2004.10.D.13. Why Doesn't Yah Tell Me Straight! Created by James3 on 8/30/2019 7:10:38 PM Why Doesn't Yah Tell Me Straight!
Greetings
One of the dilemma's that is implicit in many of the emails I receive challenging or questioning what is published on this list can perhaps best be summarized by the question "why doesn't the Almighty tell ME straight?"
There are so many conflicting opinions.
Amongst so many sincere people.
And so much disagreement, fear, judgement, distrust, self righteousness, etc.
Why doesn't the Almighty just speak to us clearly?
There are some distinct components to answering this question, some are conceptual, some are philosophical and some are technical.
To start answering this question here are some questions:
1) Do you have a solid prayer foundation? Are you praying for guidance, the essential prayers, etc.
2) Have you really asked? If you are not asking clear specific questions and expecting answers on what basis do you expect clear answers?
3) Do you really WANT to know? Or are you hiding out from asking difficult questions?
4) Are you really troubled by division and strife amongst believers? or by divorce? or abortion? or ...? Do you recognize that you may be part of the problem as well as part of the solution?
5) Are you REALLY LISTENING? Are you listening when the Almighty answers you in ways you don't like, through people you don't like / don't trust / hate? through people you have never met, through people who have NOT been approved by your church / pastor / family / friends / society / nation / Government? or who have been rejected by them?
If the Almighty chooses to speak to you through a filthy beggar on a street corner or through the most hated person on earth will you hear?
6) Are you paying attention to judgments in your life? When things go wrong are you examining yourself, losses, breakage's, theft, hindrance, etc. The Almighty would rather speak to you in other ways but if you are not listening the forces of darkness may well seek judgments against you.
7) Are you willing to ACT? To question, to ask and ask again? To seek clarification?
NOT to put labels on others and divide, to seek truth not error, to ask questions, to ask for confirmation, to slaughter "sacred cows"? To do things that are regarded as radical, extreme, unacceptable, beyond the pale? To be rejected, vilified, cast out of assemblies, homes, cities and countries? To be beaten, crucified, impaled, boiled in oil, sawn asunder, thrown to the lions, (Hebrews 11) thrown into the fiery furnace? Are you willing to go ALL THE WAY?
Rate each of the above seven points in terms of 0 = you are NOT doing that item at all and 10 = you are entirely committed to the point. An average score of at least five out of ten is probably required for you to have any realistic expectation of the Almighty speaking to you directly on difficult matters and a significantly higher score is probably required if you are to hope to have the Almighty speak to you in detail on difficult and challenging issues.
If your score is low then WHY should the Almighty speak to you?
Throughout the writings it is apparent that the Almighty speaks to and speaks through people who are committed to these points and are applying them in their lives in order to hear Him clearly.
Even if you rate yourself with a high score on all seven points, there are still other factors that can get in the way of you hearing the Almighty clearly or which can give rise to situations in which you do not accurately determine what He is saying to you or miss Him entirely.
The average human being is carrying between 200 and 2,000 demons.
Unless you have spent years systematically praying to get rid of your demons, cleaning up your life, binding the demons and sending them to the Pit for a thousand years, your demons will continue to lie to you.
Unless you have a solid commitment based on LOVE to keep the commandments of the Almighty you will find the traditions of men entrap you.
The mind, will and soul take on any number of beliefs and programming, as discussed in other articles. These all represent factors that will get in the way of you hearing the Almighty clearly. These psychological and mental "objects" take time and commitment to identify and deal with and can significantly obstruct our ability to hear the still small voice of the Almighty.
As discussed in previous articles social and semantic programming of our minds determines the words and concepts that we are able to "hear" and grasp without a specific active choices on our part. These factors result in hardening of the heart which make it difficult for us to hear the Almighty when He speaks to us about new or challenging concepts.
There is enormous complexity in learning new concepts that are foreign to our culture, etc. If you have grown up in "Christianity" then learning many of Yah's truths such as His true Sabbaths, etc can be very challenging. Much else that is taught by christianity and which is ingrained in western society stands in the way of the truths of the Almighty.
As discussed in a recent article, "if you don't know what you don't know then you don't know what you don't know", this in itself is a major hindrance to learning new truths. If you have considerable experience and knowledge relating to "Jesus", adopting "Yahooshua" and the meanings that go with this can be very challenging.
Various articles this year have discussed various aspects of interpreting the writings {bible} and seeking guidance have been presented in various articles, particularly 1A1.04.06.02 "Suggested Guidelines for Interpretation" these should be taken into account in seeking answers.
It is really important for our eternal destiny that we do seek all truth, however, to find it requires that we SEEK.
Warm regards and blessings
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