#readmethebiblegarth now includes the whole book, Mark 1-16 in Greek with translation, and in the Lawful Literal Version, here: https://youtube.com/playlist?l....ist=PLvpqSEOjm625MyT

The Mark 4 LLV122 recording includes a challenging rebuke at the end.

The Mark 6 LLV122 recording rebukes and reminds of the inalienable core of the Gospel.

Thought for Today: Tuesday September 28: Love

“Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the centre of the throne will be their shepherd; He will lead them to springs of living water. And G-d will wipe away every tear from their eyes”. (Revelation 7:16-17)

This is one of the most comforting passages in the Bible. It teaches that our loved ones, who believed in Him, are in a place of peace and beauty. They are under the watchful care of G-d and regularly experience His tenderness. The deep hunger and thirst of their souls has been satisfied. G-d, like a loving mother, puts His protection over them and with a kindly hand wipes away every tear from their eyes. This He has done for your dear ones who have crossed over to the other side. If you learn to love this passage and meditate upon it, He will wipe away every tear from your eyes, also.

Today's Poem: Hope

Every night I look up
into the dark sky
Wondering when light will break
and shine down on our paths;
Bringing us together

Every night I look up
into the dark sky
Wondering if you are looking up too
and if our eyes have fallen
on the same bright star
That will soon shine down our paths;
Bringing us together

Tonight I looked up again
My heart leapt at the vast array of stars
I remembered Abraham as he looked up
and had faith enough to believe in the promise of a son
Becoming the father of many nations.

It seems great faith too is required of me now;
For as the years go by,
As the stars grow dimmer,
As the nights grow colder,

Will I have strength to hope against all hope?
Believing that the light will soon pierce
the darkness that surrounds
Bringing us together forever

PRAYERS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT --- PART 7

Avi, I abandon myself to You. Do with me as You will. Whatever You may do with me, I thank You. I am prepared for anything; I accept everything. Provided Your will is fulfilled in me and in all creatures, I ask for nothing more, my YAHVEH. I place my soul in Your hands. I give it to You, my Elohim, with all the love of my heart because I love You. And for me it is a necessity of love, this gift of myself, this placing of myself in Your hands without reserve in boundless confidence, because You are Avi. (Job 1)

O Almighty YAHVEH, when our vision fails and our understanding is darkened, when the ways of life seem hard and brightness of life is gone, grant to us the wisdom that deepens faith and enlarges trust. And whenever the ways in nature or in the soul are hard to understand, then may our quiet confidence, our patient trust, our living faith in You be great. . . . May we with a quiet mind at all times put our trust in You. (Job 12).

O YAHVEH, our great Companion, You are the light of minds that know You, the life of souls that love You and the strength of wills that serve You: Help us so to know You that we may truly love You, so to love You that we may fully serve You, who to serve is perfect freedom; through Yeshua HaMashiach. (Job 28).

Hear us, O YAHVEH, the Father of our Adonai Yeshua HaMashiach. Through Your Name the sea is calmed, the fire is quenched, and the grave and death are brought to nothing. You comfort those who are oppressed; You heal those who are suffering; those who are lost in the sea, You come to their aid. In like manner my Adonai, also come to help and deliver us from this time. For You are the true YAHVEH, the Help of those who are oppressed and in tribulation; and Yours is the power and the glory forever. (Job 37).

O YAHVEH, the King eternal, who divides the day from the darkness and turns the shadow of death into morning, drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our heart to keep Your law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having done Your will with cheerfulness while it was day, we may, when night comes, rejoice and give You thanks. (Psalms 5).

I thank You, my Elohim and King Most High, that You have given me these joys in Your creation, this ecstasy over the works of Your hands. I have made known the glory of Your works to men as far as my finite spirit was able to comprehend Your infinity. If I have said anything wholly unworthy of You or have aspired after my own glory, graciously forgive me. (Psalms 8).

O Most High, Almighty, and wonderful YAHVEH, to You belongs praise, glory, honour, and all blessing! Praised be my Adonai Eloheinu and His creatures and especially for the sun, who brings us the day and who brings us the light; fair is he and shines with very great splendour; O Adonai, he points us to You! (Psalms 19)

Grant us, we pray, the lost who hunger and thirst after righteousness; the longing for YAHVEH. Grant to us that drawing power by which everything in us shall call for You. Become necessary to us. With the morning and evening light, at noon and at midnight, may we feel the need of Your companionship. . . . Though You do not speak as man speaks, yet You can call out to us; and the soul shall know Your presence and shall understand by its own self what You mean. Grant to us this witness of the Spirit, this communion of the soul with You; and not only once or twice: May we abide in the light. (Psalms 27).

I confess Adonai, with thanksgiving that You have made me in Your image so that I can remember You, think of You, and love You. But that image is so worn and blotted out by faults, and darkened by the smoke of sin that it cannot do that for which it was made unless You renew and refashion it. Lord, I am not trying to make my way to Your height, for my understanding is in no way equal to that, but I do desire to understand a little of Your truth, which my heart already believes and loves. (Psalms 51).

As the hand is made for holding and the eye for seeing, You have fashioned me for joy. Share with me the vision that shall find it everywhere: in the wild violet’s beauty; in the lark’s melody; in the face of a steadfast man; in a child’s smile; in a mother’s love; in the purity of Yeshua. (Psalms 65).

We had a tree fall last week. I have been out in the yard most of the time cleaning it up. It has given me the opportunity to listen to the Bible while I work. I was listening to Acts during one of the sessions. When I came to Acts 15, I didn't think I would find anything new in it. I've read the chapter multiple times as it is one that is incorrectly used to defend not doing the Law. But I did get something new; two things actually.
The first is that the initial group that says all the new gentile believers must be circumcised to be saved; they weren't random Jews of the circumcision party like I had previously believed; they were followers of Christ. You have Paul debating them, which you know he is using the Scriptures to back up his stance, and not coming to any resolution. This tells me they also were using Scriptures to back their stance. If these were non-Yeshua believing Jews, why would Paul need to debate them on how to follow Yeshua? It wouldn't matter what they thought. Most of Paul's letters are covering the traditions those non-Yeshua believing Jews are following and telling new believers they mean nothing. So what happens? They go to the council for a ruling on it. If these were random non-Yeshua believing Jews, there would be no need to go to the council. The council then says that these initial men, came from them. Acts 15:24 - "that some persons have gone out from us".
The second thing is that this is a Church vs. Bible comic playing out in Scripture. Not only that it is playing out in Scripture, it is still happening today. We have believers that are telling other believers what actions they must take in order to be saved. They might not use the blunt wording of "to be saved", but they will make a lot of blanket statements that lead to no other conclusion. "Not a true follower", "being deceived", and "following pagan theologies" are a few examples. I've run into several of these statements just this last week online and in our fellowship. They are doing the same thing the "men from Judea", as Scripture calls them, were doing. They are taking things that may be things believers should be doing and tying it to Salvation. As stated, these are things believers should be doing, yes, but that isn't their Salvation.
I've written about several times on this comic and in my blog on things I have done wrong. My first ~25 years as a believer, I wasn't doing Biblical things. I was doing traditions. It didn't make me less saved. Once I started trying to follow the Bible more and do Biblical things, I still did things wrong. We still made people work for us on the Sabbath, by going to grocery stores, shopping malls, and restaurants. We did that for almost a year. We weren't any less saved. The Holy Spirit eventually convicted us of it, causing us to search out Scripture on the subject and we stopped doing it. Now, 5 years later, there is probably something we are still doing wrong. And that is okay. His Grace covers us and when He sees we are ready, He will have His Spirit convict us to test us and see if we will be obedient. It won't come from Joe Bob Believer, who has been on a tangent about some subject, trying to make everyone do what he thinks is best. It will come from God and it will be unmistakable.
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