Weekend Meditation--Stay On The Prescribed Path!

Proverbs 4; Isaiah 35:8; Joshua 23:6; Ecclesiastes 7:16; Deuteronomy 30:8-9;
Jeremiah 16:19; Isaiah 26:18; Leviticus 18:5; Ezekiel 20:11-12; Deuteronomy 22:8; Leviticus 19:18; Mark 7:11; 1 John 4:20; 1 Kings 19; 2 Samuel 7:7; Deuteronomy  30:11-15, 6:2; 22:7, 25:15, 10: 12-13, 29:29, 18:9-22, 17:9; James 1:27; Psalm 18:11, 91; Micah 6:6-8; Joshua 24:14; Deuteronomy 4:2; Isaiah 40:30-31; 1 Samuel 15:22

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--Stay On The Prescribed Path!

Witness willingly throughout the Bible: H5068 nadab forthwright, surrendered and submitted
Exodus 25:2; Judges 5:2, 5:9, 8:25; 1 Chronicles 29:9, 29:14, 29:17; 2 Chronicles 35:8; Ezra 1:6, 3:5; Proverbs 31:13; Lamentations 3:33; Hosea 5:11; John 6:21; Romans 8:20; 1 Corinthians 9:17; 1 Peter 5:2; 2 Peter 3:5

This arrangement of the 613 principles, the law of our Lord God Almighty, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is from the book by Rabbi Ralph Messer, Torah: Law Or Grace? Kingdom Principles For Kingdom Living.  This book can be ordered online here or in the store if you are in the Denver area here.  

The Fourth Commandment Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the Sabbath day, to sanctify it .  Six days you shall work and accomplish all your work; the seventh day is Sabbath to the Lord , your God; you shall not do any work--you, your son, your daughter, your slave, your maidservant, your animal, and your convert within your gates--for in six day the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and He rested the seventh day.  Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it.  

284. You shall observe the New Moon and the beginning of the months-- Exodus 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
285. You shall slaughter the Passover lamb at night on the afternoon of the 14th of Nisan-- Exodus 12:6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
286. You shall eat the roasted Passover lamb at night on the 15th Nisan --Exodus 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
287.  You shall not eat the Passover partially roasted or cooked in water --Exodus 12:19 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
288. You shall not leave any of the Passover lamb until morning --Exodus 12:10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
289. You shall nullify the leaven from your homes on the day before Passover --Exodus 12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
290. You shall observe a holy convocation on the first day of Passover --Exodus 12:16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
291. You shall not do any work on the first day of Passover --Exodus 12:16
292. You shall observe a holy convocation on the seventh day of Passover --Exodus 12:16
293. You shall not do any work on the seventh day of Passover --Exodus 12:16

There is a path, Fiveamprayer!  He set this all for us at the beginning!  Yahweh knew that we would not know on our own, that we would look around and see what others are doing and do likewise.  When we return to His instructions and take the focus off of religion, which often does not have much to do with upholding the entirety of His word.  This is the prescribed path, His Torah.  For those us that have and were lost, isn't it great to get directions to a place that is familiar, secure and your goal destination?  This return to the Torah, Yahweh's teaching and instruction does not seem foreign but familiar--while looking back, many of these commandments are practices that have been upheld, unbeknownst to you their origins.  Fiveamprayer, it is time to return home to the truth, the way and the life, His Torah.  This is to our benefit, well being and ultimately His perfect plan.  This is why we too must study and read to know scriptures for ourselves.  In the proper understanding and context to actually apply them to our lives and not just repeat them ad nauseam.  The Torah upon closer review--gives us every direction that we would or could need in our lives: getting married, how to treat neighbors, how to care for the widow or orphans, business dealings and even our health.  This is not something that we find in religion,which is often used to group or identify people who agree to specific terms or ideas and often practice these ideas at certain and specific times.  The Torah is not confined to these parameters, actually it is far reaching and preserving to all who follow it!  Our manufacturer who crafted us each with care would not expect that we would find all the right steps through trial and error solely, with so much on the line.  Would you allow your new born to drive a car?  Is it feasible to allow a blind child to go hiking all alone in the deepest forested areas?  Seems preposterous, right?  How much more that we the creation thought that we have the ability or wisdom to change what our Creator, Yahweh has set forth.  The actually punchline is this, though many men have tried to change His instructions and seemed successful for a time, it never negated His plan, intentions or power!   To listen to this message again click here.