Conspiracy among the men of Yahudah

 

 

 

Yahuah said there were people among Yahudah who are planning wickedness against Him.

Yahuah spoke to Jeremiah regarding the people's wrong doings and he must warm them to turn away from wickedness (sin).

 

 

 

 

 

Yahuah says to Jeremiah 11:2 to remind the people of Yahudah of the covenant He made with their forefathers. Those who do not obey the words of the covenant will be cursed – Jeremiah 11:3. See Deuteronomy 27:26 Cursed is he who does not carry out to do all the Words of this Torah, to do them! And all the people shall say, Amen! See NOTE below.

This is what Yahuah said to Jeremiah to say to the people; I commanded your fathers in the day when I brought them out of the land of Egypt (Mitsrayim), from the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and you shall do according to all that I command you, and you shall be My people, and I be your Elohim.’ (Jeremiah 11:4)

 

 

 

Repeated in Jeremiah 7:23 “But this word I did command them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I shall be your Elohim, and you be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, so that it be well with you.’

Abraham did so (Genesis 26:5), and Yahuah again laid down this condition for Yisra’el to be His people (Exodus 19:5), and the same applies to us (John. 3:36, Romans. 6:16, Hebrews. 4:11, Hebrews. 5:9 andRevelation 22:14).

Yahuah is looking for humble, obedient servants that will be loyal to Him throughout eternity.

Did Yahuah ever wanted slaughtering and offerings for obedience when He spoke the words of His covenant? This is what Samuel, David and Jeremiah said about slaughtering and offerings for obedience.

 

1 Samuel 15:22 Then Samuel said, “Does Yahuah delight in burnt offerings and slaughterings, as in obeying the voice of Yahuah? Look, to obey is better than an offering, to heed is better than the fat of rams.

Psalm 51:16-17 For You do not desire slaughtering, or I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The slaughterings of Elohim are a broken spirit, a heart broken and crushed, O Elohim, These You do not despise.

Jeremiah 7:21-22 Thus said Yahuah of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’el, “Add your burnt offerings to your slaughterings and eat meat. “For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim, about matters of burnt offerings or slaughterings.

 

 

 

 

Yahuah never wanted animal offerings, He wanted them to obey His voice. Obedience is better than sacrifice and our deeds are the evidence of our faith in Yahuah.

Jeremiah 11:6-7 And Yahuah said to me (Jeremiah), declare all these Words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear the Words of this covenant and do them. For I solemnly warned your fathers in the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, to this day rising early and warning, saying, Obey My voice.

Jeremiah 11:8 Yet they did not obey nor stretch out their ear, but each one walked in the stubbornness of their evil heart. And I will bring on them all the Words of this covenant which I commanded them to do, but they did not do.

This verse applies to us as well: rebellious people walking and doing our own thing, making our own religion to suit our lifestyle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a plot against Yahuah. This plot was and is, nothing new under the sun.

Jeremiah 11:9 And Yahuah said to me, “There is a conspiracy (plot) among the men of Yahudah (Judah) and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 11:10 “They have turned back to the crookednesses of their forefathers who refused to hear My words, and they have gone after other mighty ones (gods) to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant I made with their fathers.”

Let’s be honest, is this not the case today. Following other gods and worshipping idols.

Listen carefully what Yahuah says to Jeremiah in the next verse because this applies for today as well.

 

Jeremiah 11:11 Therefore thus said Yahuah, “See, I am bringing evil on them which they are unable to escape. Then they shall cry out to Me, but I shall not listen to them.

We need to wake up! Look around you! Look to all the world and ask yourself is this verse 11 above on us. The most important thing to ask yourself: is this me and my family.

The thing is Father will not hear our prayers if we are walking in rebellion or disobedience.

Jeremiah 11:12-13 Then the cities of Judah and those living in Jerusalem shall go and cry to the gods to whom they burned incense. But they are not at all able to save them in the time of their trouble. For according to the number of your cities were your Elohim, O Judah; yea, according to the numberof the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to that shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yahuah instructs Jeremiah not to pray for these people that are sinning.

Jeremiah 11:14 “And you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I do not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their evil.

Jeremiah 11:15 What belongs to My beloved in My house, since she has committed her many evils? And has the holy flesh caused your evil to pass from you? How then do you exult?

We earnestly must look to ourselves first and once we have turned back to the true worship of Yah through hearing and doing His voice must we secondly look to our family.

NOTE: Galatians 3:11 And that no one is declared right by Torah before Elohim is clear, for “The righteous shall live by belief.” Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Torah…. (Galatians 3:13).

The curse is for disobeying the Torah, there are only blessings for obedience.

Messiah took the curse away. He came as the living Torah, redeemed us so that the Ruach of Father could be in us for us to hear His voice and to obey Him. Those who hear and listen to His voice are His people.

 

 

 

Remember “walking in Truth.” Spirit and Truth sets you free.

Question: Who are we burning incense too?

Workers of truth

 

 

 

John speaks of people who were witnessing of the truth, as they were walking in the truth.

3 John 1:3 For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and witnessed of the truth in you, as you walk in the truth.

He says further in 3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear of my children walking in truth.

It was great for John to see people walking in truth.

What was this truth they were walking in.

 

John 4:23-24 “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also does seek such to worship Him. “Elohim is Spirit, and those who worship Him need to worship in spirit and truth.”

Father is Spirit and to be able to worship Him you need the Spirit – To receive truth, does a believer need the Spirit. But first we need to know what is this truth?

 

John 5:33-34 “You have sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth. But I do not receive witness from man.

What truth did John bore witness? Pilate asked Messiah what is truth?

John 18:37-38 Then Pilate said to Him, “You are a sovereign, then?” Yahusha answered, “You say it, because I am a sovereign. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth.  Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” Pilate said to Him, “What is truth.

John 8:31-32 So Yahusha said to those Yehudim who believed Him, “If you stay in My Word, you are truly My taught ones, and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Messiah said to them, if you stay in the Word, you will know the truth and this truth shall set you free. We know that the Word will also give truth.

John 14:6-7 Yahusha said to him, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father too. From now on you know Him, and have seen.”

John 14:16-17 “And I shall ask (petition) the Father, and He shall give you another Helper (Comforter/intercessor), to stay with you forever – the Spirit of the Truth, whom the world is unable to receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. But you know Him, for He stays with you and shall be in you.

Is the Comforter the Spirit of truth. The next verse confirms.

 

John 15;26 “And when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of the Truth, who comes from the Father, He shall bear witness of Me.

The Spirit of truth is given by the Father.

John 16;13 “But when He comes, the Spirit of the Truth, He shall guide you into all the truth. For He shall not speak from Himself, but whatever He hears He shall speak, and He shall announce to you what is to come.

The Spirit is of the truth and we will worship the Father in Spirit and truth = Spirit and truth go together, cannot have the one and not the other.

The Spirit of truth will announce to the believer what is to come.

John 17:17-19 “Set them apart in Your truth – Your Word is truth. “As You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world. “And for them I set Myself apart, so that they too might be set apart in truth.

Messiah confirms the Father’s Word is truth. How does the Word, the Spirit and the truth fit together?

Yahusha is the embodiment of the Word, and of the Truth, and the Word is the truth. Messiah bears witness to the Truth, to the Word of His Father. Elohim sets us apart if we follow the Word, the Truth, and do it! This is all through the Spirit.

 

2 Timothy 2:15 Do your utmost to present yourself approved to Elohim, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly handling the Word of Truth.

James 1:18 Having purposed it, He brought us forth by the Word of truth, for us to be a kind of first-fruits of His creatures.

Both James and Timothy speak of the Word of truth. Messiah also says His Word is truth. The Father’s Word given to Messiah and now to the believers is truth.

The Father gives His Spirit (Ruach) to us and the Spirit is truth = The Word, the Spirit is truth. The Word/Spirit is Father and He lives in you.

 

1 John 5:6 This is the One that came by water and blood: Yahusha Messiah, not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the Truth.

Father gave His Spirit to the son = Messiah with the Spirit in Him bears witness or we can say the Messiah with the Father in Him bears witness.

Today the Spirit in you is the Father but when Messiah walked on the earth, He had the Spirit (Father) to bear witness to the people. He then said when he leaves the earth, the helper (the Spirit/Ruach/Father) will come in His place to witness the truth.

Let’s dig deeper to find out more about the truth.

Psalm 25:4-5 Show me Your ways, O Yahuah; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the Elohim of my deliverance; On You I wait all the day.

David asks Yahuah to lead him in truth and to teach him. How will Yahuah teach David His truth. It’s by means of the Spirit?

 

Psalm 26:3 For Your kindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

David is walking in truth, just like John said people are walking in truth in 3 John.

Psalm 86:11 Teach me Your way, O Yahuah; Let me walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your Name.

Walk in truth. How did David walk in truth?

 

 

Psalm 119:142 Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your Torah (Law/commands) is truth.

It is confirmed by David, the law/commands are the truth.

When Yahuah spoke the 10 commands at Mt Sinai, they were His Word (breath of Words), therefore Torah or commands or instructions are the Word. Is the Word not the breath of Yahuah = Spirit (Ruach)? The Word is truth = the Word/Spirit of truth.

Torah/commands/Word = truth.

Romans 2:20 an instructor of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the Torah (law).

The truth is in the Word.

 

Psalm 119:150-151 Those who pursue mischief have drawn near; They have been far from Your Torah. You are near, O Yahuah, and all Your commands are truth.

Yahuah’s commands are truth.

Psalm 147:19 Declaring His Word to Jacob, His laws and His right-rulings to Yisra’el.

James and Timothy spoke about the Word of truth and Father declared His Word to Jacob. The Spirit of truth = Yahuah of truth.

 

Nehemiah 9;13 “And You came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from the heavens, and gave them straight right-rulings and Torah of truth, good laws and commands.

Very clear the Torah (commands and laws) are the Word and is the truth.

Malachi 2:6 “The Torah of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and straightness, and turned many away from crookedness.

So, we know the Father is Spirit, the Word or Torah is given from the Father through His Spirit which is the truth.

True believers worship the Almighty through Spirit and Truth. The scripture says we should worship in Spirit and truth.

 

 

 

 

This is how I understand: Messiah received the Spirit when on earth so He could witness the truth to the people, When Messiah left the earth, the Spirit would be given to the true believer. With the Spirit in you the Word of truth or the Torah of truth will be given and you will walk in truth.

Now the warning. John speaks of two spirits.

1 John 4:6 We are of Elohim – the one knowing Elohim hears us. He who is not of Elohim does not hear us. By this we know the Spirit of the Truth and the spirit of the delusion.

Those who have the Spirit of truth will hear and do, but those who have the spirit of delusion shall not hear and do.

We also read through scripture of people having a wicked spirit, a spirit of delusion.

Hebrews 10:26-27 For if we sin purposely after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a slaughter offering for sins, but some fearsome anticipation of judgment, and a fierce fire which is about to consume the opponents.

 

Romans 1:18 For the wrath of Elohim is revealed from heaven against all wickedness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.

As we know truth is the Word/Torah, we now understand how the truth is suppressed today.

Romans 1:25 Who changed the truth of Elohim into the falsehood, and worshipped and served what was created rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever.

Who has changed the Word/Torah of truth? Religion today – has changed the truth.

 

Romans 2;8 but wrath and displeasure to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness;

Paul is speaking of those that are not obeying something that is truth. We know what is the truth that should be obeyed.

 

 

His desires

 

 

 

 

John brings up three important points that Yahuah desires.

Point 1 - 1 John 5:14-15

And this is the boldness (confidence) that we have in Him, that if we ask whatever according to His desire (will), He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Important to understand that what we ask of Yahuah will be according to His will, not ours. He hears us if we ask in accordance to His will, then we can ask Him anything because we know He is hearing our request and we know we are doing His will.

Do we understand what His will (desires) are according to scripture?

Point 2 – 1 John 5:16-20

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin, not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give him life for those not sinning unto death. There is a sin unto death. I do not say that he should pray about that. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not unto death. We know that everyone having been born of Elohim does not sin, but the one having been born of Elohim guards himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. We know that we are of Elohim, and all the world lies in the wicked one. And we know that the Son of Elohim has come and has given us an understanding, so that we might know the true One. And we are in the true One, in His Son Yahusha Messiah. This is the true Elohim and everlasting life.

Unrighteousness, lawlessness and sin are used synonymously.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sin unto death is willful (Intentional) sin without repentance. It is blasphemy to pray for such an attitude and Yahuah will not hear it. There is sin that is willful, other words the sin is done purposely (planned) and then there is sin done by mistake, done in the heat of the moment without realizing sin was done (unplanned). Read Numbers 15:24-30 regarding sin by mistake and intentional. Hebrews 6:4-6 and Hebrews 10:26-32 also speaks of intentional sin.

John is saying that we should pray for our fellow believers who we see sinning without them knowing they are sinning (sinning by mistake).

John says in 1 John 3:6-9 that anyone who has accepted Elohim does not sin and if anyone keeps on sinning, that person does not know Yahuah. The wicked one keeps sinning which is of the devil.

 

 

 

The righteous one guards himself from sinning because they are truly in Elohim (see also 1 John 4:4).

Yahusha the Messiah has given us knowledge of the truth, therefore those who know the son shall stay in truth and not sin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Point 3 – 1 John 5:21

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul also says in 1 Corinthians 10:14 Therefore, my beloved ones, flee from idolatry.

John reminds the believers to stay away from idolatry.

Remember the second command – Exodus 20:4-6.