Tag: do the Father’s will

First day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread — Remembering the Father

Post author By Richard
Post date April 19, 2011
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We know that Yeshua loves us and we love Yeshua. Sometimes God the Father is left out of the loop of affection. We forget the fact that everything Yeshua ever did was because of His Father. We don’t think about the fact that God loves us even more. Yeshua did nothing that was not approved by the Father. God has set aside this time as a time of protection and sanctification. He gives us His sincerity and His truth. We don’t become unleavened because of us but because of Him.

Richard also presents his views on the role of Yeshua in Creation and the identity of the Holy Spirit.

Tags Creator, do the Father's will, Everlasting Father, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Holy Spirit, the Father, Yeshua/Jesus

Apostolic Writings Discussions

Matthew 7:1-20 — how to ‘judge’ with mercy and compassion

Post author By Richard
Post date December 18, 2010
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In Matthew 5-7, Messiah Yeshua gave us a reality check on whether our lives are trending toward the righteousness that God seeks. In Matthew 7, Yeshua tells us how to “judge” with mercy and discernment. Matthew 12, shows us Yeshua’s practical application of this principle.By the strict definition of the Torah, the apostles were guilty of threshing grain on the Shabbat. Yet, Yeshua, rather than confirming the harsh edict of the Pharisees, comes to their defense and turns the tables in favor of mercy.

Many believers in Yeshua — and those who don’t believe in Yeshua who purposefully misappropriate His words to justify their own ends — use Matthew 7:1-5 as a blanket prohibition on using any discernment between good and evil. However the later texts of the same chapter show that Yeshua doesn’t want us to walk around without any sense of judgment or discernment. He wants us to discern and judge with mercy and compassion.

Tags conflict resolution, do the Father's will, Gospel of Matthew, judgment

Apostolic Writings Discussions

Matthew 5-6 — Preparing ourselves to do God’s will

Post author By Richard
Post date December 11, 2010
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Did the Father give us believers to Yeshua (Jesus), or did we come to Yeshua? What is the “first love” of a Christian? How is this lost, and how can it be reclaimed?