YAH CREATED EVERYTHING FOR A PURPOSE!!!!

Genesis chapter 2




Today we are walking in: Yah Created Everything For A Purpose!!!!







Today we look to the word-PURPOSE- H6213 ’asah--to do, work, make, produce; to act, act with effect, effect








The Torah testifies...............

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The prophets proclaim..................

Jeremiah 26:3

If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose H6213 to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.









The writings bear witness...........................

Proverbs 20:18

Every purpose H6213 is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.




Yah Created Everything with a Purpose




Let us now consider the nature of purpose itself. Purpose is the original intent of the creator in the creation of something. It is what is in the creator's mind that causes him to fashion his product in a certain manner. In short, purpose motivates the action of creation. This results in precision production.




Since Yah is a Yah of purpose, He never created anything hoping that it would turn out to be something viable. He first decided what it was to be, then He made it. This means that He always begins with a finished product in mind. Consider these questions:




Why are humans different from animals?

Why is a bird different from a fish?

Why is the sun different from the moon?

Why does one star differ from another star?

Why are women different from men?




I want to answer these questions with a statement: Everything is the way it is because of why it was created, because of its purpose. The why dictates the design. Yah created everything with a purpose, and He created everything with the ability to fulfill its purpose. Yah's purposes were always planned out ahead of time; everything was al ready "made" in the mind of the Maker before He created it.




What this means is that Yah never gives a purpose to something after He has made it; rather, He builds everything to fulfill the specific purpose He already had in mind for it. Yah designed everything to function in its purpose, and everything is the way it is because its purpose requires it to be so. The purpose of a thing determines its nature, its design, and its features.




The purpose of something determines its nature, design, and features.




To understand how we function as human beings, we have to go to the Manual given to us by the Designer and Manufacturer who created us. First Corinthians 15:38 affirms the principle that Yah made everything according to its intended purpose: "But Yah gives [a seed] a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body." Let's carefully consider this instruction from Yah's Manual. When it says, "Yah gives [a seed] a body," this means that He designs this seed as He determines. Notice that He gives the seed a body "as he has determined." To determine means to make a decision before you start. So Yah determined what He wanted, and then He made it the way He wanted it to be.




"When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. But Yah…." (vv. 37–38). "But Yah." We're talking about Yah, Incorporated. He's the Manufacturer. He created everything. "Yah gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. All flesh is not the same" (vv. 38–39). Yah said that "all flesh is not the same." Let's say it another way: all species are different. Yah determined that they would be different; therefore, they are different.




"Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another" (v. 39). Of course, the word "flesh" in this instance does not refer to meat; instead, it refers to the nature of the creature—its characteristic design. Yah determined that human beings would be different from animals in their nature. He also determined that birds and fish would have distinct natures. The passage goes on to say,




There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor ["glory" NKJV] of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor ["glory" NKJV] of the earthly bodies is another. The sun has one kind of splendor ["glory" NKJV], the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor ["glory" NKJV]. (1 Corinthians 15:40–41)




The sun is meant to do a job that the moon isn't supposed to do, so Yah created the moon different from the sun. The moon is made to do its job, and no other job. The moon does not give light; it reflects light. Therefore, Yah did not put any light on the moon. Yah also made stars of different sizes and luminosity, for His own purposes. The point is that Yah made everything the way it is because of what it is supposed to do.




To further illustrate this principle, look at the clothes you are wearing. You will see that the designer and manufacturer created them with a purpose. The purpose was to produce a garment that you could wear to cover your body and to keep you either cool or warm. In order to fulfill this purpose, the designer had to fashion your clothes in such a way that they would do the job, and do it efficiently. Notice how your clothes fit your body. Your sleeves are not down to your feet. Your collar is not around your waist. Your clothes were designed for the purpose for which they were made. The same thing is true of other types of products.




We have disregarded the Manual and then become frustrated because our relationships aren't working.




There's another aspect of purpose and design that we need to consider. Suppose you buy a camera. Even though you may not understand everything about how your camera was made, its components are still necessary for the fulfillment of its purpose. Just because you don't understand the nature of a product or can't operate it, you shouldn't get angry. There probably isn't anything wrong with it; you just don't know how it works. If you can't operate your camera, it doesn't mean that you should throw it away. You don't understand what was in the mind of those who made the camera, because that is their area of expertise. However, they are aware of that, so they provided a manual for you to refer to as you use your camera.




When it comes to male-female relationships, it is as if we have bought the camera without proper training on how to operate it. We have disregarded the Manual, and then we have become frustrated or angry because we haven't been able to get our relationships to work—usually after paying good money for them, too. When many people get married, they spend vast amounts of money on the wedding, but they don't know how a marriage is supposed to function.




Now, even though we have thrown away the Manual, we still often look around for help and advice. Many people turn to popular talk shows, magazines, and books to find out how to make their relationships work. However, many of these media dispense cheap psychology. Be careful when you start taking their advice on relationships, because half of the people on those programs and in those articles aren't married and never were, and they probably can't stay married if they are.




Yah is our Designer and Manufacturer.




He knew exactly what He wanted when He thought of the female. He had her in mind before He made her. He first concluded what He wanted, then He created her and caused Her to function in exactly the way He had planned. He did the same thing with the male. He created him after He had finished deciding what the male was supposed to be. Yah did not venture out into the manufacturing business hoping He could create something that would work. He started out with an original design in mind, and His finished product parallels His intended purpose. He is the only One who knows how humanity is intended to successfully function.




Not Every Purpose Is Known to Us




So everything in life, everything that Yah has created, has a purpose and is designed according to that purpose. However, not every purpose is known to us. Humanity has lost its knowledge of Yah's purposes. It has not respected the fact that Yah's creation and His directions for living were established for a specific reason and that, if that purpose is abandoned, we will never function properly as human beings.




As we go through this series, we will learn the extent of what transpired when humanity rejected Yah's plan. What we need to recognize at this point is that the result of this abandonment has been debilitating for us: we have grown further and further away from Yah's original intent and design, so that we function less and less as we were meant to. This has left us incomplete, frustrated, and in conflict with one another.




The first chapter of Romans explains that when people reject or are ignorant of the purposes of Yah, they end up continually abusing themselves. They abuse their bodies, their minds, their relationships, and their talents.




Although they knew Yah, they neither glorified him as Yah nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. (Romans 1:21)




This verse describes those who did not know the purpose of Yah and did not even care to find out what it is. Even though they knew something about Yah and His ways, they did not want Him in their lives. They did not want to know what He wanted them to know. They were saying, in effect, "Keep your opinions about who we are to yourself, Yah. We know You made us, but mind Your own business. We know You're there, but leave us alone."




The next verse tells us the result of their decision: "Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools" (v. 22). They "exchanged the truth of Yah for a lie" and "exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones" (vv. 25–26).




Humanity has been saying, "Mind Your own business, Yah."




When does the exchange of natural for unnatural take place? It takes place when purpose is either ignored or unknown. "Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of Yah, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done" (v. 28). They did not think it worthwhile to find out Yah's purpose for the world or to retain the knowledge of Yah as to why He made humanity. They didn't check to find out why Yah made women and men. They didn't try to find out what Yah knows about the things He has made. They didn't want to know, so they relied on their own inclinations.




The above statements from Romans are a description of humanity as a whole. We have rejected knowing Yah and His purposes, and so Yah's original intent for us has not been communicated in many of our cultures and traditions. It has been lost or obscured. Instead, distorted views have been passed down, so that people do not know how to relate to one another as they were meant to. The problems is that, when we do not know how we are to function, we end up abusing one another.




Where Purpose Is Unknown, Abuse Is Inevitable




When humanity rejected Yah, He gave them what they wanted. He gave them over to their passions (Romans 1:24, 26). That's not as simple as it might sound. If Yah had just given us over to what we wanted, the implication might have been that we can succeed in spite of Him. But when Yah gave us over, He also allowed us to experience the inevitable results of our actions. Yah didn't just say, "Okay, go, carry on." He said, "If you carry on, you're going to end up depraved, because that isn't the way I made you" (v. 28).




The principle here is that you cannot move away from Yah and be successful. You cannot cut off your relationship with the manufacturer and expect to find genuine parts somewhere else. When you ignore the warrantee, any part you try to find on your own will not be genuine. You cannot develop into a better product without the help of the Manufacturer.




You cannot move away from Yah’s plan and be successful.




Yah says that when we reject His purposes, He gives us over to depraved mind. In other words, He’s telling us, “Without Me, your mind isn’t going to get any better; it will only get worse.”




Therefore, if we think we can find out how to be better women and men without Yah, we are in trouble, for the consequences are serious. When we believe that we don’t need Yah, we get worse and worse. How many people have been suffering from these very consequences? If you don’t want to live in Yah’s purpose for mankind, then you will end up doing yourself harm.




“Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Most High’s purpose that prevails” (Proverbs 19:21). We have many plans, but Yah has a purpose.




Most of the time, our plans are not in harmony with Yah’s purpose. I think it is appropriate to include the concept of opinions or perceptions in the word “plans.” We have many opinions and perceptions regarding what things should be like or what they are for, but Yah has a purpose for everything that He made. Therefore, what you think the purpose of something is, and what its purpose actually is, could be different.




The problem is that, if your plans are not keeping with Yah’s purpose, then you will either suffer yourself or inflict abuse on others, because where purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable. If you don’t know the purpose of a thing, all you will do is abuse it, no matter how sincere, committed, serious, or innocent you are.




We shouldn’t attempt to use anything until we find out why it exists, because when we don’t know what the maker intended for it, we will not treat his creation appropriately. We need to fully understand that where purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable. If you don’t know what was in the mind of a maker of a thing, all you can do, at best, is not use it properly. However, usually you will go beyond that and abuse it. If you don’t know the purpose for your existence, then no matter how earnest or sincere you are, all you can do is abuse your life. The most important thing for us to do, therefore, is to find out Yah’s purpose for us. Unless we have this knowledge, we will abuse what He has created. We have been doing that with the woman for thousands of years.




What happens when we don’t know the real reason and purpose for our existence?




The wrath of Yah is being revealed from heaven against all the Godlessness and wickedness, since what may be known about Yah is plain in them, because Yah has made it plain to them. (Romans 1:18-19)




The Scripture says that the wrath of Yah is already being revealed from heaven against unGodliness. I believe this statement means that when you turn away from Yah, you cause many of your own problems; Yah is not punishing you.




Much of your hurt comes in the package of consequences you receive as a result of the decision you made to ignore Yah and His ways. The burning is in the heat. In other words, you don’t need Yah’s intervention to get burned; just put your hand into the fire. The judgement of putting your hand into the fire is inherent in the fire itself: you get burned.




Here is another illustration of this principle.




The judgement for drinking poison is death from poisoning. You don’t need Yah to kill you after you drink poison. What this statement is saying is that Yah doesn’t have to do anything to judge you. You judge yourself by your activities, by your participation based on your decision to live according to your own knowledge. Consequently, you are a victim of your own decision, not of Yah’s judgement.




Some people blame the devil for the results of their actions. Don’t blame the devil; he just takes advantage of your decisions. The devil cannot dominate you or force you to do anything. The devil waits for your decisions. When you make a bad one, he’ll ride it to the end, or just as far as he can, and he’ll try to bring you down with it. HaSatan is not the culprit. The culprit is your rejection or ignorance of Yah’s purpose. You don’t know Yah’s purpose for living, and so you abuse your life. Be careful; that abuse can cripple or kill you.




Even though humanity has turned away fromYah, He still creates us with gifts and talents that are intended to be used to fulfill His purposes. Yet since we don’t know how they are to be used, we take the talents He has given us and use them against ourselves and others.




We often use Yah’s gifts to hurt others rather than to bless them.




For example, Romans 1:29 says that one of the manifestations of a depraved mind is unrighteousness or wickedness.




Some of the wickedest people in the world are wise when it comes to information. They are sharp people. They’re so sharp, they can be wicked with class. Some people are gifted, but they use their gift in such a wicked way that their victims don’t know what hits them until it’s all over.




Wickedness, greed, and all kinds of pravity can be combined with intelligence and skill, and be used for evil purposes. For example, it takes talent to be envious in a truly effective way. Some people hate you, but you don’t know it because they’re so good at it. They keep you from being successful in your job through well-placed memos to your superiors. If they could just use that energy and talent for good purposes, they could uplift people instead of bringing them down. They abuse the very thing that was given to them to be a blessing to others. When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable.




Some of us are excellent at murder. Murder does not just mean stabbing someone with a knife. Yahusha said that if you hate someone, it is the equivalent of murder. (See Matthew 5:21–22.)




Some people haven't acted on their feelings, but they have mentally wished for another's death. Slander is another example of this type of murder. We can use the talent of verbal eloquence to assassinate another's character with style. Slander doesn't necessarily mean lying about someone else; it can mean twisting the truth with the intent to hurt. It takes talent to do that. When some people want to get back at others, they stand up in public arenas and use their mouths as guns and their words as bullets. When they finish shooting, their victims are dead, and everybody knows it. Some of their victims never resurrect from these attacks.




A third example of this type of murder is gossip. We all probably have met some excellent, qualified gossips. They train in it. They know how to give you just enough to create a tempting aroma. If some people would take the energy with which they gossip and use it for promoting the Gospel, the world would be changed.




The skill and talent necessary to carry out some of this behavior comes from Yah, but it has been perverted because it is not being used for Yah's purposes.




When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable.




The apostle Paul told us that everything Yah made is available to us to do with what we want, yet he added a warning: "'Everything is permissible for me'—but not everything is beneficial. 'Everything is permissible for me'—but I will not be mastered by anything'" (1 Corinthians 6:12).




Then he gave an example. He said, "'Food for the stomach and the stomach for food'" (v. 13). What was he talking about? He was saying that there is a purpose for everything, but if you don't know the purpose of something, it can enslave you. Not everything is beneficial. Paul was implying that if we are to use food in a way that is beneficial to us, we must understand both the purpose of the stomach and the purpose of food. The stomach and food were made for one another. Yah designed the stomach for food and food for the stomach so that we could receive nutrition to sustain our physical lives.




Yet we can abuse the relationship between the stomach and food by overeating or by eating food that has no nutritional value. This can cause us to become overweight or lack proper nutrition, resulting in a variety of health problems. When purpose is not known, or when desire prompts us to misuse purpose, abuse is inevitable.




Paul was saying that you can use anything you want, but you had better find out what its purpose is if you want it to benefit you. If you don’t understand the purpose of something, it can become like a curse to you. For instance, some single people become nervous and depressed that they’re getting older, and so they marry the first person who comes along. They are permitted to marry. They are of age. It is permissible- but will it be beneficial to them? The criteria for marriage is not merely being old enough, but whether or not it will be beneficial. If you don’t have a clear understanding of the purpose of something, it’s not going to benefit you.




That is the reason the divorce rate is so high. When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable. These illustrations emphasize what happens when we don't know Yah's purposes: we end up hurting ourselves or hurting others. Sometimes we do so out of ignorance, but at other times we do so knowingly.




At times, to assuage our guilt, we even encourage others to continue such abuse. Romans 1:32 says, "Although they know Yah's righteous decree [they know what He says in His Word] that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them." They know what is written in Yah's Word—that those who do wicked things deserve death. (See verses 29–32.) Yet they not only continue to do those things, but they also encourage others in them.




When a person is wrong, he feels better if someone else keeps him company in his wrongdoing. If I'm messing up but you're not messing up, then I really feel messed up. However, if I'm messing up and I tangle you up in my mess, then we can both feel justified in our actions. A person who is willfully ignorant of the purposes of Yah generally doesn't want anyone else to know them, either.




Yahusha told the Pharisees, the religious leaders of His day, that this is essentially what they were doing. Many of them knew the truth but refused to accept it. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to" (Matthew 23:13). If we ignore or don't know Yah's purposes for us, we are in danger of hurting ourselves and others. When purpose is not known, or is rejected, abuse is inevitable.