The righteous

What is the opposite of lawlessness (sin, rebellion), it is righteous. Righteous means; decency, integrity, morality, honesty or purity.

"Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear! Matthew 13:43.

The righteousness of Elohim (Almighty) is through belief in Yahusha Messiah to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the esteem of Elohim, being declared right, without paying, by His favor (grace) through the redemption which is in Messiah Yahusha, whom Elohim set forth as an atonement, through belief in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His tolerance Elohim had passed over the sins that had taken place before, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He is righteous and declares righteous the one who has belief in Yahusha - Romans 3:22-26.

I speak as a man, because of the weakness of your flesh. For even as you did present your members as servants of uncleanness, and of lawlessness resulting in lawlessness, so now present your members as servants of righteousness resulting in set-apartness (Holiness) - Romans 6:19.

Who Himself (Messiah) bore our sins in His body on the timber (cross), so that we, having died to sins, might live unto righteousness by whose stripes you were healed - 1 Peter 2:24.

Let it not be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? - Romans 6:2.

Because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so that he no longer lives the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men (world), but according to the desire of Elohim - 1 Peter 4:1-2.

Little children, let no one lead you astray. The one doing righteousness is righteous, even as He (Messiah) is righteous. The one doing sin is of the devil,....... 1 John 3:7-8.

If you know that He (Messiah) is righteous, you know that everyone doing righteousness has been born of Him (Messiah) - 1 John 2:29.

All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not unto death. We know that everyone having been born of Elohim does not sin,........ - 1 John 5:17-18.

The righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell in it forever. The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom,....... - Psalms 37:29-30.

Let the righteous flourish in His days, with plenty of peace,..... Psalms 72:7.

Open to me the gates of righteousness; I enter through them, I thank Yah. This is the gate of Yahuah (Heavenly Father), the righteous enter through it - Psalms 118:20-21.

Yahuah opens the eyes of the blind, Yahuah raises those who are bowed down, Yahuah loves the righteous - Psalms 146:8.

"Then you shall again see the difference between the righteous and the wrong (sin), between one who serves Elohim and one who does not serve Him - Malachi 3:18.

"He who does wrong (sin), let him do more wrong; he who is filthy, let him be more filthy; he who is righteous, let him be more righteous; he who is set-apart (holy), let him be more set-apart - Revelation 22:11.

Very clear in the above scripture verses that those who are truly born again, must became and live righteously.

The next time someone tells you that nobody can be righteous, then you can prove it to them by showing them the above verses.

Please take note very important: This righteous is not for self or to inflict on someone else but it is a righteous to Yahuah/Yahusha only. When you and I live righteously, it is for Yahuah our Creator only!

Righteousness is he who follows the correct path, the path of Yahuah, the Most High.

“Righteousness is conformity to the commands, mind and will of the Almighty Creator.”

Righteousness requires of us “to guard to do all these commands before Yahuah Elohim, as He commanded us” - Deuteronomy 6:25.

Psalms 119:172, “For all Your commands are righteousness.”

In Isaiah 51:7, “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, you people in whose heart is My Torah* (commands).”

Many people do not understand this as many times they would tell me that I am trying to be righteous. It is not a religious righteous I am trying to be. But the scripture says this: it is righteous to the Almighty not to man or myself.

This is what the Messiah is meaning when He said our righteousness must exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees. They the scribes and the rabbis read and study the Torah* and they know everything about the Torah but they are not doing it for Him but for themselves. They were trying to keep the commands their way, that they were right or righteous. That is religious righteousness.

* Torah (Commands) = Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy are the Torah books.

Righteousness is he who follows the path of Yahuah and His Son Yahusha (Jesus).

Lawlessness

"And then I shall declare to them, 'I never knew you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!' - Matthew 7:23.

Who are the lawless; "But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are savage wolves - Matthew 7:15.

Depart from me, all you workers of wickedness - Psalms 6:8.

"The Son of Adam (Messiah) shall send out His angels, and they shall gather out of His Kingdom all the stumbling-blocks (sinners), and those doing lawlessness and throw them into the furnace of fire....... Matthew 13:41-42.

So what is lawlessness?

Everyone doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness - 1 John 3:4. Can I repeat that: Sin is lawlessness.

When are you not lawless (sinning); And you know that He (Messiah Yahusha(Jesus)) was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him (Messiah) there is no sin. Everyone staying in Him (Messiah) does not sin. Everyone sinning has neither seen Him nor known Him (Messiah) - 1 John 3:5-6.

The one doing sin is of the devil........ 1 John 3:8.

The children of the devil are the ones doing lawlessness (sin) and not loving his brother - 1 John 3:10.

 

Messiah destroyed the works of the devil (sin) - 1 John 3:8.

Our Saviour Yahusha Messiah, who gave Himself for us, to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a people, His own possession - Titus 2:13-14.

Yahusha Messiah, a righteous One, and He Himself is an atoning offering for our sins,......... 1 John 2:1-2.

And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His commands (the one that does not keep His commands is lawless). The one who says, "I know Him," and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Elohim (Almighty God) has been perfected in him - 1 John 2:3-5.

The above scripture verses are clear to those that confess to be believers which have repented (turned away from sin), cleansed them self of sin (baptize) and now going forward DOING HIS WILL. They no longer continue living in sin or ever turn back to the old sinful ways. They are no longer lawless.

Father's Covenant

If Covenant (Testament as Christians know it) promises made by Yahuah (Heavenly Father), and is eternal, now been abolished or replaced by Father, then how could one be certain that the "New Covenant" has not or will not be replaced.

This belief is false, because it is based upon a premise that Yahuah changes His mind and does not keep His Word. He always keeps His Word, and the Covenant, which He says is eternal, is still in existence today, and will remain until the end of time.

Yahuah promised that He would not break His Covenant with Israel, read Leviticus 26:40-45 the promise He made. ‘But if they confess their crookedness and the crookedness of their fathers, with their trespass in which they trespassed against Me, and that they also have walked contrary to Me, and that I also have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies – if their uncircumcised heart is then humbled, and they accept the punishment of their crookedness, then I shall remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also remember My covenant with Abraham, and remember the land. ‘For the land was abandoned by them, and enjoying its Sabbaths while lying waste without them, and they were paying for their crookedness, because they rejected My right-rulings and because their being loathed My laws. ‘And yet for all this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I shall not reject them, nor shall I loathe them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them. For I am Yahuah their Elohim. ‘Then I shall remember for their sake the covenant of the ancestors whom I brought out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations to be their Elohim. I am Yahuah.’ ”

King David states that the Covenant made and confirmed with Israel will not be superseded.

"He is our Elohim (Almighty); His judgments are in all the earth. He remembers His Covenant forever, the Word He commanded, for a 1000 generations, the Covenant He made with Abraham, the oath He swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting Covenant, ...... 1 Chronicles 16:14-17.

While there are severe penalties for breaking the Covenant, there is also a great promise given that Yahuah will not forget the Covenant. Father does not break promises and He will never give up on His children. Father knew Israel would break the Covenant but He also promised to restore them, and He will, in fact it is already in progress.

The Covenant with Israel was not just about Israel, it was about drawing the nations to Yahuah through Israel. The Covenant is for anyone who desires to be restored with Yahuah, and if you join the Covenant, you join Israel. There is no other path or restoration except through the Covenant. This was made evident by the prophet Isaiah, please read Isaiah 56:1-8 Thus said Yahuah, “Guard right-ruling, and do righteousness, for near is My deliverance to come, and My righteousness to be revealed. “Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who lays hold on it, guarding the Sabbath lest he profane it, and guarding his hand from doing any evil. “And let not the son of the foreigner who has joined himself to Yahuah speak, saying, ‘Yahuah has certainly separated me from His people,’ nor let the eunuch say, ‘Look I am a dry tree.’ ” For thus said Yahuah, “To the eunuchs who guard My Sabbaths, and have chosen what pleases Me, and hold fast to My covenant: to them I shall give in My house and within My walls a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters – I give them an everlasting name that is not cut off. “Also the sons of the foreigner  who join themselves to Yahuah, to serve Him, and to love the Name of Yahuah, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast to My covenant – them I shall bring to My set-apart mountain, and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their slaughterings are accepted on My altar, for My house is called a house of prayer for all the peoples.” The Master Yahuah, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares, “I gather still others to him besides those who are gathered to him.”

The gentiles (foreigners turned away from false idol worship) who are grafted in among the True Israelites (the believing and obedient Yahudah (Judah)). These gentiles also serve Yahuah, love His Name and guard His Sabbaths, and hold fast His covenant.

If Adam & Hawah (Eve) had not sinned, there would have been no need for the Covenant. The institution of the Covenant cycles was intended to restore back Yahuah. Those who enter into this Covenant join the assembly of Israel, you become an Israelite, no longer called an stranger or gentile but please do not be confused with the modern State of Israel because it is not about this state - it's about the biblical Israel.

In order to be in this flock you must be covered by the blood of the Lamb of Elohim (Almighty). You must then walk perfect according to the Words of the Covenant, the Torah (commands), the instructions to show the way of the Covenant. While some might think they are in Covenant and part of Israel, they may not be if they are not walking in the way of the Covenant.

Ultimately, each person must know Yahuah and enter into Covenant through His Son Messiah Yahusha (Jesus) if they desire to be restored to Him. This is not a passive intellectual exercise, as it is treated by some. You need to be an active participant in the Covenant process.

The Covenant involves much more than making a "decision" or saying a prayer, it is a walk - a way of life.

Yahuah paid the price through His Lamb, Messiah Yahusha, which sets people free from bondage, and opens the door back to His House.

The Covenant with Abraham continues to this day.

It is through this Covenant that we have relationship with Yahuah, and that is why it is imperative that we properly understand this Covenant.

All is welcome! Someday soon Messiah will restore the Kingdom, and fill the House of Elohim with those who are in the Covenant.

Lastly, many people reading this message may not understand it specially if you are a Christian, neither did I at one time.

After reading from Genesis through to Revelation and asking Yahuah through His Set apart Spirit (Holy Spirit) to teach me I realized what the truth is. You can too!

Father Yahuah and His Son Yahusha are not a religion but They are like me and you (made us in His image) and I can talk to Him like I am talking to you.

By accepting Messiah and His Covenant, I can now speak to Yahuah directly.

HalleluYah!

Set-Apart Spirit

John 16:7 Messiah saying to the apostles that He will send the Helper (Holy Spirit) to us when He goes to Heaven. Verse 8 tells us why the Set-apart Spirit (Holy Spirit) had to be with us. Messiah says; When the Spirit comes, He (Spirit) shall convict the world concerning sin. Meaning that the Spirit will prove or show to the world that sin is wrong. Example of what the Spirit does, read in 2 Chronicles 24:19-20 in verse 19 Father's chosen prophet warning those who are sinning against Heavenly Father Yahuah, but still they did not listen. In verse 20 the Holy Spirit is sent by Father and the Spirit tells the priest, "Why are you not following the commands of Yahuah", than the Spirit warns the priest that Father will forsake him.

In Nehemiah 9:30 the prophet saying to the people that Yahuah sent the Holy Spirit to guide them but you still did not hear.

In Ezekiel 36:27 the prophet is speaking about the future (present), that the Spirit of Yahuah will be given to us to guide us to walk in His laws and to guard us to ensure we do them.

The prophet Micah said that he is filled with the Set-apart spirit (Micah 3:8).

In Acts 28:25-27, Paul says that the Set-apart (Holy) Spirit spoke through the prophet Isaiah to our forefathers warning them to hear and listen to Yahuah's commands.

John 14:16-17; Messiah said that He would ask Yahuah to send a helper in His place to be with us forever.

Unbelievers cannot receive the Spirit of truth.

In Acts 1:4; Messiah Yahusha (Jesus) told His disciples that they will receive the Promise of the Father when He leaves which is the Set-Apart Spirit (Holy Spirit).

Acts 2:2-4; describes how they all were filled with the Set-Apart Spirit at the Feast of Shabout (Pentecost).

That promise is still kept today: when we accept the Messiah in our life, repent of our sins, baptize and become a new clean person, we receive the Set-Apart Spirit. We are born again!

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6:15; that our bodies is members of Messiah. Verse 17; our body that is joined to Yahusha is one spirit (just as when a man and a woman is joined in marriage). Verse 19; do you not know that your body is the Dwelling Place (Temple/church) of the Set-Apart Spirit, who is in you, which Elohim (Almighty) has given to you. Your body the Temple was bought with a price, Messiah paid for it, so became a slave of Messiah and not of men. We were not bought by money but by the precious blood of Yahusha Messiah, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless. Our body is a Temple or church where the Spirit of Messiah is and dwells.

How does Yahusha (Jesus) prepare His men/servants for ministry. Does He send them to a Bible college where they are taught ideas and doctrines delivered to them in the sterile environment of a classroom. No, Messiah demonstrated an apprenticeship model of preparing disciples when He was here on earth. Key to the success of this ministry is that the person be a godly individual who walks with Father Yahuah truly, being directed and empowered by the Spirit of Messiah.

  

The Set-Apart Spirit that is now in your Temple (body) teaches and guides you to became a minister of the Good News, you do not need to go to a man-made college and be taught by a man. We all have been given certain gifts: the gifts can be; teaching, healing, comforting, singing, prophesying, parenting and many others. We have the scriptures to learn Yahuah's ways, all we need to do is read and pray for guidance - simple, even I child can do it.

We as the body of Messiah get together with other bodies to worship or fellowship as a congregation. This congregation does not have doctrines but has one simple message, that is the Good News of Messiah and the Kingdom of Yahuah.

Belief with works

Many people are taught that we only need to belief, we do not need to do anything else but belief. Do not get me wrong, believing is essential but it is much more than just believing. Demons believe Yahusha (Jesus) Messiah exists as well but do you think they are doing (works) His will? -  James 2:19. Not at all!

Luke 6:47-49; Messiah says that everyone that hears His words and doing them is like a man building a house with deep foundations on the rock. When the flood came the storm water did not damage the house because the foundations was good. But the one hearing and not doing is like a man building on the ground with no foundation. When the flood came the storm water damaged the house because the foundations were weak and the house fell.

So this verse says that we need belief with works or to hear His word and then to do His word.

James 2:17-24; so also belief, if it does not have works, is in itself dead. Verse 20; do you wish to know , O foolish man, that belief without works is dead? Verse 21; Abraham had belief by works, when he offered Isaac his son. Verse 22; belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected? Verse 24; You see, then, that a man is declared right by works, and not by belief alone.

You cannot have belief and no works; example: be at home spending time studying the scriptures (believing) and not sharing the truth with other people (doing).

On the other hand, you cannot have works and no belief, example: being a good person, help people or giving charity and not showing who you belief in.

Noah is another example of belief with works; he believed Heavenly Father when Yahuah said He is going to bring a flood over the earth and Noah's works was building the ark so as to be saved. Noah's belief and also obedience made him build (works) the ark.

By your works people will see/witness/know who you belief in.

Let me put it another way: By the fruit you bear (works or doing His word) people will witness your belief in Yahusha (Jesus).