Long post incoming!!

What is a good strategy to be a light unto non-believers?

Christians, Torah keepers, and believers alike are sometimes seen in a bad light because of our spreading the truth. We may be perceived as pushy, disrespectful, hostile, or not accepting. Of course, it is a very fruitful and loving act to have good intentions and try to open the eyes of others, so perhaps there's an approach that will better help them see us that way, as our actions can influence how they see our beliefs and, most importantly, the Father.

Regardless of belief system, most if not all people share a desire to be understood. In this time and age especially, personal beliefs make up a fragile and sensitive subject. It's a very personal thing that people hold dearly and passionately to themselves. When outsiders feel that that part of them has been violated or disrespected, it will push them away, which is the opposite of what we want. Alienating others means alienating ourselves. Before we share our perspective with non-believers, it's important that they feel their own beliefs are respected, and that we won't judge them for being what they are, or for the choices they make, even if they're wrong. After all, judging is the role of the Father only.

Pride can be a stumbling block when it comes to preaching. I like to keep in mind that there are generally so many people who walk around thinking that they're the ones who know the real "truth" and that everyone else is blind; if that's the case, then who am I to think I know what's best? I can't see humanity getting very far in learning the real truth if everyone lives that way. Beliefs would not easily shift. And since there's only one truth out there, that leaves so many other unchanging false beliefs out there. This isn't to say that we're wrong...and even if we know with all entirety that we're right, the chances are so slim that we're 100 percent right in everything, which is one reason why humility and open-mindedness are so important.

If you and a non-believer are comfortable with and accepting of each other, a good way to help them may be to request a civilized debate or a respectful controversial discussion where it's okay for either side to share his or her thoughts and to agree to disagree. If that person is not open to that or anything related to sharing perspectives, I think it would be wise to respect that and not to force anything upon them. We can do our part, but we simply can't change them.

There are all those vegans trying to convince people to eat like them, for example. The way that feels to us is probably similar to how non-believers feel when we try to get them to believe the way we do. Perhaps non-believers may feel even worse, because changing your diet is one thing, but changing your beliefs and lifestyle (including your diet, since we eat clean) is a whole other thing.

Anyway, these are all just my own personal thoughts. Have you ever tried to open someone's eyes? How did it go? What approach do you take when you want to shed light?

Thanks so much for taking the time to read this!

#spreadtheword #preachthegospel #loveyourneighbor #shineyourlight #kindness

If your main goal is money, then you truly love God. Yahuah is the Creator and His Name matters says His Word!

Day 8 trades 13 and 14.
Net results +1.31%

One AUD/USD short.
One trade in NVDA options
Neither trade went to a full profit, but both were profitable. The scripture says "he who gathers little by little makes it grow"

Both trades followed all reqs so i wont post another set of sheets for sake of being overly redundant.

Attached is the currency trade.

The fruit of faithfulness is good, it takes time to harvest.

The descendants of Datan and Abiram were destroyed for trying to usurp the Levitical priesthood. Nobody is authorized to serve as a priest at God's altar on earth except the sons of Aaron, and God has commanded death for usurpers. I would be very careful in claiming to be a cohan or a replacement priesthood.
Numbers 26:9-11

Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war.
#numbers 26:2

God counts nations according to their fathers and their faith, not according to their mothers, pigmentation, or geographical borders.

Hey brothers and sisters, the verse below just means the area you could see if you stood in a broad plain and turned around 360 degrees. It doesn't mean we live on Asgard. Circle of earth, circle of eretz. Think of earth as dirt or firm ground, not a planet.

It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
(Isa 40:22 NAS95)

We read about a veil on the heart of Israel, but do we know what that means? Clint Lalum has thought about the veil for many years, and offers his understanding of it in this second part of our conversation. How does this biblical analogy of a veil on the heart shape his call to be part of Christian Friends of Israel? He explains that as well as he tells us of the miraculous series of events that brought him to Jerusalem.

Clint can tell you about God’s answers of “yes” and “no” to his prayers. Sometimes the “no” isn’t pleasant, but it is necessary. There’s even a kind of “Mercy in ‘NO’,” as Barry Phillips and David Jones discuss in their midrash. Eved Adonai and Jimmie Black share aspects of that message in their music.

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Reunion Roadmap 07/01/2023 – Clint Lalum: Friend Of Israel, Pt 2 - The Barking Fox

We read about a veil on the heart of Israel, but do we know what that means? Clint Lalum has thought about the veil for many years, and offers his understanding of it in this second part of our conversation. How does this biblical analogy of a veil o

"He asked for his soul that he would die ... an angel touched him, and said to him, Rise, eat."

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The desire of the righteous is only good, but the hope of the wicked only wrath.
#proverbs 11:23

The righteous desire the will of God, which is, by definition, good. Their desires in this context aren't necessarily directly related to their personal desires, but to the needs of the Kingdom. "All things work together for the good of those who trust God."

The wicked, on the other hand, follow their own evil inclinations and so come to ruin because their hopes are not aligned with God's ultimate will. There is no way they can win in the end.