2004.07.D.29. How Shall I Inherit Eternal Life Created by James3 on 8/24/2019 7:34:55 PM How Shall I Inherit Eternal Life
Greetings
I have just been reading Luke chapter 10 and was struck by Luke 10:25-28:
"25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him [Yahooshua], saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love Yah the eternally self existing thy mighty one {the Lord thy God} with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and
with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28 And he [Yahooshua] said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live." (KJV, names adjusted)
Yahooshua, himself, tells us to worship the Almighty NOT Yahooshua.
Yahooshua, himself, says that we inherit eternal life through loving the Almighty with all our soul, strength and mind NOT through loving Yahooshua.
The covenant made by and through Yahooshua IS an important way to the Almighty and it is the EASIER way.
It is NOT the only way.
It IS possible for people who do not know about Yahooshua or do NOT know the covenant to love the Almighty with all their heart, strength and mind.
It is really important for "Christians" to let go of exclusive thinking.
Those who know the covenant of Yahooshua have an important RESPONSIBILITY to share the TRUE covenant because it is EASIER than the other ways.
Those who are a Torah (law) unto themselves will receive greater merit on the Day of Judgment than those who had the covenant of Yahooshua and did not apply it fully.
Consider Romans 2:11-29
"11 For there is no respect of persons with the Almighty {God}.
12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as
have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before the Almighty {God}, but the doers of the
law shall be justified.
14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another😉
16 In the day when the Almighty {God} shall judge the secrets of men by Yahooshua the anointed of Yah {Jesus Christ} according to my gospel.
17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of the Almighty {God},
18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou the Almighty {God}?
24 For the name of Yah {God} is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of the Almighty {God}." (KJV, names adjusted)
This is written to believers who know the covenant of Yahooshua.
It is possible for a person who does NOT know about Yahooshua and even one who does not know the true name of the Almighty to love the Almighty and keep the Torah (law) and be found to be a true believer on the Day of Judgment.
It is possible for a person who DOES know about Yahooshua and know the true name of the Almighty NOT to love the Almighty and NOT to keep the Torah and be cast out on the Day of Judgment.
One of the ways that we are instructed to love the Almighty is to keep His commandments -- 1 John 5:3 "For this is the love of the Almighty {God}, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous." (KJV, name adjusted)
A question each of us should consider every day "do I love the Almighty enough to keep ALL His commandments?"
Inherent to this is a question about "am I seeking ALL truth?" or only the truth I am comfortable with, or the truth that does not upset the traditions of the "elders", or upset "my pastor", or upset my friends or family, or upset my neighbours, or ...
I have found that the more I seek to please the Almighty in everything, by praying the prayers shared a few days ago and in other ways, the more I find that life is not particularly comfortable -- there are days when compromise looks really attractive, such as when I receive an aggressive personal attack in response to something posted on the ETI list.
Sometimes the battle in my mind becomes intense, sometimes I opt out, for days or weeks, as happened a few months ago, and then, eventually, I realize that I have made a choice to seek to please my Father in heaven and He gives me the strength to carry on again.
I am sure that many of you relate to this.
There IS a STAKE {cross} to be carried.
There is a DEATH to die daily.
It is NOT easy but it will be worth it IF we can bring joy to our Father today and on the Day of Judgment.
That is my choice.
There is SO MUCH to fight and argue about.
I deeply desire to find away where we can share, where we can agree to disagree, where we will NOT put labels on one another and divide the body of believers.
A day where we are content to say "I am a servant of Yah the eternally self existing, the Almighty creator of the heavens and the earth, and I do my BEST to serve Him and please Him and I desire to call anyone who has that objective brother or sister and I choose NOT to judge whether I think they are or are not!"
I do NOT always succeed, I fall regularly, if I fall with you I ask you to help pick me up and I will do the best I can to do the same for you.
I hope this helps,
Warm regards and blessings
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