Hypocrite!

 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.  For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.  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. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5: 17-20

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees… How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Matthew 16: 6, 11-12

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not…

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves…

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Matthew 23: 1-28

What would we call a man who had learned from His past failures that living in a way contrary to the things taught in the bible was a sure path to destruction? If this lesson set him on a course to deny the wrong things that his carnal nature desired and only do those things which the scriptures said pleased YHWH how, do you think, we would see him as a person? If by the wisdom of how weak a man can be he determined to avoid even the appearance of evil by making sure he did not do things that would put him in a place where he might offend; would we admire his heart for YHWH? Finally, what if this man concluded that despite his efforts to live as YHWH intended; his limitations as a man would still leave him falling short so that the only hope of being with YHWH one day was the sacrifice that YHWH had made for redemption; would we not call him a sincere believer?

The Jews of the first century when Messiah walked the earth would call him a Pharisee. Our redeemer Yeshua would call him an actor and dangerous snake.

If we follow man’s way that the commands and teachings of the bible are the way we should act when we make ourselves act accordingly we testify against ourselves; that we are our makers, that we are actors, and by default we confess we are dead because we do not have what YHWH calls life within us.

For YHWH teaches us that sin is death but life is the nature described by the scriptures. Yeshua did more than provide forgiveness of sin he provided freedom by giving us His life which is the Fathers life; which is the only life. If our faith stops at His forgiveness for our sin we make Him the minister of sin.

He is the minister of Gods life. We must trust Him as the way that our death was finished in His crucifixion. If we believe with our heart and confess with our mouth YHWH alone is our maker and through His messiah Yeshua he has made us free from sins death to have His life shared in us.

The things which the Pharisees said a man should do were right. The determined trust they set on themselves to do those things were a veil of flesh separating them from the life of YHWH. For it is not by men’s might or power but by His Spirit breathed into us that men can have life.

Abraham looked at the deadness of His own body and the deadness of His wife’s womb and saw the immutable promise of God.

His children looked at the promise and saw only their inability to possess it; so YHWH carried them into a wilderness where they could see his provision that they might be brought to faith.

Our Messiah was taken into the wilderness where He was presented with whether He would trust in Himself to be the maker of His life or YHWH. The first Adam had chosen himself and brought separation of self on all men. The second chose that YHWH was His life and became the first born of many brethren.

We say that God judges our heart and this is true but the heart of man is deceitfully wicked. The Pharisees by their dedication to acting as the scripture described life became nothing more than men pleasers. They showed to men what they considered holiness and deceived themselves that they had made themselves righteous.

Yeshua said our righteousness must exceed the righteousness of the Pharisees. So we must do those things described as life; not by acting against our nature but by possessing the nature of YHWH through His promise of the same.

Yeshua the Messiah of YHWH aka...

Yesterday I posted about a brother who asked me about being a covering. I did not realize when I responded to him that He had sent me a group message. My response went out to the entire group and a few hours later I received the following condemnation. Just thought how silly is it that while I'm attempting to help someone it becomes an opportunity for some to swallow a camel and strain at a gnat while pronouncing God's judgment on me.



On 9/8/15, 3:56 PM, Evelyn Cone (Chavez) wrote:
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AS RICK ROSAMOND PROCLAIMS THE GREEK TRANSLATION OF OUR HEBREW MESSIACH, JOHN, AND YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE FROM HIM, "AT THE END OF THE AGE" AHEN THE TEACHERS, WHO RECEIVE A STRICTER JUDGMENT," ARE NOW BEING JUDGED FOR TEACHING "THE SHEEP OF HIS PASTURE" THE WRONG NAME! YAHSHUA, SON OF YAHOVAH HA ADONIM, IS THE MESSIAH, BORN IN YISRAEL TO A HEBREW MOTHER AND GIVEN A HEBREW NAME! THIS PASTOR, ALSO, WILL BE JUDGED ACCORDING TO JEREMIAH 10 & 23 AND EZEKIEL 36-38!!! READ, "STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELVES APPROVED!"

my response to the above was...
Jesus Christ is an English translation not a Greek. No doubt Yeshua is His name. I assume by your distaste for the Greek that you disagree with YHWH for preserving His word in this language. However anything you have learned about Yeshua, even if translated into Hebrew comes from these same Greek text since there are not any original Hebrew text of the gospel. one last thing to believe yourself to be spiritually favored by knowing a name originates in demonology not scripture. When YHWH speaks of Aaron placing His name on Israel it is about marriage not vocabulary.praying that you will be increased in knowledge of Him-rick

Yeshua was a common alternative form of the name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ("Yehoshuah" – Joshua) in later books of the Hebrew Bible and among Jews of the Second Temple period. The name corresponds to the Greek spelling Iesous, from which, through the Latin Iesus, comes the English spelling Jesus.

Who is your covering?

I recently received a request from a brother in Africa that read as follows.

I give glory to God for the great work you are doing for His Kingdom. I write to seek for affiliation/partnership with your church...I want you to accept us as an affiliate member of your church to prove covering for us. Should there is any additional information you may need please let me know.

I do not doubt the sincerity of this request. I am sure someone has told this brother He must have a covering. The "shepherding movement" that was once popular is all but dead; however this language was picked up by many. My reply was as follows.

11 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man.

9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

you and your church, if you be in the faith of Jesus Christ, are the bride and wife of Jesus, He is our covering. If any church attempts to be a covering for another than they are a wife attempting to take for themselves the place and authority of their husband. I can offer you my fellowship as a brother but Jesus alone can be your covering as a husband.

Many in the church still speak of an apostolic covering or say that their anointing covers those who submit to their authority. Think of what was just said. Can any man defend such by the scripture. It is the gentile kings desire to have rule over others not the desire of ministers of God.

There is one mediator between God and men THE MAN Christ Jesus.
All power and authority is delivered unto Me (Jesus)
there is one anointed of God and He abides in all who place their faith in Him.
I know this post is mostly rant but I can not get it out of my mind.

The Lord's assurance

 

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. Matthew 28:18-20

How differently was the assurance to Jesus disciples understood by those who heard it than it is to the modern believer? I would say greatly.

To these Jews who had become the first to trust in Jesus as messiah this promise came at a chaotic moment. They had followed their Rabboni in His earthly ministry and been amazed, inspired, and captivated by His teachings, miracles, and living. When they could only imagine the greatness of the kingdom that messiah was surely about to establish; He was taken and killed by those in power and place of authority both biblical and secular.

The elation of their blessing of being “in on the ground floor” of the Kingdom of God being established throughout the earth had turned into fear of being hunted and killed; by both those who sat in the seat of worldly power and those who sat in the seat of the authority established in God’s law.

If these things alone where not enough to confuse their thinking then the addition of the bewildering glory and hope of their resurrected Messiah in their midst would make it impossible to have a settled mind. To make matters worse their master was now telling them He was leaving them here and returning to the Father.

 That which we modern believers call a commission and think of as an order given by our general to take over the world. It was instead to the first believers an assurance of a loving brother that God was going to do a work through them that no man could stop.

Jesus was able to submit Himself to be judged by both Sanhedrin and Rome because He understood that the true authority came from the Father. He trusted that the power to put Him to death was not held by these men except that it had been given to them from God. He trusted the Father that by laying down His life He would free His brethren that where held by the power of death and that when this work of God was accomplished the Father would raise Him up that His brethren also could be alive.

In the same way that Jesus could face these things in faith without fear so He assures His disciples that He alone is given all authority. He assures them they do not have to fear men but simply by faith in Him allow God to work in them as He had in Messiah both by their living and their dying.

For this reason they would without fear go forth and be witnesses of Messiah to all men. This work would be done through them despite men who would desire to stop them and believe they had rule over them.

In Our Lords instruction to baptize there is also a difference in understanding between these first believers and modern believers. The modern believer looks at baptism as a witness or confession of our decision to repent of our dead works and live by faith in God. This while being true is also so vague as to be almost without living application. Those who heard Jesus on the day He said these things where Jews and as such they had been taught the things in the Law of Moses since they were toddlers.

In this frame of reference they would have understood baptism from the light of the clean and unclean. The teaching of the necessity of being cleansed from uncleanness before being able to take part in the service and worship of God would have shown these men that their witness to the nations would have a determined effect.

 Their witness of Messiah would, in those who would accept it, make what had been unclean and unacceptable to God become clean and acceptable. Though they were still in need of the Holy Spirit to lead them from the lesson of truth given to Moses to the living of truth found in Messiah, still they would have understood that God intended to cleanse all men who would believe.

Yet not only cleanse them but bring them into covenant. He tells them they will baptize into the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This is not a formula for what should be said at baptism as some have made it but instead a declaration of marriage. The Father and the Son share the same life and the Spirit is that life so these three are one. We take another’s name when we are married to them. We are made to be the bride of the Son. When we are cleansed we are brought into a marriage covenant with God and in a marriage God declares the two shall be made one. These things would have been understood by these men.

They were to teach these new brides all that Jesus had taught them. One of those things that Jesus had taught again and again was fear not only believe in God’s love, mercy, power, sovereignty, and Son.

He concludes with a great promise that all believers can understand. That though His flesh may not be with us His heart, love, protection, authority, and life is in us by His Spirit and shall never leave us alone.