“And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, He said unto them, Whosoever, will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.” Matthew 16:24-28, 10:38; John 12:25
How do we come after a person in whom we cannot see? When Yahweh blesses, it comes as a decrease before there is any increase and depending on the condition of our hearts in which scriptures compares it to the earth’s soil, all will come before Him sooner or later. Yeshua whom we call Jesus was decreased according to His Father’s will. Read Hebrew 2:9,17; Philippians 2:7 If, anyone teaches any other order they have greatly missed the MARK in understanding Yahweh’s Word. Moreover, when our spiritual body (church, you) operates in unbelief it still can survive, but the question is. What is the cost for the curses many false teachers believe that was Old Testament teaching are still prevalent if not dominating in our time? Read Deuteronomy 28:22
I can recall in 2011 pondering on what should be the name of what I thought to be ‘MY’ ministry; and while sitting one day the word trow came into my spirit. After a few days of thinking how those 4 letters could become an acronym to a phrase which I believed at the time was not even a word that could carry any definitional meaning whatsoever. But, to my surprise trow was a word and after this newly found excitement. A few days later, I type trow into a bible search engine and there it was in scripture, too. ‘I trow’ which is an Old English word that means I believe or think.
As it is written “but which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? And will not rather say unto him, make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? Does he (give) thanks (to) that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not. So likewise, ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, we are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.” Luke 17:7-10, Matthew 17:14-21 Many who understand the term duty never wants to be recognize as a hero.
To understand our duty under faith let it be made known today a servant is not greater than their audience, boss (lord, master) and etc., neither is the teacher subornative to their student. Because of this pattern it is written “The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.” Matthew 10:24; John 13:16 All those who are in authority over anybody rather they be young or old you are held to a higher esteem in this world and the world to come that authority that you have been giving is not from man directly, but from Yahweh who cause all things to be (I AM).
Those who have a number of years in the workforce can witness there were times when all you needed was two weeks to see if that new hire’s infatuation would cool off. Afterwards, you could truly see if they desired to continue working there. The ministry is the exact opposite there is no short-lived passion for the whosoever(s) which scriptures describes as followers of the Messiah. Our soil (heart) must be condition continually by practicing faith in action. As born-again believers it is imperative to learn where your heart sits. In the ‘Parable of the Sower’ there are 4 types of soils. The ‘Parable of the Sower’ is a wonderful guiding post unto understanding all our hearts concerns.
The whosoever’s are given four commands for fulfilling the Father’s will concerning Yeshua (Jesus) they are as follow: come after me, deny self, take up cross, and follow the Messiah. To achieve this, we must understand who the Word is. The living Word was given to Moses, the Prophets, and the witnesses, The living WORD, was the blood wiped on the door post during Passover for the firstborns of Israel, and the living Word was the body hung and the blood and water that poured out on the post/cross, it is written “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” “He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.” John 1:1; Revelation 19:13
And, the Word said, “Whosoever will Come after Me,” means: To position or to pursue someone or something. In layman’s term to be decreased in order to be increased it has never been about what you and I think, but what the Torah, Prophets and witnesses says about how we should abide in His WORD. Come after me is used in a middle voice we are the subject(s) and Yeshua (Jesus) is the noun. Our coming is a continuously cycle of growth and experiences bigger than any narratives or opinions so continue to sit at Yeshua’s feet daily.
It does matter what soil type Yahweh begins to shape and mold you in because some hearts maybe broken in the night while some will be broken during the day. Moreover, if you do not remember anything else today always remember none of us are promised a season of stagnating, lack of abundant living how else will patience have it perfect works.
Where there is unbelief there is also a manifestation of sins when scriptures tell us where there is unbelief there is no rest. “Let us labor therefore to enter into the rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.” Hebrew 4:11, 4:6 “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” James 2:10 In other words The WORD is of no respect of person “…He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” John 8:7 The liar cannot accuse the cheater, the murder cannot accuse the adulterer, false teacher cannot accuse the homosexual, the gossiper cannot accuse talebearer, and the babe in Christ cannot blame the sinner. Mature believers are not hypocrites he or she does not run back to the world to enlist them to help fight the battles they have started that is called spiritual fornication, it is written,
“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 3:3
The world walks contrary to Yeshua’s word and while scripture give us a clearer meaning of what hate, idolatry, wrath and etc., looked like two thousand plus years ago. Today, all those childish attributes are still well and alive working in our members. People have real life problems, and many are being led to believe in narratives which has no heavenly connection whatsoever that can sustain a babe in Christ. Milk does not do the BODY any good when it comes to our spiritual maturity it is written. Yahweh is a Spirit, Yahshua is the TRUTH, and narratives of the world’s wisdom cannot teach us how to WORSHIP in spirit and truth.
Is it even possible to teach the WORD of Yahweh if you do not even hang them in the bosom of your hearts are they not one in the same. Is it not written I will write my laws upon their hearts and mind. If you denounce His commandment, are you not offended at His word. Who can preach Yeshua (Jesus) without preaching His word, or who can follow without taking up their cross? The word is the MARK that separate the whosoever’s from those who believes in whatsoever’s for the Hebrew and Greek meaning of WORD (H1697, G4483) means a commandment, password, or signal.
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow ME: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” John 10:27-28
“May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.” Psalms 119:173
“She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message… But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:38,42
“Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal (MARK) of approval.” John 6:27
The question posed earlier, how do we come after a person in whom we cannot see? If, depending totally on physical sight or senses you would believe it is all about your physical positioning or the pursuit in life ‘I’m first, you are last.’ When we try to eat with our eyes the doorway to our hearts, the desires of lust are never fulfilled. Therefore, our eyes light the pathway that fulfills our fleshly desires our tongues cannot taste evil, greed, jealousy or lust but our eyes and what we allow into our ears become the light into our hearts. Read Matthew 6:23
The whatsoever’s will complain and stay mad about everything especially when you refuse to pursue the whatsoever’s precepts of this world, which blinds any from the overall cost that warrants spiritual death. Yeshua (Jesus) likens the men of this generation to children playing in a marketplace [G58 streets]. When He said, “John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.” Was it not the Pharisees, the haters of His day who accused the Messiah of having a devil so it will be the same with you. “The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!” Luke 7:31-50
BODY beware! It does not matter what side of the table you sit at there will always be those who refuses to adhere to the Word of Yahweh judging you because you are worshipping the Father. You are seeing His truth, but many are blinded by non-fruit bearing trees standing in their view telling you every parts-of-speech while avoid the name of Yahweh. The Father has not sent us on a ‘blind date’ to prepare for a coming wedding feast it is written, “wisdom is justified of all her children.”
Who is Wisdom? and Who are her children? Read Proverbs 8:22-31 Surly, her fruits are not the fruit of good and evil, but the fruit that produces trees of righteous. Christ shows us a metaphor of a spiritual kingdom when He healed the blindman sight, the blindman said,
“And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.” Mark 8:24, Read Psalm 1
“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” Genesis 3:6
“But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires, he is lured away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” James 1:14-15
When we come before the feet of Grace, Mercy and Judgement some will come with a broken spirit and contrite heart, another may come because a vow was made; and while others will come by being brought forth by a friend or loved one All three steps can be found in scripture. But, no matter how you come to sit at Yashua’s feet the endgame is to be born again.
Read D.L. Moody was preaching long before he was born again. Elders in the faith have shared with me that many have stood behind the pulpits and just broke down with a sobbing cry in the middle of their sermons being born again it is written “…Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3, Psalm 131:2, 1 Corinthians 14:20
Yeshua did not say, playing children there is a young man who grinded his way to get his bachelor’s in criminal justice in a year and eight months. When summer came around instead of playing with his peers, he stayed enrolled in school, after his internship as a clerk. He became a clerk; and there are many just like him in this world today who have on spiritual blinders. While working at his new job a few months went by and his spirit became trouble noting the unusually high request for divorce amongst black couples.
As his spirit grieved him concerning the dysfunctions of divorce, he sat in his car while in the parking lot one morning crying out to Yahweh concerning his job. Then his phone rung he was asked was he coming into work today, for now he is late. He responds to the caller yes, “I was praying.” After going in, he finished his required duty for that day, the caller calls him into the office and tells this young man his services were no longer needed. Remember, before there is any increase there is a decrease, the young man responded to his manager, he appreciated the opportunity and thank you, for God [Elohim] has answer my prayers.
Why are We 1st to the fight, 1st to the party, 1st in HIV, 1st in abortion, 1st in homicide, 1st in divorce but last in wealth and population. Our forefather and mothers taken by way of slave ships and brought to America 404 years ago, and we still cannot get past 13 percent population. There is a great spiritual mystery why we cannot get beyond 13 precent population; moreover, we have been bewitched by water down sermons (mingle seed), bamboozle by the system and hoodwink by those of our own kind.
What is the cost we pay being led by narratives and opinions of others, “I’d rather see a sermon than HEAR one any day; I’d rather one should walk with me than merely TELL the way.” -Edgar Guest There is a cost when we are walking against the grain of the living WORD. It is written, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Roman 10:17 “My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.” Job 42:5 How long will we walk blindly in the fruit of good and evil (worldly wisdom) just believing in the Messiah, without denying ourselves, Yahweh forbid.
I remember Elohim allowed me to get rice in my shoes I had to make the choice to walk on the world’s rice or the rice that would lead me to the wedding banquet of Yahshua Hamashiach, (Jesus our Lord and Savior.) When Yahweh has put His will on you, you are a made-man or woman under the family tree. Even when you think to do contrary to His Word, He chastises those He loves and your spiritual accountability will be known between the ages of 8 or 9. A powerful evangelist who is now asleep has witnessed to more souls than Billy Graham said, “you can follow the fruit of CHURCHANITY, or you can follow the living Word.”
“No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, and they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.” John 6:44-45
Yahweh has, and will always raise up trees of righteousness, a True Remnant of Worshippers (TROW) WHY! “To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.” Isaiah 61:3, Hebrew 1:9, Psalm 92:12-15
NOBODY’s conspiracies, narratives nor opinions outweighs your past faults, failures and success. Christ has given us the will to overcome all adversity they are your testimonies. Who then, can speak against the righteous Love of the Messiah. Repent! Seek the Lord while HE may be found. Yahweh Bless America and Blessing to you and yours.
Happy Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets
