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THE FEAR OF YAHWEH (A)

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Friday August 25, 2023

THE FEAR OF YAHWEH (A)

Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men? …
II Corinthians 5:11 (KJV)

One of the things that is missing in the Church of nowadays is the fear of the Lord. The first thing to establish today is that there is no Old testament Yahweh and another New testament Yahweh. Another thing to note is that Grace is more grave than the law. It only gives you more rope to repent but it is just as grave and even more than the law. That is why you must understand that the same Yahweh in the Old testament that drove Adam and Eve from Eden (see Genesis 3:23-24); that cursed the ground for man (see Genesis 3:17-19); that razed down the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah (see Genesis 19:24); that drown the whole earth of those days in flood and wiped them out (see Genesis 7:21-24); that wasted Pharaoh and his army in the red sea (see Genesis 14:28); that though He delivered the people from Egypt, wasted those that believe not in the wilderness (see Numbers 32:13); that though he swore a covenant to Israel, destroyed Israel and took them away in captivity according to His Word by His prophets (see I Chronicles 6:15); that though He loved the Son, looked away when He bore the sins of the world (see Mark 15:34); that slew Ananias and Sapphira for lying (see Acts 5:1-10); is still the same Yahweh you are dealing with today. He hates sin!!!!!!! He hates rebellion against His Word. Beloved, why did Yahushua come? It was because of sin and its consequences. How then do you think that you can receive eternal life and continue in sin? How then do you think that coming to Church is enough even though you continue to wallow in iniquity? You cannot be living in heaven and with Yahushua in the heavenly places and still be living a lifestyle of hell and Satan as your director. Impossible!

CONFORM TO YAHWEH’S HOLINESS

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Thursday August 24, 2023

CONFORM TO YAHWEH’S HOLINESS

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing? and I will receive you,
II Corinthians 6:14 (KJV)

Man is a creation of choice. There is nothing Yahweh forces upon the human. As much as His love is towards us, He does not force Himself on us. He does not force anyone to arrive to Him in heaven or to depart to hell. Where any of us finally lands will ultimately be our individual choices. He made you holy at the beginning, at creation but man made a choice to side with Satan and acquire his nature. Now, eternal life has arrived in Yahushua HaMashiach and it is still a matter of choice. Each one of us must decide what to do with Yahushua HaMashiach and that decision determines each one’s eternity. Next to that decision is a choice to bring out conducts or fruits in line with the Word; to live out the virtues of eternal life to the world around us. This is a choice that everyone of us must make. And this choice will determine the final destination of each one’s soul. Yahweh is Holy and there is nothing unholy that can enter into His kingdom. Having been washed by the precious blood of Yahushua HaMashiach, should we go back to our vomit, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin. Hebrews 10:26 says, “For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,”

THREATS TO HOLINESS (B)

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Wednesday August 23, 2023

THREATS TO HOLINESS (B)

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
I Corinthians 3:19 (KJV)

We began yesterday discussing the threats to holiness. Yahweh is perfect; He lacks nothing. Yahweh is holy; He is set apart and wholly separate from sin. As with many of Yahweh’s attributes, He desires to communicate perfection and holiness to His creation. So He did. Lucifer, an angel of Yahweh, did not get enough of Yahweh’s perfection and holiness. He wanted it all. He rebelled against Yahweh and lost all of what Yahweh gave him. He became Yahweh’s nemesis – renamed Satan. Ever since, Satan wishes for holiness’s ruin. He elicited the fall of Adam and Eve, depriving them of holiness. He continues on his rampage against holiness. He wants our help; he wants co-conspirators. And humanity is altogether too quick to comply, but that’s our nature because of the fall. We have discussed the threats of relativism, tolerance and liberty. Let’s continue with contextualization and legalism.

THREATS TO HOLINESS (A)

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Tuesday August 22, 2023

THREATS TO HOLINESS (A)

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive?
Ephesians 4:14 (KJV)

Satan is the architect of sin. When Yahweh made man, He communicated His Spirit to man which had all the attributes of Yahweh. So, man was a holy and perfect being at creation. Lucifer, an angel of Yahweh’s, did not get enough of Yahweh perfection and holiness. He wanted it all. He rebelled against Yahweh and lost all of what Yahweh gave him. He became Yahweh’s nemesis – renamed Satan. Ever since, Satan wishes for holiness’s ruin. He elicited the fall of Adam and Eve, depriving them of holiness. He continues on his rampage against holiness. He wants our help; he wants co-conspirators. And humanity is altogether too quick to comply, but that’s our nature because of the fall. Yahweh’s enemy employs five methods to ruin holiness: relativism, tolerance, liberty, contextualization and legalism.

WHAT IS HOLINESS?

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Monday August 21, 2023

WHAT IS HOLINESS?

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Hebrews 12:14 (KJV)

Holiness in the Old Testament is the Hebrew word ‘qodes’ a word that highlights the realm of the sacred in contrast to everything common and profane. The adjective ‘qādôš’, “holy,” refers to Yahweh and what belongs to him. In various places in the Hebrew Scriptures, Yahweh is called by the title the “Holy One of Israel.” Whatever that belongs to Yahweh is holy. Time, space, objects, and people—all can become holy if they belong to Yahweh. The temple in Jerusalem was considered holy space, and the objects used in worship holy objects. The Sabbaths and feasts of Israel were considered holy days or seasons. And the Israelites were called Yahweh’s holy people by virtue of belonging to Him. The New Testament uses the words ‘hagiazo’, to “make holy” and ‘hagio’ “holy” or “sacred.” Yahushua is called “the Holy One of Yahweh”(see Mark 1:24, Luke 4:24). And those who acclaim Yahushua as Lord are called ‘hagioi’, or “saints.” As believers, we are literally set apart, made holy, because of our relationship with the one who bridges the gap between a holy God and sinful human beings.

DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS

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Sunday August 20, 2023

DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
I John 3:7 (KJV)

Do you notice that our opening text says “let no man deceive you?” That is because there was and still is a teaching that once saved is always saved no matter the kind of life you lead. The teaching says that you have the nature of righteousness therefore, you can never be wrong or unrighteous. Our opening text is saying that such teaching is deceptive. If the nature of righteousness you claim to have does not manifest in practical righteousness, then it is fake. The nature of righteousness makes people to do righteousness. It does not engender to sin and iniquity. You cannot be swimming in iniquity while still claiming that you have the nature of righteousness because by their fruits we shall know them (see Matthew 7:16, 20). If it is grape fruit that you are producing, you cannot claim that you have the nature of orange. Never! What shows us who you are is the fruit that you are bearing. At least that is what the Lord Yahushua taught us. So, there is a doing of righteousness. You are standing right with Yahweh by redemption and that not of anything that you could ever do. It is a gift of Yahweh because of what the Lord Yahushua did for us at Calvary.

RIGHTEOUSNESS NATURE

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Saturday August 19, 2023

RIGHTEOUSNESS NATURE

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away? behold, all things are become new.
I Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)

The problem of sin is not just an act but a nature. Sin is a nature in the unsaved. That is why just a decision to stop doing something cannot suffice because sin is who you are if you are not born again. In the same vein, for the believer, there is a new nature called the nature of righteousness which you received at salvation. You are not a refurbished person at salvation, you are a new creation. This literally means that you are now a new specie of being that has not existed before. That is the mystery of righteousness. While you are seeing yourself as someone that just believed in Yahushua as Lord, the real fact is that you are a new creation that does not have a past. That is because your past was crucified with HaMashiach on Calvary. So, quit feeling the pain of what you did in the past, the record no longer exist at that point you believed and confessed with your mouth the Lordship of HaMashiach, your past was wiped out. You are now a new creation, a new specie of being that has no past. That is not all. You now have a new nature and that is the nature of Yahweh, the nature of righteousness. This new nature is what makes it possible for you to be able to stand before Yahweh sinless and able to accommodate divine presence. This nature of righteousness is why you can live a holy life. Without being righteous, you cannot live righteous. Your being determines your doing. Why does a lion roar? Because he is a lion and it is in his nature to roar. Why does a sinner commit sin? Because he is a sinner and sin is his nature.

THE GENESIS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

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Friday August 18, 2023

THE GENESIS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin? that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (KJV)

Righteousness means in right standing with Yahweh. Yahweh created man and placed him in Eden. In Eden, man was in right standing with Yahweh. We saw in Genesis 3:8 that Yahweh was walking in the garden in the cool of the day. He usually comes to fellowship with man in the cool of the day. It takes righteousness to stand before the Lord. Then, man committed treason and fall from his right standing position with the Father. Consequently, he lost the presence of Yahweh, and was driven out of the Eden, the place of delight. Sin is at the root of every form of deprivation in life. Sin was what pushed man out of the presence of Yahweh. In the interim, Yahweh was walking with people as they choose to obey His instructions to them. That was how Abraham stood out. Abraham was a Yahweh addict. Yahweh’s instructions was the delight of Abraham and that won him a covenant with the El-Shaddai. Then through the descendants of Abraham, the law was introduced to see if man can align in right standing again with Yahweh. But throughout all generations, no man has been able to keep the law. Yahweh saw the deplorable situation of humanity and decided to come to their rescue. Yahweh came in the person of Yahushua HaMashiach and fulfilled the law. Yahushua HaMashiach became sin, so that we can become the righteousness of Yahweh in Him according to our opening text.

THE HORRORS OF SIN (4): ABSENCE OF PEACE

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Thursday August 17, 2023

THE HORRORS OF SIN (4): ABSENCE OF PEACE

There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
Isaiah 48:22 (KJV)

One of the first thing that happened to Adam at the fall was the lose of peace. Peace is that state of tranquillity spirit, soul and body. Peace is the absence of war both within and without. Peace is a state of perfect fellowship with Yahweh where man’s obedience is confirmed. At the fall, the first thing that happened to Adam was that he discovered he was afraid. There was a looming sense of conflict, war and contempt spiritually that made him hide from the presence of the Lord. The presence that he used to enjoy before was now making him afraid. Surely and truly, there is no peace unto the wicked. The wicked is the person that lives in rebellion against the Word of Yahweh. The wicked is that one that scorns obedience to the Word of Yahweh. Sin destroys the presence of Yahweh which guarantees peace and leaves us with war both within and without. You cannot truly be at peace with sin alive in you. One of the greatest treasures in this life is peace. Once, there is no peace, then every other thing will breakdown; health, marriage, career, business, etc. Literally, if there is war, everything shuts down. That is how destiny shuts down by sin. When there is no peace, life begins to shut down. So, peace is an inevitable asset in the race of life.

THE HORRORS OF SIN (3): SICKNESS, DISEASE AND AFFLICTION

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Wednesday August 16, 2023

THE HORRORS OF SIN (3): SICKNESS, DISEASE AND AFFLICTION

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
Isaiah 33:24 [KJV]

The root of sickness is iniquity. There was no sickness before sin came on the scene but as soon as sin reigned, sickness, disease and affliction became the lot of the depraved humanity. Every disease has its root in sin. Yahweh made provisions for everything in the Garden of Eden, but not for healing, because man was not created to be sick. But by one man sin came, and sin brought death, and everything that leads to death, including leukaemia, cancer, AIDS, name it (see Romans 5:12). The Lord Yahushua said, “Thy sins are forgiven thee” is the same thing as saying, “Arise and be healed” (see Matthew 9:6), because both sin and sickness have the same root. Every disease is a curse, and a curse is as a result of sin (Deuteronomy 28:15-68). The Bible calls all forms of sicknesses curses, whether fever, chest pain, bad eyesight, deafness, name it. No other theological or medical explanation can be stronger than what the Bible has to say. Sin is at the root of every disease; and until righteousness takes over, sickness will continue. So let go of sin, so you can enjoy eternal life in your health!