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H"HAVE YE RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST SINCE YOU BELIEVED?"
YOU MUST BE BORN OF THE WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT!
The Holy Ghost is not a "third person in the Godhead", but rather the Spirit of YHWH (the Creator, the ONLY ONE, TRUE LIVING ELOHIM or "God"), it is the Spirit of the resurrected Messiah, the Son of Elohim/God who foretold, "I am with you BUT I SHALL BE IN YOU." The Holy Ghost comes to dwell in the hearts and lives of everyone who believes and obeys the gospel, as the Comforter, Sustainer, and Keeper (John 14:16-26; Romans 8:9-11). The Holy Ghost is IN FACT Elohim (God) Himself because the Word says that HE IS A SPIRIT AND A SPIRIT HAS NOT FLESH NOR BONES. The Holy Ghost is probably NOT hopping around on one foot hollering, "Shaw-nah-nah", but it is a spirit that will change your language AND your life!
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Sin is the transgression of the law, or TORAH (commandments of God/Elohim (I John 3:4).) The guilt of sin has fallen upon all humanity from Adam until now (Romans 3:23). The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23; Revelation 20:14) to all those who refuse to accept salvation as set forth in the Torah, the Word of Elohim.
SIN is a condition that is dealt with personally by YAH. JUDGEMENT starts at the house of YHWH, HE alone is our judge. We are judged by HIM only; it is HIS OFFICE and not our own. In accordance to respecting HIS office we must take a "hands off" approach in judging others. JUDGE NOT lest YE BE JUDGED ACCORDINLY.
HOWEVER, in accordance with the Word it is CERTAINLY NOT EVER wrong to "make judgement calls" or DECISIONS, for that is the very reason why YaH placed a concience within our very beings. We MUST know the difference between what is clean and unclean for example because we are told to NOT touch the unclean thing. We are told to shun the very APPEARANCE of evil. It is not that this appearance is wrong within itself, but it may be damaging and a hinderance to our testimonies and ministries.
...."Judge not lest ye be judged accordingly"... BUT be wise to heed HIS JUDGEMENTS.
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Salvation consists of HEARING THE WORD, BELIEVING, REPENTING and FORGIVENESS and deliverance from all sin and unrighteousness through the blood of "THE SON OF GOD", Y'shua, our Redeemer and Messiah. The Early Church Apostles Testament taught that salvation consists of repentance from sin, water baptism in the name of the "Father, Son AND Holy Ghost" which is to say in the NAME OF YHWH THROUGH Y'SHUA for the remission of sins, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost, after which the Christian is to live a Holy life obeying the LAW of the Word of "GOD" (ELOHIM/YHWH) by keeping his commandments, Sabbath and feasts and celebrations as outlined in the Torah (the Word of Elohim, The Bible).
.........................hey, wait a minute, in MY Bible it says "be baptized in the name of 'Jesus Christ'.....................
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE BIBLE USES THE TERM OR NAME "JESUS CHRIST" WHICH COULD NOT HAVE BEEN FULLY CORRECT SINCE THE LETTER "J" WAS NOT A PART OF THE HEWBREW LANGUAGE (...and in FACT it STILL ISN'T!). We should instead TAKE HEED to use THE VERY SAME NAME THAT WAS HANDED DOWN BY "GOD" (ELOHIM/YHWH) THROUGH THE ANGEL TO MARY; and of course that would have been a JEWISH/HEBREW NAME and NOT an English one. PERSONAL, PROPER NAMES DO NOT CHANGE, EVER REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE, COUNTRY OR NATIONALITY. The man they call "JESUS" is a mistranslation; trying to make a Hebrew name into FIRST a Greek "translation" and then later into an "English Translation". PROPER NAMES ARE NOT TRANSLATED from country to country or tongue to tongue.
Try this test!! Tune in to any Spanish (or other language) TV or radio show and you will hear words and phrases that you don't understand, BUT when they come to a PROPER NAME you will indeed understand it because proper names never change! Words like, "Obama", "Wendy's", "China", etc., etc., don't ever change, so who do YOU think changed the names of YHWH and Y'asHUA first to Latin and then to Greek?
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The word says and makes it VERY CLEAR: "Without HOLINESS it is IMPOSSIBLE to please Elohim."!
After we are saved from sin, we are commanded, "Go, and sin no more" (John 8:11).
We are commanded to live soberly, righteously, and godly (Holy) in this present world (Titus 2:12) and warned that without holiness no one shall see YHWH (Hebrews 12:14).
We must present ourselves as holy unto YHWH (Romans 12:1), cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit (II Corinthians 7:1), and separate ourselves from all worldliness (James 4:4).
If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? (I Peter 4:18).
No one can live a holy life by his own power, but only through the Holy Spirit. "Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you AND YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES" (Acts 1:8)
Holiness is MORE than an inward condition. It is making clean the INSIDE of the cup AND THE OUTSIDE as well. It is "coming out from the world and being separate". The word teaches MODESTY in dress as well as in all other things.
DID YOU KNOW that the Word teaches that a woman should NOT "wear that which pertaineth to a man and neither should a man put on a woman's garment", that her hair is her glory, that she should NOT outwardly adorn herself, that she should be shame faced and not wear costly array?--that a woman should NOT pray without her head being covered and that she should remain silent in the church?
DID YOU KNOW that man was created in the very image of God? That the Word says that a man should NOT "marr the corners of his BEARD"? Since every single man was created in God's image and every single man grows a BEARD and facial hair by the time that he reaches puberty his beard was given by God as a separation of the sexes it would displease YHWH for him to try to shave it off?
DID YOU KNOW that WE are supposed to "come out from the world and be ye separate" and that we are to be a PECULIAR people?
.....are you beginning to "think outside the box" yet?
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Our Heavenly Father has made Himself known through miracles that He performed and those that were performed in the flesh by His Son, Y'shua. Today we have special provisions in this age of grace for healing to all who will come to Him in faith and obedience. Divine healing was purchased for us by the blood of the crucifixion, especially by the stripes that Y'shua suffered (Isaiah 53:5; Matthew 8:16-17; I Peter 2:24).
The Christ, our Messiah went everywhere healing those who were sick (Matthew 4:23-24), and He commanded His disciples to do the same (Matthew 10:8). He said concerning those who believe the gospel, "They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover" (Mark 16:18). Mighty healings and miracles followed the disciples wherever the gospel was preached.
"Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him , anointing him with oil in the name of YHWH/Y'shua (the Lord) and Elohim shall raise him up: and if he have committed sins they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed" (James 5:14-16).
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Tongues
Speaking in Tongues? Is THAT in the Bible? YES!!! Throughout the New Testament "Speaking in Tongues" is mentioned both as evidence of the Holy Spirit's miraculous workings and as a "sign to the unbeliever". It is indicated that this "outward sign" was used to indicate to the Apostles that a person had "received the same experience as we".
Tongues however is NOT the MOST IMPORTANT indication of a person having received the Holy Spirit! The most important sign of all would be that a person would BEGIN TO MANIFEST THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT; i. e. : meekness, temperance, love, joy, peace, gentleness, long suffering, etc.
The Word proves that the Holy Spirit is not fully effective until the person who has received it begins to manifest the FRUIT of the Spirit; "for if a tree produce NOT fruit it shall be hewn down and cast into the fire."
TONGUES ARE "LANGUAGES" BY DEFINITION
THERE ARE TONGUES OF MAN AND OF ANGELS. Paul said, "I thank God that I speak in tongues more than ye all". It is my understanding that yes, certainly tongues are not babblings, they are LANGUAGES, but there ARE tongues of men AND of angels. I have always thought that when we speak in the "tongues of angels" that is when we "speak mysteries" that neither we nor those around us understand. Mans ways are NOT God's ways and I rather think that perhaps GOD HAS A TONGUE that is NOT THE TONGUE OF MAN; it is in fact a HEAVENLY LANGUAGE and is the "tongues of ANGELS". ABOVE ALL, "TRY THE SPIRITS AND KNOW WHICH ARE OF GOD".
....again, tongues are LANGUAGES and LANGUAGES are probably NOT mere BABBLINGS.
Biblical expressions of Worship
In the Bible we read, "They lifted up their voice to ELOHIM with one accord."-Acts
In the Bible we read, "Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless ELOHIM."-Psalm 134:2
In the Bible we read, "Make a joyful noise unto YHWH, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise."-Psalm 98:4
In the Bible we read, "And all the house of
In the Bible we read, "O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph."-Psalm 47:1
In the bible we read, "Praise Him with the timbrel and dance: praise Him with stringed instruments and organs."-Psalm 150:4
In the bible we read, "I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee."-Psalm
In the Bible we read, "Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the YHWH/Y'shua."-James 5:14
In the Bible we read, "When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation."-I Corinthians 14:26
PLEASE DO NOT JUDGE OR MISUNDERSTAND: THE FOLLOWING CLIP IS ONLY AN EXAMPLE OF HEARTFELT WORSHIP!! I DO REALIZE THAT THEY ARE USING AN "INCORRECT NAME", BUT TRUTH COMES IN SMALL DOSES SOMETIMES AND WE CAN LEARN MUCH ABOUT MODESTY, SINCERE WORSHIP AND "CORRECT PRESENCE" BEFORE ELOHIM: (click on "Examples" below):
Examples of "holiness in dress"/heartfelt worship