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As There are Building Blocks in Life, There are in Your Christian Walk

In this world, we spend most of our time and money becoming faithful sinners and doing the wrong thing with the wrong understanding. For example, we are taught the worldly type of love, which is based on your emotions, pride, and respect for a person, instead of the biblical principles or Godly type of love. In Greek, Agape means a Godly type of love and understanding. 

We are also taught to set our hopes, desires, and dreams in things on this earth, and we are also taught the principles and understanding that we should put our trust in others. Now, in these last days, we are taught to put trust in ourselves totally, and lean to our own understanding. So, in a nutshell, we are taught from child to adulthood to believe in everything and have faith in what we can see and feel in order to succeed in this existence.

With a little understanding, and no wisdom, come a lot of mistakes and challenges in this life. Why not listen to wise counsel or why can’t you listen to wisdom? In the Bible was the most wise man in the world, and he was able to judge the smallest and the largest matters, but in the end, emotion and not using wisdom was his downfall. 

Let’s look at the word of God. Turn in your Bible to Proverbs 14:1-12:

1 “Every wise woman buildeth her house: But the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. 2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: But the lips of the wise shall preserve them. 4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: But much increase is by the strength of the ox. 5 A faithful witness will not lie: But a false witness will utter lies. 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: But knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, When thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. 9 Fools make a mock at sin: But among the righteous there is favour. 10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. 11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. 12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.”

If you are the type of individual who leaps before they look, or have all the answers to life, or keeps making the same mistakes throughout life continually using the same understanding from the age of accountability, which is the age of 12 years and on; this means that your life and understanding are caught in a loop and sometimes that loop can be generational. 

Let’s read Proverbs 3:5-10: 

5 “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.”

In my conclusion, take this to heart and soul and turn with me to Proverbs 4:5-9:

5 “Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.”

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Should One Swear Away Since It’s Not the Last Day?

Has anyone here had the opportunity to stand before a board of judges? Say for instance, in our law school or system? Let’s take for example the court system where you stand before a judge. The first thing they do is to stand, and have you to be sworn in with your right hand on the Bible, and your left hand in the air. Then they ask you to repeat after them stating these words: “Do you swear that the evidence you shall give the court in this matter shall be the truth, the whole, and nothing but the truth [so help you God]?” And they wait for you to say yes or no, and this is done to anyone that comes in front of our court system, whether or not you believe in the God of the Bible or not. It doesn’t matter what your beliefs are.

Example for all court judges: each justice or judge of the United States shall take the following oath or affirmation before performing the duties of the office: “I,–, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal rights to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me a – under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God”.

Another example: Did you ever wonder why they have people to place their hand on or hold the Bible in their hand? Well, listen to this, the whole purpose for this is to bind you in earth and in heaven before the throne of Jesus knowing full well of what the Bible says about swearing or making an oath here on earth or to heaven. 

Let’s turn in our Bible to Matthew 5:34-37:

34 “But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne: 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.”

The main thing that we should take away from this is to let your words be few. In the Word it says according to Colossians 4:6: 

6 “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”

Also in Matthew 12:30-37:

30 “He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”

People of our Lord and Savior Yashua/Jesus Christ that say the words that come from our mouth are truthful, and not full of you and your desires. Like the word says in Colossians 4:6: “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”

One of the biggest problems that the church is facing today is that the words coming from out of our mouth are not full of grace, nor have any seasoning; but what you will find is what the word says in Ephesians 5:3-6:

3 “But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.”

I want all of you to remember this 1 Corinthians 4:5:

5 “Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.”

Also read 2 Corinthians 5:9-10:

9 “Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ: that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”

Thank you for listening, in Yashua’s name. It is so!

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What Have You to Give to Christ, After He Gave His Life?

I wonder sometimes what my life would have been like. Just think, all you have is the world, if you don’t know Yeshua, Jesus Christ. 

Turn in your Bibles to 1 John 2:15-18:

15 “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.”

If we count on our mindset or the ways of the world, then all that we say and do are but messed up situations. The Bible puts it like this in the book Isaiah 64:6:

6 “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”

You might say that what I do, I owe a response. What would you give in exchange for someone saving your life by giving their life to save yours? They would do it unselfishly, because of the love they have for you.

Turn to John 3:16:

16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Yeshua wants us to give, and in all cases is more concerned about how we give.

Let’s read 2 Corinthians 9:6-10:

6 “But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: 9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. 10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)”

In my conclusion, Yeshua doesn’t ask for something earthly, or of this world, but all He needs from us is love. Cause to know Him is to love Him, and to love Him, is to serve Him. And it is so.

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What More Can You Do?

Christ came to redeem man of his sin. You may be asking, how did He do that? Well Eve, the wife of Adam had sinned in the Garden of Eden. And when she allowed herself to be beguiled by the serpent at the tree of knowledge of good and evil, God saw that there was no one worthy to redeem man and woman of their disobedience of Him. So, God made the ultimate sacrifice, He gave up Himself in the form of human flesh, the only begotten son of God, Yeshua. 

Let’s turn to 1 John 1:1-14 

1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.“

So, now that God gave His only begotten son so that He could bring us back in order with God as it was from the beginning. God gave His only begotten son and through Him everyone has a way back into God’s will. Now when we look at the life of His son, which is an example for us on how to live on this earth once more, the question I have for you is this, what more can you do? 

If God has laid the foundation for you to come back to Him, you may have said in the past, what more can I do? But now He is asking us what more can we do? 

For men, He’s asking these 5 things:

  1. Can you listen to His voice?
  2. Can you be obedient?
  3. Can you be faithful to His Word?
  4. Can you have more humility?
  5. Will you be obedient?

Now for women, He’s asking these 5 things:

  1. For those who are single, will you obey Yashua and for those married, will you obey your husband?
  2. Will you listen and obey Yashua and His leadership?
  3. Can you stop leaning on your own understanding?
  4. Can you follow without trying to lead?
  5. Will you be more humble and submissive? 

You see men and women in these times tend to want to live a freestyle type of life, where its remnants have its roots from the 1960’s. Where there was a lot of violence, a lot of sexual activities, a lot of free thinking, and a “do what you want to do” attitude. During that era, people began to mix different religious belief systems together to form their own belief system to their own detriment.

In conclusion, listen to these words, but for the people of God, the Bible tells us not to cater to this world, nor follow the things of this world and not to get caught up in this life or the things of this world.

Let’s read 1 John 2:15-23

15 “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.”

In Yeshua name, It is so!

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Be Reconciled and Restored to Yeshua Jesus While There is Still Time

Before I begin, let’s set some ground work for direction for this sermon. Let’s look at the terminology for two key words: first the word reconcile. 

Reconcile: in Greek is ‘Katallasso’ which denotes “to change, exchange” (especially of money) hence of persons”;  “to change from enmity to friendship, to reconcile” with regard to the relationship between God and man. 

Now, the second, restore: in the Greek ‘Katartizo’ means “to mend, to furnish completely.” It is translated “restore” in Galatians 6:1 metaphorically, of the restoration by those who are spiritual, if one is overtaken in a trespass, such as one being as a dislocated member of the spiritual body. 

Now that we’ve got that established, let’s move a little deeper into the subject.

All of you at some point in time or another have disassociated from someone, whether it be family or friends for some reason or another; and this left a bitter or a negative, heartfelt moment in your life. Some of you are dealing with the emotional repercussions of the falling out. And sometimes these emotional repercussions can have a devastating effect upon one’s mental, physical, and spiritual awareness as they try to move on towards growth in their life. Know this, that these emotional events can, and in most cases will, stunt their growth in other areas of their life. As I said, it can affect these areas in your life. For instance mentally: you can focus on the problem, or take things quickly to the heart of what others may say. Physically: your body begins to experience external manifestations of the internal emotional state. For example, you might experience headaches, break out in hives, nervousness, chronic pains, and sickness. Next spiritual: some of the most common spiritual symptoms are not being able to stay focused on the Lord/Yeshua/Jesus, constantly worrying about your walk in Christ, self-condemnation, inability to have an effective prayer life, and lastly, constantly being vexed in your soul. The only way to resolve this is by getting to the root of this emotional repercussion and asking Jesus for His forgiveness and then forgive yourself. Then you can be reconciled, restored and healed.

Now let’s see what the Word has to say about these two understandings in the book of Matthew 5:23-25: 

23 “Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 24 leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 25Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.”

Just as Jesus, after Adam and Eve had sinned, God had to reconcile us back to Him.

Read 2 Corinthians 5:15-20:

15 “And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.”

You have to believe and understand that we are no longer citizens of this world, but are citizens of heaven. Let’s read in His word in the book of Romans 5:8-12:

8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. 12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”

In my conclusion, let all of us understand this one thing, and that is, if you are holding in your heart any form of animosity, hatred, or even deep emotional anguish towards someone or situations, then you definitely need to reconcile your differences for the good of your spiritual well being.

Read 1 Peter 5:5-8:

5 “Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:“

I thank you for your attention these last days in Yeshua/Jesus’ name it is so.