One in Messiah Congregation

  קָּהָל אֶחָד בְּמָּשִׁיחַ

 

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 A part of the Congregation of Israel

    עֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל

 

Shabbat Shalom

שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם

 

April 26, 2025

God’s calendar - ha Aviv 27

The second month Ziv is the 29th of April, Tuesday

This is the first of the 7 sabbaths we were told to count

Lev.23 [15] And you shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: [16] Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall you number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meat offering unto Yehovah.

A short talk today

Today’s topic

Being right

in your own eyes?

It is good to be right, but be right in God.

This is a study I thought of two weeks ago, after watching a program on tv pertaining to evolution and creation.

I know there are many people that have noble causes, discoveries, and achievements in the world in certain things.

Do they merit salvation?

 

I know there are many people that debate evolution and creation.

Do they merit salvation?

 

I know there are many people that debate Bible versions and manuscripts.

Do they merit salvation?

 

I know there are many people who look into paganism and don’t do anything else in the scriptures

Do they merit salvation?

 

Let’s look back in time: Some are may be Baptists

John Wycliffe  1328 – 31 December 1384 was an English scholastic philosopherChristian reformer, Catholic priest, and a theology professor at the University of Oxford.

Wycliffe is traditionally believed to have advocated or made a vernacular translation of the Vulgate Bible into Middle English, though more recent scholarship has minimalized the extent of his advocacy or involvement for lack of direct contemporary evidence. Who know at this point

Did he merit salvation?

Tyndale Bible (TYN) generally refers to the body of biblical translations by William Tyndale into Early Modern English, made 1522–1535.

Tyndale’s biblical text is credited with being the first Anglophone Biblical translation to work directly from Greek and, for the PentateuchHebrew texts, although it relied heavily upon the Latin Vulgate and German Bibles.

Furthermore, it was the first English biblical translation that was mass-produced as a result of new advances in the art of printing.

He died by strangulation then burning

Did he merit salvation?

 

Here is a verse:

1 Corth. 13 [3] And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profits me nothing.

agape {ag-ah'-pay} Meaning:  1) brotherly love, affection, good will, love, benevolence

 

Lev.19 [17] You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall in any wise rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.

 

Martin Luther - German: 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priesttheologian, author, hymn writer, professor, and former Augustinian friar.

Luther was the central figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Western and Christian history.

Did he merit salvation?

 

How about if you have a good voice to read the Bible…

Does that merit salvation?

 

I know there are many churches and religions out there with different Jesus’s, Gospels, doctrines and other spirits.

Catholic, Protestants, and other religions

Paul told us:

2 Cor.11 [4] For if he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him – Why would you do that ?

Do they merit salvation?

 

Like I said last week, there are over 450 known versions of the Bible in English alone…

 

What about other gods or no god?

There are 63 matches for other gods in scripture.

Exod.20 [3] You shall have no other gods before Me.

Do they merit salvation?

 

Deut.12

[8] You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

Prov.21[2] Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but Yehovah ponders  the hearts.
[3] To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to Yehovah than sacrifice. [4] An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

Here is a important verse in the Bible:

 

1 John 3:4

Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

 

Start with Exodus 20, Lev. 23 and Deut. 5

 

Read these whole chapters

Exod.21 [1] Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

Lev.23  [4] These are the feasts of Yehovah, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their seasons!

Lev.26 [46] These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which Yehovah made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

Lev.27 [34] These are the commandments, which Yehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

Deut.14 is about food to eat and not to eat

Food laws, clean and unclean issues to to think about…

Lev. 23 - 7 extra Sabbaths in God’s feasts

 

How much sin is going to heaven? NONE, 0

 

John 8 [34] Yeshua answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,

Whosoever commits sin is the servant of sin.

Sin - 855 times in TaNaKh = 320 times in the Gospels and the letters  a total of 1175

1 John 3:8

He that commits sin is of the devil;for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

 

The Law

267 times in Gospels and letters and 333 times in TaNakh - 600 times for the word Law

Prov.28 

[9] He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

 

1Cor.15

[56] The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

 

So if you sin willfully or commit an abomination,

Do you merit salvation?

 

Yeshua said:

Matt.24 

[35] Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

 

John 5

[24Verily, verily, I say unto youHe that hears my word, and believes on him, the Father that sent me, had everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Pss.119 [89] Forever, O Yehovah your word is settled in heaven.

 

Deut.6 [25] And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before Yehovah our God, as he had commanded us.

 

In closing for today,

Don’t be right  - in your own eyes

Keep God’s commandments, laws, statues, judgments, testimonies etc…

Ecc.7[18] It is good that thou should take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.

Ecc. 12 [13] Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:

Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
[14] For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Prov.12 [15] The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto counsel is wise.

It is good to be right, but be right in God.

 

Next week is the second of the 7 Sabbaths we were told to count

Exod.34 [22And you shall observe the feast of weeksof the first fruits of wheat harvest…

Feast of Weeks – Pentecost (50 days) - the Feast of Harvest coming

Feast of weeks is Sunday, June 8, 2025, a Sabbath

 

Shabbat Shalom

שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם

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