Blindness

I have been neglecting my blog.  Ahhh well.

Quick update of what has been plaguing me lately.  Intolerance.  My own.


I have been having a hard time lately remembering what it was like before my eyes were open to the Torah.  As clear as it is from Jesus' own words that the law has not been done away with, I have had to force myself to understand the position that Sunday Christians, especially those that were born and raised in the indoctrination of the church, are in.  I am constantly having to bite my tongue and extend grace and mercy to those who are still blind to what the scripture says in regards to the Torah and who we are.

It baffles me at times that Christians will take pauls words out of their historical context and base doctrine on them that is contrary to the words of our Messiah. ("I did not come to do away with the law", "Not one jot or tittle shall pass away", "If you love me you will keep my commandments" (Multiple times), etc...) 

It baffles me that the Church can not see that the feasts of the lord and the Torah of the old testament are for today.  They were for the Old Testament Israelites and they are spoken about in Revelation, but for some reason they are not for us today. I don't get it.  We, as Christians, are grafted into Israel.  The Torah is for Israel. A+B=C The Torah is for us Christians.  Not for salvation, but for obedience. 

The biblical definition of sin is found in 1 John 3:4 "Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness." 

Lawless = To break the law.  In this context, to break the law of YHVH.

It is not for brownie points that we do these things. It is because we want to please our Holy Father.  We have nothing to offer except obedience, and that is what he has asked of us.  "You shall love YHVH your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might."  How do we love the father?  Not by celebrating Pagan holidays like Christmas and Easter.  (Yes they are pagan, just like the Sunday Sabbath.  Ask the Roman Catholic Church.)  We love the father by following the many scriptures (1 John 2:3, 1 John 5:3, John 14:15(Jesus), and 2 John 1:6). " And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it."

All of these examples aside, I would ask that any Christian set aside their indoctrination and have the ENTIRE scripture speak for itself.  2 Tim 3:16 "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;" This passage is written to New Testament believers, but the surprising thing is that the word scripture is talking ONLY about the Old Testament.  There was no new testament when this was written.  So it should be obvious that Old Testament is profitable. 

I would also ask any Messianic or Hebrew Roots follower to remember where most of us came from.  We were blind.  We were mislead.  No amount of forsaking fellowship and judging others on our parts will ever teach the grace, compassion, and mercy that YHVH wants us to shine.  Most of us were blind, and it is through that blindness that we have come to understand the love and mercy that God has for us.  

Please read your Bible and see what it has to say about your walk.  Are we walking with love, mercy, and compassion?  Are we warning our brothers that are walking contrary to the word of God or are we just angry, bitter, and judgmental about those who have been mislead and are believing lies?