Acts 11
We are walking in today: Weekend Meditation--The Scales Have Been Removed From Our Eyes!
Witness born again throughout the Bible: H3205 yalad newly interested, enthusiastic, eager to make people think like you do, change your mindset to be delivered
Judges 13:8; John 3:3, 3:7; 1 Peter 1:3, 1:23
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. http://store.torah.tv/browse.c
The First Commandment-Exodus 20:2-3 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
1. I AM the LORD your God --Exodus 20:2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
2. You shall not recognize the gods of others in My Presence --Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
3. You shall not mention the names of gods of others-- Exodus 23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
4. Your mouth shall not cause the names of the gods to be heard --Exodus 23:13
5. You shall worship the LORD your God --Exodus 23:25 And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
6. You shall not seal a covenant with the Canaanite nations or their gods --Exodus 23:32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
7. You shall not practice sorcery --Leviticus 19:26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
8. You shall not believe in lucky times --Leviticus 19:26
9. You shall make tzizit with a thread of blue --Numbers 15:38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
10. You shall not explore after your heart and after your eyes after which you stray --Numbers 15:39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them ; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
The First Commandment-Exodus 20:2-3 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
1. I AM the LORD your God --Exodus 20:2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
2. You shall not recognize the gods of others in My Presence --Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
3. You shall not mention the names of gods of others-- Exodus 23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
4. Your mouth shall not cause the names of the gods to be heard --Exodus 23:13
5. You shall worship the LORD your God --Exodus 23:25 And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
6. You shall not seal a covenant with the Canaanite nations or their gods --Exodus 23:32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
7. You shall not practice sorcery --Leviticus 19:26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
8. You shall not believe in lucky times --Leviticus 19:26
9. You shall make tzizit with a thread of blue --Numbers 15:38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
10. You shall not explore after your heart and after your eyes after which you stray --Numbers 15:39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them ; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
We can see an example of us with scales being upon our eyes, here in the
text with Saul who later became Paul. With him being a well trained
and of good understanding, so he thought of the scriptures of Yahweh and
sought to apply that understanding to his life. Being a teacher of the
Pharisees means that he was not only considered well studied but able
to teach those who taught others. In his vision he seems to argue with
Yahweh in the presentation of the animals in the sheet. For in his
practice of understanding with the scales on his eyes, did not consider
all people equal. This was a common practice of the time that the
Jewish people would not eat with those who were not Jewish. With the
coming of Yahweh in the flesh, Yeshua brought acceptance, that was not
available to all people. The zealousness of Saul is what is being
corrected. Without this change you will end up in a physical change and
not a change of heart. This is a move from religion to relationship.
This is a great look at how many of us were like Saul who had a strong
grip and desire on a specific understanding, for those in the Christian
church it was a Greek/Western mindset. We had been blind to see Him
truly as we are to know Him--relationship. Not religion, would we be
enthusiastic and want to pursue His instructions and allow for
understanding to be presented later. This shows the love that we have
for the lover of our souls!
The
other level of blindness can be a force that comes from the outside of
ourselves. When the world seems to uplift us or cause us to be regarded
higher than they should. That you would come to believe your own
hype. Saul had a portion of this due to being well known and regarding
highly. We have to know who is the only One worthy to be
elevated...Yahweh. This is His world, His creation, His handiwork--what
credit can you take?! The principles of Yahweh will show us where we
have been blinded and the scales need to be removed from the inside
out. As much as Saul was looking to walk in the Torah without Yeshua
and reach out to the nations to come into the full understanding of
Yahweh's plan. We who came up in the churches that were not looking to
the Torah and only to Yeshua we have the scales removed to have both as
His plan intended. How do we live our lives void of His instructions?
The scales removed from our previous understanding and now we can walk
in the fullness available to us. We can not seek what He has not given
to us to know.
Who
did Yahweh use to remove the scales from Saul's eyes? A goodly man
named Ananias who had spent time with Yahweh to be called by name for
this particular assignment. As man places much weight and focus on
those that were regarded by man's standards--yet the man that Yahweh
chooses is just that whom He chooses not necessarily one with titles or
degrees regarded by man. We must inquire to find which way is the way
that Yahweh would have you complete your assignment. This transformation
of Saul from the scales being removed and full understanding of Yahweh,
name changed to Paul. Coming from religion to relationship, from the
church to community, from 'a have to' mindset to 'a get to' mindset!
Fiveamprayer, we have had our sight restored that we can see Him clearly
that when we look into the mirror we see more and more of Him as He
gives us understanding from our obedience to His instructions that we
had not know before but will you go to a land that He will show you? As
Abraham left all that he known. We are having our inner scales being
shown that they are able to be seen on the outside of us to be dealt
with. This is what happens in His presence that the closer we come to
Him, the more we can see what needs repair and restoration. How can the
Holy of Holy Ones not show us the areas we need to be corrected? As
the blinding light of His glory caused Saul to fall down, that in His
presence we would have our sight restored to see things as He
intended--now we see clearly! Praise His holy name! There is none like
thee in all the earth! We are His handiwork and He comes to return us
fully in all things! That is why we can be in expectation instead of
experience--this is not something we have had before! Behold He is
doing a new thing, shall you not know it?! To hear this message again click here.
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