you. So you must begin to memorize, and to practice meditating, pondering upon and muttering the Words of YÁOHU UL now. This is what it actually means to engraft YÁOHU UL's Word into yourself. Better yet, write them down as you are committing to memory and speak them out as you read them, repeatedly, and heartily, until you memorize the passages word perfect. Now, you must make time and effort to memorize the following personalized chapters from the book of Romans, and engraft them into your whole being, as you now begin to live the new resurrection life with Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY: Romans 6 - What then shall I say? Shall I go on committing sin in order that YÁOHU UL's favor upon me may increase? Absolutely not! I have died to sin; how can I live in it any longer? Or don't I yet realize that all of us who were baptized into hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA were baptized into His death? Therefore I was buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as hol-MEHUSHKHÁY was raised from the dead through the glory of YÁOHU ABí, I too may live a new life! If I have been united with Him like this in His death, I will surely also be united with Him in His resurrection. For I know that my old self was impaled with Him in order that the body of sin might be done away with, that I no longer must be a slave to sin - because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. Now if I died with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, I believe that I will also live with Him. For I know that since ha-MEHUSHKHÁY was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has power over Him. The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to YÁOHU UL. In the same way, I think and look at myself as dead to sin but alive to YÁOHU UL in hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA. I therefore do not let sin reign in my mortal body that I must obey its evil cravings. I do not offer the parts of my body to sin, to be made tools of wickedness, but on the contrary, I offer myself to YÁOHU UL, like those who have been brought from death to life. And I offer the parts of my body to Him to be used like tools of rectitude. For sin shall not be my ruler, because I am not under the law (of Moses), but under YÁOHU UL's favor. What then? Shall I sin because I am not under the law but under His favor? Absolutely not! Don't I know that when I offer myself to someone to obey him as slave, I am slave to the one whom I obey - whether I am slave to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to rectitude? 'Hodayáo' (thanks) be to YÁOHU UL that, though I used to be a slave to sin, I wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which I was committed. I have been set free from sin and have become a slave to rectitude. I put this in human terms because I am weak in my natural self. Just as I used to offer the parts of my body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now I offer them in slavery to rectitude leading to holiness. When I was a slave to sin, I was free from the control of rectitude. What benefit did I reap at that time from those activities that I am now ashamed of? Those activities lead to death. But now that I have been set free from sin and have become a slave to YÁOHU UL, the benefit I reap leads to holiness, and the result is life eternal! For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of YÁOHU UL is life eternal in hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA, our Molkhiúl.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA, because through hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA the law of the 'RÚKHA' of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, YÁOHU UL did by dispatching His own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so He condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the noble requirements of the law might be fully met in me, who does not live according to the sinful nature but according to the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit). Those who live by the dictates of the sinful nature have their minds fixed upon what that nature desires; but those who live in agreement with the 'RÚKHA' have their minds fixed upon what the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the 'RÚKHA' is life and peace; and the sinful mind is contrary to YÁOHU UL. It does not submit to YÁOHU UL's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please YÁOHU UL. I, however, am controlled not by the sinful nature but by the 'RÚKHA' - because the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' (Spirit of YÁOHU) lives in me. And if anyone does not have the 'RÚKHA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY' (Spirit of the Messiah), he does not belong to hol-MEHUSHKHÁY. But because ha-MEHUSHKHÁY is in me, my body is dead because of sin, yet my spirit is alive because of rectitude. And because the 'RÚKHA' of Him Who raised YAOHÚSHUA from the dead is living in me, He Who raised hol-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead will also give life to my mortal body through His 'RÚKHA' Who lives in me. Therefore, brethren, I have an obligation - but it is not to the sinful nature, to live by its cravings. For if I live under the influence of the sinful nature, I will die; but if by the 'RÚKHA' I put to death the misdeeds of my body, I will live, because those who are led by the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' are sons of YÁOHU UL. For I did not receive a spirit that makes me a slave again to fear, but I received the 'RÚKHA' of sonship. And by Him I call, 'ABí, YÁOHU ABí.' The 'RÚKHA' Himself confirms to my spirit that I am YÁOHU UL's child. Now since I am a child , then I am an heir - heir of YÁOHU UL and co-heir with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, if indeed I share in His sufferings in order that I may also share in His glory. I believe that my present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in me. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of YÁOHU UL to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to disappointment, not by its own liking, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of YÁOHU UL. I know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but I myself, who have the firstfruits of the 'RÚKHA' groan inwardly as I wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope I was saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if I hope for what I do not yet have, I wait for it patiently. In the same way, the 'RÚKHA' helps me in my weakness. I do not know what I ought to pray for, but the 'RÚKHA' Himself intercedes for me with groans that words cannot express. And He Who searches my heart knows the mind of the 'RÚKHA' - because the 'RÚKHA' intercedes for the sanctified ones in agreement with YÁOHU UL's will. And I know that in everything, YÁOHU UL works for the benefit of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. For those YÁOHU UL foreknew He also predetermined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. And those He predetermined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified. What, then, shall I say in response to this? If YÁOHU UL is for me, who can be against me? He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for me - how will He not also, along with Him, favorably give me everything? Who will bring any charge against those whom YÁOHU UL has selected? It is YÁOHU UL Who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA, Who died - more than that, Who was raised to life - is at the right hand of YÁOHU UL and is also pleading for us. Who shall separate us from the love of ha-MEHUSHKHÁY? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
No, in all these matters we are more than conquerors through Him Who loved us! For I am convinced that not even death nor life, nor angels, not even evil spirits, not even the present nor the future, nor any powers, not even height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of YÁOHU UL that is in ha-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA, our Molkhiúl!
So begin engrafting the above passages now! You can do all through Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA Who enables you! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
YAOHÚSHUA said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.' - YÁOHU-khánam (John) 11:25 'If we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will surely also be united with Him in His resurrection.' - Romans 6:5 'I want to know hol-MEHUSHKHÁY and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.' - Philippians 3:10-11 'Praise be to the YÁOHU UL and ABí of our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY! In His great mercy He has brought us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 1:3 'This water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also - not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward YÁOHU UL. It saves you by the resurrection of YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 3:21 'For you were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY when you were baptized. And with Him you were raised to a new life because you relied upon the mighty power of YÁOHU UL, Who raised hol-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead.' - Colossians 2:12 'All this newness of life is from YÁOHU UL, Who brought us back to Himself through what hol-MEHUSHKHÁY did. And YÁOHU UL has brought us the task of reconciling people to Him.' - 2 Cor. 5:18 'For He raised us from the dead along with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, and we now sit with Him in the heavenly realms — all because we are one with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA.' - Ephesians 2:6 'For we died and were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY by baptism. And just as hol-MEHUSHKHÁY was raised from the dead by the glorious power of YÁOHU ABí, now we also may live new lives.' - Romans 6:4 'So my dear friends, the point is this: The law no longer holds you in its power, because you died to its power when you died with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY on the stake. And now you are united with the One Who was raised from the dead. As a result, you can yield delectable fruit, that is, noble deeds for YÁOHU UL.' - Romans 7:4 'The 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' Who raised YAOHÚSHUA from the dead, lives in you. And just as He raised hol-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead, He will give life to your mortal body by this same 'RÚKHA' living within you.' - Romans 8:11 'He (YAOHÚSHUA) died for everyone so those who receive His new life will no longer live to please themselves. On the contrary, they will live to please ha-MEHUSHKHÁY, Who died and was raised for them.' - 2 Corinthians 5:15 'Since you have been raised to a new life with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, fix your thoughts on the realities of heaven, where hol-MEHUSHKHÁY sits at YÁOHU UL's right hand in the place of honor and power.' - Colossians 3:1
FLEXIBILITY which is the opposite of Rigidity
When you want something you have never had, you have to do something you have never done!
'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Living in the Resurrection Power of YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY! 'For you were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY when you were baptized. And with Him you were raised to a new life because you relied upon the mighty power of YÁOHU UL, Who raised hol-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead.' - Colossians 2:12 'For we died and were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY by baptism. And just as hol-MEHUSHKHÁY was raised from the dead by the glorious power of YÁOHU ABí, now we also may live new lives.' - Romans 6:4 'He (YAOHÚSHUA) died for everyone so those who receive His new life will no longer live to please themselves. On the contrary, they will live to please ha-MEHUSHKHÁY, Who died and was raised for them.' - 2 Corinthians 5:15 When you believed and accepted Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY as your sole individual Life Governor and Savior, you were brought a new birth and were united with Him, in His body, the Oholyáo, by immersion in water and in the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit). Since you have been united with Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA, and become part of His body, you now identify yourself with everything that He did in the past, all that He does in the present and all the He will do in the future. Since He died, you also died with Him, and since He was raised from the dead, you also were raised from the dead and since He now reigns, so do you humbly in this life. Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA died to sin and so you also reckon or think of yourself as dead to sin. Sin and death has no power over Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA, and neither do they have power over you now that you belong to Him, united with YAOHÚSHUA. Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA rose from the dead and is now resurrected, and so you, being one with Him, must live your new life in the power of His resurrection, the resurrection life, no longer in bondage to the law of Mehushúa (Moses), but free from the law and its curses, with complete liberty to live upright lives which leads to holiness and life eternal in Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA. How do you live this new resurrection life in YAOHÚSHUA?
'You will be accepted if you respond in the right way. But if you refuse to respond correctly, then watch out! Sin is waiting to attack and ruin you, and you must subdue it!' - Genesis 4:7 'Don't be afraid,' Mehushúa said, 'for YÁOHU UL has come in this way to show you His awesome power. From now on, let your reverential fear of Him keep you from committing sins!' - Ex. 20:20 'Do not even let them live among you! If you do, they will infect you with their sin of idol worship, and that would be ruinous for you.' - Ex. 23:33 'Then YÁOHU UL came down in a pillar of cloud and called out His own 'Shúam' (Name) - 'YÁOHU' - as Mehushúa arose up there in His presence. He passed by front of Mehushúa and said, 'I am YÁOHU, I am YÁOHU UL, the merciful and favorable YÁOHU UL. I am slow to anger and rich in unfailing love and faithfulness. I show this unfailing love to many thousands by forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. Even so I do not leave sin unpunished, but I punish the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations.' - Exodus 34:5-7 'Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt!' - Leviticus 19:17 'When you make a vow to YÁOHU your UL, be prompt in doing whatever you promised Him. For YÁOHU your UL demands that you promptly fulfill all your vows. If you don't, you will be guilty of sin. However, it is not a sin to refrain from making a vow.' - Deuteronomy 23:21-22 'Suppose a man marries a woman but later discovers something about her that is shameful. So he writes her a letter of divorce, gives it to her, and sends her away. If she leaves and marries another man and the second husband also divorces her or dies, the former husband may not marry her again, for she has been defiled. That would be detestable to YÁOHU UL. You should not bring guilt upon the land YÁOHU your UL is giving you as a special inheritance.' - Deuteronomy. 24:1-4 'So the sin of these young men was very serious in YÁOHU UL's sight, for they treated YÁOHU UL's offerings with contempt.' - 1 Sam. 2:17 'Rebellion is as bad as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as bad as worshiping idols.' - 1 Samu-Úl 15:23a 'Don't sin by letting anger gain control over you. Think about it overnight and remain silent.' - Tehillím 4:4 'Oh, what gladness for those whose rebellion is forbrought, whose sin has been put out of sight! - Tehillím 32:1
'Finally, I confessed all my sins to you
'Because of Your anger, my whole body is sick;
'But I confess my sins;
'I said to myself, 'I will watch what I do
'Wash me clean from my guilt.
For I recognize my shameful deeds—
'Because of the sinful things they say,
'You have forbrought the guilt of your people—
'I have hidden Your word in my heart, 'Rectitude exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.' - Proverbs 14:34 'Who can say, 'I have cleansed my heart; I am pure and free from sin'?' - Proverbs 20:9 'Haughty eyes, a proud heart, and evil behavior are all sin.' - Proverbs 21:4 'The schemes of a fool are sinful; and everyone despises a mocker.' - Proverbs 24:9
'My son, do not despise YÁOHU UL's discipline
'Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you;
'A wise son heeds his father's teachings,
'He who hearkens to a life-giving rebuke
'A rebuke impresses a man of discernment
'Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; 'Better is open rebuke than hidden love.' - Proverbs 27:5 'When you enter the house of YÁOHU UL, keep your ears open and your mouth sealed! Don't be a fool who doesn't realize that mindless offerings to YÁOHU UL are evil. And don't make rash promises to YÁOHU UL, for He is in heaven, and you are only here on earth. So let your words be few. Just as being too busy gives you nightmares, being a fool makes you a blabbermouth. So when you make a promise to YÁOHU UL, don't delay in following through, for YÁOHU UL takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him. It is better to say nothing than to promise something that you don't follow through on. In such cases, your mouth is making you sin. And don't defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make YÁOHU UL angry, and He might wipe out everything you have achieved. Dreaming all the time in place of working is foolishness. And there is ruin in a flood of empty words. On the contrary, reverentially fear YÁOHU UL.' - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 'Calamity is sure for those who drag their sins behind them, tied with cords of falsehood.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU 5:18 'Ruin is sure for my rebellious children,' says YÁOHU UL. 'You make plans that are contrary to My will. You weave a web of plans that are not from My 'RÚKHA' (Spirit), thus piling up your sins.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 30:1 'But it was YÁOHU UL's noble plan to crush Him and fill Him with grief. Yet when His life is made an offering for sin, He will have a multitude of children, many heirs. He will delight in a long life, and YÁOHU UL's plan will prosper in His hands.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU 53:10 'I will give Him the honors of one who is mighty and great, because He gave up Himself to death. He was counted among those who were sinners. He bore the sins of many and pled for sinners.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU 53:12 'And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their family, saying, 'You should know YÁOHU UL.' For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will already know Me,' says YÁOHU UL. 'And I will forgive their wickedness and will never again remember their sins.' - Yarmi-YÁOHU 31:34
'See, YÁOHU UL is coming with fire,
'Your wickedness will punish you;
'Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, 'If upright men turn bad and don't hearken to My warning, they will die. If you did not warn them of the consequences, then they will die in their sins. Their previous upright deeds won't help them, and I will hold you responsible, demanding your blood for theirs. But if you warn them and they repent, they will live, and you will have saved your own life, too.' - Kozoqiúl 3:20-21 'However, if upright people turn to sinful ways and begin acting like other sinners, should they be allowed to live? No, absolutely not! All their previous upright deeds will be ignored, and they will die for their sins.' - Kozoqiúl 18:24 'The corrupt priests get fed when the people sin and bring their sin offerings to them. So the priests are glad when the people sin!' - Hoshúa (Hosea) 4:8 'Israel has built many altars to take away sin, but these very altars became places for committing sins!' - Hoshúa (Hosea) 8:11 'As for me, I am filled with power and the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' (Spirit of YÁOHU UL). I am filled with justice and might, fearlessly pointing out Yaoshorúl's sin and rebellion.' - Micah 3:8 'On that day a Fountain will be opened for the dynasty of Dáoud and for the people of Yaohúshua-oléym, a Fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and defilement.' - Zochar-YÁOHU 13:1 'Every sin or blasphemy can be forbrought — except blasphemy against the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Holy Spirit of YAOHÚSHUA), which can never be forbrought.' - Mán-YÁOHU 12:31 Afterward YAOHÚSHUA found him in the Temple and told him, 'Now you are well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you.' - YÁOHU-khánam 5:14 YAOHÚSHUA replied, 'I assure you that everyone who sins is a slave of sin.' - YÁOHU-khánam 8:34 'If you were blind, you wouldn't be guilty,' YAOHÚSHUA replied. 'But you remain guilty because you claim you can see.' - YÁOHU-khánam 9:41 'They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin.' - YÁOHU-khánam 15:22 'If I hadn't done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be counted guilty. But as it is, they saw all that I did and yet hated both of Us — Me and My YÁOHU ABí.' - YÁOHU-khánam 15:24 'And when He (the Comforter) comes, He will convince the world of its sin, and of YÁOHU UL's rectitude, and of the coming judgment. The world's sin is unbelief in Me.' - YÁOHU-khánam 16:8-9 'So watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.' - Luke 17:3 'Well then, are we YAOHÚ-dim (Jews) better than others? No, not at all, for we have already shown that all people, whether YAOHÚ-dim or Gentiles, are under the power of sin.' - Romans 3:9 'For no one can ever be made right in YÁOHU UL's sight by doing what His law commands. For the more we know YÁOHU UL's law, the clearer it becomes that we aren't obeying it.' - Romans 3:20
'Yes, what exuberance for those 'YÁOHU UL's law was brought so all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, YÁOHU UL's wonderful kindness became more abundant. So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now YÁOHU UL's wonderful kindness rules in its place, giving us right relationship with YÁOHU UL and bringing in eternal life through YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY our Molkhiúl. Well then, should we keep on committing sins so YÁOHU UL can show us more and more kindness and forbroughtess? Absolutely not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?' - Romans 5:20-6:2 'Our old sinful selves were impaled with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY in order that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY we were set free from the power of sin.' - Romans 6:6-7 'He died once to defeat sin, and now He lives for the glory of YÁOHU UL. So you should look at and think of yourselves dead to sin and able to live for the glory of YÁOHU UL through hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA. Therefore, do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to its lustful cravings. Do not let any part of your body become a tool of wickedness, to be used for committing sin. On the contrary, give yourselves completely to YÁOHU UL since you have been brought new life. And use your whole body as a tool to do what is right for the glory of YÁOHU UL. Sin is no longer your ruler, for you are no longer subject to the law, which enslaves you to sin. On the contrary, you are free by YÁOHU UL's favor. Therefore, since YÁOHU UL's favor has set us free from the law, does this mean we can go on sinning? Absolutely not! Don't you realize that whatever you select to obey becomes your ruler? You can select sin, which leads to death, or you can prefer to obey YÁOHU UL and receive His approval. Hodayáo (thanks) to YÁOHU UL! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you have obeyed with all your heart the new teaching YÁOHU UL has brought you. Now you are free from sin, your old ruler, and you have become slaves to your new ruler, rectitude.' - Romans 6:10-18 'In those days, when you were slaves of sin, you weren't concerned with doing what was right.' - Romans 6:20 'But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of YÁOHU UL. Now you do those activities that lead to holiness and lead to eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of YÁOHU UL is life eternal through hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA, our Molkhiúl.' - Romans 6:22-23 'For the power of the life-giving 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) has freed you through hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA from the power of sin that leads to death. The law of Mehushúa could not save us, because of our sinful nature. But YÁOHU UL put into effect a different plan to save us. He sent His own Son in a Human body like ours, except that ours are sinful. YÁOHU UL crushed sin's control over us by giving His Son as a sacrifice for our sins.' - Romans 8:2-3 'Run away from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body.' - 1 Corinthians 6:18 'And you are sinning against hol-MEHUSHKHÁY when you sin against other Yaohúshuahím by encouraging them to do something they believe is wrong.' - 1 Corinthians 8:12 'Come to your senses and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don't even know YÁOHU UL.' - 1 Corinthians 15:34 'For YÁOHU UL made hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, Who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so we could be made right with YÁOHU UL through hol-MEHUSHKHÁY.' - 2 Corinthians 5:21 'But the Scriptures have declared that we are all prisoners of sin, so the only way to receive YÁOHU UL's promise is to believe in YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY.' - Galatians 3:22 'Anyone who sins should be rebuked in front of the whole congregation in order that others will have a proper reverential fear of YÁOHU UL.' - 1 YÁOHU-tam 5:20 'You must warn each other every day, as long as it is called 'today,' in order that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against YÁOHU UL.' - Hebrews 3:13 'So also ha-MEHUSHKHÁY died only once as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again but not to deal with our sins again. This time He will bring salvation to all those who are eagerly waiting for Him.' - Hebrews 9:28 'Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received a full knowledge of the truth, there is no other sacrifice that will cover these sins.' - Hebrews 10:26 'Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us get rid of every weight that slows us, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that YÁOHU UL has set before us.' - Hebrews 12:1 'After all, you have not yet brought your lives in your fight against sin.' - Hebrews 12:4 'These evil cravings lead to evil actions, and evil actions lead to death.' - YÁOHU-caf 1:15 'Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.' - YÁOHU-caf 4:17 'Therefore, since ha-MEHUSHKHÁY suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude He had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you are willing to suffer for hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, you have decided to stop committing sins.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 4:1 'They commit adultery with their eyes, and their lust is never satisfied. They make a game of luring unstable people into sin. They train themselves to be greedy; they are doomed and cursed.' - 2 Káfos (Peter) 2:14 'But if we are living in the light of YÁOHU UL's presence, just like hol-MEHUSHKHÁY is, then we have fellowship with each other, and the 'DAM' (blood) of YAOHÚSHUA, His Son, cleanses us from every sin. If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth.' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam 1:7-8 'My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if you do sin, there is Someone to plead for you before YÁOHU ABí. He is YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, the One Who pleases YÁOHU UL completely.' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam 2:1 'Those who sin are opposed to the law of YÁOHU UL, for all sin opposes the law of YÁOHU UL. And you know that YAOHÚSHUA came to take away our sins, for there is no sin in Him.' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam 3:4-5 'But when people keep on sinning, it shows they really belong to ha-satán, who has been sinning since the beginning. But ha-BÓR (the Son) of YÁOHU UL came to expunge these works of ha-satán! Those who have been born into YÁOHU UL's family do not sin, because YÁOHU UL's life is in them. So they can't keep on committing sins, because they have been born of YÁOHU UL.' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam 3:8-9 'If you see any Yaohúshuahée sinning in a way that does not lead to death, you should pray, and YÁOHU UL will give that person life. But there is a sin that leads to death, and I am not saying you should pray for those who commit it. Every wrong is sin, but not all sin leads to eternal death.' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam 5:16-17 YAOHÚSHUA replied, 'Let those who are spiritually dead care for their own dead. Your duty is to go and proclaim the coming of the Kingdom of YÁOHU UL.' - Luke 9:60 And what a difference between our sin and YÁOHU UL's generous gift of forbroughtess. For this one man, Adam, brought death to many through his sin. But this other Man, YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, brought forbroughtess to many through YÁOHU UL's bountiful gift.' - Romans 5:15 'For we died and were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY by baptism. And just as ha-MEHUSHKHÁY was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the YÁOHU ABí, now we also may live new lives!' - Romans 6:4 'For when we died with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY we were set free from the power of sin. And since we died with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, we know we will also share His new life.' - Romans 6:7-8 'So you should reckon yourselves dead to sin and able to live for the glory of YÁOHU UL through hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA.' - Romans 6:11 'Let me exemplify. When a woman marries, the law binds her to her husband as long as he is alive. But if he dies, the laws of marriage no longer apply to her. So while her husband is alive, she would be committing adultery if she married another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law and does not commit adultery when she remarries. Therefore, dear friends, the point is this: The law no longer holds you in its power, because you died to its power when you died with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY on the stake. And now you are united with the One Who was raised from the dead. As a result, you can yield delectable fruit, that is, noble deeds for YÁOHU UL.' - Romans 7:2-4 'But now we have been released from the law, for we died with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, and we are no longer captive to its power. Now we can really serve YÁOHU UL, not in the old way by obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way, by the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit).' - Romans 7:6 'A wife is married to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, but this must be a marriage acceptable to YÁOHU UL.' - 1 Corinthians 7:39 'I am not one of those who treats the favor of YÁOHU UL as meaningless. For if we could be saved by keeping the law, then there was no need for hol-MEHUSHKHÁY to die.' - Galatians 2:21 'But the widow who lives only for pleasure is spiritually dead.' - 1 YÁOHU-tam 5:6 'Just ponder upon how much more the 'DAM' (blood) of hol-MEHUSHKHÁY will purify our hearts from deeds that lead to death so we can worship the living YÁOHU UL. For by the power of the Eternal 'RÚKHA' (Spirit), hol-MEHUSHKHÁY offered Himself to YÁOHU UL as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.' - Hebrews 9:14 'So you see, it isn't enough just to have faith. Faith that doesn't show itself by upright deeds is no faith at all — it is dead and useless.' - YÁOHU-caf (James) 2:17 'Fool! When will you ever learn that faith that does not yield noble deeds is useless?' - YÁOHU-caf 2:20 'Just as the body is dead without a spirit, so also faith is dead without upright deeds.' - YÁOHU-caf 2:26 'He personally carried away our sins in His own body on the tree, so we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. You have been cured by His wounds!' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 2:24 'And YÁOHU UL shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who push the truth away from themselves.' - Romans 1:18 'But no, you won't take heed. So you are heaping up terrible punishment for yourself because of your stubbornness in refusing to turn from your sin! For there is going to come a Day of Judgment when YÁOHU UL, The Just Judge of all the world, will judge all people according to what they have done. He will give eternal life to those who continue in doing what is right, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that YÁOHU UL offers. But He will pour out His anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and practice evil deeds. There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on committing sins — for the YAOHÚ-di first, also for the Gentile. But there will be glory and honor and peace from YÁOHU UL for all who do what is right — for the YAOHÚ-di first, also for the Gentile. For YÁOHU UL does not show favoritism.' - Romans 2:5-11 'And since we have been made right in YÁOHU UL's sight by the 'DAM' (blood) of hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, He will surely save us from YÁOHU UL's judgment.' - Romans 5:9 'YÁOHU UL has every right to exercise His judgment and His power, but He also has the right to be very patient with those who are the objects of His judgment and are fit only for damnation.' - Romans 9:22 'Dear friends, never avenge yourselves. Leave that to YÁOHU UL. For it is written,
'I will take vengeance; 'The authorities are sent by YÁOHU UL to help you. But if you are doing something wrong, of course you should be afraid, for you will be punished. The authorities are established by YÁOHU UL for that very purpose, to punish those who do wrong. So you must obey the government for two reasons: to keep from being punished and to keep a clear conscience.' - Romans 13:4-5 'All of us used to live that way, following the passions and cravings of our evil nature. We were born with an evil nature, and we were under YÁOHU UL's anger just like everyone else.' - Ephesians 2:3 'Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of wicked behavior.' - Ephesians 4:31 'Don't be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the terrible anger of YÁOHU UL comes upon all those who disobey Him.' - Ephesians 5:6 'And now a word to you fathers. Don't exasperate your children by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up in the discipline and teaching approved by YÁOHU UL.' - Ephesians 6:4 'So wherever you assemble, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to YÁOHU UL, free from anger and controversy.' - 1 YÁOHU-tam 2:8 'Since you have been raised to new life with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, fix your sights on the realities of heaven, where hol-MEHUSHKHÁY sits at YÁOHU UL's right hand in the place of honor and power. Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not think only about things temporal down here on earth. For you died when hol-MEHUSHKHÁY died, and your real life is now hidden with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY in YÁOHU UL. And when hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, Who is your real life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all His glory. So put to death the sinful, earthly passions lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust as well as shameful desires. Don't be greedy for the alluring things of this life, for that is idolatry. YÁOHU UL's terrible anger will come upon those who do such deeds. You used to do them when your life was still part of this world. But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, wicked behavior, slander, and dirty language. Don't lie to each other, for you have taken off your old evil nature and all its wicked deeds. In its place you have clothed yourselves with a brand-new nature that is continually being renewed as you learn more and more about hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, Who created this new nature within you. In this new life, it doesn't matter if you are a YAOHÚ-di or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Hol-MEHUSHKHÁY is all that matters, and He lives in all of us. Since YÁOHU UL selected you to be the holy people whom He loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. You must make allowance for each other's faults and forgive the person who offends you. Remember, YÁOHU UL forgave you, so you must forgive others, too. And the most important piece of clothing you must wear is love. Love is what binds us all together in perfect harmony. And let the peace that comes from hol-MEHUSHKHÁY rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are all called to live in peace. And always be grateful. Let the words of hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, in all their richness, live in your hearts and make you wise. Use His words to teach and counsel each other. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to YÁOHU UL with grateful hearts. And whatever you do or say, let it be done 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA, all the while expressing gratefulness through Him to YÁOHU ABí.' - Colossians 3:1-17 'Dear friends, be quick to hearken, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Your anger can never make things right in YÁOHU UL's sight.' - YÁOHU-caf (James) 1:19-20 'As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our conclusion that they should avoid food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of unbled animals and from sexual immorality.' - Acts 21:25 'Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in dissension and jealousy.' - Romans 13:13 'Food for the stomach and the stomach for food' - but YÁOHU UL will ruin them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for YÁOHU UL, and YÁOHU UL for the body.' - 1 Corinthians 6:13 'Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.' - 1 Corinthians 6:18 'We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did - and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.' - 1 Corinthians 10:8 'But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for YÁOHU UL's holy people.' - Ephesians 5:3 'Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.' - Colossians 3:5 'It is YÁOHU UL's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality.' - 1 Thessalonians 4:3 'In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.' - YAOHÚ-dah (Jude) 1:7 'Proclaim the Word; be prepared in due time and even when not in due time; correct, rebuke and empower - with much patience and careful teaching.' - 2 YÁOHU-tam (Timothy) 4:2 'This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them sharply, so they will be sound in the faith.' - Titus 1:13 'These are the matters you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.' - Titus 2:15 'Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. Sober up, therefore, and repent!' - Revelation 3:19 'Nevertheless, I have a few objections against you: You have people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Yaoshorulítes to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality.' - Revelation 2:14 'Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Yezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.' - Revelation 2:20
'The nations were angry with You,
You will reward Your prophets and Your holy people,
And You will ruin all who have 'He said to me: 'It is finished. I am the Álef and the Tav, the Beginning and the End. To Him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his YÁOHU UL and he will be my child. But the fainthearted, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars - their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.' - Revelation 21:6-8 'Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with Me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has carried out. I am the Álef and the Tav, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Favored are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the Tree of Life and may go through the gates into the City. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. I, YAOHÚSHUA, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the congregations. I am the Root and the Offspring of Dáoud, and the bright Morning Cocáv.' The 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) and the bride say, 'Come!' And let him who hears say, 'Come!' Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.' - Revelation 22:12-17 You can do all through Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA Who enables you! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'For we died and were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY by baptism. And just as ha-MEHUSHKHÁY was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the YÁOHU ABí, now we also may live new lives!' - Romans 6:4 'For when we died with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY we were set free from the power of sin. And since we died with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, we know we will also share His new life.' - Romans 6:7-8 'So you should reckon yourselves dead to sin and able to live for the glory of YÁOHU UL through hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA.' - Romans 6:11
Decisiveness which is the opposite of Double-Mindedness
'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Living in the Resurrection Power of YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY! 'For you were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY when you were immersed. And with Him you were raised to a new life because you relied upon the mighty power of YÁOHU UL, Who raised hol-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead.' - Colossians 2:12 'For we died and were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY by immersion. And just as hol-MEHUSHKHÁY was raised from the dead by the glorious power of YÁOHU ABí, now we also may live new lives.' - Romans 6:4 'He (YAOHÚSHUA) died for everyone so those who receive His new life will no longer live to please themselves. On the contrary, they will live to please ha-MEHUSHKHÁY, Who died and was raised for them.' - 2 Corinthians 5:15 How do you live this new resurrection life in YAOHÚSHUA?
When actually confronted with temptations, be they from the sinful lusts of the flesh, from the adversary ha-satán, or from the allures and attractions of this perishing world, the victorious Yaohúshuahée will immediately use the sword of the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit), which is the Word of YÁOHU UL, to always win over temptations. And immediately begin vocally affirming the Words which you committed to memory and engrafted previously: 'What then shall I say? Shall I go on committing sin in order that YÁOHU UL's favor upon me may increase? Absolutely not! I have died to sin; how can I live in it any longer?....' ....and continue to recall and mutter the passages in Romans 6 and 8 which you have previously committed to memory word perfect, and see the temptation lose its power and allure. Simply revise the phrase to match the temptation being subdued, such as: 'What then shall I say? Shall I continue to look and deal with others in sexual lust, so YÁOHU UL's favor upon me may increase? Absolutely not! I have died to sexual lusts and immorality, how can I live in them any longer?....' or 'What then shall I say? Shall I continue to cheat and lie so YÁOHU UL's favor upon me may increase? Absolutely not! I have died to cheating and lying, how can I live in them any longer?....' or 'What then shall I say? Shall I continue to overeat, oversleep and be lazy so YÁOHU UL's favor upon me may increase? Absolutely not! I have died to gluttony, oversleeping and laziness, how can I live in them any longer?....' or 'What then shall I say? Shall I continue to drink alcoholic drinks and smoke, so YÁOHU UL's favor upon me may increase? Absolutely not! I have died to alcoholic drinks and smoking, how can I live in them any longer?....' And after you have completed affirming both Romans 6 and 8 in subjugating an oncoming temptation, begin using other swords of the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) which directly plunge at its root.
And do everything 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! The moment temptation arises, quickly begin meditating on the words which you have engrafted in your heart, at the same time affirming vocally each Word that you are pondering on. You don't have to fall for every temptation that comes along, no! You can spread out your wings and fly free from it by simply quickly meditating and vocally affirming the Words of YÁOHU UL! And to all this, remember to always pray, in order that you may not succumb to temptation.
'And don't let us yield to temptation, 'Then YAOHÚSHUA, full of the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Holy Spirit of YAOHÚSHUA) left the Yardayán River. He was led by the 'RÚKHA' to go out into the wilderness, where ha-satán tempted Him for forty days. He ate nothing all that time and was very hungry. Then ha-satán said to Him, 'If You really are the Son of YÁOHU UL, change this 'éban' (s-one) into a loaf of bread.' But YAOHÚSHUA told him, 'No! The Scriptures say, 'People need more than bread for their life.' Then ha-satán took Him up and revealed to Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. Ha-satán told Him, 'I will give You the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them — because they are mine to give to anyone I please. I will give it all to You if You will bow down and worship me.' YAOHÚSHUA replied, 'The Scriptures say, 'You must worship YÁOHU your UL; serve only Him.'' Then ha-satán took Him to Yaohúshua-oléym, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, 'If You really are the Son of YÁOHU UL, jump off! For the Scriptures say, 'He orders His angels to protect and guard You. And they will hold You with their hands to keep You from dashing Your foot on an 'éban' (s-one).'' YAOHÚSHUA responded, 'The Scriptures also say, 'Do not test YÁOHU your UL.'' When ha-satán had finished tempting YAOHÚSHUA, he left Him until the next opportunity came.' - Luke 4:1-13 'Keep alert and pray. Otherwise temptation will overpower you. For though the spirit is willing enough, yet the body is weak!' - Mán-YÁOHU 26:41 'The rocky soil represents those who hear the message with gladness. But like young plants in such soil, their roots don't go very deep. They believe for a while, but they wilt when the hot winds of trials blow.' - Luke 8:13
'And forgive us our sins— There He told them, 'Pray that you will not be overcome by temptation.' - Luke 22:40 'Why are you sleeping?' He asked. 'Get up and pray! Otherwise temptation will overpower you.' - Luke 22:46 'But remember that the temptations that come into your life are no different from what others experience. And YÁOHU UL is faithful. He will keep the temptation from becoming so overpowering that you can't bear up against it. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so you will not give in to it.' - 1 Corinthians 10:13 'People who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and perdition.' - 1 YÁOHU-tam (Timothy) 6:9
'Don't harden your hearts against Him 'YÁOHU UL rewards people who patiently endure tests. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that YÁOHU UL has promised to those who love Him.' - YÁOHU-caf (James) 1:12 'Because you have obeyed My command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of trial that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world.' - Revelation 3:10 'Mehushúa named the place Massah — 'the place of proving' — and Meribah— 'the place of arguing' — because the people of Yaoshorúl argued with Mehushúa and tempted YÁOHU UL by saying, 'Is YÁOHU UL going to take care of us or not?' - Exodus 17:7
'They willfully tempted YÁOHU UL in their hearts, 'Dear friends, if a Yaohúshuahée (believer) is overcome by some sin, you who are upright should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.' - Galatians 6:1 'Since He (YAOHÚSHUA) Himself has gone through suffering and temptation, He is able to help us when we are being tempted.' - Hebrews 2:18 'This High Priest (YAOHÚSHUA) of ours comprehends our weaknesses, for He encountered all of the same temptations we do, yet He did not sin.' - Hebrews 4:15 'Dear brethren, whenever trouble comes your way, let it be an opportunity for gladness. For when your faith is being tried, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be firm in character and ready for anything.' - YÁOHU-caf (James) 1:2-4 'YÁOHU UL rewards the people who patiently endure tests. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that YÁOHU UL has promised to those who love Him. And remember, no one who wants to do wrong should ever say, 'YÁOHU UL is tempting me.' YÁOHU UL is never tempted to do wrong, and He never tempts anyone else either. Temptation comes from the lure of our own evil desires. These evil desires lead to evil actions, and evil actions lead to death. So never be misled, my dear brethren. Whatever is noble and perfect comes to us from YÁOHU UL above, Who created all heaven's lights. Unlike them, He never changes or casts shifting shadows.' - YÁOHU-caf (James) 1:12-17 'And remember, it is a message to obey, not just to merely hear. If you don't obey, you are only fooling yourself. For if you just hear and don't obey, it is like looking at your face in a mirror but doing nothing to improve your appearance. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you keep looking fixedly into YÁOHU UL's perfect law — the law that sets you free — and if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard, then YÁOHU UL will reward you for doing it.' - YÁOHU-caf (James) 1:22-25 You can do all through Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA Who enables you! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'And forgive us our sins— There He told them, 'Pray that you will not be overcome by temptation.' - Luke 22:40 'Why are you sleeping?' He asked. 'Get up and pray! Otherwise temptation will overpower you.' - Luke 22:46
ALERTNESS which is the opposite of Dullness
You cannot correct what you are unwilling to confront.
'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Living in the Resurrection Power of YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY! 'For you were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY when you were immersed. And with Him you were raised to a new life because you relied upon the mighty power of YÁOHU UL, Who raised hol-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead.' - Colossians 2:12 'For we died and were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY by immersion. And just as hol-MEHUSHKHÁY was raised from the dead by the glorious power of YÁOHU ABí, now we also may live new lives.' - Romans 6:4 'He (YAOHÚSHUA) died for everyone so those who receive His new life will no longer live to please themselves. On the contrary, they will live to please ha-MEHUSHKHÁY, Who died and was raised for them.' - 2 Corinthians 5:15 How do you live this new resurrection life in YAOHÚSHUA?
This means that should not have anything in your home or among your personal properties objects, things or items which are detestable in YÁOHU UL's sight, besides their being satan's foothold in operating in your personal life, toward spiritual defeat.
'So YÁOHU-caf (Jacob) told everyone in his household: 'Ruin your idols, wash yourselves, and put on clean clothing!' - Genesis 35:2 'Must you come here drunk?' he demanded. 'Throw away your wine!' - 1 Samu-Úl 1:14 'Then Samu-Úl said to all the people of Yaoshorúl, 'If you are really serious about wanting to return to YÁOHU UL, get rid of your foreign idols and your images of Ashtoreth. Decide to obey only YÁOHU UL; then He will rescue you from the Palestinians.' - 1 Samu-Úl 7:3 'He banished from the land the rest of the shrine prostitutes, who still continued their practices from the days of his father, Osa.' - 1 Kings 22:46 'Yaosa-YÁOHU also annihilated the mediums and psychics, the household idols, and every other kind of idol worship, both in Yaohúshua-oléym and throughout the land of YAOHÚ-dah. He did this in obedience to all the laws written in the scroll that Hilki-YÁOHU the priest had found in YÁOHU UL's Temple.' - 2 Kings 23:24 'There is something noteworthy in you, however, for you have removed the Asherah poles throughout the land, and you have committed yourself to seeking YÁOHU UL.' - 2 Chronicles 19:3 'Put all your rebellion behind you, and get for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Yaoshorúl?' - Kozoqiúl 18:31 'Then I said to them, 'Each of you, get rid of your idols! Do not defile yourselves with the Egyptian idols, for I am YÁOHU your UL.' - Kozoqiúl 20:7 'Remove this wicked person from among you so you can remain pure. Hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.' - 1 Corinthians 5:7 'Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of wicked behavior.' - Ephesians 4:31 'Now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, wicked behavior, slander, and dirty language.' - Colossians 3:8 'So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the message YÁOHU UL has planted in your hearts, for it is powerful enough to save your souls.' - YÁOHU-caf 1:21 'So get rid of all wicked behavior and defrauding. Don't just pretend to be upright! Be done with hypocrisy and jealousy and backstabbing.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 2:1 'Another reason for right living is that you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for the coming of our salvation is closer now than when we first believed. The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So never live in darkness! Get rid of your evil deeds. Shed them like dirty clothes. Clothe yourselves with the armor of right living, as those who live in the light. We should be decent as well as truthful in everything we do, so everyone can approve of our behavior. Don't participate in wild parties and getting drunk, or in adultery and immoral living, or in fighting and jealousy. But let Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY take control of you, and don't think of ways to indulge in your evil desires.' - Romans 13:11-14
Just as you obeyed every evil thought that was suggested by ha-satan in your mind in the past, now in this new life with Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA, you must learn how to be sensitive to the voice of the indwelling 'RÚKHA-YAOHÚSHUA' and obey His inner promptings which are in agreement with His Word. You will not longer allow any part or member of your physical body to be used by the flesh or ha-satan, for wicked purposes but, on the contrary, being dead to sin, you now offer every part of your body solely to YÁOHU UL to be used toward His noble purposes and for His glory and praise. Sin is no longer your cruel boss, but rather, rectitude now is your kind and gentle leader, producing holiness and life eternal in you, as you walk in the 'RÚKHA-YAOHÚSHUA' (Spirit of YAOHÚSHUA). The power of sin, the world and ha-satán over you have all been ruined when Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA was impaled for and in your behalf. Now you always are in excellent cheer because YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY had already overcome the world! 'Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship YÁOHU ABí in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers YÁOHU ABí seeks. YÁOHU UL is 'RÚKHA' (Spirit), and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.' - YÁOHU-khánam 4:23-24 'The 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.' - YÁOHU-khánam 6:63 'You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) if the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' lives in you. And if anyone does not have the 'RÚKHA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY' - he does not belong to hol-MEHUSHKHÁY. But if hol-MEHUSHKHÁY is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of rectitude. And if the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) of Him Who raised YAOHÚSHUA from the dead is living in you, He Who raised hol-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) Who lives in you.' - Romans 8:9-11 'For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the 'RÚKHA' you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' are children of YÁOHU UL. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the 'RÚKHA' of sonship. And by Him we cry, 'ABí, YÁOHU ABí.' The 'RÚKHA' Himself testifies with our spirit that we are YÁOHU UL's children!' - Romans 8:13-16 'We have not received the spirit of the world but the 'RÚKHA' Who is from YÁOHU UL, that we may comprehend what YÁOHU UL has freely brought us.' - 1 Corinthians 2:12 'The person without the 'RÚKHA' (Spirits) does not accept the matters that come from the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' (Spirit of YÁOHU UL), for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot comprehend them, because they are spiritually discerned.' - 1 Corinthians 2:14 'When you are gathered 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) our Molkhiúl (King) YAOHÚSHUA and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA is present, gives this man over to ha-satán, so the sinful nature may be ruined and his spirit saved on the day of ha-Molkhiúl.' - 1 Corinthians 5:4-5 'Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for YÁOHU UL.' - 2 Corinthians 7:1 'Because you are children, YÁOHU UL sent the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) of His Son into our hearts, the 'RÚKHA' Who calls out, 'ABí, YÁOHU ABí!' - Galatians 4:6 'So I say, live by the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit), and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the 'RÚKHA', and the 'RÚKHA' what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the 'RÚKHA', you are not under the law.' - Galatians 5:16-18 'The fruit of the 'RÚKHA' is love, ecstasy, peace, patience, kindness, rectitude, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.' - Galatians 5:22-23a 'Since we live by the 'RÚKHA' let us keep in step with the 'RÚKHA.' - Galatians 5:25 'The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap ruin; the one who sows to please the 'RÚKHA' from the 'RÚKHA' will reap eternal life.' - Galatians 6:8 'And do not grieve the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' of YÁOHU UL, with Whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.' - Ephesians 4:30 'Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to sensuality. On the contrary, be filled with the 'RÚKHA.'' - Ephesians 5:18 'Do not put out the RÚKHA's fire.' - 1 Thessalonians 5:19 'May YÁOHU UL Himself, YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym (The UL of Peace), sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY.' - 1 Thessalonians 5:23 'For YÁOHU UL did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.' - 2 YÁOHU-tam (Tim.) 1:7 'For the word of YÁOHU UL is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.' - Hebrews 4:12 'We are from YÁOHU UL, and whoever knows YÁOHU UL hearkens to us; but whoever is not from YÁOHU UL does not hearken to us. This is how we recognize the 'RÚKHA' of truth and the spirit of falsehood.' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam (John) 4:6 'We know that we live in Him and He in us, because He has brought us of His 'RÚKHA' (Spirit).' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam (John) 4:13 You can do all through Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA Who enables you! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'YÁOHU UL did unusual miracles through Shaúl, that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them. Some YAOHÚ-dim who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the 'Shúam' (Name) of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA over those who were evil spirit-possessed. They would say, 'In the Name of YAOHÚSHUA, Whom Shaúl preaches, I command you to come out.' Seven sons of Sceva, a YAOHÚ-di chief priest, were doing this. One day the evil spirit answered them, 'YAOHÚSHUA I know, and I know about Shaúl, but who are you?' Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding. When this became known to the YAOHÚ-dim and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the 'Shúam' (Name) of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA was held in high honor. Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed their evil deeds. A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas (about US$2 million!). In this way the Word of YÁOHU UL spread widely and grew in power.' - Acts 19:11-20 'The person without the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) does not accept the matters that come from the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' (Spirit of YÁOHU UL), for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot comprehend them, because they are spiritually discerned.' - 1 Corinthians 2:14 'Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for YÁOHU UL.' - 2 Corinthians 7:1 'Because you are children, YÁOHU UL sent the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) of His Son into our hearts, the 'RÚKHA' Who calls out, 'ABí, YÁOHU ABí!' - Galatians 4:6
Thoroughness which is the opposite of Carelessness Knowing and eliminating those factors which diminish the impact and effect of my work and words, as I publicly represent my Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA to all those around me.
The enemy's favorite entry point into your life is always through someone close to you.
'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Living in the Resurrection Power of YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY! 'For you were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY when you were immersed. And with Him you were raised to a new life because you relied upon the mighty power of YÁOHU UL, Who raised hol-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead.' - Colossians 2:12 'For we died and were buried with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY by immersion. And just as hol-MEHUSHKHÁY was raised from the dead by the glorious power of YÁOHU ABí, now we also may live new lives.' - Romans 6:4 'He (YAOHÚSHUA) died for everyone so those who receive His new life will no longer live to please themselves. On the contrary, they will live to please ha-MEHUSHKHÁY, Who died and was raised for them.' - 2 Corinthians 5:15 How do you live this new resurrection life in YAOHÚSHUA?
You are not only supposed to reckon or think of yourself as dead or unresponsive to sin, but you must be alive and responsive to YÁOHU UL. Dead to sin, alive unto YÁOHU UL, that's the key to having a victorious resurrection life in YAOHÚSHUA daily. But how do you become more responsive and alert to the voice of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Holy Spirit of YAOHÚSHUA)? By regular prayer and going on your twice weekly fasts! And how do you become more obedient to the promptings of the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA'? By doing what the Word says, because as you do what it says, the more you will realize the truth, validity and benediction of obedience, which all empower you to get on the habit of doing what YÁOHU UL says in His Word. Merely knowing that it is right to do something won't benefit anyone unless he really begins to do it. 'Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship YÁOHU ABí in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers YÁOHU ABí seeks. YÁOHU UL is 'RÚKHA' (Spirit), and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.' - YÁOHU-khánam 4:23-24 'The 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.' - YÁOHU-khánam 6:63 'You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) if the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' lives in you. And if anyone does not have the 'RÚKHA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY' - he does not belong to hol-MEHUSHKHÁY. But if hol-MEHUSHKHÁY is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of rectitude. And if the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) of Him Who raised YAOHÚSHUA from the dead is living in you, He Who raised hol-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) Who lives in you.' - Romans 8:9-11 'For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the 'RÚKHA' you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' are children of YÁOHU UL. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the 'RÚKHA' of sonship. And by Him we cry, 'ABí, YÁOHU ABí.'
'So I say, live by the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit), and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the 'RÚKHA', and the 'RÚKHA' what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the 'RÚKHA', you are not under the law.' - Galatians 5:16-18 'The fruit of the 'RÚKHA' is love, ecstasy, peace, patience, kindness, rectitude, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.' - Galatians 5:22-23a 'Since we live by the 'RÚKHA' let us keep in step with the 'RÚKHA.' - Galatians 5:25 'The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap ruin; the one who sows to please the 'RÚKHA' from the 'RÚKHA' will reap eternal life.' - Galatians 6:8 'We know that we live in Him and He in us, because He has brought us of His 'RÚKHA' (Spirit).' - 1 YÁOHU-khánam (John) 4:13 You can do all through Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA Who enables you! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for YÁOHU UL.' - 2 Corinthians 7:1 'Because you are children, YÁOHU UL sent the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) of His Son into our hearts, the 'RÚKHA' Who calls out, 'ABí, YÁOHU ABí!' - Galatians 4:6
OBEDIENCE which is the opposite of Stubbornness
When YÁOHU UL wants to benefit you, he puts a person in your life. When the enemy wants to ruin you, he puts a person in your life.
'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Doing and sticking to your commitments and vows even when you feel not doing so. In our desire to love YÁOHU UL and our fellowmen, we first took a fine grasp of what scriptural love really means, and we have learned that love is not a feeling but a commitment. Commitment to YÁOHU UL first, to the vows we have made to Him, and also to our spouses and other promises which we have made to those who are relying upon our fulfilling our commitments, promises and obligations. Feelings are like the weather, fickle and ever changing, that's why we secure our commitments with sacred vows and words of assurance. There are days when we don't feel like praying, or reading the Word yet our commitment to always obey Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA by His 'RÚKHA' supersedes the negative feelings and we nevertheless obey the requirements of our commitment. There may be days when you feel like your still single and free to marry another individual, yet the commitment and solemn vow which you have made hold you to being true, loving and caring to your marriage partner, regardless of how you feel. When you were reborn into YÁOHU UL's Kingdom, you have committed yourself to obey Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA in your life, and being your Life Governor, He therefore also became your Savior. Genuine seeking after YÁOHU UL means exactly that you do what He expects of you to do, regardless of how and what you feel, and you do regularly, excellently, completely and delightfully. You will pray, read the Word, fast, do kindness to others and serve Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA daily, whether you feel like it or not, and you will love, care for and be true to your marriage partner and children, whether you feel like it or not. And as long as you continually seek YÁOHU Ulhím this way, He will likewise continually make you to prosper! 'Hearken to me, all you men of Yaoshorúl! Do not be afraid as you go out to fight today! Do not lose heart or panic.' - Deuteronomy 20:3 'If you fail under pressure, your power is not very great.' - Proverbs 24:10 'He (YÁOHU UL) gives power to those who are tired and worn out; He offers vigor to the weak. Even youths will become tired, and young men will give up. But those who wait on YÁOHU UL will find new vitality. They will fly high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 40:29-31 'So never get tired of doing what is right. Never get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of rewards at the appropriate time.' - Galatians 6:9 'Think about all He (YAOHÚSHUA) endured when sinful people did such horrible things to Him, so you won't become weary and give up.' - Hebrews 12:3 'Since YÁOHU UL in His mercy has brought us this wonderful work of servitude, we never give up. We reject all shameful and underhanded methods. We do not try to trick anyone, and we do not twist the word of YÁOHU UL. We tell the truth before YÁOHU UL, and all who are honest fully know that. If the Glorious Message we proclaim is veiled from anyone, it is a sign that they are perishing. Ha-satán, the God of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, so they are unable to see the glorious light of the Glorious Message that is glaring upon them. They don't comprehend the message we proclaim about the glory of ha-MEHUSHKHÁY, Who is the exact likeness of YÁOHU UL. We don't go around proclaiming about ourselves; we proclaim hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA, ha-Molkhiúl (the King). All we say about ourselves is that we are your servants because of what YAOHÚSHUA has carried out for us. For YÁOHU UL, Who said, 'Let there be light in the darkness,' has made us comprehend that this light is the brightness of the glory of YÁOHU UL that is visible in the face of YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY. But this costly treasure — this light and power that now shine within us — is held in perishable containers, that is, in our weak bodies. So everyone can see that our glorious power is from YÁOHU UL and is not our own. We are pressed upon on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don't give up and quit. We are hunted down, but YÁOHU UL never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. Through suffering, these bodies of ours continually share in the death of YAOHÚSHUA so the life of YAOHÚSHUA may also be seen in our bodies. Yes, we live under continual danger of death because we serve YAOHÚSHUA, so the life of YAOHÚSHUA will be obvious in our dying bodies. So we live in the face of death, but it has resulted in eternal life for you. But we continue to proclaim because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, 'I believed in YÁOHU UL, and so I speak.' We know that the same YÁOHU UL who raised our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA will also raise us with YAOHÚSHUA and present us to Himself along with you. All of these matters are for your benefit. And as YÁOHU UL's favor brings more and more people to hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, there will be great expressions of gratefulness, and YÁOHU UL will receive more and more glory. That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are quite insignificant and won't last very long. Yet they yield for us an immeasurably great glory that will last forever! So we never look at the troubles we can see right now; rather, we look forward to what we have not yet seen. For the troubles we see will soon be over, but the exuberance to come will last forever!' - 2 Corinthians 4:1-18 You can do all through Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA Who enables you! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for YÁOHU UL.' - 2 Corinthians 7:1
Who may worship in Your Temple, YÁOHU UL?
Those who lead blameless lives
Those who refuse to slander others
Those who despise continual sinners,
Those who do not charge interest on the money they lend, Such people will remain firm forever!' - Tehillím (Psalms) 15
ENDURANCE which is the opposite of Discouragement
'Before you turn to YÁOHU UL and draw out your hands to Him, get rid of your sins and leave all iniquity behind you. Only then, without the spots of sin to defile you, can you walk firmly forward to YÁOHU UL without fear.' - Yaoháv (Job) 11:14-15 'But follow YÁOHU UL your Creator just as you have until now.' - Yaohúshua (Joshua) 23:8 'Remain firm when the enemy attacks. Trust YÁOHU UL; and remember that other Yaohúshuahím (believers in the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA) all around the world are going through these same sufferings, too.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 5:9
Endeavoring to win is the proof you have not yet been conquered.
'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Realizing and identifying the pulls and pushes of the cycles of daily living and sticking to commitments made to YÁOHU UL despite the divergent pressures to the contrary. Every day, we experience temptations to fulfill carnal desires, and each time we give in to these temptations, it reinforces the sin pattern in our lower nature. This daily, weekly, monthly and annual sinful patterns recycle over and over again, and when they do, they trigger same lustful and wicked carnal cravings in our bodies. If in your unsaved life you were used to spending the early evening hours in bars and taverns, then that sinful pattern recycles in your lower sinful nature every day, triggering the same temptations at those similar hours of the day. If in your unsaved life you were used to worshiping idols and icons during Sundays, then that sin pattern recycles weekly too. If in your unsaved life you used to patronize hospitality girls during paydays, then that recycles too. And annual celebrations of pagan holidays that were imprinted into the patterns of your sinful self recycle back to trigger same temptations during halloween, christmas and easter and so on. These sinful patterns were habitually developed until they became part of your pagan character before, and most of them were handed down to us by means of worldly customs and traditions. When you received Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA into your heart as your sole Life Governor and Savior, that old sinful pattern of your lower nature was crushed. It was ruined and it's power and influence over you have been cut off. So you have to actually live no longer under the cycles of your old sinful life, and you must replace the old sinful patterns with new ones which are filled with rectitude, kind deeds and noble works of holiness unto YÁOHU UL. Each time you obey the prompting of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Holy Spirit of YAOHÚSHUA), you reinforce that noble pattern of upright living. Because you read the Word daily, pray to YÁOHU UL daily, and do whatever pleases Him daily, weekly and monthly, then these noble patterns of your spiritual nature recycle back to you regularly, too, and prompts you to do more of the same noble deeds unto YÁOHU UL. Your obeying the promptings of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Holy Spirit of YAOHÚSHUA) daily reinforces the upright deeds of your spiritual nature, and they become your habits, and in time, develop into your own personality and character, the real you, Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA alive in you. So you must always live in the new patterns of your spiritual self, doing noble and upright deeds, and mortifying the old patterns of your carnal self, living above and beyond their rotten influence and reach. Now you are living in the new resurrection life of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA, dead and unresponsive to sin, but very much alert and alive, obedient and pleasing unto YÁOHU UL, the UL of Glory! And now, as you are in the process of rebuilding your heart into a heart which truly seeks after YÁOHU UL, we believe that YÁOHU UL will all the more empower and teach you how to develop sound and correct behavioral patterns of upright living in His Kingdom. 'YÁOHU ABí (the Father) selected you long ago, and the 'RÚKHA' has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY and are cleansed by His 'DAM' (blood). May you have more and more of YÁOHU UL's special favor and wonderful peace. All honor to YÁOHU UL and Father of our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, for it is by His boundless mercy that YÁOHU UL has brought us the privilege of being born again. Now we live with a wonderful expectation because YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY rose again from the dead. For YÁOHU UL has reserved a priceless inheritance for His children. It is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. And YÁOHU UL, in His mighty power, will protect you until you receive this salvation, because you are depending upon Him. It will be revealed on the last day for all to see. So be truly glad! There is wonderful exuberance ahead, even though it is necessary for you to endure many trials for a while. These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is tough and pure. It is being tried as fire tests and purifies gold — and your faith is far more valuable to YÁOHU UL than mere gold. So if your faith remains vigorous after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY is revealed to the whole world. You love Him even though you have never seen Him. Though you do not see Him, you trust Him; and even now you are happy with a glorious, inexpressible ecstasy. Your reward for relying upon Him will be the salvation of your souls. This salvation was something the prophets wanted to know more about. They prophesied about this free salvation prepared for you, even though they had many queries as to what it all could mean. They wondered what the 'RÚKHA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY' within them was talking about when He told them in advance about hol-MEHUSHKHÁY's suffering and His great glory afterward. They wondered when and to whom all this would happen. They were told that these occurrences would not happen during their lifetime, but many years later, during yours. And now this Glorious Message has been announced by those who proclaimed to you in the power of the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these events happen. Think therefore clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the special benediction that will come to you at the return of YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY. Obey YÁOHU UL because you are His children. Don't slip back into your old ways of doing evil; you didn't know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as YÁOHU UL — Who selected you to be His children — is holy. For He Himself has said, 'You must be holy because I am holy.' And remember that the heavenly YÁOHU ABí (Father) to Whom you pray has no favorites when He judges. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of Him during your time as foreigners here on earth. For you know that YÁOHU UL paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your forefathers. And the ransom He paid was not mere gold or silver. He paid for you with the costly lifeblood of ha-MEHUSHKHÁY, the sinless, spotless Lamb of YÁOHU UL. YÁOHU UL selected Him for this purpose long before the world began, but now in these final days, He was sent to the earth for all to see. And He did this for you! Through hol-MEHUSHKHÁY you have come to trust in YÁOHU UL. And because YÁOHU UL raised ha-MEHUSHKHÁY from the dead and gave Him great glory, your faith and hope can be placed confidently in YÁOHU UL. Now you can have genuine love for each other as brethren because you were cleansed from your sins when you accepted the truth of the Glorious Message. So always make sure that you really do love each other intensely with all your hearts. For you have been born again. Your new life did not come from your earthly parents because the life they gave you will end in death. But this new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of YÁOHU UL. As the prophet says,
And that Word is the Glorious Message that was proclaimed to you!' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 1:2-25 You can do all through Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA Who enables you! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'Give honor to YÁOHU UL for the glory of His 'Shúam' (Name). Worship YÁOHU UL in the splendor of His holiness.' - Tehillím (Psalms) 29:2 'Sing to YÁOHU UL, all you upright ones! Praise His holy 'Shúam' (Name).' - Tehillím (Psalms) 30:4 'May all who are upright be happy in YÁOHU UL And praise His holy 'Shúam' (Name)!' - Tehillím (Psalms) 97:12 'And a main road will go through that once forsaken land. It will be called 'The Highway of Holiness.' Evil-hearted people will never travel on it. It will be only for those who walk in YÁOHU UL's ways; fools will never walk there.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 35:8 'Now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of YÁOHU UL. Now you do those activities that lead to holiness and bear fruit to eternal life.' - Romans 6:22 'Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete purity because we reverentially fear YÁOHU UL.' - 2 Corinthians 7:1 'You must display a new nature because you are a new person, created in YÁOHU UL's likeness — upright, holy, and true.' - Ephesians 4:24 'As a result, ha-MEHUSHKHÁY will make your hearts vigorous, blameless, and holy when you arise before YÁOHU UL our ABí (Father) on that day when our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA comes with all those who belong to Him.' - 1 Thessalonians 3:13 'YÁOHU UL has called us to be holy, not to live impure lives.' - 1 Thessalonians 4:7 'For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But YÁOHU UL's discipline is always right and proper for us because it means we will share in His holiness.' - Hebrews 12:10 'Try to live in peace with everyone, and seek to live a clean and holy life, for those who are not holy will not see YÁOHU UL.' - Hebrews 12:14
Endurance which is the opposite of Easy Surrender
'That is why we never give up! Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are quite insignificant and won't last very long. Yet they yield for us an immeasurably great glory that will last forever! So we never look at the troubles we can see right now; rather, we look forward to what we have not yet seen. For the troubles we see will soon be over, but the exuberance to come will last forever!' - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
What you fail to subjugate in your life will eventually enslave you.
'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Honoring the Day of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA. 'Remember to observe the Shábbos (Sa-urday) day by keeping it holy. Six days a week are set apart for your daily duties and regular work, but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to YÁOHU your UL. On that day no one in your household may do any kind of work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your livestock, and any foreigners living among you. For in six days YÁOHU UL made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; then He took rest on the seventh day. That is why YÁOHU UL empowered the Shábbos day and set it apart as holy.' - Exodus 20:8-11 'Tell the people of Yaoshorúl to keep My Shábbos day, for the Shábbos is a sign of the covenant between Me and you forever. It helps you to remember that I am YÁOHU UL, Who makes you holy. Yes, keep the Shábbos day, for it is holy. Anyone who desecrates it must die; anyone who works on that day will be cut off from the community. Work six days only, but the seventh day must be a day of total rest. I repeat: Because YÁOHU UL reckons it a holy day, anyone who works on the Shábbos must be put to death. The people of Yaoshorúl must keep the Shábbos day forever.' - Exodus 31:13-16 'Each of you must show respect for your mother and father, and you must always observe my Shábbos days of rest, for I, YÁOHU, am your YÁOHU UL.' - Leviticus 19:3 'Keep my Shábbos days of rest and show reverence toward My Temple, for I am YÁOHU UL.' - Leviticus 19:30 'Favored be those who are careful to do this. Favored be those who honor My Shábbos days of rest by refusing to work. And empowered be those who keep themselves from doing wrong.' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 56:2 'I will also favor the Gentiles who commit themselves to YÁOHU UL and serve Him and love His 'Shúam' (Name), who worship Him and do not desecrate the Shábbos day of rest, and who have accepted His Covenant.' - YaoshúaYÁOHU (Isaiah) 56:6 'For I (YAOHÚSHUA), the Son of Man, am Ruler even of the Shábbos.' - Mán-YÁOHU (Matthew) 12:8 And He (YAOHÚSHUA) answered, 'If you had one sheep, and it fell into a well on the Shábbos, wouldn't you get to work and pull it out? Of course you would. And how much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Yes, it is right to do what is right even on the Shábbos day.' - Mán-YÁOHU (Matthew) 12:11-12 Then He (YAOHÚSHUA) said to them, 'The Shábbos was made to benefit people, and not people to benefit the Shábbos. And I, the Son of Man, am Ruler even of the Shábbos!' - Mark 2:27-28 Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA replied, 'You hypocrite! You too work on the Shábbos day! Don't you untie your ox or your donkey from their pens on the Shábbos and lead them out for water? Wasn't it necessary for Me, even on the Shábbos day, to free this beloved woman from the bondage in which ha-satán has held her for eighteen years?' - Luke 13:15-16 YAOHÚSHUA replied, 'I worked on the Shábbos by healing a man, and you were offended. But you work on the Shábbos, too, when you obey the law of Mehushúa on circumcision. (Actually, this tradition of circumcision is older than the law of Mehushúa; it goes back to Abruhám.) For if the correct time for circumcising your son falls on the Shábbos, you go ahead and do it, so as not to break the law of Mehushúa. So why should I be condemned for making a man completely well on the Shábbos?' - YÁOHUkhánam (John) 7:21-23 'Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast. Tell My people Yaoshorúl of their sins! Yet they act so religious! They come to the Temple every day and seem delighted to hear My laws. You would almost presume that this was an upright nation that would never abandon its YÁOHU UL. They love to make a show of coming to Me and asking Me to take action on their behalf. 'We have gone on a fast before You!' they say. 'Why aren't You impressed? We have done much penance, and You don't even notice it!' 'I will tell you why! It's because you are living for yourselves even while you are on a fast. You keep right on oppressing your workers. What benefit does your fast bring when you keep on fighting and quarreling? This kind of fast will never get you anywhere with Me. You humble yourselves by going through the motions of penance, bowing your heads like a blade of grass in the wind. You dress in sackcloth and cover yourselves with ashes. Is this what you call a fast? Do you really think this will please YÁOHU UL? No, the kind of fast I want calls you to free those who are wrongly imprisoned and to stop oppressing those who work for you. Treat them fairly and give them what they earn. I want you to share your food with the hungry and to welcome poor wanderers into your homes. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help. If you do these, your salvation will come like the dawn. Yes, your healing will come quickly! Your rectitude will lead you forward, and the glory of YÁOHU UL will protect you from behind. Then when you call, YÁOHU UL will answer. 'Yes, I am here,' He will quickly reply. Stop oppressing the helpless and stop making false accusations and spreading slanderous rumors! Feed the hungry and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as day. YÁOHU UL will guide you continually, watering your life when you are dry and keeping you healthy, too. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring. Your children will rebuild the forsaken ruins of your cities. Then you will be known as the people who rebuild their walls and cities. Keep the Shábbos day holy. Don't pursue your own interests on that day, but delight in the Shábbos and speak of it with delight as YÁOHU UL's holy day. Honor YÁOHU UL in everything you do, and don't follow your own desires or talk idly. If you do this, YÁOHU UL will be your delight. I will give you great honor and give you your full share of the inheritance I promised to YÁOHU-caf, your forefather. I, YÁOHU UL, have spoken!' - Yaoshúa-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 58 How Do You Honor ha-Molkhiúl's Day?
Whatever day you set aside as your day of devotion for Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA, then let that be your own personal conviction, kept between YÁOHU UL and you. Others prefer Shábbos (Sa-urday), claiming that the original is the best, while others prefer other days. Whatever it is, make sure it is wholly devoted to YÁOHU UL. Correct, you don't have to impose personal convictions on others. 'Accept Yaohúshuahím (believers in the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA) who are weak in faith, and don't argue with them about what they think is right or wrong. For example, one person believes it is all right to eat anything. But another believer who has a sensitive conscience will eat only vegetables. Those who think it is all right to eat anything must not look down on those who won't. And those who won't eat some foods must not condemn those who do, for YÁOHU UL has accepted them. Who are you to condemn YÁOHU UL's servants? They are responsible to YÁOHU UL, so let Him tell them whether they are right or wrong. YÁOHU UL's power will help them do as they should. In the same way, some think one day is more holy than another day, while others believe every day is alike. Each person should have a personal conviction about this matter. Those who have a special day for worshiping YÁOHU UL are trying to honor Him. Those who eat all kinds of food do so for the purpose of honoring YÁOHU UL, since they express their gratitude to YÁOHU UL before eating. And those who won't eat everything also want to please YÁOHU UL and express gratitude to YÁOHU UL. For we are not our own rulers when we live or when we die. While we live, we live to please YÁOHU UL. And when we die, we go to be with YÁOHU UL. So in life and in death, we belong to YÁOHU UL. Hol-MEHUSHKHÁY died and rose again for this very purpose, so He might be Molkhiúl of those who are alive and of those who have died. So why do you condemn another Yaohúshuahée? Why do you look down on another Yaohúshuahée? Remember, each of us will arise personally before the Judgment Seat of YÁOHU UL. For the Scriptures say,
Yes, each of us will have to give a personal account to YÁOHU UL. So never condemn each other anymore. On the contrary, decide to live in such a way that you will not put an obstacle in another Yaohúshuahée's path. I know and am perfectly sure on the authority of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA that no food, in and of itself, is wrong to eat. But if someone believes it is wrong, then for that person it is wrong. And if another Yaohúshuahée is bothered by what you eat, you are not acting in love if you eat it. Don't let your eating ruin someone for whom hol-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah) died. Then you will not be condemned for doing something you know is all right. For the Kingdom of YÁOHU UL is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of rectitude and peace and exuberance in the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Holy Spirit of YAOHÚSHUA). If you serve hol-MEHUSHKHÁY with this attitude, you will please YÁOHU UL. And other people will approve of you, too. So let us aim for harmony in the Congregation and try to build each other up. Don't tear apart the work of YÁOHU UL over what you eat. Remember, there is nothing wrong with these matters in themselves. But it is wrong to eat anything if it makes another person stumble. Don't eat meat or drink wine or do anything else if it might cause another Yaohúshuahée to stumble. You may have the faith to believe that there is nothing wrong with what you are doing, but keep it between yourself and YÁOHU UL. Favored be those who do not condemn themselves by doing something they know is all right. But if people have doubts about whether they should eat something, they should not eat it. They would be condemned for not acting in faith before YÁOHU UL. If you do anything you believe is not right, you are sinning.' - Romans 14:1-23 You can do all through Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA Who enables you, but not everything is beneficial for you! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
Those who think it is all right to eat anything must not look down on those who won't. And those who won't eat some foods must not condemn those who do, for YÁOHU UL has accepted them. Who are you to condemn YÁOHU UL's servants? They are responsible to YÁOHU UL, so let Him tell them whether they are right or wrong. YÁOHU UL's power will help them do as they should. In the same way, some think one day is more holy than another day, while others believe every day is alike. Each person should have a personal conviction about this matter. Those who have a special day for worshiping YÁOHU UL are trying to honor Him. For the Kingdom of YÁOHU UL is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of rectitude and peace and exuberance in the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Holy Spirit of YAOHÚSHUA).
Reverence which is the opposite of Disrespect Honoring YÁOHU UL by allotting one day each week to be exclusively devoted to Him, by prayers and His Word, taking my rest every seventh day and keeping that day holy unto Him. 'Tell the people of Yaoshorúl to keep My Shábbos day, for the Shábbos is a sign of the covenant between Me and you forever. It helps you to remember that I am YÁOHU UL, Who makes you holy. Yes, keep the Shábbos day, for it is holy. Anyone who desecrates it must die; anyone who works on that day will be cut off from the community. Work six days only, but the seventh day must be a day of total rest. I repeat: Because YÁOHU UL reckons it a holy day, anyone who works on the Shábbos must be put to death. The people of Yaoshorúl must keep the Shábbos day forever.' - Exodus 31:13-16
One hour in the presence of YÁOHU UL will reveal any flaw in your most-carefully laid plan.
'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b
Now that I am into renewing my heart into that which seeks after YÁOHU Ulhím:
You can do all through Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA Who enables you, but not everything is beneficial for you! All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'Glory in His holy Shúam (Name); 'If My people, who are called by My Shúam (Name), will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.' - 2 Chronicles 7:14 He went out to meet Osa and said to him, 'Hearken to me, Osa and all YAOHÚ-dah and Benyamin. YÁOHU Ulhím is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.' - 2 Chronicles 15:2 'They entered into a Covenant to seek YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím of their fathers, with all their heart and soul. All who would not seek YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím of Yaoshorúl, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.' - 2 Chronicles 15:12-13
'Those who know Your Shúam (Name) will put their trust upon You,
'One thing I ask of YÁOHU Ulhím,
My heart says of you, 'Seek His face!'
'The lions may grow weak and hungry,
'Glory in His holy Shúam (Name);
'Favored be they who keep His commands
'For the sake of the House of YÁOHU, our YÁOHU Ulhím,
'I love those who love Me,
'Sow for yourselves rectitude, 'Seek you first His Kingdom and His character traits, and all the other things will be brought to you as well.' - Mán-YÁOHU 6:33 'Ask and it will be brought to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.' - Mán-YÁOHU 7:7 'For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.' - Luke 19:10 'By Myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and My judgment is just, for I seek not to please Myself but Him Who sent Me.' - YÁOHU-khánam (John) 5:30 'Are you married? Do not seek a divorce. Are you unmarried? Do not look for a wife!' - 1 Corinthians 7:27 'Nobody should seek his own benefit, but the benefit of others.' - 1 Corinthians 10:24 'And without faith it is impossible to please YÁOHU Ulhím, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.' - Hebrews 11:6
VIRTUE which is the opposite of Depravity
Stop looking at where you have been and begin looking at where you can be.
'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b True or False -
Whatever therefore YÁOHU UL has united together, let no man separate or divorce from each other. All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'By law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.' - Romans 7:2 'Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for YÁOHU UL will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.' - Hebrews 13:4 'No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of his offsprings may enter the assembly of YÁOHU UL, even down to the tenth generation.' - Deuteronomy 23:2 'They tried to miscomprehend, broke their vows and promises and were merciless - without pity. They were fully aware of YÁOHU UL's death penalty for these crimes, yet they went right on ahead and did them anyway, and even empowerd others to do them, too.' - Romans 1:31-32
GENEROSITY which is the opposite of Greed
Giving is proof that you have conquered greed.
'As long as he sought YÁOHU Ulhím, YÁOHU Ulhím gave him success.' - 2 Chronicles 26:5b True or False -
Whatever therefore YÁOHU UL has united together, let no man separate or divorce from each other. All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'By law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.' - Romans 7:2 'Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for YÁOHU UL will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.' - Hebrews 13:4 'No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of his offsprings may enter the assembly of YÁOHU UL, even down to the tenth generation.' - Deuteronomy 23:2 'They tried to miscomprehend, broke their vows and promises and were merciless - without pity. They were fully aware of YÁOHU UL's death penalty for these crimes, yet they went right on ahead and did them anyway, and even empowerd others to do them, too.' - Romans 1:31-32
GENEROSITY which is the opposite of Greed
Giving is proof that you have conquered greed.
YÁOHU UL designed marriage as a human object lesson of several scriptural and holy relationships. To change marriage norms would be to alter the truth taught by the object lessons. YÁOHU UL warns not to add to His Word, nor to take from it. (See Revelation 22:18-19.) This includes trying to change Scripture by culture. If Scripture were intended to be adapted to culture, it would mean that culture would be more authority than the Holy Scriptures; and since culture is determined by man's ideas, it would put man above YÁOHU UL. Let's learn what emissary Shaúl teaches us about marriage: 'Now about those queries you asked in your last letter: my answer is that if you do not marry, it is fine. But usually it is best to be married, each man having his own wife, and each woman having her own husband, because otherwise you might fall back into sin. The man should give his wife all that is her right as a married woman, and the wife should do the same for her husband: for a girl who marries no longer has full right to her own body; for her husband then has his rights to it, too; and in the same way the husband no longer has full right to his own body, for it belongs also to his wife. So never refuse these conjugal rights to one another. The only exception to this rule would be the agreement of both husband and wife to refrain from the rights of marriage for a limited time, so they can give themselves more completely to prayer. Afterwards, they should come together again so ha-satán won't be able to tempt them because of their lack of self-control. I'm not saying you must marry; but you surely may if you wish. I wish everyone could get along without marrying, just as I do. But we are not all the same. YÁOHU UL gives some the gift of a husband or wife, and other He gives the gift of being able to remain happily unmarried. So I say to those who aren't married, and to widows - better remain unmarried if you can, just as I am. But if you can't control yourself, go ahead and marry. It is better to marry than to burn with lust. Now, for those who are married I have a command, not just a recommendation. And it is not a command from me, for this is what ha-Molkhiúl (the King) Himself has said: A wife must not leave her husband! But if she is separated from him, let her remain single or else go back to him. And the husband should not divorce his wife. Here I want to add some recommendations of my own. These are not direct commands from ha-Molkhiúl (the King), but they seem right to me: If a Yaohúshuahée (male believer in the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA) has a wife who is not a believer, but she wants to remain with him anyway, he must not leave her or divorce her. And if a Yaohushúayao (female believer) has a husband who isn't a Yaohúshuahée, and he wants her to remain with him, she must not leave him. For perhaps the husband who isn't a Yaohúshuahée may become a believer with the help of his Yaohushúayao wife. And the wife who isn't a believer may become one with the help of her believing Yaohúshuahée husband. Otherwise, if the family separates, the children might never come to know ha-Molkhiúl; whereas a united family, in YÁOHU UL's plan, may lead to the children's salvation. But if the husband or wife who isn't a Yaohúshuahée (believer) is eager to leave, it is permitted. In such cases the Yaohúshuahée husband or wife should not insist that the other stay, for YÁOHU UL wants His children to live in peace and harmony. For, after all, there is no assurance to you wives that your husbands will be converted if they remain; and the same may be said to you husbands about your wives. But be sure in making conclusions about these matters that you are living as YÁOHU UL intended, marrying or not marrying in accordance with YÁOHU UL's direction and help, and accepting whatever assignment has put you into. This is my rule for all the congregations. For example, a man who already has gone through the YAOHÚ-dee (Jewish) ceremony of circumcision before he became a Yaohúshuahée should never worry about it; and if he hasn't been circumcised, he should not do it now. For it doesn't make a difference at all whether a Yaohúshuahée has gone through this ceremony or not. But it makes a lot of difference whether he is pleasing YÁOHU UL and keeping YÁOHU UL's commands. That is the important matter. Usually a person should keep on with the work he was carrying out when YÁOHU UL called him. Are you a slave? Don't let that worry you - but of course, if you get a chance to be free, take it. If ha-Molkhiúl calls you, and you are a slave, remember that ha-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah) has set you free from the awful power of sin; and if He has called you and you are free, remember that you are now a slave of ha-MEHUSHKHÁY. You have been bought and paid for by ha-MEHUSHKHÁY, and so you actually belong to Him - be free now from all those earthly prides and fears. So my dear brethren, whatever appointment a person is in when he becomes a Yaohúshuahée (believer in the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA), let him remain there, for now ha-Molkhiúl is with him to help. Now I will try to answer your other query. What about young ladies who are not yet married? Should they be permitted to do so? In answer to this query, I have no special command for them from ha-Molkhiúl. But ha-Molkhiúl in His kindness has brought me wisdom that can be relied upon, and I will be glad to tell you what I think. Here is the problem: We Yaohúshuahím are facing imposing dangers to our lives at present. In times like these I think it is best for a person to remain unmarried. Of course, if you already are married, don't separate just because of this. But if you aren't, don't rush into it this time. But if you men decide to go ahead anyway and get married now, it is all right; and if a girl gets married in times like these, it is no sin. However, marriage will bring additional problems that I wish you didn't have to face right now. The important thing to remember is that our remaining time is very short and so are our opportunities for doing the work of ha-Molkhiúl. For that reason those who have wives should remain as free as possible for ha-Molkhiúl; exuberance or sorrow or wealth should not keep anyone from doing YÁOHU UL's work! Those in frequent contact with the alluring things the world offers should make beneficial use of their opportunities without stopping to enjoy them; for the world in its present form will soon be gone. In all you do, I want you to be free from worry. An unmarried man can spend his time doing the work of ha-Molkhiúl and thinking of ways to please Him. But a married man can't do that so well; he has to attend to his earthly responsibilities and how to please his wife. His attention is divided. It is the same with the lady who marries. She faces the same problem. A lady who is not married is eager to please ha-Molkhiúl in all she is and does. But a married woman must pay attention to other things such as housekeeping and the likes and dislikes of her husband. I am saying this to help you, not to try to keep you from marrying. I want you to do whatever will help you serve ha-Molkhiúl best, with as few other matters as possible to grab your attention from Him. But if anyone feels he ought to marry because he has trouble controlling his passions, it is all right, it is not a sin; let him marry. But if a man has the willpower not to marry and decides that he doesn't need to and won't, he has made a wise conclusion. So the person who marries does well, and the person who doesn't marry does even better. The wife is part of her husband as long as he lives; if her husband dies, then she may marry again, but only if she marries a Yaohúshuahée (believer). But in my opinion she will be happier if she doesn't marry again; and I think I am giving you counsel from the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' (Spirit of YÁOHU UL) when I say this.'
All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.' - Mán-YÁOHU 5:27-28 'But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.' - Mán-YÁOHU 5:32 'For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.' - Mán-YÁOHU 15:19 'I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.' - Mán-YÁOHU 19:9 He answered, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.' - Mark 10:11-12 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.' - Luke 16:18 'So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.' - Revelation 2:22
Your Character Trait for Today - LOYALTY which is the opposite of Unfaithfulness
When YÁOHU UL wants to favor you, He puts a person in your life. When the enemy wants to ruin you, he puts a person in your life.
At Cambridge, Pennsylvania, Marcus met Alexa, and found her company delightful because Alexa, too, was Greek and spoke the Hellenic tongue, as well as English. One day she took him to the office of an American gentleman. Marcus didn't know it was the justice of the peace. Alexa spoke in English, and Marcus didn't know what she was saying. The justice of the peace spoke, also in English and Marcus did comprehend a word or two, like 'Yes' and 'I do.' And Marcus mumbled obediently, not knowing what it meant. He was being married but he didn't know it. After a while he didn't go around with Alexa anymore, quite ignored her, until he was apprehended for abandonment and non-support. That's when he found out he was married. In court Alexa admitted that the tale Marcus told had some sure points of accuracy. She admitted that it might be that Marcus didn't completely comprehend that he was getting married, didn't quite know the meaning of the words when he mumbled 'Yes' and 'I do.' He had acquired a wife, and it was English to him!
A legal divorce will end the physical relationship in the marriage, but the 'cleaving' aspect of a marriage pictures a much deeper union than just the physical. YÁOHU UL declares that the two shall become one flesh. (See Genesis 2:24.) The 'one flesh' concept can be exemplified by joining two pieces of plywood with a durable binding glue. If you try to separate the plywood, you splinter both pieces of wood rather then dividing the glue. In that sense divorce breaks people, not marriages. Dáoud committed adultery with Bathsheba and arranged for her husband to be killed. Then Dáoud married Bathsheba; yet YÁOHU UL continued to call Bathsheba the wife of UriYÁOHU. (See 2 Samu-Ul 12:15.) The divorce may separate a couple physically, but the witness of their being one flesh will live on in the physical characteristic of their children. The man in Molaokhí 2:13-16 divorced the wife of his youth, yet YÁOHU UL continued to hold him responsible for his treachery to his wife. As a result, his prayers and weeping were not heard.
This is the message that YÁOHU Ulhím gave to Yaoshorúl through the prophet Molaokhí. 'I have loved you deeply,' says YÁOHU Ulhím. But you retort, 'Really? How have You loved us?' And YÁOHU Ulhím replies, 'I showed My love for you by loving your foreparent YÁOHU-caf. Yet Esau was YÁOHU-caf's brother, and I rejected Esau and ruined his hill country. I turned Esau's inheritance into a desert for jackals.' And Esau's offsprings in Edom may say, 'We have been ruined, but we will rebuild the ruins.' But this is what YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo says: 'They may try to rebuild, but I will demolish them again! Their country will be known as 'The Land of Wickedness,' and their people will be called 'The People with Whom YÁOHU Ulhím is Forever Angry.' When you see the ruin for yourselves, you will say, 'Truly, YÁOHU Ulhím's great power reaches far beyond our borders!' YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo says to the priests: 'A son honors his father, and a servant respects his employer. I am your ABí (Father) and Molkhiúl (Ruler), but where are the honor and respect I deserve?' 'You have despised My 'Shúam' (Name)!' But you ask, 'How have we ever despised Your 'Shúam' (Name)?' 'You have despised My 'Shúam' (Name) by offering defiled sacrifices on My altar.' Then you ask, 'How have we defiled the sacrifices?' 'You defile them by saying the altar of YÁOHU Ulhím deserves no respect. When you give blind animals as sacrifices, isn't that wrong? And isn't it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased? Try giving gifts like that to your governor, and see how pleased he is!' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo (The Commander of Heaven's Armies). 'Go ahead, beg YÁOHU Ulhím to be merciful to you! But when you bring that kind of offering, why should He show you any favor at all?' asks YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. 'I wish that someone among you would shut the Temple doors in order that these worthless sacrifices could not be offered! I am not at all pleased with you,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo, 'and I will not accept your offerings. But My 'Shúam' (Name) is honored by people of other nations from morning till night. All around the world they offer sweet incense and pure offerings in honor of My 'Shúam' (Name). For My 'Shúam' (Name) is great among the nations,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. But you dishonor My 'Shúam' (Name) with your behavior. By bringing contemptible food, you are saying it's all right to defile YÁOHU Ulhím's table. You say, 'It's too hard to serve YÁOHU Ulhím,' and you turn up your noses at His commands,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. 'Think of it! Animals that are stolen and mutilated, crippled and sick — brought as offerings! Should I accept from you such offerings as these?' asks YÁOHU Ulhím. 'Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to YÁOHU Ulhím. For I am a Great King,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo, 'and My 'Shúam' (Name) is feared among the nations! Hearken, you priests; this command is for you! Hearken to me and take it to heart. Honor My 'Shúam' (Name)!' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo, 'Or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the benefits you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning seriously. I will rebuke your offsprings and splatter your faces with the dung of your festival sacrifices, and I will add you to the dung heap. Then at last you will know it was I who sent you this warning in order that My Covenant with the Levites may continue,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo 'The purpose of My covenant with the Levites was to bring life and peace, and this is what I gave them. This called for reverence from them, and they greatly revered Me and rose up in awe of My 'Shúam' (Name). They relayed on to the people all the truth they received from Me. They did not lie or cheat; they walked with me, living clean and upright lives, and they turned many from lives of sin. The priests' lips should guard knowledge, and people should go to them for teaching, for the priests are the representatives of YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. But not you! You have left YÁOHU Ulhím's paths. Your 'guidance' has caused many to stumble into sin. You have corrupted the Covenant I made with the Levites,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. 'So I have made you despised and humiliated in the eyes of all the people. For you have not obeyed Me but have shown partiality in your interpretation of the law.' Are we not all children of the same ABí (Father)? Are we not all created by the same YÁOHU Ulhím? Then why are we faithless to each other, violating the Covenant of our foreparents? In YAOHÚ-dah, in Yaoshorúl, and in Yaohúshua-oléym there is treachery, for the men of YAOHÚ-dah have defiled YÁOHU Ulhím's beloved Temple by marrying women who worship idols! May YÁOHU Ulhím cut off from the nation of Yaoshorúl every last man who has committed this and yet brings an offering to YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. Here is another thing you do. You cover YÁOHU Ulhím's altar with tears, weeping and groaning because He pays no heed to your offerings, and He doesn't accept them with pleasure. You cry out, 'Why has YÁOHU Ulhím abandoned us?' I'll tell you why! Because YÁOHU Ulhím witnessed the vows you and your wife made to each other on your wedding day when you were young. But you have been disloyal to her, though she remained your faithful companion, the wife of your marriage vows. Didn't YÁOHU Ulhím make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his. And what does He want? Holy children from your union. So guard yourself; remain loyal to the wife of your youth. 'For I hate divorce!' says YÁOHU Ulhím Yaoshorúl. 'It is as cruel as putting on a victim's bloodsoaked coat,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. 'So guard yourself; always remain loyal to your wife!' You have wearied YÁOHU Ulhím with your words.' Wearied him?' you ask. 'How have we wearied him?' You have wearied him by saying that YÁOHU Ulhím favors evildoers since He does not punish them. You have wearied Him by asking, 'Where is YÁOHU Ulhím of justice?' 'Look! I am to send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. Then YÁOHU Ulhím Whom you are seeking will surprisingly come to His Temple. The Messenger of the Covenant, Whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. But who will be able to endure it when He comes? Who will be able to arise and face Him when He appears? For He will be like a blazing fire that refines metal or like a fuller's soap that whitens clothes. He will sit to judge like a refiner of silver, watching closely as the dross is burned away. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold or silver, so they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to YÁOHU Ulhím. Then once more YÁOHU Ulhím will accept the offerings brought to Him by the people of YAOHÚ-dah and Yaohúshua-oléym, as He did in former times. At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear Me,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo (The Commander of Heaven's Armies). 'I am YÁOHU Ulhím, and I do not change. That is why you offsprings of YÁOHU-caf are not already completely ruined. Ever since the days of your foreparents, you have scorned My laws and failed to obey them. Now return to Me, and I will return to you,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. But you ask, 'How can we return when we have never gone away?' 'Should people cheat YÁOHU Ulhím? Yet you have cheated Me! 'But you ask, 'What do You mean? When did we ever cheat You?' 'You have cheated Me of the tithes and offerings due to Me. You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating Me. Bring all the tithes into the treasury-house that there will be enough food in My Temple. If you do,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo, 'I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a reward so great you won't have enough room to take it in! Try it! Let Me prove it to you! Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not shrivel before they are ripe,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. 'Then all nations will call you empowered, for your land will be such a delight,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. 'You have said horrible things about Me,' says YÁOHU Ulhím. But you say, 'What do You mean? How have we spoken against You?' You have said, 'What's the use of serving YÁOHU Ulhím? What have we gained by obeying His commands or by trying to show YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo that we are sorry for our sins? From now on we will say, 'Favored are the arrogant.' For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare YÁOHU Ulhím to punish them go free of harm.' Then those who feared YÁOHU Ulhím spoke with each other, and YÁOHU Ulhím hearkened to what they said. In His presence, a scroll of remembrance was written to record the names of those who feared Him and loved to think about His 'Shúam' (Name). 'They will be My people,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. 'On the day when I act, they will be My own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient and dutiful child. Then you will again see the difference between the upright and the wicked, between those who serve YÁOHU Ulhím and those who do not.' YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo says, 'The Day of Judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. The arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like hay on that day. They will be consumed like a tree — roots and all. But for you who reverentially fear My 'Shúam' (Name), the Sun of Uprightness will rise with healing in His wings. And you will go free, leaping with gladness like calves let out to the meadow. On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust beneath your feet,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. 'Remember to obey the precepts of My servant Mehushúa, all the laws and regulations that I gave him on Mount Sinai for all Yaoshorúl. 'Look, I am to send you the prophet UliYÁOHU before the great and dreadful day of YÁOHU Ulhím arrives. His proclamations will turn the hearts of parents to their children, and the hearts of children to their parents. Otherwise I will come and smite the land with a curse.' - Molaokhi 1-4, Holy Scriptures All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám! To be continued....
'Here is another thing you do. You cover YÁOHU Ulhím's altar with tears, weeping and groaning because He pays no heed to your offerings, and He doesn't accept them with pleasure. You cry out, 'Why has YÁOHU Ulhím abandoned us?' I'll tell you why! Because YÁOHU Ulhím witnessed the vows you and your wife made to each other on your wedding day when you were young. But you have been disloyal to her, though she remained your faithful companion, the wife of your marriage vows. Didn't YÁOHU Ulhím make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his. And what does He want? Holy children from your union. So guard yourself; remain loyal to the wife of your youth. 'For I hate divorce!' says YÁOHU Ulhím Yaoshorúl. 'It is as cruel as putting on a victim's bloodsoaked coat,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. 'So guard yourself; always remain loyal to your wife!' - Molaokhí 2:13-16 'Look! I am to send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. Then YÁOHU Ulhím Whom you are seeking will surprisingly come to His Temple. The Messenger of the Covenant, Whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo. But who will be able to endure it when He comes? Who will be able to arise and face Him when He appears? For He will be like a blazing fire that refines metal or like a fuller's soap that whitens clothes. He will sit to judge like a refiner of silver, watching closely as the dross is burned away. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold or silver, so they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to YÁOHU Ulhím. Then once more YÁOHU Ulhím will accept the offerings brought to Him by the people of YAOHÚ-dah and Yaohúshua-oléym, as He did in former times. At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear Me,' says YÁOHU Ulhím Tzavulyáo (The Commander of Heaven's Armies).' - Molaokhí 3:1-5
FAITHFULNESS which is the opposite of Treachery
Every relationship in your life is a current moving you toward your goals and dreams or away from them.
A justice of the peace in a small New England town was called upon to perform his first marriage ceremony. After he had the knot securely tied, the young couple continued to arise before him as if expecting some further rite. Whereupon the justice stammered out in a brave attempt to round off the ceremony with something of a religious turn, 'There, there, it's all over! Go and sin no more!'
When YÁOHU UL established marriage, He did not limit its laws and limitations just to Yaohúshuahím (believers). It is the basic social relationship for all people. The Pharisees were not Yaohúshuahím, yet Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA declared that they were responsible to obey YÁOHU UL's marriage laws. YÁOHU-khánam the Immerser condemned Herod for violating YÁOHU UL's marriage laws, and it is quite obvious that Herod was not a Yaohúshuahée (believer). See Mán-YÁOHU (Matthew) 14:3-4. In 1 Corinthians 7, Scripture deals with the problem of a Yaohúshuahée's marriage to a non-Yaohúshuahée. It is assumed that the marriage took place when both were non-Yaohúshuahím. The Scripture teaches that every effort should be made to continue that marriage even though one partner is still unsaved. (See 1 Corinthians 7:12-14.) In 1 Káfos (Peter) 3, YÁOHU UL gives further orders to Yaohúshuaoth women on how to win their non-Yaohúshuahím husbands. Here again, YÁOHU UL is reinforcing the validity of marriages which took place prior to salvation. Let's now see how YÁOHU-khánam the Immerser lost his life precisely because he rebuked the adulterous relationship of King Herod with his brother's wife: 'King Herod soon heard about YAOHÚSHUA, for His miracles were talked about everywhere. The king thought YAOHÚSHUA was YÁOHU-khánam (John) the Immerser come back to life again. So the people were saying, 'No wonder He can do such miracles.' Others thought YAOHÚSHUA was UliYÁOHU (Elijah) the ancient prophet, now returned to life again; still others claimed He was a new Prophet like the great ones of the past. 'No,' Herod said, 'it is YÁOHU-khánam, the man I beheaded. He has come back from the dead.' For Herod had sent soldiers to apprehend and imprison YÁOHU-khánam (John) because he kept saying it was wrong for the king to marry Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. Herodias wanted YÁOHU-khánam killed in revenge, but without Herod's approval, she was powerless. And Herod respected YÁOHU-khánam, knowing that He was an upright and holy man, so he kept him under his protection. Herod was agitated whenever he talked with YÁOHU-khánam, but even so he liked to hear what he says. Herodias' chance finally came. It was Herod's birthday and he gave a stag party for his palace aides, army officers and the leading citizens of Galilee. Then Herodias' daughter came in and danced before them and greatly pleased them all. 'Ask me for anything you like,' the king vowed, 'even half of my kingdom, and I will give it to you!' She went out and consulted her mother, who told her, 'Ask for YÁOHU-khánam the Immerser's head!' So she hurried back to the king and told him, 'I want the head of YÁOHU-khánam the Immerser - right now - on a tray!' Then the king was sorry, but he was embarrassed to break his oath in front of his guests. So he dispatched one of his bodyguards to the prison to cut off YÁOHU-khánam's head and bring it to him. The officer killed YÁOHU-khánam in the prison, and brought back his head on a tray, and gave it to the girl and she took it to her mother. When the disciples of YÁOHU-khánam heard what had happened, they came for his body and buried it in a tomb.' - Mark 6:14-29 And in Mán-YÁOHU's account.... 'When King Herod heard about YAOHÚSHUA, he said to his men, 'This must be YÁOHU-khánam (John) the Immerser, come back to life again. That is why He can do these miracles.' For Herod had apprehended YÁOHU-khánam and chained him in prison at the demand of his wife Herodias, his brother Philip's ex-wife, because YÁOHU-khánam had told him it was wrong for him to marry her. He would have killed YÁOHU-khánam but was afraid of a riot, for all the people believed YÁOHU-khánam was a prophet. But at a birthday party for Herod, Herodias' daughter performed a dance that immensely pleased him, so he vowed to give her anything she wanted. Consequently, at her mother's urging, the girl asked for the head of YÁOHU-khánam the Immerser on a tray. The king was grieved, but because of his oath, and because he didn't want to back down in front of his guests, he issued the necessary orders. So YÁOHU-khánam was beheaded in the prison, and his head was brought on a tray and brought to the girl, who took it to her mother. Then the disciples of YÁOHU-khánam came for his body and buried it, and came to tell YAOHÚSHUA what had happened. Mán-YÁOHU (Matthew) 14:1-12 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.' - Luke 16:18 'Heaven and earth will disappear, but My words will remain forever true.' - Mán-YÁOHU 24:35 'Beh hol-Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám!
'Beware of these experts in religion, for they love to parade in dignified robes and to be bowed to by the people as they walk along the road. And how they love the seats of honor in the synagogues and at religious festivals! But even while they are praying long prayers with much outward piety, they are planning schemes to cheat widows out of their property. Therefore YÁOHU UL's severest judgment awaits these men.' - Luke 20:46-47, Holy Scriptures 'That is what is meant by the Scriptures which say that no mere man has ever seen, heard or even imagined what wonderful things YÁOHU UL has ready for those who love ha-Molkhiúl (the King). But we know about these matters because YÁOHU UL has sent His 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) to tell us, and His 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) searches out and shows us all of YÁOHU UL's deepest secrets.' - 1 Corinthians 2:9-10, Holy Scriptures
FAITHFULNESS which is the opposite of Untruthfulness
Those who do not respect your work and duty assignments disqualify themselves for a closer relationship with you.
In most families the wife outlives her husband. Widows today outnumber widowers almost four-to-one in the U.S. The chances are almost three-in-five that the wife will survive her husband when both are the same age. When the husband is five years older, the chances are seven-in-ten that this wife will outlive him; and when he is ten years older, the chances rise to eight-in-ten. Only when the husband is around four years younger than his wife are the chances of survival about the same for both!
It may be that you married one whom YÁOHU UL never intended for you to marry. However, once you are married, that person becomes the right life partner. You can be sure of this fact because of YÁOHU UL'S commitment to work through whatever relationships you are in, in order to perfect the character of YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY in you. (See Philippians 2:13.) YÁOHU UL makes it clear throughout Scriptures the He is more concerned about building the character of YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY in us than in the relationships and activities required to do it. When His character is developed in your life, you will find it reflected in the lives of those around you. This will result in unexpected dimensions of genuine love and enduring peace. (See 1 Corinthians 13:7; Proverbs 16:7.) It is your privilege and duty unto Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA to love your marriage partner. And scriptural love is not a passing feeling but a spiritual commitment elaborately described as follows - the YAOHÚSHUA kind of love: 'If I had the gift of being able to speak in other languages without learning them, and could speak in every language there is in all of heaven and earth, but didn't love others, I would only be making noise. If I had the gift of prophecy and knew all about what is going to happen in the future, knew everything about everything, but didn't love others, what benefit would it do? Even if I had the gift of faith that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, I would still be worth nothing at all without love. If I gave everything I have to poor people, and if I were burned alive for proclaiming the Glorious Message but didn't love others, it would be of no value whatever. Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful nor proud, never haughty nor selfish nor rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong. It is never glad about injustice, but exults whenever truth wins out. If you love someone you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost. You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him and always stake your ground in defending him. All the special gifts and powers from YÁOHU UL will someday come to an end, but love goes on forever. Someday prophecy, and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge - these gifts will disappear. Now we know so little, even with our special gifts, and the preaching of those most gifted is still so poor. But when we have been made perfect and complete, then the need for these inadequate special gifts will come to an end, and they will disappear. It's like this: when I was a child I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child does. But when I became a full-grown man my thoughts grew far beyond those of my childhood, and now I have put away the childish things. In the same way, we can see and comprehend only a little about YÁOHU UL now, as if we were peering at His reflection in a poor mirror; but someday we are going to see Him in His completeness, face to face. Now all that I know is hazy and blurred, but then I will see everything clearly, just as clearly as YÁOHU UL sees into my heart right now. There are three things that remain - faith, hope and love - and the greatest of these is love.
'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.' - Luke 16:18 'Heaven and earth will disappear, but My words will remain forever true.' - Mán-YÁOHU 24:35 Husband, love your own wife. Wife, love your own husband! Till death do you part.... 'Beh hol-Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám!
'Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful nor proud, never haughty nor selfish nor rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong. It is never glad about injustice, but exults whenever truth wins out. If you love someone you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost. You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him and always stake your ground in defending him. There are three things that remain - faith, hope and love - and the greatest of these is love.' - 1 Corinthians 13:4-7;13
FIDELITY which is the opposite of Cheating
People decide their habits, and their habits, upright or bad, determine their future. You are the sum total of all your past decisions. Change your future for the better now!
Kfar Sava, Israel — Zadok Nager, 35, and France Peretz, 28, proving that love conquers all, even the 13 submachine gun bullets he shot into her, were married for the second time. The couple, who had already divorced each other once, were courting again when Nager suspected his ex-wife of being unfaithful and shot her. After recovering from the bullet wounds, Miss Peretz paid a visit to Nager in jail, pending his trial for attempted murder. Nager told a district court judge in Tel Aviv, 'She forgives me and we love each other.' Guarded by two plainclothes policemen, the two were wedded. Then Nager was escorted back to his prison cell.
YÁOHU UL established the wife's submission and the husband's leadership prior to the fall of Adam and Khavyáo. The very purpose for which Khavyáo was created was to be a help meet to Adam. In order for a helper to be effective, there must be willing submission to leadership. When Adam and Khavyáo sinned, two things were corrupted: first, the loving leadership of the husband, and second, the willing submission of the wife. The wife now desires to control her husband, and the husband has a desire for unchallenged authority. '...the desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee' (Genesis 3:16). At the same time, the wife wants her husband to be a spiritual leader to her, and the husband wants to avoid the responsibility of leadership. These opposing desires yield major conflicts in the marriage. YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY came into the world to provide the power and the picture to revive the original marriage relationship. He exemplifies to the wife how to submit to her husband by the way He willingly humbled Himself to the will of YÁOHU ABí. He teaches the husband how to love his wife by the way He laid down His life for the Oholyáo (Congregation). 'Your attitude should be the same that hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA had. Though He was 'UL' (Eternal Creator), He did not demand and cling to His rights as 'UL.' On the contrary, He made Himself of no reputation; He took the humble disguise of a slave and appeared in human form. And in human form He obediently humbled Himself even further by dying a criminal's death on a stake. Because of this, YÁOHU UL raised Him up to the heights of heaven and gave Him a 'Shúam' (Name) that is above every other name, that at the mention of the 'Shúam' (Name) of YAOHÚSHUA every knee must bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue will confess that YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY is Molkhiúl, to the glory of YÁOHU ABí, the Father. Dearest friends, you were always so careful to follow my directives when I was with you. And now that I am away you must be even more careful to put into action YÁOHU UL's saving work in your lives, obeying YÁOHU UL with deep reverence and fear. For YÁOHU UL is working in you, giving you the desire to obey Him and the power to do what pleases Him. In everything you do, keep away from complaining and arguing, in order that no one can speak a word of blame against you. You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of YÁOHU UL in a dark world full of crooked and perverse people. Let your lives shine brightly before them.' - Philippians 2:5-15 'Follow YÁOHU UL's example in everything you do, because you are His dear children. Live a life filled with love for others, following the example of ha-MEHUSHKHÁY, Who loved you and gave Himself as a sacrifice to take away your sins. And YÁOHU UL was pleased, because that sacrifice was like sweet perfume to Him. Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among YÁOHU UL's people. Obscene tales, foolish talk, and coarse jokes — these are not for you. On the contrary, let there be gratefulness to YÁOHU UL. You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of hol-MEHUSHKHÁY and of YÁOHU UL. For a greedy person is really an idolater who worships the alluring things of this world. Don't be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the fierce anger of YÁOHU UL comes upon all those who disobey Him. Don't participate in the activities these people do. For though your hearts were once full of darkness, now you are full of light from ha-Molkhiúl, and your behavior should show it! For this light within you yields only what is noble and right and true. Try to find out what is pleasing to ha-Molkhiúl. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; on the contrary, rebuke and expose them. It is shameful even to talk about the things that wicked people do in secret. But when the light shines on them, it becomes clear how evil these activities are. And where your light shines, it will expose their evil deeds. This is why it is said,
So be careful how you live, not as fools but as those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity for doing kindness in these evil days. Never act thoughtlessly, but try to comprehend what ha-Molkhiúl wants you to do. Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. On the contrary, let the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Holy Spirit) fill and control you. Then you will sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, making music to ha-Molkhiúl in your hearts. And you will always express your gratitude for everything to YÁOHU ABí, the Father, 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY. And further, you will submit to one another out of reverence for hol-MEHUSHKHÁY. You wives will submit to your husbands as you do to ha-Molkhiúl. For a husband is the head of his wife same way hol-MEHUSHKHÁY is the Head of His body, the Oholyáo; He gave His life to be her Savior. As the Oholyáo submits to hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, so you wives must likewise submit to your husbands in everything. And you husbands must love your wives with the same love hol-MEHUSHKHÁY showed the Oholyáo. He gave up His life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by baptism and by YÁOHU UL's Word. He did this to present her to Himself as a glorious Oholyáo without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. On the contrary, she will be holy and without a single fault. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man is actually loving himself when he loves his wife. No one hates his own body but lovingly cares for it, just like hol-MEHUSHKHÁY cares for His body, which is the Oholyáo. And we are His body. As the Scriptures say, 'A man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and the two are united into one.' This is a great enigma, but it is an object lesson on the way hol-MEHUSHKHÁY and the Oholyáo are one! So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.' - Ephesians 5 'In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands, even those who refuse to accept the Glorious Message. Your upright lives will speak to them better than any words. They will be won over by watching your pure, holy behavior. Don't be concerned about the outward beauty that depends on fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should be known for the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so valuable to YÁOHU UL. That is the way the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They relied fully upon YÁOHU UL and accepted the authority of their husbands. For example, Soroáh obeyed her husband, Abruhám, when she called him her head of the house. You are her daughters when you do what is right without fear of what your husbands might do. In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat her with comprehension as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in YÁOHU UL's gift of new life. If you don't treat her as you should, your prayers will not be heard.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 3:1-7 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.' - Luke 16:18 'Heaven and earth will disappear, but My words will remain forever true.' - Mán-YÁOHU 24:35 Husband, lovingly care for your own wife; and you wife must be under the authority of your own husband, respecting him, obeying him. Till death do you part.... 'Beh hol-Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám!
And further, you will submit to one another out of reverence for hol-MEHUSHKHÁY. You wives will submit to your husbands as you do to ha-Molkhiúl. For a husband is the head of his wife same way hol-MEHUSHKHÁY is the Head of His body, the Oholyáo; He gave His life to be her Savior. As the Oholyáo submits to hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, so you wives must likewise submit to your husbands in everything. And you husbands must love your wives with the same love hol-MEHUSHKHÁY showed the Oholyáo. He gave up His life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by baptism and by YÁOHU UL's Word.
Humility which is the opposite of Stubborn Pride
You cannot correct what you are unwilling to bravely confront.
From an Atlantic City courtroom emerged this unusual news report. True, the wife had left her husband, but it was a 'wholesale' abandonment. The Italian husband was originally a widower with 17 children. She, also Italian, was originally a widow with 11 children. The wedding made a combined family of 28 children. But it was not one big happy family. Mrs. de Parsio finally left her husband, taking her 11 children on a truck one night and headed towards Philadelphia. This left Mr. de Parsio with his original 17 children. The number of broken lives!
Most women do not realize that they have more power in the marriage than their husbands have. This is based on the fact that there are two types of power in the world: the power of position, such as the president of a country, and the power of influence, such as those who advise the president. History clearly confirms that those in positions of influence have more power than those who are in positions of authority. The wife is in the position on how to influence. Queen Hodshúa (Esther) is an example to the wife on how to influence a ruthless and tyrannical husband. (See the book of Esther.) Bathsheba showed how to influence a feeble and aged husband. (See 1 Kings 1:11-31.) These and many other wives used their power of influence to direct their husbands. This power is also available to a wife whose husband is abusing her. There is, however, one requirement that the wife must have - upright and holy attitudes. Very often a husband's reaction is triggered by a wife's wrong attitudes. This is emphasized by Peter when he explains how a believing wife can even win a non-believing husband without a word. (See 1 Káfos 3:1-4.)
YÁOHU UL commands husbands to love their wives, and wives to reverence their husbands. But how can a wife reverence her husband when he exhibits bad attitudes? The key involves separating the husband's bad attitudes from his YÁOHU UL brought position of authority. A policeman may have a terrible disposition. That gives no basis to disregard his orders. When a wife separates her husband's personality from his position, she is able to reverence YÁOHU UL's working through her husband to perfect holy character in her.
The admirable and praiseworthy attitudes which YÁOHU UL expects from and is always pleased to see in His child, a wife or any other subordinate are:
'The wicked accuse, the upright defend.' - Proverbs 12:6 And ha-satán is the accuser of the brethren! (Revelation 12:10). 'Never falsely accuse someone to his employer or authority, lest the authority curse you for your sin.' - Proverbs 30:10 So one must always protect his authorities from all kinds of backbiting, slanders, rumors, defamations and libels. The wise will always protect his authority because he knows that he is YÁOHU UL's implement in taking care of his needs. Protect your shield of defense from all the works of darkness!
If anyone really wants to receive what he rightfully deserves, he should be thrown immediately to sheol (hell), with all his sin, wickedness, greed and lusts. The subordinate must be grateful because YÁOHU UL is using his human authorities to protect him from hunger, poverty, unemployment, harm and so on. And your human authorities are YÁOHU UL's agents in rewarding and protecting you and your family. That's why a subordinate must always be grateful and thankful to YÁOHU UL, and also to his human authorities, as unto the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA Himself. Now take particular notice to what YÁOHU UL does to those with ungrateful hearts and attitudes: 'But YÁOHU UL shows His anger from heaven against all sinful, evil men who push away the truth from them. For the truth about YÁOHU UL is known to them instinctively; YÁOHU UL has put this knowledge in their hearts. Since earliest times, people have seen the earth and sky and all YÁOHU UL made, and have known of His existence and great eternal power. So they will have no excuse when they face YÁOHU UL at Judgment Day. Yes, they knew about Him all right, but they wouldn't admit it or worship Him or even thank Him for all His daily care. And after awhile they began to think up silly ideas of what YÁOHU UL was like and what He wanted them to do. The result was that their stupid minds became dark and confused. Claiming themselves to be wise without YÁOHU UL, they became utter fools instead. And then, instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living YÁOHU UL, they took wood and stone and made idols for themselves, carving them to look like mere birds and animals and snakes and puny men.' So YÁOHU UL let them go ahead into every sort of sexual sin, and do whatever they wanted to - yes, vile and sinful things with each other's bodies. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about YÁOHU UL, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they prayed to the things YÁOHU UL made, but wouldn't obey the empowered YÁOHU UL Who made these things. That is why YÁOHU UL let go of them and let them do all these evil things, so that even their women turned against YÁOHU UL's natural plan for them and indulged in sex sin with each other. And the men, instead of having a normal sexual relationship with women, burned with lust for each other, men doing abominable things with other men and, as a result, getting paid within their own souls with the penalty they so richly deserved. So it was that when they gave YÁOHU UL up and would not even acknowledge Him, YÁOHU UL gave them up to doing everything their evil minds could think of. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness and sin, of greed and hate, envy, murder, fighting, lying, bitterness and gossip. They were backbiters, haters of YÁOHU UL, insolent, proud braggarts, always thinking of new ways of sinning and continually being disobedient to their parents. They tried to misunderstand, broke their promises, and were heartless - without natural affections, pitiless. They were fully aware of YÁOHU UL's death penalty for these crimes, yet they went right ahead and did them anyway, and empowerd others to do them, too.' - Romans 1:18-32, Holy Scriptures. So to be always grateful, thankful and appreciative of YÁOHU UL's lovingkindness and benefits is one trait which YÁOHU UL rewards bountifully and richly.
Those who are disloyal and are traitors to their authorities are always cursed, whichever way events turn. In prosperity and victory, the authority will always give the best and the most to those who are loyal among his subordinates. In defeat and loss, the authority will do whatever best he can to still help and protect the loyal subordinates, and when times of recovery come, all the more, the loyal subordinates will be highly rewarded because they proved their loyalty all throughout. Loyalty means remaining on the side of one's authorities in cases of conflicts. It also means being a trustworthy orderly to those whom one is serving. On the other hand, disloyalty means the exact opposite of being faithful to those YÁOHU UL has put in positions of power as His implements of protecting subordinates. Disloyal subordinates commit treachery, treason, betrayal and rebellion against those whom they are supposed to respect and obey. No sensible person in authority will receive a known disloyal person into his confidence. And if ever, only to use him against his competitors or enemies, and then dump him. What person in authority, in his sound mind, would hire or take into his confidence someone who has been proven to be capable of betraying his employer or authority after having been receiving all the salaries and benefits from him to feed his family throughout the years? Cursed is the future of the disloyal subordinate, child, employee or wife. While the loyal and truthful, faithful worker succeeds! Remember Judas Ish-Kerioth and his ultimate end to avoid imitating him. But YÁOHU-khánam (John) the Beloved, was loved because of his proven fidelity, faithfulness and loyalty to the King of kings - YAOHÚSHUA, till the end.... Remember, almost all of the big employers in this world are in dire need of people, not only of proven abilities, but of proven character, virtue, loyalty, faithfulness and honesty. Loyal subordinates are valuable employees who are indeed rare to find these days. And they receive the best from their employers. Now you know the real reason why.... YÁOHU UL's words always are effectual, wherever and whenever applied correctly. 'The integrity of the upright guides them, but the disloyal are destroyed by their duplicity.' - Proverbs 11:3 'From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with fine things, but the unfaithful (disloyal) have a craving for violence.' - Proverbs 13:2 'Sound comprehension wins favor, but the way of the disloyal (traitor) is hard.' - Proverbs 13:15 'There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.' - Proverbs 14:12 'A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.' - Proverbs 17:2 'Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a real faithful (loyal) person who can find? - Proverbs 20:6 'The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the disloyal (unfaithful) for the upright.' - Proverbs 21:18 'The eyes of YÁOHU UL keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the unfaithful.' - Proverbs 22:12 'A faithful (loyal) person will be richly empowered, but one eager to get rich (through disloyalty) will not go unpunished.' - Proverbs 28:20 'The accomplice of the thief is his own enemy; he is put under oath and dare not testify.' - Proverbs 29:24
Remember, you are to show all these virtues as unto the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA Himself, and you are not to do these like unto mere human beings. The 'RÚKHA-YAOHÚSHUA' will lead you into all truth as to the fine line between respect for human authorities and worship of mere men. Please read on for more detailed explanations regarding this. Narrow is the way which leads to life and only a few find it....
There is no weather, time nor place that will stop you from serving the needs of your human authorities, once brought the order. You are reliable, trustworthy, punctual and always available whenever your services are needed. YÁOHU UL is not looking for people with abilities but those who are available to serve Him, likewise true with your human authorities. Abilities and talents can be taught and brought, while the more important qualities of a person's moral fiber and character are much more valuable than worldly riches. 'Don't be selfish; don't live to make a fine impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don't just think of your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and in what they are doing.' Your attitude should be the kind that was shown us by YAOHÚSHUA the Messiah, Who, though He was the Eternal Himself, did not demand and cling to His rights as Omnipotent, but laid aside His mighty power and glory, taking the disguise of a servant and becoming like men. And He humbled Himself even further, going so far as actually to die a criminal's death on the stake. 'Yet it was because of this that YÁOHU UL raised Him up to the heights of heaven and gave Him a Name which is above every other name, that at the Name of YAOHÚSHUA every knee shall bow in heaven, on earth and under the earth, and every tongue shall confess that YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY is King, to the glory of YÁOHU ABí, the Father.' - Philippians 2:3-11, Holy Scriptures. Subordinates will always get the kind of authorities they deserve. If the citizens of any country are dishonest, lazy, idolatrous, adulterous and drunkards, then surely they will elect and choose the kind of leadership that reflects their character and wants. Or they will choose (voluntarily or not) to be subjected to rigid and authoritarian regimes which will be best suited to combat the excesses and laziness of the people. YÁOHU UL's decisions regarding these are what actually transpire in the overall history of every nation - with the end in view of promoting fine virtues among the citizenry and combating evil, especially among the youth and the rebellious. 'With the measure that you use, it will be measured back to you' - said the Ruler YAOHÚSHUA. 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.' - Luke 16:18 'Heaven and earth will disappear, but My words will remain forever true.' - Mán-YÁOHU 24:35 Husband, lovingly care for your own wife; and you wife must be under the authority of your own husband, respecting him, obeying him. Till death do you part.... 'Beh hol-Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám!
'Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful nor proud, never haughty nor selfish nor rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong. It is never glad about injustice, but exults whenever truth wins out. If you love someone you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost. You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him and always stake your ground in defending him. There are three things that remain - faith, hope and love - and the greatest of these is love.' - 1 Corinthians 13:4-7;13
Your Character Trait for Today - Meekness which is the opposite of Insolence
Never reinterpret the true scriptural doctrines just to accommodate and excuse a personal tragedy, or a divorce and the subsequent adulterous remarriage.
Some years ago, the most married man in the world was found in Yugoslavia. It happened this way: A young woman confided to her girl cousin of her impending marriage to a man. The bridegroom was so shy and timid that he wanted to keep the marriage a secret. The cousin became curious. She took a glimpse of the bridegroom after the secret wedding, and recognized him as her own husband. He had also married her secretly, claiming to be shy and timid. That was only a beginning. A total of 50 women came forward and claimed that he had individually married them. In each case, he was the same bashful bridegroom. They called him Ivanhoe the Terrible, breaker of women's hearts. He was a traveling salesman, going from wife to wife by plane, supporting all 50 of them, with the explanation to each that his duties as a traveling salesman kept him away so much of the time. They put him in jail, and he begged to remain there. He'd rather be sent to prison than face those fifty wives!
The importance of gratefulness cannot be overemphasized. It is the basis of exuberance. An unhappy wife is a public rebuke to her husband. Her sad countenance proclaims the message, 'See what a failure my husband is; he doesn't know how to meet my needs.' On the other hand, a happy wife is a credit to her husband. The basic cause of unexuberance is unfulfilled expectations. Prior to marriage, a wife usually has a list of expectations for her husband. If he fulfills the expectations, everything is fine; but if the fails to fulfill some of them, the wife becomes hurt and disappointed. In reality, this makes the husband a prisoner of his wife's expectations. In response, the husband will tend to do all he can to reduce the number of expectations his wife has for him. He wants her to expect as little as possible in order that he can go beyond her expectations and receive her admiration. It is a wise wife who will give her expectations to YÁOHU UL. By giving them to YÁOHU UL, she frees Him to work through her husband to meet her needs. She can then say with confidence, 'My soul, wait thou only upon YÁOHU UL; for my expectation is from Him' (Tehillím 62:5). Men are drawn to a grateful spirit. Equally repulsive is their reaction to an ungrateful or demanding spirit from wives who don't know the meaning of contentment and satisfaction.
'I will express my gratitude to YÁOHU UL because of His uprightness and will sing praise to the 'Shúam' (Name) of YÁOHU UL Gavóha (the Most High).' - Tehillím 7:17 'YÁOHU UL is my power and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for gladness and I will express my gratitude unto Him in a song.' - Tehillím 28:7 'That my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O YÁOHU UL my King, I will be grateful to You forever.' - Tehillím 30:12 'We express our gratefulness to You, O YÁOHU UL, we are grateful, for Your 'Shúam' (Name) is close by; people tell of Your wonderful deeds.' - Tehillím 75:1 'Hodayáo (thanks) be to YÁOHU UL for His indescribable gift!' - 2 Corinthians 9:15 'Always giving 'hodayáo' to YÁOHU ABí, the Father, for everything, in the 'Shúam' of our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY.' - Ephesians 5:20 'And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all 'ol Shúam' (in the Name of) Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA, giving 'hodayáo' to YÁOHU ABí, the Father, through Him.' - Colossians 3:17 'Give 'hodayáo' in all predicaments, for this is YÁOHU UL's will for you in hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA.' - 1 Thess. 5:18 'For holiness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many stupid and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and doom. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. But you, O man of YÁOHU UL, flee from all this, and pursue uprightness, holiness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the noble fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your worthy confession in the presence of many witnesses. In the sight of YÁOHU UL, Who gives life to everything, and of ha-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA, Who while testifying before Pontius Pilate gave the noble confession, I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, which YÁOHU UL will bring about in His own time - YÁOHU UL, the empowered sole Ruler, the King of kings and Ruler of rulers, Who alone is immortal and Who lives in unapproachable light, Whom no one has seen or can see. To Him be honor and might forever. Amnáo. Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so insecure, but to put their hope in YÁOHU UL, Who richly provides us with everything for our delight. Command them to do right, to be rich in kind deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, in order that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.' - 1 YÁOHU-tam (Timothy) 6:6-19 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.' - Luke 16:18 'Heaven and earth will disappear, but My words will remain forever true.' - Mán-YÁOHU 24:35 Husband, lovingly care for your own wife; and you wife must be under the authority of your own husband, respecting him, obeying him. Till death do you part.... 'Beh hol-Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám!
'For holiness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many stupid and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and doom. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. But you, O man of YÁOHU UL, flee from all this, and pursue uprightness, holiness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the noble fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your worthy confession in the presence of many witnesses.' - 1 YÁOHU-tam (Timothy) 6:6-12
Gratefulness which is the opposite of Ingratitude
A husband will go where he is appreciated and respected, but will avoid places where he is merely tolerated.
At her Golden Wedding anniversary celebration, my grandmother told guests the secret of her happy marriage: 'On my wedding day, I decided to make a list of ten of my husband's faults which, for the sake of our marriage, I would always overlook.' As the guests were leaving, a young matron whose marriage had recently been in difficulties asked my grandmother what some of the faults were that she had seen fit to overlook. Grandmother said, 'To tell you the truth, my dear, I never did get around completely itemizing them. But whenever my husband did something that made me hopping mad, I would say to myself, 'Fine for him, that's one of the ten!''
Every person finds his or her identity, not by doing what they want to do, but by discovering and fulfilling the purpose for which YÁOHU UL made them. YÁOHU UL made a wife to be a help meet to her husband. She will find true fulfillment in developing a servant's spirit. What is meant by a servant's spirit? It means becoming excited about an attitude. And is severely tested and proven when she is actually treated like one. The paradox is that the more a wife serves to make her husband successful, the more freedom and authority will be brought to her. YÁOHU-saf (Joseph) exemplified this when he served in Potiphar's house. He began as a slave, but soon was in charge of the whole household. YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY also exemplified this principle during His earthly service. 'And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death on the stake . Wherefore YÁOHU UL also had highly exalted Him, and brought Him a 'Shúam' (Name) which is above every name.'
'Now when YÁOHU-saf arrived in Egypt with the Ishmaulíte traders, he was purchased by Potiphar, a member of the personal staff of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was the captain of the palace guard. YÁOHU UL was with YÁOHU-saf and empowered him greatly as he served in the home of his Egyptian employer. Potiphar noticed this and realized that YÁOHU UL was with YÁOHU-saf, giving him success in everything he did. So YÁOHU-saf naturally became quite a favorite with him. Potiphar soon put YÁOHU-saf in charge of his whole household and delegated all his business dealings to him. From the day YÁOHU-saf was put in charge, YÁOHU UL began to favor Potiphar for YÁOHU-saf's sake. All his household affairs began to run smoothly, and his crops and livestock flourished. So Potiphar gave YÁOHU-saf complete managerial responsibility over everything he owned. With YÁOHU-saf there, he didn't have a worry in the world, except to decide what he wanted to eat! Now YÁOHU-saf was a very handsome and well-built young man. And about this time, Potiphar's wife began to desire him and invited him to sleep with her. But YÁOHU-saf refused. 'Look,' he told her, 'my boss trusts me with everything in his whole household. No one here has more authority than I do! He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I ever do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against YÁOHU UL.' She kept putting pressure on him day after day, but he refused to sleep with her, and he kept out of her way as much as possible. One day, however, no one else was around when he was carrying out his work inside the house. She came and grabbed him by his shirt, demanding, 'Come to bed with me!' YÁOHU-saf tore himself away, but as he did, his shirt came off. She was left holding it as he ran from the house. When she saw that she had his shirt and that he had fled, she began screaming. Soon all the men around the place came rushing in. 'My husband has brought this Hebrew slave here to insult us!' she sobbed. 'He tried to rape me, but I screamed. When he heard my loud cries, he ran and left his shirt behind with me.' She kept the shirt with her, and when her husband came home that night, she told him her report. 'That Hebrew slave you've had around here tried to make a fool of me,' she said. 'I was rescued only by my screams. He ran out, leaving his shirt behind!' After hearing his wife's report, Potiphar was furious! He took YÁOHU-saf and threw him into the prison where the king's prisoners were held. But YÁOHU UL was with YÁOHU-saf there, too, and He granted YÁOHU-saf favor with the chief jailer. Before long, the jailer put YÁOHU-saf in charge of all the other prisoners and over everything that happened in the prison. The chief jailer had no more worries after that, because YÁOHU-saf took care of everything. YÁOHU UL was with him, making everything run smoothly and successfully. Some time later, Pharaoh's chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended him. Pharaoh became very angry with these officials, and he put them in the prison where YÁOHU-saf was, in the palace of Potiphar, the captain of the guard. They remained in prison for quite some time, and Potiphar assigned YÁOHU-saf to take care of them. One night the cup-bearer and the baker each had a dream, and each dream had its own meaning. The next morning YÁOHU-saf noticed the dejected look on their faces. 'Why do you look so worried today?' he asked. And they replied, 'We both had dreams last night, but there is no one here to tell us what they mean.' 'Interpreting dreams is YÁOHU UL's business,' YÁOHU-saf replied. 'Tell me what you saw.' The cup-bearer told his dream first. 'In my dream,' he said, 'I saw a vine in front of me. It had three branches that began to bud and blossom, and soon there were bunches of ripe grapes. I was holding Pharaoh's wine cup in my hand, so I took the grapes and squeezed the juice into it. Then I placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.' 'I know what the dream means,' YÁOHU-saf said. 'The three branches mean three days. Within three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison and return you to your former job as his chief cup-bearer. And please have some pity on me when you are back in his favor. Mention me to Pharaoh, and ask him to let me out of here. For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I'm here in jail, but I did nothing to deserve it.' When the chief baker saw that the first dream had such a pleasant meaning, he told his dream to YÁOHU-saf, too. 'In my dream,' he said, 'there were three baskets of baked delicacies on my head. In the top basket were all kinds of bakery items for Pharaoh, but the birds came and ate them.' 'I'll tell you what it means,' YÁOHU-saf told him. 'The three baskets mean three days. Three days from now Pharaoh will cut off your head and impale your body on a pole. Then birds will come and peck away at your flesh.' Pharaoh's birthday came three days later, and he gave a banquet for all his officials and household staff. He sent for his chief cup- bearer and chief baker, and they were brought to him from the prison. He then returned the chief cup-bearer to his former rank, but he condemned the chief baker to be impaled on a pole, just as YÁOHU-saf had predicted. Pharaoh's cup-bearer, however, promptly ignored all about YÁOHU-saf, never giving him another thought. Two years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was arisen by the bank of the Nile River. In his dream, seven fat, healthy-looking cows surprisingly came up out of the river and began grazing along its bank. Then seven other cows came up from the river, but these were very ugly and gaunt. These cows went over and arose beside the fat cows. Then the thin, ugly cows ate the fat ones! At this point in the dream, Pharaoh woke up. Soon he fell asleep again and had a second dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain on one stalk, with every kernel well formed and plump. Then surprisingly, seven more heads appeared on the stalk, but these were shriveled and withered by the east wind. And these shriveled thin heads swallowed up the seven plump, well-formed heads! Then Pharaoh woke up again and realized it was a dream. The next morning, as he thought about it, Pharaoh became very concerned as to what the dreams might mean. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt and told them about his dreams, but not one of them could suggest what they meant. Then the king's cup-bearer spoke up. 'Today I have been reminded of my failure,' he said. 'Some time ago, you were angry with the chief baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the palace of the captain of the guard. One night the chief baker and I each had a dream, and each dream had a meaning. We told the dreams to a young Hebrew man who was a servant of the captain of the guard. He told us what each of our dreams meant, and everything happened just as he said it would. I was put back to my job as cup-bearer, and the chief baker was executed and impaled on a pole.' Pharaoh sent for YÁOHU-saf at once, and he was brought hastily from the dungeon. After a quick shave and change of clothes, he went in and arose in Pharaoh's presence. 'I had a dream last night,' Pharaoh told him, 'and none of these men can tell me what it means. But I have heard that you can interpret dreams, and that is why I have called for you.' 'It is beyond my power to do this,' YÁOHU-saf replied. 'But YÁOHU UL will tell you what it means and will set you at ease.' So Pharaoh told him the dream. 'I was arisen by the bank of the Nile River,' he said. 'Surprisingly, seven fat, healthy-looking cows came up out of the river and began grazing along its bank. But then seven other cows came up from the river. They were very thin and gaunt - in fact, I've never seen such ugly animals in all the land of Egypt. These gaunt thin, ugly cows ate up the seven fat ones that had come out of the river first, but afterward they were still as ugly and gaunt as before! Then I woke up. 'A little later I had another dream. This time there were seven heads of grain on one stalk, and all seven heads were plump and full. Then out of the same stalk came seven withered heads, shriveled by the east wind. And the withered heads swallowed up the plump ones! I recounted these dreams to my magicians, but not one of them could tell me what they mean.' 'Both dreams mean the same thing,' YÁOHU-saf told Pharaoh. 'YÁOHU UL was telling you what He is about to do. The seven fat cows and the seven plump heads of grain both represent seven years of prosperity. The seven thin, ugly cows and the seven withered heads of grain represent seven years of famine. This will happen just as I have described it, for YÁOHU UL has shown you what He is about to do. The next seven years will be a period of great prosperity throughout the land of Egypt. But afterward there will be seven years of famine so great that all the prosperity will be unrecalled and wiped out. Famine will scorch the land. This famine will be so severed that even the memory of the bountiful years will be erased. As for having the dream twice, it means that the matter has been decreed by YÁOHU UL and that He will make these events happen soon. 'My recommendation is that you find the wisest man in Egypt and put him in charge of a nationwide program. Let Pharaoh appoint officials over the land, and let them collect one-fifth of all the crops during the seven prosperous years. Have them gather all the food and grain of these bountiful years into the royal warehouses, and keep it away in order that there will be food in the cities. That way there will be enough to eat when the seven years of famine come. Otherwise calamity will surely hit the land, and all the people will die.' YÁOHU-saf's recommendations were well received by Pharaoh and his advisers. As they discussed who should be appointed for the job, Pharaoh said, 'Who could do it better than YÁOHU-saf? For he is a man who is obviously filled with the Spirit of YÁOHU UL.' Turning to YÁOHU-saf, Pharaoh said, 'Since YÁOHU UL has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, you are the wisest man in the land! I hereby appoint you to direct this project. You will manage my household and organize all my people. Only I will have a rank higher than yours.' And Pharaoh said to YÁOHU-saf, 'I hereby put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt.' Then Pharaoh placed his own signet ring on YÁOHU-saf's finger as a symbol of his authority. He dressed him in beautiful clothing and placed the royal gold chain about his neck. Pharaoh also gave YÁOHU-saf the chariot of his second-in-command, and wherever he went the command was hollered, 'Bow down!' So YÁOHU-saf was put in charge of all Egypt. And Pharaoh said to YÁOHU-saf, 'I am the king, but no one will move a hand or a foot in the entire land of Egypt without your approval.' Pharaoh renamed him Zaphenath-paneah and gave him a wife - a young woman named Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis. So YÁOHU-saf took charge of the entire land of Egypt. He was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And when YÁOHU-saf left Pharaoh's presence, he made a tour of inspection throughout the land. And sure enough, for the next seven years there were bumper crops everywhere. During those years, YÁOHU-saf took a portion of all the crops grown in Egypt and stored them for the government in nearby cities. After seven years, the granaries were filled to overflowing. There was so much grain, like sand upon the shore, that the people could not keep track of the amount. During this time, before the arrival of the first of the famine years, two sons were born to YÁOHU-saf and his wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis. YÁOHU-saf named his older son Manasseh, for he said, 'YÁOHU UL has made me not to recall all my troubles and the family of my father.' YÁOHU-saf named his second son Ephraim, for he said, 'YÁOHU UL has made me fruitful in this land of my suffering.' - Genesis 39-41:52 'Do you find any empowerment from belonging to hol-MEHUSHKHÁY? Any comfort from His love? Any fellowship together in the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit)? Are your hearts tender and sympathetic? Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one heart and purpose. Don't be selfish; don't live to make a fine impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be on the lookout to help others, too. Your attitude should be the same that hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA had. Though He was the Eternal Creator Himself, He did not demand and cling to His rights as Omnipotent Creator. He made Himself nothing; He took the humble disguise of a slave and appeared in human form. And in human form He obediently humbled Himself even further by dying a criminal's death on a pole. Because of this, YÁOHU UL raised Him up to the heights of heaven and gave Him a 'Shúam' (Name) that is above every other name; that at the mention of the 'Shúam' (Name) YAOHÚSHUA every knee must bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue will confess that YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY is Molkhiúl, to the glory of YÁOHU ABí (the Father). Dearest friends, you were always so careful to follow my directives when I was with you. And now that I am away you must be even more careful to put into action YÁOHU UL's saving work in your lives, obeying YÁOHU UL with deep reverence and holy fear. For YÁOHU UL is working in you, giving you the desire to obey Him and the power to do what pleases Him. In everything you do, keep away from complaining and arguing, in order that no one can speak a word of blame against you. You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of YÁOHU UL in a dark world full of crooked and perverse people. Let your lives shine brightly before them. Hold tightly to the word of life, in order that when hol-MEHUSHKHÁY returns, I will be proud that I did not lose the race and that my work was not useless. But even if my life is to be poured out like a drink offering to complete the sacrifice of your faithful service (that is, if I am to die for you), I will be glad, and I want to share my gladness with all of you. And you should be happy about this and exult with me!' - Philippians 2:1-18 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.' - Luke 16:18 'Heaven and earth will disappear, but My words will remain forever true.' - Mán-YÁOHU 24:35 Husband, lovingly care for your own wife; and you wife must be under the authority of your own husband, respecting him, serving and obeying him. Till death do you part.... 'Beh hol-Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám!
'Your attitude should be the same that hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA had. Though He was the Eternal Creator Himself, He did not demand and cling to His rights as Omnipotent Creator. He made Himself nothing; He took the humble disguise of a slave and appeared in human form. And in human form He obediently humbled Himself even further by dying a criminal's death on a pole. Because of this, YÁOHU UL raised Him up to the heights of heaven and gave Him a 'Shúam' (Name) that is above every other name; that at the mention of the 'Shúam' (Name) YAOHÚSHUA every knee must bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue will confess that YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY is Molkhiúl, to the glory of YÁOHU ABí (the Father).' - Philippians 2:5-11
Subservience which is the opposite of Authoritativeness
What you make happen for others, YÁOHU UL will likewise make happen for you.
This information comes, as you might expect, from a divorce court. The would-be creator of the ideal mate was a psychologist and psychoanalyst. He was fifty-two, thirty years older than the wife whom he sought to endow with all perfections for matrimony. In a Los Angeles court it was told how the psychologist, Doctor Negri, molded the young woman’s mind and guided her thoughts, to make her the perfect wife. Then he married her - and once the wedding ring was on her finger, the psychoanalysis didn’t seem to work so well. The scientific doctor charged that the perfect wife refused to wash the dishes. She would not sweep the house. Often the doctor had to take care of the baby. The wife counter-charged that the psychoanalyzing doctor was not so perfect as a husband. She declared that although he made ten thousand dollars a year, he gave her only twenty-five cents a day for spending money. That was what happened to the marriage of the psychoanalyzing psychologist and the perfect wife that he created. The doctor explained the reason. He said that when he began out on the miracle, he made just one mistake - he overlooked to psychoanalyze himself!
'A wise woman builds her house; a foolish woman tears her own down with her own hands.' - Proverbs 14:1 A foolish wife who usurps the authority of her husband and takes matters into her own hands is actually ruining her own house. What YÁOHU UL really wants the wife to learn is how to make an appeal to Him and to her husband in a humble, wise and submissive way. Another attitude which pleases YÁOHU UL much is the wife having a quiet 'rúkha' or spirit - filled with trust, confidence in YÁOHU UL thus dispelling any kind of fear or worry in regard to her family and future. Having a quiet 'rúkha' (spirit) does not mean that the wife must simply let tragedies and ruin happen around her. On the contrary, the wife is expected to identify her own responsibilities unto YÁOHU UL and her husband, then do them by YÁOHU UL's power and wisdom, coupled with respectful, prayerful and humble appeals to her husband to ensure proper implementation of her duties and responsibilities. In cases where laws of the land are being broken, the wife must appeal to those in higher authorities, if the husband refuses to make the required correction or apply the necessary remedial measures. YÁOHU UL wants that His handmaiden be always firm in faith and must diligently fulfill her daily responsibilities and duties by His power. The secret of her authority is not so much in her husband as it is in YÁOHU UL. An upright woman can depend upon YÁOHU UL to change the mind, heart and attitude of her husband. This was the secret of Soroáh. Her full trust was in YÁOHU UL, not merely in Abruhám. 'For after this manner is the old time the holy women also, who relied upon YÁOHU UL, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: Even as Soroáh obeyed Abruhám, calling him Ódmaor.' (1 Káfos 3:5-6). 'Anyone who wants to be My follower must love Me far more than he does his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters - yes, more than his own life - otherwise, he cannot be My disciple. And no one can be My disciple who does not carry his own stake and follow Me.' - Luke 14:26-27, Holy Scriptures. 'Those who welcome you are welcoming Me. And those who reject you are rejecting Me. And those who reject Me are rejecting YÁOHU UL Who sent Me.' - Luke 10:16 It is also noteworthy to mention at this point that a subordinate (wife) must know the unspoken wishes of her authority (husband). One's authority might say one thing to test the subordinate's real intentions and character, but actually desire another thing in his heart and mind. A clear scriptural example is what transpired between UliYÁOHU and Ulishúa (Elijah and Elisha, in modern adulterated translations): 'Now the time came for YÁOHU UL to take UliYÁOHU to heaven - by means of a whirlwind! UliYÁOHU said to Ulishúa as they left Gilgal, 'Remain here, for YÁOHU UL has told me to go to Bayit-Ul.' But Ulishúa replied, 'I swear to YÁOHU UL that I won't leave you!' So they went on together to Bayit-Ul. There the young prophets of Bayit-Ul Seminary came out to meet them and asked Ulishúa, 'Did you know that YÁOHU UL is going to take UliYÁOHU away from you today?' 'Quiet!' Ulishúa snapped. 'Of course I know it.' 'Then UliYÁOHU said to Ulishúa, 'Please stay here in Bayit-Ul, for YÁOHU UL has sent me to Yericho.' But Ulishúa replied again, 'I swear to YÁOHU UL I won't leave you.' So they went on together to Yericho. Then the students at Yericho Seminary came to Ulishúa and asked him, 'Do you know that YÁOHU UL is going to take away your authority today?' 'Will you please be quiet?' he commanded. 'Of course I know it!' Then UliYÁOHU said to Ulishúa, 'Please stay here, for YÁOHU UL has sent me to the Yardayán River.' But Ulishúa replied as before, 'I swear to YÁOHU UL that I won't leave you.' So they went on together and arose by the side of the Yardayán River as fifty of the young prophets watched from afar. Then UliYÁOHU folded his cloak together and hit the water with it; and the river divided and they went through on dry ground! When they arrived on the other side UliYÁOHU said to Ulishúa, 'What wish shall I grant you before I am taken away?' And Ulishúa replied, 'Please grant me twice as much prophetic power as you have had.' 'You have asked a hard thing,' UliYÁOHU replied. 'If you see me when I am taken from you, then you will get your request. But if not, then you won't.' As they were walking along, talking, quickly a chariot of fire, drawn by horses of fire, appeared and drove between them, separating them, and UliYÁOHU was carried by a whirlwind into heaven. Ulishúa saw it and cried out, 'My father! My father! The Chariot of Yaoshorúl and the charioteers!' As they disappeared from sight he tore his robe. Then he picked up UliYÁOHU's cloak and returned to the bank of the Yardayán River, and hit the water with it. 'Where is YÁOHU UL of UliYÁOHU?' he cried out. And the water parted and Ulishúa went through! When the young prophets of Yericho saw what had happened, they exclaimed, 'The spirit of UliYÁOHU rests upon Ulishúa!' And they went to meet him and greeted him respectfully.' - 2 Kings 2:1-15 Holy Scriptures On the other hand, here's another concrete scriptural example of how YÁOHU UL deals with the disobedient and those who usurp authority by taking matters into their own hands: 'One day Samu-Ul said to Shaúl, 'I crowned you King of Yaoshorúl because YÁOHU UL told me to. Now be sure that you obey Him.'' 'Here is His command to you: 'I have determined to settle accounts with the nation of Amalek for refusing to allow My people to cross their territory when Yaoshorúl came from Egypt. Now go and completely annihilate the entire Amalek nation - men, women, babies, little children, oxen, sheep, camels, and donkeys.'' So Shaúl mobilized his army at Telaim. There were two hundred thousand troops in addition to ten thousand men from YAOHÚ-dah. The Amalekites were camped in the valley below them. Shaúl sent a message to the Kenites, telling them to get out from among the Amalekites of else die with them. 'For you were kind to the people of Yaoshorúl when they came out of the land of Egypt,' he explained. So the Kenites packed up and left. Then Shaúl butchered the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt. He captured Agag, the king of the Amalekites, but killed everyone else. However, Shaúl and his men kept the best of the sheep and oxen and the fattest of the lambs - everything, in fact, that appealed to them. They ruined only what was worthless or of poor quality. Then YÁOHU UL said to Samu-Ul, 'I am sorry that I ever made Shaúl King, for he has again refused to obey Me.' Samu-Ul was so deeply moved when he heard what YÁOHU UL was saying, that he cried to YÁOHU UL all night. Early the next morning he went out to find Shaúl. Someone said that he had gone to Mount Carmel to erect a monument to himself, and had then gone on to Gilgal. When Samu-Ul finally found him, Shaúl greeted him cheerfully. 'Hi there,' he said. 'Well, I have carried out YÁOHU UL's command!'' 'Then what was all the bleating of sheep and lowing of oxen I heard?' Samu-Ul demanded. 'It's true that the army spared the best of the sheep and oxen,' Shaúl admitted,' but they are going to sacrifice them to YÁOHU your UL; and we have annihilated everything else.' Then Samu-Ul said to Shaúl, 'Stop! Hearken to what YÁOHU UL told me last night!' 'What was it?' Shaúl asked. And Samu-Ul told him, 'When you didn't think much of yourself, YÁOHU UL made you the King of Yaoshorúl. And He sent you on an errand and told you, 'Go and completely annihilate the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead.'' 'Then why didn't you obey YÁOHU UL? Why did you rush for the loot and do exactly what YÁOHU UL said not to?' 'But I have obeyed YÁOHU UL,' Shaúl adamantly exclaimed. 'I did what He told me to; and I brought King Agag but killed everyone else. And it was only when my troops demanded it that I let them keep the best of the sheep and oxen and loot to sacrifice to YÁOHU UL.' Samu-Ul replied, 'Has YÁOHU UL as much pleasure in your burnt offerings and sacrifices as in your obedience? Obedience is far better than sacrifice. He is much more particular about your obeying Him than in you offering the fat of ram to Him.' 'For rebellion is as bad as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as bad as worshiping idols. And now because you have rejected the word of YÁOHU UL, He has rejected you from being King.' 'I have sinned,' Shaúl finally admitted. 'Yes, I have disobeyed your directives and the command of YÁOHU UL, for I was afraid of the people and did what they demanded. Oh, please pardon my sin now and go with me to worship YÁOHU UL.' But Samu-Ul replied, 'It's no use! Since you have rejected the command of YÁOHU UL, He has rejected you from being the King of Yaoshorúl.' As Samu-Ul turned to go, Shaúl grabbed at him to try to hold him back, and tore his robe. And Samu-Ul said to him, 'See? YÁOHU UL has torn the kingdom of Yaoshorúl from you today and has brought it to a countryman of yours who is better than you are. And He Who is the Glory of Yaoshorúl is not lying, nor will He change His mind, for He is not an ordinary man!' Then Shaúl pleaded again, 'I have sinned; but oh, at least honor me before the leaders and before my people by going with me to worship YÁOHU your UL.' So Samu-Ul finally agreed and went with him. Then Samu-Ul said, 'Bring King Agag to me.' Agag arrived all full of smiles, for he thought, 'Surely the worst is over and I have been spared!' But Samu-Ul said, 'As your sword has killed the sons of many mothers, now your mother shall be childless.' And Samu-Ul chopped him in pieces before YÁOHU UL at Gilgal. Then Samu-Ul went home to Ramah, and Shaúl returned to Gibe-ah. Samu-Ul never saw Shaúl again, but he mourned continually for him; and YÁOHU UL was sorry that he had ever made Shaúl King of Yaoshorúl.' - 1 Samu-Ul 15:1-35, Holy Scriptures. In serving one's authorities, YÁOHU UL expects that each one must use whatever talents and abilities he has to the fullest in rendering excellent services towards those YÁOHU UL gave for his protection. To the one who serves diligently and faithfully, promotions, bonuses, higher incomes and other privileges are brought as rewards. But to those who do not use their abilities to the fullest, or for those who serve slothfully and with murmurings, demotions, inflations, expulsions, layoffs or suspensions are the penalties meted out. No one can outwit or cheat the unseen Highest Authority of All - YÁOHU UL. YÁOHU UL also expects that subordinates not merely do their duties but to exceed and excel in whatever eventuality they are in serving Him. Going the second mile is the best, if one wants to be praised and highly-rewarded by YÁOHU UL, through human authorities. 'To whom much is given much is required....' as it is written. 'When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, he doesn't just sit down and eat, but first prepares his boss's meal and serves him his dinner before he eats his own. And he is not even thanked, for he is merely doing what he is supposed to do. Just so, if you merely obey Me, you should not think of yourselves worthy of praise. For you have simply done your duty!' - Luke 17:7-9, Holy Scriptures. 'If the military demand that you carry their gear for a mile, carry it two.' - Matthew 5:41, Holy Scriptures. 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.' - Luke 16:18 'Heaven and earth will disappear, but My words will remain forever true.' - Mán-YÁOHU 24:35 Husband, lovingly care for your own wife; and you wife must be under the authority of your own husband, respecting him, serving and obeying him. Till death do you part.... 'Beh hol-Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám!
'Has YÁOHU UL as much pleasure in your burnt offerings and sacrifices as in your obedience? Obedience is far better than sacrifice. He is much more particular about your obeying Him than in you offering the fat of ram to Him!' For rebellion is as bad as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as bad as worshiping idols. And now because you have rejected the word of YÁOHU UL, He has rejected you from being King.' - 1 Samu-Ul 15:22-23
Obedience which is the opposite of Self-Willfulness
What you respect, you will attract.
During the War Between the States, General Lee one day sent word to Slonewall Jackson that the next time he rode in the direction of headquarters the Commander-in-Chief would be glad to see him on a matter of no great importance. General Jackson received the message and immediately prepared to leave the next morning. Rising very early, he rode the eight miles to Lee's headquarters against a tempest of wind and snow, and arrived just as Lee was finishing breakfast. Much surprised, Lee inquired why Jackson had come through such a inclement weather. General Jackson replied: 'But you said that you wished to see me. General Lee's slightest wish is a supreme command to me!'
YÁOHU UL has brought mankind His moral norms and parameters for ideal marriage and these parameters are actually achieved in marriage only if the couple solely depends upon the ability and desire which only YÁOHU UL can give. Whoever tries to fulfill his marriage commitments on his or her own fleshy efforts will surely be disappointed and suffer guilt for all the shortcomings and failures. When the marriage fails, the couple has two alternatives: Acknowledge that YÁOHU UL's moral norms are right and that one must humble himself before Him, pleading for His mercy and enablement; or lower down YÁOHU UL's moral norms to the point where it will tolerate our shortcomings, failures and human remedies. When people lower YÁOHU UL's moral norms, each will then determine what is correct and right, which leads to eventual moral decay, perversion and reprobation. Therefore, it is imperative that the Yaohúshuahée always walk by YÁOHU UL's Word, solely depending upon His ability, power and enablement, and live in the victory which our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY wrought for and in our behalf. Each marriage partner must live up to his or her moral responsibilities and duties to the spouse, and marriage commitments honored by the spouses, regardless of fickle emotions and volatile temperaments. YÁOHU UL's moral norms for marriage are unchanging and should therefore always be adhered to regardless of varying opinions, feelings and emotions.
'Now in those days Yaoshorúl had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi living in a remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. One day he brought home a woman from Beth-Lékhem in YAOHÚ-dah to be his concubine. But she was unfaithful to him and returned to her father's home in Beth-Lékhem. After about four months, her husband took a servant and an added donkey to Beth-Lékhem to convince her to come back. When he arrived at her father's house, she took him inside; and her father welcomed him. Her father urged him to remain awhile, so he remained three days, eating, drinking, and sleeping there. On the fourth day the man was up early, ready to leave, but the woman's father said, 'Have something to eat before you go.' So the two of them sat together and had something to eat and drink. Then the woman's father said, 'Please spend the night here and while taking delight yourself.' The man rose up to leave, but his father-in-law kept urging him to remain, so he finally gave in and spent the night. On the morning of the fifth day he was up early again, ready to leave, and again the woman's father said, 'Have something to eat; then you can leave some time this afternoon.' So they had another feast day. That afternoon, as he and his concubine and servant were preparing to leave, his father-in-law said, 'Look, it's getting late. Spend the night and delight yourself. Tomorrow you can get up early and be on your way.' But this time the man was determined to leave. So he took his two saddled donkeys and his concubine and headed in the direction of Yaohúsh (that is, Yaohúshua-oléym - Jerusalem). It was late in the day when they reached Yaohúsh, and the man's servant said to him, 'It's getting too late to travel; let's remain tonight in this Yaohúsh city.' 'No,' his boss said, 'we can't remain in this foreign city where there are no Yaoshorulítes. We will go on to Gibeah. We will find a place to spend the night in either Gibeah or Ramah.' So they went on. The sun was going down as they came to Gibeah, a town in the land of Benyamin, so they stopped there to spend the night. They took their rest right by the town square, but no one took them in for the night. That evening an old man came home from his work in the fields. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was living in Gibeah in the territory of Benyamin. When he saw the travelers reposed by the town square, he asked them where they were from and where they were going. 'We have been in Beth-Lékhem in YAOHÚ-dah,' the man replied. 'We are on our way home to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim, and we're going to the Tabernacle of YÁOHU UL. But no one has taken us in for the night, even though we have everything we need. We have hay and fodder for our donkeys and plenty of bread and wine for ourselves.' 'You are welcome to remain with me,' the old man said. 'I will give you anything you might need. But whatever you do, don't spend the night in the square.' So he took them home with him and fed their donkeys. After they washed their feet, they had supper together. While they were having fun themselves, some of the wicked men in the town surrounded the house. They began beating at the door and yelling to the old man, 'Bring out the man who is lodging with you so we can have sex with him.' The old man stepped outside to talk to them. 'No, my brethren, don't do such an evil thing. For this man is my guest, and such a thing would be horrible. Here, take my virgin daughter and this man's concubine. I will bring them out to you, and you can do whatever you like to them. But don't do such a horrible thing to this man.' But they wouldn't hearken to him. Then the Levite took his concubine and pushed her out the door. The men of the town abused her all night, taking turns raping her until morning. Finally, at dawn, they let her go. At daybreak the woman returned to the house where her husband was lodging. She collapsed at the door of the house and lay there until it was light. When her husband opened the door to leave, he found her there. She was lying face down, with her hands on the threshold. He said, 'Get up! Let's go!' But there was no answer. So he put her body on his donkey and took her home. When he arrived home, he took a knife and cut his concubine's body into twelve pieces. Then he sent one piece to each tribe of Yaoshorúl. Everyone who saw it said, 'Such a heinous crime has not been committed since Yaoshorúl left Egypt. Should not we speak up and do something about this?' Then all the Yaoshorulítes, from Dayan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead, came together in one large assembly and arose in the presence of YÁOHU UL at Mizpah. The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Yaoshorúl — 400,000 warriors armed with swords — took their places in the assembly of the people of YÁOHU UL. Word soon reached the land of Benyamin that the other tribes had gone up to Mizpah. The Yaoshorulítes then asked how this heinous crime had happened. The Levite, the husband of the woman who had been murdered, said, 'My concubine and I came to Gibeah, a town in the land of Benyamin, to spend the night. That night some of the leaders of Gibeah surrounded the house, planning to kill me, and they raped my concubine until she was dead. So I cut her body into twelve pieces and sent the pieces throughout the land of Yaoshorúl, for these men have committed this horrible and shameful crime. Now then, the whole community of Yaoshorúl must decide what should be done about this!' And all the people rose up together and replied, 'Not one of us will return home. On the contrary, we will draw lots to decide who will attack Gibeah. One tenth of the men from each tribe will be selected to supply the warriors with food, and the rest of us will take revenge on Gibeah for this shameful thing they have done in Yaoshorúl.' So all the Yaoshorulítes were united, and they gathered together to attack the town. The Yaoshorulítes sent representatives to the tribe of Benyamin, saying, 'What a terrible thing has been done among you! Give up these evil men from Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Yaoshorúl of this evil.' But the people of Benyamin would not hearken. On the contrary, they came from their towns and gathered at Gibeah to fight the Yaoshorulítes. Twenty-six thousand of their warriors armed with swords arrived in Gibeah to join the seven hundred warriors who lived there. Seven hundred of Benyamin's warriors were left-handed, each of whom could sling a rock and hit a target within a hairsbreadth, without missing. Yaoshorúl had 400,000 warriors armed with swords, not counting Benyamin's warriors. Before the battle the Yaoshorulítes went to Bayit-Ul and asked YÁOHU UL, 'Which tribe should lead the attack against the people of Benyamin?' YÁOHU UL answered, 'YAOHÚ-dah is to go first.' So the Yaoshorulítes left early the next morning and camped near Gibeah. Then they advanced toward Gibeah to attack the men of Benyamin. But Benyamin's warriors, who were defending the town, came out and killed twenty-two thousand Yaoshorulítes in the field that day. But the Yaoshorulítes took courage and assembled at the same place they had fought the previous day. For they had gone up to Bayit-Ul and wept in the presence of YÁOHU UL until evening. Then they asked YÁOHU UL, 'Should we fight against our relatives from Benyamin again?' And YÁOHU UL said, 'Go out and fight against them.' So they went out to fight against the warriors of Benyamin, but the men of Benyamin killed another eighteen thousand Yaoshorulítes, all of whom were experienced with a sword! Then all the Yaoshorulítes went up to Bayit-Ul and wept in the presence of YÁOHU UL and fasted until evening. They also brought burnt offerings and peace offerings to YÁOHU UL. And the Yaoshorulítes went up seeking direction from YÁOHU UL. (In those days the Ark of the Covenant of YÁOHU UL was in Bayit-Ul, and Phinehas son of Ulozór and grandson of Aharón was the priest.) The Yaoshorulítes asked YÁOHU UL, 'Should we fight against our relatives from Benyamin again or should we stop?' YÁOHU UL said, 'Go! Tomorrow I will give you victory over them.' So the Yaoshorulítes set ambush all around Gibeah. They went out on the third day and assembled at the same place as before. When the warriors of Benyamin came out to attack, they were drawn away from the town. And as they had done before, they began to kill the Yaoshorulítes. About thirty Yaoshorulítes died in the open fields and along the roads leading to Bayit-Ul and Gibeah. Then the warriors of Benyamin yelled, 'We're defeating them as we did in the first battle!' But the Yaoshorulítes had agreed in advance to run away in order that the men of Benyamin would chase them along the roads and be drawn away from the town. When the main group of Yaoshorulíte warriors reached Baal-tamar, they turned and prepared to attack. Then the Yaoshorulítes hiding in ambush west of Gibeah jumped up from where they were and advanced against Benyamin from behind. The fighting was so heavy that Benyamin didn't realize the impending calamity. So YÁOHU UL helped Yaoshorúl defeat Benyamin, and that day the Yaoshorulítes killed 25,100 of Benyamin's warriors, all of whom were experienced with a sword. Then the Benyaminites saw that they were beaten. The Yaoshorulítes had retreated from Benyamin's warriors in order to give those hiding in ambush more room to maneuver. Then those who were in hiding rushed in from all sides and killed everyone in the town. They sent up a large cloud of smoke from the town, which was the signal for the Yaoshorulítes to turn and attack Benyamin's warriors. By that time Benyamin's warriors had killed about thirty Yaoshorulítes, and they yelled, 'We're defeating them as we did in the first battle!' But when the warriors of Benyamin looked behind them and saw the smoke rising into the sky from every part of the town, the Yaoshorulítes turned and attacked. At this point Benyamin's warriors realized their doom was close by and became terrified. So they ran toward the wilderness, but the Yaoshorulítes chased after them and killed them. The Yaoshorulítes surrounded the Benyaminites and were relentless in chasing them down, finally overtaking them east of Gibeah. Eighteen thousand of Benyamin's greatest warriors died in that day's battle. The survivors fled into the wilderness toward the rock of Rimmon, but Yaoshorúl killed five thousand of them along the road. They continued the chase until they had killed another two thousand near Gidom. So the tribe of Benyamin lost twenty-five thousand brave warriors that day, leaving only six hundred men who escaped to the rock of Rimmon, where they lived for four months. Then the Yaoshorulítes returned and slaughtered every living thing in all the towns — the people, the cattle — everything. They also burned down every town they came to. The Yaoshorulítes had vowed at Mizpah never to give their daughters in marriage to a man from the tribe of Benyamin. And the people went to Bayit-Ul and sat by the presence of YÁOHU UL until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly. 'O YÁOHU UL of Yaoshorúl,' they cried out, 'why has this happened? Now one of our tribes is missing!' Early the next morning the people built an altar and proffered their burnt offerings and peace offerings on it. Then they said, 'Was any tribe of Yaoshorúl not represented when we held our council in the presence of YÁOHU UL at Mizpah?' At that time they had taken a solemn oath in YÁOHU UL's presence, vowing that anyone who refused to come must die. The Yaoshorulítes felt deep sorrow for Benyamin and said, 'Today we have suffered loss of one of the tribes from our family; it is nearly wiped out. How can we find wives for the few who remain, since we have sworn by YÁOHU UL not to give them our daughters in marriage?' So they asked, 'Was anyone absent when we presented ourselves to YÁOHU UL at Mizpah?' And they discovered that no one from Yabesh-gilead had attended. For after they counted all the people, no one from Yabesh-gilead was present. So they sent twelve thousand warriors to Yabesh-gilead with orders to kill everyone there, including women and children. 'This is what you are to do,' they said. 'Completely slay all the males and every woman who is not a virgin.' Among the dwellers in Yabesh-gilead they found four hundred young virgins who had never slept with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. The Yaoshorulíte assembly sent a peace delegation to the little remnant of Benyamin who were living at the rock of Rimmon. Then the men of Benyamin returned to their homes, and the four hundred women of Yabesh-gilead who were spared were brought to them as wives. But there were not enough women for all of them. The people felt sorry for Benyamin because YÁOHU UL had left this gap in the tribes of Yaoshorúl. So the Yaoshorulíte leaders asked, 'How can we find wives for the few who remain, since all the women of the tribe of Benyamin are dead? There must be heirs for the survivors in order that an entire tribe of Yaoshorúl will not be lost forever. But we cannot give them our own daughters in marriage because we have sworn with a solemn oath that anyone who does this will fall under YÁOHU UL's curse.' Then they thought of the annual festival of YÁOHU UL held in Shiloh, between Lebonah and Bayit-Ul, along the east side of the road that goes from Bayit-Ul to Shechem. They told the men of Benyamin who still needed wives, 'Go and hide in the vineyards. When the women of Shiloh come out for their dances, rush out from the vineyards, and each of you can take one of them home to be your wife! And when their fathers and brothers come to us in protest, we will tell them, 'Please comprehend. Let them have your daughters, for we didn't find enough wives for them when we ruined Yabesh-gilead. And you are not guilty of breaking the vow since you did not give your daughters in marriage to them.'' So the men of Benyamin did as they were told. They kidnapped the women who took part in the celebration and carried them off to the land of their own inheritance. Then they rebuilt their towns and lived in them. So the assembly of Yaoshorúl departed by tribes and families, and they returned to their own homes. In those days Yaoshorúl had no king, so the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.' - Shaftím (Judges) 19-21 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.' - Luke 16:18 'Heaven and earth will disappear, but My words will remain forever true.' - Mán-YÁOHU 24:35 Husband, lovingly care for your own wife; and you wife must be under the authority of your own husband, respecting him, serving and obeying him. Till death do you part.... 'Beh hol-Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám!
'By law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.' - Romans 7:2 'Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for YÁOHU UL will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.' - Hebrews 13:4
Chastity which is the opposite of Promiscuity
Those who cannot increase you will inevitably decrease you.
In 1974, the research firm of Daniel Yankelovich, Inc., surveyed thirty-five hundred young people, ages sixteen to twenty-five. The interviews sought to learn what these selected individuals felt about 'every important value' in today's world. The study indicated that only 31 percent thought of premarital sexual relations as morally wrong, compared with 52 percent in a 1969 survey. Opposition to abortion dropped from 58 percent to 45 percent in the same period. The proportion who thought of 'Living a clean moral life a very important value' fell from 71 percent to 52 percent. It would seem that moral norms are shifting into the patterns that occurred in the days of Noah.
YÁOHU Ulhím, your Creator, is not finished making you yet. He is the One Who created you and is still in the process of molding you and your character traits and attitudes, using people around you, whoever they may be. And the person whom YÁOHU Ulhím commonly uses to purify your heart and mind is your marriage partner. 'Iron sharpens iron.' - Proverbs 27:17 We do not like to live with irreconcilable differences in our marriages. In the long run we will find reasons to support our need to end the conflict. The main explanation is that life must be lived in anticipation of daily challenges; and YÁOHU Ulhím is able to turn impossible conflicts into true victory and peace when we quickly learn the lessons He has for us and develop the character of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY in our lives. We have said it repeatedly, and repetition is a fine teacher. YÁOHU Ulhím's main preoccupation is molding our character and purifying our hearts, and this He does by using people and events around us daily. 'When the ways of people please YÁOHU Ulhím, He makes even their enemies live at peace with them.' - Proverbs 16:7 And His purpose? That we be conformed to the exact likeness of His worthy Son, Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, acquiring His character, attitudes and traits. 'And we know that all that happens to us is working for our benefit, if we love YÁOHU UL and are fitting into His plans. For from the very beginning YÁOHU UL concluded that those who came to Him - and all along He knew who would - should become like His Son, so His Son would be the First, with many brethren. And having selected us, He called us to come to Him; and when we came, He declared us 'not punishable,' filled us with hol-MEHUSHKHÁY's rectitude, gave us right relationship with Himself, and promised us His glory. What can we ever say to such wonderful matters as these? If YÁOHU UL is on our side, who can ever be against us? Since He did not spare even His own Son for us but gave Him up for us all, won't He also surely give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom YÁOHU UL has selected for His own? Will YÁOHU UL? No! He is the One Who has forbrought us and brought us right relationship with Himself. Who then will condemn us? Will hol-MEHUSHKHÁY? No! For He is the One Who died for us and came back to life again for us and now sits at the place of highest honor next to YÁOHU UL, pleading there in heaven for us. Who then can ever keep hol-MEHUSHKHÁY's love from us? When we have trouble or calamity, when we are hunted down or ruined, is it because He doesn't love us anymore? And if we are hungry, or penniless, or in danger, or threatened with death, has YÁOHU UL forsaken us? No, for the Scriptures tell us that for His sake we must be ready to face death at every moment of the day - we are like sheep awaiting slaughter; but despite all this, overwhelming victory is ours through hol-MEHUSHKHÁY Who loved us enough to die for us. For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from His love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels won't, and all the power of hell itself cannot keep YÁOHU UL's love away. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, or where we are - high above the sky, or in the deepest ocean - nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of YÁOHU UL shown by our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY when He died for us.' - Romans 8:28-39 'If the Old Covenant, which brings condemnation, was glorious, how much more glorious is the New Covenant, which makes us right with YÁOHU Ulhím! In fact, that first glory was not glorious when compared with the overwhelming glory of the New Covenant. So if the Old Covenant, which has been set aside, was full of glory, then the New Covenant, which remains forever, has far greater glory. Since this New Covenant gives us such confidence, we can be very bold. We are not like Mehushúa, who put a veil over his face so the people of Yaoshorúl would not see the glory fading away. But the people's minds were hardened, and even to this day whenever the Old Covenant is being read, a veil covers their minds so they cannot comprehend the truth. And this veil can be removed only by believing in hol-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah). Yes, even today when they read the writings of Mehushúa, their hearts are covered with that veil, and they do not comprehend. But whenever anyone turns to ha-Molkhiúl (the King), then the veil is taken away. Now, YÁOHU UL is the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit), and wherever the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' is, He gives freedom. And all of us have had that veil removed in order that we can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory of ha-Molkhiúl. And as the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU' works within us, we become more and more like Him and reflect His glory even more.' - 2 Corinthians 3:9-18 'Dear brethren, you are foreigners and aliens here. So I warn you to keep away from evil cravings because they fight against your very souls. Be careful how you live among your unbelieving neighbors. Even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will believe and give honor to ha-Molkhiúl when He comes to judge the world. For the sake of YÁOHU UL, accept all authority — the king as head of state, and the officials he has appointed. For the king has sent them to punish all who do wrong and to honor those who do right. It is YÁOHU UL's will that your clean lives should silence those who make foolish charges against you. You are not slaves; you are free. But your freedom is not an excuse to do evil. You are free to live as YÁOHU UL's slaves. Show respect for everyone. Love your Yaohúshuahím brethren. Reverentially fear YÁOHU UL. Show respect for the king. You who are slaves must accept the authority of your bosses. Do whatever they tell you — not only if they are kind and reasonable, but even if they are harsh. For YÁOHU UL is pleased with you when, for the sake of your conscience, you patiently endure unfair treatment. Of course, you get no commendation for being patient if you are beaten for doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing right and are patient beneath the blows, YÁOHU UL is pleased with you. This suffering is all part of what YÁOHU UL has called you to. Ha-MEHUSHKHÁY, Who suffered for you, is your example. Follow in His steps. He never sinned, and He never deceived anyone. He did not retaliate when He was insulted. When He suffered, He did not threaten to get even. He left His case in the hands of YÁOHU UL, Who always judges fairly. He personally carried away our sins in His own body on the tree so we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. You have been cured by His wounds! Once you were wandering like lost sheep. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls. In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands, even those who refuse to accept the Glorious Message. Your holy lives will speak to them better than any words. They will be won over by watching your pure, holy behavior. Don't be concerned about the outward beauty that depends on fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should be known for the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet 'rúkha' (spirit), which is so valuable to YÁOHU UL. That is the way the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They relied fully upon YÁOHU UL and accepted the authority of their husbands. For example, Soroáh obeyed her husband, Abruhám, when she called him her boss. You are her daughters when you do what is right without fear of what your husbands might do. In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat her with comprehension as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in YÁOHU UL's gift of new life. If you don't treat her as you should, your prayers will not be heard. Finally, all of you should be of one mind, full of sympathy with one another, loving one another with tender hearts and humble minds. Don't repay evil for evil! Don't retaliate when people say unkind remarks about you. On the contrary, pay them back with a rewards. That is what YÁOHU Ulhím wants you to do, and He will favor you for it. For the Scriptures say,
Now, who will want to harm you if you are eager to do what is right? But even if you suffer for doing what is right, YÁOHU UL will reward you for it. Don't be afraid therefore and don't worry. On the contrary, you must worship hol-MEHUSHKHÁY as Molkhiúl of your life. And if you are asked about your YAOHÚSHUA-kind of hope, always be ready to explain it. But you must do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak evil against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a pure life you live because you belong to hol-MEHUSHKHÁY. Remember, it is better to suffer for doing what is right, if that is what YÁOHU UL wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 2:11-3:17 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.' - Luke 16:18 'Heaven and earth will disappear, but My words will remain forever true.' - Mán-YÁOHU 24:35 Husband, lovingly care for your own wife; and you wife must be under the authority of your own husband, respecting him, serving and obeying him. Till death do you part.... 'Beh hol-Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám!
'Therefore, since ha-MEHUSHKHÁY suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude He had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you are willing to suffer for hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, you have decided to stop committing sins. And you won't spend the rest of your life chasing after evil cravings, but you will be eager to do the will of YÁOHU UL. You have had enough in the past of the wicked activities that unholy people indulge in — their immorality and lust, their feasts and drunkenness and wild parties, and their horrible worship of idols. Of course, your former friends are very surprised when you no longer participate with them in the wicked activities they do, and they say evil comments about you. But simply remember that they will have to face YÁOHU UL, Who will judge everyone, both the living and the dead. That is why the Glorious Message was proclaimed even to those who have died — in order that although their bodies were punished with death, they could still live in the spirit as YÁOHU UL does. The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest as well as disciplined in your prayers. Most important of all, continue to show deep love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.' - 1 Káfos (Peter) 4:1-8
Endurance which is the opposite of Defeatism
False accusation is the last stage before supernatural promotion.
William and Dorothy Adams were going through a railroad track some years ago when Dorothy's foot slipped and became wedged between the rail and a wooden railwalk. Frantically she tried to get loose as a train approached around the curve. Her husband attempted to free her. As the express came closer with its brakes screeching, Dorothy realized it couldn't stop in time. 'Leave me, Bill! Leave me!' she cried. Seeing his efforts were useless, he arose quickly and held her in his arms to protect her as much as possible. While onlookers shook in horror, the train thundered over them. It was reported that just before the engine hit them, they heard the brave man cry, 'I'll stay with you, Dorothy, with you!'
A 'fifty-fifty' marriage refers to that kind of family setup wherein the husband and the wife have equal, joint authority in all matters. YÁOHU UL likens the Oholyáo's (Congregation's) relationship with YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY to a wife's relationship with her husband. It is clear that the Oholyáo is subject to YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY. It is continually under the authority and protection of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY and is to be obedient to His words always. At the same time, the husband is to lay down his life for his wife just as YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY laid down His life for the Oholyáo (Ephesians 5:22-33). A further problem of a 'fifty-fifty' marriage is its effect upon the children. YÁOHU UL warns that no one can serve two bosses. When children can sense equal authority in their parents, they become disappointed and will carry out the further warnings of this verse: they will either hate the one and love the other or cling to one and despise the other. YÁOHU UL is much pleased when a subordinate (wife, child or employee) behaves well in serving his/her authorities, as unto the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA Himself. 'You wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, for that is what the Ruler YAOHÚSHUA has planned for you. And you husbands must be loving and kind to your wives and not bitter against them, nor harsh.' 'You children must always obey your parents, for that pleases the Ruler YAOHÚSHUA. Fathers, don't scold your children so much that they become discouraged and quit trying.' 'You workers must always obey your earthly employers, not only trying to please them when they are watching you but all the time; obey them willingly because of your love for YAOHÚSHUA the Ruler, and because you want to please Him.' 'Work hard and cheerfully at all you do, just as though you were working for the Ruler YAOHÚSHUA Himself and not merely for your employers, remembering that it is YAOHÚSHUA the Messiah, Who is going to pay you, giving you your full portion of all He owns. He is the one you are really working for.' 'And if you don't do your best for Him, He will pay you in a way that you won't like - for He has no special favorites who can get away with shirking.' 'You employers must be just and kind to all your subordinates. Always remember that you, too, have a Ruler in heaven Who is closely watching you.' - Colossians 3:18-4:1, Holy Scriptures. The subordinate must be obedient. The word 'obedience' implies, in YÁOHU UL's reckoning, obeying, submitting to and following the orders of your authorities. Not in a mediocre manner but with -
Delayed obedience is disobedience. Incomplete obedience is disobedience. Mediocre performance is the same as if it has not been done at all. Obedience with remorse or bitterness in the subordinate's heart is so unpleasant in YÁOHU UL's sight. All ill-will and slothful performances by a subordinate towards his authorities will justly be penalized (demotion or expulsion!) by YÁOHU UL Who watches everyone's behavior all the time. YÁOHU UL never slumbers nor sleeps; His eyes are going to and fro throughout all the earth to show Himself powerful in behalf of those whose hearts are perfect toward Him. A subordinate who obeys promptly, completely, with excellence and gladness of heart will surely receive rich and bountiful rewards (and yes, promotion!) from YÁOHU UL. 'Promotion and power come from nowhere on earth, but only from YÁOHU UL Himself. He promotes one and deposes another.' - Psalms 75:6-7 A subordinate who obeys with tardiness, procrastination, delay, incompleteness, laziness, sloppiness and remorse or hatred, will surely be punished by YÁOHU UL for his/her wicked behavior and attitudes towards his/her authorities. Whatever you do unto your authorities, remember, YÁOHU UL will measure out to everyone what his deeds deserve. And YÁOHU UL considers and reckons your services to your authorities as your indirect services to the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA Himself. 'An authority's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.' - Proverbs 19:12 'He who robs his father and drives out his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.' - Proverbs 19:26 'Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.' - Proverbs 19:29 'An authority's wrath is like the roar of a lion; he who angers him forfeits his life.' - Proverbs 20:2 'Who can say, 'I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin.'' - Proverbs 20:9 'If a man curses his father or mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.' - Proverbs 20:20 Whatever kind of services you render to your authorities, the same corresponding rewards or penalties will you receive from YÁOHU UL, through your authorities also. Remember, YÁOHU UL is the invisible All-Powerful One Who is in direct or permissive control of every situation here on this planet! And that is the truth that will set you free from all lies and deceptions of the wicked one. 'Magnified be the Name of YÁOHU UL forever and ever, for He alone has all wisdom and all power. World events are under His control. He removes leaders and sets others in their positions. He gives wise men their wisdom, and scholars their intelligence.' - Daniel 2:20-22, Holy Scriptures. 'As they were walking along someone said to the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA: 'I will always follow you no matter where you go.' But YAOHÚSHUA replied, 'Remember, I don't even own a place to lay My head. Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but I, the Messiah, have no earthly home at all.' Another time, when he invited a man to follow Him and to be His disciple, the man agreed - but wanted to wait until his father's death.' YAOHÚSHUA replied, 'Let those without eternal life concern themselves with things like that. Your duty is to come and proclaim the coming of the Kingdom of YÁOHU UL to all the world.'' Another said, 'Yes, Ruler, I will come, but first let me ask permission of those at home.'' But YAOHÚSHUA told him, 'Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of YÁOHU UL.'' - Luke 9:57-62, Holy Scriptures. Herein are some clues which reveal hardheadedness in the heart of a subordinate. A subordinate who is hardheaded will give the following possible replies when ordered to do a specific task:
You surely know what kind of treatment this subordinate will receive from YÁOHU UL. When, for example, he prays for something from YÁOHU UL, or makes a request from his/her authorities, the reply he gave will he also receive. If he requests for a housing loan, or medical attention or social services, company raise or bonus, or whatever, the replies he gave are the same exact replies he will receive. What he planted he surely will reap, in many areas in his daily life. Then usually, when he experiences the bitter harvests of his wickedness, he will complain, file a suit, become bitter or threaten revenge against those who refused or denied him the privileges he was demanding. In other words, he was trying to separate the fruit from the seed which he himself had sown in the past. No one can separate the fruit from the seed. Conflicts in this world often arise from the ignorant who try desperately to separate the fruit from the seed. Repeat: what you sow, you will surely reap. 'As long as there is winter and summer, seed, time and harvest shall never cease on earth.' - Genesis 8:22 'When you are persecuted in one city, flee to the next! I will return before you have reached them all! A pupil is not greater than his teacher. A servant is not above his ruler. The disciple shares his teacher's fate. The servant shares his ruler's! And since I, the Ruler of the household, have been called 'ha-satán,' how much more will you!' - Matthew 10:23-25, Holy Scriptures. 'Heaven can be entered only through the narrow gate! The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide enough for all the multitudes who choose its easy way. But the Way to Life is small, and the road is narrow, and only a few ever find it. Beware of false teachers who come disguised as harmless sheep, but are wolves and will tear you apart. You can detect them by the way they act, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit. You need never confuse grapevines with thorn bushes or figs with thistles. Different kinds of fruit trees can quickly be identified by examining their fruit. A variety that yields delectable fruit never yields and inedible kind. And a tree producing an inedible kind can't yield what is delectable. So the trees having the inedible fruit are chopped down and thrown on the fire.' Yes, the way to identify a tree or a person is by the kind of fruit yieldd.' - Matthew 7:13-20, Holy Scriptures. 'Don't be misled, remember that you cannot ignore YÁOHU UL and get away with it; a person will always reap just the kind of crop he sows! If he sows to please his own wrong desires, he will be planting seeds of evil and he will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and death; but if he plants the fine things of the Spirit, he will reap the eternal life which the 'RÚKHA-YAOHÚSHUA' (Holy Spirit) gives him. And let us not get tired of doing what is right, for after a while, we will reap a harvest of rewards if we don't get discouraged and give up.' - Galatians 6:7-9 'Whatever measure you use to others will be measured back to you.' - Luke 6:38 YÁOHU UL surely bountifully rewards those who serve their authorities promptly, completely, excellently (as best as their abilities can achieve) and with joy and gladness of heart! Whoever continually serves his authorities with all these qualities will also harvest success, prosperity, promotions, advancements, honor and riches in this life! Don't try it, do it.... Subordinates who serve their authorities well are the ones who succeed in life, they prosper and YÁOHU UL gives them the desires of their hearts, to the chagrin and envy of the sluggard and the mediocre, but to no avail. Again, one cannot separate the fruit from the seed. No one can stop the diligent from reaping the delectable fruit of his bountiful harvests! Why? Because YÁOHU UL has decreed it: whatever a person sows, the same shall he reap! 'Heaven and earth shall pass away but My words shall never pass away...' - Luke 21:33 So better believe YÁOHU UL's words and apply them in your life to your advantage and to those who ignore or disbelieve His words, still and all, His words will take effect in everyone's life. Whether one believes or not that the sun will rise tomorrow, it will, because YÁOHU UL has decreed it so. You may apply YÁOHU UL's written Word to your advantage and benefit or, conversely, you may go against His Word and you will unnecessarily cause injury, penury, torment, loss and suffering to yourself. What you sow, surely you will reap! So begin serving your authorities now promptly, completely, excellently (so far as is within your abilities) and with joy and gladness! And see the wonderful ways in which YÁOHU UL will begin rewards and prospering your life and your family's. You will begin reaping the sweet fruits of your honest labor and loving service to the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA - the soon-coming King of all kings. 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.' - Luke 16:18 'Heaven and earth will disappear, but My words will remain forever true.' - Mán-YÁOHU 24:35 Husband, lovingly care for your own wife; and you wife must be under the authority of your own husband, respecting him, serving and obeying him. Till death do you part.... 'Ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám!
'No one can serve two bosses. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both YÁOHU UL and money.' - Mán-YÁOHU (Matthew) 6:24 'For even I, the Son of Man, came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give My life as a ransom for many.' Mán-YÁOHU (Matthew) 20:28 'No one can serve two bosses. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both YÁOHU UL and money.' - Luke 16:13 'For you, dear friends, have been called to live in freedom — not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another in love.' - Galatians 5:13 'Work with eagerness, as though you were working for ha-Molkhiúl rather than for people.' - Ephesians 6:7
Orderliness which is the opposite of Confusion
The atmosphere you permit determines the product you yield.
A young man once went to see Dr. Harry Ironside to confess a fault. 'I'm loving my wife too much!' he told the well-known Scripture teacher. 'In fact, I've put her on such a high plane, I fear it's sinful.' 'Do you think you love your wife more than the Messiah loved His Congregation?' inquired Ironside. The husband didn't dare say he did. 'Well, that's the limit to which we may go,' he continued (Ephesians 5:25). All this is given to you in true love and deep humility, 'Ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, and we all say, am-nám! YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY is the original Name! The original is really the best!
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