The Faith In Yeshua Or The Faith Of Yeshua! WWYD!!

1 John 2

We are walking in today:  The Faith In Yeshua Or The Faith Of Yeshua! WWYD!!
The Counting of the Omer*. This is the forty fifth day, making 6 weeks and 3 days of the Omer .**

Witness faith throughout the Bible:   H529 emuwn--faithfulness, trusting, faithful

Proverbs 20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Torah:  Deuteronomy 7:9, 32:20

Prophets:   1 Samuel 2:35, 3:20, 22:14, 26:23; Nehemiah 9:8

Writings:  2 Kings 22:7, Psalm 12:1, 31:23, 89:1, 101:6, 119:75; Proverbs 11:13, 13:17, 14:5

Isaiah 26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.


1 John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.


Psalm 119:1-8
1 ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly

Ancient Name: El, Al
Pictograph: Ox Head
Meanings: Strong, Power, Leader
Sound: ah, eh

History & Reconstruction
The original pictograph for this letter is a picture of an ox head representing strength and power from the work performed by the animal. This pictograph also represents a chief or other leader. When two oxen are yoked together for pulling a wagon or plow, one is the older and more experienced one who leads the other. Within the clan, tribe or family the chief or father is seen as the elder who is yoked to the others as the leader and teacher.

The Modern name for this letter is aleph and corresponds to the Greek name alpha and the Arabic name aleph. The various meanings of this root are oxen, yoke and learn. Each of these meanings is related to the meanings of the pictograph . The root (אלף) is an adopted root from the parent root אל (el), written as in the original script, meaning, strength, power and chief and is the probable original name of the pictograph.

The lamed is a shepherd staff and represents authority as well as a yoke (see the letter lamed). When combined these two pictographs mean "strong authority." The chief or father is the "strong authority." The can also be understood as the "ox in the yoke." Many Near Eastern cultures worshipped the god El and was depicted as a bull in carvings and statues. Israel chose the form of a calf (young bull) as an image of God at Mount Sinai showing their association between the word and the ox or bull and is also commonly used in the Hebrew Bible for "God" or "god."

The concept of the ox and the shepherd staff in the word has been carried over into modern times as the scepter (as a staff) and crown (as horns) of a monarch, the leader of a nation. These modern items are representative of the shepherd staff, an ancient sign of authority, and the horns of the ox, an ancient sign of strength.

In Modern Hebrew this letter is silent but was originally used as the vowels "a" and "e." The Greek letter alpha, derived from the aleph, is also used for the "a" sound.

The Early Semitic pictograph was simplified to and in the Middle Hebrew script and continued to evolve into the in the Late Hebrew script. The Modern Hebrew letter א developed out of the Late Semitic. The Middle Semitic was adopted by the Greeks to be the letter "A" (alpha) and carried over into the Roman "A." The Middle Semitic became the number "1" that we use today.

WWYD — What Would Yahushua Do?  Take A Look, Is That What You Would Do?

These four little words make up the most profound question we should ask ourselves daily. Every day we must decide between truth and error. We must decide if something is good doctrine, or bad.

Notice what we are told in Scripture:

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. (1 John 2:6)

If we are to become perfected in love, as the Scripture tells us, we must walk as Yahushua walked, in every way. If we are to walk even as He walked, we must ask ourselves this question, in every matter, "What would Yahushua do?" If we are to walk as He walked, then we should desire to practice the same things He practiced, speak the same words He spoke, and literally be the same as He was, in all areas of our life. Why is this true? The following passages reveal the answer:

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory..." (Colossians 1:27)

"But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you." (Romans 8:11)

"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?" (2Corinthians 13:5)

"My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you..." (Galatians 4:19)

"Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God." (Philippians 1:11)

"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus..." (Philippians 2:5)

"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." (1 John 4:4)

The above passages reveal that Messiah actually is living within every Born-Again Believer. As He lives within us, He desires to express the fullness of His Life in us, as the Word of His Testimony.

Here is a short list of things Yahushua did:

• He did not His own will, but the Father's will (Luke 22:42)
• He was immersed ['baptised'] in water (Matt 3:16)
• He was filled with the Holy Spirit (Luke 4:1)
• He was led by the Holy Spirit (Luke 4:1)
• He showed His love for His Father, by keeping His Father's commandments (John 15:10)
• He kept [observe, guard, preserve, keep; the Hebrew word is 'watch'] His Father's Sabbath Days (Mark 13:37, 14:14; Luke 4:16)
• He observed His Father's 'true' Passover (Luke 22:11; John 18:28)
• He kept His Father's Feast Days (John 7:10)

The above list is a clear (though brief) account from the study of Scriptures, of things Yahushua actually did. These things we must ask ourselves, "Do we see in this list any of Yahushua's activities that we are not doing?" We must also ask ourselves, "Are there some things to avoid, in our walking with The Most High?" We are as much as possible for us to observe as well, as we are seeking to walk as he walked.

Here is a short list of things Yahushua avoided:

• He avoided keeping the pagan sun-worship rituals in their many forms [x-mas, easter, saturnalia]
• He avoided other pagan religious ritual celebrations [birthdays, valentines, lent]
• He avoided becoming ensnared by the Commandments of Men, and the Doctrines of Men
• He avoided practicing the Dogmas [Decrees] of Men, holding instead to living in obedience to His Father's Torah.

This list is also a clear observation from the study of Scriptures. Again we ask ourselves, "Do we see in this list anything Yahushua avoided, that we have not yet begun to avoid?"

Believing in Yahushua
After looking at the above lists, someone might say, "Well, I believe in Yahushua!" Fair enough. Do we recall what James tells us about believing?

"Thou believest ['have faith'] that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble." (James 2:19)

If the devils also believe [have faith], how is our belief or faith different from that of the devils? The difference is in whether or not we are a "Do-er" of Yahushua's Words. As James goes on to tell us, the difference can be seen in actions of obedience, which the devils lack!

Now let's look at Yahushua's reply:

"But if ye believe not his (Moses') writings, how shall ye believe my words?" (John 5:47)

The answer is, we can not — because Moses' Words and Yahushua's Words are one and the same! It was Yahushua who gave the words to Moses. What irony! It is for this reason that we see the words of the Disciple whom Yahushua loved, saying this:

"He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." (1John 2:4)

We must remember that our Born-Again experience is based not on any works we have done, nor the keeping of any commandments, but only on the Blood-Redemption Messiah has provided for us. Only after we have been Born Again — that is, only after Yahushua has been 'birthed' within our inner being, by His Grace — only then can Yahushua begin to live within us, and walk in us, by His Grace, His enablement, to lead us into obedience to His Commandments. If we are to mature in love [the keeping of His Commandments], we must stop preventing Messiah-in-us from walking in us, in the same way He walked 2,000 years ago, while He was in His own body. We must change OUR thinking to HIS thinking. We must avoid being carnal. We must become like Paul and the other disciples, and yes, even like Messiah Himself.

Shema Selah let us consider how the Messiah Yeshua walked as we walk out our daily lives!!  Facebook LIVE video