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Ephesians
2
Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
2 You used to be dead because of your sins and acts
of disobedience. 2 You walked in the ways of the ‘olam hazeh and
obeyed the Ruler of the Powers of the Air, who is still at work among the
disobedient. 3 Indeed, we all once lived this way — we followed
the passions of our old nature and obeyed the wishes of our old nature and our
own thoughts. In our natural condition we were headed for God’s wrath, just
like everyone else.
4 But God is so rich in mercy and loves us with such
intense love 5 that, even when we were dead because of our acts of
disobedience, he brought us to life along with the Messiah — it is by grace
that you have been delivered. 6 That is, God raised us up with the Messiah Yeshua
and seated us with him in heaven, 7 in order to exhibit in the ages to come how
infinitely rich is his grace, how great is his kindness toward us who are
united with the Messiah Yeshua. 8 For you have been delivered by grace through
trusting, and even this is not your accomplishment but God’s gift. 9 You
were not delivered by your own actions; therefore no one should boast. 10 For
we are of God’s making, created in union with the Messiah Yeshua for a life of
good actions already prepared by God for us to do.
11 Therefore, remember your former state: you Gentiles
by birth — called the Uncircumcised by those who, merely because of an
operation on their flesh, are called the Circumcised — 12 at
that time had no Messiah. You were estranged from the national life of Isra’el.
You were foreigners to the covenants embodying God’s promise. You were in this
world without hope and without God.
13 But now, you who were once far off have been
brought near through the shedding of the Messiah’s blood. 14 For
he himself is our shalom — he has made us both one and has
broken down the m’chitzahwhich divided us 15 by
destroying in his own body the enmity occasioned by the Torah, with
its commands set forth in the form of ordinances. He did this in order to
create in union with himself from the two groups a single new humanity and thus
make shalom, 16 and in order to reconcile to God both in a single
body by being executed on a stake as a criminal and thus in himself killing
that enmity.
17 Also, when he came, he announced as Good
News shalom to you far off and shalom to
those nearby,[a] 18 news
that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 So then, you are no longer foreigners and
strangers. On the contrary, you are fellow-citizens with God’s people and
members of God’s family. 20 You have been built on the foundation of the
emissaries and the prophets, with the cornerstone being Yeshua the Messiah
himself. 21 In union with him the whole building is held
together, and it is growing into a holy temple in union with the Lord.22 Yes,
in union with him, you yourselves are being built together into a spiritual
dwelling-place for God!
Isaiah
57
Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
57 The
righteous person perishes,
and nobody gives it a thought.
Godly men are taken away,
and no one understands
that the righteous person is taken away
from the evil yet to come.
2 Yes, those who live uprightly
will have peace as they rest on their couches.
3 “But
you, you witches’ children, come here,
you spawn of adulterers and whores!
4 Whom are you making fun of?
At whom are you laughing and sticking out your tongue?
Aren’t you rebellious children,
just a brood of liars?
5 You go into heat among the oak trees,
under every spreading tree.
You kill the children in the valleys
under the cracks in the rocks.
6 Your place is among the smooth stones in the vadi;
these, these are what you deserve;
you pour out drink offerings to them,
you offer grain offerings to them.
Should I calmly ignore these things?
7 You set up your bed on a high, lofty mountain;
you also went up there to offer sacrifices.
8 Behind door and doorpost
you set up your [lewd] memorial;
then, far from me, you uncovered your bed,
climbed up on it and opened it wide,
made an agreement with some of them,
whose bed you loved when you saw their hand beckoning.
9 You went to the king with scented oil;
you added to your perfumes;
you sent your envoys far away,
even down to Sh’ol.
10 Though worn out by so much travel,
you did not say, ‘All hope is gone’;
rather, finding your strength renewed,
you did not grow weak.
11 Of whom have you been so afraid,
so fearful that you lied?
But me you don’t remember,
you don’t give me a thought!
I have held my peace so long
that you no longer fear me.
12 I will expose your [so-called] ‘righteousness’;
and what you have done won’t help you.
13 When you cry, will those [idols] you gathered
rescue you?
The wind will carry them all away,
a puff of air will take them off.
But whoever takes refuge in me will possess
the land and inherit my holy mountain.”
14 Then
he will say,
“Keep building! Keep building! Clear the way!
Remove everything blocking my people’s path!”
15 For thus says the High, Exalted One
who lives forever, whose name is Holy:
“I live in the high and holy place
but also with the broken and humble,
in order to revive the spirit of the humble
and revive the hearts of the broken ones.
16 For I will not fight them forever
or always nurse my anger;
otherwise their spirits would faint before me,
the creatures I myself have made.
17 It was because of their flagrant greed
that I was angry and struck them;
I hid myself and was angry,
but they continued on their own rebellious way.
18 I have seen their ways, and I will heal them;
I will lead them and give comfort
to them and to those who mourn for them —
19 I will create the right words:
‘Shalom shalom to those far off
and to those nearby!’ says Adonai;
‘I will heal them!’”
20 But
the wicked are like the restless sea —
unable to be still,
its waters toss up mud and dirt.
21 There is no shalom, says my God,
for the wicked.
Higher Power – Unknown God
People often say that they are meditating – taking time to
get in touch with a “higher power”.
There is no higher power than the Creator of the Universe – in a word
God.
There is no other way we can be saved and transformed
lest it by the way – Yeshua/Jesus. The Messiah – Saviour of all mankind. The purpose of his coming to dwell with us as
a human being and dying for us was to show us a way back to the Creator God –
our Heavenly Father.
I hear people say – there are many religions – I am not
speaking of religion – I am speaking of a spiritual awakening to God Creator –
through His Word all things came into being.
There is no greater joy than to look around at the amazing
planet we call home and see such wonderful sights, mountains, rivers, trees, birds,
flowers in fact all creation would not be here if it had not been first spoken
out by God Creator – King of the Universe
Yet people seem to be afraid to acknowledge God creator –
they will talk to spirit guides, and go to so called spirit mediums,
necromancers, fortune tellers, seers, crystals readings, rather than go to the
Source of all creation – God Himself.
Yet the mere mention of God the Father and Jesus his precious Son who is
able to heal the sick, raise the dead, transform your lives is scorned and
ridiculed yet – for me the clarity I have from following the way of Jesus and coming
back to the Father is very clear.
I do not smoke, I do not drink, or take drugs of any
kind, not do I need to go to a psychiatrist because I came to the father and
laid all my life, desires, pain and suffering at his feet and asked him to
transform me from within.
At the beginning of my walk before my close encounter
with God the Father, I too believed in a Supreme being – a higher power – yet when
God healed me and showed me how I may go
on in life without fear and anxiety – just by confessing to Him all my
heartaches and worries. I began a
journey of incredible blessing. God showed me through His word, history,
geography and geology just how powerful God is.
How He formed the universe, created this planet for us and how he
designed us and gave us life.
How involved He is with every detail of your life as you
let him in to teach you personally. How
you can trust Him – There is no ill side effects when you Trust in God to take
care of you as you walk in obedience to his teachings.
It is as you open up your heart and mind and accept
Yeshua/Jesus the Saviour of Mankind as the True Son of the Living God and
healer of all that you really can start to know what it is to be truly
alive. Everything you see and touch
takes on a new aspect. You look around
you and marvel at the diversity of life.
The amazing formations of the mountains, rivers, seas in fact all of creation. No man, nor fallen angel could do such things.
The King of the Universe, creator of live is the Only
one who can give you the gift of Peace, joy and happiness,
contentment. Because He designed mankind
to be at one with Himself, and that He had provided all for our pleasure and in
doing so as he watches His sons and daughters enjoying the gifts he has
bestowed and thanking Him for every
breath that they take – it gives Him pleasure.
However, when we look to seek a lesser place, worship - man, fallen angels, and seek a different path then
there is a clearly a distinction in the lives of people – fear, wars, battles
in the mind, mental illness, flesh rotting diseases, in fact all that God had
said would come on Mankind because the choose to live without Him in their
lives. Yet each person has within them
the need to search – everyone is looking, but not able to find what they are
looking for until they Return to the Father of Creation. Then all things are revealed and once again
you feel connected to all that surrounds you – your reverence to all life
becomes heightened. The joy of watching
birds in the sky, fish in the sea – rivers, even you can enjoy a moment of
observing insects and through acknowledging their total dependency on God
Creator to provide for them, you come to realise you too can depend on God to
provide for you it is a matter of Trust.
When Christ was in the garden on the eve of his betrayal
and crucifixion – as a man do you not think he was afraid of the following day’s
events. As the Son of God he knows how we all feel – he could have chosen not
to obey God’s desire to hang him the cross for the salvation of mankind. Therefore through His obedience Yeshua/Jesus gave
us a way back to the Father through laying down his life for us. Raising from the dead so that we may have
eternal life with Him. He being the life
giver the restorer of life to all mankind to those who would choose to obey and
follow in the footsteps of Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah. At the end of the day all mankind will bow
down and tongues will confess that Yeshua/Jesus is Lord.
The way forward is to acknowledge your unbelief,
repenting of your sins, lifestyle choices and learning to live under the mantle
of the Creator is the only way to true peace, contentment, happiness and joy.
As we share with each other we grow together in love and
unity.
God called us to love one another, to help one another.
He gave His life for us to be able restore us back to the
Father. Without Yeshua/Jesus there is no
Power for in His Name all Power and Authority is Given to set the captives free
and heal the sick and restore the sight of the blind, raise the dead in His
name. In His name there is power to
transform your life.
Forgiving one another as he has forgiven us.
Learning to Trust in His Words, His promises, His way of
life and Peace.
Laying down your learnt traditions of man, just come sit
at the feet of the Throne of God and learn to live again.
Feeling a mantle of peace being placed on your shoulders
as you open up to Yeshua/Jesus . Peace
that no matter what goes on around you – cannot be taken from you - unless you
choose not to Trust.
To have the Words of comfort to know that each burden,
worry, anxiety, stress, fear can be lifted from you as you reach out and ask
Yeshua/Jesus into your life – only in this way can you really begin to feel a
great sense of peace and freedom.
Fear is a mind killer – to carry such is dangerous to
your health – yet giving each fear to Yeshua/Jesus/God it can be lifted and you
will begin to receive an understanding that no matter what is happening around
you. You can trust that God knows your
every need, and in well able to supply al your needs as they are in accordance
to God’s will for your life.
No matter whether your life has been filled with drink,
drugs, fear. Gods is able to restore you
as you surrender to God – the Highest Power in the Universe, there is no other Higher Power than God,
creator of all life, planets, stars, water, land us. Even so to follow lesser than the highest is
utter foolishness because they cannot deliver you. As you
turn to him. As you ask God to reveal
himself to you – as you start to reach out and ask for help – He is there for
you, just waiting to heal, bless and restore you.
For me, there is no greater power than God.
He healed me, I follow in His teachings, He keeps me safe and teaches me the
way of peace, joy and salvation.
There is o other way except though
Yeshua/Jesus for True Salvation, Transformation. At the Name of Yeshua/Jesus every knee shall
bow, every tongue will confess that He Is LORD – through Him there is LIFE
