“This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and
honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.” (Matthew 15:8)
What the world definitely does not need is a second coming
of the Pharisees and Sadducees (Matthew 22:29). The first round was quite
enough. Thank you. Heartless, self-righteous judgment and condemnation is not
what the New Covenant through the Blood of The Lamb is all about (Romans
8:1-39). Fighting words? Really? Whether I refer to God’s Word as the Torah,
the Bible, the Word, God’s revelation of His mind to man, or Jesus has
absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the intimacy of my relationship with Him.
Coincidentally, He answers when I call whether I refer to Him as Yeshua,
Wonderful, Counselor, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, Holy
Spirit, God in Three Persons, Messiah, YHVH, Yahweh, Yeshua Ha-Mashiach,
Ancient of Days, El Shaddai , or Jehovah. While people devoid of the mind of
Christ are busy pointing fingers and arguing over divisive cultural facts and
denominational insecurities which are entirely insignificant in the schema of
God’s redemptive work, Satan, the author and finisher of the works-based
salvation concept, is laughing his way all the way to hell with the souls of
many and having his way in the world. When will we wake up and begin to participate
in an answer to the prayer Jesus prayed in the seventeenth chapter of John’s
gospel (John 17:1-26)? God’s people are one people. “So Christ has truly set us
free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery
to the law.” (Galatians 5:1 NLT) Selah.
Note: I admonish true disciples not to be enslaved by translations. "Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do." (1 Timothy 1:4) This initial post has been a response to http://www.logosapostolic.org/bible_study/RP506JehovahYahweh.htm Please remember that we cannot believe everything we read on the Internet. :)
© 2013 Brian L Hunter
