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"AND I IMPLORED"
(Weekly Reading>>Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11, Isaiah 40:1-26, Matthew 4:1-11, Mark 12:1-44, 1 Timothy 2:4-6)
We continue from the previous study "Words" - Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 with Scripture’s account of the last days in the life of Moses and his final words of encouragement to the twelve tribes of Israel. He taught the Children of Israel to follow the Words Yahweh passed on to them from Mount Sinai and directed them how to enter the Promised Land and live in peace.
HEAR – TO DO
Deuteronomy 4:1 “Hear now, O Israel, the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that Yahweh the Elohim of your fathers, is giving you.”
The words decrees and laws, which we studied in the last lesson, signify Yahweh’s signs and wonders. With signs and wonders He will teach us so we can actively follow them and take possession of the land. Looking at Deuteronomy 4:1 from a Greek Septuagint (abstract/legalistic) translation of the Torah in conjunction with the bracketed Hebrew (conceptual/amplified) form gives a fuller understanding to Deuteronomy 4:1.
Hear is Strong’s H8085 shema, which means to hear, to listen, to act upon, to do and to obey Yahweh’s words[Simon Peter's name was "Shema Ben Jonah" or "Listen son of Jonah"]. Many people today hear but lack focus, so in actuality they are hearing but are not listening. If they did, they would be impacted by Yahweh’s words and act with all their heart on what they heard and walk in it, not just occasionally, but as a lifestyle. In fairness, we cannot truly listen IF we lack understanding of the Words spoken. If we comprehended what we are taught then the Spirit within the words will activate within us and we will act upon it. If we truly hear the words Yahweh has spoken then we would see the signs and wonders manifest and not be surprised by them. These are normal and flow from the fruit of our walk in Him.
We are coming to understand that when one hears, it means to do. Hearing speaks of faith. Faith is not a belief but is to act upon what one has heard. Scripture is the voice of God. The Holy Spirit is the voice of prophecy. What do we hear? When we read Scripture today we hear the voice of God (but in the Spirit), the same voice/word that was spoken audibly to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. The purpose of hearing is to do – to take action upon the words heard. Otherwise if we do not take action upon the word heard our faith is in vain.
Once we hear and put our trust in Yeshua’s Faithfulness to do all He has said, He will help us to walk in His ways. In this manner we pursue obedience. This is faith and it is accorded to us as righteousness. Without righteousness no one can please Yahweh therefore we who love Yeshua walk by faith. Yeshua said, if you love Me you will obey My commandments. That which our ancestors obeyed at Mount Sinai is our inheritance. Yahweh’s instructions reveal how to be His Bride. The Words spoken at Mount Sinai are the Bride’s ketubah, her Marriage Covenant that Yeshua[Jesus] died to renew.
Note: Bride is a positional statement meaning people of Yahweh, both male and female in Covenant with Him.
Yeshua/Jesus answered them with the Shema and The Royal Law (John 13:34-15:17).
continues tomorrow...
"AND I IMPLORED"
(Weekly Reading>>Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11, Isaiah 40:1-26, Matthew 4:1-11, Mark 12:1-44, 1 Timothy 2:4-6)
We continue from the previous study "Words" - Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 with Scripture’s account of the last days in the life of Moses and his final words of encouragement to the twelve tribes of Israel. He taught the Children of Israel to follow the Words Yahweh passed on to them from Mount Sinai and directed them how to enter the Promised Land and live in peace.
HEAR – TO DO
Deuteronomy 4:1 “Hear now, O Israel, the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that Yahweh the Elohim of your fathers, is giving you.”
The words decrees and laws, which we studied in the last lesson, signify Yahweh’s signs and wonders. With signs and wonders He will teach us so we can actively follow them and take possession of the land. Looking at Deuteronomy 4:1 from a Greek Septuagint (abstract/legalistic) translation of the Torah in conjunction with the bracketed Hebrew (conceptual/amplified) form gives a fuller understanding to Deuteronomy 4:1.
“Hear [pay attention to act upon] now [today], O Israel [descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - believers in Jesus/Yeshua], listen to [do and obey] the statutes [lasting impressions; marks, signs and wonders] and the judgments [Yahweh’s Deliverer, Yahweh’s Delivery, and Yahweh’s Power] which I teach [give understanding to the principle] you to observe/do [kingdom lifestyle: making; forming; doing; pressing; observing; fulfilling; causing to grow; develop] that you may live [live by virtue of Yahweh’s thoughts; to hear, listen, be obedient], and go in [coming to a place where one belongs; bringing; harvesting; intimacy (as in marriage); setting; going down; appearing in strength; gaining entrance; bringing grain home; gathering in] and possess [dispossess and remove the old, take possession, expel from the land, possess completely; net for catching and holding; initial juice pressed from grapes] the land [solidify basic needs; stable earth producing many elements; country, nationality; physical essentials for existence; focus decisively; strike fear; knead; root firmly; scrape, cut sharply; demolish; cradle;squeeze] which Yahweh the Elohim of your fathers is giving you” (Deuteronomy 4:1).
Hear is Strong’s H8085 shema, which means to hear, to listen, to act upon, to do and to obey Yahweh’s words[Simon Peter's name was "Shema Ben Jonah" or "Listen son of Jonah"]. Many people today hear but lack focus, so in actuality they are hearing but are not listening. If they did, they would be impacted by Yahweh’s words and act with all their heart on what they heard and walk in it, not just occasionally, but as a lifestyle. In fairness, we cannot truly listen IF we lack understanding of the Words spoken. If we comprehended what we are taught then the Spirit within the words will activate within us and we will act upon it. If we truly hear the words Yahweh has spoken then we would see the signs and wonders manifest and not be surprised by them. These are normal and flow from the fruit of our walk in Him.
Act 3:11-22 “Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed. So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: ‘Men of Israel [believers but not obedient doers of the word], why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.And His name, through faith in His name, has made this [lame] man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ/Messiah would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. Repent therefore and be converted [Strong’s G1994 return to what you have been taught and walk in it], that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach, who was preached to you before [that they had all heard Yeshua, but did not take it to heart] whom heaven mustreceive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you.’ ”
We are coming to understand that when one hears, it means to do. Hearing speaks of faith. Faith is not a belief but is to act upon what one has heard. Scripture is the voice of God. The Holy Spirit is the voice of prophecy. What do we hear? When we read Scripture today we hear the voice of God (but in the Spirit), the same voice/word that was spoken audibly to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. The purpose of hearing is to do – to take action upon the words heard. Otherwise if we do not take action upon the word heard our faith is in vain.
Romans 2:13 “for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified”
James 1:22 “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”
James 1:22 “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”
Once we hear and put our trust in Yeshua’s Faithfulness to do all He has said, He will help us to walk in His ways. In this manner we pursue obedience. This is faith and it is accorded to us as righteousness. Without righteousness no one can please Yahweh therefore we who love Yeshua walk by faith. Yeshua said, if you love Me you will obey My commandments. That which our ancestors obeyed at Mount Sinai is our inheritance. Yahweh’s instructions reveal how to be His Bride. The Words spoken at Mount Sinai are the Bride’s ketubah, her Marriage Covenant that Yeshua[Jesus] died to renew.
Note: Bride is a positional statement meaning people of Yahweh, both male and female in Covenant with Him.
Mark 12:28-31 “One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Yeshua had given them a good answer, he asked him, ‘Of all the commandments, which is the most important?’ ‘The most important one,’ answered Yeshua, ‘is this: “Hear, O Israel, Yahweh our God/Elohim, the Yahweh is One. Love the Yahweh your God/Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” The second is this: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” There is no commandment greater than these.”
Yeshua/Jesus answered them with the Shema and The Royal Law (John 13:34-15:17).
James 2:8 “If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing right.”
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