Which Jesus Do You Love?

Consider this…
What if I burst into a church congregation on a Sunday morning and excitedly interrupted their service to exclaim that Jesus was in the parking lot?  What if I insisted the Second Coming was happening RIGHT NOW and for them to come outside and see?
What if the congregants and church leaders poured out into the parking lot to see a man dressed in a clown suit that says Jesus on the back? What if he were making balloon animals and doing silly magic tricks while playing a kazoo?
The people obviously would become irritated. They would quickly recognize that ‘my Jesus’ in the parking lot is not the Jesus of scripture. They would know he was a fraud.

So I ask you this very pointed question:
Do you know Jesus of the scriptures?
Do you know Him well?
Or do you just know what someone else has told you about Him?
Do you know Him?
Do you REALLY know Him?

Why do I ask these questions?
I will give you advance warning. This is my most difficult, and probably, my most “offensive” blog post to date.
You’d better get strapped in. Put on your seatbelts.
This post is going to ask some difficult questions.

I ask you (especially if this post offends you) to look at scripture and believe it. If scripture describes and teaches a different Jesus than you’ve been taught, are you willing to sort out the differences? 
What if you find out you’ve been taught a fraudulent Jesus?
Maybe not as obvious as a clown-suit Jesus doing magic tricks, but fraudulent all the same?
Fair warning — that is what we are going to explore today.

Before we dig into scripture, let’s take a quick look at Mainstream Jesus and our Messiah in scripture:

Mainstream Jesus was born on December 25th.
Scripture Jesus was born during the Fall feasts, YHVH’s (God’s) Appointed Times.

Mainstream Jesus’ name is Jesus.
Scripture Jesus’ name is Yeshua (salvation in Hebrew).

Mainstream Jesus came to save ‘the lost’.
Scripture Yeshua came only for the lost sheep of the House of Israel.

Mainstream Jesus violated the Sabbath, as accused by the Pharisees.
Scripture Yeshua kept the Sabbath perfectly.

Mainstream Jesus taught two new, generic commandments.
Scripture Yeshua taught His Father’s commandments.

Mainstream Jesus died on Good Friday.
Scripture Yeshua died on Passover (14th of Aviv).

Mainstream Jesus was placed in the tomb Friday night.
Scripture Yeshua was placed in the tomb at the feast of Unleavened Bread.

Mainstream Jesus resurrected Easter Sunday at sunrise.
Scripture Yeshua resurrected at feast of First Fruits before sunrise.

Mainstream Jesus was in the grave two nights and one day.
Scripture Yeshua was in the grave three nights and three days, just as He foretold.

Mainstream Jesus nailed “the law” to the cross.
Scripture Yeshua nailed our sin to the cross.

Mainstream Jesus fulfilled the law so we don’t have to.
Scripture Yeshua fulfilled the law as our example to follow.

Mainstream Jesus replaced Israel with ‘the church’.
Scripture Yeshua replaced nothing, but will restore Israel.

Mainstream Jesus taught against the Law of Moses.
Scripture Yeshua taught the Law of Moses is about Himself and that we are to follow it.

Mainstream Jesus opposes laws in the Torah.
Scripture Yeshua opposed man-made laws in the Talmud (Pharisees false doctrine).

Mainstream Jesus chose Gentiles and rejected Israel.
Scripture Yeshua grafted Gentiles into Israel which He will fully restore.

Sunday is the Lord’s day.
Yeshua is Lord of the Sabbath.

No one knows when Mainstream Jesus will return, but he’ll come like a thief in the night.
Yeshua of scripture will return at the appointed time, and we’ll know the season.

Mainstream Jesus says Peter is the foundation of the church.
Yeshua of scripture says Peter’s confession is the foundation of faith.

Mainstream Jesus wants you to say a “Sinner’s Prayer.”
Scripture Yeshua wants you to be His disciple, doing the things He did.

Mainstream Jesus wants you to live a good life.
Scripture Yeshua wants you to live a Holy (set apart) life.

We haven’t even listed any scripture yet, and I bet you already have questions swirling in your mind.
I have contrasted popular teaching vs. what scripture actually says about Yeshua (Jesus).

Here is my most important question, though:
If you are taught and believe in a false Jesus, while the ‘authentic’ Yeshua (Jesus) of scripture is plain as day on the pages of our bibles, how will it pan out if you don’t REALLY know Him?
My mind immediately goes to this passage in scripture, the very words of scriptural Yeshua:

Matthew 7:21-23 (words of Yeshua)
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Yeshua of scripture states there will be people who call on His name and claim to have served Him, and He will not know them.
What is the qualifier here?
“Those who do the will of the Father” (Torah)
What is the disqualifier?
“you who practice lawlessness”

Whoa, Mainstream Jesus tells us not to follow Torah instruction (the law) because he fulfilled it.
Scripture Yeshua tells us to depart if we practice lawlessness.

Even more disturbing, we have scripture like this:
Romans 10:13
“For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Why do I find this disturbing instead of encouraging, at least in the context of this discussion?
Romans 10:13 presents a huge problem.  How can Yeshua/Jesus Himself say “I never knew you” to people who are calling on His name? Especially if Romans 10:13 promises salvation for those who call on His name?
Have we discovered a contradiction in scripture?
No, we have not.
The warning given in Matthew 7 is to the people calling on the name of “Fake-Jesus” or “Lord”, and have put their faith, belief, and trust in the parking lot version of Jesus (or whatever Jesus, but NOT scriptural Yeshua).

STOP!! Think about that for one second…
What if you believe in a fake Jesus?

Am I trying to make something up that just isn’t there?  Am I stretching scripture to fit into a preconceived idea that I came up with?
Here are more words from scripture Yeshua:
Revelation 22:14-15 (words of Yeshua)
14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.

Again, scriptural Yeshua says we are to follow His commandments (Mainstream Jesus says not to). And He says those who “love and practice a lie” will not be allowed into the Kingdom.
What if believing in a fraudulent Jesus, an “idea of Jesus” not supported by scripture, is considered to be “loving and practicing a lie”?
As awful as the answer is, Yeshua says you are not coming into New Jerusalem (described in Revelation chapter 21), and says you will not have the right to the tree of life.

Yes, I realize I just illustrated a concept that is a complete disaster for most Christians, and for most Mainstream churches. If what I am evaluating is true, this is the most tragic thing I can think of, throughout all of humanity, throughout all of time.

And there was weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Do you see the significance of what I’m saying here?
I am speaking of something horrible and tragic, on an epic scale.
This idea or concept comes from scripture, not from the recesses of my mind. How can I say that with confidence?
This lesson has already been taught. I am not the first to consider this scenario.
And guess who taught it?
Yeshua did, believe it or not:

John 5:43-47 (words of Yeshua)
I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. 44 How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Did that make sense to you? If not, read it again.
Yeshua of scripture is speaking of the exact same lesson I’m giving here…
He is speaking about people not recognizing His true, authentic self in scripture.
Before you decide to burn me at the stake for saying these things, please consider that the real Yeshua (Jesus) of scripture said the very same thing that I am saying. This is not a new, modern problem.

Yeshua gives many warnings in scripture. It is my opinion that we should evaluate them and understand them.
If our Messiah, our Savior, gives warnings about not being included in His Kingdom, we MUST understand these warnings.
We MUST understand who they apply to, and what the consequences are. And we MUST share our findings with others, to give them warning.
I am sounding the alarm.
Will you heed the alarm and flee to safety, by studying ALL scripture and learning who your Messiah really is?
Or will you remain where you are and stick with the majority?

Matthew 7:13-14 (words of Yeshua)
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
I’m not sure about you, but the majority is not very appealing, if we take Yeshua’s (Jesus’) words to heart…

Here is a final comparison of ‘commonly taught Jesus’ vs. Yeshua in scripture:

Mainstream Jesus tells us about His blessings and about the good news of the gospel.
Scripture Yeshua teaches us about His blessings and about the good news of the gospel; and He called the Pharisees vipers for teaching false doctrine; and he overturned the tables in the Temple and physically whipped the Pharisees; and He told us to follow Torah instructions; and he gave many severe, harsh warnings, expecting us to take heed; and He tells us His message is the Father’s message, one that we have heard since the beginning.

Which Jesus have you been taught?
Which one do you know?
Which one do you love?

John 10:26-28 (words of Yeshua)
But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

Do you know His voice?
Do you hear His voice?

1Peter 2:25
For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

John 8:47 (words of Yeshua)
He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”

John 8:51 (words of Yeshua)
Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.”

Let’s end this by evaluating if you know “Mainstream Jesus”, or if you know Yeshua of scripture.  Here are many things that Yeshua of scripture said.  Do you know His voice?

Matthew 19:16-22 (words of Yeshua)
Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler
16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?” 17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.” 18 He said to Him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ 19 ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ” 20 The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?” 21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
[In this story, a young man asks Jesus what he must do to have eternal life. Did you catch how Jesus answered His question?
“But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
What do you think? Should we listen to Jesus?
Should we obey the commandments?
I say yes, we should.]

Matthew 23:1-3 (words of Yeshua)
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do. 
[Matthew 23 is one of the harshest chapters in the whole bible. It consists of Jesus rebuking the Pharisees for turning away from the word of God and burdening the people with their own traditions.
But He begins by telling the people to “observe and do” what the Pharisees teach from Moses’ seat.  Through research, we learn that teaching from the seat of Moses consisted of reading from the Torah scroll word for word.  Jesus is telling the people to observe and do the law given in Torah, but then He goes on to tell them not to do what the Pharisees teach and do of their own accord.
Yes, Jesus just told the people of His time, and every person to read this afterwards to follow Torah.]

John 14:15 (words of Yeshua)
“If you love Me, keep My commandments.”
[This one is short and sweet. Jesus tells us to keep His commandments, as that shows our love for Him.]

John 14:21 (words of Yeshua)
“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me.”
[Just a few verses later, we get a very similar statement.  It must be important for Jesus to tell us this twice, in rapid succession.  Maybe we should do it?  I vote yes.]

John 5:45-47 (words of Yeshua)
 Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
[Again, Jesus tells us that the words of Moses’ are valid. Jesus goes so far to ask why would we believe Him if we don’t believe the words of Moses?
If Jesus thinks this is important, then maybe WE should think this is important.  Have you read the words of Moses, with the idea that they are valid, as Jesus indicates multiple times?]

Matthew 28:16-20 (words of Yeshua)
The Great Commission
16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
[Ahhh, yes, the Great Commission…
Everybody knows this one, right?  Can you quote it word for word?
Don’t forget verse 20:  “teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you.”
Refer to Matthew  23:2-3
Yes, Jesus just told us to teach our disciples to follow the law.]

Luke 16:19-31 (words of Yeshua)
The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. 20 But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, 21 desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’ 27 “Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house, 28 for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ 29 Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’”
[Did you catch that in verse 31? In this story, Jesus tells us we need to listen to Moses and the prophets.  What did they teach us?]

Matthew 5:17-19 (words of Yeshua)
17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. 19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
[These verses are Jesus’ preface to the Sermon on the Mount, where He directs people to follow Torah law instead of the man-made doctrine that the Pharisees teach.
Did you catch that in verse 18?
Not one pen stroke of the law will pass until heaven and earth have passed away. That hasn’t happened yet, but it will happen…
Did you catch that in verse 19?
If you break the least of one of these commandments, and teach to break – will be considered the least.
If you do and teach to do the commandments of the Torah law, you will be considered the greatest.
Straight from the mouth of Jesus.
Do you want to be considered great or least by Jesus?]

Revelation 14:12 (revelation of Yeshua)
Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
[Church doctrine has made a mess of things, going back many centuries and many generations.  Thankfully, Yeshua gave us some instructions for the future, just in case we get confused along the way.
In Rev 14:12, Yeshua tells us who the saints are…
Did you catch that? He gave us two criteria.
1.  Keep the commandments of God
2.  Have faith of Jesus
Whoa…
Churches do a great job of teaching #2.  But what about #1??
They teach the exact opposite!!
What warning does Yeshua give us in Revelation about not following what He says in the book of Revelation?
Revelation 22:19 (revelation of Yeshua)
“ and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
Do you want to be removed from the Book of Life?  Do you want to be excluded from the city of New Jerusalem?
You might want to start working on #1 above, as Jesus tells us it takes two criteria to be a saint.]

Revelation 12:17 (revelation of Yeshua)
 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
[In this passage, Jesus tells us about the remnant of the church in end times.  It is this remnant that Satan will attempt to destroy.  How is the remnant described?
1.  Keep the commandments of God
2.  Have the testimony of Jesus
This is the second time Jesus has made this point. Should we listen?
What was the punishment for removing words from the book of Revelation?
Should we teach and do both #1 and #2?
I think yes.]

Revelation 22:12-15 (words of Yeshua)
Jesus Testifies to the Churches
12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”  14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.[Again, a third time, when Jesus testifies to the churches, He tells us to do His commandments.  Three times, in one book.  Maybe we should listen to Him. Do you want to have the right to the tree of life?  You had better not be loving and practicing a lie.
Is it a lie to teach and practice to NOT follow the commandments of God?
According to Yeshua, yes, it is.
What do you practice?]

Matthew 7:13-14 (words of Yeshua)
The Narrow Way
13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
[Mainstream Doctrine teaches us that everyone who believes in Jesus will go to Heaven.  While there are scriptures that seem to indicate this is true, they have to be isolated from all other scripture in order to create this doctrine.  Jesus’ words in Matthew 7 inform us that few will find the narrow path. Yes, Jesus really said this.]

Matthew 7:21-23 (words of Yeshua)
I Never Knew You
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
[Just a few verses later, Jesus tells us this bit of scary scripture.  While all scripture is important, I think we should pay very close attention to the words of Jesus, especially when He is providing a warning.  In this passage, Jesus tells us only those who do the will of His Father in heaven will enter the kingdom of heaven.  What is the will of the Father?  He gave it to us in Torah instruction, even writing some of it in stone tablets with His own finger. Yes, I’m talking about ‘the law’.
Many claim to have done good works in the name of Jesus, but how does He respond?
“I never knew you.”
“Depart from me,”
“you who practice lawlessness.”
Whoa… That is harsh.
Jesus does not say depart from me you who follow the law.
He sends away those who do not follow the law.
We are not taught this in church.
But, yes, Jesus really said that.]

Luke 13:24-30 (words of Yeshua)
And He said to them, 24 “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ 26 then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ 27 But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. 29 They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.30 And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”
[Again, will He know you?  Do you know Him?]

Matthew 8:11-12 (words of Yeshua)
And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
[Do you know Him? Do you hear and follow His words?  Will you join Him in the Kingdom for doing so?
Or will you be cast into outer darkness?]

Matthew 13:41-43 (words of Yeshua)
41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
[Do you practice lawlessness? Do you love and practice a lie? Do you have ears to hear? Do you hear His voice? Do you know the things He said? Do you follow the things He said.  Do you heed His warnings?]

Matthew 24:11-12 (words of Yeshua)
11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

In case you missed it, these are the words of your Messiah.
Direct quotes of Yeshua.
Do you know His voice?  Will you obey what He says?

You may be thinking this is not what you have been taught.  I also was not taught these things…
But we can clearly see what is important to Jesus.
Will you follow Him?
Or will you reject His words and continue to believe the mainstream church message?
If you are wondering how the church has gotten this wrong, check out 2 Peter 3:14-18.
We are warned against what the mainstream church teaches.
Be Steadfast
14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; 15 and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. 17 You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

We are also warned by Paul of such things…
2 Corinthians 11:1-4 tells us this:
Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly—and indeed you do bear with me. For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!

Paul fears that “you may well put up” with someone teaching a fraudulent Jesus.
Don’t do it. Don’t put up with it. Check against scripture and find out if the true Yeshua, Messiah of scripture is being shown to you.

If this post has made you angry, that might be a good thing.
Use that anger to fuel your efforts to study scripture for yourself, to find out who your Messiah is.
Please keep in mind that I share scripture out of love for others.
I was taught ideas contrary to what scripture says for over three decades.  I now share what I learn in scripture, not to say “you are wrong,” but to ask you to study other scriptures you may not know about and get the WHOLE picture. Based on the things that Yeshua said, this could be is very important for you.

As I like to say, “Don’t believe a word I say.”
Instead, believe what scripture tells you.
And the best way to go about it?
James 1:5-8
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

 

9 thoughts on “Which Jesus Do You Love?”

  1. This was very well written and very accurate. My experience has been that people read much of what was stated and respond with “Well that was for the Jews”. The answer is no, that was for Israel. The modern day Jews are not Israelites. If you hear Christ’s voice and follow him, you may have been deceived concerning who you are and what you are to do.

    Many spiritualize verses destroying the intended meaning. Examples included James 1:1. James knew the word church but wrote 12 tribes. He meant 12 tribes. In Romans 9:3-5 Paul notes that several things belong to Israel. People destroy Paul’s meaning by spiritualizing those verses to include everyone. Another error taught by the churches is that Gentile does not mean non-Jew. It is a Latin word that just means nation/kin. It is translated in place of the Greek ethnos that just means nation/race. Context determines the meaning. For example in Romans 2:15 and 9:24-26 the Gentiles are of the Ten Northern tribes as is required by the context.

  2. In 1995, I fell 128 feet in Virginia, was suppose to die, but YHVH kept me alive until I could make a decision to either follow him or not. I chose to follow Him. The doctors told me I wouldn’t walk, YHVH said I would. Today, 23 years later, I am still walking. The church told me to quiet down, because I was making to many waves, and causing to must division. YHVH told me to tell everyone who I meet about His love and compassion, and His wrath and judgments for those who refuse Him. People want to make their God a warm fussy happy go lucky Spirit who only loves and thinks we are all so great. The church wants their Jesus to change into what their church doctrine says they want Him to be. Bottom line is very simple, Deuteronomy 4:1-2 tells us we do not have the right to change anything of His Word, because it is His Word, not ours, and changing it causes us to commit Spiritual Fraud. He gave us His Word, and if we want to be in His Kingdom, we must follow all His Statutes and Laws. Yeshua is the Word, which then makes Yeshua the Law, because He is the Word that became flesh, and lived among us. I praise YHVH for this post, because for once, someone is getting it right. We are not all His children, only those who follow His laws and Statutes are, and our relationship is not with Jesus, it is with the Father, YHVH.

    1. Amen, and I’m glad to hear you survived your ordeal.
      I was in the mainstream church for over 30 years and for the most part, believed their lies.
      I didn’t begin to understand the truth of the Word until I humbled myself before Yehova, and submitted wholly and completely.
      It took a crisis to get me there.
      If you search in my blog for “My Testimony” you can read about the events that brought me to the truth.

      There are few of us in the world who “get it” but that number seems to be growing.
      I even struggled with understanding where the mainstream church stands as a whole. [Depart from Me, I never knew you.]
      I studied scripture, and especially the very words of Messiah, and the picture was clear. It was just hard to accept.
      But then, I found Jeremiah 16:19-20.
      This situation was predicted.
      Churches follow a made up Jesus.
      Their ‘Savior’ does not pass the Deuteronomy 13 test of a false prophet.
      Their ‘Savior’ does not match the Messiah described in scripture.
      Tragic and sad, but true…
      May Yehova bless you!!

      1. For me, it was Jeremiah 14:13-16, and that is when I realized, Rome was inside the 501c3 churches, and I wanted no part of it, why? Because YHVH wanted no part of it, and as you said, His Word does not match up to what they say He is. They have changed His Word, His laws, and all of who he is. I learned I never wanted to be in the first group out of here, well, burning up just doesn’t fit my day to day plans. (Matthew 13:37-43). Be Blessed my Brother

  3. Should we stone our children to dead if they persist in desobeying us? Acording to your Jesus we should….i really believe thay you re desobeying your Jesus on that, or maybe not…you decide

    1. Hello Jose’,
      Your question actually comes up a great deal.
      No one wants to stone their children to death, right?
      You are looking at this idea from today’s perspective, when ‘the law’ has not been implemented for 2000 years.
      A lot can go wrong in that amount of time, and it has…

      If we decided to implement the law today and apply it to everyone, we’d have to destroy many people, not just our children.
      That would be horrific, and most can’t even imagine it.
      However, let’s look at it from the Hebrew perspective.
      For one, the law is applicable to the community of people living in covenant with YHVH.
      The requirements of the law apply to those who agree to live by those instructions. As a result, infractions are rare.
      It is not for those outside of the covenant community. Otherwise, we’d just have killing crews out and about destroying people all the time.

      Research shows that implementation of the death penalty was extremely rare. And when it was implemented, it was not a punishment. If you read scripture, the death penalty’s purpose was to ‘purge the evil from among you”.
      Instead of being a punishment for the offender, it is considered a protection for the remaining community in covenant.
      Big difference.

      Not only that, but there were established procedures to be followed.
      Currently, we do not have biblical judges to oversee the process. No, we do not just stone our children to death because they are disobedient or disrespectful.
      It would require a process, one that cannot be followed currently because the process is not in existence right now.
      Various scripture shows that Torah will be implemented when Yeshua returns. We are also told that prior to the seventh trumpet, all of YHVH’s mysteries will be revealed.
      In other words, everyone will have an inherent understanding of, well, everything…

      The time will come when all will be set straight.
      For now, though, we are to obey out of love, just like John 14:15 and John 14:21 tell us.
      We do our best, and we follow what we can.

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