What weight do I carry? Why should the spotlight fall upon me? It should not. The true matter of consequence is the message for which Yeshua laid down His life—a message now diluted by the traditions of modern-day Christianity. This contemporary faith fixates on self, not on the heart of Yeshua or the Father. Their sermons, ministries, and even worship songs proclaim their own glory rather than Elohim’s. Yet Yeshua’s gaze was ever fixed on His Father, as John 5:30 attests: “I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.”
Modern congregations resemble religious lobbyists, bartering favor for influence. Their leaders, bowing to these clamorous voices—perhaps to swell offerings and tithes through feigned humility, counterfeit faith, and hollow reverence—preach what tickles the ear, not what stirs the soul. Only Yah discerns their hearts, but their cowardice is plain. As Ezekiel 34:2-4 warns, such shepherds feed themselves, neglecting the flock, leading many astray. Elohim’s reckoning awaits these treacherous guides, a truth that should ignite righteous indignation in us all.
If my words, teachings, or songs strike some as Pharisaical, let them examine their own hearts and doctrines. To those who know me, I shun false humility and speak plainly, yet Elohim has tempered me with kindness, gentleness, and generosity, never compromising Yeshua’s message. My aim is not to crush sinners under their guilt but to uplift them, directing them to the true biblical path—unadorned by fillers or ulterior motives. When individuals, alone or with aid, discern their sins, they too can triumph over them through prayer and diligent study of Yah’s Word, the sole avenue to authentic fear and reverence. Those who persist in rebellion, despite knowing the truth, abide under the law’s penalties for reasons evident to all, as Romans 6:23 declares: “The wages of sin is death.”
Why the Sabbath Echoes Unceasingly
Why do we ceaselessly herald the Sabbath? Simply put, it is the cornerstone absent from modern Christianity. Why belabor what is already embraced? Our focus is clear, our mandate understood, heedless of rebellious murmurs, intent only on what Yah esteems. Perfection, as Matthew 5:48 commands—“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect”—is not mere recitation of Yeshua’s deeds but imitation of His obedience. James 1:22-25 extols the doers of the Word, not the hearers alone, as those justified before Yah.
We Are Not Saved by Works!
Indeed, we concur! But what constitutes biblical “works”? These are the deeds of our spiritual journey—some good, some evil, and some holy, mandated by Yah. His commandments are the sacred duty of all His obedient children. When Ephesians 2:8-9 asserts we are “not saved by works,” it speaks of our own inventions—those ignorant or perverse additions to Yah’s decrees, cautioned against in Deuteronomy 4:2: “Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you.” These man-made burdens, dubbed “sacrifices” by Yeshua in Matthew 23:4, avail nothing, for Yah neither requires nor commands them. Once sin is forgiven through Yeshua’s obedience mirrored in us, as Hebrews 10:10 affirms, further offerings are obsolete.
We Are Not Under the Law!
Permit me a clarion retort: if you transgress any of Yah’s holy Ten Commandments—spoken by His voice, etched by His finger (Exodus 20)—you are precisely under the law’s yoke. Until repentance turns you from sin, defined in 1 John 3:4 as “the transgression of the law,” you remain captive, heedless of pastoral platitudes. This includes the seventh-day Sabbath, not the Catholic first-day counterfeit or the whimsical “pick your own day” folly—man-made vanities that save no one.
Obedience to Yah’s commandments does not bind us under the law; to claim so perverts scripture. When Romans 6:14 proclaims, “Ye are not under the law, but under grace,” Paul addresses the obedient, free from penalties because they transgress not. The law empowers sin to punish its violators (1 Corinthians 15:56), but obedience nullifies its sting. Does this dawn upon you? Traditions die hard, and perverse teachings, long ingested, may take months—nay, years—to unweave.
Some assert, “Jesus is my Sabbath,” a phrase absent from scripture, pilfered from ignorance. Yeshua is not the Sabbath itself but Lord, Master (Matthew 12:8), meaning its supreme teacher.
Why would Yeshua instruct what He abolished or fulfilled?
Matthew 5:17 resounds: “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Thus, He taught and upheld the Sabbath, as seen in His cleansing of the temple (Luke 19:45-46), enforcing Torah’s sanctity. A deeper exposition of these verses awaits in my forthcoming blog, clean food for the ignorant and untrained.
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