Worshiping this morning it occurred to me that the prayer "Father Yah, in the name of Yahooshua, I ask you to judge me severely and correct me harshly that I may serve you more perfectly" may be the most powerful prayer there is

"Father Yah, show me the level of my present deception and how to correct it" may well come close behind that

We are surrounded by deception and error, we are not able to judge ourselves with any level of certainty

If you desire to serve Yah faithfully to the end and be found a good and faithful servant on the Day of Judgment, I suggest for your consideration that you should pray the above two prayers regularly and then when things go wrong in your life closely examine yourself and deal with what you have to deal with -- repent, course correct, get back on track -- could result in RADICAL CHANGE in your life

There are other prayers that are important such as:

"Father Yah I ask you to bring the people you want into my life and take the people you do not want out" -- be sensitive and let them go or welcome them

"I ask you to open the doors in my life that you want opened and close the doors you want closed" -- be sensitive and do not force the doors

"I ask you to help me to overcome to the end that I may be found a good and faithful servant on the Day of Judgment"

etc

but, in a sense, "judge me severely and correct me harshly that I may serve you more perfectly" is the most powerful of the lot IF you are willing to be sensitive to what follows

It is probably the most powerful prayer to pray for your children and family who are not serving Yah (and for those who are), for your friends and for your enemies, including your government

May Yah bless you and keep you and make His face to shine upon you and grant you His peace

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I continue to encounter believers who do not understand that there is judgment in this life and that NOTHING will go wrong in their lives other than through their own foolishness, laziness, negligence or sin.

In this article I will give you the basis of judgment in THIS life and give advice on how to avoid such judgment.

In the sections that follow I will build a picture step-by-step of the Court Room of Heaven and how it operates so that you are no longer unsure of how things go wrong in your life and what to do about it.

The historical accounts contained in the book {bible} are packed with cases of judgment in this life – things that happen that cause loss, inconvenience, death, etc.

Immediately following their rebellion in disobeying the commandment of Yah Adam and Chavah {Eve} are banished from the garden and huge judgment was pronounced over the sons (children) of Adam that remains in force today.

In the time of Noah huge judgment was pronounced over the earth and the flood resulted.

Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by fire from the sky.

Egypt experienced repeated judgments culminating in the slaughter of the first born and the drowning of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea.

Moshe {Moses} was judged for striking the rock and died before entering the promised land.

David was judged for his adultery with Bathsheba, was deposed by his son and had to flee Jerusalem and had his ten covenant woman servants {concubines} raped in the sight of all Jerusalem.

Ananias and Saphira dropped dead for lying to the set-apart {holy} Spirit of Yah.

Shaul {Saul / Paul} suffered severe judgments from the time he was taken prisoner in Jerusalem to the time that he got to Rome for his disobedience in going to Jerusalem when Yah told him not to go.

There are clear indications of judgement to come at the end of this age on the living and the dead.

There are numerous other historical passages that speak of judgment in this life.

If you are not aware of judgment in this life you are ignorant of one of the most important factors that influence your life as a believer and it is vital that you give deep and prayerful consideration to what follows.

Your own foolishness can cause things to go wrong in this life without there necessarily being sin – a woman who simply does not do the things that she should do as a covenant woman {wife} may experience strife with her covenant man {husband} simply because her behaviour is not acceptable to him.

Likewise a man can experience strife because he does not treat his covenant woman well.

A lazy person will experience things going wrong without necessarily breaking any of the commandments.

An argumentative person will experience things going wrong without necessarily breaking any of the commandments.

If something is NOT working in your life the first place to look is whether YOU are being ill disciplined, not conducting yourself in a constructive and appropriate fashion, etc.

If you are doing these things you need to course correct before you expect the things that are taught in the remainder of this article to work for you.

In 1 Peter 5:8 it is written "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:" (KJV)

Take particular note of the work "MAY" – Satan and his forces cannot touch you without permission from Yah and that permission will ONLY be given if there is sin in your life.

So, the next time that Satan or his cohorts touch your life and you are wondering why, stop rebuking Satan, go to the mirror, look in the mirror and ask yourself what YOU have done to open the door for Satan and the forces of darkness to operate in your life.

I say again, Satan and the forces of darkness CANNOT TOUCH YOU UNLESS YOU HAVE SIN IN YOUR LIFE!

In 1 John 2:1 it is written "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Yahooshua the anointed of Yah {Jesus Christ} the righteous:" (KJV)

Believers love to quote this verse but they do not understand its significance.

What is an "advocate"?  An advocate is a senior legal representative who speaks on behalf of the defendant in a court case – the advocate knows the law and ensures that the evidence of the defendant is appropriately structured and argued in order to ensure the most favourable outcome in the court.

So why does Yahooshua need to be our advocate?

Because there IS a court and we DO get charged.

So Satan and his forces constantly patrol the earth looking for sin and then they bring charges to the Court of Heaven and Yahooshua represents us as our advocate.

The forces of darkness are NOT obliged to bring charges, they can wait until the sin builds up and THEN bring charges in order to secure a heavier sentence OR, if the person concerned is serving Satan at a material level the forces of darkness may choose NOT to bring charges as the lack of repercussions for sin may encourage the person concerned to dig themselves deeper and deeper into sin and therefore remain in service of Satan.

This is the reason so many Christians remain in their huge errors with regard to worshipping Jesus, using the wrong names, worshipping the Bible, using the Cross, keeping Sunday as the Sabbath, etc.  By doing these things they are in service of Satan and so Satan and his cohorts have no reason to bring charges.  They know that the offenders will be judged at the end of the age and will probably end up in the Lake of Fire serving Satan for eternity.

Yahooshua as our advocate can plead for mercy – he has lived in this world and knows how difficult it is and, therefore, if you are in ignorance or a young believer, or have asked for Grace in an area you are battling with Yahooshua has the right to plead for Grace on your behalf and it MAY be granted.

However, IF you are a mature believer who should know better then there is NO Grace, you must face the full consequences of your sin.

If you have prayed "Father judge me severely and correct me harshly that I may serve you more perfectly" then you have voluntarily requested the withdrawal of Grace and should expect the full force of the Law of Yah to be applied against you when you sin.

Even here, if Yah has given you a particular mission that you are not well equipped for Yah may still extend Grace at His discretion and Yahooshua's request.

You may well ask why you would pray for judgment – the simple answer is that the more you are judged in this life and the more sensitive you are to judgment and the more willing you are to course correct when judgment comes the LESS severe will be your judgment at the end of your life, the more likely you will be to overcome to the end of your life and the better equipped you will be to sit on a high throne alongside Yahooshua as a King and judge in the Court of Heaven.

There is GREAT REWARD for actively seeking to be judged in this life.

Seeking judgment in this life is a prerequisite for living a life above sin in this life.

In Revelation 12:10 reference is made to "the accuser of our brethren …, which accused them before our Mighty One {God} day and night." (KJV)

Here we see confirmation of what is written above.

Satan and his cohorts are before the Throne (= Judgment Seat) of Yah day and night bringing accusations against the brethren.

So, they are not that concerned about those who are not believers, why should they be?  Those people are Satan's servants, Satan and his cohorts will not bring charges unless Yah forces their hand, see examples below.

They concentrate on the brethren, those who believe and, in fact, they concentrate most of their energy on those who are really making an effort to serve Yah.

If you are lukewarm, not praying much, not doing much to serve Yah and not constituting a real threat to Satan and his forces he will leave you alone a lot of the time.

To the extent that there are blood-line curse and similar factors at play they may attack you at some level but their preferred mode of operation is to leave you alone in your sin.

If, on the other hand they see that you are a threat to them they will focus all the attention necessary to try and keep you from having the time and energy to serve Yah.

So, IF you are reading this and questioning the validity of what is written here then check out your standing with Yah.

Unless you have prayed prayers like "Father I give you my life to do with as you will" or "Father I desire to be found a good and faithful servant on the Day of Judgment" or something else along these lines AND you are making an effort to grow closer to Yah and to serve Him then Satan and his forces will likely leave you alone.

BUT, IF you have made a serious commitment and are really serving Yah or seeking to serve Him materially THEN expect that there is a whole army of demons and fallen messengers {angels} watching your every word and deed and looking for every situation that will give them a right to destroy you or attack you or damage you in any way they can.

IF you fall into this category it is VITAL that you understand what is written here.

Notwithstanding what is written above Satan and his cohorts WILL seek to lead all people into sin and error – that is part of their mandate with Satan as mighty one {god} of this world and they do NOT need the consent of the Court of Heaven to do this.

So they will bring temptation, get people to curse you, assign demons to find a basis on which they can attach themselves to you, bring people and material to you that will bring you into wrong teaching (doctrine), etc.

BUT these attempts will only take effect IF you submit to them and do not discern correctly that these things are sin, error, etc.

It is so that a curse without a cause cannot alight – in other words, no matter how much Satanists, Witch Doctors, etc curse you those curses will ONLY have effect if you open the door for them to attach to you and operate against you – so, the forces of darkness can curse you but they need the consent of the Court of Heaven for those curses to operate.

Last year I discovered through a number of Yah's spokes persons {prophets} that there were something like 193 death curses against me but they were not touching me because I did not have sin in my life deserving of a death sentence.  Had I committed any sin deserving of a death sentence ALL of those curses would immediately have kicked in and I would likely have been killed very quickly, whether in a motor car accident, through a deadly disease or whatever unless I had rapidly repented and turned from my sin and returned to Yah.

If you have had close shaves with death you need to look at what sin there is in your life that is opening the way for the forces of darkness to gain the right to take your life.

You can claim the promises of Yah and at some level these WILL offset the consequences of your sin but it will be a constant battle for Yah to save your life when at the same time he is forced to give judgments against you.

In Job 1:6-13 we see a clear description of the operation of the Court of Heaven:

"6 Now there was a day when the sons of The Almighty {God} came to present themselves before Yah the eternally self-existing {the LORD} , and Satan came also among them.

7 And Yah the eternally self-existing { the LORD } said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered Yah the eternally self-existing { the LORD }, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

8 And Yah the eternally self-existing {the LORD} said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth Yah, and escheweth evil?

9 Then Satan answered Yah the eternally self-existing { the LORD }, and said, Doth Job fear The Almighty {God} for nought?

10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

12 And Yah the eternally self-existing { the LORD } said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Yah the eternally self-existing { the LORD }." (KJV)

So we see the Court of Heaven where Satan has been roaming the earth.

We see that a dialogue takes place between Satan and Yah regarding what Satan has found and specifically relating to Job.

We see that Satan is of the view that Job is protected by Yah in every way such that Satan cannot touch Job.

BUT we see that Yah actually tells Satan that all that Job has is "IN YOUR POWER" but that Satan is not permitted to touch Job's person.

It is widely believed that Job is one of the oldest, if not the oldest passage in the collection of writings known as the Bible and with this information together with a description of what happens in the Court we deduce that this situation took place early on when sin was not widespread in the earth and when Satan did not fully know his legal rights.

In Job 3:25 we see the basis of the judgment against Job "For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me." (KJV)

Here we see that by his own admission Job was walking in fear.

Fear is the opposite of faith, fear is faith in Satan and the forces of darkness and distrust of Yah.

Accordingly, Job, through his fear, gave Satan a legal right to touch ALL THE THINGS HE FEARED LOSING.

Later, in Job chapter 2 we see that Satan is also permitted to touch Job's person but not kill him and in Job chapter 29 we see that Job was also walking in pride and so, since pride is also sin because it exalts oneself against the knowledge of Yah, Satan was also permitted to humiliate Job.

If you do not understand this about the story of Job you can draw seriously wrong conclusions.

The fundamental lesson is that, no matter how righteous you are, no matter how much you are in right standing with Yah, ANY SIN in your life will grant Satan the legal right to cause you loss, suffering, illness, disease, etc.

In 1 Kings 22:19-24 and 2 Chronicles 18 we see another example of the Court of Heaven in operation:

"19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of Yah the eternally self-existing { the LORD }: I saw Yah the eternally self-existing { the LORD }  sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

20 And Yah the eternally self-existing { the LORD } said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.

21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Yah the eternally self-existing {the LORD}, and said, I will persuade him.

22 And Yah the eternally self-existing { the LORD } said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.

23 Now therefore, behold, Yah the eternally self-existing { the LORD } hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Yah the eternally self-existing {the LORD}  hath spoken evil concerning thee." (KJV)

Here we see a situation in which Ahab, who has sinned mightily against Yah and Yah's servants and has seemingly escaped Yah's justice, crosses the line and Yah decides to kill him.

Yah puts the judgment to the Court of Heaven and asks for volunteers to execute the death sentence.

A demon comes forward and offers to be a lying spirit in the mouth of Ahab's prophets and Yah gives his blessing to the course of action proposed by the demon.

We read before and after this passage how the demon was able to carry out the sentence and how Ahab died a long and lingering death after having been shot by an arrow fired at random that penetrated between the joints in his armour thereby giving effect to a prophetic statement of his death given by the spokesman of Yah {prophet} EliYahoo {Elijah}.

You can either ignore the judgment, or you can use language that imputes power to Satan and his cohorts, or you can have a pity party, or … OR you can take RESPONSIBILITY for what has happened and get on your knees before Yah and ask Him what YOU have done that has opened the door to that judgment.

In the middle of last year I tripped and fell in front of about fifty people while walking through a conference venue.  I was carrying a computer, video camera and tripod slung over my shoulder and could do nothing to stop the fall.  I landed full length on my chest and was seriously winded and bruised in various places.  I struggled to walk for several days because of the pain in my hip.  My cell phone screen was shattered.  I was humiliated in front of a large group of people who were going to hear me speak a short while later!

I could have blamed the person who was responsible for the stand that I tripped over, instead I took it as a judgment and when I got home got on my knees and asked Yah WHY this had happened.  He told me I was allowing pride to creep into my heart and it was affecting my behaviour.  I repented and course corrected.

What will YOU choose to do?

Will you seek and welcome Yah's judgments as always just and fair and merciful or will you continue in your own strength to avoid Yah's judgments and to moan and complain and give Satan glory when you sin?

IF you chose to become sensitive to judgment in your life then the first thing you should do whenever anything goes wrong is get on your knees before Yah to seek instruction as to your sin and what correction is necessary.  Repent, ask for and receive forgiveness in the name of Yahooshua, course correct and continue.

Course correction may require that you apologise to people you have wronged, return with interest and penalties things you have stolen, come clean with people you have lied to, cut off adulterous relationships, change your language, etc, etc.

Note that judgments tend to correlate with your sin – so, if you have stolen from someone then it is likely that the judgment will relate to someone stealing from you.  Many years ago, when I had recently made an intense commitment to serve Yah He showed me through a dream that a former employee was going to steal from me and then told me that He could not protect me because I had stolen goods in my possession.  He required me to take some items I had removed from the University when I was a student and return them openly to the University and confess that I had stolen them before Yah was able to protect me against my disaffected former employee!

Conclusion

The basis of judgment in this life has been set out.

Things that go wrong in our lives are entirely the consequence of our own actions.

Will you accept responsibility for your actions or will you duck and dive Yah's judgments and get a nasty shock on the Day of Judgment?

May Yah bless you and keep you and make His face to shine upon you and give you peace.

I regularly encounter believers, including strong believers, who use language like "God is in control", or "Yah is in control", etc.

Language which implies that they are entirely submitted to Daddy Yah and that He is controlling their lives every step of the way.

This same belief is inherent in the belief that "the bible is the inerrant Word of God" and that Father dictated to Moses what was going to happen after Moses's (Moshe's) death so that Moshe could complete the five books generally ascribed to Moshe before he died.

A necessary part of such a belief is that every step of the way a person's life is ordered by or ordained by or controlled by Yah.

By implication, we are then all glove puppets or marionette's controlled every step of the way by an all seeing omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent god who planned all things before the creation of the earth and therefore my sin, my disobedience, etc is all foreordained and appointed by Yah for some weird and perverse stage-show where He demonstrates His ability to manipulate and control human beings.

This is FAR FROM THE TRUTH!

It is Satan who aspires to control our every move and uses the millions of messengers {angels} and billions of demons under his control to manipulate us and control us.  That is we are mostly under the control of the Dominions, Thrones, Principalities and Powers that were discussed in preceding articles that seek to achieve total control of the earth.

The fact of the matter regarding Yah is entirely the opposite.

We are NOT glove puppets or marionettes.

Yah created us with free will that we might CHOOSE to serve Him and do His will or not.

Fact is that even the most strongly anointed seldom do all Yah's will all the time, in fact most seldom really do Yah's will at all.

One of the conversations I quite regularly have with Yah relates to the next steps in issues of relationships, etc – frequently He will say to me "you know I do not know what they are going to do next" and "you are human, you may have a better idea of what they are going to do next than I do".

But

That is sacrilege, I hear you cry!

No, we have to choose, we have to listen for Yah's voice, we have to weigh up the options and make the decisions and then we have to act on those decisions.

Else the Day of Judgment is a farce!

So, we must be sufficiently submitted to Yah by His Spirit so that we pray His will into existence on the earth.

It is our responsibility to tear down the principalities, powers, thrones and dominions, to bind and cast out the demons, to loose the captives, etc.  We do this by Yah's Spirit, His anointing on us, His words through us, His authority in the name of Yahooshua, IF we are submitted and yielded to Him and obedient and listening clearly, etc, etc.

Most of the time the vast majority of us are NOT sanctified, NOT hearing clearly, NOT focused on doing His will, NOT submitted, NOT in any meaningful way really aligned with Him and yet we still claim that He is in control of our lives and will bring us the right husband or wife, or job, or whatever.

And then we get angry with Him when it does not work, notwithstanding the fact that we messed up the relationship, got to work late, etc.

We all need to take responsibility for what we think, for what we say, for what we do, etc.

Father, I ask that you will blow away by your Spirit all in this document that is NOT according to your will and your ways, please blow away all lies and deception and leave only that which is from you, I ask this in the name of Yahooshua.

Conclusion

I strongly recommend that you review your thoughts and beliefs and see where you are abdicating your responsibility to serve Yah effectively and obediently all the days of your life and deal with whatever you need to deal with including praying prayers for guidance and direction and submitting your life entirely to Yah.

May Yah bless you and keep you and make His face to shine upon you and give you peace

Over the last few days I have been listening to Leviticus and been struck by how deeply this speaks to the question of Grace.  If you have not read Leviticus recently I encourage you to do so.

In terms of the Covenant given through Moshe {Moses} at Mount Sinai there were a large number of animal sacrifices laid down for all sorts of things including sin offerings, trespass offerings, atonement for the people, consecration, thanks for healing, etc, etc.

All of these sacrifices required the offering of an animal, ox, sheep, goat, lamb, kid or bird -- you had to have the animal AND the wherewithal to bring it to the Tabernacle or Temple.  Difficult if you were living in South Africa and the Temple was in Jerusalem.

All of these ALSO required a set apart {sanctified} Levitical Priest, a son of Aaron.   A big problem today.

Yahooshua, in becoming the Lamb of Yah, provided a means to bring an offering of bread and wine any time it was required to deal with the consequences of sin, setting apart {sanctification}, atonement, etc AND he provided a Priest who was always set apart {sanctified} – i.e. himself and who was available wherever we find ourselves.

This is enormous GRACE for which we should be truly grateful.

NONE of this means we can be casual about the Sabbath or any of the other ordinances of Yah.

On the contrary, because it is so much easier, we should be that much MORE diligent to observe them.

I hope that the above gives you more insight into Grace.

May Yah bless you and keep you and make His face to shine upon you and give you peace.

There is great confusion about the meaning of "Law" and the meaning of "Grace" – many teach that with Yahooshua we are NOT under law but under grace and then suggest all sorts of arguments as to why it does not matter if various commandments of Yah are broken.

This article seeks to clarify the real issues relating to Law and Grace.

MattihYahoo {Matthew} (meaning gift of Yah)  5:17-20 – Yahooshua speaking "17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.  18 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.  19 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.  20 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." KJV

This is quite conclusive not the smallest character of the law will pass away till heaven and earth have passed away and there is great reward for keeping the law.

This apparently contradicts Romans 6:14 "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace."  KJV

Clearly it would seem that "the law" is no longer relevant to those who are believers through the covenant of Yahooshua.

So, we get two opposing camps, one camp that seeks to keep the law and who are regarded as "legalists" by the other camp and the other camp that says we are under grace and that the law no longer applies.  This latter camp comprises almost the entire "Christian" community.

They cannot both be right, can they?

The answer turns on the problem that the English word "law" is used for a number of distinct families of policy edict issued by Yah and by man.

These are summarized below.

In Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 we read accounts of Yah appearing on Mount Sinai in fire and smoke, Moshe {Moses} going up the mountain to meet Him, Yah speaking audibly to an audience of millions of people and declaring the Ten Commandments or Ten Laws and then writing them in STONE.

Clearly, since Yah spoke them out aloud to an audience of millions He regards these laws as important and clearly since He wrote them in stone He does NOT expect them to change, ever.  The tablets of stone were found not long ago.

These are the Laws that Yahooshua refers to in Matthew 5 at the most fundamental level.

These laws govern the very essence of life, they form the basis of the Judgment and they will NEVER change and NOTHING Yahooshua did sets these Laws aside.  In fact, Yahooshua came in large measure to make it easier to deal with the consequences of breaking these Laws AND to make it easier to keep them – THAT IS GRACE!

We should ALL know these commandments and constantly test our lives against them.

They are:

1. Yah the eternally self-existing is ONE Mighty One, you shall have NO other mighty one's before Him – worshipping Yahooshua breaks this.

2. No idols, graven images, etc – worshipping the bible breaks this, also worshipping the cross or stake breaks this.

3. Not take the Name of Yah the eternally self-existing (Yahooeh) in vain – you break this by calling Him God or the LORD or by having a Yahoo.com email address or saying "ja" for yes.

4. Keep the Sabbath, the seventh day, that is Saturday – you break this by engaging in commerce or labour on Saturday and also by not observing Passover, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles.

5. Honour your father and mother – broken wholesale in most societies.

6. Not commit murder – includes abortion, contraceptives that prevent implantation of a fertilized ovum, also includes abolition of the death penalty for murder.

7. Not commit adultery – based on a covenant based on taking of virginity – most legal marriages break this, one man can covenant with more than one virgin.  Adultery and fornication are wholesale IN the body of believers.

8. Not steal – taking offerings under false pretenses, fraudulent tax returns, etc, etc all fall under this.

9. Not bear false witness / not lie – most of the doctrines of the Christian church that deal with the core issues referred to above are lies.  The world is full of lies and most of those in the church are serving Satan far more than they are serving Yah.

10. Not covet or lust – most advertising, etc drives covetousness.

These will never change and chances are that you and all the people you know are materially breaking at least one of these and you can be a good believer and Christian and still be breaking nearly all of these.

There is NO excuse for using the wrong names, observing Sunday as Sabbath, etc, etc, etc and grace does NOT cover breaking these commandments.

If you want any hope of heaven for eternity you need to GET SERIOUS about keeping these Ten Commandments.

A useful prayer is "Father please judge me severely and correct me harshly that I may serve you more perfectly".

The next form of law is what in Hebrew is referred to as the "Torah" and which is generally regarded as being the books commonly known as Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

Problem is, there is a body of opinion that says that these documents were NOT written by Moshe {Moses} AND there is a body of opinion that says that the masters of these documents were lost during the exile of Yahoodah {Judah} to Babylon and that what we have today was compiled from fragments that survived the exile and that the scribes have lied to us about the integrity and completeness of these documents.

However, it does appear that what is contained in the average book {bible} is reasonably reliable albeit possibly incomplete, the Ten Commandments intuitively make sense least and much of the rest is history for which there is no real basis for dispute.

Note also that nowhere do any of these documents claim to be inspired or given by Yah as is almost universally believed within the body of people who call themselves Christian or Jew.

For the sake of this document let us simply assume that the documents as they currently exist are reasonably reliable albeit incomplete records of what was given originally.

Having said this these documents contain in limited measure text that amplifies and clarifies the Ten Commandments, explains how they should be applied, etc.

This is ALSO Law – that is policy edict -- and is included in the term Law used by Yahooshua in MattihYahoo 5.

Examples would be:

1. Exodus 20 – seventh of the Ten Commandments – "Do not commit adultery".

2. Leviticus 20 – the relationships that comprise adultery are listed – forbidden one flesh bonds and blood line corruption – other man's woman, mother, daughter, aunt, another man, animal, etc.

3. Deuteronomy 22 the requirement for a woman to be a virgin at the time she enters into covenant with a man (sexual consummation), stoned to death if she is not, evidence of virginity (blood on a linen cloth) to substantiate she was a virgin – sexual intercourse -- cleaving or cutting of the man into the woman's cleft with the shedding of blood is a covenant act and not reversible except under very specific circumstances and prayers.

4. Deuteronomy 21 a man can covenant with more than one woman {wife} – Yah designed us to live in families with more than one woman.

From the above we better understand the commandment not to commit adultery.

Yahooshua said that these laws would never pass away.

The rest of the so-called "old testament" contains documents at different levels of inspiration.  The same comments with regard to reliability, completeness, lack of claims for inspiration, etc apply here.

Various elements in various places that confirm, clarify and amplify the items in sections 2 and 3 above.

For example, Isaiah 4:1 says that in the last days seven women will covenant with {marry} one man, there is much else on adultery, etc.

Various Proverbs caution against sex with harlots and adulteresses, etc and caution that this is the way of eternal death and being cast down into the Pit.

Again Yahooshua said this would not pass away – with the caveat that there is uncertainty as to whether he was referring to exactly these texts.

This too is law that we must comply with.

In addition to this the Jews have a set of laws that were allegedly passed down verbally from Moshe and only written down much later, they also have written laws, called the Talmud which are the interpretations given by Rabbi's over the centuries and then they have traditions.

These "laws" are the laws referred to as being abolished by Yahooshua.

Careful reading reveals that many of them contradict the essence of the Ten Commandments and they make things very complex and difficult to understand – this is the hand of Satan on those who believe.

Yahooshua again in MattihYahoo 15:6-9 says "6 … Thus have ye made the commandment of Yah of none effect by your tradition.  7 Ye hypocrites, well did Yashayaahoo {Esaias} prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.  9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." KJV adjusted – applies just as much today.

For example, the Talmud commenting on Deuteronomy 22 defines a virgin as a girl with one pubic hair – go figure what that has to do with sexual intercourse and, in one case one is left with the impression that sex with a girl without pubic hairs did not constitute a basis for an allegation of not being a virgin – so the traditions and teachings of man make the clear and straightforward commandments of Yah of no effect.

THIS is the "law" that Yahooshua constantly taught against and which we were set free from. 

Then, in addition to the above there are a whole lot of rites relating to animal sacrifices, offices of priests, etc that Yahooshua FULFILLED and therefore did away with – THIS is the REAL grace that Yahooshua brought to us.

In terms of the old provisions if one sinned one had to bring an animal to the priest in Jerusalem, etc – quite a problem if you live in Johannesburg and had to fly and there is no sanctified priest and no temple in Jerusalem if you do succeed in getting the animal there – something had to change …

So, Yahooshua came to be the lamb of Yah, the scapegoat, etc, etc in order to fulfil all these things and he gave us the bread and wine (grape juice) as a substitute for the animal and he became our new high priest and advocate so we could go to him to intervene with Yah on our behalf at any time, and he opened the way for us to have the set-apart {Holy} spirit of Yah in us and on us through a simple prayer instead of anointing by an anointed prophet, etc, etc

THAT IS GRACE – making things easy for us.

That grace was given so it was EASIER to keep the Ten Commandments and easier to get back on track when we broke them.

It was NOT given so that people can say that calling Yah "God", etc is permitted because we are under grace and not under law – THAT is an abomination in the sight of Yah and Yahooshua, it is a gross insult to Yahooshua, it grieves and hurts Yah greatly and it is effectively SPITTING in their faces.

Please, IF you claim to love Yah and Yahooshua, call them by their correct names, observe the true Sabbath, stop worshipping the book, show Yah's name proper respect, honour your parents, oppose abortion, call for the death penalty, if you use contraceptives use those that prevent conception, clean up your sexual covenants, deal with all the lies of the church – which means that you observe Yah's call to "come out of her my people" – referring to coming out of the formal church, stop lusting and coveting, etc.

OR stop pretending you love Yah – I have seen Him in TEARS because those whom He loves care so little about His true Name and I have seen Him with tears of joy in His eyes over ONE believer who decided to get rid of their Yahoo Groups website!

Don't tell me you are under grace and then continue to sin in this flagrant fashion! 

So

Yahooshua went through the most agonising and inhumane torture imaginable in order to purchase GRACE for us, in order to make it EASY to keep the commandments.

YOU are without excuse if you are not making a conscious and consistent effort to keep the Ten Commandments and you face eternity in the lake of fire and brimstone if you make the grace of Yah a cheap thing – Hebrews 6 and 10, Revelation 21:8.

If you cannot read the list of commandments above with the notes about how the church is breaking these commandments and THEN say that you are making a real effort to keep ALL of them then you need to CLEAN UP YOUR ACT FAST!

Yah has had enough, He is angry, He is going to CAST YOU AWAY and hand you over to Satan if you continue in your love of lies.

IF you have already adopted all these truths, then make sure that others know about them and seek to grow closer and closer to Yah – that means you get OUT of the formal church, it means you SEPARATE yourself as far as possible from the sinful aspects of the world system – so you hardly, if ever, watch TV, listen to radio, buy newspapers, read magazines, etc and what you do you watch selectively.

Seek others who are like minded to fellowship with IF you can find them, there are not many around.

Conclusion:

Yah is calling us ALL to clean up our acts, there is NO TIME TO WASTE.

* Words in curly brackets {} are words which are commonly used but technically incorrect.  Some of these words are simply incorrect, others like God, the LORD, Jesus are abominations in the sight of the Almighty Creator which He has, in His mercy tolerated up to now but for which grace has now been withdrawn.

In response to the email about judgment on the church i received the following email which i post for your consideration.

It does not address the subject of judgment for the sins of the modern church but it does highlight a widely held view of grace which gives us an excuse to not even attempt to live righteously and look for and deal with sin in our lives.

This view holds that grace permits us to call our Almighty Father Yah and his son Yahooshua any name we like (God, the LORD, Jesus etc) because of our traditions, that it does not matter if we lie about Yahooshua's birthday and commemorate it on a day that could not possibly be his birthday (Christmas), that we can condone murder by abolishing the death penalty, that we can condone adultery by denying the sanctity of virginity, etc, etc.

The people who advocate this argument for grace would DENY that this is what they are doing but when we get down to the harsh reality this is what they are saying.

The short answer to this argument is that Yah hates these things and nothing Yahooshua did has changed that -- the grace referred to in the verses cited in the email says nothing about the willful sin of breaking the Ten Commandments or even the unconscious sin of breaking them and Revelation 21:8 which is directed to believers as well as to unbelievers, clearly indicates that there IS a part in the lake of fire and brimstone for BELIEVERS.

Yah says that it is grievous sin to suggest that grace allows us to break the commandments without judgment and that this is a gross insult to Yahooshua in terms of what he accomplished on the stake {cross}.

I will try and share some further thoughts on aspects of this in subsequent emails.

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Dear James

I am by no means the scholar you are, but I have a deep loving walk with the Lord, and I would like to share with you my views.

I dont wish to spark a debate with you, as I realise you have your own views. But I would appreciate if you would read my response.

As believers in Christ, we have presumably accepted Him as Lord and Saviour. In so doing, the Word says that there is therefore now NO CONDEMNATION for those who are in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah, His work has been done. It is FINISHED! The Lord’s blessings are not based on our own efforts. We cannot earn God’s blessings... Everything we have is based on His love and Grace which has NOTHING TO DO WITH US!

It has everything to do with the fact that His work was completed at the cross.

We are now under the covenant of GRACE not the covenant of LAW. The Law was fulfilled completely on the Cross.  He completed it! When He hung on the cross He cried out ”It is Finished!”.

“But this Man, after He offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God... For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified”. Hebrews 10:12-14 His work on the cross was offered as one sacrifice FOREVER, and when you received Jesus Christ into your life, you were perfected forever! Forever is forever.

We cannot qualify ourselves by our own works. Otherwise we will live in continual condemnation.

“For the law was given by Moses, but Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” John 1:17

I believe that the purpose of the law is so that the world would have knowledge of sin and recognise their need for a saviour. Without the law there would be no sin. No recognition of sin equals no need for a Saviour. The law was given to bring man to the end of himself so that in his despair he would see the need for Jesus. Because of the law no man can say that he is not a sinner and no man can say that he doesn’t need Jesus. That is the purpose of the law. It was not designed to make you godly but to expose your ungodliness. Through Him, you are no longer under the condemnation of the law.

In Romans 6:14 it says “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace”.

The more grace you receive, the more power you have to overcome sin! In other words, sin shall not have dominion over you when you receive the abundance of Grace!

Hebrews 8:8-12

 ⁸For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

 ⁹Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

 ¹⁰For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

 ¹¹And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

 ¹²For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

See how the focus is on Him! He will....NOT US! It is His covenant and He will do the work! I find an awesome freedom in His grace!

Acts 13:38-39
there let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man (Jesus) is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

I have personally found that by accepting that that in my own strength and in the face of the law, all I do is sin. But in the face of His love and Grace, that I draw closer to Him and Love Him more and more every day... and have no desire to sin! Hangups and areas of sin in my life are dissolving in the Light! Just by realising that HE has made me righteous by His blood! By His shedding of blood and forgiveness, I am His child.

How awesome is that.

Grace is not being withdrawn!! It was given wholeheartedly at the Cross!

My walk with Him has truly deepened since I have truly understood this! It is our relationship with Him and understanding that he is Daddy!