If You Love Me

                                                          by Jay Scher

Do you? It is an eay question to ask but it is a hard question to answer truthfully for so many. They say this or that and they are really slithery with their answers. Can they answer you straight? Many times no and if they do it is an excuse!

Mar 7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Yehuḏim, do not eat unless they wash their hands thoroughly, holding fast the tradition of the elders,
Mar 7:4 and coming from the market-place, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions which they have received and hold fast – the washing of cups and utensils and copper vessels and couches.
Mar 7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your taught ones not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”
Mar 7:6 And He answering, said to them, “Well did Yeshayahu prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written, ‘This people respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
Mar 7:7 And in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commands of men

What is your answer?

 Brother Jay

What Should Our Mission in Life Be?

                                                   by jay Scher

Have you chosen a mission yet? Have you locked it down?

Are you done with the world and what it has to offer or are you still thinking it looks pretty good, some parts of it some of the time? Are you thinking it looks good to have one foot in and one foot on the fence? A little bit more of sin in your daily life and then act the act on Shabbat, all you players out there, yeah you! When you keep that one foot on the fence it is really easy to slip and fall off without you even seeing it coming. You think you have control over it when it has control over you! There is no such thing as doing this halfheartedly with one foot on that fence. You are either in or you are out. This is no game that you are playing here, although so many of you like to play mind games with those that are actually working hard at feeding the flock the truth from Father Yah. The game is up! Time to learn that you are no longer a boy or a little girl where you can play games or play games with other people. In the real world your games affect other people lives. When you play the lying game or the twisting of scripture game! These games don't help people especially you. They also confuse other people around you, not to mention your own family if you have one. If you have children of your own. Telling them that they really don't have to keep Torah and grace will still cover them. Grace/Favor will not cover them if they do not Keep Torah! It is that plain and simple.
So take your games to another ball field. This one only has truth and we defend it and guard it as we are told to do! Your lying games will not work here, so don't even try them. You are put on notice now! The best game is staying on focus. Keeping your mission going without fail. Without any doubt in your mind as to what your mission in life will always be. You will fall short of the mission here and there and you will repent for it as soon as you realize you have done so. This is going to happen. So don't beat our self-up over that and think that you are not worthy to complete your mission, because you are so worthy to complete it. Stay on task and you will be completing parts of your mission as you go along. One day if you always do your mission, you will have shown others who Messiah is and you will know Father Yah, like he will know you!

With Brotherly love in the body of Messiah in the Way, Brother Jay

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Why the Sabbath Was Established

                                                     by Jay Scher

 . . . continued from last week.

  The purpose for the Sabbath was stated clearly by the handwriting of Father יהוה Himself 
(Exodus 31:18) and preserved for us through His Holy Scriptures. Father יהוה again spoke the commandment to Moses, "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 'Concerning the feasts of Father יהוה, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are My feasts. Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of Father יהוה in all your dwellings,' " Leviticus 23:2-3.Father יהוה has created the seventh day holy to Him. He rested on the seventh day. Why? Do you think He was tired? No, Father יהוה created, blessed, and sanctified the seventh day to give mankind a special time for rest and worship. "But, we must worship Father יהוה every day of our lives, not just once a week," you might be saying. You are absolutely correct. We are to keep Father יהוה foremost in our daily lives.Father יהוה has given us six days for ourselves, but the Sabbath has been set aside exclusively for a special communion between Father יהוה and man. Nothing must interfere in this weekly relationship. This is how Father יהוה intended it to be from creation and that is how it will be in the Kingdom. " 'And it shall come to pass that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before Me,' says Father יהוה," Isaiah 66:23.The Sabbath Signifies a Holy Bond with Father יהוהFather יהוה established the Sabbath by resting on it after the creation. He intended that all people do the same when He made rest on the seventh day one of the royal commandments. The Sabbath was to be a sign between the Creator and His creation. Read Exodus 31:13-14, "Speak you also unto the children of Israel, saying, 'Verily My Sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations: that you may know that I am Father יהוה that does sanctify you. You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.' "Notice first that the Sabbath is a special sign "throughout all your generations." Anyone that works on that day will be cut off from Father יהוה's true people. The Sabbath, therefore, identifies the true worshippers of Father יהוה. Keeping the seventh-day Sabbath is the difference between worshipping the Creator of this universe and worshipping a false, man-made mighty one. The pagans worshipped the sun god on "Sun"-day. Here, "sign" in the Hebrew means a monument, token or evidence. The Sabbath is a lasting memorial, evidence that those observing it are worshipping the true Creator.But some say, "I keep every day holy, not any one special day." Notice verse 15, "Six days may work be done; but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest..." We are commanded to work six of the seven days of the week and rest on the seventh. More proof that the Sabbath is to be kept forever is found in verses 16-17: "Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever." Perpetual means "permanent, lasting indefinitely."Is the Sabbath merely for Old Testament Israelites—"Jews"? "Know you therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham..." "So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham..." "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Messiah יYeshua/Yehoshua. And if you be Messiah's, then are you Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Gal. 3:7, 9, 28-29).Israel was given the promise that, if they would be obedient to Father יהוה's Sabbath, they would be treasured and blessed by Father יהוה, Isaiah 58:13-14. The promise is exactly the same for us as spiritual Israelites."Remember the Sabbath" is as important as "Thou shalt not steal," or "Thou shalt do no murder," Exodus 20. The relationships between man and Father יהוה never change. Father יהוה blessed and sanctified the seventh day, thus making it His Sabbath. He did not do this for any other day, nor did He undo it for the seventh. What Father יהוה does is for all time. He does not change, Malachi 3:6.Our Days Named After Planet Deities.  None of the seven days of the week are named in the Bible, except the seventh—the Sabbath. The other six days are merely numbered. The fact that the days of the week are named today is one obvious indication that our calendar is not in harmony with Scripture.The Jewish Encyclopedia tells us that the present names for the days of the week are derived from the Sabeans and Babylonians. Sabaism (from "tsaba," heavenly hosts) is the earliest form of false worship, according to Jamieson, Faussel and Brown Commentary. In Babylonia, the worship of the planets became popular. Stars were divided into two classes: stationary or fixed, and those that moved or wandered. Those that were thought to wander were the sun, moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn. These planetary deities were believed to be the principle rulers of the visible universe. They also were thought to rule the days of the week. "The first hours of seven successive days were thus ruled in turn by the celestial bodies...(Saturn, sun, moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus)...after which the cycle repeated itself. Each day was named after the planet that ruled its first hour," Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Week" Vol. 12, p. 587.The ancient pagans worshipped the planetary deities in succession. Thus, our Sunday (sun's day) was named for the sun god; Monday (moon's day), moon god. The days Tuesday through Friday were named after northern European deities that corresponded to Roman planet gods, which also coincided with Babylonian gods (see chart below).Origins of the Names of Our Days English Saxon Latin Babylonian

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THE SABBATH - A MEMORIAL AND A PROMISE

     Part 1                                         by Jay Scher

The Sabbath was made for man, Mark 2:27. The Creator in His wisdom knew that all men desperately need a regular time of rest and renewal each week. Observing the Sabbath–especially with others in fellowship–provides great spiritual and moral strength to enable one to remain in the proper relationship with the Heavenly Father* the other six days of the week. Just as necessary as regular sleep at night, the Sabbath is a natural law without which man spiritually deteriorates.*The true names of the Heavenly Father, Father יהוה and His Son, יYeshua/Yehoshua the Messiah, are restored in these pages. Superstitious scribes and misguided Bible translators took away these true names and substituted the titles God, Lord and Adonai. The sacred Name is easily proved in good encyclopedias and dictionaries under the headings "Father יהוה," "Jehovah," "God," or "Tetragrammaton." Request our free booklets or read online, "The Heavenly Father’s Great Name" and/or "The Missing J," which prove the Names conclusively from secular and religious authorities, as well as Scripture.Father יהוה's Sanctified Sabbath Day

Salvation has always been "by grace through faith." In the Old Testament, men were saved by grace through faith. It was Father יהוה's grace that gave man the sacrificial system so that their transgressions of His moral law could be covered. But grace was not fully revealed until the death of the Messiah.Just as the moral law leads us to the Messiah by showing us our sin and our need for a Savior, the ceremonial law through sacrifices is intended to teach us of the coming Messiah and His atoning work. What is thought to be יYeshua/Yehoshua's doing away with the entire law is merely replacing the ceremonial ordinances with His own sacrifice. The moral and civil laws still remain in effect. These principles were not changed.The Sabbath Is Necessary in Spiritual DevelopmentיYeshua/Yehoshua said, "If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray to the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever, even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive...neither knows," John 14:15-17. The Holy Spirit is quenched by Sabbath desecration just as it is quenched by murder or any other disobedience.The principle is not, "Give us the Comforter and then we will keep the commandments." You must first keep the commandments and then the Holy Spirit will do its work in you. יYeshua/Yehoshua commanded the lepers to go and show themselves to the priest, and they were fully healed—after they obeyed, not before.Proper Sabbath observance means religious training of our children. Neglecting the Sabbath in the home means that the children are not trained. When the Sabbath is ignored, so is Bible reading and study, as well as prayer and spiritual instruction. Sabbath keeping is Father יהוה's will. Man has devised many substitute activities for obedience to Sabbath keeping, but substitutes are unacceptable.Clearly those who use the Sabbath as a holiday, by putting themselves before Father יהוה in search of pleasure or profit, are not developing righteous character. Other attractions such as baseball games, movies, and television have no relationship with the sacred uses of the Sabbath day. They contain essentially nothing for moral or religious training. When the Fourth Commandment is violated by such pastimes, the Holy Spirit is quenched and interest in religious matters dies out. Can we wonder that those who use the Sabbath as a day for personal gratification or gain do not develop righteous character?No Sabbath, No Spiritual GrowthUsually, the Sabbath is rejected after one turns from Father יהוה. Just as breaking a law of physics can have adverse results, when the Sabbath is violated, worship is perverted and peculiar beliefs are sure to follow. Personal drives overtake biblical direction as intellectual reasoning supersedes spiritual drive.Note the spiritual derailment that resulted in Israel, following the righteous reign of King David, when one sin led to another. David's son, Solomon, married the princess of Egypt to secure the influence of the Egyptians. He then married other wives. Next, he built places of worship, not in harmony with Father יהוה's commandments, but to meet seemingly necessary conditions. Then Jeroboam thought it was necessary to set up golden calves in Dan and Bethel to meet a specific condition, and to be popular with the people.It was not long until Israel was found worshipping idols with the surrounding heathen people. It was not such a large step between the sincere worship of Israel in the days of David and the idol worship of Jeroboam and Ahab. Ezekiel tells us that the degeneracy of Israel was "...because they despised My judgments, and walked not in My statutes, but polluted My Sabbaths," Ezekiel 20:16. Any individual, family, community or nation that does not keep the Sabbath will soon degenerate.There is no growth in spiritual life where there is no Sabbath that brings the mind and heart to reflect upon the sacred truths of Scripture. Human nature is prone to follow the baser thoughts and motives even on the Sabbath day. "...not finding our own pleasure, nor speaking our own words," referred to in Isaiah 58:13, means that on His holy day, we are to turn aside from pleasures, profit-seeking, and conversations that we would naturally choose.For those who continue to reject the Sabbath, listen to John's assessment: "And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He that says, 'I know him,' and keeps not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him," 1 John 2:3-4.                    . . to be continued

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