Is our family walking in Spirit and Truth? We must exam ourselves daily to see if we are giving enough light and sharing enough salt. If the Ruach of Elohim is the Spirit of Truth and there is not falseness in the Truth of Messiah then when we compromise to the church, what Spirit is working in us.
In John 17:17 – Yeshua praying to the Father, said: “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.”
What was He asking and saying?
1.) Sanctify – Does not just mean “to make holy”, but to SET THEM APART, from this world system, its sin, its... ungodliness, its pride, its evil.
And how does the Father do this? By His Truth.
And what is the Truth of the Father? His Torah – Your Word is Truth. The only Word { scriptures } that existed at that time was the Torah, with the rest of the Hebrew Bible: the Prophets and the Writings. But in Hebrew thought, when one speaks of Torah, one can mean you include the Prophets and the Writings, because they are part of Elohim’s “Torah” (instructions) for living righteously also.
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“I { Yeshua } will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He { the Helper } may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him, because He abides with you and will be in you.” (John 14:16-17)
And what is Truth? Yeshua just told us: The Holy TORAH of the Father.
So what then does the Spirit HELP us DO? To OBEY the very Torah that previously condemned us, and brought curses on us, for our disobedience and rebellion to it? Before genuine redemption, we had NO DESIRE to OBEY it and NO POWER to OBEY it.
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (Gen 6:5)
I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; (Gen 8:21)
"The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?” (Jer 17:9)
In Hebrew, this actually says: “The heart actively deceives oneself.”
The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who understand, Who seek after God. They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.” (Psa 14:2-3)
“Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.” (Psa 51:5)
“… for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.” (Rom 7:11)
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“When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me { Yeshua }, and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.” (John 15:26-27)
What will the Spirit of Truth testify about Yeshua? That we are unable to keep all the commandments, statutes and judgments of the Father’s Holy Torah perfectly, all the time. Thus, we need a Redeemer (grace) to save us from our sins. And we need the Redeemer’s HELP in OBEYING the Father’s Torah. The Spirit will testify to us that the Torah of the Father is Truth and that we must obey. Then when we have received the revelation that the Father requires us to obey His Torah, we will WALK in it and OBEY it … and then we also shall begin to testify to others, that we should obey it.
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“But when He, the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears { from Me Yeshua }, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.” (John 16:13-14)
What is all the truth that the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, will guide us into? Doing whatever we feel like?
Going wherever and however we feel like? Thinking, acting and believing whatever we feel like? Doing what we feel “led” by the Spirit to do? No to all of these.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth.
Yeshua said that the Torah is the Truth.
Therefore, the Holy Spirit is the SPIRIT of the TORAH!!
Therefore, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth,
will guide us into OBEYING the Torah.
What will the Holy Spirit hear from Yeshua? The Words of the Torah and give us revelation, illumination, inspiration, power to obey, joy in obedience, fellowship and communion with the Father and the Son, conviction when we sin, and more.
What is it that the Holy Spirit will take of Mine { from Yeshua } and disclose (Greek: anaggellō ἀναγγέλλω ) to us? He will DECLARE it to us, He will MAKE IT KNOWN to us and He will help us to REHEARSE it! (This is what is says in the Greek) Rehearse it? Yes – just as the SHABBAT and the MOEDIM are Appointed Times – REHEARSALS. Co-incidence?
What else will the Spirit of Truth do?
“And He { the Helper }, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; concerning sin, because they do not BELIEVE in Me { Yeshua };” (John 16:8-9)
And what does it mean to “BELIEVE” in Yeshua?
In Hebrew, this means to OBEY His commandments, statutes and judgments, as written in the Father’s Word, the Torah of Truth.
Acts 16:31 Believe in Yeshua HaMashiach and you shall be saved.
Obey the Commandments, statutes and judgments of Yeshua and you shall be saved...And your house.
"He who believes shall obey, for by his/her obedience he/she proves that he/she believes"
"we prove our belief by our obedience"
John 14:15 If you love Me keep My commandments.
1 John 2:4 The one who says "I know Him," and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Toda Raba! If we love YHWH with All our Heart, Soul and Might we will walk like the one who we believe in. The evidence of the inwards reflects outwards by our actions.
1 John 2:6 The one who says he stays in Him ought himself also to walk,... even as He walked.
Yeshua proved He was the Son by obedience to the Father keeping all Torah in Spirit and Truth and also commanded us to walk as He walked.
Amazing and Simple! I guess this is why Yeshua told us that we had to be like little children to come into the Kingdom. We allow our(adult) own flesh and understanding to blind us and bind us from this simple act of love to our Creator and our Saviour. We Do our part and He keeps His promises. A basic real relationship of His covenant nature from the beginning. Either we are covenant keepers or covenant breakers. We can not walk in light and darkness. Holy and Sin. Either we are His Bride or Not.
1 John 3:19-24 And by this we know that we are of truth, and shall set our hearts at rest before Him, that if our hearts condems us, Elohim is greater than our heart, and knows all. Beloved ones, if our heart does not condemned us, we have boldness towards Elohim. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we guard His commands and DO what is pleasing in His sight. And this is His command that we should beleive (obey) in the Name of Yeshua Mashiach and love one another, as He gave us command. 1 John 4:5-6 We are of Elohim- the one knowing Elohim hears us. He who is not of Elohim does not hears us. By this we know the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of delusion.
Hebrews 12:28 Therefore, receiving an unshakable reign, let us hold the favour, through which we serve Elohim pleasingly with reverence and awe, for indeed, our Elohim is a consuming fire.
The Fear of YHWH is the beginning of all wisdom!