Does Faith alone get us into the Kingdom? We know HE says we are saved by Grace and that Faith is what we must have. Does this mean we can be disobedient and not follow HIS LAW because it got nailed to the cross??? Let’s go back and look at the beginning.

When the Israelites where let out of Egypt, Yahweh (God) promised to send death to the 1st born Male child of the Egyptians. He then gave a command!!!

Exodus 12:23 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.

FOLKS!!! CHECK THAT OUT!!! Read again and look at what happened. We all know they had FAITH but they were also given a command. If the Israelites did not have belief that Faith includes obedience then they would not have put the blood on the doorpost. We know they did believe in HIM and they had Faith in HIM but they were not saved on their Faith alone, they were saved on their obedience through their Faith to the command of putting blood on the doorpost. They didn’t base their salvation on the fact that they believed because the LAMB was SLAIN!!! Get that??? If they would have just said “We have Faith HE won’t harm us” and failed to put the blood on the door posts their 1st born male sons would have been consumed.

Our Lamb has been slain. HIS name was HaMashiach Yeshua = The Messiah of Salvation. We can’t and shouldn’t base our belief in salvation because the LAMB was slain. We should base our belief in salvation by our Faith and OBEDIENCE to HIS Torah (Law).

How powerful is that? Did you see that just as we did? In the beginning they all had to have Faith. The entire Old Testament tests their Faith over and over again and yet they were Faithfully obedient to HIS commands and not just 10 of them.

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We had a brief discussion last night with family about sin and if there were different levels of sin.  We, through our research, do believe that there are different levels of sin.  All sin is sin but some sin is worse than other sin.  This does not mean it is okay to do any of them.  Matthew 18:5-6, Matthew 10:14-15, Luke 10:13-14,  and Mark 3:28-30 are just a few verses that show that doing some sin is much greater than other sin.  There are also the sins that HE calls abominations.  Not every sin committed is in that category but we feel these are sins that HE feels we should be especially aware of not doing.  Again, we are not stating doing any sin is okay.

Then we came across this verse:

1 John 5:16   If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.

We find it very interesting that many are taught that all sin is equal.  We believe that all sin is not equal.  While the sin itself will still be judged some sins just aren’t as bad as others.  Again, we need to state that no sin is good.  It’s as if we are taught that murdering another human is the same as getting in a fight.  It’s would be like teaching that raping another human is the same as stealing a lawn mower.  We believe HE clearly states what sins are considered to be of a harsher consequence than others.

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From the day you were born we knew you both were kind
We love how you’ve both grown and kept God on your mind
You’re children born of God and HE will always be there
To protect you during your life when life doesn’t seem fair
Always follow the guiding voice you will hear in your head
It is the voice of TRUTH and pray to HIM before you go to bed
There will be some that come along and try to lead you astray
But follow in HIS path and that is where you should stay
HE will hear your prayers and please don’t ever forget
To thank HIM for everything you have and erasing your debt
Eventually there will come a time that we are no longer around
Remember the lessons we gave about God and you will be found
There will be times in your life that the world’s people will judge
Remember to follow all HIS commands in Truth and never budge
Always show love to the ones that hurt you as they just don’t know
That God is inside of you watching you and them grow
When the day comes that you get to see HIM face to face
Will be the day you realize the meaning of the word GRACE
Stay true to yourself and God; never waiver in your belief
In the end our God will wipe away all of your grief
We love you boys more than you can even know
But no love is better than the love that God shows

According to Wikipedia Messianic Judaism is:

A term used generally describe someone who holds to the belief that Jesus is the Messiah and who embraces “the covenantal responsibility of Jewish life and identity rooted in Torah, expressed in tradition, and renewed and applied in the context of the New Covenant”. “Messianic Judaism” is a relatively new term, coined as recently as 1895 to help separate the practices of its followers from those of common Christianity as a whole, and in order to more closely align its faith with that of biblical and historical Judaism that was historical 1st century Christianity.

Often people want to label us here at Biblical Truth as Messianic Jews. Well notice it says that Messianic Jews are rooted in Torah (good) expressed in tradition (bad). That is the problem and always will be. TRADITIONS… There are commands in the Bible not traditions. We try to do the commands and eliminate any tradition.  Messianics adhere to the Talmud (Babylonian/Jerusalem Talmuds) which is oral and written traditions of Rabbis over the centuries but have faith in our Messiah. We as Christians know we are saved by Faith alone but then we as Christians squawk at the fact that a believer in the Messiah is following the Torah (divine instructions from Yahweh). Most of Christianity and most of Messianic Judaism follow traditions taught by man as time has gone on.  Both religions are stuck on following the traditions of men while believing and having faith in the Messiah. Messianic Jews follow Talmud (Jewish Traditions) and most Christians follow the Church (man’s tradition).

Dig in and look up if what you celebrate is commanded. You will be surprised. You will also find that everything Yahweh has told us to do has been thrown away since the end of the 1st Century. Speaking of 1st Century, notice in the opening statement it says that Biblical and historical Judaism was 1st Century Christianity.  Notice that it also says Judaism.  That is because Judaism (Talmud following) became the norm for the Tribe of Judah (Jews) and that is what Yeshua exposed.  Paul was a Jew but from the Tribe of Benjamin.  Actually more specifically he was a Pharisee.  He realized that we should not be following the Rabbinical Law (Talmud) but only follow Yahweh’s law (Torah).  Paul also had faith in the Messiah.  The oral and written traditions of Judaism (Talmud) are not to be followed but we are to follow HIS commands.

We are told by Yeshua we should never add or subtract anything from HIS commands (Matthew 5:18).  The Jews are famous for adding to HIS commands but at least they adhered to them from the beginning.  The Christians are famous for subtracting from HIS commands.  That leaves us to ponder the question, which is worse adding to them or subtracting from them?  In our opinion they probably are equally the same except when you subtract you never knew the Truth.  The Jewish religion doesn’t believe in our Messiah.  That is worse than anything.  In mainstream Christianity we have used what is called “Replacement theology”.  This is when man decides to replace commanded Holy Days with man’s tradition and this is the great failing of the Church and Christianity.  While the Jewish religion lacks faith in the Messiah, Christianity has taught to throw away most of HIS commands.

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As time goes on and generational curse after generational curse affects us, we have to come to the decision to search DEEP into the Bible and find out what HE commands us to do.  WE can break this curse.  WE have to stay steadfast in our devotion to following HIS commands.  As a Christian we already have the FAITH part covered.  The next step in the process is to start doing things HIS way as commanded.  WE teach our children the TRUTH.  It is very hard sometimes and there are days that go by when we have an empty feeling inside because we have chose to quit following in the traditions of men that we were so attached to.  The things we have been taught are very hard to let go of.  WE know how it is.  WE still struggle with it sometimes yet we see the feedback we get and the “CHANGE” our friends and family around us are making.  There is nothing more rewarding than somebody contacting us and letting us know they have started to celebrate a FEAST DAY because of the research we post.  Believe us when we tell you that if you are following us and starting to realize what we have been taught over the years from our “RELIGION” is not what HE intended causing you to make changes, you will be rewarded.  HE will hear you and you will know immediately you are on the right path.

We need to realize that we have to put down our “RELIGION” and pick up our BIBLES.  This is the only way we will find the TRUTH and from our experience it will TRULY set you FREE.   We can no longer allow our children to be misled.  We need to teach our children the path that HE commanded our ancestors should take.  We can make a difference.  When we start to make the changes necessary to please HIM it is expected that society will point fingers.  We promise you that others will say you are Jewish or a Legalist.  They will continue following their “Religion” and close their eyes and ears.  Remember we are not here to point fingers, we are here to plant seeds.  The seeds will then grow.  If you don’t think it’s possible, we have proof that it is.  We have very close friends and family that have never once spoke about our Messiah to us that have recently started asking questions and changing how they go about their walk with HIM.  It’s AMAZING and it’s happening right in front of us at this very moment in our lives.

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Have you ever wondered what the 1^st Command Yahweh gave the children of Israel?  Well if you have, look no further.  It was the PASSOVER COMMAND and at the end of the instructions we are told this:

Exodus 12:14-15  “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to Yahweh; throughout your generations, as a statute FOREVER, you shall keep it as a feast. 15 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.

The full command is also mentioned in Exodus 12:1-28, Leviticus 23:4-8, Numbers 9:1-14, Deuteronomy 16:1-8.

This is HUGE folks.  We have proof that HE commanded us to keep Passover and the Feast of Unleavened.

According to the scriptures, this method of keeping the “Passover” in memory of his death once a year was ordained by HaMashiach Yeshua himself.  Yahweh already condemned the keeping of the customs of the pagan holiday “Easter.” The leaders of the 1st Century Church put in place a theology and they have deceived their followers into worshipping at “Easter” instead of “Passover” and the “Feast of Unleavened Bread,” to commemorate the “death, burial, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”  This is absolutely heartbreaking to HIM.

Many are taught that Yeshua nailed the Old Testament commands to the cross.  If we are told by HIS Father, Yahweh, to do something FOREVER and HIS Son deleted it from the commands that would be a SIN.  In fact, it would be a sin to not celebrate it as commanded.  Let’s look one step deeper.  Matthew walked with Yeshua.  Here is a verse about Passover/Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Matthew 26:17  Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Yeshua, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

Keeping this verse in mind we can set a sort of timeline.  We know they celebrated it before HIS crucifixion but did they celebrate after?  That brings us to this next timeline of events.  Paul, the most prolific writer in the Renewed Covenant, converted about 30+ years after Yeshua died.   While Paul never walked with Yeshua, he was taught by Yeshua again, 30+ years after Yeshua died.  Paul writes in several different occasions they were celebrating the Feast Days.  Here is one occasion:

Acts 20:5-6  These [people] went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas, but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.

And yet more proof:

1 Corinthians 5:7-8  Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Yeshua, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Remember, the Church in Corinth were new converts to belief in Yeshua.  Before they converted they were pagans.  To stay in context we need to move back earlier in this chapter to:

1 Corinthians 5:5  It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife.

So Paul is telling a predominately pagan people to throw away their customs, sexual sins,  and follow in the way of Yahweh through belief in Yeshua.  In fact Paul mentions that men are sleeping with their mothers and that isn’t even allowed in pagan customs.  In this verse shown in bold (1 Corinthians 5:8) we are told to keep the Feast not with old leaven (sinning ways of the pagans) but with new leaven (Yahweh’s way through HIS son Yeshua).  Leaven represents sin.  It is saying that Yeshua makes us unleavened (blameless without sin) but we must follow in HIS Father’s commands Torah (in sincerity and TRUTH).  Many believe Paul is writing to Christians.  While they are becoming Christians they were once pagans and didn’t know Yahweh commands or better known as His “Torah“.  So Paul has to make them realize they have to put down their traditions, learn the Torah (HIS divine instructions) and know they are only saved because of Yeshua.

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