INSIDE OUT - 11 July 2019
Proverbs 4:23 "GUARD YOUR HEART (spirit) ABOVE ALL ELSE, for it DETERMINES the COURSE of your LIFE." (KJV)
A true life story that were made public through the New York Times on the 3rd of March 2003 tells about identical twin girls, who were separated at birth (Mexico) - adopted by different parents and for twenty years believing to be the only child in the adopted household. It would take 20 years for them to be re-united.
Both the girls were adopted by Americans. They were both raised in New York only half an hour from each other - One of them in a Catholic household in Valley Stream, Long Island, NY - the other in a Jewish apartment near the American Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
When they met the first time, they were flabbergasted - they were identical in every way, same appearance - exactly the same height, both loving the same things and using the same things - except for a small birthmark on one of the twins eyebrow. Both girls graduated with a degree in psychology.
When they went to each others' homes to meet the parents - the parents were flabbergasted and overwhelmed ... Raised totally differently, they SHARED a COMMON DNA that CONNECTED THEM TO ONE ANOTHER.
WE ARE AN OPEN BOOK - from the INSIDE OUT:
Our Abba sees us from the INSIDE OUT. HE SEES our HEARTS (our SPIRITS) - HE SEES our SOULS (our MINDS AND THOUGHTS - our BRAIN) and then He SEES the BODY. Our DNA is "NAKED" before His eyes - our INNER MOST BEING is NAKED before His eyes. Everything about us comes from our INNER MOST BEING.
When sick - our BODIES are HEALED from the INSIDE OUT - the WAR with VIRUSSES AND BACTERIA are FAUGHT INSIDE the BODY - Even our hair and nails grow from the INSIDE OUT.
A MASTERPIECE - our DNA:
Carefully MADE by the ALMIGHTY CREATOR, our DNA connects with our CREATOR'S DNA that RENOVATES us - SHAPES us - DIRECTS us - IF WE TRULY ARE HIS OWN.
When we BECOME HIS OWN:
When we TRULY come to FAITH in YAHSHUA our SAVIOR, HUMBLE ourselves before Him - SURRENDER to HIM - begin to TRUST Him WHOLEHEARTEDLY - stepping into a COVENANT RELATIONSHIP with Him - we are being WASHED - and SCRUBBED - and RINSED OUT - of EVERYTHING that DISPLEASES Him - from the INSIDE OUT.
AN INWARD CHANGE:
A RADICAL INWARD CHANGE starts to HAPPEN - and as we CHANGE we begin to SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY - we DISCOVER LIES and DISCOVER TRUTH - we START LIVING a LIFE WELL-PLEASING to Him - a LIFE that is DIFFERENT from the WORLD - a LIFE SEPARATED from the WORLD.
A true BELIEVER? - PROVE IT!
In living DIFFERENT from the DICTATES of the WORLD - the DICTATES of the FLESH - our HABITS - our THOUGHTS - our SPEECH - our LIKINGS and DISLIKES - begins to take SHAPE and TRANSFORMED INTO the THOUGHTS and SPEECH and LIKINGS AND DISLIKES of our SAVIOR - and we are SETTING OUR MINDS on the THINGS of the SPIRIT (Rom. 8:5) - PUTTING to "DEATH" the THINGS of the BODY by the Spirit. (Rom. 8:13).
NOT NEGOTIABLE:
These changes - living after the DICTATES of the SPIRIT of YAHWEH God (Rom. 8:4) - Him our TEACHER - our ADVOCATE - our HELPER - our COMFORTER - our PEACE - are NOW the LIVING WATERS we START to DRINK - the SPIRITUAL FOOD we are "EATING" - and a NEW HEART and a NEW SPIRIT start to be PART of who we are.
Our Father will give us NEW HEARTS and NEW SPIRITS - with HIS LAW INSIDE of us.
Ezek. 36:26-27 "I will GIVE you a NEW HEART and a NEW SPIRIT WITHIN you; I WILL REMOVE your HEART of STONE and GIVE you a HEART of flesh. I WILL PLACE My SPIRIT WITHIN you and CAUSE you to FOLLOW My STATUTES and CAREFULLY OBSERVE My ORDINANCES."
WILLINGLY - A CHOICE by OWN FREE WILL:
As we start to WALK the PATH of GENUINE FAITH, in an INTIMATE COVENANT RELATIONSHIP with our MAKER ... we are TRANSFORMED MORE AND MORE into the IMAGE of our SAVIOR and as we are being TRANSFORMED MORE AND MORE into His IMAGE we will WANT to FOLLOW His STATUTES - His LAWS - ACTS - DECREES - and CAREFULLY OBSERVE His ORDINANCES - His DICTATES - His RULES.
COME IN LINE with HIS HEARTBEAT:
Living our earthly lives - we are so EASILY DISTRACTED by the CARES of LIFE - the STRESS and the WORRIES of EVERYDAY LIFE - that we are almost unnoticeable SEPARATING ourselves from the Father - and the moment we are separating ourselves from Him - the HEARTBEAT of the WORLD becomes LOUDER and CLEARER.
Before long, the WORLD become so CLOSE and FAMILIAR - that we are stepping out INTO the WORLDLY totally missing the HEARTBEAT of our heavenly Father.
LIVING LIKE THE WORLD:
Various sources and books today claim that believers (Christians) in our modern world, are LIVING LIKE THE WORLD. They do NOT SEPARATE themselves from the world - are NOT AMBASSADORS of MESSIAH YAHSHUA - are NOT GENUINELY BORN AGAIN.
TEENAGERS:
A new generation of teenagers have arisen, that claim and pledge one thing - doing another - doing as the world does.
Statistics show that 12,000 teenagers - claiming to be Christian - pledged to wait for marriage - but 80% of them had sex outside of marriage in the next 7 years.
LOOK IN THE MIRROR of YAHWEH GOD'S WORD:
It is time for professing believers (Christians) to look in the MIRROR of the WORD of YAHWEH God.
It is time for professing believers to TEST their LIVES to the WORD of YAHWEH God.
It is time for professing believers to ASK the HOLY SPIRIT of YAHWEH God - to DISCLOSE to them their wrongs from the INSIDE out - so that they can WALK WORTHY of their CALLING as SONS and DAUGHTERS of the ALMIGHTY KING.
It is time to BELIEVE that YAHWEH LOVED YOU so MUCH that He CHOSE YOU and PREDISTINED YOU to be ADOPTED through His SON.
IN HIS LOVE HE PICKED US OUT:
Eph. 1:4-5 "Even as in His love, HE CHOSE US - actually PICKED US OUT for HIMSELF AS HIS OWN in MESSIAH YAHSHUA ...
BEFORE the FOUNDATION of the WORLD:
... BEFORE the FOUNDATION of the WORLD, that we SHOULD BE HOLY - CONSECRATED - SET APART for HIM - and BLAMELESS in HIS SIGHT, even above reproach, before HIM IN LOVE ...
FOR HE DESTINED US to be ADOPTED AS HIS OWN CHILDREN:
... For HE FOREORDAINES us - DESTINED us, PLANNED IN LOVE for us - to be ADOPTED as HIS OWN CHILDREN through YAHSHUA MESSIAH, in ACCORDANCE with the PURPOSE of HIS WILL - because it PLEASED Him and was HIS KIND INTENT." (AMP)
It is time to BELIEVE that you ARE FORGIVEN and RECEIVED SALVATION AFTER you have REPENTED of your sins - through the PRECIOUS BLOOD of MESSIAH YAHSHUA
Acts 3:19 "REPENT you therefore, and BE CONVERTED, that your SINS MAY BE BLOTTED out ..."
It is TIME to ACT:
It is time to TRUST the WORD of YAHWEH God ABOVE the TEACHINGS of denominational Christendom - to OBEY the WORD of YAHWEH God and GET IMMERSED through IMMERSION BAPTISM ... it is YOUR DECLARATION of YOUR FAITH and YOUR SUBMITTANCE to YAHSHUA - before YAHWEH God and HIS ANGELS ... AFTER you HAVE REPENTED ...
It is time to REALIZE that those who are TEACHING and PREACHING and DOING BABY BAPTISM does NOT have your WELLFARE in mind - but are ONLY SECURING their OWN POSITION in their denomination.
Acts. 2:38 "REPENT and be BAPTIZED, EVERY ONE OF YOU in the NAME of YAHSHUA MESSIAH for the FORGIVENESS of your SINS ..."
Mark 16:16 "And HE WHO BELIEVES - who ADHERE TO and TRUSTS IN and RELIES on the GOSPEL AND Him Whom it SETS FORTH AND IS BAPTIZED will be SAVED from the PENALTY of ETERNAL DEATH ..."
Help us Abba to PUT TO DEATH the FLESH and to SET our MINDS on the THINGS of YOUR SPIRIT. Help us to LISTEN - to HEAR - to REPENT and be BAPTIZED in YOUR SON. O glorious Father, help us to LIVE by the dictates of Your Spirit - in Yahshua Messiah's name. Amen.
INSIDE OUT - Part 2 - 7 July 2019
COMMITMENT:
With ACKNOLEDGING and then PROCLAIMING YAHSHUA as our PERSONAL SAVIOR, we are in fact COMMITTING ourselves to a LIFESTYLE that would PLEASE Him. But many people PROCLAIM with their mouths but their hearts are FAR from COMMITTING to Him. These are those whose lifestyles, show little difference from before - in fact - they are still living like the WORLD and the WORLDLY.
Like in MARRIAGE COMMITMENT:
COMMITMENT to YAHSHUA is nowadays just as "FRAGILE" than COMMITMENT in MARRIAGE. If we can't even live in a COVENANT RELATIONSHIP (till death do us part) with our spouse, how do we think we will be able to live in a COVENANT RELATIONSHIP with our Father?
We COMMIT - just to STRAY - breaking our OATH:
Sadly, research studies show that under professing believers - a divorce rate of 60% is noticeable. Just like in marriage professing believers are breaking their commitment to Yahweh God when they just REFUSE to CHANGE ... just LIVING as they ALWAYS did ... still looking just like the world - doing all the things the world does.
IN THE GRIP of SIN:
Many believers live in bondage to their sin - struggling with addictions and anger - struggling to get free after years of their salvation - for the GRIP of SIN is still in their lives.
Where's the VICTORY?
The WILL to CHANGE and to be CHANGED can only fully come, when we FULLY REPENT of all our WRONGS. If there are still un-repented SINS in our LIVES - the ENEMY will KEEP ON COMING IN - "DINING" with us - PLAYING his hellish game with us - SPINNING his COCOON over us ... and our JUST and RIGHTEOUS FATHER in HEAVEN will ALLOW it - for Satan has LEGAL RIGHT to do it - he is ALLOWED to do it - because of the UN-REPENTED SIN in our LIVES.
IT IS A SPIRITUAL RULE:
To get out of the GRIP of SIN - we NEED to REPENT and TURN OUR BACKS on that SIN - PAST SIN and PRESENT SIN.
It TAKES WORK and it TAKES TIME:
To be "EMPTIED" - EVERYTHING to be TAKEN OUT of the WAY that STAND BETWEEN us and our SAVIOR - takes WORK and it takes TIME - it is AN ACTION we TAKE and a CHOICE we MAKE.
It is a SPIRITUAL PATH of SANCTIFICATION and only THEN can we experience the FULLNESS of His HOLY SPIRIT - HELPING us to CHANGE from the INSIDE OUT.
The BATTLE HAS ALREADY BEEN WON for us:
On the HILL of COLGOTHA just outside of Jerusalem, Yahshua TOOK OVER OUR SIN and INTO His BODY - HE BECAME SIN and with the SIN the CURSE of SIN - PAYING the FULL PRICE with HIS OWN BLOOD to MAKE a WAY for us to be SAVED.
IN HIM and THROUGH HIM we HAVE VICTORY for YAHWEH ELOHIM (The Lord, God) DISARMED the DEMONIC FORCES through His SON:
Col. 2:15 tells us that God (YAH) "DISARMED the RULERS and AUTHORITIES" meaning that He DISARMED the POWERFUL DEMONIC FORCES (Eph. 6:12) that were at WORK (and are STILL at WORK trying to seduce us).
HE ALSO DISGRACED them:
He did not only DISARMED them but also DISGRACED them PUBLICLY - TRIUMPHED OVER them - and SAVED us - IF - we will ONLY OBEY and DO what His WORD SAYS.
YAHSHUA SHATTERED the ENEMY:
Yahshua DID it ALL. He took the enemy CAPTIVE to SET us FREE. Everything the enemy wants to do to YAH'S CHILDREN are now to GO THROUGH Him FIRST and from that time on - it is our OWN SIN that STANDS in our OWN WAY of VICTORY and GIVES the ENEMY a FOOTHOLD in our LIVES.
Eph. 4:8 "Therefore it is said, When He ASCENDED ON HIGH, He LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE (He led a TRAIN of VANGUISHED FOES) and He BESTOWED GIFTS on men."
TO CHANGE - to REPENT and WALK AWAY from SIN - is NOT AN OPTION:
To CHANGE from the INSIDE OUT is NOT an OPTION - for if we DON'T - we are REJECTING what YAHSHUA DID for us on the HILL of GOLGOTHA.
Rom. 6:1-4 "... HOW can WE WHO DIED to SIN STILL LIVE IN IT?
Or are we UNAWARE that ALL of us
who WERE BAPTIZED
INTO MESSIAH YAHSHUA
were BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH?
Therefore, we WERE BURIED WITH Him
by BAPTISM into DEATH,
In order that,
JUST AS MESSIAH WAS RAISED
from the DEAD by the GLORY of the Father,
so WE TOO
may WALK IN A NEW WAY of LIFE."
Abba, please help us to REPENT to CHANGE our MINDS and our PURPOSES - to TURN AROUND and RETURN to YOU so that our SINS may be ERASED - BLOTTED OUT and WIPED CLEAN (Acts. 3:19). Help us Father to LIVE as BECOMES us - with COMPLETE HUMILITY and MEEKNESS - UNSELFISHNESS and GENTLENESS - with PATIENCE - BEARING with ONE ANOTHER and MAKING ALLOWANCES because we love one another (Eph. 4:2). Help us Father, to be EAGER and STRIVING EARNESTLY to GUARD our HEARTS for FROM WITHIN FLOWS the SPRINGS of LIFE. Help us to LIVE in the BINDING POWER of YOUR PEACE (Eph. 4:3b). Thank You Abba for Your UNMERITED FAVOR that was GIVEN to each one of us INDIVIDUALLY in PROPORTION to the MEASURE of MESSIAH'S GIFT (Eph. 4:7). Thank You Father for the GIFT of LIFE through MESSIAH YAHSHUA Your SON. In HIS NAME. Amen.
INSIDE OUT - Part 3
Rom. 12:2 "And do NOT be CONFORMED to this world, but be TRANSFORMED by the RENEWING of your MIND, so that you may PROVE what the will of Yah (God) is ..."
METAMORPHOSIS (TRANSFORMATION):
Scripture tells us that there is and should be a MIRACULOUS CHANGE - a TRANSFORMATION - an INSIDE OUT HAPPENING in EVERY TRUE BELIEVER.
METAMORPHOSIS in its root "morphoo" means "FORM" or "NATURE". It is used to describe the TRANSFORMATION that takes place when a caterpillar change its FORM AND its NATURE to become a butterfly.
It comes from the Greek word(s):
G3345 -"METASCHEMATIZO":
Meaning to APPLY the TRANSFORM of the "SELF".
It MEANS A TRANSFER TAKES PLACE from the OLD SELF and SELFISH LIFE and LIFESTYLE to a NEW INNER "MAN"
It MEANS a TRANSFER TAKES PLACE from the WORLD and the WORLDLY to the KINGDOM of YAHWEH God.
It MEANS to COME from OUT of the KINGDOM of DARKNESS to the KINGDOM of LIGHT.
It also comes from the Original Greek words G4976 - "SCHEMA" and
G2192 - "ECHO" and "SCHEO":
From the ALTERNATE (REPLACEMENT) - a REPLACEMENT TAKES PLACE
A FIGURE of an EXTERNAL CONDITION - to HOLD and POSSESS a NEW FASHION - a NEWNESS - (A NEW PERSON - a NEW YOU) out of NECESSITY.
When TRANSFORMATION takes place:
There is a REAL CHANGE of the INNER ESSENCE of WHO we ARE -
A CHANGE of HEART and THOUGHTS and MIND - to become a TOTALLY NEW PERSON -
A CHANGE in our BEHAVIOR - what we DO - what we SAY - HOW we LIVE ... HOW we DRESS ... HOW we ACT ... HOW we REACT ... NEW in HEART, THOUGHTS AND MIND REFLECTING WHO we ARE NOW from the INSIDE OUT.
LET US STRIP us THEN from our FORMER NATURE:
Eph. 4:22 "STRIP YOURSELVES of your FORMER NATURE [PUT OFF and DISCARD your OLD UNRENEWED SELF] which CHARACTERIZED your PREVIOUS MANNER of LIFE and BECOMES CORRUPT THROUGH LUSTS and DESIRES that SPRING from DELUSION (misunderstanding - mistake - misbelief)"
And let us CHANGE OUR ATTITUDES:
Eph. 4:23 "And be CONSTANTLY RENEWED in the SPIRIT OF YOUR MIND [having a FRESH MENTAL AND SPRITIUAL ATTITUDE]"
And PUT on the NEW NATURE - RENEWED into the IMAGE of OUR SAVIOR:
Eph. 4:24 "And PUT ON the NEW NATURE [the REGENERATE SELF] CREATED in YAH'S (God's) IMAGE, [Godlike] in TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS and HOLINESS."
REJECTING all FALSITY and WRONGDOING:
Eph. 4:25 "Therefore, REJECTING ALL FALSITY and BEING DONE now with it, let EVERYONE EXPRESS the TRUTH with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one body and members of one another."
The FOUR ATTITUDES of a TRANSFORMED PERSON:
Scripture gives us four attitudes (behavior patterns) in Eph. 4:2 that accompany a transformed person.
1. WALK in HUMILITY
2. WALK in GENTLENESS
3. WALK with PATIENCE
4. BEARING with ONE ANOTHER
Eph. 4:1 "I (Paul) therefore, the prisoner for Yahweh (the Lord) APPEAL to and BEG you to WALK and LEAD A LIFE WORTHY of the DIVINE CALLING to which you have been CALLED with BEHAVIOR that is a CREDIT to the SUMMONS to YAH'S (God's) SERVICE.
:2 LIVING AS BECOMES YOU with COMPLETE LOWLINESS of MIND (HUMILITY) and MEEKNESS (UNSELFISHNESS, GENTLENESS, MILDNESS), with PATIENCE, BEARING with ONE ANOTHER and MAKING ALLOWANCES because You LOVE ONE ANOTHER."
WALK in HUMILITY (a FRUIT of the HOLY SPIRIT):
We NEED to WALK in HUMBLENESS - like a child as Yahshua says in Matt. 18:4 "WHOEVER HUMBLES himself like this CHILD - THIS one is the GREATEST in the KINGDOM of heaven."
Humble like a child - A child is not considered to be 'great' in the world. He has no political or teaching power in the world - he is not strong and not self-sufficient and it DOES NOT BOTHER him and it never even cross his mind.
HUMILITY is the OPPOSITE of SELFISHNESS and ARROGANCE -
It is to lay DOWN the ME - MYSELF and I -
It is to LAY DOWN the "MY WAY or NO WAY" (NOT ALWAYS have your way) -
It is to be CONTENT and at PEACE when certain things does not PLEASE you but meet the needs of others -
WALK in GENTLENESS (a FRUIT of the HOLY SPIRIT):
To WALK in GENTLENESS is to HAVE YAH'S SPIRIT'S WISDOM in us. It is "POWER UNDER CONTROL" - (James 3:13 "Who is wise and understanding among you? He should SHOW his WORKS by GOOD CONDUCT with WISDOM'S GENTLENESS."
It is NOT INSISTING on our "RIGHTS" -
It is NOT being EASILY OFFENDED -
It is to NOT HOLD GRUDGES.
It is to be at PEACE with WHO we are and WHOSE we are.
It is to be CALM and TENDER - SOFT in APPROACH - KIND HEARTED - full of COMPASSION - LOVING and WARM - AFFECTIONATE - SENSITIVE to others -
WALK IN PATIENCE (a FRUIT of the HOLY SPIRIT):
PATIENCE is to ENDURE and have SPIRITUAL STRENGTH - and to TOLERATE - to have MERCY and COMPASSION - to PERSEVERE and have STEADFASTNESS - KINDNESS and FORGIVENESS.
It is to have SELF-CONTROL and RESTRAINT (SELF-DISCIPLINE) -
It is to have CALMNESS, MILDNESS, GOOD-NATUREDNESS - PEACEFULNESS - STILLNESS - QUIETNESS ...
BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER (a FRUIT of the HOLY SPIRIT):
BEARING with ONE ANOTHER is to stay connected to other believers with a LOVING ATTITUDE -
It is to come to GRIPS with other people's differences, irritating habits and getting on your nerves without letting bad thoughts about them settle in your mind - rather thinking about them as "SANCTIFYING" you - giving you victory over the flesh that wants to get angry etc. (James 1:9 "My dearly loved brothers (sisters) understand this: everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and SLOW to ANGER, for MAN'S ANGER does NOT ACCOMPLISH YAH'S (God's) RIGHTEOUSNESS.")
Yahweh's SPIRIT is the SPIRIT of PEACE:
Scripture tells us that we should be EAGER to GUARD and KEEP the HARMONY under fellow believers - in the BINDING POWER of PEACE coming from the HOLY SPIRIT of YAHWEH God.
Ephesians 4:3b says "Be EAGER and STRIVE EARNESTLY to GUARD and KEEP the HARMONY and ONENESS of and produced by the Spirit in the BINDING POWER OF PEACE."
O Abba, please help us to PUT ON THE NEW NATURE, the REGENERATED "SELF" CREATED in YOUR OWN IMAGE of TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS and HOLINESS. (Eph. 4:24). Help us DO AWAY with the OLD SELF - the ME MYSELF and I .
Father, help us to REJECT ALL FALSITY and DONE AWAY with it - EXPRESSING ONLY TRUTH (Eph. 4:25) in Yahshua Messiah's name. Amen.
INSIDE OUT - Part 4
Jer. 17:9 "The HEART is DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, and DESPERATELY WICKED: who can KNOW IT?"
Our wonderful Savior DID EVERYTHING to MAKE a WAY for us to be in a COVENNANT RELATIONSHIP with the Father again.
He is the WAY - the TRUTH and the LIFE (John 14:6):
Yahshua MADE a WAY - AS the ONLY WAY back to the Father;
He BROUGHT TRUTH - AS the TRUTH (The Word) for us to OBEY and LIVE as it SAYS;
He BROUGHT LIFE - AS the LIFE - so that we could LIVE eternally with Him.
WHAT COMES OUT of the MOUTH - DEFILES:
Messiah said in Matt 15:11 "... what comes OUT of the mouth of MAN; this makes a man UNCLEAN and DEFILES him."
OUT of the HEART COMES EVIL:
Mark 7:20b "Therefore you will FULLY KNOW them by their FRUITS"
Matt. 15:19 "... OUT of the HEART come EVIL THOUGHTS - REASONINGS and DISPUTINGS and DESIGNS - such as MURDER, ADULTERY, SEXUAL VICE (FORNICATION) THEFT, FALSE WITNESSING, SLANDER and IRREVERENT SPEECH."
MURDER:
(massacre, slaying, killing, slaying, homicide, manslaughter, assassination, execution)
ADULTERY:
(disloyalties, betrayals, falseness, deceitfulness, faithlessness)
SEXUAL VICE (FORNICATION):
(A practice, behavior or habit generally considered immoral, sinful, depraved, degrading - sexual relations between people not married to each other)
THEFT:
(robberies, shoplifting, holdups, thieveries, stealing, housebreakings, crimes, breaking and entering, aggravated burglary)
FALSE WITNESSING:
(Speaking falsely in any matter, lying, deceiving)
SLANDER:
(The utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which damage and defame another person's reputation - false statement about a person)
And IRREVERENT SPEECH:
(Disrespectful, offensive, improper, mocking, rude, cheeky, flippant, bold, ungodly, irreligious, profane (wicked) blasphemous)
WICKEDNESS COMES FROM OUT THE HEART:
All EVILNESS, BADNESS, INIQUITY, SIN, IMMORALITY, UNGODLINESS, ERROR of our WAYS, TRANSGRESSION, IRREVERENCE, DECEIT, DISHONESTY, TRICKERY, TREACHERY, DECEITFULNESS, PRETENSE, CHEATING, DUPLICITY, FALSENESS, FRAUD, SHAM, DECEPTION, COVETOUSNESS, GREED, GREEDINESS, MATERIALISM, ENVY, EVIL DESIRES, LUSTS, JEALOUSY, ENVIOUSNESS, MEANNESS, STINGINESS, TIGHTFISTEDNESS, UNGENEROUSNESS, BLASPHEMY, PRIDE, and FOOLISHNESS COMES from WITHIN and DEFILE us.
A CRITICAL CONNECTION:
There is a critical connection between the HEART (inner-man or spirit) and the OUTER MAN for when we CHANGE on the INSIDE - it SHOWS on the OUTSIDE - in how we BEHAVE - TALK - ACT - REACT - DRESS - LIVE ...
CLEAR EVIDENCE:
Scripture tells us that when our turn comes to stand ALONE before our KING, He will render JUDGEMENT to EACH ONE of us - ACCORDING to our WORKS (WHAT WE DID or DID NOT DO). (Rom. 2:5-16; Matt. 16:27; Rev. 20:11-15).
BORN AGAIN from the SPIRIT OF YAH or from ANOTHER spirit?
What we DID or DID NOT DO - will be CLEAR EVIDENCE of being TRULY BORN-AGAIN followers of MESSIAH YAHSHUA - or born from another spirit.
SHEEP or GOATS ...
OUR ACTIONS - WHAT WE DID - and DID NOT DO - will be the SIGN on judgment day, if we will be SHEEP of the Shepherd's FLOCK or GOATS of another flock - when we will be separated - the sheep to eternal life and the goats to eternal damnation.
"Above ALL ELSE, GUARD your HEART, for EVERYTHING YOU DO FLOWS from it." (Prov. 4:23)
To GUARD our HEARTS - HIS WORD IN US:
GUARDING our HEARTS is of the UTMOST IMPORTANCE - FILTERING OUT the WORLD and the FLESH - the WORLDLY and the FLESHLY - KEEPING and STANDING on the WORD of YAHWEH God that is 'ALIVE' WITHIN us.
THE TEST of KNOWING Him:
IF WE KNOW Him - WE WILL KEEP His COMMANDMENTS:
Scripture is clear about OBEDIENCE - KEEPING the COMMANDS and COMMANDMENTS of our Father - DOING it - LIVING it. Scripture says that If we say we KNOW Him, but do NOT KEEP His commandments - then we are LIARS and DO NOT really KNOW Him.
1 John 2:3-4 "By THIS we KNOW that we have COME to KNOW Him, IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. Whoever says 'I KNOW Him' but DOES NOT KEEP His COMMANDMENTS is a LIAR, and the TRUTH is NOT IN him." (KJV)
IF WE KNOW our YAH - WE WILL LOOK MORE AND MORE LIKE Him:
1 John 2:6 "He who SAYS he ABIDES in Him OUGHT HIMSELF ALSO to WALK JUST AS HE WALKED."
WE WILL NOT LOVE the WORLD and the WORLDLY THINGS:
1 John 2 :15 "Do NOT LOVE the WORLD or the THINGS in the WORLD. If ANYONE LOVES the WORLD, the LOVE of the Father is NOT IN him.
:16 For ALL that is IN the WORLD - the LUST of the FLESH, the LUST of the EYES, and the PRIDE of LIFE - IS NOT of the Father but is of the world.
:17 And the WORLD is PASSING AWAY, and the LUST of it; but HE WHO DOES the WILL of YAHWEH God ABIDES FOREVER.
:18 ... IT IS THE LAST HOUR; and as you have HEARD the LAWLESS ONE (the Antichrist) is COMING ... it is the LAST HOUR."
STARTING our DAYS with YAHSHUA:
When we START our DAYS in HIS PRESENCE - preaching His Word to OURSELVES EACH DAY - we will have the STRENGTH to PERSEVERE in everything that comes our way - even difficulties.
We will KEEP our MOUTHS FREE of PERVERSITY -
KEEP CORRUPT TALK FAR from our LIPS -
We will let our EYES LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD; FIXING our GAZE DIRECTLY BEFORE us -
We will GIVE CAREFUL THOUGHT to the PATHS of our FEET -
And be STEADFAST in ALL our WAYS -
WE WILL NOT TURN to the RIGHT or to the LEFT and KEEP OUR FOOT FROM all EVIL.
Abba, we are ATTENDING to YOUR WORDS and SUBMITTING to YOUR TEACHINGS. We want it to NEVER DEPART from our SIGHT, and KEEP them in the CENTER of our HEARTS. For YOUR WORD - Your COMMANDS and COMMANDMENTS are LIFE ... and HEALING and HEALTH to all our FLESH (Prov. 4:20-22). Father - Your WORD NOURISHES us, SATISFY our THIRST and GIVE LIFE to our DEAD BONES. You are the SOURCE of our EXISTENCE, our BEGINNING and our END in Yahshua Messiah's name. Amen.
INSIDE OUT - PART 5
A CHOICE we HAVE to MAKE:
Only our heavenly Father can REVEAL to us through His SPIRIT what is HIDDEN in our HEARTS. It is a CHOICE we have to make.
OUT of our COMFORT ZONE:
When we CHOOSE to ALLOW Him IN - He will lead us right INTO the FIRE of His WORD and OUT of our COMFORT ZONE.
PURIFIED (SANCTIFICATION):
MOULDED into HIS IMAGE:
It is THERE that we could be MOULDED INTO THE IMAGE of HIS SON.
IN HIS PRESENCE:
It is THERE - IN HIS PRESENCE - that our DARKNESS (our sins) will be REVEALED to us - HIS LIGHT SHINING into the DEEPEST DARKEST CORNERS of our BEINGS - REVEALING to us our SINS - so that we can REPENT and REPENT and REPENT UNTILL ALL is TOLD and we can be FORGIVEN.
The LIGHT of HIS WORD to DRIVE all the DARKNESS in our SOULS AWAY ...
BEING LED INTO THE TRUTH of HIS WORD:
It is THERE in HIS PRESENCE - and from within the DEEPEST PART of our SPIRIT-MAN (our DNA) - our SOUL and SPIRIT (mind, thoughts, will, emotions, heart) that we will BE LED INTO the TRUTH - where we will be SET FREE from the DISASTERS of our PAST. The TRUTH will SET US FREE. (John 8:32)
WASHED in HIS WORD and HIS BLOOD:
It is THERE - in HIS PRESENCE - that we will be WASHED in HIS WORD and HIS BLOOD and although we will always wear the "MARKS" of our SINS, we will be on our PATH of COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION from the INSIDE OUT.
COVENANT RELATIONSHIP:
It is THERE - in HIS PRESENCE - that we will START our COVENANT WHOLEHEARTED RELATIONSHIP with our MAKER - our SAVIOR - our LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER. It is THERE where we WILL MEET HIM FACE to face - in HIS TRHONEROOM - OUR habitual MEETING PLACE.
A RENEWED SPIRIT:
It is THERE - in HIS PRESENCE - when HIS WORD FILL US UP - BECOMES PART of us - that we will CONSTANTLY BE RENEWED in the SPIRIT of our MINDS - having a FRESH NEW MENTAL and SPIRITUAL ATTITUDE ... Eph. 4:23 "Be CONSTANTLY RENEWED in the SPIRIT of your MIND, having a FRESH MENTAL and SPIRITUAL ATTITUDE."
PUTTING ON our NEW NATURE:
It is THERE - in HIS PRESENCE - that we PUT ON our NEW NATURE. It is SOMETHING we NEED to DO - PUTTING IT ON by LETTING the WORD of YAHWEH GOD becomes WHO WE ARE. Eph. 23:25-26 "And PUT on the NEW NATURE (the NEW SELF) CREATED in YAH'S IMAGE, GODLIKE in true RIGHTEOUSNESS and HOLINESS ... REJECTING ALL FALSITY ..."
KEEP ON PUTTING ON the NEW NATURE:
A CONTINUOUS PROCESS:
Eph. 4:1-2 "I call upon you therefore, ... to walk WORTHILY of the CALLING with which you were CALLED ... living as becomes you with complete humbleness of mind and meekness that is unselfishness, gentleness and with patience, bearing with one another and MAKING ALLOWANCES BECAUSE you LOVE one ANOTHER." (AMP)
KEEP the HARMONY in the BONDING POWER of HIS PEACE:
Eph. 4:3 "Being DILIGENT to KEEPING the UNITY of the SPIRIT in the UNITING BOND of PEACE." (The Pure Word). For ... :5 There is ONE MASTER (MESSIAH YESHUA), ONE BELIEF, ONE IMMERSION (BAPTISM) :6 ONE YAHWEH and Father of all, Who is ABOVE ALL, and THROUGH ALL, and IN YOU ALL." (AMP)
UNITY in BELIEF and in ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE:
STANDING on the ROCK - the COMPLETENESS FOUND in Him:
Eph. 4:13 "Until we ALL COME to the UNITY OF THE BELIEF and in the UNDERSTANDING of the FULL and ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE of the SON of YAHWEH ELOHIM (The Lord God) ... the MEASURE of the STATURE - HIS IMPORTANCE - STANDING ON the ROCK of AGES (MESSIAH) and the IMPORTANCE of the FULLNESS of MESSIAH and the COMPLETENESS FOUND in HIM."
NO LONGER CHILDREN in faith, being MIXED, BLENDED and FLIPPED and TOSSED AROUND like ships by every WIND of DOCTRINAL TEACHING - the TRICKERY of MEN that in CLEVERNESS LEAD us ASTRAY:
Eph. 4:14 "... we may NO LONGER be CHILDREN, TOSSED like ships TO and FRO between CHANCE GUSTS of TEACHING and WAVERING with EVERY CHANGING WIND of DOCTRINE, the PREY of the CUNNING and CLEVERNESS of UNSCRUPULOUS men, engaged in every shifting form of trickery in INVENTING ERRORS to MISLEAD."
SPIRITUAL GROWTH from the INSIDE OUT:
Eph. 4:15 "Rather, let our LIVES LOVINGLY EXPRESS TRUTH in ALL THINGS, SPEAKING TRULY, DEALING TRULY, LIVING TRULY. ENFOLDED in LOVE, let us GROW UP in EVERY WAY AND in ALL THINGS INTO Him Who is the HEAD, even MESSIAH, the ANOINTED ONE."
:16 For because of Him the WHOLE BODY of BELIEVERS in MESSIAH, in ALL its VARIOUS PARTS, closely JOINED and FIRMLY KNIT TOGETHER by the JOINTS and LIGAMENTS with which it is supplied, when each part is working properly, grows to full maturity, building itself up in love.
NO LONGER LOOKING like the WORLD:
The WORLD is walking in SENSELESSNESS and VAINNESS of their MIND:
Eph. 4:17 "So this I say, and WITNESS IN THE MASTER, that you should NO LONGER WALK as the NATIONS WALK, in the FUTILITY - the USELESSNESS and POINTLESSNESS, SENSELESSNESS AND VAINNESS of their MIND,
DARKENED in their UNDERSTANDING:
Eph. 4:18 "Having been DARKENED IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING ..."
BEING SEPARATED from the KINGDOM-LIFE because of IGNORANCE and HARDNESS of their HEARTS:
Eph. 4:18b "... HAVING BEEN ESTRANGED FROM the LIFE of ELOHIM, BECAUSE of the IGNORANCE that is IN them, BECAUSE of the HARDNESS of their HEART."
WHEN ANGRY - DO NOT SIN:
When angry, DO NOT SIN; Do NOT EVER let your wrath - your frustrations - irritations - enragements - annoyances - your fury [anger] resentment - dislike - bitterness - hatred - antipathy - ill feeling - ill will - bad blood - your aggression or hostility last until the sun goes down. (Eph. 4:26)
DON'T GIVE the DEVIL A FOOTHOLD - DON'T LET the THIEF STEAL NO MORE:
LEAVE ROOM or FOOTHOLD for the DEVIL -
GIVE NO OPPORTUNITY to him -
Let the THIEF STEAL NO MORE ... (Eph. 4:27)
LET NO FOUL or EVIL - UNWHOLESOME - WORTHLESS TALK come out of YOUR MOUTH:
Let NO FOUL or POLLUTING language, NOR EVIL WORD, NOR UNWHOLESOME or WORTHLESS TALK EVER COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, but ONLY SPEECH that is GOOD and BENEFICIAL to the SPIRITUAL PROGRESS of OTHERS as is fitting to the NEED and the OCCASION, that it may be A BLESSING and GIVE GRACE - Father's favor - to those who hear it. (Eph. 4:27-28)
DO NOT GRIEVE the HOLY SPIRIT of YAHWEH GOD:
AND DO NOT GRIEVE the HOLY SPIRIT of YAHWEH our loving heavenly Father - DO NOT OFFEND - UPSET or VEX - ANGER - DISPLEASE - ANNOY - IRRITATE OR SADDEN HIM ... (Eph. 4:30)
For it is BY Him that you WERE SEALED - MARKED and BRANDED as FATHER'S OWN. (Eph. 4:30)
Help us Abba to live according to YOUR WORD - to SEEK YOUR FACE - to OBEY Your COMMANDS - Your TEACHINGS. Help us O YAHSHUA to CLOTHE OURSELVES with YOU - to FOLLOW YOU - TRUST in YOU - BELIEVE IN - and RELY on You our WONDERFUL SAVIOR. YOU are our HOPE - our EXPECTATION - our PEACE.
Our FAITH - DESIRES - DREAMS - GOALS - WANTS - YEARNINGS and LONGINGS and CONFIDENCE is IN YOU. O ABBA let Your SPIRIT DWELL in us in ALL FULNESS. Come in O HOLY SPIRIT of YAHWEH - TAKE CONTROL and LEAD us - be our NAVIGATOR on our PATH of FAITH. In Yahshua Messiah's name.