In all the years that I have been involved in religion and spirituality, I can look back now and see how others can innocently or purposely be deceptive. Especially when it comes to those who also claim to be Yeshua in the flesh on this earth. Let me be clear, that I do not follow any one person when it comes to my life and relationship with the Father YHWH and whom I say is my Lord Yeshua. I follow the word he left behind to follow in his foot steps. I want to say that I believe when I actually became sincere about walking with YHWH and actually making Yeshua Lord of my life, is when change starting taking place in my life. And that included reading the word for myself. And actually studying the word. Not just taking someone's word for it that the Bible was the word of YHWH. And at some point, it came alive in me. Up till then, I cannot truly say that I understood anything about this walk that I am now on. Yes, I was raised in it. But I had no one in my family who actually lived it. I did not have active role models in my life who could truly show me what it was to live a life of faith as I live today. And I cannot tell you how many other religions I belonged to throughout the years. My point in writing this note, is not to mock the other religions, (as a person born in America who believes in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, I would never tell anyone that they do not have the right to believe in whom they think is God.) but rather to speak on the faith that I have today that has been the only thing that has changed me into the person I am today. But I also want to get the message across on how important it is for believers today to be in the Word today and study for themselves what the Word says. I see so many people go into churches today who no longer bring their Bibles with them as they put all their trust in the person who runs media in the church to put up the right scriptures or that the bulletin will have the right scriptures and it will be worded right. As if man is not fallible to make mistakes, whether it is intentional or not. (Right now, I am only addressing other Christians) This is how other forms of new age and other doctrines start slipping into out midst. And before you know it, you have off the wall teachings such as AJ Williams AKA, Jesus as he calls himself. As I watched this interview, I noticed how easily it would be to fall into what this guy was saying. But I know without a doubt that my relationship with YHWH and Yeshua is built on the rock. And that I cannot anymore fall into what I believe is fallacy. I have to say that I am glad I watched this video on AJ Miller as well as some other videos as it shows me how they so easily deceive others and how it is that much more important that I constantly study the word for myself. I am in no way trying to say that you are not to listen to others and in no way am I trying to say that those who are in the pulpit purposely trying to deceive others. I am just trying to say how important it is that each of us study the word for ourselves. Each one of us will stand before YHWH at some point and answer for our own lives. Please take the time to read the word and as well as research the traditions that you hold onto or that were passed down to you.
Matthew 24:4-14 says: (4) Yeshua replied: “Watch out! Don’t let anyone fool you! (5) For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!’ and they will lead many astray. (6) You will hear the noise of wars nearby and the news of wars far off; see to it that you don’t become frightened. Such things must happen, but the end is yet to come. (7) For peoples will fight each other, nations will fight each other, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various parts of the world; (8) all this is but the beginning of the ‘birth-pains.’ (9) At that time you will be arrested and handed over to be punished and put to death, and all peoples will hate you because of me. (10) At that time many will be trapped into betraying and hating each other, (11) many false prophets will appear and fool many people; (12) and many people’s love will grow cold because of increased distance from Torah. (13) But whoever holds out till the end will be delivered. 14 And this Good News about the Kingdom will be announced throughout the whole world as a witness to all the Goyim. It is then that the end will come. Mark 13:1-13 says: (1) As Yeshua came out of the Temple, one of the talmidim said to him, “Look, Rabbi! What huge stones! What magnificent buildings!” (2) “You see all these great buildings?” Yeshua said to him, “They will be totally destroyed — not a single stone will be left standing!” (3) As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the Temple, Kefa, Ya‘akov, Yochanan and Andrew asked him privately, (4) “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what sign will show when all these things are about to be accomplished?” (5) Yeshua began speaking to them: “Watch out! Don’t let anyone fool you! (6) Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and they will fool many people. (7) When you hear the noise of wars nearby and the news of wars far off, don’t become frightened. Such things must happen, but the end is yet to come. (8) For peoples will fight each other, and nations will fight each other, there will be earthquakes in various places, there will be famines; this is but the beginning of the ‘birth pains.’ (9) “But you, watch yourselves! They will hand you over to the local Sanhedrins, you will be beaten up in synagogues, and on my account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. (10) Indeed, the Good News has to be proclaimed first to all the Goyim. (11) Now when they arrest you and bring you to trial, don’t worry beforehand about what to say. Rather, say whatever is given you when the time comes; for it will not be just you speaking, but the Ruach HaKodesh. (12) Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will turn against their parents and have them put to death; (13) and everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out till the end will be delivered.
In 2 Timothy 2:8-19 - (8) Remember Yeshua the Messiah, who was raised from the dead, who was a descendant of David. This is the Good News I proclaim, (9) and for which I am suffering to the point of being bound in chains — but the Word of God is not bound in chains! (10) Why do I persevere through it all? For the sake of those who have been chosen, so that they too may obtain the deliverance that comes through the Messiah Yeshua, with eternal glory. (11) Here is a statement you can trust: If we have died with him, we will also live with him. (12) If we persevere, we will also rule with him, If we disown him, he will also disown us. (13) If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself. (14) Keep reminding people of this, and charge them solemnly before the Lord not to engage in word-battles. They accomplish nothing useful and are a catastrophe for the hearers! (15) Do all you can to present yourself to God as someone worthy of his approval, as a worker with no need to be ashamed, because he deals straightforwardly with the Word of the Truth. (16) But keep away from godless babbling, for those who engage in it will only become more ungodly, (17) and their teaching will eat away at people like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are among these; (18) they have missed the mark, as far as the truth is concerned, by saying that our resurrection has already taken place; and they are overturning some people’s faith. 19 Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, stamped with these words: “The Lord knows his own, ”[a]and, “Let everyone who claims he belongs to the Lord stand apart from wrongdoing.”[b]
Verse 15 says in the Kind James version: (15) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. That means it is up to each one of us to study the word of YHWH ourselves. Not to trust in a machine to display the words on a screen or to trust in the paper that is printed in the form of a bulletin made by human hands in which can make mistakes innocently or on purpose. This is how we stray from what we know to be the truth. And please do not think it cannot happen to you. It happens to people all the time. Mainly because we live in such a world today that we are too busy to really take the time to study the Word ourselves and we do not have that firm foundation where our faith in what we believe in his on the ROCK. It saddens me to see so many people who go to churches today and never bring their Bibles with them and open the Word up as the scriptures are being read in churches today. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen the Bible misquoted as I sat in a church listening to the person at the pulpit read it. Or as I sat looking at the screen realizing that what was on the screen was not what was written in the Bible. And this is not to say that either of these times, that it was done so on purpose. Many times it is innocently done. As humans we are fallible and prone to make mistakes. But, there are times, that it is gradually done on purpose and it deceives even the very elect. This is how new age and other rituals have been brought into the what I will call the body of Christ or church. This is how we went from honoring the Sabbath, to calling Sunday the Sabbath. This is who we came about changing Passover to Easter, and I could go on and on. Each person will stand before YHWH and will answer for themselves. They will not be able to put the blame on the person behind the pulpit for their faith or how they lived their lives. I challenge each person who calls themselves a Christian or believer, and even those who belong to another faith, to read for yourself. Study why it is you believe the way you believe. For most of us, it is because it was passed down to us and we just accepted it. And for most of us, we hardly pick up the Bible and read it for ourselves, except when it comes to certain blessing scriptures, or certain Bible studies we are doing. But other than that, we do not truly seek to read the word on our own and study for ourselves. There was only one truth Yeshua was trying to teach us and he did use the Torah to point that out as well. And yet we have how many different denominations within the Christian religion? Not to mention all the other religions. I myself like to call myself Messianic for lack of a better word. That basically means to me, that I try to live by the old and new testament alike. I believe that Yeshua was born a Jew, was perfect and he obeyed the Torah and honored his Father YHWH in doing so. But in time religion has allowed pagan traditions into the church and the church has tried to Christianize them and we have taken away the Jewishness of our Lord. So when Catholicism wanted to get the pagans into the church, they took on their holidays or rituals and thus they became a part of the church.
Matthew 16:13-20 - (13) When Yeshua came into the territory around Caesarea Philippi, he asked his talmidim, “Who are people saying the Son of Man is?” (14) They said, “Well, some say Yochanan the Immerser, others Eliyahu, still others Yirmeyahu or one of the prophets.” (15) “But you,” he said to them, “who do you say I am?” (16) Shim‘on Kefa answered, “You are the Mashiach, the Son of the living God.” (17) “Shim‘on Bar-Yochanan,” Yeshua said to him, “how blessed you are! For no human being revealed this to you, no, it was my Father in heaven. (18) I also tell you this: you are Kefa,” [which means ‘Rock,’] “and on this rock I will build my Community, and the gates of Sh’ol will not overcome it. (19) I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.” (20) Then he warned the talmidim not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
Mark 8:27-33 - (27) Yeshua and his talmidim went on to the towns of Caesarea Philippi. On the way, he asked histalmidim, “Who are people saying I am?” (28) “Some say you are Yochanan the Immerser,” they told him, “others say Eliyahu, and still others, one of the prophets.” (29) “But you,” he asked, “who do you say I am?” Kefa answered, “You are the Mashiach.” (30) Then Yeshua warned them not to tell anyone about him. (31) He began teaching them that the Son of Man had to endure much suffering and be rejected by the elders, the head cohanim and the Torah-teachers; and that he had to be put to death; but that after three days, he had to rise again. (32) He spoke very plainly about it. Kefa took him aside and began rebuking him. (33) But, turning around and looking at his talmidim, he rebuked Kefa. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said, “For your thinking is from a human perspective, not from God’s perspective!”
So who do you say that Yeshua is? Where was he born? What was his language? What Holy days did he celebrate to honor his Father? What denomination did he belong to? Was he sinless and perfect? Should we be living our lives as much like Yeshua as humanly possible? Or should we just go with the status quo of following traditions passed on for generations? I leave it up to you to decide.
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