The questions in chapter one of "We Have Inherited Lies"
was not intended to cause anyone to feel upset or to make them
believe they were not saved. They are valid questions. We have a
responsibility to search out the scriptures, to verify and to know
that what we’ve been taught is accurate and correct. From a
Hebrew perspective the questions in chapter one was the kinds of
questions that we had to start asking ourselves when we first
started looking at the scriptures from a Hebrew/Jewish
perspective.
I do not wish to throw the baby out with the bathwater,
however, from a Christian perspective the scriptures left me with
more questions than answers. I would notice that the church
leaders would twist and make the scriptures fit their point of view
and to fit their traditions. Without understanding the Hebrew
culture and traditions, not to mention the fact that we are
separated by more than 2000 years from the time of the first
century teachings, it is just next to impossible to fully comprehend
the written message that the Messiah and his disciples were
teaching in that time period.
My beautiful wife is from the country Burma and while she
has been in this country for more than 10 years, there are still
times that we fail to communicate in such a way that we fully
understand each other. We have a good understanding of how
each other thanks and we live during the same time period. Our
cultural differences are very evident and make life very
interesting, but we have not been separated by 2000 years in our
understanding of each other.
Now try to understand or comprehend the differences
between our “modern American culture”, and the differences in
the culture of the Hebrew people 2000 years ago. They had a far
different way of looking at life not to mention their language,
“Hebrew”. The way they used the words in Hebrew then was far
different in understanding then how we understand Hebrew here
today, not to mention the translation into the English language.
Here is a very powerful and moving thought… The Law was
not the covenant that the Father made with His people; it is the
result of the covenant or the evidence of the covenant. So, if the
Law was and is not the covenant, what was it or what is it, “The
Covenant”? Therefore, as we read in what is called the New
Testament were the Messiah says, “If you love me, keep my
Commandments”, it would mean that by keeping the Torah, the
Law, His Commandments, we then are grafted into His covenant
with His people, and by keeping His Torah, it is the evidence that
we love Him and are His people. Loyalty to the Father is doing His
will, and His will is for us to be in His covenant, and to be in His
covenant, we are obligated to keep His Torah.
So how can anyone ever say the Torah has been done away
with? Without Torah living, there is no evidence of our being
saved and of our love for Him, and therefore there is not any
covenant of any kind. We are doomed for a forever death without
His Torah, and so, keeping His Torah is a sign that we are saved by
His grace as a sign that we Love Him, and that He loves us as well
by His death for our sins. This is the Covenant…
Could it be that we are so arrogant to think that we have no
responsibility in the concept of being saved? That all that is
needed is that He would die for us and we would be saved without
us having any part to play in this action. Remember what James
“the Messiah’s brother” said; “Faith without works is dead”? What
did he mean by this statement?
Let’s scrutinize what James had to say.
James 1:21 The Scriptures 1998+) Therefore put away all
filthiness and overflow of evil, and receive with meekness the
implanted Word, 1 which is able to save your lives. Footnote: 1See Mt.
13:4-23. :22 And become doers of the Word, and not
hearers only, 1 deceiving yourselves. Footnote: 1See Mt. 7:24-27, Lk. 6:46-
49, Lk. 8:21, Rom. 2:13, Heb. 4:11, Rev. 22:14. :23 Because if anyone is a
hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at
his natural face in a mirror, :24 for he looks at himself, and goes
away, and immediately forgets what he was like.
James 1:25 But he that looked into the perfect Torah,
that of freedom, 1 and continues in it, not becoming a hearer that
forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be blessed in his doing of
the Torah. Footnote: 1See 2:12.
And also:
(James 2:14 The Scriptures 1998+) My brothers, what use is
it for anyone to say he has belief but does not have works? This
belief is unable to save him. :15 And if a brother or sister is naked
and in need of daily food, :16 but one of you says to them, “Go in
peace, be warmed and be filled,” but you do not give them the
bodily needs, what use is it? :17 So also belief, if it does not have
works, is in itself dead. :18 But someone might say, “You have
belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without
your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works. :19 You
believe that Elohim is one. You do well. The demons also believe –
and shudder! :20 But do you wish to know, O foolish man,
that the belief without the works is dead? :21 Was not Abraham
our father declared right by works when he offered Yitsḥaq his son
on the altar? :22 Do you see that the belief was working with his
works, and by the works the belief was perfected? :23 And the
Scripture was filled which says, “Abraham believed Elohim, and it
was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And he was called,
“Elohim’s friend.” :24 You see, then, that a man is declared right
by works, and not by belief alone. :25 In the same way, was not
Rahaḇ the whore also declared right by works when she received
the messengers and sent them out another way? :26 For as the
body without the spirit is dead, so also the belief is dead without
the works.
It is personally interesting to me that I am able to quote from
what is called the New Testament and from the teachers there-in
to show we need to keep the Torah. Furthermore, we also need to
come to the understanding that at the time of the first century
Fathers, including the Messiah and Paul, what we call the “New
Testament” as we now understand it had not been written yet. So
what Scriptures were they reading and teaching from? The only
possible answer to this would be what we commonly refer to as the
Old Testament, and more to the point, the Torah or Law.
Here are some strong key Scripture points the church seems to
disregard:
(John 14:15 MKJV) If you love Me, keep My
commandments.
And also in a different translation:
(John 14:15 The Scriptures 1998+) “If you love Me,
you shall guard My commands. 1 Footnote: 1See Ex. 20:6, vv. 21&23, 1 John 5:
2-3, 2 John v. 6.
(2 John 1:6 The Scriptures 1998+) And this is the love, that
we walk according to His commands. 1 This is the command, that
as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.
Footnote: 1See 1 John 5:3, and John 14:15. :7 Because many who
are leading astray went out into the world who do not
confess יהושע Messiah as coming in the flesh. This one is he who is
leading astray and the anti-messiah. :8 See to yourselves, that we
do not lose what we worked for, but that we might receive a
complete reward. :9 Everyone who is transgressing and not
staying in the teaching of Messiah does not possess Elohim. 1 The
one who stays in the teaching of Messiah possesses both the Father
and the Son.
2 Footnotes: 11 Tim. 6:3. 2See 1 John 1:3, 1 John 2:22, 1 John 5:20.
:10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not
receive him into your house nor greet him, :11 for he who greets
him shares in his wicked works.
John here is speaking of anyone who comes saying we do not need
to keep the Fathers Torah, or saying it, “The Torah or the Law” has
been done away with. To say he was speaking of
anything different would be totally irresponsible because that view
would not be supported with-in the Scriptures, and furthermore,
what else could John be speaking of when he states:
“(2 John 1:6 The Scriptures 1998+) And this is the love, that
we walk according to His commands”?
(1 John 5:2 The Scriptures 1998+) By this we know that we
love the children of Elohim, when we love Elohim and guard His
commands. :3 For this is the love for Elohim, that we guard His
commands,1 and His commands are not heavy, Footnote: 1See 5:2, 2
John v. 6, John 14:15.
And also in a different translation:
(1 John 5:2 MKJV) By this we know that we love the
children of God, whenever we love God and keep His
commandments. :3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His
commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.
Here is a question, if the Torah or the Law had been done
away with, why wasn’t there a decree that was prominently
revealed in the New Testament? Rather, the church has to make
that statement in cryptic ways, little sound bites, “verses” to
support their teachings all of which are taken out of context
without understanding the Hebrew language or the culture of the
time.
A final point of interest. When someone is sharing with
someone concerning matters of Scripture, and the person that is
being talked to take offence to what is being said, we need to ask a
few very important questions.
1) What are they getting upset at?
2) Is it a personality difference?
3) Is it because we are not considerate of their feelings?
4) Is it the Scriptures they are getting offended at?
5) Are they the kinds of people that gets offended easily?
Just how do we deal with people, all people? Can we always
reach everyone? Could it be that maybe there are some people we
should not discus the Scriptures with, and I want to make this
very clear; Not because they are undeserving in anyway, but
rather, we are human beings, and not all people get along with all
people. We have differences that make some of us
compatible with some, and not with others. We need to recognize
this in ourselves and in others.
We are not the Father or His Son, so there are limitations we
need to be aware of, not to say that we are not to try, but be aware
that someone else might be better sueded to talk to this person
because of personality differences. If we try to make ourselves
into something we are not, we stand the chance of not being more
useful to the Spirit when He calls on us. Yes, we need to be willing
to try to be all things top all people, but realistically, we need to
stay focused on what the Father has gave us as our abilities.
I am not a surgeon, so I should not try to be, but I can put a
band-aid on a cut. All I am saying, is, lets not try to take on more
then we can handle and recognize your limitations. We need to
also understand that the Father by faith will bring the right people
that is sueded for us to talk to. Lets not limit Him by our works
and try to be more then we are. The Father made us all different,
and gave us all different skills when it comes to being a witness
and teaching. We can not always make everyone happy.
So what of those questions from above?
was not intended to cause anyone to feel upset or to make them
believe they were not saved. They are valid questions. We have a
responsibility to search out the scriptures, to verify and to know
that what we’ve been taught is accurate and correct. From a
Hebrew perspective the questions in chapter one was the kinds of
questions that we had to start asking ourselves when we first
started looking at the scriptures from a Hebrew/Jewish
perspective.
I do not wish to throw the baby out with the bathwater,
however, from a Christian perspective the scriptures left me with
more questions than answers. I would notice that the church
leaders would twist and make the scriptures fit their point of view
and to fit their traditions. Without understanding the Hebrew
culture and traditions, not to mention the fact that we are
separated by more than 2000 years from the time of the first
century teachings, it is just next to impossible to fully comprehend
the written message that the Messiah and his disciples were
teaching in that time period.
My beautiful wife is from the country Burma and while she
has been in this country for more than 10 years, there are still
times that we fail to communicate in such a way that we fully
understand each other. We have a good understanding of how
each other thanks and we live during the same time period. Our
cultural differences are very evident and make life very
interesting, but we have not been separated by 2000 years in our
understanding of each other.
Now try to understand or comprehend the differences
between our “modern American culture”, and the differences in
the culture of the Hebrew people 2000 years ago. They had a far
different way of looking at life not to mention their language,
“Hebrew”. The way they used the words in Hebrew then was far
different in understanding then how we understand Hebrew here
today, not to mention the translation into the English language.
Here is a very powerful and moving thought… The Law was
not the covenant that the Father made with His people; it is the
result of the covenant or the evidence of the covenant. So, if the
Law was and is not the covenant, what was it or what is it, “The
Covenant”? Therefore, as we read in what is called the New
Testament were the Messiah says, “If you love me, keep my
Commandments”, it would mean that by keeping the Torah, the
Law, His Commandments, we then are grafted into His covenant
with His people, and by keeping His Torah, it is the evidence that
we love Him and are His people. Loyalty to the Father is doing His
will, and His will is for us to be in His covenant, and to be in His
covenant, we are obligated to keep His Torah.
So how can anyone ever say the Torah has been done away
with? Without Torah living, there is no evidence of our being
saved and of our love for Him, and therefore there is not any
covenant of any kind. We are doomed for a forever death without
His Torah, and so, keeping His Torah is a sign that we are saved by
His grace as a sign that we Love Him, and that He loves us as well
by His death for our sins. This is the Covenant…
Could it be that we are so arrogant to think that we have no
responsibility in the concept of being saved? That all that is
needed is that He would die for us and we would be saved without
us having any part to play in this action. Remember what James
“the Messiah’s brother” said; “Faith without works is dead”? What
did he mean by this statement?
Let’s scrutinize what James had to say.
James 1:21 The Scriptures 1998+) Therefore put away all
filthiness and overflow of evil, and receive with meekness the
implanted Word, 1 which is able to save your lives. Footnote: 1See Mt.
13:4-23. :22 And become doers of the Word, and not
hearers only, 1 deceiving yourselves. Footnote: 1See Mt. 7:24-27, Lk. 6:46-
49, Lk. 8:21, Rom. 2:13, Heb. 4:11, Rev. 22:14. :23 Because if anyone is a
hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at
his natural face in a mirror, :24 for he looks at himself, and goes
away, and immediately forgets what he was like.
James 1:25 But he that looked into the perfect Torah,
that of freedom, 1 and continues in it, not becoming a hearer that
forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be blessed in his doing of
the Torah. Footnote: 1See 2:12.
And also:
(James 2:14 The Scriptures 1998+) My brothers, what use is
it for anyone to say he has belief but does not have works? This
belief is unable to save him. :15 And if a brother or sister is naked
and in need of daily food, :16 but one of you says to them, “Go in
peace, be warmed and be filled,” but you do not give them the
bodily needs, what use is it? :17 So also belief, if it does not have
works, is in itself dead. :18 But someone might say, “You have
belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without
your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works. :19 You
believe that Elohim is one. You do well. The demons also believe –
and shudder! :20 But do you wish to know, O foolish man,
that the belief without the works is dead? :21 Was not Abraham
our father declared right by works when he offered Yitsḥaq his son
on the altar? :22 Do you see that the belief was working with his
works, and by the works the belief was perfected? :23 And the
Scripture was filled which says, “Abraham believed Elohim, and it
was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And he was called,
“Elohim’s friend.” :24 You see, then, that a man is declared right
by works, and not by belief alone. :25 In the same way, was not
Rahaḇ the whore also declared right by works when she received
the messengers and sent them out another way? :26 For as the
body without the spirit is dead, so also the belief is dead without
the works.
It is personally interesting to me that I am able to quote from
what is called the New Testament and from the teachers there-in
to show we need to keep the Torah. Furthermore, we also need to
come to the understanding that at the time of the first century
Fathers, including the Messiah and Paul, what we call the “New
Testament” as we now understand it had not been written yet. So
what Scriptures were they reading and teaching from? The only
possible answer to this would be what we commonly refer to as the
Old Testament, and more to the point, the Torah or Law.
Here are some strong key Scripture points the church seems to
disregard:
(John 14:15 MKJV) If you love Me, keep My
commandments.
And also in a different translation:
(John 14:15 The Scriptures 1998+) “If you love Me,
you shall guard My commands. 1 Footnote: 1See Ex. 20:6, vv. 21&23, 1 John 5:
2-3, 2 John v. 6.
(2 John 1:6 The Scriptures 1998+) And this is the love, that
we walk according to His commands. 1 This is the command, that
as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.
Footnote: 1See 1 John 5:3, and John 14:15. :7 Because many who
are leading astray went out into the world who do not
confess יהושע Messiah as coming in the flesh. This one is he who is
leading astray and the anti-messiah. :8 See to yourselves, that we
do not lose what we worked for, but that we might receive a
complete reward. :9 Everyone who is transgressing and not
staying in the teaching of Messiah does not possess Elohim. 1 The
one who stays in the teaching of Messiah possesses both the Father
and the Son.
2 Footnotes: 11 Tim. 6:3. 2See 1 John 1:3, 1 John 2:22, 1 John 5:20.
:10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not
receive him into your house nor greet him, :11 for he who greets
him shares in his wicked works.
John here is speaking of anyone who comes saying we do not need
to keep the Fathers Torah, or saying it, “The Torah or the Law” has
been done away with. To say he was speaking of
anything different would be totally irresponsible because that view
would not be supported with-in the Scriptures, and furthermore,
what else could John be speaking of when he states:
“(2 John 1:6 The Scriptures 1998+) And this is the love, that
we walk according to His commands”?
(1 John 5:2 The Scriptures 1998+) By this we know that we
love the children of Elohim, when we love Elohim and guard His
commands. :3 For this is the love for Elohim, that we guard His
commands,1 and His commands are not heavy, Footnote: 1See 5:2, 2
John v. 6, John 14:15.
And also in a different translation:
(1 John 5:2 MKJV) By this we know that we love the
children of God, whenever we love God and keep His
commandments. :3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His
commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.
- What are His Commandments? Hmmm.
I can think of at least 10 of them, can you?
Here is a question, if the Torah or the Law had been done
away with, why wasn’t there a decree that was prominently
revealed in the New Testament? Rather, the church has to make
that statement in cryptic ways, little sound bites, “verses” to
support their teachings all of which are taken out of context
without understanding the Hebrew language or the culture of the
time.
A final point of interest. When someone is sharing with
someone concerning matters of Scripture, and the person that is
being talked to take offence to what is being said, we need to ask a
few very important questions.
1) What are they getting upset at?
2) Is it a personality difference?
3) Is it because we are not considerate of their feelings?
4) Is it the Scriptures they are getting offended at?
5) Are they the kinds of people that gets offended easily?
Just how do we deal with people, all people? Can we always
reach everyone? Could it be that maybe there are some people we
should not discus the Scriptures with, and I want to make this
very clear; Not because they are undeserving in anyway, but
rather, we are human beings, and not all people get along with all
people. We have differences that make some of us
compatible with some, and not with others. We need to recognize
this in ourselves and in others.
We are not the Father or His Son, so there are limitations we
need to be aware of, not to say that we are not to try, but be aware
that someone else might be better sueded to talk to this person
because of personality differences. If we try to make ourselves
into something we are not, we stand the chance of not being more
useful to the Spirit when He calls on us. Yes, we need to be willing
to try to be all things top all people, but realistically, we need to
stay focused on what the Father has gave us as our abilities.
I am not a surgeon, so I should not try to be, but I can put a
band-aid on a cut. All I am saying, is, lets not try to take on more
then we can handle and recognize your limitations. We need to
also understand that the Father by faith will bring the right people
that is sueded for us to talk to. Lets not limit Him by our works
and try to be more then we are. The Father made us all different,
and gave us all different skills when it comes to being a witness
and teaching. We can not always make everyone happy.
So what of those questions from above?
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