Thought for Today: Sunday June 16

As you touch the lives of others today, may you know YHVH’s gentle touch. And as you bring joy to others today, may His joy be your strength.

It is those who claim we need not obey God and even condemn those who obey God who make a false separation between belief and obedience - let us not fall into the same error.
"With the heart man believeth unto righteousness" Ro 10
"This is the work of God: that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." Jn 6
"I will show thee my faith by my works." Ja 2
Belief is the body and works are the spirit - they only live as one.

"If nothing is his, then he should be sold for his theft." Ex 22

"Who so sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God hath he made man."

Ge 9

Happy shavuot!

Here's today's sermon, called "You shall be perfect." There's a special mention of Pastor Opoku in the beginning: https://firstfruits.cc/blog/20....24/06/15/you-shall-b I pray this one clears up any confusion on this issue, for our boast is in Yeshua alone! Praise be to God!

The Sabbath is crucial to understanding prophecy. I'll build on this tomorrow at 3pm central for our Pentecost message. Shabbat shalom everyone!

What Comes After 7

Still time to join us if you like.

https://www.youtube.com/live/Y....2rFkSltPRQ?si=rTsgsW

Question:
The Berean Study Bible translates "between the evenings" as "twilight". On back to back sabbaths, like today and tomorrow, is that period of time a sort of no man's land between the days? What I'm wondering is, would the market have opened for that period of up to 90 minutes in ancient times? Are we allowed to do essential chores during that time, beyond the "doing good is lawful", like drawing water? Is cooking allowed in that time? Am I making sense?

Here’s an example of why we must Question Everything…

There’s a ton of great stuff in this podcast in general (and we recommend it) but episodes like this represent the Messy side of the Messianic Movement.

Repeated fictional history and mythology purportedly of Babylon but really just concocted out of a balderdash of the Reverend Alexander Hislop.

It does little good for us to come out of the proverbial Babylon that is the church only to take up another lie about the lies we used to believe when we were a part of that Babylon.

We are after the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

And a lie about a lie is still a lie.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/....podcast/the-promise-