The Messianic Scriptures contain two important messages:
(1) To come to יהושע, to believe in Him and accept Him, and also acknowledge and accept the tremendous price He paid on Golgotha for your sins. For He is the only perfect offering for your sins, for the forgiveness of your sins.
(2) Secondly and subsequently, the message of the blessing, the privilege, of having Messiah in you, also called the Word in you, and in other places called the Set-apart Spirit or Spirit of Truth in you. Remember: the Spirit represents the Father and the Son (John 14:23). This fact appears in no less than 32 texts in the Messianic Scriptures! This all-important teaching has been sadly neglected in most denominations. Why is it so important? Simply because it is the only way to overcome the wicked one, that one who is the ruler of this present age (world). 1 John 4:4 greatly encourages us and says, “He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” יהושע says in John 15:5, “Because without Me you are able to do naught”!
However, there is a condition Messiah laid down for Him (or the Spirit) to live in us: We have to guard (keep) His Words (Commands), which are the same as the Words (Commands) of His Father (7 texts in Yoḥanan prove this to us). He, or the Spirit, only lives in us if we guard His Words (Commands):
John 14:23: יהושע answered him, “If anyone loves Me, he shall guard My Word. And My Father shall love him, and We shall come to him and make Our stay with him.
1 John 3:24: And the one guarding His commands stays in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He stays in us, by the Spirit which He gave us.
. This fact is repeated for us in Acts 5:32: the Set-apart Spirit is given “to those who obey Him.” This second message of “Messiah in you,” which we find in the Messianic Scriptures, is nothing else but the life of obedience, to be set apart, as we sit at the feet of יהושע and learn from Him, feeding on the manna (the Word), in order to grow to maturity and bear the fruit of righteousness! This obedience to יהושע is not optional, no, it is imperative, for without this life of set-apartness (set apart from the sins of this world), NO ONE SHALL SEE HIM:
Hebrews_12:14: Pursue peace with all, and pursue apartness without which no one shall see the Master.
. If we truly love Him, we shall indeed obey Him (Exodus 20:6, John 14:15, 1 John 5:2-3, 2 John 1:6). This obedience to יהושע is sadly neglected, yet a vital prerequisite (John 3:36, Acts 3:22-2, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Hebrews 5:9). Obeying יהושע results in, and is the same as obedience to the Commands of יהוה, and is an essential condition for everlasting life – (Matthew 19:17, Luke 10:28, John 12:50, Revelation 22:14). Those who hear the Words (Commands) of יהושע, but do not do them, shall fall, greatly (Matthew 7:24-27, Luke 6:46-49).
We are listing these texts of “Messiah in us” (or the Spirit in us) for your convenience:
John 6:56; John 14:17; John 15:4-5, John 15:7; Romans 8:8-11; 1Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Galatians 2:20; Galatians 4:19; Ephesians 3:17; Ephesians 4:6; Philippians 2:13; Colossians 1:27; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 1:14; Hebrews 13:21; James 4:5; 1 John 3:9, 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:4, 1 John 4:12-13, 1 John 4:15-16; and last but not least, John 14:23.
This revealed secret (mystery) of “Messiah in us” is the only expectation (“hope”) for the believers, for them to truly overcome:
Colossians 1:27: To whom Elohim desired to make known what are the riches of the esteem of this secret among the gentiles: which is Messiah in you, the expectancy of esteem...
It is the secret we all need, it is the key to a life of overcoming, to be truly set-apart. We must obey HIS commandments if we want to be set-apart. But we shouldn't just do it just to obey, we should do it because we LOVE Him with all our hearts, soul, mind, and strength.
Let's Praise YHWH!!!
Shalom!
Christian Montanez Dodd
HalleluYAH!!