Over the years, I have had several refer to my comics as my ministry. I want to point out that I do not see this as such. Until the Father changes my mind, I am just a guy doing comics about the Bible and what it says.
I see too many out there trying to be teachers, and too many others that are influenced by people that follow them to be teachers, so they become one. We see James 3:1 (I'm also including the first part of 2) quoted often when referring to teachers:
James 3:1 Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. For we all stumble in many things.
But many stop there and just think "oh, teachers will just be judged harder". James continues this train of thought throughout chapter 3 and says this near the end. (which is why I included the first part of 2).
James 3:13-15 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
It's not just that the teachers will be judged harder. Teachers need to hold themselves to a higher standard and make sure that everything they do is in line with what YHWH commands.
The selfish ambition part is what sticks out for me. I worry all the time that people think I am doing this for my own ambition. I worry about myself sometimes on if I am actually doing it for my own ambition. Usually, those times are when I see some fly-by-night social media influencer start to be shared all over my pages, or being interviewed in some video, etc...
I say "fly-by-night" because I have also seen several of these influencers/teachers end up showing that their wisdom is not that which comes down from above. They usually start getting into some fringe theology (2 Tim. 4:3) either for themselves, or because followers were suggesting it, or they needed more content. Then after getting deep into those fringes, they start straying away. Some rejecting Messiah. Some rejecting YHWH. Some rejecting any type of faith all together.
All this to say, I'm just a guy that draws comics about the Bible. I am not trying to be your teacher. If you learn from my stuff or use my stuff to teach others, I have no issue with that. Just know that my approach isn't one that comes with the mindset of "hey, I've got all these people I've got to feed. How am I feeding them today?". It's literally either "what's on my mind right now?" or "hey, that would be funny!"
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WORD FOR TODAY “does GOD deal justly”: Gen 18:25 "Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?"
WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength, And the honor of old men is their gray hair.
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This book can not be recommended enough….
Why is it so important that our Savior is Yeshua and not Jesus?
Why is it crucial to understand He taught in Hebrew and not Greek?
The two are truly worlds apart. Opposing thoughts. Opposing ideas. Opposing principles. Opposing teachings.
And as Nehemia Gordon points out in this particular book, a Hebrew original would clear up a number of confusing passages whose meaning has always seemed lost in translation.
Did Yeshua tell us to obey the rabbis after telling us how evil they were and then proceed to tell them directly that they were devils?
Did our Messiah tell us not to swear oaths when the Torah tells us to swear oaths in the Name of YHVH?
Did He tell us to obey the Pharisees, or did He tell us to obey Moses?
Shem Tov’s Hebrew Matthew which Nehemia analyses herein was a medieval recording seemingly reflecting a line of textual transmission separate from the Greek and Latin manuscripts otherwise available.
Shem Tov penned this version of Matthew as an addendum to his book “Even Bohan”meaning Touchstone. His intent was to argue against Catholicism and to help his fellow Jews understand Matthew’s Gospel so as to better be ready to give answer when a Romish bishop should choose to drag one of them forward to defend their rejection of the Romish Church.
Clearly Shem Tov was not a disciple of Yeshua and believed He was not the Messiah, but his version of Matthew seems to not be a translation from Greek or Hebrew. Posing the question: where did it come from, and why does it make more sense in many places of the words of our Savior than does the Greek and Latin variants?
And for that matter, why do we have 28 copies of this Version of Matthew in Hebrew copied by Orthodox Jews? If someone wanted to prove Yeshua is the Messiah using a Hebrew gospel it would be suspect, but because Shem Tov held a goal of disproving it, we have all the more reason to rely on his testimony when the words he wrote down do the opposite of their goal.
Give this book a look through if you get a chance. It’s well worth the time, and well worth revisiting.
(Also check out Hebrew Gospel Pearls on YouTube in which Nehemia Gordon and Keith Johnson analyze Shem Tov’s Hebrew Matthew and the various manuscripts of it.)
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"Death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning"
Ps 49
Thought for Today: Monday November 03
The Bible teaches us that our minds are to be brought under the control of the Moshiach. The reason? How we act will be determined by how we think. If YHVH is to change our lives, He must first change our minds. The human mind cannot be a vacuum. It will be filled either with good or evil. It will be filled either with the Moshiach or carnality. What will make the difference? It depends on us, and what we allow to enter our minds… Deliberately turn away from every evil thought today and ask YHVH to fill your mind instead with Himself from this moment on.
This page has a series of teachings intended to help folks reading the bible for the first time, or for those wanting to read the bible with a perspective that's much closer to the original intent of the first century believers.
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Friendly reminder… Martin Luther was not a savior. He was a monster.
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But when [the Jews] resisted and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said, “Your blood be upon your own heads—I am clean! From now on, I will go to the Gentiles.”
Acts 18:6 TLV
Now the Lord said to Paul through a vision in the night, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent!"
Acts 18:9 TLV
It seems to me that God was correcting Paul's statement in v6 and encouraging him to continue to talk to the Jews although his primary mission was to the Gentiles.
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