Be Righteous - Table of Contents
Jesus Fulfills All Righteousness.........................................1
Be Righteous.............................................................................12
Return to the Word................................................................23
Psalms 119 Precept Party....................................................32
Abide in the Word...................................................................44
How Fruit Grows......................................................................52
Hosea: Return to God...........................................................64
"And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has visited and redeemed his people
and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David,
as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
that we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
to show the mercy promised to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant,
the oath that he swore to our father Abraham,
to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him without fear, in holiness
and righteousness before him all our days.”
(Luke 1:67-75)
Jesus Fulfills All Righteousness
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets;
I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.”
(Matthew 5:17-18)
“You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts.
For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
“The Law and the Prophets were until John;
since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached,
and everyone forces his way into it.
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away
than for one dot of the Law to become void.”
(Luke 16:15-17)
plēróō (from plērēs, "be full," see plḗthō) – properly, fill to individual capacity, i.e. to the extent it is "meet" (appropriate).
[Notice please that fulfillment by no means “Removes” or “Takes away”]
Prophecy, Law, and Scripture fulfilled by Jesus:
Matthew 1:22 Now all this took place so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled (Isaiah 7:14)
Matthew 2:15 He stayed there until the death of Herod; this happened so that what had been spoken by the Lord
through the prophet would be fulfilled: “OUT OF EGYPT I CALLED MY SON.” (Numbers 24:8, Hosea 11:1)
Matthew 2:17 Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was
fulfilled: “Rachel weeping.”
Matthew 2:23 and came and settled in a city called Nazareth. This happened so that what was spoken through the prophets would be
fulfilled: “He will be called a Nazarene.” (Judges 13:5)
Matthew 3:15 But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.”
Then he allowed Him. (Psalms 2)
Matthew 4:14 This happened so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled.
Matthew 8:17 This happened so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be
fulfilled: “HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR ILLNESSES AND CARRIED AWAY OUR DISEASES.” (Isaiah 53:4)
Matthew 12:17 This happened so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be
fulfilled: “He will declare justice top the Gentiles… and in His name the Gentiles will trust.” (Isaiah 42:1-4; 49:3)
Matthew13:14 “And in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being
fulfilled, which says, ‘YOU SHALL KEEP ON LISTENING, BUT SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND;
AND YOU SHALL KEEP ON LOOKING, BUT SHALL NOT PERCEIVE; (Isaiah 6:9-10)
Matthew 13:35 This was so that what was spoken through the prophet would be
fulfilled: “I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES;
I WILL PROCLAIM THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.” (Psalms 78:2)
Matthew 21:4 Now this took place so that what was spoken through the prophet would be
fulfilled: ”King… on.. a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9)
Matthew 26:54 “How then would the Scriptures be
fulfilled, which say that it must happen this way?” (Isaiah 53:2-11)
Matthew 26:56 “But all this has taken place so that the Scriptures of the prophets will be
fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left Him and fled. (Lamentations 4:20)
Matthew 27:9 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was
fulfilled: “AND THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER,
THE PRICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PRICE HAD BEEN SET by the sons of Israel; (Zechariah 11:12)
Mark 1:15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
(Fulfills Prophet Isaiah 44:6-8), Repent! Jesus is the Rock!
Mark 14:49 “Every day I was with you within the temple grounds teaching, and you did not arrest Me;
but this has taken place so that the Scriptures will be fulfilled.” (Isaiah 53:7) Prophecy fulfilled.
Mark 15:28 [And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with transgressors.”] (Isaiah 53:12) Prophecy fulfilled.
Luke 1:20 “And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day when these things take place,
because you did not believe my words,
which will be fulfilled at their proper time.” (Ezekiel 3:26)
Luke 4:21 Now He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
(Isaiah Prophecy fulfilled by Jesus speaking)
Luke 22:37 “For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me:
‘AND HE WAS COUNTED WITH WRONGDOERS’;
for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment.” (Isaiah 53:12) Prophecy fulfilled
Matthew 5:17 “Do not presume that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets;
I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill… by no means pass away from the law till all is fulfilled.”
(Complete Fulfillment of Law and Prophets)
Luke 24:44 Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you,
that all the things that are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
– Law Prophets and Psalms – all fulfilled.
John 12:38 This happened so that the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke would be
fulfilled: “LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?
AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?” (Isaiah 53:1)
John 13:18 “I am not speaking about all of you. I know the ones whom I have chosen;
but this is happening so that the Scripture may be
fulfilled, ‘HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.’ (Psalms 41:9)
John 15:25 “But this has happened so that the word that is written in their Law will be
fulfilled: ‘THEY HATED ME FOR NO REASON.’ (Psalms 35:19, 69:4, 109:3-5)
John 17:12 “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, which You have given Me;
and I guarded them, and not one of them perished except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. (Psalms 41:9)
John 18:32 This happened so that the word of Jesus which He said, indicating what kind of death He was going to die,
would be fulfilled. (Isaiah 53:12) Prophecy fulfilled
John 19:24 So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be.”
This happened so that the Scripture would be
fulfilled: “THEY DIVIDED MY GARMENTS AMONG THEMSELVES, AND THEY CAST LOTS FOR MY CLOTHING.”
Therefore the soldiers did these things. (Psalms 22:18)
John 19:28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished,
in order that the Scripture would be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.” (Psalms 22:15)
John 19:36 For these things took place so that the Scripture would be
fulfilled: “NOT A BONE OF HIM SHALL BE BROKEN.” (Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12, Psalms 34:12)
Acts 3:18 “But the things which God previously announced by the mouths of all the prophets,
that His Christ would suffer, He has fulfilled in this way.
Acts 13:33 that God has fulfilled this promise to those of us who are the descendants by raising Jesus,
as it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE FATHERED YOU.’ (Psalms 2:7)
These are only the places in scripture where it actually uses the word “fulfilled.”
It is abundantly clear that Jesus “filled to individual capacity”
and appropriately resolved any lingering prophecies that were foretold about the Messiah.
Additionally, Jesus confirmed clearly that He is the fulfillment of the Law,
offering Himself as the Perfect Lamb, delivering His own life into the hands of sinners
and raising up His own life after His death on the cross
– thereby fulfilling the purpose of the temple sacrifice system of atonement;
because He is the perfect atonement. All Praise to Adonai for His amazing
and mysterious plan of love through the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ!
The fact is – the first ever Christ-fulfilled prophecy came directly from Adonai himself.
“I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”
(Genesis 3:15)
“This is the gate of the LORD;
the righteous shall enter through it.
I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the LORD's doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Save us, we pray, O LORD!
O LORD, we pray, give us success!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!
We bless you from the house of the LORD.
The LORD is God,
and he has made his light to shine upon us.
Bind the festal sacrifice with cords,
up to the horns of the altar!
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God; I will extol you.
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!”
(Psalms 118:20-29)
“What then is this that is written:
“‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces,
and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”
(Luke 20:17-18)
“Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the gate of the sheep.
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
I am the gate.
If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.”
(John 10:7-9)
Jesus Christ is the complete fulfillment of every prophecy, from the mouth of Adonai
to the final prophecy of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the complete fulfillment, the Alpha and Omega (Revelations 1:8).
The entire history of the universe
has always been all about Jesus.
In His life and death, as well as in His final return – He has become the fulfillment of all of God’s great works.
To the Praise and Glory of the Lord your God!
Considering this fulfillment, we’ll take a look at a Primary source of misunderstanding in the book of Romans.
“For Christ is the end of the law
…for righteousness to everyone who believes.” [also stated:]
…that everyone who believes may be justified.” (Romans 10:4)
Which references, in context, this passage in Deuteronomy:
“For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.
It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us,
that we may hear it and do it?’ Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say,
‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
But the word is very near you.
It is in your mouth and in your heart,
so that you can do it.
“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.
If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today,
by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways,
and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules,
then you shall live and multiply,
and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear,
but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them,
I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish.
You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today,
that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse.
Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, loving the LORD your God,
obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days,
that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”
(Deuteronomy 30:11-20)
The Word (John 1:1 – Jesus Christ) is in OUR Hearts. He enables us to obey, to keep HIS commandments and statutes.
Jesus, by no means removes or changes any of this truth written here.
You still have the choice of life and death, to obey or disobey.
God, through our faith in Jesus Christ, enables us to following the Law of Liberty,
making us slaves to righteousness (Romans 6:18-19) rather than slaves to sin.
Therefore, we are justified by faith and enabled, by the Spirit, to follow and obey in faith.
The entire book of Hebrews is dedicated to proving that Jesus is the Messiah,
the fulfillment of the Law and Prophets and the Lamb of God which takes away the sins of the world.
“Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places
by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way
that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,
with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience
and our bodies washed with pure water.”
(Hebrews 10:19-22)
“… For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth,
there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment,
and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy
on the evidence of two or three witnesses." (10:26-28)
It is a bold lie directly from the father of lies
(John 8:44)
to even think that Jesus would remove the 4th commandment from the Perfect Law
In fact, Jesus, not only emphasized that there would be absolutely no change to the Law,
He decided to clarify a few aspects of the Law, “fulfilling” the Law, only the way that Jesus can.
“You have heard that it was said to those of old, You shall not murder;
and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment;
whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council;
and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.”
(Matthew 5:21-22)
“You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery.’
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent
has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away.
For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away.
For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.” (5:27-30)
“It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’
But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality,
makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. (5:31-32)
Clearly, Jesus set a precedent for more precisely and exactly defining the letter of the Covenant Law.
There is much more to say here; however, we do know that Jesus continually emphasized that we love one another;
which flows out of us like fountains of living water (John 4) through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Love is taught by Jesus at every turn. In fact, love fulfills the Law.
“Owe no one anything, except to love each other,
for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,”
and any other commandment, are summed up in this word:
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”
(Romans 13:8-10)
“For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written,
“Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.”
Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.”
But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.”
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written,
“Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—
so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles,
so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.”
(Galatians 3:10-14)
The righteous live by faith because we have been given the promised Holy Spirit, the seal of God Almighty.
We must first believe in Jesus and love Him – i.e. Keep His Commandments.
Only by keeping these two necessary conditions are we justified by faith,
thereby receive the Holy Spirit and are enabled by Adonai to be a righteous vessel used for His Glory.
In this manner, just as Jesus and God the Father are one, we become One with Adonai through the gift of the Spirit.
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth,
whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.
You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.”
(John 14:15-17)
“In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me.
And he who loves me will be loved by my Father,
and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
(14:20-21)
“Whoever does not love me does not keep my words.
And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.”
(14:24)
This last part is the most critical
Please note that the Words of the Father ARE the Words of Jesus.
Therefore, the Law, the entirety of the Law and Prophets are the Words of Jesus.
We must actively search the Scripture to seek to understand so that we may follow in the Love of Christ;
however, the Holy Spirit inside us will bring all things to remembrance.
The Holy Spirit is being poured out in these last days because
the Word and Law of our Heavenly Father have been trampled underfoot.
We must make sure we have a strong understanding to keep us from sinning, and in order to strengthen our faith;
then we must share this wisdom with others in order to strengthen them “as we see the day drawing near.”
“You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God,
and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you.”
“…to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day.
And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment
before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us.’"
(Deuteronomy 6:16-17, 24-25)
“That He might preserve us alive… it will be righteousness for us.”
God lives inside you if you have chosen to love and follow Jesus Christ. This has always been the way – since the beginning.
Jesus is the complete fulfillment of this process because of His perfect sacrifice on the cross.
In this way, you must be holy, perfect, blameless, through the Power of the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ Adonai inside you.
“But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,
and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,
and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all,
and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant,
and to the sprinkled blood that speaks
a better word than the blood of Abel.
See that you do not refuse him who is speaking.”
(Hebrews 12:22-25)
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"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth?
I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
For I have come to set a man against his father,
and a daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me,
and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Whoever finds his life will lose it,
and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”
(Matthew 10:34-39)
Be Righteous
“Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also.
If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.”
(John 12:25-26)
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
(Matthew 11:28-30)
Here lies a quick summary of the costs and benefits of following Jesus Christ.
We all know that Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life and there is No Way to the Father, except through Him.
We also know that if we love Jesus, we will obey His commands.
There is a high cost (at the very least, your life) to following Jesus in “Spirit and Truth.”
How high is the cost?
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother
and wife and children and brothers and sisters,
yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish,
all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’
Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able
with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.
So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.”
(Luke 14:26-33)
Now that we have a better understanding of the true cost of following Jesus,
Let’s explore more about why there is Absolutely no reason to fight against God.
“ALL SOULS ARE MINE” says the Lord,
so repent, humble yourself, submit and obey.
“I saw in the night visions, and behold,
with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man,
and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.
And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him;
his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.”
(Daniel 7:13-14)
“Behold, all souls are mine;
the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine:
the soul who sins shall die.
“If a man is righteous and does what is just and right—
… walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous;
he shall surely live, declares the Lord GOD.”
(Ezekiel 18:4-9)
"For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities
—all things were created through him and for him.
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
And he is the head of the body, the church.
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
that in everything he might be preeminent.
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
and through him to reconcile to himself all things,
whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.”
(Colossians 1:16-20)
The Lord Jesus Christ has complete preeminence, being above all things,
including all of creation, and Every Soul that ever lived.
He decides the rules of entry into His Kingdom, because He is GOD.
So, the simple question now becomes even more simple:
If God the Father has given complete authority to Jesus Christ, our Savior, and
EVERY soul, including yours, belongs to HIM,
why would you fight against God, against the Ancient of Days,
your Creator God, who has told you what to do and how to live?
Why fight against Him?
As you ponder that question, we’ll explore what God views as an “ abomination”
so that we know exactly what things we should avoid.
Throughout the Old Testament, the word Abomination is synonymous with Sin,
it is often a source of greater lawlessness, is completely opposed to God’s righteousness,
and is frequently associated with Idolatry, idol worship and detestable practices associated with those abhorrent activities.
Wisdom, however, is justified by her children.
As such, we will explore the many references in Proverbs in order to understand what God views as Abominations.
Proverbs
The following is (are) abominations to the Lord your God:
“The Perverse Person” (3:32)
“Wicked Lips “ [untrue] (8:7)
“False Balance, Differing Weights and Measures” (11:1, 20:10, 20:23)
“Those who are of a Perverse Heart” (11:20)
“Lying Lips” (12:22)
“Sacrifices of the Wicked” (15:8)
“The Way of the Wicked” (15:9)
“Thoughts of the Wicked” [evil plans] (15:26)
“Everyone Proud in Heart.” (16:5)
“Kings who commit Wickedness” (16:12)
Those who “Justify the Wicked” and “Condemn the Righteous” (17:15)
“Scoffer – “acts in arrogant pride” [21:24], “Devising Foolishness” (24:9)
“These six things the Lord hates. Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:"
“A Proud Look,”
"A Lying Tongue,”
“Hands that Shed Innocent Blood,”
“A Heart that Devises Wicked Plans,”
“Feet that are Swift in Running to Evil,”
“A False Witness Who Speaks Lies,”
and “One Who Sows Discord Among Brethren.” (6:16-19)
“One who turns away his ear from hearing the Law. Even his prayer is an abomination.” (28:9)
Wickedness, we know, is lawlessness, the breaking of the Law as set forth in the Old Testament, in which eternal truth is still found.
Let’s sum up this list and then we’ll add to it:
Perversion, Wickedness, Lies and False Witness, Pride, Arrogance, Devising Wicked Plans, Hurting and Killing the Innocent, Running toward Evil, Sowing Discord among Brothers, Justifying the Wicked and Condemning the Righteous, False Measures or Weights, Devising Foolishness, and Being a Scoffer
In reality, all of us have done at least some of these things. Now, just in case you can’t see these behaviors and ideations in your past sins,
here are two more lists, one from Jesus – who tightened and fulfilled the LAW,
and one from Paul, who offers a list of things which are clearly Evil and therefore, also abominations to Adonai.
“But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
These are what defile a person.”
(Matthew 15:18-20)
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh,
for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Now the works of the flesh are evident:
sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife,
jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.
I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control;
against such things there is no law.
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”
(Galatians 5:16-26)
When we are all quite truthful with ourselves, we know that we have resisted God
because we have enjoyed some of these sins; we even loved doing them in the past.
But we know that is wrong; we try to justify our past behaviors, but God knows, and so do we.
Now we have a list that is nearly complete – and considering this list in our own individual lives,
we know for sure that we have ALL been found guilty of many of these sins (Romans 3:23).
We have all sinned BUT we do NOT live in sin, Jesus has crucified the flesh and it’s desires.
For those believers who followed Adonai in Jesus’ day,
they were constantly reminded of the 613 Laws they must obey as recorded in Torah;
they wore tassels to always be reminded of and surrounded by the Law.
Rules can be overwhelming – these long lists of dos and don’ts,
especially when wrongly explained by blind guides Jesus called hypocrites
– but Jesus came to simplify everything.
If we live in the Spirit, worshipping Adonai in Spirit and in Truth, God the Father,
through Jesus Christ our Savior, will become our Righteousness.
Let’s say it again:
God Himself indwells us enabling us to live a Righteous life!
Amen and all Praise Adonai!
“For I am the LORD your God.
Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy.”
(Leviticus 11:44)
“As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,
but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written,
“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
(1 Peter 1:14-16)
“You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
(Matthew 5:48)
The question for most Christians remains:
How can I be holy, or perfect – aren’t we all sinners?
We have all of us, been lied to, century upon century of compounding lawlessness – in these “churches” we have attended.
They have lied and told us that “we all sin every day;"
They preach a Doctrine of Failure - which is a lie from Hell.
These are ideas that have been misconstrued, transformed into dangerous wine and strong drink, leading many to perdition.
If God tells us to do something that we are unable to do, then God would be unfair, an unjust God.
If God gives us the power and strength to stand
and He MAKES us Righteous,
We must follow the path to attaining said righteousness:
1. Submit to God
(Give Up Completely to GOD and Obey Jesus’ every Word)
2. Repent from Sin and Lawlessness
(Abhor it in all forms, including entertainment)
3. Consecrate Yourself
(Bathe yourself in the Word and Obey)
4. Turn toward God and be Healed
(Your Faith Makes you RIGHTEOUS)
“Therefore, I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD.
Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.
Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed,
and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit!
Why will you die, O house of Israel?
For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord GOD; so turn, and live.”
(Ezekiel 18:30-32)
“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.”
Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.”
(Joel 2:12)
“Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD:
I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered,
and I will give you the land of Israel.’ And when they come there,
they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them.
I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them.
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations,
I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”
(Ezekiel 11:17-21)
Therefore, God is the one who gives us a “heart of flesh” instead of stone,
so we can walk in His Statutes and His Commandments – living a Righteous Life.
However, this requires that each of us Repent – Return to God with All our Heart,
which may include weeping, mourning, and fasting. Anything short of this is not enough.
You have been taught on Abomination-Day for years that you can give God “your best,” do just “what you can,”
but no need to sacrifice your home, your family, your job, your car, or anything like that – God wouldn’t do that!
This is a lie from the pit of hell.
The reality – God requires everything from you, complete submission – even giving up your very life.
This will only happen if you have been called by Jesus; you are God’s Chosen.
“And this is the will of him who sent me,
that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
For this is the will of my Father,
that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life,
and I will raise him up on the last day.”
(John 6:38-40)
“…No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.
And I will raise him up on the last day.
It is written in the Prophets, And they will all be taught by God.’” (6:44)
“…unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.” (6:54)
“… the words I speak to you are Spirit and they are Life.” (6:63)
“… no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.” (6:65)
“… If you abide in my word, you are my disciples.” (8:31)
You must be drawn by God to Jesus, accepting Him as God’s Chosen One, Being Taught BY GOD,
and obeying the words and commands of God in His Original Covenant and
in the New Covenant through Jesus, in His Blood and Body,
which we are commanded to eat and drink in remembrance of Jesus Sacrifice,
which, if we do not routinely eat and drink, we “Have no Life” in us.
Jesus is the Word (John 1:1), which is the Spirit, which comes from the Father,
through Jesus Christ, full of Grace and Truth (John 1:14, 17).
Let’s not forget the key here – we must ABIDE IN His Word – the Word of God,
living and active and sharper than a two-edged sword. We must live BY the Word of God,
not just look at it occasionally. We are called to Live "by Every Word of God.” (John 4:4)
“For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth,
there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment,
and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
How much worse punishment, do you think,
will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God,
and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
(Hebrews 10:26-31)
The Bottom line:
“The Light has come into the World,
and men loved darkness rather than the light,
because their deeds were evil.” (John 3:19)
The World Rejects the True Christ
We can NOT go on sinning. But we act as if we can.
We approve the sins of the past and the present by what we do in our daily lives,
how we spend our money (our treasures), and how we “like” and “love” what others are doing today
– approving of Sin and Lawlessness.
We decide against the LAW of God because it is not popular in our society,
however, we know that friendship with this world is enmity toward God.
The harsh reality is that Jesus
requires EVERYTHING from his followers.
Once you begin to understand the
nature of worshiping “in Spirit and in Truth,”
you will begin to see that you must give up everything,
absolutely everything,
in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Your thoughts, your plans for tomorrow,
next week, the next 5 minutes,
your children, your cars and houses and possessions –
Everything belongs to Him and must be offered freely to Him.
Once you learn to continuously follow the steps:
1. Submit to God
(Give Up Completely to GOD and Obey Jesus’ every Word)
2. Repent from Sin and Lawlessness
(Abhor it in all forms, including entertainment)
3. Consecrate Yourself
(Bathe yourself in the Word and Obey)
4. Turn toward God and be Healed
(Your Faith Makes you RIGHTEOUS)
… the Lord your God will make you Holy, make you Perfect, make you Righteous.
But you must first obey and believe.
“When Moses told the words of the people to the LORD, the LORD said to Moses,
“Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow,
and let them wash their garments and be ready for the third day.
For on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying,
‘Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it.
Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death.
No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; whether beast or man, he shall not live.’
When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.”
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people;
and they washed their garments.
And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.”
(Exodus 19:9-15)
"Blessed are those who wash their robes [otherwise translated “do His Commandments”],
so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.
Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters,
and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
'I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you
about these things for the churches.
I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.'
The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.”
And let the one who hears say, “Come.”
And let the one who is thirsty come;
let the one who desires take the water of life without price."
(Revelations 22:14-17)
You cannot be used by God or be a true child of God through Jesus Christ if you continue in Sin.
We are called many times to obey the commands of God and Jesus – the counsel of the Word through the Spirit.
We must live and breathe the Word of God, stay in Communion, celebrating Jesus’ Covenant in His Blood and Body .
(We have chosen to do this Every Sabbath in Remembrance of Jesus - Luke 22:19)
We MUST obey Jesus or we will not have eternal life.
We are called to be Sanctified – by God himself.
“Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy,
for I am the LORD your God.
Keep my statutes and do them;
I am the LORD who sanctifies you.”
(Leviticus 20:7-8)
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“You are my servant,
I have chosen you and not cast you off”;
fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
(Isaiah 41:9-10)
Return to The Word
“Everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.”
“… You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD,
“and my Servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
nor shall there be any after me.
I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior.”
(Isaiah 43:7-15)
“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all.
The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
But there are some of you who do not believe.”
… And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me
unless it is granted him by the Father.”
(John 6:63-65)
“You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know,
for salvation is from the Jews.
But the hour is coming, and is now here,
when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth,
for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
(John 4:22-24)
“Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
and faithfulness the belt of his loins.”
(Isaiah 11:5)
“Here is a call for the endurance of the saints,
those who keep the commandments of God
and their faith in Jesus.”
(Revelations 14:12)
We are called back to the scripture,
back to truth and to the basic precepts of the True Faith
Here is TRUTH:
God has chosen you, called you. The One God is our Savior.
We are called to Worship in Spirit and Truth, because God is Spirit.
Salvation is from the Jews, God’s Chosen.
We are called to Believe in Jesus, God’s Chosen Messiah,
and to Know Him, through the Scripture, The Word.
We must maintain Faith in Jesus and Live in Righteous Obedience
If we are to obtain the Hope that is within us,
the Hope of Glory in Jesus Christ.
This is how the Wisdom and Truth and Mystery of God in Christ are revealed:
“For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little.”
(Isaiah 28:10)
Example:
1. The Law/Commandments = Truth
“Your righteousness if an everlasting righteousness, and Your Law is Truth” (Psalms 119:142)
“You are near, O Lord and Your Commandments are Truth” (Psalms 119:151)
2. Truth = Righteousness
“Whoever speaks the truth gives honest [righteous] evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.” (Proverbs 12:17)
“For all Your Commandments are righteousness” (Psalms 119:172)
3. Righteousness = Life
“In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.” (Proverbs 12:28)
“The righteousness of Your Testimonies is Everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live" (Psalms 119:144)
4. Life = the Word (Scripture)
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1)
“For your Word has given me Life.” (Psalms 119:50)
“My son, be attentive to my words… For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life" (Proverbs 4:20,22,23)
5. THEREFORE: The Word, The Commandments and the Law
ARE Truth and Righteousness leading to Life.
We must earnestly pursue the Truth of Scripture, Seeking the Word to learn how to live a Righteous life
leading to Eternal Life – to truly worship God in Spirit and in Truth.
Precept upon Precept, as the Lord wills each of us to understand and grow in the Spirit of Truth.
*Now, back to what we must do:
Faith in Jesus AND Righteousness, in this Life.
Jesus is the First and the Last: Faith in the Son of God, our Messiah
“Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel
and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts:
“I am the first and I am the last;
besides me there is no god.
Who is like me? Let him proclaim it.
Let him declare and set it before me,
since I appointed an ancient people.
Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.
Fear not, nor be afraid;
have I not told you from of old and declared it?
And you are my witnesses!
Is there a God besides me?
There is no Rock; I know not any.”
(Isaiah 44:6-8)
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God,
“who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty” (1:8)
“…Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one.
I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”
(Revelations 1:17-18)
“I the LORD speak the truth;
I declare what is right… (Isaiah 45:19)
And there is no other god besides me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
there is none besides me… (21)
“Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
By myself I have sworn;
from my mouth has gone out in righteousness
a word that shall not return:
To me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear allegiance.’”
(Isaiah 45:22-23)
“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.”
(Philippians 2:9-11)
There is one name by which we can be saved, Jesus Christ.
Jesus is God – all will bow to Worship.
Jesus is the “Signal” [or “Banner”] that was foretold, like the bronze serpent which was lifted on the pole (John 3:14),
we must have Faith in this Banner or we will surely perish in our sins:
“For this is the will of my Father,
that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life,
and I will raise him up on the last day.”
(John 6:40)
The “Signal” has long been foretold by the Prophet Isaiah:
“In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—
of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious." (11:10)
“He will raise a signal for the nations
and will assemble the banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.” (11:12)
“He will raise a signal for nations far away,
and whistle for them from the ends of the earth" (5:26)
“The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
On a bare hill raise a signal;
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles.
I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
my proudly exulting ones.” (13:1-3)
“All you inhabitants of the world,
you who dwell on the earth,
when a signal is raised on the mountains, look!” (18:3)
“Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
and raise my signal to the peoples;
and they shall bring your sons in their arms,
and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
Kings shall be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
and lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the LORD;
those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.” (49:22-23)
Therefore, we must have faith in this foretold “Signal,” the Banner of the Lord.
“Jesus said to him,
‘I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.'”
(John 14:6)
We must also live in Righteousness, seeking the Spirit of the Lord in His Word and in Truth.
Right NOW, people are going to Perdition in their Sins
because they do NOT know the Truth.
If we continue in Sin, the Truth is Not in us. We should all know by NOW that :
we MUST honor all the 10 Commandments of the Law and
we MUST love, honor and obey the Words of Jesus.
However, the “church” today does not honor God,
nor do they Return to Him and Honor his Holy Sabbath.
“For this is a people without discernment; therefore,
he who made them will not have compassion on them;
he who formed them will show them no favor.”
(Isaiah 27:11)
“For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel,
“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”
But you were unwilling, “
(Isaiah 30:15)
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;
because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
...They shall eat, but not be satisfied;
they shall play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the LORD
to cherish whoredom, wine, and new wine,
which take away the understanding.”
(Hosea 6:6-10)
We know that much of the Bible is dedicated to helping us better understand how to live in a manner that pleases the Lord our God.
Following the Word of Jesus, we will seek first after God’s Righteousness.
Although there is a tremendous amount to explore on this topic, let’s begin with some Old Testament basics.
Namely, it is God who makes us Righteous; He Sanctifies us.
“You are my servant,
I have chosen you and not cast you off”;
fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
(Isaiah 41:9-10)
“Shower, O heavens, from above,
and let the clouds rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;
let the earth cause them both to sprout;
I the LORD have created it."
(Isaiah 45:8)
“Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.
Keep my statutes and do them;
I am the LORD who sanctifies you."
(Leviticus 20:8)
“‘Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths,
for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations,
that you may know that I, the LORD, sanctify you.
You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you.
Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death.”
(Exodus 31:13)
There is a clear process here, defined by God, and the “Sign” between God and each of us – the Keeping of the Sabbath,
His 4th Commandment, The Seal of the Covenant Law.
We consecrate ourselves before the Lord by:
Submitting to His Lordship, Believing in Jesus, and Obeying His Every Word.
In response to our Praise and Devotion, The Lord our God sanctifies us.
This is completed only when we keep His Statutes and obey His Commandments. We also learn by His Judgments.
Without a clear understanding [and ongoing study and appreciation] of :
His Commandments, His Law, His Judgments, His Word,
His Testimonies, His Statutes, and His Precepts –
We will Not experience Eternal Life,
because:
“Blessed are those who do His Commandments [wash their robes],
so that they may have the right to the tree of life
and that they may enter the city by the gates.
Outside are the dogs and sorcerers
and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters,
and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.”
(Revelations 22:14-15)
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“Great peace have those who love Your Law,
and nothing caused them to stumble.
Lord, I hope for Your Salvation.
And I do Your Commandments.
My soul keeps Your Testimonies,
and I love them exceedingly.
I keep Your Precepts and Your Testimonies.
For all my ways are before You.”
(Psalms 119:165-168)
Psalms 119 Precept Party
“Forever, O Lord, Your Word is settled in heaven.”
(Psalms 119:89)
“Blessed are the undefiled [blameless] in the way,
Who walk in the Law of the Lord!
Blessed are those who keep His Testimonies,
Who seek Him with the whole heart!
They do no iniquity; They walk in His Ways.
You have commanded us to keep Your Precepts diligently.
Oh that my ways were directed to keep Your Statutes!
Then I would not be ashamed,
When I look into Your Commandments,
I will praise You with uprightness of heart,
When I learn Your Judgments.”
Psalms 119 is a beautiful meditation, a “testimony” to the greatness of God’s Word and to the Precepts, or Truths,
that is holds, which we are eager to uncover. By reading, re-reading, meditating and contemplating,
the Holy Spirit moves within us to explain the mysteries of the Word.
What follows is an analysis of the Concepts repeated
and the Precepts openly explained within the text of Psalms 119.
Herein lies critical Precepts that will literally save lives.
Verses 1-7 above detail the outline for the entire Testimony of Psalms 119.
This method of analysis can be deployed on any Book of the Bible.
It begins with reading the entire book a number of times (8-10x), at which point patterns, repetition, and concepts will be revealed.
Analysis begins within each Book, considering what the repeated concepts mean within the Book,
then each concept can be considered within the entirety of the Holy Scripture.
To keep it short, we will only be analyzing the text of Psalms 119 within the text of Psalms 119.
The Precepts (Truths) gained from this analysis can then be applied to the understanding of all Scripture.
We will consider:
Law, Commandments, Testimonies, Statutes, Word, Judgments and Precepts.
PLEASE NOTE: Under each Red Headings, where you see an elipse ...
please insert the heading name. For example:
“All… are faithful” (86) reads "All your commandments are faithful"
Let’s uncover what they are:
“I will meditate on Your Precepts,
and contemplate [look into] Your Ways.
I will delight myself in Your Statutes;
I will not forget Your Word.” (15-16)
Precepts of The Law of the Lord, Your Law, or Your Commandments
Truths about the Law and/or Commandments:
“Blessed” are the undefiled [blameless] who walk in… (1)
“Unless… had been my delight I would then have perished in my affliction.” (92)
“Great peace has those who love… And nothing causes them to stumble” (165)
“[These]… make me wiser than my enemies (98); I understand more than the ancients” (100)
“I will not be ashamed” [when I look into…] (6)
“… is better to me than thousands of coins of gold and silver.” (72)
Therefore, I love… more than gold, yes, than fine gold!” (127)
“All… are faithful” (86)
“All… are righteousness” (172)
“The consummation of all perfection, but… is exceedingly broad” (96)
“Your righteousness if an everlasting righteousness, and Your Law is Truth” (142)
“You are near, O Lord and Your Commandments are Truth” (151)
The Law of God is Faithful, Everlasting Righteousness, Truth, exceedingly broad,
bringing us great peace, keeping us from death and never causing us to stumble.
Requests to Adonai regarding:
“Let me wander not from…” (10)
“Open my eyes that I may see…” (18)
“Do not hide… from me” (19)
“Grant me… graciously” (29)
“Make me walk in the path of…” (35)
“Give me understanding that I may learn…” (78)
We must ask Adonai to see, walk in, understand, not wander from, nor hide from us, the Perfect Law of God.
What I will do regarding:
“So shall I keep… continually” (44)
“I will delight myself in… which I love” (47)
“I delight in…” (70)
“My hands also I will lift up to…” (48) [surrender]
“For I believe…” (66) – “teach me good judgment and knowledge”
“Oh how I love… it is my meditation all the day” (97)
“I opened my mouth and panted. For I longed for…” (131)
“Lord, I hope for Your Salvation. And I do Your Commandments” (166)
“I long for Your Salvation, O Lord. And… is my delight.” (174)
Our Attitude toward the Law: Seeking continually, longing for, delighted in, surrendering to, believing in,
knowing it is taught to us by God, our mediation – our Hope of Salvation – Commandments we will keep.
Connection to the Heart:
“I run the course… For you shall enlarge my heart” (32)
“Give me understanding and I shall keep Your Law, indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart. (34)
The Law enlarges our hearts and gives us understanding.
We must dedicate our heart to following the Commandments completely.
“I do not turn aside from…” (51), [or “I kept/have not forgotten”, regardless of:]
“The proud have me in great derision” (51),
“I remember your name in the night” (55),
“The cords of the wicked have bound me” (61),
“My life is continually in danger” (109)
“Trouble and anguish have overtaken me” (143)
“Consider my affliction and deliver me” (153)
“I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek Your Servant” (176)
I will not turn aside or forget your Law, even if all these situations occur.
In all cases, we must keep the Law of Adonai.
The Wicked, Evildoer, who forsake or are far from:
“It is time for you to act, O Lord. For they have regarded your Law as void. (126)
“Rivers of water run down from my eyes, Because men do not keep Your Law” (136)
“You rebuke the proud – the cursed. Who stray from…” (21)
“Indignation has taken ahold of me because of the wicked, who forsake…” (53)
“I hate the double-minded [divided in heart or mind], but I love…” (113)
“Depart from me evildoers, For I will keep…” (115)
The wicked and evildoers stray from, forsake and do Not keep the Law of God.
We experience indignation, sadness, even anger, toward those who forsake
and/or cause or lead others to forsake the Law of Adonai.
“Your Law. This has become mine because I kept Your Precepts” (56)
The Law is Perfection, Truth, Faithful, Righteousness that contains elements of Salvation,
which preserve us, keep us, give us deeper understanding, and delight us every day.
By studying the Word deliberately, and uncovering God’s Precepts, we will find complete peace,
walking in his Word, storing the Law in our hearts so that we do Not sin against our Father God.
Next, we’ll consider what Psalms 119 is teaching us about God’s Word, His Statutes, and His Testimonies.
Truths about Your Testimonies:
“Blessed are those who keep…. they do not do iniquity; They walk in His ways.” (2,3)
“I have rejoiced in the way of… as much as in all riches.” (14)
“Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept…” (22)
“…are also my delight and my counselors” (24)
“… are wonderful. Therefore my soul keeps them” (129)
“… , which you have commanded, are righteous and very faithful” (138)
“I cling to… O Lord, do not put me to shame!” (31)
“Incline my heart to…, and not to covetousness” (36)
“I will speak of… also before kings and I will not be ashamed” (46)
“I thought about my ways and I turned my feet to…” (59)
“Let those who fear you turn to me, those who know…” (79)
“The wicked wait for me to destroy me, But I will consider…” (95)
“You destroy the wicked of the earth like refuse, therefore, I love…” (119)
“I have more understanding than all my teachers, for… are my meditation” (99)
“…, I have taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart” (111)
“The righteousness of… is Everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live (144)
“Many are my persecutors and my enemies, yet I do not turn from…” (157)
Blessings comes to those who keep His Testimonies. They rejoice over, delight in, cling to,
incline the heart to, speak of, turn the feet toward, consider, love, meditate upon,
rejoice in the heart over and do not turn from the Righteous, Wonderful, Faithful Testimonies,
which gives us understanding so that we may live.
Truth about Your Statutes:
“Oh that my ways were directed to keep your…” (5)
“Blessed are you Lord! Teach me…” (12)
“I will delight myself in…” (16)
“Your servant meditates on… (23);
“ I will meditate on…” (48)
“… have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage” (54)
“You are good and do good; teach me…” (68)
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn…” (71)
“For I have become like wineskin in smoke, yet I do not forget…” (83)
“I have inclined my heart to perform… Forever, to the very end” (112)
“I shall observe… continually” (117)
“You reject those who stray from…, for their deceit is falsehood” (118)
“Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek…” (155)
“Teach me Your Statutes...” (26):
… and I shall keep it to the end” (33)
… the earth is full of your mercy” (64)
… deal with your servant according to your mercy” (124)
… make your face shine upon your servant” (135)
… my lips shall utter praise” (171)
Blessed is the Lord, who teaches us His Statutes, which we: delight in, meditate on,
learn, do not forget nor stray from, incline the heart to perform (until the end), and observe continually.
When these Statutes are understood and internalized, they provide for us and
teach us through affliction and difficulty, and reveal the mercy and goodness of God to all mankind.
“I cry out with my whole heart;
Hear me, O Lord!
I will keep Your Statutes.
I cry out to you;
Save me, and I will keep Your Testimonies.
I will rise up before the dawning of the morning,
And cry for help;
I hope in Your Word.
My eyes are awake through the night watches.
That I may meditate on Your Word (145-148)
… Concerning Your Testimonies,
I have known of old
that you have founded them Forever” (152)
Truths about Your Word:
“How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to…” (9)
“…, I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against you” (11)
“… is very pure [refined]; therefore your servant loves it” (140)
“My eyes fail from searching…” (82)
Your salvation and Your Righteous Word” (123)
“I will not forget…” (16)
“I have hoped in…” (74),
“My soul faints for Your salvation” (81), “you are my hiding place and my shield” (114)
“Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep…” (17)
“Establish… to your servant, who is devoted to fearing you” (38)
“Your mercies come also to me, O Lord, Your Salvation according to…” (41)
“So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me. For I trust in…” (42)
“…upon which You have caused me to hope, this is my comfort in my affliction,
For Your Word has given me Life” (49-50)
“You are my portion, O Lord;
I have said that I would keep Your Words.
I have entreated Your favor with my whole heart;
Be merciful to me according to your Word” (57-58)
“Before I was afflicted, I went astray, But NOW I keep…” (67)
“I have restrained myself from every evil way THAT I may keep…” (101)
“How sweet are… to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth” (103)
“… is a lamp to my feet and a Light to my path” (105)
“The entrance of… gives Light. It gives understanding to the simple” (130)
“Direct my steps by…, and let no iniquity have dominion over me” (133)
“I see the treacherous and am disgusted, because they do not keep…” (158)
“My heart stands in awe of… I rejoice as one who finds great treasure” (162)
“Take not Your Word of Truth utterly out of my mouth.
For I have hoped in your ordinances.
So shall I keep Your Law continually.
Forever and ever.” (43-44)
“Revive me [Strengthen me – 28] according to Your Word” (25):
“My soul clings to the dust” (25)
“My soul melts from heaviness [drops from grief]” (28)
“Let, I pray, your merciful kindness be for my comfort” (76)
“So that I may keep the Testimony of Your Mouth” (88)
“I am afflicted very much” (107)
“that I may live; and do not let me be ashamed of my hope” (116)
“Plead my cause and redeem me” (154)
“Let my supplication come before you” (170)
The Word: Keeps our way clean, if we keep in our heart – it keeps us from Evil/Sin,
Is Pure, to be loved, to be trusted in, not to be forgotten, to be hoped in, contains Salvation,
is our hiding place and shield, when established in us – devotes us to God in Fear,
keeps us from reproach, gives us life and hope, comforts us in affliction, reveals the mercy of God,
keeps us from going astray, directs our steps, is awesome and treasured in the heart and Revives and Strengthens us,
when: our soul melts, for comfort and merciful kindness, so that we keep God’s testimony,
during affliction, so that we may live, during supplication and prayers, leading us to the knowledge of Redemption.
This may be the longest definition for the Word that you’ve ever seen.
However, this is only an analysis of Psalms 119, not the entirety of the word.
Praise God for insights that He reveals through the thoughtful analysis of His Precepts.
“The entirety of Your Word is Truth,
And every one of Your Judgments
Endures Forever” (160)
Your Judgments, or Righteous Judgments:
“I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I learn…” (7)
“With my lips I have declared all the… of your mouth” (13)
“My soul breaks [is crushed] with longing for… at all times” (20)
“I have chosen the way of Truth, … I have laid before me” (30)
“Turn away my reproach which I dread, for… are good” (39)
“I remembered… of old, O Lord, and have comforted myself” (52)
“At midnight I will rise and give thanks to you, because of Your Judgments” (62)
“I know, O Lord, that… are Righteous, and that in Faithfulness You have afflicted me” (75)
“When will you execute… on those who persecute me?” (84)
“I have not departed from Your Judgments, for Your Yourself have taught me” (102)
“I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep…” (106)
“Accept, I pray, the freewill offering of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me…” (108)
“My flesh trembles for fear of You, and I am afraid of…” (120)
“Righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are…” (137)
“O Lord, revive me according to your…” (149):
“Hear my voice according to your loving kindness” (149)
“Great are your tender mercies, O Lord” (156)
“Seven times a day I praise You, because of…” (164)
The Judgments of God: Lead us to an upright heart of praise when learned, will be declared by our mouths,
crushes the soul when longed for, can be found in the way of Truth, generate dread and fear in us,
are to be remembered (comforting us), are Righteous, upright, Faithful, to be kept, accepted and taught,
Revive us in loving kindness and tender mercy, helping our souls to live, and are taught to us by God.
“Let my soul live, and it shall praise You;
and let Your Judgments help me” (175)
There are many Precepts that we have already uncovered through this analysis.
Please read and re-read Psalms 119 and go through this article again
and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the Truth and Precepts of His Word.
Now, here are some “Precepts about God’s Precepts”
which will help us to better understand the entirety of the counsel of the Lord your God.
“Make me understand the Way of Your Precepts;
so shall I meditate on Your wonderful works” (27)
Truth about Your Precepts:
“You have commanded us to keep… diligently” (4)
“I keep… and Your Testimonies, for all my ways are before you” (168)
“Behold, I long for…; revive me in righteousness.” (40)
“I will walk at liberty [your steps will not be hindered], for I seek…” (45)
“Your Law. This has become mine, because I kept…” (56)
“I am a companion of all who fear you, and of those who keep…” (63)
“The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep… with my whole heart” (69)
“For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; but I will meditate on…” (78)
“They almost made an end of me on earth, but I did not forsake…” (87)
“The wicked have made a snare for me, but I have not strayed from…” (110)
“Redeem from me the oppression of man, that I may keep…” (134)
“I am small and despised, yet I do not forget…” (141)
“Consider how I love…; Revive me, O Lord, according to your loving kindness” (159)
The Precepts of Adonai: Revive us in Righteousness through His loving kindness,
make it possible for us to have the Law inside our hearts and minds, are to be sought after,
kept and understood, meditated upon, not forsaken or strayed from, nor forgotten.
The Precepts of the Lord give us deeper understanding, keep us from every kind of evil,
and protects us from the proud, liars, wicked, and oppressors.
The Precepts of God, we know, are given to us through the study of the Holy Word of God,
which includes His Testimonies, His Statutes, His Judgments.
The deliberate and ongoing pursuit of ALL Understanding and Wisdom contained in the Word of God
leads us to Eternal Life, Peace, and our home with Abba in the kingdom of our Heavenly Father, Amen.
“I will never forget Your Precepts;
for by them You have given me Life.
I am Yours, save me;
for I have sought your Precepts” (93-94)
“I understand more than the ancients,
Because I keep Your Precepts.
I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your Word.
I have not departed from Your Judgments.
For Your yourself have taught me.
How Sweet are Your Words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Through Your Precepts I get understanding.
Therefore I hate every false way.” (100-114)
“Therefore all Your Precepts concerning all things
I consider to be right;
I hate every false way.”
(128)
Here is the complete summary of the Precept Analysis of Psalms 119
Please consider this analysis; go back to the Word, armed with the Knowledge and Truth contained in these pages. Use what you have learned to study and consider the Precepts contained in each Book of the Bible and apply that knowledge to enable the Holy Spirit to allow you to expand your understanding of the mysteries of God contained in His Holy Scriptures.
The Law of God:
Is Faithful, Everlasting Righteousness, Truth, exceedingly broad, bringing us great peace, keeping us from death and never causing us to stumble. We must ask Adonai to see, walk in, understand, not wander from, nor hide from us, the Perfect Law of God. The wicked and evildoers stray from, forsake and do Not keep the Law of God. We experience indignation, sadness, even anger, toward those who forsake and/or cause or lead others to forsake the Law of Adonai. The Law is Perfection, Truth, Faithful, Righteousness that contains elements of Salvation, which preserve us, keep us, give us deeper understanding, and delight us every day. By studying the Word deliberately, and uncovering God’s Precepts, we will find complete peace, walking in his Word, storing the Law in our hearts so that we do Not sin against our Father God.
Blessings comes to those who keep His Testimonies:
Those who keep: rejoice over, delight in, cling to, incline the heart to, speak of, turn the feet toward, consider, love, meditate upon, rejoice in the heart over, and do not turn from the Righteous, Wonderful, Faithful Testimonies, which gives us understanding so that we may live.
Blessed is the Lord, who teaches us His Statutes, which we:
Delight in, meditate on, learn, do not forget nor stray from, incline the heart to perform (until the end), and observe continually. When these Statutes are understood and internalized, they provide for us and teach us through affliction and difficulty, and reveal the mercy and goodness of God to all mankind.
The Word:
When stored and remembered in our hearts – it keeps us from evil and sin, is pure, to be loved, to be trusted in, not to be forgotten, to be hoped in, contains Salvation, is our hiding place and shield, when established in us – devotes us to God in Fear, keeps us from reproach, gives us life and hope, comforts us in affliction, reveals the mercy of God, keeps us from going astray, directs our steps, is awesome and treasured in the heart. The Word revives and strengthens us, when: our soul melts, for comfort and merciful kindness, so that we keep God’s testimony, during affliction, so that we may live, during supplication and prayers, leading us to the knowledge of Redemption.
The Judgments of God:
Lead us to an upright heart of praise when learned, will be declared by our mouths, crushes the soul when longed for, can be found in the way of Truth, generate dread and fear in us, are to be remembered (comforting us), are Righteous, upright, Faithful, to be kept, accepted and taught, Revive us in loving kindness and tender mercy, helping our souls to live, and are taught to us by God.
The Precepts of Adonai:
Revive us in Righteousness through His loving kindness, make it possible for us to have the Law inside our hearts and minds, are to be sought after, kept and understood, meditated upon, not forsaken or strayed from, nor forgotten. The Precepts of the Lord give us deeper understanding, keep us from every kind of evil, and protects us from the proud, liars, wicked, and oppressors. The Precepts of God, we know, are given to us through the study of the Holy Word of God, which includes His Testimonies, His Statutes, His Judgments. The deliberate and ongoing pursuit of ALL Understanding and Wisdom contained in the Word of God leads us to Eternal Life, Peace, and our home with Abba in the kingdom of our Heavenly Father, Amen.
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“Truly, truly, I say to you,
everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.
The slave does not remain in the house forever;
the son remains forever.”
(John 8:34-35)
“…If God were your Father, you would love me,
for I came from God” (42)
“…Why do you not understand what I say?
It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
You are of your father the devil,
and your will is to do your father's desires.” (43-44)
“…If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
Whoever is of God hears the words of God.
The reason why you do not hear them
is that you are not of God.” (46-47)
“Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word,
he will never see death.” (51)
Abide in The Word
“If you abide in my word,
you are truly my disciples,
and you will know the truth,
and the truth will set you free.”
(John 8:31-32)
If you sin, you are a slave, not a Son or Daughter of God.
There are, have always been, and will always be
TWO GROUPS (*see Genesis 3)
(1) Those whom God loves and has called,
AND
(2) Those who refuse God, refuse His Jesus Messiah,
Blaspheme the Holy Spirit, Violate the Covenant Law of God,
CANNOT hear, understand or accept, much less Abide In,
The Holy Word from the Ancient of Days.
For this section, we focus solely on the Words of our Redeemer, Jesus Christ:
Precepts from the Gospel of John:
“Whoever believes in me,
believes not in me but in him who sent me.” (12:44)
"For I have not spoken on my own authority,
but the Father who sent me has himself
given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak.
And I know that his commandment is eternal life.
What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.” (12:49-50)
“A new commandment I give to you,
that you love one another: just as I have loved you,
you also are to love one another.
By this all people will know that you are my disciples,
if you have love for one another.” (13:34-35)
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” (14:15)
“I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
Whoever has my commandments and keeps them,
he it is who loves me.
And he who loves me will be loved by my Father,
and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” (14:20-21)
“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word,” (14:23)
“If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love,
just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.” (15:10)
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” (15:12)
“These things I command you, so that you will love one another.” (15:17)
This could NOT be clearer.
If you love Jesus, you must also, by prerequisite,
Maintain Faith in Jesus Christ.
If you love Him, you will, as it is quite clearly detailed in these verses,
Keep His Commandments.
Now it has been abundantly established that the Words of Jesus are
the Words of the Father, El Shaddai, the Ancient of Days – as repeated again here by Jesus himself.
Therefore, let us examine the famous Sermon on the Mount, so called, where Jesus lays down a new sort of Law
*(in actuality, we know our Messiah is the complete fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets).
These are Commands from Jesus, contained in the Book of Matthew, chapters 5-7:
[There are many more Jesus discussed, but we'll focus small for now]
“You are the salt of the earth” (5:13) – [“Be the…” implied]
[DO: Be loving; hold back evil; be useful]
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill” (5:14) – [“Be the…” implied]
[DO: Shine Brightly and live to honor your Heavenly Father]
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets;
I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” (5:17) – [SABBATH issue HERE]
[DO: Honor God and Obey The Word, Law and Prophets]
“You shall not murder” – “angry” “insults” or “says, ‘You fool!’” (5:21-22)
[DO NOT: engage in Anger-Insults-Harsh Names]
“First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.” (5:24)
[DO: Love and Be Reconciled to your brother]
“Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court,” (5:25)
[DO: Avoid court; Resolve issues together]
“You shall not commit adultery” – “everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent
has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (5:28)
[DO: Avoid all sexual immorality, thoughts, intents outside of Marriage Covenant]
“If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away." (5:29)
"And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away.” (5:30)
[DO NOT SIN! Judgment is REAL]
“But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality,
makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.” (5:32)
[DO NOT: Divorce]
“Do not take an oath at all,” (5:34)
“Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’;
anything more than this comes from the evil one.” (5:37)
[DO NOT: “Swear” or "Promise"]
“Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."
[DO NOT: commit Violence, Take Vengeance, or Fight Back]
"And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.
And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
Give to the one who begs from you, and
do not refuse the one who would borrow from you." (5:39-42)
[DO: Give to all who ask]
[DO: Offer a loan, DO NOT expect repayment]
“'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,” (5:43-44)
[DO: Love and Pray for your enemies]
“You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (5:48)
[DO: Be Perfect, Be Holy, Be Righteous]
“Beware of practicing your righteousness [charitable deeds, giving]
before other people in order to be seen by them” (6:1)
“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you” (6:2)
…do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,” (6:3)
[DO: Be sneaky when you give]
[DO NOT: Even congratulate yourself in private]
“when you pray” (6:5)
…go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.” (6:6)
[DO: Only Pray in Private]
“Our Father in heaven, [Acknowledge Creator God, Ancient of Days]
hallowed be your name. [Worship, Lift Up, Give Glory to God, Adonai]
Your kingdom come, [Pray that the Kingdom of God be fulfilled]
your will be done, [Not our will, but the Will of Creator God]
on earth as it is in heaven. [What is bound on earth is bound in Heaven]
Give us this day our daily bread, [Please and Thank you, if it is His will]
and forgive us our debts, [Please Forgive us any Sin; separates us from God]
as we also have forgiven our debtors. [We must Forgive others daily]
And lead us not into temptation, [Trust, Seek, Abide in, and this will Not occur]
but deliver us from evil." [God’s longsuffering, everlasting love protects us and keeps us]
"For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,
but if you do not forgive others their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." (6:9-14)
[DO: Forgive others, or you will NOT be forgiven]
“When you fast” (6:16) anoint your head and wash your face,” (6:17)
[DO: Fast]
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth,” (6:19)
“…lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,” (6:20)
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (6:21)
[DO: The Will of God]
[DO NOT: Store up money, houses, cars, possessions]
“The eye is the lamp of the body.
So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,” (6:22)
[DO: Be full of light, let there be no SIN found in you]
“You cannot serve God and money.” (6:24)
[DO: Seek God’s Righteousness, not Money, Security, or Wealth]
"Therefore do not be anxious, saying,
‘What shall we eat?’ or
‘What shall we drink?’ or
‘What shall we wear?’ (6:31)
“Do not be anxious about your life,
what you will eat or what you will drink,
nor about your body, what you will put on.
Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” (6:25)
“why are you anxious about clothing?” (6:28)
[DO NOT: Be Anxious or care about Food, Drink, Clothing, Possessions]
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,” (6:33)
[DO: Give yourself Completely to God; Give up your Life]
“do not be anxious about tomorrow,” (6:34)
[DO: Focus on the present]
“Judge not,” (7:1)
[DO: Love one another, Stop judging each other]
“first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.” (7:5)
[DO: Focus on your own faith and obedience to God, leave your brother to God]
“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs,” (6:6)
[DO NOT: Waste your time, once God reveals to you that “they” are from the other group]
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.” (7:7-8)
[DO: Have Faith – ask, seek, and knock, Knowing you will Receive]
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them,” (7:12)
[DO: Love one another, “as I have loved you.”]
“Enter by the narrow gate” (7:13)
[DO: Seek God in the WORD, not through a man, a church or an institution]
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
You will recognize them by their fruits.” (7:15-16)
[DO: Avoid Teachers - False Doctrine, Wine, Strong Drink and Fornications]
[DO: Recognize them by their Fruit – Requires discernment from the Spirit and the Word]
“Everyone then who
hears these words of mine and does them
will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” (7:24)
[DO: Hear and Obey His Words His Truth - Jesus is the Rock]
“And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” (7:26-27)
These are all “Commandments” from Jesus.
Some are implied and some are quite explicit.
The Truth which sets us Free – if, we Love Jesus and we Obey his every command;
we acknowledge that He is the I AM, the Ancient of Days.
We have all fallen short, but we will NOT live in sin,
because we are SONS and DAUGHTERS of the Lord Most High;
we will live righteously, by His Grace, Spirit, and Power, Amen!
We must earnestly search after, seek to understand, follow and obey:
His Law, His Statutes, His Testimonies, His Word, His Commandments, His Judgments,
and His Precepts make up the entirety of The Word and His Holy Scriptures.
Any Doctrine that questions, minimizes, disqualifies, adds to or takes away from,
the Truth of The Word of God is Cursed;
This is Wine from Hell via Babylon and/or her Whore Daughters.
Most of us have observed, the Preaching, Teaching, and Observable Fruit within these systems;
we have NOT observed the following and practicing of the Commands of Jesus.
There are many other things these churches do, which will be discussed in more detail,
however, we must clarify the CHARACTER of those who belong to God and Seek Him with all of their heart.
A Word from the Lord...
If you desire to be the Servant of the Lord most High,
you must meet ALL of these CRITERIA,
you must be ALL of these people:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are those who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
“Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied.
“Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall receive mercy.
“Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God.
“Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called sons of God.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven,
for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
(Matthew 5:3-11)
Poor in Spirit, who Mourns, is Meek,
Thirsts for the Spirit and Hungers for the entire Word of God,
is Merciful, is Pure in Heart, is a Peacemaker,
are being/will be Persecuted for Jesus’ Word, for righteousness’ sake.
Pray earnestly that God will grow you in the areas in which you know you are lacking.
God is Gracious; He will grant the request of those who love Jesus and keep his commands.
First, pray the prayer of Psalms 139 – God knows you completely, mediate and seek God.
“Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts!
And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting!”
(Psalms 139: 23-24)
“Go and learn what this means:
'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.'
For I came not to call the righteous,
but sinners.”
(Matthew 9:13
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“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every
branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
Abide in me, and I in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine,
neither can you, unless you abide in me.
I am the vine; you are the branches.
Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit,
for apart from me you can do nothing.”
(John 15:1-5)
How Fruit Grows
“Then he brought me back to the door of the temple,
and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple
… behold, the water was trickling out on the south side
…. and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep.
Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was knee-deep.
Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was waist-deep.
Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen.
It was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
And he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?”
Then he led me back to the bank of the river. As I went back,
I saw on the bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other.
And he said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, and enters the sea;
when the water flows into the sea, the water will become fresh.
And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live,
and there will be very many fish.
For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh;
so everything will live where the river goes.
Fishermen will stand beside the sea.
From Engedi to Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets.
Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt.
And on the banks, on both sides of the river,
there will grow all kinds of trees for food.
Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail,
but they will bear fresh fruit every month,
because the water for them flows from the sanctuary.
Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”
(Ezekiel 47:1-12)
This River of Water rises, flowing out of the Sanctuary, is the Holy Spirit of the Living God,
flowing out into the Great Sea of the Entire World, witnessing, cleansing and bringing Life in Spirit and Truth
being poured out through the Sacrifice of The Lamb of God, who has removed our sins,
the New Covenant and Finished Fulfillment of the Law and Prophets,
Which enables us to grow fruit to feed our family and to heal those Blessed by God.
“If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you,
‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him,
and he would have given you living water.”
“…whoever drinks of the water that
I will give him will never be thirsty again.
The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
(John 4:10,14)
“unless one is born of water and the Spirit,
he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” (John 3:5)
“It is the Spirit who gives life;
the flesh is no help at all.” (John 6:63)
“If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said,
Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”
Now this he said about the Spirit,
whom those who believed in him were to receive,”
(John 7:37-39)
The picture is set. A beautiful flowing river with banks cresting to reach the edge where trees are growing,
constantly fed by the Living Water of the Holy Spirit, growing fruit in season,
which heals and feeds all those who come near, and those passing by.
We have clearly established that you must submit to God,
humble yourself, and become a living sacrifice, set apart for service
to Jesus Christ, to the Glory of God the Father.
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God,
to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,
holy and acceptable to God,
which is your spiritual worship.
Do not be conformed to this world,
but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,
that by testing you may discern what is the will of God,
what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
(Romans 12:1-2)
“Have this mind among yourselves,
which is yours in Christ Jesus, who,
though he was in the form of God,
did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,
being born in the likeness of men.
And being found in human form,
he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.”
(Philippians 2:5-8)
"Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit."
(Psalms 51:10-12)
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away,
our inner self is being renewed day by day.”
(2 Corinthians 4:16)
“He saved us… according to his own mercy,
by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,”
(Titus 3:5-6)
“Be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”
(Ephesians 4:23)
“And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works,
so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.”
(Titus 3:14)
Once we humble ourselves, consecrate ourselves to God in the Spirit and the Truth of the Word of God,
devote ourselves to good works in accordance with all righteousness,
refusing ALL lies, falsehood, and doctrines of demons and men,
THEN we will be constantly renewed and refreshed by the Holy Spirit living inside us.
This renewal leads to the constant generation of fruit in our lives.
This fruit grows according to each’s ability,
God’s Grace in what has been given to each of us according to His loving kindness.
“Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ”
(Philippians 1:27)
“For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation for all people,
training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and
to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
waiting for our blessed hope,
the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and
to purify for himself a people for his own possession
who are zealous for good works.
Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.”
(Titus 2:11-15)
If the Holy Spirit’s Living Waters are to flow through you producing fruit:
You must first stop sinning,
Accept that God will Make You Righteous,
Commit yourself to Living and Keeping the Truth of the Word,
Worship God in Spirit and in Truth,
Remove yourself from all falsehood, and
Dedicate yourself to the Renewing of your mind.
But Beware of the Fruit of Babylon…
Babylon’s Fruit: Beast and Daughter
Behaviors and Doctrines
In the creation of their own false god(s), “The Beast” [the Papacy] and her Harlot Daughters [ALL other “christian” denominations]
perpetuate Doctrines of Lies, Fornications, Wine, New Wine, and Strong Intoxicating Drink.
These rob the elect of understanding in the Truth of the Word
and in the place of God’s Wisdom and God’s Precepts, these create Confusion, “Babylon.”
If we continue in these systems, we suppress the Holy Spirit Living Waters
and the blessing, peace, grace, and fruit that flows through us, giving Glory to our Father in Heaven.
Here is a small list [just scratching the surface] of these Abominations detailed by Isaiah:
1. Devising Plans, adding Sin to Sin
“Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD,
“who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,
that they may add sin to sin” (30:1)
“Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.” (30:7)
2. Will Not hear the Law of God
“To the teaching and to the testimony!
If they will not speak according to this word,
it is because they have no dawn.” (8:20)
“This is a rebellious people, lying children,
Children who will not hear the Law of the LORD” (30:9)
“Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned,
in whose ways they would not walk,
and whose law they would not obey?” (42:24)
3. Despise Prophecy
“who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets,
“Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us smooth things,
prophesy illusions,
leave the way, turn aside from the path,
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.” (30:10-11)
4. Increase Foolishness and Error
“Woe to those who join house to house,
who add field to field… (5:8)
“Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!
They have lyre and harp,
tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD,
or see the work of his hands.
Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge;
their honored men go hungry,
and their multitude is parched with thirst.
Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure,” (5:11-14)
“Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood,
who draw sin as with cart ropes,
who say: “Let him be quick,
let him speed his work that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
and let it come, that we may know it!”
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,
who put darkness for light and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!
Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,
and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!” (5:18-23)
“False teachers among you,
who will secretly bring in destructive heresies,
even denying the Master who bought them,
bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
And many will follow their sensuality,
and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.
And in their greed they will exploit you with false words.
Their condemnation from long ago is not idle,
and their destruction is not asleep.”
(2 Peter 2:1-3)
5. They are at ease, Complacent
"Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice;
you complacent daughters,
give ear to my speech.
In little more than a year you will shudder,
you complacent women;
for the grape harvest fails,
the fruit harvest will not come.
Tremble, you women who are at ease,
shudder, you complacent ones;
strip, and make yourselves bare,
and tie sackcloth around your waist.
Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine, for the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,” (32:9-13)
From The Parable of the Sower
“And others are the ones sown among thorns.
They are those who hear the word,
but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches
and the desires for other things enter in
and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.”
(Mark 4:18-19)
6. With Hearts far from God,
Following Commandments of Men
“And the Lord said:
“Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men” (29:13)
7. A Prophecy Against Babylon and
her Whore Church Daughters
“Now therefore hear this,
you lover of pleasures,
who sit securely,
who say in your heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow or know the loss of children”:
“since in her heart she says,
I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
and mourning I shall never see.’”
(Revelations 18:7)
"These two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day;
the loss of children and widowhood shall come upon you in full measure,
in spite of your many sorceries and the great power of your enchantments.
You felt secure in your wickedness;
you said, “No one sees me”;
your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,
and you said in your heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
But evil shall come upon you,
which you will not know how to charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
for which you will not be able to atone;
and ruin shall come upon you suddenly,
of which you know nothing.
Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries,
with which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
perhaps you may inspire terror.
You are wearied with your many counsels;
let them stand forth and save you,
those who divide the heavens,
who gaze at the stars,
who at the new moons make known what shall come upon you.
Behold, they are like stubble;
the fire consumes them;
they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame.
No coal for warming oneself is this, no fire to sit before!
Such to you are those with whom you have labored,
who have done business with you from your youth;
they wander about, each in his own direction;
there is no one to save you.”
(Isaiah 47:8-15)
“As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls
and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother,
‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD.’
And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people,
and they hear what you say but they will not do it;
for with lustful talk in their mouths they act;
their heart is set on their gain.
And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and
plays well on an instrument,
for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.
When this comes—and come it will!
—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
(Ezekiel 33:30-33)
“Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live,
yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice,
none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered,
but in his injustice that he has done he shall die
… If the wicked restores the pledge,
gives back what he has taken by robbery,
and walks in the statutes of life, not doing iniquity,
he shall surely live; he shall not die.”
(Ezekiel 33:13-15)
You may even still be thinking that you can stay at your “church,”
that it’s not a big deal to worship on Sunday,
that these are “good people.”
It is this very lie, and the belief in this lie,
that has led millions to burn for all eternity in Sheol.
Jesus spoke more about Hell than Heaven; Judgment is Coming;
The Door will soon shut.
“For by Fire and by His Sword The Lord will judge all Flesh” (Isaiah 66:16)
They have STOLEN the Holy Sabbath of God
and refuse to Honor
the Creator of the Universe, The Ancient of Days
You are called to COME OUT of her and her daughters.
The Spirit will be poured out on those in the “wilderness” and they will bear great “fruit,” as proven here in these pages.
“Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
for her sins are heaped high as heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities.”
(Revelations 18:4-5)
“until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.
My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
And it will hail when the forest falls down,
and the city will be utterly laid low.
Happy are you who sow beside all waters,
who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.”
(Isaiah 32:15-20)
Come out of the Church you attend that
Does Not Honor the Lord of the Sabbath
Look to and believe in the Messiah of the Lord your God
Obey His Word and Seek His Righteousness
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“Go your way, Daniel,
for the words are shut up and
sealed until the time of the end.
Many shall purify themselves and
make themselves white and be refined,
but the wicked shall act wickedly.
And none of the wicked shall understand,
but those who are wise shall understand.”
(Daniel 12:9-10)
Hosea: Return to God
“And I will betroth you to me forever.
I will betroth you to me
in righteousness and in justice,
in steadfast love and in mercy.
I will betroth you to me in faithfulness.
And you shall know the LORD.”
(Hosea 2:19-20)
The Law, Commandments, Judgments, Statutes,
Testimonies, Precepts, The Word of God
And Faith in Jesus Christ and God the Father.
Everything we have studies up until now reveals that we must follow hard after
and obey the entirety of scripture, following sound doctrine, not those of men.
If this is what we will look like as the Bride of Christ, let’s consider the Whore Churches
and the prophetic Word against Babylon, her Harlotry, Wine, and Iniquity.
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;
because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
The more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
I will change their glory into shame.
They feed on the sin of my people;
they are greedy for their iniquity.
And it shall be like people, like priest;
I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
They shall eat, but not be satisfied;
they shall play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the LORD
to cherish whoredom, wine, and new wine,
which take away the understanding.”
(Hosea 4:6-10)
“and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.”
(Hosea 4:14)
Just to clarify, this applies to ALL people, but the prophecy applies to Babylon and her Daughters.
The Jews have turned aside from God, the Fig Tree has withered, and there is no advantage, Jew versus Gentile.
[*All references, unless labelled otherwise, will be in Hosea]
“For they sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.
Israel is swallowed up;
already they are among the nations
as a useless vessel.”
(8:7-8)
"Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
they would be regarded as a strange thing.
As for my sacrificial offerings,
they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the LORD does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.
For Israel has forgotten his Maker
and built palaces,”
(8:12-14)
An analysis of the Precepts in Hosea reveals the main themes of the crimes of:
Harlotry, Adultery, Wine, New Wine, and Sacrifices
– ritual and unacceptable to God.
Precepts of Harlotry, Adultery, Spirit of:
“Take yourself a wife of…, children of… For the land has committed great harlotry.” (1:2)
“she is not my wife, and I am not her husband—
that she put away her whoring from her face,
and her adultery from between her breasts” (2:2)
“Upon her children… no mercy… children of whoredom.
For their mother has played the whore;
she who conceived them has acted shamefully.” (2:4-5)
“There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
and no knowledge of God in the land;
there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.” (4:1-2)
“they shall play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the LORD
to cherish whoredom, wine, and new wine,
which take away the understanding.” (4:10)
“For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
and they have left their God to play the whore.” (4:12)
“Therefore your daughters play the whore,
and your brides commit adultery.” (4:13)
“Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.
When their drink is gone,
they give themselves to whoring;
their rulers dearly love shame.
A wind has wrapped them in its wings,
and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.” (4:17-19)
“now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore;
Israel is defiled.
Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God.
For the spirit of whoredom is within them,
and they know not the LORD.” (5:3-4)
“Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,
because he was determined to go after filth
[to follow human precepts].” (5:11)
“They are all adulterers;
they are like a heated oven
whose baker ceases to stir the fire,
from the kneading of the dough
until it is leavened.
On the day of our king,
the princes became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue;
all night their anger smolders
… and none of them calls upon me.
Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Strangers devour his strength,
and he knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
and he knows it not.
The pride of Israel testifies to his face;
yet they do not return to the LORD their God,
nor seek him, for all this.” (7:4-10)
“for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
Although I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise evil against me.
They return, but not upward;
they are like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of the insolence of their tongue.” (7:14-16)
“Ephraim has hired lovers.
Though they hire allies among the nations,
I will soon gather them up.” (8:9-10)
“for you have played the whore, forsaking your God.
You have loved a prostitute's wages on all threshing floors.
Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them,
and the new wine shall fail them.” (9:1-2)
“But they came to Baal-peor
and consecrated themselves to the thing of shame,
and became detestable like the thing they loved.” (9:10)
“Ephraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.” (10:6)
“they kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.” (11:2)
“And now they sin more and more,
and make for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
“Those who offer human sacrifice kiss calves!”
Therefore they shall be like the morning mist
or like the dew that goes early away,
like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor
or like smoke from a window.” (13:2-3)
The Spirit of Anti-christ has infused the church, spoiling the world,
and creating conditions for the Strong Delusion.
The Beast and Her Daughters - IDOLATRY and Behaviors:
Shameful Behavior: "there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;"
"they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed." - lawlessness leading to death
They Do Not Know the Lord and have Forsaken the LORD.
The spirit of whoredom has led them astray.
"When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring" - To other denominations and other gods.
"their rulers dearly love shame" - They shame their Flock and Fleece them of their money.
"because he was determined to go after filth" - To honor and follow the commandments of men.
"adulterers whose baker ceases to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened."
They 'feed' on the sins, shame the flock, create false doctrine and multiply sin upon sin.
"the princes became sick with the heat of wine" - the multiplied sins of Priest, Pastors, Teachers.
"he stretched out his hand with mockers." - Many churches agree with apostate, atheist, pagan world
"For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders,"
They Burn in their faith; they HATE and HATE in the name of God .
“And now they sin more and more“
"for grain and wine they gash themselves" - self-harm, self-loathing self-shaming openly taught.
"they rebel against me" - who strengthened and taught them.
"Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail them.”
The countless False Doctrines, nonsensical Traditions, and Idolatries will all fail.
Those who follow after the Beast and Her Daughters will be put to shame.
"There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth"
Their sacrifices,
including Sun-Day Worship,
are unacceptable
Regarding the deeds, attitudes and behaviors of the Beast System:
God has/will:
“stripped her naked,” uncovered “her lewdness,” “causing her mirth to cease,” “destroy her vines and her fig trees,” makes is so they “stumble in the day,” “change their glory into shame,” “punish them for their ways,” “will remember their iniquity,” “will punish their sins,” “drive them from my house,” “kill the darlings of their womb,” AND keeps their “[sin] bound up… stored up”
She/They:
“does not know the Lord,” “pursued her lovers,” “hires lovers among the nations,” “made love for hire on every threshing floor,” is a “ritual harlot,” “commits harlotry continually,” “seeks counsel from wooden idols,” “offers sacrifices… [where] their shade is good,” “deals treacherously with Me [God],” “did not cry out to Me with their heart,” ”decked herself with earrings and jewelry,” “shall not increase,”
“increased sin,” ”commits lewdness,” “set their hearts on iniquity,” “eats the sins of my people,” “drink[s] rebellion,” has “rulers [who] dearly love dishonor,” is “defiled with blood,” has “Bands of robbers [who] lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests [can] murder on the way,” “transgressed against me,” “stumble in their iniquity,”
“assemble together for grain and new wine,” “devise evil against me,” “set up kings… princes… idols for themselves – that they may be cut off,” “are deeply corrupted,” “bring out their children to the murderer,” “empties the vine… brings forth fruit for himself,” “Their hearts are divided. Now they are held guilty,”
“have spoken lies against me,” “have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant,” “plowed wickedness… reaped iniquity… eaten the fruit of lies, because you trusted in your own way,” “refused to repent,” “are bent on backsliding from Me,” “encircled me with lies… with deceit,”
“pursues the wind… increases lies and desolation [ruin]… have become rich… wealthy for myself, ‘In my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that is sin’” “has [worthless] idols… molded images,” “sin[s] more and more,” “were filled and their heart was exalted,” “forgot Me,” AND “rebelled against her God.”
“But they do not consider
that I remember all their evil.
Now their deeds surround them;
they are before my face.” (7:2)
“They have transgressed my covenant
and rebelled against my law.” (8:2)
Return!
"Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God,
for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
Take with you words
and return to the LORD;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept what is good,
and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.
Assyria shall not save us;
we will not ride on horses;
and we will say no more,
‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”
I will heal their apostasy;
I will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them."
(Hosea 14:1-4)
“Thus declares the LORD of hosts:
Return to me, says the LORD of hosts,
and I will return to you,
says the LORD of hosts
“…But my words and my statutes,
which I commanded my servants the prophets,
did they not overtake your fathers?
So they repented and said,
As the LORD of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds,
so has he dealt with us.’”
(Zechariah 1:3-6)
“So you, by the help of your God, return,
hold fast to love and justice,
and wait continually for your God.” (12:6)
Even so now, while it is still today, Return to the Lord your God. God is merciful and kind.
He takes no pleasure in the punishment of the wicked. Do not disdain his mercy and grace.
“And in that day I will answer, declares the LORD,
I will answer the heavens,
and they shall answer the earth,
and the earth shall answer the grain,
the wine, and the oil,
and they shall answer Jezreel,
and I will sow her for myself in the land.
And I will have mercy on No Mercy,
and I will say to Not My People, You are my people’;
and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’” (2:21-23)
“Come, let us return to the LORD;
for he has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD;
his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us as the showers,
as the spring rains that water the earth.” (6:1-3)
“And in the place where it was said to them,
“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them,
“Children of the living God.”… (1:10)
“You have received mercy.” (2:1)
These verses clearly point to Messiah, Jesus Christ.
“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name,
he gave the right to become children of God,
who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh
nor of the will of man, but of God.”
(John 1:12-13)
“Your love is like a morning cloud,
like the dew that goes early away.
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
I have slain them by the words of my mouth,
and my judgment goes forth as the light.
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
But like Adam they transgressed the covenant;
there they dealt faithlessly with me.” (6:4-6)
Remember, we are to be betrothed to God in
Righteousness, Justice, Lovingkindness, Mercy and Faithfulness.
God has delivered to us a New and Living Doctrine in the Life and Death of Jesus Christ.
Sacrifices and burnt offerings DO NOT please our God.
“For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise”
(Psalms 51:16-17)
God’s Grace, Forgiveness, and Sympathy remains. All can return to Him.
He has also shown Mercy and Grace through His Prophets, adding Grace and Truth in Jesus Christ.
“they did not know that I healed them.
I led them with cords of kindness,
with the bands of love,
and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
and I bent down to them and fed them.”
(Hosea 11:3-4)
“My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
I will not execute my burning anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
for I am God and not a man,
the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath.
They shall go after the LORD;
he will roar like a lion; when he roars,
his children shall come trembling from the west;
they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,
and like doves from the land of Assyria,
and I will return them to their homes, declares the LORD.”
(Hosea 11:9-11)
“spoke to the prophets;
it was I who multiplied visions,
and through the prophets gave parables.” (12:10)
“The prophet is a fool;
the man of the spirit is mad,
because of your great iniquity and great hatred.
The prophet is the watchman of Ephraim with my God;
yet a fowler's snare is on all his ways,
and hatred in the house of his God.” (9:7-8)
“He destroys you, O Israel,
for you are against me, against your helper.
Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities?
…I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol;
I shall redeem them from Death.
O Death, where are your plagues?
O Sheol, where is your sting?
Compassion is hidden from my eyes.” (13:9-10,14)
“I will heal their apostasy;
I will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.
I will be like the dew to Israel;
he shall blossom like the lily;
he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;
his shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be like the olive,
and his fragrance like Lebanon.
They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow;
they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.
I am like an evergreen cypress;
from me comes your fruit.
Whoever is wise,
let him understand these things;
whoever is discerning,
let him know them;
for the ways of the LORD are right,
and the upright walk in them,
but transgressors stumble in them.” (14:4-9)
God’s Grace and Kindness are never ending – Praise Adonai!
Even in the midst of His anger, He chooses to love and forgive
ALL who turn to Him and call on the Name of Jesus Christ,
who believe in Him and follow His Commands until the End of Days.
The counsel of these pages is meant to:
guide you, lift you up, encourage you, enable you, strengthen you, and empower you in the Holy Spirit,
to be equipped for every Good Work, to the Glory of God the Father, Lord and Savior. Amen!