What’s In A Name

“Almighty Yahveh also will be a refuge for the oppressed,

A refuge in times of trouble. And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Father Yahveh, have not forsaken those who seek You.” Ps 9:9-10 NKJV

As I read, the Scripture above it never ceases to amaze me what has been done with the English translation. Some of the English Bibles will at least tell you that they have made a substitution for the name of our Sovereign. However many do not even bother to notify you of the Substitution.

Many sincere saints have read the Bible for years and believe The LORD is His name. Because the English scriptures in many cases declare that The LORD is my name. They never bother to tell you that the title is derived from the Hebrew tetragrammation ( hwhy ) –Yode, Hey, Vav, Hey – probably pronounced Yahveh.

You say to me what is all the fuss about? Many do not know the name to trust in.

You might say I call on the name of the Lord and sometimes God, He knows my heart. He knows that I love Him and serve Him. He knows whom I am addressing. I agree. He does know to whom you are addressing and in times past winked at your Ignorance but now requires all men to come into obedience. (Acts 17:29-30) Read More →

Wall of Salvation

 When we start a conversation concerning salvation we must clearly define the subject; if we do not give a satisfactory clarification of the subject we can generate confusion. Most would define salvation in the Church realm as being qualified by the unmerited grace of Almighty Yahveh to enter Glory after death, through Yahshua the Mashiach. The salvation we want to talk about is inclusive of the after life on Earth experience but not exclusive of the life on Earth before death.

We love to talk about the Sweet By and By and I certainly want to include the Sweet By and By in this discussion. I also want to talk about the Nasty Now and Now and that’s where we will focus most of our attention. Now my precious saint if you don’t make a successful trip through the Nasty Now and Now there will be no Sweet By and By. Let us begin to focus on the present need for deliverance and protection called salvation, from the present situations of life. To consider this subject and neglect to consider the life of the man who walked more abundantly in deliverance than probably any other man would be shameful. This man was King David. Read More →

Religion or Relation

There seems to be a great misunderstanding in the Church today, many erroneously call “religious” righteous and there is a big difference. The difference is: a person walking in righteousness is willing to be corrected by the Word of Yahveh no matter who brings it forth. The religious have their religious traditions already set and defy anyone to come against them.

Let’s discuss the religious first. Many times their priorities are terribly misplaced. Often their focus is camouflaged and their motives unclear. The motivation many times is not to get you in the Kingdom but their focus is to get you in their Church; promoting denominational doctrines of their church. The truth is The Father cares not what denominational nametag you have on you. However, He does care about your faith, your actions and your spiritual attitude. Read More →

The Goodness and the Severity

Deut 7:6-8 NKJV  “For you are a holy people to Almighty Yahveh your Sovereign; Almighty Yahveh your Sovereign has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. 7 Almighty Yahveh did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; 8 but because Almighty Yahveh loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, Almighty Yahveh has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.”

As we read the above Scripture, we receive much hope and much encouragement from Almighty Yahveh. The New Testament church seems to think that 1Peter 2:9 was a new declaration from Almighty Yahveh Unique to the Church. Most of the believers of Yahshua Ha Mesheach are completely unaware that it was a declaration to Israel centuries before. The Father declared this about His Israel long before the Church came along. Almighty Yahveh had made a Covenant with Abraham centuries before that through Abraham all nations would be blessed. Read More →

Passover

2 Tim 3:1-5 NKJV “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of Almighty Yahveh, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!”

When I was a small boy I remember my mother and my aunts sitting and talking about how bad the world was getting and that conversation is still going on today. The reason it continues today is because the world is continuously lacking in morals and standards. The conversation is about the moral decay and not the cause.

The cause for moral decay is simple. We are much to busy living our lives and neglected to teach our children the Commandments of Almighty Yahveh. The schools however were more than eager to teach them that the absolutes that were taught in the Bible were long ago outdated. Those who believe in this sort of absolutes are archaic sticks in the mud people who refuse to change with the times. According to many in today’s culture there are no absolutes. Nothing is absolutely wrong and nothing is absolutely right  Read More →