THE LAW STILL STANDS (SONG)

[Spoken Intro]

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets:
I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.”
— Matthew 5:17

[Verse 1]
When Yahweh blessed the seventh day,
Before the smoke of altars rose,
He set that Sabbath day apart,
And Abraham obeyed His voice.
When Cain rose up against his brother,
Yahweh called him to account.
His law had shown what sin would be
Before the thunder on the mount.

[Verse 2]
At Sinai Yahweh spoke the words
That made the trembling people stand.
He wrote His covenant in stone,
Ten commandments by His hand.
The tablets rested in the Ark,
The book lay by its side,
A witness to the sins of men
That none of them could hide.

[Chorus]
The law still stands, the debt is paid,
Yeshua bore the weight of sin.
The blood once offered year by year
Foreshadowed what He did for us.
The law still stands, and by His grace
I can rise and start again.
Write Your law upon my heart,
Yahweh, teach me how to live.

[Verse 3]
Because of sin, the offerings came,
And priests returned from year to year.
Each altar cast a shadow
Of the day Yeshua would appear.
He gave Himself once and for all,
And took the debt I owed away.
Now heaven stands and earth remains,
And every word He spoke still stays.

[Bridge]
When I have wronged my neighbor,
Give me strength to make it right.
When a lie would come more easily,
Teach me truth when it costs my pride.
When the seventh day comes round again,
Let me lay my work aside.
Let the faith I say I have
Be seen in how I live my life.

[Final Chorus]
The law still stands, the debt is paid,
Yeshua bore the weight of sin.
The blood once offered year by year
Foreshadowed what He did for us.
The law still stands, and by His grace
We can rise and start again.
Write Your law upon our hearts,
Yahweh, teach us how to live.

[Spoken Outro]
“Fear Yahweh, and keep His commandments:
for this is the whole duty of man.”
— Ecclesiastes 12:13

[Sung Outro]
This is the whole duty of man.
The law still stands.

THE LAW STILL STANDS (SONG)

Click Here For The Song

Click Here For The Bible Study

We Are Not Deceived Into Obedience (song)

Click Here For The Bible Study

[Verse 1]

I used to read the words I liked
And turn the page on what I knew.
Then I read, “If you love Me,
Keep My commandments,” straight through.
I'd said I loved You all those years,
I'd sung it every Sabbath day.
But when Your words crossed what I wanted,
Which one did I obey?

[Chorus]
If I won't keep Your law, then I'm a lawbreaker,
Whatever name I give the road I'm on.
I wasn't deceived into obedience,
Your Word showed me where I'd gone wrong.
Yeshua, You forgave me when I stumbled,
And I'm learning how to walk in what is true.
When the words I sing are put to the test,
Let the way I live say I love You.

[Verse 2]
James said a mirror shows a man
The face he ought to know.
But he can turn and walk away
And forget what he was shown.
So when Your Word lays bare my sin,
Yahweh, help me face the truth.
Give me the courage to make it right
With the ones I've wounded too.

[Bridge]
Shall we go on sinning
So grace may still abound?
Paul said, “Certainly not!”
How can I turn that answer ’round?
You showed me mercy, gave me hope,
And taught these wandering feet
To follow where Yeshua walked
When the cost is mine to meet.

[Final Chorus]
If I won't keep Your law, then I'm a lawbreaker,
Whatever name I give the road I'm on.
I wasn't deceived into obedience,
Your Word showed me where I'd gone wrong.
Yeshua, You forgave me when I stumbled,
And I'm learning how to walk in what is true.
When the words I sing are put to the test,
Let the way I live say I love You.

[Outro]
When there's no one there to hear me sing,
Let the way I live say I love You.

Scripture behind the song — John 14:15, James 1:22–25, James 2:10–11, Romans 6:1–2, and 1 John 3:4.

We Are Not Deceived Into Obedience (song)

Click Here For The Song

Click Here For The Bible Study

We Are Not Deceived Into Obedience

We Are Not Deceived Into Obedience

Click Here For The Song

Read 2 Thessalonians 2:1–17 alongside Daniel 11:31–36, Matthew 24:9–31, and Revelation 13:1–18.

When someone asks why you keep the seventh-day Sabbath, observe Yahweh’s appointed feasts, or wear tzitzit, how do you answer? Begin with Scripture. What did Yahweh command? How did Yeshua walk? And what does Paul teach about the kind of deception that leads people away from the truth?

In 2 Thessalonians 2, Paul connects end-time deception with lawlessness, rejection of the truth, and pleasure in unrighteousness. That connection helps us understand both the order of events before Yeshua’s return and how to remain faithful while we wait.

1. Paul begins with Yeshua’s coming and our gathering to Him

2 Thessalonians 2:1–2 · 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

Paul tells us what the chapter is about in its opening verse. He is writing concerning the coming of our Master Yeshua Messiah and our gathering together to Him. The Thessalonians had been unsettled by a message claiming that the day had already come. Paul tells them to stay steady, even if a message claims spiritual authority or arrives in a letter bearing his name.

In his first letter, Paul describes the gathering. Yeshua descends, the trumpet sounds, the dead in Messiah rise first, and those still alive are caught up together with them to meet Him. In his second letter, Paul explains what must happen before that day.

2. The falling away comes first

2 Thessalonians 2:3 · Daniel 11:31–35 · Matthew 24:9–13

Paul warns of a falling away and the revelation of the man of lawlessness. Read this alongside Yeshua’s warning in Matthew 24. Many stumble and betray one another. False prophets deceive many. Lawlessness increases, and the love of many grows cold. Yeshua then gives this promise:

“But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”
— Matthew 24:13, KJV

Daniel 11 shows what such a falling away looks like under pressure. Some forsake the covenant and yield to flattery. Those who know their Elohim stand firm, and those with understanding instruct many. The study takes this earlier pattern as a picture of what will happen again. Pressure exposes where people have placed their loyalty.

3. The man of lawlessness exalts himself

2 Thessalonians 2:3–4, 9 · Daniel 11:36 · 1 John 2:18

Paul describes a man who opposes Yahweh and exalts himself above everything called divine or worshiped. Daniel describes a ruler who likewise magnifies himself. In this study, the anti-Messiah is the name we use for the individual Paula calls the man of lawlessness.

Paul says the lawless one’s coming is accompanied by satanic power, signs, and lying wonders. A display of power can impress people while the message leads them away from Yahweh. Deuteronomy 13:1–4 gives the test. Even when a sign comes to pass, examine where the person is asking you to place your allegiance.

4. The mystery of lawlessness is already at work

2 Thessalonians 2:7 · Matthew 24:12 · 1 John 3:4

The lawless one is revealed at a particular time, but the mystery of lawlessness was already at work in Paul's day. That is how the two ideas fit together. The influence is already at work before the man who embodies it is publicly revealed.

Yeshua tells us what increasing lawlessness does to people. It causes love to grow cold. John tells us how love for Yahweh takes shape in daily life. We keep His commandments, and His commandments are neither a burden nor a reason to boast (1 John 5:2–3). As people grow accustomed to setting Yahweh’s instruction aside, they become more willing to follow someone who openly exalts himself above it.

5. Yahweh gives His people the heart to obey

Ezekiel 36:26–27 · Jeremiah 31:31–34 · John 14:15 · John 15:10

Yahweh promises to give His people a new heart and put His Spirit within them so they will walk in His statutes. Jeremiah describes the covenant promise as Yahweh writing His Torah on the heart. Yeshua shows what this looks like in practice. He keeps His Father’s commandments and calls His disciples to keep His.

When Yeshua says, “If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15, KJV), He gives us a way to express that love. Obedience is what love does when it hears Yahweh’s instruction. This is the kind of faithfulness His people will need when obedience carries a cost.

6. What restrains, and who now restrains?

2 Thessalonians 2:1–8 · Revelation 13:1 · Revelation 17:15

Keep Paul’s opening words in view. The subject is Yeshua’s coming and our gathering to Him. The transcript reads verses 6 and 7 as describing two things that must happen in sequence.

Passage	How this study reads it
Verse 6 — “what restrains”	The falling away must take place before the man of lawlessness is revealed. The rebellion prepares the way for his public emergence.
Verse 7 — “he who now restrains”	The man of lawlessness himself must come on the scene before Yeshua returns. His appearance is an event that must take place first.
Verse 8 — “then the lawless one shall be revealed”	The lawless one becomes openly known. Yeshua then destroys him at the manifestation of His coming.

This shows, the anti-Messiah restrains in the sense that his revelation must come first in the prophetic sequence. Paul has already said that the day will come after the falling away and the revelation of the man of lawlessness. Verse 8 tells us why that order matters. Yeshua brings the lawless one to an end at His coming.

The transcript reads the expression in verse 7 as “comes out of the midst,” picturing the anti-Messiah emerging from among the people. Revelation 13:1 pictures the beast rising out of the sea, and Revelation 17:15 explicitly uses waters to picture peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages. These passages supply the imagery behind the study’s reading. The words of the people are supplied by that interpretation. Paul leaves the identity of “he who now restrains” unnamed in verse 7.

The sequence Paul states openly is that the falling away and the revelation of the lawless one precede the day, and Yeshua destroys the lawless one at His coming.

7. The deception works through unrighteousness

2 Thessalonians 2:9–12 · Genesis 3:1–6 · Matthew 4:1–11

Paul says those who perish refuse to receive the love of the truth and take pleasure in unrighteousness. That tells us where to look when we test a teaching. Where does it lead? Does it encourage us to hear and obey Yahweh, or does it give us reasons to set His words aside?

In Eden, the serpent questioned Yahweh’s instruction and persuaded Eve to disregard it. In the wilderness, the adversary even quoted Scripture while tempting Yeshua. Yeshua answered by holding to the Father’s instruction. The danger can come wrapped in religious language, which is why we examine the words, the context, and the conduct a teaching encourages.

8. We can show from Scripture why we obey

Exodus 20:8–11 · Leviticus 23:1–4 · Numbers 15:37–41 · Matthew 9:20–22

Why keep the seventh-day Sabbath? Yahweh blessed and set apart the seventh day and told His people to remember it.
Why observe the appointed feasts? Yahweh calls them His appointed times and gives instructions for observing them.
Why wear tzitzit? Yahweh gave the tassels as a reminder to remember and do His commandments. Matthew describes a woman touching the fringe of Yeshua’s garment.

When someone says, “You’ve been deceived into obedience,” open the Scriptures together. Read the command, ask what Yahweh says it is for, and consider how Yeshua walked. The charge of deception deserves a Scriptural answer, and so does the practice itself.

9. Prepare to endure

Matthew 24:9–13, 29–31 · Revelation 13:16–17 · Revelation 14:12 · 2 Thessalonians 2:15–17

Revelation describes a time when buying and selling will be restricted. The transcript urges households to think ahead about practical needs, including food. Revelation also names the kind of endurance that will matter under that pressure. The faithful keep Yahweh’s commandments and hold to their faith in Yeshua.

Yeshua places the gathering of His elect after the tribulation in Matthew 24:29–31. Paul closes his warning by telling the believers to stand firm and hold to what they were taught. He prays that Yahweh will comfort their hearts and establish them in every good word and work. That is something we can pray for and practice now, in the ordinary decisions that teach us to remain faithful under pressure.

For discussion at your home Sabbath gathering

According to 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12, what makes people susceptible to the deception?
Which events does Paul explicitly place before Yeshua’s coming, and how does the reading in Point #6 connect the two restraining expressions to that sequence?
If someone asked why you keep the Sabbath, observe the feasts, or wear tzitzit, which passage would you open with them, and what would you say?

Click Here For The Song

A THREAD OF BLUE (SONG)

Click Here For The Song

Click Here For The Bible Study

[Verse 1]
Can you look at someone passing
And know the road they choose?
Can you tell who walks with Yahweh
By a single thread of blue?
You can see the tassels hanging,
But Yahweh sees the heart.
And when I look upon my own,
I remember where to start.

[Verse 2]
Yahweh spoke to Moses
In the wilderness long ago,
“Tell the children of Israel,
Wherever they may go,
Put tassels on the four corners,
With a cord of blue in view.
Let each generation see them,
Remember what I told you to do.”

[Chorus]
A thread of blue, a thread of blue,
When my eyes go wandering, it calls me back to You.
At the corners of my garment, where my own eyes can see,
Remember and obey what Yahweh commanded me.
A thread of blue, a thread of blue,
Let the life I live bear witness to the words I hold as true.

[Verse 3]
A woman reached for Yeshua
Through the people pressing near.
She touched the fringe He wore,
And He turned and called her “Daughter.”
He told her faith had made her well,
And sent her on in peace.
I hear the prophet's promise there,
Of healing in His wings.

[Bridge]
Some made their fringes longer
So the crowd would turn and stare.
Yeshua saw what moved them,
And He warned us to beware.
From Judah to the other tribes,
All Israel heard the call.
Through every generation,
Yahweh gave these words to all.

[Final Chorus]
A thread of blue, a thread of blue,
When my eyes go wandering, it calls me back to You.
At the corners of my garment, where my own eyes can see,
Remember and obey what Yahweh commanded me.
A thread of blue, a thread of blue,
Let the life I live bear witness to the words I hold as true.

[Outro]
When I see that thread of blue,
May I remember what You said.
And when I rise to walk tomorrow,
May I do what I have read.

A THREAD OF BLUE (SONG)

Click Here For The Song

Click Here For The Bible Study

WHEN LOVE GROWS COLD (song)

Click Here For The Song

Click Here For The Bible Study

[Verse 1]
A thousand faces passing by,
Nobody meets a stranger’s eyes.
A weary soul beside the road,
And no one stops to share the load.
We hear the cry, we turn away,
Say someone else will help today.
Yeshua warned what we would see:
Love growing cold through iniquity.

[Pre-Chorus]
But Father, search this heart of mine;
Keep mercy living here inside.

[Chorus]
When love grows cold, keep mine alive,
A steady flame through the darkest night.
Yahweh, teach these hands to give,
And show me how Your love should live.
When hatred says, “Let kindness go,”
I’ll walk the way Yeshua showed.
Whatever comes, help me hold on;
When love grows cold, let mine stay strong.

[Verse 2]
Proud hearts hungry for applause,
Finding ways around Your laws.
Cruel words spoken without shame,
While gentle souls receive the blame.
Some speak Your name for all to hear,
Yet leave the wounded lying near.
Let all my words and deeds agree;
Let what I claim be seen in me.

[Pre-Chorus]
No borrowed praise, no empty show;
Give me a love that hands can know.

[Verse 3]
You see the wrong that no one sees,
The tears we hide on bended knees.
No secret cruelty slips Your sight;
You judge in truth and set things right.
“Vengeance is Mine; I will repay”—
I leave that burden Yours today.
I will not let resentment grow,
Or let my heart become so cold.

[Bridge]
Turn us back while we can turn;
Let hardened hearts begin to learn.
We reap the harvest that we sow;
Teach us the mercy we must show.
Give bread to those who wish us ill,
And strength to do Your holy will.
Let evil never have its way
In what we do or what we say.

[Final Chorus]
When love grows cold, keep ours alive,
A thousand flames through the darkest night.
Yahweh, teach our hands to give,
And show the world how love should live.
When hatred says, “Let kindness go,”
We’ll walk the way Yeshua showed.
Until the end, we’ll carry on;
When love grows cold, let ours stay strong.

[Outro]
One listening ear, one outstretched hand,
One act of love where sorrow stands.
Yahweh, whatever comes to be,
Don’t let love grow cold in me.

WHEN LOVE GROWS COLD (song)

Click Here For The Song

Click Here For The Bible Study

WHEN LOVE GROWS COLD

WHEN LOVE GROWS COLD
The unloving spirit of the last days—and how we must respond

Click Here For The Song

We live amid much suffering, yet compassion often seems scarce. People insult strangers, betray trust, mock weakness, and overlook those who need help. Someone can be surrounded by people and still feel unseen.

Scripture describes this hardening of the human heart. Yeshua warned that increasing wickedness would cause love to grow cold. Paul described perilous times marked by selfishness, pride, cruelty, and religious appearances without a transformed life.

These warnings call us to recognize evil, repent of it, and guard our own hearts.

1. Increasing lawlessness causes love to grow cold

Matthew 24:12–13

“And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.” — NKJV

Yeshua connects growing lawlessness with diminishing love.

When people disregard Yahweh’s instruction, truth becomes negotiable, mercy becomes inconvenient, and others become people to use or dismiss.

First John 3:4 identifies sin with lawlessness. Romans 13:8–10 explains that love fulfills the law because love does no harm to a neighbor.

Yahweh’s commandments teach us how to love. Disregarding them damages relationships and hardens consciences.

Further reading: Matthew 22:37–40; Matthew 24:9–11; Hebrews 3:12–13.

2. Selfishness replaces compassion

Read 2 Timothy 3:1–5.

Paul warns that the last days will bring perilous times. His description includes selfishness, love of money, pride, abusive speech, ingratitude, unholiness, unforgiving attitudes, slander, lack of self-control, and brutality.

These attitudes appear whenever someone’s comfort, reputation, pleasure, or power matters more to them than another person’s welfare.

Selfishness asks, “What can I get?”

Love asks, “What does this person need, and what is right?”

This passage also gives us a mirror. We must examine ourselves instead of using it only to condemn others. Paul instructed Timothy to respond to such conduct in his own time as well.

Further reading: Philippians 2:3–4; James 3:14–18; 1 John 3:17–18.

3. Repeated sin hardens the heart

Read Hebrews 3:13; Ephesians 4:17–19.

Hebrews warns about the deceitfulness of sin. Ephesians describes people becoming callous and giving themselves over to wrongdoing.

Hardness often develops through repeated choices:

Ignoring a troubled conscience.
Excusing dishonesty.
Dismissing someone’s suffering.
Refusing to acknowledge wrongdoing.
Treating cruelty as entertainment.

Over time, a person can become comfortable with conduct that once would have troubled them.

Every opportunity to tell the truth, show mercy, or acknowledge harm matters.

Further reading: Proverbs 28:13–14; Isaiah 5:20; James 4:17.

4. Religious appearances can conceal an unloving heart

Read 2 Timothy 3:5; Matthew 23:23–28.

Paul’s warning includes people who maintain a form of godliness while denying its power.

Yeshua rebuked outward religious performance that neglected justice, mercy, and faithfulness. Public devotion cannot compensate for private cruelty.

Someone may speak confidently about Scripture while using words to humiliate, control, or mislead. Religious claims must be tested by conduct.

First John 4:20–21 exposes the contradiction between claiming to love Yahweh and hating another person.

James 3:17 describes wisdom from above as peaceable, gentle, receptive to reason, and full of mercy and good fruits.

Does a teaching cultivate truth, humility, compassion, and obedience? Its fruit matters.

Further reading: Matthew 7:15–20; Titus 1:16; Micah 6:8.

5. Betrayal and hatred are part of Yeshua’s warning

Read Matthew 24:9–12.

Yeshua warned of betrayal, hatred, persecution, and deception. Such experiences can tempt people to withdraw all kindness and trust.

His warning prepares us to remain faithful through difficulty. We must resist allowing disappointment to turn into contempt for everyone around us.

These patterns are painfully recognizable today. We should take them seriously while remembering that individual examples of cruelty do not establish a date for His return.

Our responsibility is to remain watchful, obedient, and loving.

Further reading: Matthew 24:36,42–44; John 16:33; 1 Peter 4:12–16.

6. Yahweh sees every hidden wrong

Read Hebrews 4:13; Ecclesiastes 12:14.

Cruelty is not always public. It may take the form of manipulation, deliberate exclusion, quiet dishonesty, or indifference toward someone in distress.

Others may never see the full story. Yahweh does.

Ecclesiastes teaches that every work will come into judgment, including hidden things. No title, position, wealth, or outward religious reputation conceals the truth from Him.

Those who suffer are not forgotten. Psalm 34:18 assures us of Yahweh’s nearness to the brokenhearted.

Your pain does not become insignificant because someone else refuses to acknowledge it.

Further reading: Psalm 10:14; Psalm 56:8; Romans 2:6–11.

7. “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay”

Read Deuteronomy 32:35; Romans 12:17–21.

Deuteronomy declares that vengeance and recompense belong to Yahweh. Those who seem secure in wrongdoing remain accountable to Him.

Paul applies this truth by instructing believers to leave vengeance to Yahweh, care for an enemy in need, and overcome evil with good.

Yahweh’s justice allows us to release personal revenge.

We can expose wrongdoing truthfully, seek appropriate accountability, and establish wise boundaries. We must also leave the timing and final judgment to Him.

Deuteronomy’s warning does not authorize us to predict an individual person’s approaching disaster.

Further reading: Proverbs 20:22; Proverbs 24:17–18; 1 Peter 2:21–23.

8. Unrepented evil carries consequences

Read Galatians 6:7–8; Romans 2:4–6.

A person cannot safely assume that persistent cruelty, dishonesty, and selfishness will have no consequences. Scripture warns that we reap what we sow.

The warning is serious:

Yahweh sees how we treat one another. Turn from cruelty. Stop excusing wrongdoing. Repair the harm you can, and seek His mercy.

This applies to every one of us.

Yahweh’s patience gives opportunity to change. Ezekiel 18:30–32 calls people to turn from their transgressions and live.

His desire for repentance should shape our desire as well.

Further reading: 2 Peter 3:9; 2 Corinthians 7:10–11; Isaiah 55:6–7.

9. Do not allow someone else’s coldness to extinguish your love

Read Romans 12:21; Ephesians 4:26–32.

Being mistreated can produce understandable anger. But anger becomes destructive when it grows into bitterness, contempt, and a desire to make others suffer.

We must guard against becoming hardened by the very evil we oppose.

Continuing to love can include speaking truth, refusing retaliation, helping someone in need, and praying for repentance. It can also include boundaries that prevent further harm.

Forgiveness does not make wrongdoing acceptable. Restored trust requires honesty and change.

Further reading: Matthew 5:44; Colossians 3:12–14; Hebrews 12:14–15.

10. Let love be visible in your actions

Read 1 John 3:18; Galatians 6:9–10.

The answer to a cold world includes ordinary acts of faithfulness:

Listen carefully.
Check on someone who is alone.
Speak gently.
Share what you can.
Keep your word.
Show mercy without abandoning truth.

First Corinthians 13:4–7 describes love as patient and kind, free from pride and selfishness, rejoicing in truth.

Galatians 6:9 urges us not to grow weary in doing good.

Yeshua’s call to endure includes continuing in faithful love when doing so is difficult.

The world’s growing coldness makes our kindness more necessary.

A call to repentance and enduring love

The coldness described in Matthew 24 and 2 Timothy 3 is painfully recognizable. We should respond with discernment, repentance, and faithfulness.

To those practicing cruelty: Yahweh sees. Turn back and seek His mercy.

To those suffering: Your pain is not invisible. Seek support from trustworthy people, entrust judgment to Yahweh, and guard your heart.

When love grows cold around us, let us remain faithful to Yahweh and continue walking in the love Yeshua taught.

Prayer

Father Yahweh, You see the selfishness, cruelty, and indifference in this world. Search our hearts and expose anything in us that shares that spirit. Lead us to repentance. Comfort those who feel unseen, protect those being harmed, and give us courage to speak truth with mercy. We entrust judgment to You. Help us endure and keep our love alive as we follow Yeshua. Amen.

Click Here For The Song

THE LAW STILL STANDS (SONG)

Click Here For The Song

Click Here For The Bible Study

Click Here For The Song

We Are Not Deceived Into Obedience (song)

We Are Not Deceived Into Obedience

A THREAD OF BLUE (SONG)

WHEN LOVE GROWS COLD (song)

WHEN LOVE GROWS COLD (song)

WHEN LOVE GROWS COLD (song)

WHEN LOVE GROWS COLD

LAWLESSNESS

Labels