Guarding Yah s Torah and Commandments and Keeping the Belief of Yahushua Gives us Eternal Life By: brother Jacky Lagrace (photo: a wolf in sheep s clothing and two normal sheep) 1
Guarding Yah s Torah and Commandments and Keeping the belief of Yahushua Gives us Eternal Life Beloved ones, making all haste to write to you concerning our common deliverance, I felt the necessity to write to you urging you to earnestly contend for the belief which was once for all delivered to the set-apart ones. Yahudah (Jude) 1:3. The one who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. Revelation 2:7, 11,17, 29 and 3:6,13, 22. The one having ears to hear, let him hear. MattitYahu (Matthew)11:15 and 13:9; Mark 4:9, 23. The word for hear in Hebrew is shama, which means to hear intelligently and to obey. In other words, to hear is to obey. Shama is a call to action Do you have a love for the truth? We can be deceived if we do not have love for the truth. Yahushua the Messiah speaking to his disciples said: And many false prophets will be raised and will deceive many. And because lawlessness shall have been multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. MattitYahu (Matthew) 24:11-12. Yahushua the Messiah said Set them apart in Your truth Your Word is truth. John 17:17. What is truth? Psalm 119:42 reads Your Righteousness is forever, and Your Torah is truth. Yahushua said to Him, I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6. If we have a love for the truth, then we will have an open heart for hearing and for guarding Yah s commands. Do you love the Almighty with all your heart, soul and might? If a prophet or dreamer of dreams rises among you, and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder which he spoke to you occurs, saying, Let us go after other elohim (mighty ones) which you have not known, and let us serve them, you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams. For YHWH (Yahuwah) your Elohim (Almighty) is testing you, to know if you love Yahuwah your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after Yahuwah your Elohim, and you shall fear Him. And you shall keep His commandments, and you shall hear His voice, and you shall serve Him, and you shall cleave to Him. Deuteronomy 13:1-3. Yahuwah the Almighty tests us to know if we love Him with all our heart, soul and might. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are from Elohim; for many false prophets have gone forth into the world. 1 John 4:1 1 Kings 13:14-22, 24: and went after the man of Elohim ( the Almighty), and found him sitting under an oak tree. And he said to him, are you the man of Elohim (the Almighty) who has come from Judah? And he said, I am. Then he said to him, come home with me and eat bread. And he said, I am not able to go back with you, and to go in with you, nor may I eat bread or drink water with you in this place; for a word came to me by the Word of Yahuwah, You shall not eat bread nor drink water there; you shall not turn back to go in the way in which you came. And he said to him, I also am a prophet like yourself, and an cherub (messenger) spoke to me by the word of Yahuwah, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, and he shall eat bread and 2
water (he lied to him). And he turned back with him and ate bread in his house and drank water. And it happened as they were sitting at the table, and a Word of Yahuwah came to the prophet who brought him back; 21 and he cried to the man of Elohim (Almighty) who came from Judah, saying, So says Yahuwah, Because you have resisted the mouth of Yahuwah, and have not kept the command that Yahuwah your Elohim charged you, and turned back and ate bread and drank water in the place of which He said to you, You shall not eat bread nor drink water; your carcass shall not come to the burying place of your fathers. And he left, and a lion found him the way and killed him; and his carcass was thrown down in the way, and the donkey was standing near it, and the lion was standing near the carcass. The man of The Almighty at first obeyed Yahuwah when Jeroboam asked him to come with him (1 Kings 13:7-10). However, when someone comes along saying that he is a prophet, that person deceives the man of The Almighty and causes him to disobey Yahuwah, which resulted in the man of The Almighty losing his life. Yahushua commended the Ephesians and those at the assembly at Ephesus for exposing false apostles. To the messenger of the of assembly of Ephesus, write: These things says He who holds all things, and the seven stars in His right hand, He walking in the midst of the seven golden menorahs: I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and that you cannot bear evil ones; and you tried those pretending to be apostles and are not, and found them to be liars. Revelation 2:1-2. To love Yah is to be obedient to Yah s commandments For this is the love of Yahuwah, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not a burden to us. 1 John 5:3. Since the beginning, Satan has deceived mankind to cause mankind to disobey the commands of Yahuwah. Satan is the father of lies and he has lied from the beginning. In Genesis 1, we see that Satan as the serpent causes Adam and Hawwah (Eve) to disobey Yah s command. The same tactic that the accuser used to cause Adam and Hawwah to sin is the same tactic that is being used today. The accuser contradicted the command of Yahuwah by causing Adam and Hawwah to doubt Yahuwah s command to not eat of the fruit. And the serpent was cunning above every beast of the field which Yahuwah Elohim had made. And he said to the woman, Is it so that Elohim (Almighty) has said, You shall not eat from any tree of the garden? Genesis 3:1. And the serpent said to the woman, surely, you shall not die, for Elohim knows that in the day you eat of it, even your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as Elohim, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:5. Fast forward to today, people are being deceived by being told that Yah s commandments are no longer valid and that Yah s commands were so called nailed to the cross. People are being erroneously told that we are no longer under Yah s commandments and that belief in the Messiah gives the option of not following Yah s commandments. Such lies could not be further from the truth Yahushua the Messiah is the Truth and Yahuwah s Torah (teachings and instructions) is the Truth. Yahushua is the living Torah. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim (Almighty), and the Word was Elohim. John 1:1. And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us, and we saw His esteem, esteem as of an only begotten of the Father, complete in favour and truth. John 1:14. If we have a love for the truth then we will accept Yahushua the 3
Messiah along with the Torah. Yahushua cannot be separated from Yahuwah s commandments. To separate Yahushua from the commandments of Yahuwah is to deny Yahushua and Yahuwah. If one accepts Yahuwah s commandments, but does not believe in Yahushua the Messiah, then that person is denying the Messiah and Yah the Father. On the other hand, if one accepts the Messiah, but rejects the commandments of Yah, then that person is also denying Yah the Father and Yahushua the Messiah. To the Torah and to the Testimony if they do not speak according to this Word, it is because there is no light to them. YeshaYahu (Isaiah) 8:20. Therefore, if a person who says he or she is saved because he or she has belief in the Messiah, but yet chooses to not obey Yah s commandments as given by Yah, according to the Scriptures, that person is being deceived. Truth plus lies or false teaching does not equal truth. Truth coupled with lie causes confusion, which confusion comes from Babylon or Babel. Where would anyone get the idea that the Torah and Yahuwah s commandments were brought to an end? False prophets and false apostles who crept into the assembly are the cause of people believing that Yahuwah s commandments were brought to an end. As I have indicated, the accuser has lied from the beginning and lies by the enemy continued even during Yahushua the Messiah s ministry. Additionally, false teachers and false apostles continued to deceive after the Messiah s death and resurrection. Yahushua himself warned his disciples during His ministry and us today about false prophets. But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. MattitYahu (Matthew) 7:15. What is a wolf in sheep s clothing? A wolf in sheep s clothing is a means for deceit by the enemy. In order for a wolf to pass as a wolf in sheep s clothing, it has to look like a sheep to be able to deceive many people. And answering, Yahushua said to them, See that no man deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, I am the Messiah. And they will cause many to be deceived. MattitYahu (Matthew) 24:4-5. If anyone then says to you, Look, here is the Messiah or There do not believe. For false messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and they shall show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones. See, I have forewarned you So if they say to you, Look, He is in the desert do not go out; or Look, He is in the inner rooms do not believe. MattitYahu 24:23-26. Also, Yahushua s disciples and apostles warned the followers of Yah of false teachers that were coming into the assembly during their time. But false prophets were also among the people, as also false teachers will be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, and denying the Master who has brought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves. And many will follow their destructive ways, by whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of. The word denying used in 2 Peter 2:1 literally means to contradict. It comes from the Greek word arneomai. Therefore, someone who is denying the Messiah or Yah contradicts Yahushua the Messiah and Yah. Who have forsaken the straight path, and have gone astray, following way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness. 2 Peter 2: 15. Also, know that if a false apostle or false teacher himself cautions about false teachers, it does not mean that he himself is not a false teacher. To the assembly of Pergamos, Yahushua wrote But I have a few things against you, that you have there those holding the teachings of Balaam (Numbers 22), who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol sacrifices, and to commit fornication. Revelation 2:14. The spirit of Balaam continues to this day in the form of false teachers who are causing people to disobey the commandments of Yah by repeating the teachings of false apostles 4
and false teachers who came on the scene after Yahushua died and resurrected. For this is the reason why Apostle Peter, Apostle Yacob (James), Apostle Yahudah (Jude) and Apostle John warned followers of Yahushua during their time of false apostles and false teachers and provides a much needed witness for us today on guarding Yah s commandments. They exhort us to follow Yah s commandments even if someone who says he is a teacher or an apostle comes along to try to cause us to walk away from Yah s commandments by contradicting Yah s commandments. False apostles and false teachers crept into the assembly during Yahushua s apostles time, and the false apostle and false teachers did their damages, and we are seeing the fruit of that damage this very day. For certain men stole in, those of old having been written before to this condemnation, wicked ones perverting the favour of our Elohim (Almighty) into lasciviousness, and denying the only Sovereign Elohim (Almighty), and our Master Yahushua the Messiah. Yahudah (Jude) 1:4. What are the fruits of the false teachers and false apostles? Yahushua said From their fruits you shall know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistle? So every good tree produces good fruits, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruits. A good tree cannot produce evil fruits, nor the corrupt tree produce evil fruits. MattitYahu (Matthew) 7: 16-18. The fruit of Yahushua to those who follow after Yahushua as a result of His teachings are very clear. Yahushua s teachings clearly impart on us a message of repentance towards Yah s commands. The fruit of Yahushua and true teachers and apostles is absolute straightforwardness on Yah s commandments as a result of their consistent teaching in support of the Torah and Yahuwah s commandments. There was no confusion about Yahushua s attitude toward the commandments of Yahuwah. Yahushua taught, and followed the commandments of Yahuwah. On the other hand, The fruit of false apostles and teachers is confusion and division about following Yahuwah s commandments. The 12 Apostles of Yahushua the Messiah Yahushua commanded his disciples, whom eventually became his hand selected apostles to go and teach others the same commandments He taught and followed. And Yahushua came up and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make taught ones of all the nations, immersing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Set-apart Spirit, teaching them to guard all that I have commanded you. And see, I am with you always, until the end of the age. Amĕn.. MattitYahu (Matthew) 28:19-20. The apostles words were critical to those that would believe in Yahushua the Messiah. And I do not pray concerning these only, but also concerning those who will believe in Me through their Word. John 17: 20. It was so important that the disciples taught others the truth instructed by Yahushua, that Yahushua prayed for his apostles before he ascended to be with the Father. When Judas, the one who betrayed Yahushua was killed, the apostles criteria for selecting a replacement to be the 12th apostle was the following: Therefore, it is right that men being together with us all the time which the Master Yahushua came in and went out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when He was taken from us, one of these to become a witness of His resurrection with us. Acts 1: 21-22. And they gave their lots. And having prayed, they said, You Master, knower of all hearts, show which one You chose from these two, that he may receive a portion of the ministry and apostleship, from which Judas departed, that he might go to in his place. And the lot fell on MattitYahu (Matthias); and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Acts 1:24-26. Yahuwah picked MattitYahu to be the 12th apostle and we see 5
in the book of Revelation that the twelve apostles are remembered by Yahuwah: And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. Revelation 21:14. In addition, And Yahushua said to them, Truly I say to you, when the Son of Aḏam (Man) sits on the throne of His esteem, you who have followed Me in the rebirth, shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Yisra ĕl. MattitYahu (Matthew) 19:28. We see that the twelve tribes of Israel will be judged by the eleven apostles plus the 12th apostle, MattitYahu (Matthias) whom replaced Judas. Peter was hand selected by Yahuwah the Father and Yahushua the Messiah to bring the good news to the Gentiles. And when there had been much dispute, Kepha (Peter) rose up and said to them, Men, brothers, you know that a good while ago Elohim (Almighty) chose among us, that by my mouth the gentiles should hear the word of the Good News and believe. Acts 15:7( also see Acts 10 and 11. Indeed, Yahushua had a specific ministry for Peter. And I also say to you that you are Kepha, (Peter) and on this rock I will build My assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against her. And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of Heaven. And whatever you bind on earth shall occur, having been bound in Heaven. And whatever you may loose on the earth shall be, having been loosed in Heaven. MattitYahu (Matthew 16:18-19). The words that came out of the mouth of Yahushua s apostles either could have caused people to believe in the commandments of Yahuwah or cause people to stumble at His commandments. Yahushua s disciples who eventually becomes his apostles never once talked negatively regarding the Torah and relayed the same message Yahushua the Messiah spoke. As we witness to potential believers about the belief of Yahushua, our words have to consistently give the same message that Yahushua the Messiah proclaimed, which is the good news of the Kindgom of Yahuwah given through Yahushua and obedience to Yahuwah s commandments. It is critically important that our words are not contradictory to the commandments of Yahuwah nor wishy-washy. Yahuwah has and will send a curse on those who speak against His Torah and commandments: If you will not hear, and if you will not set it on your heart to give esteem to My name, says Yahuwah of Hosts, then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed it, because you are not setting it on your heart. Malachi 2:2. Woe to those who say to evil, good; and to good, evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter YeshaYahu (Isaiah) 5:20. The one who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. Revelation 2:7, 11,17, 29 and 3:6,13, 22. False teachers and false apostles cause people to stumble at and go against the Torah while Yahushua draws people toward the Torah and Yahuwah s commandments But you have turned out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the Torah. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says Yahuwah of Hosts. Malachi 2:8. I ask this question: Who has caused many to stumble at Yahuwah s commandments? Has Yahushua, the Prophets, Kefa (Peter), John, Yacob (James), and Yahudah (Jude) caused people to stumble at the commandments of Yahuwah? The answer is absolutely NO Yahushua and those I mentioned all helped people to turn away from sins and towards Torah and the commandments of Yah On the contrary, false teachers and false apostles caused people and are causing people this very day to doubt the Torah, contradict the commandments and to have a negative attitude about Yah s Commandments. Again, to quote Yahushua: From their fruits you shall know them. MattitYahu (Mathew) 7: 16. 6
Table 1. A brief comparison of Yahuwah s Word, Yahushua s teachings and Yahushua s true apostles teaching vs. False teachers and false apostles teachings. (This list is not an exhaustive listing. Study the Scriptures and pray to Yah for additional insight on this matter.) Yah/Yahushsua/Yahushua s true apostles teachings: False apostles and false teachers false teachings : And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Exodus 20:6. A blessing if you hear the commandments of Yahuwah your Elohim which I command you today. Deuteronomy 11:27. Blessed are the ones doing His commandments, that their authority will be over the Tree of Life, and that they may enter by the gates into the city. Revelation 22:14. Blessed are the upright in the way, who walk in the Torah of Yahuwah. Blessed are those keeping His Testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart. Psalm 119:1, 2. Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which Yahuwah thy Elohim giveth thee, for ever. Deuteronomy 4:40. And many people shall go and say Come and let us go up to the mount of Yahuwah, to the house of the Elohim of Yacob. And He will teach from His ways, we will walk in His paths. For out Zion the Torah will go forth, and the Word of Yahuwah from Jerusalem. YeshaYahu (Isaiah) 2:2. Here is the endurance of the set-apart ones, here are those guarding the commands of Elohim and the belief of Yahushua. Revelation 14:12. Falsely teach that Yah s Torah (teachings and instructions of Yah, which is commonly referred to as the Law) is a curse. Falsely teach that people are no longer under the Torah. Deceptively teaches that only belief in the Messiah is required to be saved and that all are justified by faith apart from observing the law. Falsely teach that by the works of the law, no one shall be justified. 7
Yah/Yahushsua/Yahushua s true apostles teachings: And Yahushua said to him, You shall love Yahuwah your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments all the Torah and the Prophets hang. MattitYahu (Matthew) 22:37-40 (Deuteronomy 6:5). Do not think that I came to annul the Torah or the Prophets; I did not come to annul, but to fulfill. Truly I say to you, Until heaven and the earth pass away, in no way shall one yod or one stroke pass away from the Torah until all comes to pass. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. MattitYahu (Matthew) 5:17-19. Yahuwah your Elohim (Almighty) shall raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, one like me; you shall listen to him. Deuteronomy 18:19. For I did not speak of Myself, but He who sent Me, the Father, He has given Me command, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that His commandments are eternal life. Then what things I speak, as the Father has said to me, so I speak." John 12:49-50. Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart, six days you shall labor and do all your work; and the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahuwah your Elohim (Almighty); you shall not do any work, you, and your son, and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and your livestock, and your stranger who is in your gates. Exodus 20:8-10 False apostles and false teachers false teachings : Deceptively teach that all of the law is fulfilled in loving your neighbor as yourself. Deceptively speak in support of the commandments of Yah, but in the next breath speak against the Torah thereby contradicting himself and the commandments of Yah. Falsely teach that the law was only a guide until the Messiah came and since the Messiah came we are no longer under this guide/torah. Falsely teach that Messiah ended the commandments and the Torah. Deceptively cause people feel like they have to decide between the Torah and the Messiah. Responsible for much confusion about observing the 7th day Sabbath and causes people to think that it is okay to eat unclean food and meat. 8
Yah/Yahushsua/Yahushua s true apostles teachings: "And it shall be righteousness for us when we take heed to do all this commandment before Yahuwah our Elohim, as He commanded us. Deuteronomy 6:25. From that time Yahushua began to preach and to say, Repent For the kingdom of Heaven has drawn near. MattitYahu (Matthew) 4:17. And He said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One, the Almighty But if you desire to enter into this life, keep the commandments. MattitYahu (Matthew) 19:16-17. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Yahudah (Judaea), a certain priest named Zekaryah (Zacharias), of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And they were both righteous before Elohim (Almighty), walking in all the commandments and ordinances of Yahuwah blameless. Luke 1:5-6. and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah the eight, a herald of righteousness bringing a flood on a world of wicked ones 2 Peter 2:5. And Also delivered righteous Lot, who was tormented with the filthy conduct of lawless deeds. 2 Peter 2:8. For this is the love of Yahuwah, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not a burden to us. 1 John 5:3. And Yahuwah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahuwah our Elohim for our good forever, to keep us alive, as today. Deuteronomy 6:24. The righteousness of Your Testimonies is everlasting; make me understand and I will live. Psalm 119:144. And He humbled you, and let you suffer hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, to make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but by every Word that comes from the mouth of Yahuwah. Deuteronomy 8:3. False apostles and false teachers false teachings : Deceptively teach that one is saved only by favor ( grace ) and that doing good works of Yah s Commandments is unnecessary. Have an inconsistent attitude toward Yah s commandments, and blatantly contradicts the Torah and Yahushua s words and teachings. Falsely teach that there has been no one who is righteous. Falsely teach that the Almighty made His Law impossible to obey for the very purpose of proving to man that he could not do it and thus keep him humble and reliant on His favor ( grace ). Falsely teach that to follow the commandments is to be in bondage. 9
Favor (grace) and mercy are not mutually exclusive from the Torah. Yahuwah has shown favor and mercy in past times Gives thanks to Yahuwah, for He is good; because His mercy endures forever. Psalm 118:1. And Noah found favor in the eyes of Yahuwah. Genesis 6:8. And Yahuwah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name. Exodus 33:17. In Your mercy You led the people whom You redeemed; You guided in Your strength to Your set-apart dwelling. Exodus 15:13. Yahuwah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and of abundant mercy. He will not always strive, nor will He keep his anger forever. He has not done to us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are above the earth, so is His mercy mighty over those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103: 8-12. But the mercy of Yahuwah is from everlasting, even to everlasting, on those who fear Him; yea, His righteousness is to the sons of sons; to those who keep his covenant, and to those who remember His commandments, to do them. Psalm 103: 17-18. For Yahuwah so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that everyone believing into Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16. Obedience to Yah s commandments and keeping the belief of Yahushua the Messiah gives us eternal life Teaching that Abraham was justified by belief ( faith ) is one of false teachers and false apostles' primary deceptive teaching used to say that a person is justified by faith apart from works or without the works of the Torah of Yahuwah. Let us take a look at Genesis 15:5-6 together: Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So are your seed. And he believed in Yahuwah, and he accounted it to him for righteousness. Genesis 15:5-6. The question at hand is, to whom is the pronoun "he" referring? Abraham accounted to Yahuwah for righteousness. If not read in proper context, then it may seem that Yahuwah is accounting it to Abraham. I will explain further. Genesis 15:18: On the same day Yahuwah made a covenant with Abram, saying, I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Mitsrayim (Egypt) to the great river, the River Euphrates,. Let us pick up at Genesis 26:4 where Yahuwah is telling Abraham s son Isaac years later why he gave Abraham the promises: Genesis 26:4-5 And I shall increase your seed like the stars of the heavens, and I shall give all these lands to your seed. And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because Aḇraham obeyed My voice and guarded My Charge: My commands, My laws, and My Torot (Torah, teachings). Genesis 26:4-5. Furthermore, Yacob (James) 2:21 reads: Was not Aḇraham our father declared right by works when he offered Yitsḥaq (Isaac) his son on the altar? Yacob (James) 2:22: Do you see that the belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected? Yacob (James) 2:24 You see, then, that a man is declared right by works, and not by belief alone. I believe that Yacob, in effort to combat false teachers who were leading people away from the commandments of Yahuwah had to boldly refute the deceptive teaching which teaches that one is to be justified by "faith" only. Yahushua dying for our sins and His resurrection is a continuation of 10
Yahuwah s favor for us. Yahushua was the sacrifice for our sins. Yahuwah is gracious; however, He desires that all repent to turn away from their sins so that all may have eternal life through Yahushua the Messiah. On the morrow, John saw Yahushua coming toward him and said, Behold The Lamb of Elohim, who takes away the sin of the world John 1:29. Philip finds Nathaniel and said to him, We have found the One of whom Moses wrote in the Torah and the Prophets, Yahushua the son of Joseph, from Nazareth. John 1:45. Yahushua proclaimed repentance from sin. From that time Yahushua began to preach and to say, Repent For the kingdom of Heaven has drawn near. MattitYahu (Matthew) 4:17. Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance MattitYahu (Matthew) 3:8. And, behold, coming near, one said to Him, Good teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life? And He said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One, Elohim (the Almighty) But if you desire to enter into this life, keep the commandments. MattitYahu (Matthew) 19:16-17. Everyone practicing sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is the breaking of the Torah. 1 John 3:4. A Psalm. O sing to Yahuwah a new song, for He has done wondrous things; His right hand and His set-apart arm has saved for Him. Yahuwah has revealed His Yahushua (salvation) to the eyes of the nations. He unveiled His righteousness. Psalm 98:1-2. Behold I have set before you today life and good and death and evil, in that I am commanding you today to love Yahuwah your Elohim (Almighty), to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes, and His judgments, and you shall live and multiply, and Yahuwah your Elohim (Almighty) shall bless you in the land where you are going in, to possess it. Deuteronomy 30: 15-16. Oh, that they had such a heart in them, to fear Me and to guard all My commands always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever Deuteronomy 5:29. If only you had listened to My commands Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. YeshaYahu (Isaiah) 48:18. Do not let this Book of the Torah depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you guard to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and act wisely. Yahoshua (Joshua) 1:8. Great peace is to those who love Your Torah, and there is no stumbling block to them. Psalm 119:165. You are my covert and my shield; I hope in Your Word. Depart from me, O evildoers, for I will keep my Elohim s Commandments. Psalm 119:114,115. But this shall be the covenant that I will cut with the house of Israel: After those days, declares Yahuwah, I will put My Torah (teachings and instructions) in their inward parts, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people. YirmeYahu (Jeremiah) 31:33. Let us hear the conclusion of the entire matter: Fear Elohim (Almighty) and guard His commands, for this applies to all mankind Ecclesiastes 12:13. If someone says to you to respect your father and mother (Exodus 20:12), but yet this individual also say you are saved by favor and belief and you are no longer under the Torah and commandments of Yahuwah. Would that person be speaking truth to you since he accurately told you to respect your father and mother, but yet falsely told you that you are saved by belief only? The answer to that question is No That individual would be lying to you since we know that the Word of Yahuwah tells us to honor our father and mother plus to follow the other commandments. This scenario is exactly the type 11
of very deceptive and false teaching that false apostles and false teachers have taught, which continue this very day. A truth plus a lie does not equal truth. A truth coupled with a lie is a mixed message, which is error that leads to confusion (Babylon). All are told to come out of Babylon: And I heard another voice from the heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. Revelation 18:4. Additionally, in Deuteronomy 13, Yahuwah clearly commands us to reject anyone who teaches against the Torah and who tries to get us to walk away from the commandments of Yah. Therefore, Beloved ones, making all haste to write to you concerning our common deliverance, I felt the necessity to write to you urging you to earnestly contend for the belief which was once for all delivered to the set-apart ones. Yahudah (Jude) 1:3. But they will not follow a foreigner, never But they will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers. I am the Good Shepherd, and I know those that are Mine, and I am known by the ones that are Mine. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. John 10:4,5,14,27. The one who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. Revelation 2:7; 11;17; 29 and 3:6;13; 22. Yah s Ten Words (Commandments) And Elohim (the Almighty) spoke all these Words, saying, I am Yahuwah your Elohim (Almighty), who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You have no other mighty ones against My face. You do not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of that which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth, you do not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, Yahuwah your Elohim am a jealous Elohim, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. You do not bring the Name of Yahuwah your Elohim to naught, for Yahuwah does not leave the one unpunished who brings His Name to naught. Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart. Six days you labour, and shall do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of Yahuwah your Elohim. You do not do any work you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days Yahuwah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore Yahuwah blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart. Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged upon the land which Yahuwah your Elohim is giving you. You do not murder. You do not commit adultery. You do not steal. You do not bear false witness against your neighbour. You do not covet your neighbour s house, you do not covet your neighbour s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, or whatever belongs to your neighbour. Exodus 20:1-17. Exodus 20:20: And Moses said to the people, Do not be afraid, for Elohim has come in order to test you, and so that His fear may be on your faces, that you may not sin. I ask again, do you love the Almighty with all your heart, soul and might? Do you have love for the truth? If the answer is yes, then continue to guard the commandments of Yah and stand for the truth always, which is the Torah and Yahushua the Messiah who is the living Torah and Word. May Yahuwah bless you as you serve Him with all your heart, soul and might HalleluYah (Praise you Yah) Sing to Elohim, sing praise to His name; lift up a song for Him who rides in the deserts, by His name Yah; yeah exult in His presence. Psalm 68:4. The one having ears to hear (shama), let him hear. MattitYahu (Matthew) 11:15 and 13:9; Mark 4:9, 23. 12