“Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?” -1 Corinthians 1:12-17
The Pharisees understood what was required of the Torah, but many had broken away from it within their hearts. When the Lamb’s redeeming blood was shaded for whosoever would believe, the Pharisees had a problem. They no longer could go before the alter of Yahweh for the atonement of sins they had to come before the Lamb of God. The Jews understood their principles of worshipping Yahweh compared to any other nations on the face of the earth. They were not gentiles and today the word has evolved to mean unbelievers.
It is quoted that Rome marveled at how ancient the Jews monotheist religion was but remember they did not understand the word trinity which is one of the many words that has evolved to express the oneness of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. YESHUA’s disciples being Jews understood how to approach Yahweh they were indeed worshipping the Elohim (God) of the living. However, they did not fully understand the gift of SALVATION that the Messiah would bring to all who would believe. So, Yeshua comforts His disciples by answering Thomas’s question by reminding them “…I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6
Yeshua did not share with them in the above context that Father Yahweh was no longer there. The Lord is there but we must now ALL come by the SON first this is the great work of the Father’s will. Is Christ divided? Yahweh Forbids, it is written: “Believe thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” John 14:10
The Pharisees and other religious Jewish sects understood that their Elohim was a LIVING God. The Kings of Babylon, Meido-Persia, Greeks, Rome and we realized that Yeshua’s father is the great I AM that caused all things to be. While these kingdoms or nations allowed Israel to continue to worship according to their RELIGION as is. We must be aware that we can make a religion out of being a couch potato, just as one can make a religion out of one scripture.
(The above page is from a KJV Bible we found at a thrift store several years ago. Its title ‘The Devotional Alphabetical Indexed Family Bible’ with a Copy Right Date of 1960).
According to a 1769 edition of the 1611 King James Bible there are 31,102 3+1+1+0+2= 7, the number 7 is the biblical expression of completeness or Spiritual Perfection. Spiritual perfection does not mean divine completeness, but all scripture is GOD [Elohim] inspired or breathed. How many times are we to forgive our big brother and sisters in faith? 70×7= 490 prophetic years in which also points to Daniel’s 70 weeks vision. Therefore, spiritual perfection or wholeness is obtainable as long as we seek, ask and knock.
The adversary, the murder has appeared since the book of Job which predates Genesis. But let us keep it simple Yeshua tells us “…He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.” In the book of Job. Who is speaking? Job or possessed by Satan Job, let scripture interrupt itself which bring ALL THINGS to light. “Oh, that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.” Job 31:35
What book do you think Samuel spoken to the people about before he presented it to Yahweh concerning man’s Kingdom on earth? “Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.” 1 Samuel 10:25
“Again, the devil takes him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto him, all these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.” -Matthew 4:8-9 In other words Satan blesses his followers, too this is why we are reminded to be separated not in arrogance and prideful spirit; and furthermore, thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days forever. Deuteronomy 23:6 Do not curse your barns by bringing in unlawful tithes into Yahweh’s store house all money is not good money for Yahweh’s barn not yours. Yeshua tells, the young rich ruler to give all his money to the poor then follow me. Did the disciples bring their fishing gear and nets?
Yahweh desires LOVE because it is written God is love. He desires for us to abode in His Truth, His Spirit and the only way we can abode in the HOUSE of the living is through the blood of the LAMB. Faith was giving to ALL freely and in other words, it came to all requiring NO WORKs from our hands, scripture describes it as an unspeakable GIFT. What happens after our salvation? We must take up the work of the cross and die to ourselves daily. WHO can mature or become whole off sincere milk alone. The Pharisees, and the Jews were all meat eaters concerning their knowledge of the Father, but it does not mean that they all understood his eternal plan of salvation. Nevertheless, they all had to start over from scratch just as we did when Christ said, “ALL must be born again,” that comes without CHARGE because the Messiah paid the perfect price.
After the Jewish elites rejected Paul, he received the righthand of fellowship from Peter, James and John said he went to deliver the word of Yahweh to the gentiles in today’s perspective it means unbelievers. Paul had the equivalent of two PHD’s very well learned in Torah. Now, we know that any teacher who sits before a classroom of students is there to teach those who are unlearned in that subject. A math teacher will begin with sincere milk 1 butterfly plus 1 butterfly equals two butterflies, then once their class learn how to work-out those problems they move onto more subject matter problems we call it meat 1+1= 2.
Paul understood this that unbelievers were babes and had an ancient worship or religious system that mostly likely could be dated back to the fall at the Tower of Babel, for it is written, “But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.” 1 Corinthians 10:20 Christ tells the Pharisees that their worship or their work was of the Devil and not of Abraham because many of them would not accept SALVATION at hand they were not circumcised of heart. All of Israel were to be circumcised by the eight-day now what eight-day old baby could have chosen or confessed there need of Salvation. Salvation is the meaning of Yeshua’s (Jesus) name they were standing right in front of Him and doubting even after seeing His many works, now that is doubtful, at least Thomas believed Christ and was ready to go to work, afterwards even unto death and Abraham was circumcised of heart first.
Was Paul crucified for you? Then, how can one rightly divide the word of TRUTH living off breast milk alone. If Paul is the only scriptures that is preached and taught on the radio, tv church stations and in the pulpits then at least remained the people you are giving them sincere milk and must grow in our faith. And, for this manner Paul or Sosthenes writes “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?.” 1 Corinthians 3:2
This writing came about in 54 A.D. during Paul’s third missionary trip for we now know by this time he was preaching and teaching the good news to unbelievers. However, we must decern right from wrong, percept upon percept and line by line this is what it means to rightly divide the word of truth. One context maybe talking directly to the Jews another to the Saints and another to the Church and so forth. Meanwhile, we should be learning from all contexts of scriptures, but it must be rightly divided when taught unto All SAVED or UNSAVED. ALL must hear and receive salvation; all must drink milk, and all must eat meat (meat of the earth or field), but it must be SENT OUT separately according to the individual’s Spiritual need. “…Thou shalt not seethe (boil) a kid (meat) in his mother’s milk.” Exodus 34:26; Deuteronomy 14:21
Let keep it real Paul disputed with all learn and unlearned, especially the Apostles concerning babes in Christ and their ability to follow Torah. Give a 4-month year old a toy ball and before you know it, they will bite it. Is this not the same with babes in Christ who have not learn how to roll the ball in Yahweh’s perfect will. Pray, trust and wait and see if Yahweh will not remove all that baby BIT and FIGTH, it only hinders our MORE abundant life. There is no way around it, WE MUST DIE TO OURSELVES DAILY and WE ALL have to learn how to WORK OUT our own salvation with fear and trembling.
If there were no deceptions in scripture, why would we need to be encouraged by scripture to rightly divide scriptural context. Yeshua (Jesus) tells us that He came to give us a more abundant life. There are countries right now that has not abolished prayer in school; however, they carry some of the highest murder rates in the world. Why? Because we believe more in memorization of scripture then we believe in the actualization of its work. Yeshua speaks, And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had DONE wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. Luke 16:8
I recall attending a Dekalb County Microbusiness Extension class held at Georgia Perimeter College now currently Piedmont Technical College. There was a lady who had a business designing Clergyman and choir robes. Now, our ages in class ranged respectively a crossed the board of 30 to 60 she was around her late fifties. We all were given the same BOOK (gospel) and out of that book we were giving the same assignment in how to conduct cold call selling. Well, this wise woman took what she read from the book and applied it in real-time, she followed the books instructions and called her potential customers from the yellow pages and received instant results.
When we return to class two days later, we discuss the topic of that subject, but this woman had applied herself to the subject matter and she received instant results. Now we all had the same book at hand however, she interpreted the difference between mike and meat. The gospel is about SALAVATION (milk) and FAITH (meat) for James wrote not concerning SALAVATION for it is FREE unto WHOSOEVER believes, but he reminds the body (Messianic/Christian believers who study and believes in all of Yahweh’s word) that Faith is accompanied by WORKs it is written.
“Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Likewise, also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers (of salvation), and had SENT THEM OUT another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” James 2:24-26
Paul pens “Therefore, leaving the discussion of the [elementary] principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God.” Hebrews 6:1 NKJV
Salvation starts with drinking of sincere milk and ends in faith with these words “…Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” Matthew 25:23
