Hello friends and scattered family in Messiah! Happy Monday! Believers that belong to Messiah: " They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world." John 17:16 TLV We, who belong to Messiah, must rise up above our culture in allegiance to our KING. We do not belong to this world or this country. "if indeed you have heard Him and were taught in Him, as the truth is in Yeshua. With respect to your former lifestyle, you are to lay aside the old self corrupted by its deceitful desires, be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self—created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.< Ephesians 4:21-24 TLV Those in Messiah are family: whether believing Jew or grafted in believer and regardless of ethnicity or native nationality. In scripture among believers, there is no nationality, there is no ethnicity. There are children and heirs of Yah and those who are still unrepentant sinners. That's it. Do not be fooled and make an idol of these things for they are passing away and hold no value in the kingdom. "For all who are led by the Ruach Elohim, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall again into fear; rather, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Ruach Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. And if children, also heirs—heirs of God and joint-heirs with Messiah—if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. Romans 8:14-17 TLV After these things I looked, and behold, a vast multitude that no one could count--from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues—was standing before the throne and before the Lamb. Revelation 7:9 TLV BOTTOM LINE : But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a HOLY NATION, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were “not a people,” but now you are “God’s people.” You were shown “no mercy,” but now you have been shown “mercy.” I Peter 2:9-10 TLV Believers need to rise above worldly nationality and identifying factors to who Yah says we are and the customs/culture & Holy Days He left for us as instructed. We are not of the world. But you are not of the world, since I have chosen you out of the world; therefore the world hates you.- JN 15:`19 TLV
This is not just once a week or a few times a yr. No, Messiah left us instructions/commandments, Holy Days, that cover every day decisions, choices, character development (Fruit of the Spirit) how to deal with conflict, forgiveness etc. The Feasts follow an annual cycle and each Feast points to HIM in preparation for the coming kingdom. This is your time to study, to show yourself approved. (2 Tim 2:15) The kingdom is coming.... Why is this so important? Because there is a prolific spiritual war going on in this country with children as the target. Yeshua said "Go out into all the world," "Preach the Gospel," "Make disciples." Yah's sovereignty is not an excuse for our inaction, rather, it's a promise that if we obey His call to act, He will move mightily. If you were in a burning house, you would not lie in bed and say "God's got this under control; it's all part of His plan." You would rush out of bed, get everyone out of the house, and then call 911. If there was a way you could fight the fire, you would do it. There would be no room for complacency. Likewise, there is no room for complacency in an AMBASSADOR'S response to the culture. In Luke 19:13, part of the point Yeshua makes in a parable is that the believer is to occupy until He returns. Related reading/posts:
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