Shalom! This study came as a search of answers for questions asked by children and teens. I looked into their eyes and they know what to say but do not how to live them. I hope you are encouraged that we can start all over again and repent from past mistakes. Turn Back, Repent, Teshuvah,Convert all mean mean the same. But now which way we go and point them to? Messiah came to show us the Way and called us to Follow Him as our Shepherd. Let's see.
Mat 3:3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Yeshayahu, saying, "A voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of יהוה, make His paths straight.’ "
Mat 4:19 And He said to them, "Follow Me, and I shall make you fishers of men." Follow me where? they ask.
Mat 7:12-14 "Therefore, whatever you wish men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Torah and the Prophets. "Enter in through the narrow gate! Because the gate is wide – and the way is broad – that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in through it. "Because the gate is narrow and the way is hard pressed which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Joh 14:6 יהושע said to him, "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
What is the way? How can we know? His Torah has the instructions. That is how they knew one written and Living Torah. Some is what to do and other what not to do. Not all "positive thinking" also warnings and consequenses.
Gen 18:25 "Far be it from You to act in this way, to slay the righteous with the wrong, so that the righteous should be as the wrong. Far be it from You! Does the Judge of all the earth not do right?" Exo 32:8 "They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a moulded calf, and have bowed themselves to it and slaughtered to it, and said, ‘This is your mighty one, O Yisra’ĕl, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim!’ " Deu 5:33 "Walk in all the way which יהוה your Elohim has commanded you, so that you live and it be well with you. And you shall prolong your days in the land which you possess. Deu 11:28 and the curse, if you do not obey the commands of יהוה your Elohim, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other mighty ones which you have not known. Deu 13:5 "And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is put to death, because he has spoken apostasy against יהוה your Elohim – who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim and redeemed you from the house of bondage – to make you stray from the way in which יהוה your Elohim commanded you to walk. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. Deu 27:18 ‘Cursed is he who misleads the blind in the way.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’ Jos 1:8 "Do not let this Book of the Torah depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you guard to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and act wisely.
What is that way=path that leads to life? The Way of the Living Torah. And what is the other one that leads to destruction. One leads to life and one leads to death. Jos 24:15 "And if it seems evil in your eyes to serve יהוה, choose for yourselves this day whom you are going to serve, whether the mighty ones which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the mighty ones of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But I and my house, we serve יהוה."
Psa 16:11 You show me the path of life; In Your presence is joy to satisfaction; At Your right hand are pleasures forever.
Psa 27:11 Teach me Your way, O יהוה, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
Psa 119:8 I guard Your laws; Oh, do not leave me entirely!
Psa 119:9 How would a young man cleanse his path. To guard it according to Your word?
Psa 119:10 I have sought You with all my heart; Let me not stray from Your commands!
Psa 119:35 Make me walk in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
Psa 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
Pro 1:15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;
Pro 2:6 For יהוה gives wisdom; Out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Pro 2:7 And He treasures up stability for the straight, A shield to those walking blamelessly,
Pro 2:8 To watch over the paths of right-ruling, And the way of His kind ones He guards.
Pro 2:9 Then you would understand righteousness And right-ruling, and straightness – Every good path.
Pro 4:14 Do not enter the path of the wrong, And do not walk in the way of evil-doers.
Pro 15:24 The path of life is upward for the wise, To turn away from the grave below.
Isa 26:4 "Trust in יהוה forever, for in Yah, יהוה, is a rock of ages.
You see there are 2 ways/paths. The word Derech is used for both. I guess Messiah Yahshua knew what He wanted us to think when He taught us about the Way-The Path. We will continue with this study that will reveal more of the consecuances of no walking in the one True Way that leads to life. The Word is clear and explains itself I do not want to give my own interpretation.
Baruch Haba Hashem YHWH!
Shalom!
Mat 3:3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Yeshayahu, saying, "A voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of יהוה, make His paths straight.’ "
Mat 4:19 And He said to them, "Follow Me, and I shall make you fishers of men." Follow me where? they ask.
Mat 7:12-14 "Therefore, whatever you wish men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Torah and the Prophets. "Enter in through the narrow gate! Because the gate is wide – and the way is broad – that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in through it. "Because the gate is narrow and the way is hard pressed which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Joh 14:6 יהושע said to him, "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
What is the way? How can we know? His Torah has the instructions. That is how they knew one written and Living Torah. Some is what to do and other what not to do. Not all "positive thinking" also warnings and consequenses.
Gen 18:25 "Far be it from You to act in this way, to slay the righteous with the wrong, so that the righteous should be as the wrong. Far be it from You! Does the Judge of all the earth not do right?" Exo 32:8 "They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a moulded calf, and have bowed themselves to it and slaughtered to it, and said, ‘This is your mighty one, O Yisra’ĕl, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim!’ " Deu 5:33 "Walk in all the way which יהוה your Elohim has commanded you, so that you live and it be well with you. And you shall prolong your days in the land which you possess. Deu 11:28 and the curse, if you do not obey the commands of יהוה your Elohim, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other mighty ones which you have not known. Deu 13:5 "And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is put to death, because he has spoken apostasy against יהוה your Elohim – who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim and redeemed you from the house of bondage – to make you stray from the way in which יהוה your Elohim commanded you to walk. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. Deu 27:18 ‘Cursed is he who misleads the blind in the way.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’ Jos 1:8 "Do not let this Book of the Torah depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you guard to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and act wisely.
What is that way=path that leads to life? The Way of the Living Torah. And what is the other one that leads to destruction. One leads to life and one leads to death. Jos 24:15 "And if it seems evil in your eyes to serve יהוה, choose for yourselves this day whom you are going to serve, whether the mighty ones which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the mighty ones of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But I and my house, we serve יהוה."
Psa 16:11 You show me the path of life; In Your presence is joy to satisfaction; At Your right hand are pleasures forever.
Psa 27:11 Teach me Your way, O יהוה, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
Psa 119:8 I guard Your laws; Oh, do not leave me entirely!
Psa 119:9 How would a young man cleanse his path. To guard it according to Your word?
Psa 119:10 I have sought You with all my heart; Let me not stray from Your commands!
Psa 119:35 Make me walk in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
Psa 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
Pro 1:15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;
Pro 2:6 For יהוה gives wisdom; Out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Pro 2:7 And He treasures up stability for the straight, A shield to those walking blamelessly,
Pro 2:8 To watch over the paths of right-ruling, And the way of His kind ones He guards.
Pro 2:9 Then you would understand righteousness And right-ruling, and straightness – Every good path.
Pro 4:14 Do not enter the path of the wrong, And do not walk in the way of evil-doers.
Pro 15:24 The path of life is upward for the wise, To turn away from the grave below.
Isa 26:4 "Trust in יהוה forever, for in Yah, יהוה, is a rock of ages.
You see there are 2 ways/paths. The word Derech is used for both. I guess Messiah Yahshua knew what He wanted us to think when He taught us about the Way-The Path. We will continue with this study that will reveal more of the consecuances of no walking in the one True Way that leads to life. The Word is clear and explains itself I do not want to give my own interpretation.
Baruch Haba Hashem YHWH!
Shalom!