ROBERT’S OPEN DECLARATION!”
My position in presenting these postings is done not as a pastor, minister, or teacher of God’s words. They are brought forward as messages to be discerned by those receiving them and choosing personally how to react. Scriptural foundation for their delivery Ezekiel 33:9
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
It is with great love for all given to me by Yeshua that you are receiving them. Luke 10:16
[16]He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.  And all of God’s children say Amen and Amen

SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION

Philippians 2:12 KJV
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

COMMENTARY!

I want to start with this question, which I have asked of several people who claim they have faith in our Lord, yet when faced with turmoil, they turn to the world first.

This question is one asked to stimulate you to ponder your relationship and walk with Yeshua and Yahewa.

Question: how many of the original 800 thousand Israelites who exited Egypt with Moses after 40 years in the desert entered the promised land? We all know the answer is two, Joshua and Caleb.

If there is any question to be contemplated these days of darkness, this is possibly the most important one you can pose on yourself as a follow-up question, why did God only allow two of the original 800 thousand to cross over into the promised land?

The Lord revealed why in Numbers 32:11-12 KJV
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: [12] Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

So, in recognizing this fact, then doing an assessment should be a very high priority to be actually working on any areas needing change.

What comes to mind is the closing quote I offered from Isaiah 35:8  And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called “The Way of Holiness.” The unclean shall not Passover it, but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools shall not err therein.

I believe in that passage Isaiah was defining the narrow path Yeshua spoke of in Matt 7:14 “Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be to find it .” To travel this road is going to take hard work determination and a passionate commitment on the part of those who desire the life Yeshua spoke of, as well as the crown, offered in the victory of finding the narrow path.

Even Paul realized this truth: In opening Paul in previous chapters of 1 Corinthians has proven his right to claim remuneration from those to whom he preached the Gospel, and he has also given his reasons for declining to urge this assertion. He was resolved that no one should have any ground for misapprehending his motive in preaching the Gospel. Paul had another reason, namely, “that he might be himself a partaker of the benefits he taught” (1 Corinthians 9:23).

Apostle, though he was, he had his salvation to work out. He was not himself saved by proclaiming salvation to others, any more than the baker is fed making bread for others, or the physician kept in health by prescribing for others. Paul was resolved persistently to do, lest that by any means when he had preached to other’s, he should be a castaway.” 

This goes back to my description of Hell as I see it even though Paul, an Apostle, feared it “Godly Rejection” and “Eternal Separation” from YESHUA,  because of being distracted by worldly temptations and personal aspiraations to do good in God’s eyes.

There is scarcely any sin against which our Lord Yeshua more warns his disciples, than disquieting, distracting, distrustful cares about the things of this life. This often insnares the poor as much as the love of wealth does the rich.
We are brought to this truth, “Take no thought for your life!” Not about the length of it; but refer it to God to lengthen or shorten it as he pleases; our times are in his hands, and know they are in good hands.

Those who make God their walk shall flourish like a tree always green, whose leaf does not wither. They shall be fixed in peace and satisfaction of mind; they shall not be anxious in a year of drought. Those who make God their walk have enough in him to make up the want of all creature-comforts.

They shall not cease from yielding fruit in holiness and good works. The heart, the conscience of man, in his corrupt and fallen state, is deceitful above all things. It calls evil good and good evil and cries peace to those to whom it does not belong. Herein, the heart is desperately wicked; it is deadly, it is desperate. The case is bad indeed, if the conscience, which should set right the errors of other faculties, is a leader in the delusion.

We can not know our own hearts, nor what they will do in an hour of temptation. Who can understand his errors? Much less can we know the hearts of others or depend upon them. He that believes God’s testimony in this matter and learns to watch his own heart will find this is a correct, though a sad picture, and learns many lessons to direct his conduct. But much in our own hearts and in the hearts of others will remain unknown.

Yet whatever wickedness there is in the heart, God sees it. Men may be imposed upon, but God cannot be deceived. He that gains riches, but not  righteously, though he may make them his hope, never shall have joy of them.

Robert a humble obedient servant to Yeshua and his Father in heaven Yahewa. And all of God’s children say Amen and Amen.