CONVICTION

 

Question: 

Why is it when you won't compromise your beliefs and agree that it is ok to break Yahweh's law the default of people is to say, you think you are better than me?

Answer:

Often, people hear a moral judgment as a personal comparison. You may be saying, “I believe this violates Yahweh’s law, and I cannot agree with it,” while they hear, “I am righteous, and you are beneath me.”

Several things can contribute to that reaction:

• Feeling convicted or defensive. Your refusal to approve something may make someone uncomfortable about their own choices.
• Confusing acceptance with agreement. Some people feel that unless you approve their behavior, you are rejecting them personally.
• Past experiences with religious pride. They may have encountered people who used obedience to belittle others.

Responce:

“I don’t think I am better than you. I need Yahweh’s mercy and correction too. But I cannot call something right when I believe His Word says it is wrong. I can care about you and still disagree with your choice.”

*Humility does not require compromising your beliefs. Faithfulness does require examining your own attitude while holding them.

THE JEWS ARE OUR BROTHERS

 Here is a bible study showing that Jews are from the tribe of Judah. Most white Europeans, along with the United States are from the other 10 sons of Israel. For example, England and the USA are from the tribe of Joseph. And this may shock you, BUT THE JEWS ARE OUR BROTHERS!!!  Jews are from Judah one of the 10 brothers. England and the USA are from Joseph one of the 10 brothers.

Judah and Joseph: Brothers in the House of Israel

Key passages: Genesis 35:22–26; 1 Kings 12:16–24; Ezekiel 37:15–28

The central point is powerful: Judah and Joseph were brothers. Yahweh’s promise is to bring their divided houses together. That gives us a scriptural reason to speak of Jewish people with respect and kinship. 

1. Israel was a family before it was a nation

Yahweh gave Jacob the name Israel (Genesis 32:28). Jacob had twelve sons, including Judah and Joseph (Genesis 35:22–26). Judah was therefore one of twelve brothers, rather than one of ten. Joseph’s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, later received blessings from Jacob and became important names among Israel’s tribes (Genesis 48:5, 13–20). Bible Gateway

Read: Genesis 35:22–26; Genesis 48:5, 13–20; Genesis 49:1–28.

2. The kingdom divided, but the family relationship did not disappear

After Solomon, the kingdom split. The northern kingdom was commonly called Israel and was associated especially with Ephraim. The southern kingdom was called Judah and also included Benjamin; people from other tribes joined it at various times (1 Kings 12:20–24; 2 Chronicles 11:13–17). The “ten tribes” describes the northern kingdom in this division. 

The northern kingdom was taken into exile by Assyria (2 Kings 17:6, 18–23). 

3. Yahweh promises to reunite Judah and Joseph

Ezekiel was told to take one stick for Judah and another for Joseph, in the hand of Ephraim, together with the tribes associated with him. Yahweh said He would join them and make them one nation under one king (Ezekiel 37:15–28).

This is the heart of the study. Yahweh describes Judah and Joseph as parts of the same Israel and promises to heal their division. The passage names Judah, Joseph, and Ephraim  Bible Gateway

Read: Ezekiel 37:15–28; Jeremiah 31:31–34.

4. What can we say about Jewish people today?

The name Jew is historically connected with Judah, and Scripture itself refers to the people of Judah as Jews (for example, Esther 2:5–6). But it would be too narrow to say that every Jewish person descends only from Judah: Benjamin, Levi, and people from other tribes also lived among Judah (2 Chronicles 11:13–17; Luke 2:36).

So the statement “the Jews are our brothers” can express the biblical kinship between Judah and the rest of Israel. Paul, himself an Israelite from Benjamin, spoke of his fellow Israelites as his “brethren” and warned Gentile believers against boasting over Israel (Romans 9:3–5; 11:1, 17–18).

5. Can Scripture identify Britain and America as Joseph?

We can tell by the blessings given to Joseph’s sons and Israel’s other sons that Britain represents Ephraim, the United States represents Manasseh, and other European peoples descend from the northern tribes. Genesis 48 records blessings on Ephraim and Manasseh. Ezekiel 37 promises a reunion. esv.org

This shows that many white Europeans are descend from the other tribes. 

The message to carry forward

Judah and Joseph are brothers. Yahweh has not forgotten either house, and His promise is their reunion. Scripture gives us no reason to despise Jewish people or claim superiority over them. The response it calls for is humility, respect, and hope in Yahweh’s promise to make His people one (Ezekiel 37:21–22; Romans 11:18).

 

The Calls She Did Not Answer (song)

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Click Her For The Letter To Her

[Verse 1]
She woke to stand before the throne,
The years of silence now laid bare.
She saw her father call again,
And saw herself leave it there.
Her children asked to see his face;
She told them they could not go.
She knew how much their grandpa cared.
She knew how much he’d miss them so.

[Chorus]
The calls she did not answer,
The years she could not give—
She said that she was serving Yah,
While closing out the ones who loved her.
Now every unanswered call
Comes back before the throne.
The calls she did not answer
Were choices of her own.

[Verse 2]
“They told me I should stay away.
I thought that I was doing right.”
But Yeshua asked about the words
She’d known and set aside:
“Honor your father and your mother.”
The command was plain to see.
She had obeyed another voice
And called it loyalty.

[Bridge]
The Book of Life lay open.
Her name was not inside.
“I never knew you,” Yeshua said.
She wept; her teeth clenched tight.
Before her burned the lake of fire.
She longed for one more day—
To answer when her father called,
To let her children stay.

[Final Chorus]
The calls she did not answer,
The years she could not give—
She wished she’d chosen mercy
While she still had time to live.
Now every unanswered call
Comes back before the throne.
The calls she did not answer
Were choices of her own.

[Outro]
If your father calls you today,
There is still time to answer.

The Calls She Did Not Answer (song)

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Click Her For The Letter To Her

The Calls She Did Not Answer

To my daughter Elise Salinas of San Antonio Texas.

She is a member of the Philadelphia Church of God of Edmond Ok.

Their "leader" Gerald Flurry has a NO CONTACT RULE that will not allow members to have contact with former members of the group. I have not seen my daughter in over 14 years. Now she has children that I have never seen.

Tell My Children I Love Them

A song I made for Elise and Nathan

Here is the song I made for this story

The Calls She Did Not Answer

The daughter opened her eyes in the resurrection.

She stood before Christ, with the days of her life laid bare. At first she thought of all the years she had spent among people who spoke His name. She had listened to their teachers, followed their rules, and believed she was being faithful.

Then she remembered her father.

She saw his name on her phone and watched herself let it ring. She remembered the letters she had left unopened. When her children asked about their grandfather, she told them they could not visit him. Once, the youngest had asked, “Does Grandpa miss us?”

“Yes,” she had said.

She had known the answer all along.

The leaders of her church had told her that keeping her distance showed loyalty to God. She had accepted their judgment and stopped listening to her father. Even when she saw how the separation hurt him and her children, she had called it obedience.

Now she remembered the commandment she had known since childhood: Honor your father and your mother.

“I was told to stay away,” she said to Christ. “I thought I was obeying You.”

“You heard My command,” Christ answered. “You chose theirs.”

She thought of the years she could not give back. Her father had grown older without seeing his grandchildren. Her children had grown up with only fragments of his story. She had been the one who kept them apart.

“I called You my Master,” she whispered.

Christ looked at her, and she heard the words she had never imagined hearing from Him:

“I never knew you. Depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.”

The Book of Life was opened. Her name was not there.

Ahead of her, the lake of fire burned. She stared at it, understanding that she would be cast into it and destroyed. She began to weep. Her teeth clenched as she tried to speak, but no defense came.

She wished she could answer one of her father’s calls. She wished she could let her children run into his arms. She wished she had questioned the voices that told her love was disobedience.

The flame was before her. The years in which she could have chosen differently were behind her.

Exodus 20:12, Mark 7:9–13, Matthew 7:21–23, Matthew 13:40–42, and Revelation 20:11–15.

A song I wrote to Elise and Nathan