How important
is one’s name? What is a name for? What’s in a name? What about titles? What
about the one we call our God, our El, our Elohim? (El is the Hebrew term that
the scholastic world declares is equivalent to the English word God. Elohim is
the plural form of El. Both of these terms are utilized to identify our awesome
Creator, as well as false gods.) How important is His name? Let’s begin to
answer these questions, hopefully in the order that they are asked.
By Jerry Healan
HOW IMPORTANT IS ONE’S NAME?
In the modern world we have a
tendency to be reduced to nothing more than a number. When I was 14 years old I
wanted a job to make some spending money. I had to obtain a minor’s release
from my parents in order to go to work, but above that, I had to apply for a
Social Security number. (The Social Security law has been changed now. As soon
as a child is born, the government wants them to have a SS number.)
But it was and is very
important that my name was associated with my Social Security number. No other
person’s name in this world was to be associated with that number. At that
time, one’s Social Security was one’s retirement account. Our leaders, of
course, have changed the original purposes for Social Security down through the
years.
Technically, no one else in the
world has a right to claim the monies that I paid into the Social Security
system, but myself, and my wife. My name is still supposed to be the only name
associated with that account. My wife has her own number and account, but she
can draw a little from my account, however the simple fact of the matter is that
our names are the only names associated with those accounts. If there are/were
no names associated with our SS accounts, how would the funds be properly
collected and disbursed? (Not that we trust the government to properly collect
and disburse the funds. History has revealed that governmental disbursement is
out of control, and the Social Security system is in danger of total collapse
because of their chaotic practices.)
I have a bank account and a
savings account. Those accounts are also given numbers, but not just any name is
associated with those accounts. Only my name, and the name of my wife are
associated with those accounts. No one else, no other name is to be allowed to
write checks, or make transactions on those accounts unless we give them the
authority with a piece of paper (check), or debit card number given to them with
our signature on it. If there were no names associated with those accounts, how
would the funds be collected and disbursed?
When I was 14, I also wanted to
be able to drive a car, so I took Driver’s Education at school, received the
required education and experience, took the test, and was issued a license with,
you guessed it, my name and a number on it. No one else in the world was
authorized to operate a vehicle with that name and number other than myself. If
a name was not associated with that license and its number, then how could there
be proper identification for authorized use and operation of a vehicle? Besides,
the driver’s license is one of our chief methods of identification utilized in
this nation (along with our Social Security number). If there was just a number
and no name, how could there be any kind of proper identification?
After graduating from high
school, I entered into the U. S. Army. Once again, I was given a number
associated with my name. My name and service number are to be associated for my
whole life. No one else is to ever have my name and service number. If the
Veteran’s Association only had a number and no name, how could I ever have
been identified as a soldier, my term of service, or veteran’s benefits?
Yes, it is true that the world
desires to reduce us to a number only, but unless our names are associated with
the numbers that we have collected throughout our lives, those numbers would be
useless.
Of course, many people share
the exact same names, but I can assure you that the numbers that they have been
endowed with down through life will be different. So will their fingerprints,
teeth marks, DNA, etc. I am not saying that confusion has not occurred with
people who have the same name, of course, it has, but even though people may
have the same names, their SS numbers are different, their bank account numbers
are different, their driver’s license numbers are different, etc., etc.
It is important that the name
that is given to us at birth, the name on our birth certificates, appear exactly
on all documents, such as automobile titles, deeds to property and homes, bank
accounts, etc.
The problem is that most people
never think about the importance of names, especially when it comes to the
Creator, and Savior. When referring to the Creator, most people will just say
that it doesn’t matter, He knows Who I am speaking of, and praying to. But
misspell a person’s name, or get their name wrong and many become immediately
offended. I have known people whose names are continually misspelled by others
and they are continually offended and make every attempt possible to correct the
offender until they get it right. They don’t seem to think that we should do
the same for the most important Being in existence, our Creator.
This ministry deals with many
people in prison all over the country. Each prisoner is given a number. When we
send mail to them, the name and number have to be correct or the mail comes back
to us. We can’t send mail to just a name, nor can we send it to just a number.
In today’s world, our names are still very important.
WHAT IS A NAME FOR?
Stupid question? Your name is
who you are. It is your identity. It is impossible to separate you from your
name. Of course, there are those who desire to change their name to something
else, which can be done with governmental approval, and submission of the proper
paperwork, but their new name is still their identity. If you had no name, it
would be as if you don’t exist. Some peoples in other countries do not name
their children until they acquire the age of 5 or 6. If that child dies before
ever having been named, how do you know, how does anyone know who that child
was? There may be a short memory of a child having been born, but not having
been named, how can that child ever be identified?
Let’s take a look at the
Hebrew word for “name.” That word is shem,
but in the Hebrew it consists of only two characters ~v (that’s
shin [v], and mem
[m], (Hebrew reads from right to left). Hebrew
letters not only serve the purpose for the make-up of words, but they also serve
as numbers, as well as hieroglyphics, or pictures, if you will. Actually, the
more ancient Pictorial Hebrew that Moses wrote the Scriptures in, are more
graphic than modern-day Hebrew. The Pictorial letters for shem (name) would look like this: ms.
The shin
(s) is a picture of teeth, while the mem (m) is a picture of water. With
teeth, we consume, eat, or destroy, while water, which is necessary for life,
can represent the spirit as Yahshua portrayed in John 7:37-39, or water can also
portray chaos when in massive bodies such as flooding rivers and streams, or
seas and oceans undergoing violent activity because of storms, etc. Thus, the
Hebrew word for name carries the meaning of destroying (s) chaos (m).
In other words, when you see a
person, or persons that you don’t know, you are in chaos, or confusion because
you don’t know who they are. But when you learn their name (ms), then that chaos, or confusion (m) is destroyed (s).
The Hebrew definition of the
word shem (ms) is; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by
implication honor, authority, character. In other words, your name marks your
individuality. Your honor, authority, and character are associated with your
name. Your name is what you are remembered by; it is your memorial, so to speak.
Did you know that the world is
in chaos and confusion as to what the true name of the Creator is? Scripturally,
today’s world is presented as Babylon which means confusion, and that is the
relationship of the whole world with its Creator today.
Even among our assemblies that
love to proclaim His true name and the true name of the Savior, there is chaos
and confusion as to how His name is pronounced.
Even among Hebrew scholars, there is contention as to how His name is
pronounced.
So why should we even begin to
try to discover His name? Because every child, every member of the family should
know their father’s name. Why? Because they are born into their father’s
family, and are inheritors of his name. But does every child know how to
perfectly pronounce their father’s name when they are little children? Most
children are not perfect at expressing themselves at an early age. Their
attempts are generally looked upon with a little humor, but are pleasing,
never-the-less.
However, the Creator’s name,
like our own, is for the purpose of destroying chaos, confusion. So many, many
people have written to us expressing gratitude for having learned the truth
about the Father’s and Son’s names, because to learn their names is a
beginning that delivers us from that chaos and confusion.
Therefore, we can begin to
understand that names are for identification. Our name declares who we are. We
are our names, our names are us.
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
As stated above, your name
marks your individuality. It is your mark, your memorial, that is, it is what
you are remembered by, whether you are living or dead. Your honor, authority,
and character is associated with your name. If you have done good works, then
you have built a good name; a name that is associated with honor, character, and
authority. But if you have done evil works, you have no honor, no character, no
real authority. You can build a name that is honored, or you can develop a name
that is despised.
Let’s take some Biblical
names such as Abraham. Abraham is a name that is loved by most peoples who know
the Scriptural texts. Isaac, Jacob, Israel, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua (Yahshua),
David, Solomon, Peter, James, John, etc., etc., are names, among many others,
that are highly revered and remembered.
What about names that have
brought no honor, authority, or character? What about Sihon, Og, Nabal, Haman,
Belshazzar, etc.? These are among the names that are despised and hated in the
Scriptures. They are associated with evil and shame.
There are people in the secular
world who have names associated with honor, authority, character, etc. In our
country there is George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and many
others. Then there are those associated with shame and evil such as John Wayne
Gacy, Charles Manson among many others.
Our Creator has built a name
that is to be revered, honored, blessed, etc., while the adversary, Satan, has
established a name that is despised, and hated. But did you know that more
people throughout the whole world know the term, the name Satan than those who
know the true name of the Creator and Savior? What a travesty!
Let me show you something about
this word/name Satan. Yahweh is the Creator. Satan is His adversary and
therefore, desires to destroy Yahweh’s creation. Yahweh is the author, the
giver of life. Satan seeks to destroy life. Yahweh is truth, He cannot lie (Tit.
1:2). Satan is a liar and the father of it (Jn. 8:44).
Truth is solid, stable, steady,
dependable, reliable, etc. Lies sow doubt, chaos, confusion. A liar is not
trustworthy. He is unstable, undependable, unreliable, etc.
Man is made in Yahweh’s
image. The Scriptures reveal a most marvelous and incredible future for those
who serve Him. Man is conceived and brought forth in a womb. The Hebrew word for
womb is beten (nub). The letters are beit (b), tet (u), nun (n). The letters promote the
meaning of the word. The beit
(b) is the
picture of a house, tent, temple, family, etc. The tet (u) promotes the idea of a serpent, or
something that surrounds. The nun
(n) has to do with a seed, life, heir, etc. Thus the
letters to the Hebrew word beten
promotes the idea that the womb is a house (b) that protects (surrounds [u]) the life, or seed (n).
Interestingly, the word/name
Satan utilizes two of the same Hebrew characters as the word for womb. Satan is
written as nus. Satan, therefore, is the serpent (u) that destroys (s) the seed/life/heir (n). Or He is the enemy that destroys the house that surrounds the
seed/life.
Satan seeks to destroy your
life. How? Through deceit and lies which sow chaos and confusion. Therefore, he
seeks to make it appear that the truth about the Creator’s and Savior’s
names are not important. He also makes it appear that just any other name will
do. After all, when we speak of our Creator, Heavenly Father, Savior, etc. he
knows who we are talking about, right?
What is in our names? Our names
are associated with our authority, our character. In many cases our names
actually describe our character traits. This is certainly the case with many of
the Hebrew names.
STOLEN IDENTITY
One of the problems that we
have in today’s world is that of stolen identities. Due to the computer age,
and the evil heart of men, it is possible to steal another person’s identity,
i.e., their name, Social Security number, charge card numbers, bank account
numbers, etc. A thief can destroy one’s reputation in just a few short hours
or days. A person can end up owing hundreds of thousands of dollars, have their
credit rating destroyed, and their name associated with bad debt, etc., for
years, and the cost of re-establishing their name will take a long, hard, costly
experience. There are now companies that are doing big business by charging to
protect one’s identity.
But what about our Creator? Did
you know that His identity has been stolen? He tells us Himself in the book of
Jeremiah, “I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name,
saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. 26 How long
shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies?
yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own
heart; 27 Which think to cause my people to forget my
name by their dreams which they tell every man to
his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal,”
Jer. 23:25-27.
Have you ever considered these
Scriptures? Have they ever hit home? We do hope that they are hitting home now
because the Scriptures also reveal that there is a conspiracy in the earth,
“And Yahweh said unto me, A conspiracy is found
among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to
hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel
and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Therefore thus saith Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they
shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not
hearken unto them. Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem
go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save
them at all in the time of their trouble. For according to the number of thy
cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according
to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful
thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for
them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their
trouble. What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought
lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest
evil, then thou rejoicest. Yahweh called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and
of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it,
and the branches of it are broken. For Yahweh of hosts, that planted thee, hath
pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the
house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger
in offering incense unto Baal,” Jer. 11:9-17.
Both John the Baptist and
Yahshua the Messiah called the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Herodians serpents and
the seed of serpents, “In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the
wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice
of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of Yahweh, make his paths
straight. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern
girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Then went out
to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, And
were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come
to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: And think not to say within
yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that Elohim is
able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is
laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth
good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire,” Mt. 3:1-10.
Yahshua decreed, “Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the
prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, And say, If we had been
in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the
blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are
the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of
your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the
damnation of hell?” Mt. 23:29-33.
Orthodox Judaism proclaims that
they are the inheritors of the tenets of the ancient Pharisees. The inheritors
of the Sadducees in today’s world would be the Kariate Jews. They generally
excuse themselves from proclaiming the true name of Elohim (Yahweh) because they
claim that it is too holy, unknowable, and unpronounceable (ineffable). But
Yahweh proclaims that He personally took His name out of their mouths (Jer. 44).
Much of this stems from the Jewish utilization of the Talmud, and the Kabbalah,
from which Freemasonry also receives its tenets. Freemasonry also proclaims that
the true name of the Creator is unknowable and unpronounceable (ineffable).
Thus, the door was opened to
label the Creator and His Son with names other than the true names. This has
caused their identity to be stolen and attributed to other names and titles than
those that have been originally inspired as their own.
THE LORD
The true name of the Creator
Yahweh (hwhy) has been removed
from the Scriptures and primarily replaced with the term “the LORD.” Has the
modern day world done what was revealed in Jeremiah 23, and elsewhere in the
Scriptures? Have those who published the Scriptures caused the people to forget
Yahweh’s name for Baal?
Let me show you some
interesting things in the Scriptures. We read, “30. And Ahab the son of Omri
did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. 31. And it came to
pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of
the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. 32.
And he reared up an altar for Baal
in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria,” 1 Ki. 16:30-32.
Now I have left these
Scriptures in the format that one reads in the King James version of the Bible (Power Bible). Notice the proper noun
(name) “Baal” that is utilized here. In fact, this is an error! How can I
say this? Let’s take a look at the Hebrew version of these verses with the
same words underlined.
Do you think about Yahweh’s kingdom? As much as Yahshua
talked about it? I guess we all think about it sometimes.
Do we think
about our position there? Yahshua told his disciples that they would be
important rulers there, each one ruling over one of the tribes of Israel. That
leaves a lot of other nations to be ruled. You could be a ruler over a city or a
nation. It is possible, but only if you meet one important requirement.
By Elder Tom
Schattke
THE CHILD
Any one of us can learn a lot about Yahweh’s kingdom from a little
child.
There is an important principle about the Kingdom that holds VERY TRUE for each of us.
Along with love for one
another the humility of a little
child is an important foundation principle of our faith.
The vivid and startling truth is that each of us must HAVE AN ONGOING
project to change our personality to
make it like the personality of a little child. Just like the top goes down on a
convertible, we have to let our pride and any arrogance go down and we have to
be changed and converted
into humble individuals. Can you be a convertible believer?
How humble do
we need to become? Like a sweet,
obedient, little child. That’s a giant step!
In scriptural history humility has been a key to many epic, historical,
life-changing events. Some positive and some negative.
Three of our scripture lessons about humility are drawn from the time of
the Exodus from Egypt.
HUMILITY
was a major factor in the destruction of the great Egyptian culture and society
at that first Passover in Egypt. Here we are talking about the humility that
Pharaoh refused to show before Yahweh.
Exodus 10:3 And
Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “So says Yahweh, the
Elohim of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to HUMBLE YOURSELF before
Me? Let My people go, so that
they may serve Me.’”
Just as the lack of HUMILITY in Pharaoh brought about the destruction of
Egypt, the great Humility of Moses was an important factor in the success of
that prophet. Remember that Yahushua was the prophet like Moses (Deuteronomy 18:18).
This is another way in which they were alike - their humility.
Numbers 12:3
Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all men on the face of
the earth.
Deuteronomy 8:2 “You shall remember all
the way which Yahweh your Elohim led you these forty years in the wilderness in
order TO HUMBLE YOU, to prove you, to
know what is in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.”
This is unexpected, and even amazing to me.
Each child of Yahweh is intended to be a leader in Yahweh’s Kingdom –
Kings and preists.
What a requirement to impose for leaders - that they must be humble like
little children!
Let’s look at the scripture:
Matthew 18:1-4 At
that hour the disciples came to Yahushua, saying, “Who is the greatest in the
kingdom of Heaven?”
2
And Yahushua called a little child to Him and set him in their midst,
3 and said, “Truly I say to you, Unless you are converted [CHANGED]
and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of Heaven.
4 Therefore whoever shall
HUMBLE himself like this little child, that one is the greater in the
kingdom of Heaven.”
We are not intended to make it into the Kingdom on our natural humility
that we were born with or that we may have had as a child. As we grow up we lose
that childlike humble attitude. Somewhere between the terrible twos and the
troubled teens we become proud and arrogant. As we mature further and begin a
relationship with Yahweh, we recognize that these attitudes are not Yahweh’s
way. We are supposed to be working
on changing from the proud way we have become, to the HUMBLE WAY Yahushua tells
us we need to be.
Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as the elect of Yahweh, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves
with tender feelings of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, patience,
13 forbearing and forgiving
one another, if anyone has a complaint against any. As the Messiah forgave you,
so you must also do.
This is an
ongoing project for each believer!
HUMILITY is the opposite of pride but it does not mean confessing our
sins in public. Our sins must be confessed and repented of before Father Yahweh.
It is not saying you are less than or worse than you are.
That would be lying.
Humility is not being presumptuous.
It is not just pretending
to be humble but congratulating yourself internally for fooling people.
Of course Yahweh cannot be fooled.
Philipians 2:3
Let
nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of
mind let each esteem others better than themselves.
Part of being humble is certainly being submissive to the will of our
Father Yahweh. Habakkuk 2:4 is quoted in the NT
because it links salvation to faith:
Habakkuk 2:4 Behold,
the soul of him is puffed up, and
is not upright; but the just shall live by his faith.
This personality trait is truly BASIC to our future as Yahweh’s
children. By ‘basic’ I mean that it is essential and also that it must be a
part of our core being. Humility has to be as much a part of our nature as
faith, hope, or love. It has to be firmly imbedded deep in our heart and mind.
We’re going to look at three areas of Humility:
The
first is humility in the life and teachings of Yahushua the Messiah.
The
second will be our own individual humility.
The
third will be the part of humility in the congregation of Yahushua’s
followers.
First we’ll look at Yahushua as our example. His example was given for
our instruction.
Torah commands us to correct our brother when we see that he is sinning,
Leviticus 19:17 You shall not hate your
brother in your heart: you shall in any way rebuke your neighbor, and not allow
sin upon him.
Yahushua’s name itself proclaims his mission to help people keep from
sinning. The angel told Joseph:
Matthew 1:21 “And she shall bear a son,
and you shall call His name Yahushua: for He shall save His people from their
sins.”
An example of this in Yahushua’s life can be found in the Sermon on the
Mount in Matthew 5 where Yahushua explained the true meaning of several Torah
passages so that people could know better how to avoid sinning. He talked about
the full meaning of commandments not to kill, not to commit adultery, not to
bear false witness, and not to hate others, but to forgive. All these teachings
are to help us keep from
sinning.
Another example is when Yahushua was with the man who said he had done
all the commandments since his youth. Yahushua was gentle with him but soon made
his sin clear to him. That story is in Matthew 19:21
But Yahushua did esteem you to be more valuable than his own life. He
was very willing to painfully sacrifice his life so that you can live.
That’s just a really short version of the longer story about Yahushua
and our salvation.
We have seen Yahushua’s example of humility. Now we’ll look at how he
taught us to be and to become humble.
Above, we looked at Matthew 18:1-4 where Yahushua brought the
example of a little child to the disciples. His teaching was, “Unless you are converted [CHANGED] and become as little
children, you shall not enter into the kingdom.”
Another example comes at Passover:
John 13:12-15
So after He had washed their feet and had taken His garments and had
reclined again, He said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you?
13 You call Me
the Teacher, and Master, and you say well, for I AM.
14 If then I,
the Master and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one
another's feet. 15 For I have given
you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.
John 13:34 “I give you
a new commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you, you should
also love one another. 35
By this all shall know that you are My disciples, if you have love toward
one another.”
If
I get to feeling pretty good about myself I have a sure-fire way to bring myself
down to earth. I compare myself not to other people but only to Yahushua and to
Yahweh,
2 Corinthians 10:12
For we do not dare to rank or compare ourselves with some of the ones
commending themselves. But they, measuring themselves among themselves, and
comparing themselves to themselves, are not perceptive.
Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
What does Yahweh say about it?
Isaiah 55:8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways My ways,
says Yahweh. 9
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are
My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.”
We don’t even think the same way as Yahweh, and his thoughts are higher
than ours. Humility is definitely in order for us.
Who
IS High and Mighty and what the rest of us need to do about that:
Isaiah 57:15
For so says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity; whose name is
Holy; “I dwell in the high and holy place, even
with the contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to
revive the heart of the contrite ones.”
3. Congregations
I believe we can say that each congregation has a personality, and this
factor of humility is vital to the success of every congregation that has been
or ever will be.
> Yahushua and New Testament writers made
an analogy of the congregation to a bride. Like a new bride - helpful, sweet and
humble. Focused on pleasing her husband and his family.
> A lot of the personality of a
congregation comes from the leaders of it.
> Yahushua already told us that only a
person who is humble like a little child can ever enter Yahweh’s Kingdom. That
was Matthew 18. We have to believe that
applies to congregation leaders.
> But not one will enter the Kingdom who
is an aggressive bully, who hollers at people, a tough guy, arrogant, drill
instructor type, dictator, Rabbi with his man-made rules, a ruler, a boss, or
most lawyers and other “suits.” Someone
said we don’t need over-governing, just love-one-anothering.
> It seems like the leader of Yahushua’s
congregation may be hard to identify. He probably leads mostly by example and by
quiet, loving conversations.
> Only the path of humility that Yahushua
followed leads to where Yahushua is now, by the Father’s side.
Think about this - Would it make sense to follow a congregation leader
whom Yahushua says cannot enter Yahweh’s Kingdom?
He would need help, not followers.
In any teaching situation who is it who learns the most? Isn’t it the
teacher? So a leader who takes his job seriously would be teaching this message
of essential humility. This is a message of eternal life!
So, there are some really good reasons for each of us to overcome pride
and work on
teaching and learning better HUMILITY.
HUMILITY is VERY IMPORTANT and even ESSENTIAL for us as individuals and as a
congregation, together with loving one another.
This is very much a salvation issue and I hope this message is something
you can remember and use to help you reach Yahweh’s wonderful Kingdom. I have
just scratched the surface of this topic. I’d like to hear about other
messages.
Yahweh is calling you to be in His Kingdom and He really wants you to be
there. If you ask Him then He will surely help you.
2 Chronicles 7:14
“If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble
themselves and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I
will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Psalm 34:18 Yahweh is near unto them that are of a
broken heart; and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.
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