We are walking in today: Weekend Meditation--Hear the Instructions, It's Time For Basic Training
Witness warring throughout the Bible: H3898 lacham to fight, do battle, make war
Hosea 5:13, 10:6; 1 Peter 2:11
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 Fifth Commandment Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
387. You shall honor your father and your mother --Exodus 20:12
388. You shall not strike your father or mother --Exodus 21:15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
389. You shall not curse your father or mother --Exodus 21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
390. You shall not curse a leader among your people Exodus 22:27 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
391. You shall revere your mother and father --Leviticus 19:3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
392. The tithe of cattle or the flock shall be holy to the LORD -- Leviticus 27:33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
393. You shall only appoint a king whom the LORD will choose from your brethren --Deuteronomy 17:15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
394. You shall not appoint a king who is a foreign man, who is not your brother -- Deuteronomy 17:15
395. You shall not return to Egypt to dwell there --Deuteronomy 17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
396. A king shall not have too many horses for himself --Deuteronomy 17:16
We are a society that is not looking for instructions--it is prized to be different and unique. Upon closer look at this we find that without proper instruction we find many issues that will come to plague society. This lack of instructions shows in the character that we display in our lives. We are to be people of integrity that are found at all times doing the right thing. This is not just for show, but even when no one is looking. This information comes to us but we don't walk in it, results in poor decisions. Like many of us that will get a new item that comes with instructions but we figure that we can figure it out on our own. Depending on how delicate or sensitive the item is, we could actually break it, on the first day due to not taking the time to read the instructions. They were reviewed by the company who made the item to tell you the intended uses for the item. For example on hair dyers you will see a large tag that has writing telling you not to use in the shower or the tub, there is also a picture displaying the same thing. Why? Because the manufacturer does not want, you the consumer to be harmed by their product. Like the instructions that we get from our parents when children and performing new task for the first time there is more detail and even examples given. Yahweh is doing the same with us. Do you notice how some things keep coming up over and over? That we can no longer speak just any thing? That we must study the word for ourselves to truly know what He is speaking to us? That we are not allowed the leeway that we have abused--but now comes the correction, direction and instruction! This is not a bad thing nor a harsh thing unless you feel that you know better than the Creator of the universe. Ask Job how the 'why question' worked out. You were not there when the foundations of the world were set in place, certainly you don't know better than the King of kings and the Lord of lords! Fiveamprayer, the instructions that He gives us are found from Genesis to Revelation that we have not only the what to do but example, after example of those who were obedient to instruction or those disobedient to instruction. A great way to view this is in the parable of Yeshua in Matthew chapter 7 of those who build on rock or those who build on sand tells us the outcome of those who will or dismiss the instructions of Yahweh. He gives us this as a tool, assistance that we would be able to live the best possible life. That we would look out for and care for others--even correcting according to His word. So that they would not continue to build on sand that when the winds and rains come will bring about a great fall of their house. If they would return to the directions that He wrote and lived out for us we could be a benefit to others and have a blessed life. That is what He desires for us but we have to seek His directions to obtain this.
So many of us these days have varied and shifting standards which is disturbing since each person may have their own personal standard that is unlike anyone elses. Can man say alone which way is the right way? Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Who is higher and loftier to know and see all things?! Isaiah 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. This character that Yahweh comes to each us about after our study on our tongues is to continue the refining process--the more work that He does on us, the more we will look like Him! To hear this again click here.
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