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BIBLE STUDY LESSON 10

SERIES S --- THE SON OF YHVH

THE LOST

THE ONE LOST SHEEP

From Luke 14:25-15:32

Great crowds of people continued to gather around Yeshua, so He taught them again. [If any of you want to follow Me, and be My disciple, you must put Me first in your life, even above father, mother, wife, children, brothers or sisters. You must even put Me above your own life. To be My disciple, you must first take up your cross and follow Me. However, do not enter into this until you fully know the cost, just as you would first figure the cost if you were to build a tower, or building, to be sure that you can finish it. If you don’t, you may have only enough money to build the foundation, and people would laugh at you. Or, if you were a king about to go into battle, you would first sit down with your counsellors to see if your army of ten thousand could defeat the army of twenty thousand marching toward your kingdom. If not, you would send a delegation to negotiate a truce while the other army is still far away. So, what I am telling you is that you must count the cost and be willing to give up everything else to become My disciple. Salt is good to have, but if it has lost its salty qualities, it becomes worthless, for what can it season? It is not even good as fertilizer, so it is thrown out. If you want to understand what I say, listen carefully.] The Jewish leaders and teachers of the Law began to complain when they saw tax collectors and known sinners attending Yeshua’ sermons, for they felt that Yeshua was associating with them. [He not only associates with them, but even eats with them,] they grumbled. Then Yeshua told them this parable. [If any of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, will you not leave the ninety-nine safely behind to search for the lost one? When you find it, you will carry it home on your shoulders, call your friends and say to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.’ In the same way there will be even greater joy in heaven when one sinner repents than for the ninety-nine who do not need to repent. If a woman who has ten silver coins loses one, will she not light a lamp and sweep the house until she finds it? When she does find it, she will call her friends and neighbours together and say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way there will be even greater joy in heaven when one sinner repents.] Yeshua continued with another parable, [Once a man had two sons. The younger one approached his father and said, ‘I want the half of your estate that I will inherit someday, but I want it now.’ The father divided the estate and gave this son his half. Soon after that the younger son took his money to a distant country and wasted it on loose living. But when it was gone, a famine arose and he was soon living in poverty. At last, he found a job with a nearby farmer, feeding his pigs. He was so hungry that he thought of eating the carob pods which he fed to the pigs, for no one gave him food. At last, this son realized what was happening to him. ‘My father’s hired workers have far more to eat than I do,’ he thought. ‘I will return home to my father and will tell him that I have sinned against him and against heaven. I will tell him that I am not worthy to be his son and ask him to make me a hired servant.’ The son left the pigpen and returned home. But while he was still at a distance, his father saw him, and with great compassion ran and hugged him and kissed him. The son started to tell the father that he had sinned against him and against heaven and was no longer worthy to be called his son. But the father called for his servants and ordered the best robe for his son and a ring for his hand and sandals for his feet. ‘Kill the fattened calf and we will have a feast, for my son was dead, but is alive again; he was lost, but has been found.’] The feast began. When the older son came from the field, he heard music and dancing, and asked a servant what was going on. ‘Your brother has come home, so your father has killed the fattened calf to welcome him safely home.’ The older son was so angry that he refused to go in to the feast. Then the father came out to talk with him. [‘For years I have served you and obeyed your every command,’] the older son said to his father, [‘but you have not even given me a little goat, so that I could have a feast with friends. But when this son of yours comes home, after spending his inheritance on harlots, you kill the fattened calf for him.’] [‘My dear son, we have lived and worked together these years, so that whatever I have has been yours also,’ the father answered. ‘But I thought your brother was dead. Now he is back, alive and well. He was lost. Now he is found. Isn’t that good reason for us to celebrate?’]

COMMENTARY

LAMPS OF YESHUA’ TIME

People in Bible lands were afraid of the night-time hours because the darkness could hide murderers and thieves. For protection, every home that could afford the fuel kept a lamp burning all night long. When it was time for sleep, the lamp was filled with olive oil and the wick lighted with a flame from the cooking fire. It was set on a lamp stand or a ledge on the wall where the light could fill the room with its dim glow. Because the wick soon burned so low that the flame began to die, the lamp had to be tended several times during the night. The odour of a wick burning out would awaken the woman of the house. Like the ten virgins in Moshiach’s parable, she had to adjust the wick and refill the lamp.

#korach accused Moses of the very thing that Korach was guilty of: self-aggrandizement. Projection is typical behavior of people who cry about fairness. Moses didn't promote himself, but #korah did. Numbers 16:3

Moses's first response to Korah's rebellion was to pray on their behalf. "Pray for those who persecute you." Numbers 16:4

God's anointing isn't subject to vote or argument. God chooses whom He will. Complaining that God's anointed is anointed is a complaint against God, not the man. Those who reject Moses aren't rejecting Moses at all. They're rejecting God's anointing, God's Law, God's sovereignty. Numbers 16:5,11

?Y'hi
And Elohim said, "light be!" Bereshith 1:3
Elohim - Mighty One, Our Creator.
V'yomer - he said
Y'hi ohr - light be. Y'hi - yod, heh, yod, is based on the same word that is the foundation of the Creator of the universe's Name.
Based on the verb "to be", a name of action!

Ohr - Figuratively light of life, more than physical light? (Mishlĕ 6:23).

?For you have exalted above everything Your name and Your word. KJ Version ?

I bow myself toward Your set-apart Hĕḵal, And give thanks to Your Name For Your loving-commitment and for Your truth; For You have made great Your Word, Your Name [shem], above all.?
Tehillim (Psalms) 138:2 TS2009

?Moshe asked, show me your glory...
?And יְהֹוָה came down in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the Name, יְהֹוָה. And יְהֹוָה passed before him and proclaimed, “יְהֹוָה,יְהֹוָה, an Ěl compassionate and showing favour, patient, and great in loving-commitment and truth?
Shemoth (Exodus) 34:5‭-‬6 TS2009
?and [if] My people upon whom My Name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I shall hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin and heal their land.?
Diḇre haYamim Bĕt (2 Chronicles) 7:14 TS2009
? “For this is the covenant I shall make with the house of Yisra’ĕl after those days, declares יְהֹוָה: I shall put My Torah in their inward parts, and write it on their hearts. And I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.???
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 31:33 TS2009
????Yeshua is DIVINE (Adjective) of, relating to, or proceeding directly from El Elyon (G-d), the Supreme Being & YeHoVaH is THE DEITY (Noun) El Elyon (G-d); Supreme Being.
His Hallowed Name With Keith Johnson Part 5

Robby Cummings has released a new music video! It’s really touching!

#nativeamerican #music #worship

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He Alone Did This. YeHoVaH יְהֹוָה Bore' (YeHoVaH who creates).
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Our job isn't to determine who's going to hell and who to heaven. Our job is to love people, to draw them to Yeshua, and to teach them how to be his disciples.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/48RjHR8sXaw

Because the Law defines sin and since nobody on earth can measure up to its standards, it condemns the whole world. Nobody will ever be able to restore themselves to right standing with God by doing what the Law says, because that which is imperfect can never perfect itself. Fortunately, God has provided a means of restoration through the blood of Yeshua. All who trust him and commit to faithfulness to him receive this forgiveness and restoration without regard to any obedience or disobedience to the Law. Jew and Gentile are all condemned together because of their guilt under the Law and so are forgiven together according to God's grace by no merit or accomplishment of their own. (Romans 3:19-30)

Our faithfulness to Yeshua's instructions doesn't mean that we are free to ignore the Law that was given before him. On the contrary, we uphold the Law! (Romans 3:31)

We are not to continue in the sin which once enslaved us! Through his perfect obedience and through his death, Yeshua set us free from the bondage to disobedience, and brought us to life again with him. We are now free to live according to his righteous standards. We are to be obedient as faithful slaves of the Law-giver. We were once slaves to sin, being condemned by our disobedience to the Law, but are now slaves to righteousness, obedient according to Yeshua's instructions. (Romans 6:1-18)

The Law of Moses is good, but it becomes evil to those who try to earn their way into God's favor through obedience. By their refusal to believe in God's grace, they have made the Law an impossible standard. However, Yeshua came to restore its original meaning and purpose. He is the focus, the standard, the living illustration of the Law for all who believe him. We don't have to fear that God will condemn us for every failure or misunderstanding. We have only to look to Yeshua and to his righteousness. He told us how to obey and showed us a perfect standard of righteousness, and through his blood, the shame of our disobedience is removed in God's sight and our faith is counted as righteousness. We are saved from condemnation by his righteousness. Whatever our nationality at birth, God has declared us to be his people. By living in faith according to the righteous standard set by Yeshua, God has made us to be an example of righteousness and a call to repentance to those who were born into Israel but still do not believe. (Romans 10)

Happy Tuesday! I have decided to talk about homeschooling today, but even if you're not a homeschooling mom, I think you'll appreciate the practical side of these posts. Today is ALL about being practical and realistic in our choices and time. I hope you'll love it! https://archive.aweber.com/awlist6425868/BDAUE