 In my last blog we discussed discipleship as being the process of salvation - the work that takes place in the middle between our decision to place our faith in the One True Savior, Yahushua ha’Mashiah, and the fulfillment of His promised return and restoration, the salvation of our souls. Receiving the end (goal) of your belief, even the salvation of your souls. 1 Kepha/Peter 1:9 In essence, salvation doesn’t reach its goal without the middle part - discipleship. Not because the seed (the free gift of salvation) isn’t complete in itself, but because the seed without being planted in good soil and tended to with daily work, will not produce any fruit. It will be unproductive and ineffective. That is the conclusion drawn by Shimon Kepha (Simon Peter) in his understanding of the Way of salvation as an incremental growing process, seen here in the introduction to his 2nd letter: Shimon Kepha, a servant and emissary of Yahushua ha’Mashiah, to those who have obtained a belief as precious as ours by the righteousness of our Elohim and of our Savior Yahushua ha’Mahsiah: Favour and peace by increased to you in the knowledge of YHWH and of Yahushua our Adon, as His Mighty-like power has given to us all we need for hai (life) and reverence, through the knowledge of Him who called us to esteem and uprightness. Through these there have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that through these you might be partakers of the Mighty-like nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world, caused by lust. And for this reason do your utmost to add to your belief uprightness, to uprightness knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control endurance, to endurance reverence, to reverence brotherly affection, and to brotherly affection love. For if these are in you and increase, they cause you to be neither ineffective nor without fruit in the knowledge of our Adon Yahushua ha’Mahiah. For he in whom these are not present is blind, being shortsighted, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his old sins. For this reason, brothers, all the more do your utmost to make firm your calling and choosing, for if you are doing these you shall never stumble at all, for in this way an entrance into the everlasting reign of our Adon and Saviour Yahushua ha’Mashiah shall be richly supplied to you. 2 Kepha (Peter) 1:1-9 What is this “Way”? When we mention the term “the Way”, many believers will think of Yahushua’s own words about Himself found in the account of another of His beloved disciples, John: ...I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Hai (Life). No one comes to the Father except through Me. Yohannan (John) 14:6 Here Yahushua clearly states that HE is the Way, and that this Way is not only the Way to the Father but is the ONLY Way to the Father. So what does He mean when saying He is “the Way”? Is He referring to something known by His disciples? Or is this a “new” Way and a “new” Truth leading to the Father? And if He is the Life, then does it follow that without Him (the Way and the the Truth) there is only death? Is there anything else in Scripture that is referred to as “the Way” or “the Truth” or “the Life”? And if so, is it possible that Yahushua is connecting Himself with it, saying that He is the embodiment and example of how to walk this Way, Truth, and Life that leads to the Father? Or is He somehow cancelling an “old” way to the Father, and proclaiming something totally new? If you’re like me, you want answers to these questions! Then like His disciples of old, may we together proclaim: “Where else would we go! YOU ALONE have the words of eternal Life!” Yohannan (John) 6:68 Yahushua explained salvation to those who were asking the same questions by turning to the Scriptures: And beginning at Mosheh and all the Nebi’im (Prophets), He was explaining to them in all the Scripture that concerning Himself. Luke 24:27 The Beginning The study principle of “first mention” means to go back to the time a term, concept, or word is first mentioned in Scripture, as this is when it is defined and established. This is a very important tool, because once something has been mentioned, there is an assumed and expected understanding that goes along with it each time it is subsequently used. Let us look at the first mention of the term “the Way” found in Genesis with some of the original Hebrew words restored and defined so that we can establish a clear foundation: and He drove the man out. And He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way (haphak - to turn, overturn, whirling), to guard (shamar - to keep, watch, preserve) the way (derek - way, road, distance, journey, manner. A noun from the word “darak” - to tread, march, can also be about archery, to bend the bow, the bent) to the tree of hai. Beresheth (Genesis) 3:24 The Hebrew word “derek”, translated as “the way”, is the word we will see used again and again throughout Scripture to describe the path we are to walk that brings us BACK TO the tree of hai (Life) and restores us to the Father. THIS is THE Way that Yahushua was referring to when He called Himself “the Way, and the Truth, and the Life”. It is the ONLY WAY back to the tree of Life, the only way to the Father. Wouldn’t you love to go on a tour to Israel and have your tour guide say, “Today we’re going to the Garden of Eden! I’m going to show you where Adam and Eve were living and we will visit the Tree of Life!” I would be SO excited! I might even yell out from the crowd of tourists, “You know the Way???!!!” I imagine Him looking at me, smiling with love and saying, “I AM the Way.” Yahushua is our Tour Guide. He came to this earth to SHOW US the Way, and He IS the Way! “The Way” is the Truth, and it is the Life, the only way to the Father. How exciting! This is exactly what He will do when He returns. He will take us back to the Tree of Life. How do I know? Because I found the last mention of this “Way” in the book of Revelation. Last Mention The direct connection to Genesis 3:24 is so apparent in these verses in Revelation, yet if we aren’t founded in the Word (the Torah) we could miss it. Baruk (Blessed) are those doing His Commands, so that the authority shall be theirs UNTO the tree of hai (life), and to enter through the gates into the city. Revelation 22:14 And just before this, talking about the qodesh (set-apart, holy) new Yerushalyim: And there shall by no means enter into it whatever is unclean, neither anyone doing abomination and falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Hai (Life). Revelation 21:27 So according to Revelation, the only ones written in the Lamb’s Book of Hai are those who are not unclean, who do no abomination or falsehood. Only those doing His Commands will have the authority to go to the Tree of Life. This is the Way (derek) back to that Tree, the one that was guarded (shamar - kept, watched, and preserved) by the flaming sword. The word “shamar” is the same word used when YHWH tells His people to GUARD (shamar) the Commands. Can you see from cross referencing Scripture, how these are clearly connected? The Way to the tree of Life is the Commands. Yahushua said, “I am the Way (“hodos” in greek - road, journey, path) and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” Will the Real Way Please Stand Up? So are the Commands the Way to the tree of Life or is Yahushua?? YES! It’s not either/or. It’s yes and amein! Yahushua IS the Word in the flesh. The Word IS the Commands. They are one and the same in different format - spoken (His Voice), written (the Torah), and Living (Yahushua - the Word made flesh). We will see from the below Scriptures that “His Way” and “The Word of YHWH” are one and the same. They are both perfect and proven, and are both a shield to protect all those who come under them. So when we say “we are not under the Law”, that is NOT a good thing! To be under the covering of the Law is perfect, proven, and a shield to us. Actually, the false doctrine that we are “not under the law” is a cunning strategy of the adversary. For when those who don’t keep Torah explain “we’re not under the Law”, they do speak the truth. But their implication is twisted. They may be thinking, “I’m free from something oppressive and too hard, a curse.” But that is the farthest thing from what Scripture says! Scripture says, in many places, that the Law, the Torah - His Commands, Statutes, Right-Rulings, Judgements - are good, perfect, proven, everlasting, a blessing, a shield, and LIFE. Why would we NOT want to be “under” such a beautiful covering and protection? We have been duped by this false doctrine that we are no longer “under” the Law. Let’s let the Word speak for Himself: The El - His Way is perfect; The Word of YHWH is proven; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. Shemu’el 2 (2 Samuel) 22:31 Though YHWH gave you bread of adversity and water of affliction, your Teacher shall no longer be hidden. But your eyes shall see your Teacher, and your ears hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the Way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right, or whenever you turn to the left. Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 30:20-21 And you shall guard to do as YHWH your Elohim has commanded you - do not turn aside, to the right or to the left. Walk in all THE WAY which YHWH 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. Debarim (Deuteronomy) 5: 32-33 See, I am putting before you today a berakah (blessing) and a curse: the berakah, when you obey the Commands of YHWH your Elohim which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the Commands of YHWH your Elohim, but turn aside from the Way which I command you today, to go after other mighty ones which you have not known. Debarim (Deuteronomy) 11:26-28 A True Prophet I know many well-meaning Christians who listen to modern day prophets and I’ve heard them say that they know these men and women are true prophets because the things they say have come to pass. They get this belief from Deuteronomy 18:21-22. In those verses it clearly says that if what the prophet speaks in the Name of YHWH does not come to pass that that “prophet” has spoken presumptuously and he or she is not to be revered. So the doctrine of believing a prophet is a true prophet if what he/she speaks does come to pass is only assumed from those verses, not implicitly or explicitly stated. The verses below that speak about discerning a true prophet when what they speak does come to pass contain a caveat to that identifier which has to do with judging the words of the so-called prophet by how closely they hold to the Way or if they turn and go the way of the world. When there arises among you a nabi (prophet) or a dreamer of dreams, and he shall give you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder shall come true, of which he has spoken to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other mighty ones - which you have not known - and serve them,’ do not listen to the words of that nabi or that dreamer of dreams, for YHWH your Elohim is trying you to know whether you love YHWH your Elohim with all your heart and with all your being. Walk after YHWH your Elohim and serve Him, and guard His Commands and obey His voice, and serve Him and cling to Him. And that nabi or that dreamer of dreams is put to death, because he has spoken apostasy against YHWH 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 YHWH your Elohim commanded you to walk. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. Debarim (Deuteronomy) 13:1-5 The determining factor of a true prophet is clearly that he or she must teach in accordance with the Way of Elohim and not the way of the “gods” of this world. It doesn’t matter if his words or dreams are compelling, uplifting, miraculous or even come true. If they are in line with the “gods” of this age and not on the straight and narrow path of the Way of YHWH, they are not to be heeded. You might think, no man or woman I have listened to has ever told me to serve any other elohim but YHWH! However, I challenge you to examine that in light of Scripture. If they are promoting any practice or doctrine that is contrary to what is taught in Scripture to be the Way, then they are promoting another gospel and another Messiah. There is only one Messiah - Yahushua ha’Mashiah. He lived Torah and taught Torah in accordance with how the Father prescribes it to be lived. He stripped away the leaven of the Pharisees and while He loved and reached out to all men and women of every walk of life, He called them to follow Him and did not incorporate their ways with the Way. Just like Abram was told to come out from among his pagan family and to be separate, so we too are to come out from among the current mixture of pagan Christianity and from the tainted way of Judaism. We are to listen to Yahushua, who leads us to the Father, and back onto the Way of the Father. Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says YHWH, and do not touch what is unclean, and I shall receive you. And I shall be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me, says YHWH El Shaddai” Qorin’tiyim 2 (2 Corinthians) 6:17-18  What “Law”?? Just the other day, Joel's brother made the comment that the only “Law” we are under is the Law of Love. My husband asked him how we know what love is, and how is it evidenced or demonstrated? The implication of our brother’s statement was that love is somehow the opposite of “the Law”, yet Scripture clearly connects love with the Commands. When you guard all this Command to do it, which I am commanding you today, to love YHWH your Elohim and to walk in His Ways all the days… Debarim (Deuteronomy) 19:9 According to Scripture, love and obeying the Commandments are intrinsically linked. The opposite of love is therefore the opposite of obeying the Commands which is not obeying the Commands. This connection is made clear in the “New Testament” as well. And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His Commands. The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His Commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Elohim has been perfected in him, By this we know that we are in HIm. Yohannan 1 (1 John) 2:3-5 To Sin or Not To Sin? Everyone doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. Yohannan 1 (1 John) 3:4 According to the apostle John, the very definition of sin is breaking or not obeying the Law. If we take his own definition and insert it in the next few verses he writes in this letter, we see a very clear picture of what loving YHWH really looks like. And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins (disobedience to the Law), and in Him there is no sin (disobedience to the Law.) Everyone staying in Him does not sin (disobey the Law.) Everyone sinning (disobeying the Law) has neither seen Him nor known Him. Little children, let no one lead you astray . The one doing righteousness (obeying the Law) is righteous (obedient to the Law), even as He is righteous (obedient to the Law.) The one doing sin (disobeying the Law) is of the devil, because the devil has sinned (disobeyed the Law) from the beginning. For this purpose the Ben (Son) of YHWH was manifested: to destroy the works of the devil (disobedience to the Law). Everyone having been born of Elohim does not sin (disobey the Law), because His seed stays in him, and he is powerless to sin (disobey the Law), because he has been born of Elohim. In this the children of Elohim and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone not doing righteousness (obeying the Law) is not of Elohim, neither the one not loving this brother. Yohannan 1 (1 John) 3:5-10 Let His Word Speak Are we certain that “The Way” is following the Commands of YHWH? Is it His Torah? Was it changed by Yahushua? Isn’t it too hard, impossible? Weren’t we “set free” from it? How about we let the Word of YHWH speak for itself: They have turned aside quickly out of the Way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a moulded calf… Shemoth (Exodus) 32:8 This statement is made my YHWH concerning the Israelites just 40 days after He had given the Commandments to them through Moshe and they had agreed (Exodus 19) to do all that He commanded them. Baruk (blessed) are the perfect in the Way, who walk in the Torah of YHWH. Baruk are those who observe His Witnesses, who seek Him with all their heart. Even they shall do no unrighteousness; they shall walk in His Ways. Tehillim (Psalms) 119:1-3 His Witnesses are the 2 tablets with the 10 Words written on them by His own hand. (Exodus 25:16 & 21) Those who observe these 10 Words, or Commands, are called the ones who seek Him with all their heart. The entirely of Psalm 119 contains David’s declarations of His love for and delight in the Torah, the Way of Elohim. Reading that Psalm alone will convince one that the Torah is good, everlasting, a delight and treasure. All Scripture is breathed by Elohim and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for straightening, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of Elohim might be fitted, equipped for every good work. Timotiyos 2 (2 Timothy) 3:16 & 17 What “Scripture” is Paul referring to here in his letter to Timothy? The only Scripture at that time was the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings - what we have often called the “Old Testament.” It was these Scriptures that Yahushua Himself used to share the Good News with the 2 men on the road to Emmaus as well as to instruct His disciples. And Beginning at Mosheh (the Torah) and all the Nebi’im (Prophets), He was explaining to them in all the Scriptures that concerning Himself. Luqas (Luke) 24:27 And He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all have to be filled that were written in the Torah of Mosheh and the Nebi’im (Prophets) and the Tehillim (Psalms or Writings) concerning Me.” Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. Lucas (Luke) 24:44-45 It often surprises me that many in Christianity struggle to see what Yahushua Himself confirms: Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Torah and the Nebi’im. 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 hai (life), and there are few who find it. Mattithyahu (Matthew) 7:14 Here are some amazing excerpts from Psalm 25 (I encourage you to read the whole thing!): Show me Your Ways, O YHWH; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth…For You are the Elohim of my deliverance (salvation)…Good and straight is YHWH; Therefore He teaches sinners in the Way…the meek ones His Way…All the paths of YHWH are kindness and truth, to those who guard His Covenant and His Witnesses…Who, then is the man that reveres YHWH? He teaches him in the Way he should choose…The secret of YHWH is with those who revere Him, and He makes His Covenant known to them… David’s words are enough to convince me that a man, or woman, after YAH’s own heart is one who loves and guards His Commands, His Way! Essential Difference Let us make one final clarification, one that has caused much confusion and arguing amongst those seeking YHWH, and one that will hopefully serve to dismiss this confusion. THE WAY, spoken of by Yahushua and clearly set forth by the Father from the beginning, is not Judaism, nor is it Christianity for that matter. Neither of those “ways” keeps to The Way as defined by Scripture. We have seen from the Scriptures that love and keeping the Commandments are intertwined, and thus the Christian doctrine that the “Law” or the keeping of the Commandments has been done away with makes zero logical, doctrinal, or scriptural sense. Therefore, the religion of Christianity is not keeping to The Way. Many Christians, when confronted with this evidence, retort with some comment about Judaism or Judaizing, assuming that one who obeys the Commandments and teaches others to do the same must be a “Jew”, implying that they follow the religion Judaism. Let’s let Scripture straighten this misconception out for us. But Sha’ul (Paul), still breathing threats and murder against the talmidim of the Adon (the disciples of Yahushua), having come to the kohen ha’gadol (the high priest), asked from him letters to the congregations of Dammaseq, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, to bring them bound to Yerushalayim. Ma’aseh (Acts) 9:1-2 It is easy to deduce from the above verses that the Pharisaic sect, which developed into what we today call Judaism, was not “the Way” or else Paul, who was of this sect, would not have been persecuting this group of believers. These early believers that Paul was seeking to arrest were keeping 7th day shabbat (sabbath), guarding the Moedim (the Appointed Times/Feasts), and teaching the Gospel message of Yahushua from the perspective of the Torah. (See the book of Acts and the 4 Gospels) Clearly Pharisaic Judaism and The Way are not the same thing. The religion of modern Christianity cannot be “the Way” either because it clearly holds to teachings and practices that directly violate the instructions we’ve seen in all of what its followers call the “Old Testament”. Those Scriptures, validated by “New Testament” writers as well as Yahushua as has been shown in the above mentioned Scriptures, connect “the Way” to the Torah, the right-rulings, the judgements, and the statutes of YHWH. The religion of Christianity has also brought the Name of YHWH to naught by reducing it to the titles “Lord” and “God” and have changed the Name given to Our Savior by the Father Himself from Yahushua to “Jesus”, honoring a false elohim (son of Zeus) each time that name is spoken. Like Jeroboam of old (1 Kings 12) Christianity has also changed the times and moedim (Appointed Times/Feasts) set out plainly in Scripture and instead adopted and hold fast to the celebration of pagan holidays that exalt false deities and line up with sun-god worship to the “T”. (Many books have been written on this topic. Research this topic thoroughly and you will see for yourself!) [For a list of some books on this topic click here.] Let me jump in here and state what I’m NOT saying. I’m NOT saying that all Christians or all “Jews” are lost. Those who are seeking Him are truly ON The Way and, I believe, are being led to the fulness of Truth in His timing. I too, was “on the way” during my Christian walk and that way led me to a crossroads where I had to discern The Way - the straight and narrow - and not veer to the right or to the left. The Way is not somewhere in between Christianity and Judaism, for it precedes them both! Both of those religions are different paths leading off of the straight and narrow Way which Yahushua lived and led His disciples back to. He came to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life to all who would listen and obey. He was persecuted by the Pharisees because He rightly accused them of adding to “the Way” by inserting doctrines of man and making His perfect Torah out to be something unattainable and burdensome to His sheep. The modern Christian religion did exactly the same thing by taking from and adding to “the Way” and thus its adherents will be reprimanded by Yahushua at His return much the same way He reprimanded the Pharisees during His first coming. Let’s listen to Yahushua’s own words. Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Torah and the Nebi’im. 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 hai (life), and there are few who find it. But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are savage wolves. By their fruits you shall know them……Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, by their fruits you shall know them - Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Adonai, Adonai’ (Lord, Lord) shall enter into the reign of the shamayim (heavens), but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the shamayim. Many shall say to Me int that day, ‘Adonai, Adonai, have we not nabu (prophesied) in Your Name, and cast out demons in Your Name, and done many mighty works in Your Name?’ And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never knew you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness (Torahlessness)!’ Mattithyahu (Matthew) 7:12-23  The Same Way David referred to his enemies in this same way in Psalm 6:8 where he says, “Depart from me, all you workers of wickedness…” We know from reading Psalm 119 that David was a lover of the Torah and referred to it as righteousness. The words of Solomon found in Proverbs 10:29 directly contrast the Way of YHWH with wickedness: The Way of YHWH is a stronghold for the perfect, but ruin to the workers of of wickedness. And similarly in Proverbs 11:20: “The perverse of heart are an abomination to YHWH, but the perfect in the Way are His delight.” Ya’aqob, the brother of Yahushua, contrasts The Way of Elohim with a man’s own way: My brethren, if any of you will stray from the way of truth, and a man restore him from his error, Let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way gives life to his soul from death and blots out the multitude of his sins. Ya’aqob (James) 5:19-20 Notice THE way and his way. We want to be found walking in THE Way of YHWH, not our own way, or path, which is a path that leads to destruction. The Way of YWHW leads to Life! What About Paul? Let’s take a quick look at Hebrews 3 to allow Paul to weigh in on these matters: (vs.10) Because of this (referring to the rebellion in the wilderness against His Commands - see vs.8), I was weary with that generation and I said, ‘That is a people which deceives their heart, and they have not KNOWN MY WAYS.’ And I swore in my anger, ‘They shall NOT enter my rest.’ Verse 8 tells us that the “rebellious” hardened their heart in the wilderness. What did they do? If you read Exodus, they SAID they would follow all He had told them to DO, but they did not DO it. What is the remedy? Let’s look at verses 12-13: Beware therefore, my brethren, lest there be an evil, unfaithful heart in any of you, and you depart from THE LIVING GOD; But inquire of yourselves every day, until the day that is called today, lest anyone of you should be hardened by the deception of sin. So an evil, unfaithful heart will depart from the Way of the Living Elohim. And if we inquire of, or search ourselves daily, that will guard against us becoming hardened by the deception of sin. We know what sin is according to 1 John 3:4&5. Sin is lawlessness (breaking Torah) which is exactly what the children of Israel did in the wilderness. Finally, let’s take a look at verse 19 to connect these dots and understand that belief and obedience are the same thing: And we see that they COULD NOT ENTER, because THEY DID NOT BELIEVE. A + B = C Judges chapter 2 describes how the children of Yisrael were disobedient to the Covenant and thus would be driven from the Land. It is perfectly clear from these verses that The Way equals keeping the Commandments: (vs 17)…They soon turned aside from the Way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the Commands of YHWH - they did not do so. (vs. 20-22) And the displeasure of YHWH burned against Yisra’el, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed My Covenant that I commanded their fathers, and has not obeyed My voice, I also shall no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Yahoshua left when he died, in order to try Yisra’el by them, whether they would guard the Way of YHWH, to walk in them as their fathers guarded them, or not.” The connection continued even after the Nation began to have kings reign over them: In the days of the kings, YHWH appeared to Solomon in a dream and said: And IF you walk in MY WAYS, to guard My Laws and My Commands, as your father David walked, then I shall prolong your days. Melakim 1 (1 Kings) 3:14 YHWH refers to “My Ways” and describes them as “to guard My Laws and My Commands”. The Ways (Hebrew word “derek”) of YHWH are to guard His Laws and His Commands, just like David did. Be Like the Cows There is a very interesting story found in 1 Samuel chapters 5 and 6. The Ark of the Covenant (containing the 2 Witnesses - the Tablets with the 10 Words) had been captured by the Pelishtites (Philistines) and they were experiencing the heavy hand of Elohim because of it. In fact, YHWH was bringing such destruction and deadly disease upon them that they began to pass it off from city to city. Finally, they sought their diviners as to what to do with this Ark and how to return it to the Israelites. They devised a strategy to test whether all their hardships truly had been at the hand of YHWH or whether they were simple victims of chance. They put the Ark, along with a very interesting and costly offering, on a cart yoked to two milk cows who had never pulled a wagon and had just been separated from their nursing calves and sent it away. They said: …if it goes up the way to its own border, to Beyth Shemesh, then He has done us this great evil. But if not, then we shall know that His hand has not come against us - an accident it was to us Shemu’el 1 (1 Samuel 6:9-10) Here’s what happened: And the cows went straight for the way to Beyth Shemesh, and went along the highway, bellowing as they went, and did not turn aside, right or left. Shemu’el 1 (1 Samuel) 6:12 Shemu’el was like these cows - he did not stray to the right or to the left. And he instructed the children of YHWH to do the same. If you revere YHWH, and shall serve Him and obey His voice, and not rebel against the Command of YHWH, then both you and the sovereign who reigns over you shall follow YHWH your Elohim. But if you do not obey the voice of YHWH, and shall rebel against the Command of YHWH, then the hand of YHWH shall be against you, as it was against your fathers. …And Shemu’el said to the people, “Do not fear. You have done all this evil. Only, do not turn aside from following YHWH. And you shall serve YHWH with all your heart, and do not turn aside after worthlessness which does not profit or deliver, for they are worthless. …but I shall teach you the good and straight Way. Only revere YHWH, and you shall serve Him in truth with all your heart, for consider what marvels He has done for you.” Shemu’el 1 (1 Samuel) 12:14-15, 20-21, 23-24 Jeremiah prophesies about the time when YHWH’s people shall once again be gathered: See, I am bringing them from the land of the north, and shall gather them from the ends of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, those with child and those in labour, together - a great assembly returning here. With weeping they shall come, and with prayers I bring them, I shall make them walk by rivers of waters, IN A STRAIGHT WAY IN WHICH THEY DO NOT STUMBLE. For I shall be a Father to Israel, and Ephraim - he is My firstborn. Yiremeyahu (Jeremiah) 31:8-9 Oh that we may be found in the straight Way! Do not turn to the right or the left; Turn your foot away from evil. Mishley (Proverbs) 4:27 We Are Called to Follow Yahushua did not call His disciples to any religion. He called them, and calls us, to follow Him. He kept the Commandments of YHWH perfectly. Of that there is no argument. We are to be like Him, walk like Him, and follow His Ways. He is The Way, The Truth, and The Life. No one comes to the Father, which seems to be the “goal” of most religions, except through Him. He was the Word at the beginning. He lived the Word His whole life. He will return to gather those who have done the same and who follow Him to the Father. Let’s end this blog, and continue on our journey, with a walk through Yahushua’s last words with His disciples, beginning in John chapter 14: Vs.15 - If you love Me, you shall guard My Commands. Vs.21 He who possesses My Commands and guards them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I shall love and manifest Myself to him. Vs.23-26 Yahushua 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. He who does not love Me does not guard My Words. And the Word which you hear is not Mine but of the Father who sent Me. These I have spoken to you while still with you. But the Helper, the Ruah ha’Qodesh, whom the Father shall send in My Name, He shall teach you all, and remind you of all that I said to you.” Chapter 15 Vs.10 If you guard My Commands, you shall stay in My love, even as I have guarded My Father’s Commands and stay in HIs love. Vs.12 This is My Command, that you love one another, as I have loved you. Vs.14 You are My friends if you do whatever I Command you. Vs.15…all which I heard from My Father I have made known to you. Chapter 16 Vs.8 And having come, He (the Ruach) shall reprove the world concerning sin (lawlessness), and concerning righteousness (keeping law), and concerning judgment (by the Truth - the Law). Chapter 17 Vs.3 And this is everlasting hai (life), that they should know You, the only true Elohim, and Yahushua Mashiah, whom You have sent. Vs. 6 I have revealed Your Name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have guarded Your Word. Vs.8 Because the Words which You gave to Me, I have given to them. And they have received them, and have truly known that I came forth from You,and they believed that You sent Me. Vs. 11 And I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Qodesh Father, guard them in Your Name which You have given Me, so that they might be one, as We are. Vs. 14 I have given them Your Word, and the world hated them because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world. Vs. 17 Qadosh them (set them apart) in Your truth - Your Word is truth. Your Word is Truth. ————————————————————————————————--  “Derek” for “The Way” - several cross-referencing/related Scriptures:
Amplified Bible Genesis 3:24 So God drove the man out; and at the east of the Garden of Eden He [permanently] stationed the cherubim and the sword with the flashing blade which turned round and round [in every direction] to protect and guard the way (entrance, access) to the tree of life. Amplified Bible Genesis 6:12 God looked on the earth and saw how debased and degenerate it was, for all humanity had corrupted their way on the earth and lost their true direction. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Amplified Bible Genesis 18:19 For I have known (chosen, acknowledged) him [as My own], so that he may teach and command his children and [the sons of] his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is righteous and just, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised him.” Genesis 17:9 God also said to Abraham, "You must keep My covenant--you and your descendants in the generations after you. Genesis 22:18 And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." Genesis 35:2 So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments. Deuteronomy 4:9 Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren. Psalm 1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Exodus 18:16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. Amplified Bible Exodus 13:21The [presence of the] LORD was going before them by day in a pillar (column) of cloud to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, so that they could travel by day and by night. Amplified Bible Exodus 18:20 You shall teach them the decrees and laws. You shall show them the way they are to live and the work they are to do. Deuteronomy 1:18 And at that time I commanded you all the things you were to do. Deuteronomy 4:1 Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. Deuteronomy 4:5 See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess. Deuteronomy 5:1 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully. 1 Samuel 12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: Psalm 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Amplified Bible Exodus 23:20 “Behold, I am going to send an Angel before you to keep and guard you on the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Amplified Bible Exodus 32:8 They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’” Amplified Bible Exodus 33:13 Now therefore, I pray you, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways so that I may know You [becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with You, recognizing and understanding Your ways more clearly] and that I may find grace and favor in Your sight. And consider also, that this nation is Your people.” Psalm 25:4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Psalm 27:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. Psalm 86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. Isaiah 63:17,19 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance… New King James Version Numbers 21:4 Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. New American Standard Bible Numbers 22:32 Then the angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way was reckless and contrary to me. Literal Standard Version Numbers 22:34 And Balaam says to the Messenger of YHWH, “I have sinned, for I did not know that You [are] standing to meet me in the way; and now, if [it is] evil in Your eyes, I turn back by myself.” King James Bible 1 Samuel 15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. Deuteronomy 1:18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. Amplified Bible Debt. 1:33 who went before you along the way, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to seek a place for you to make camp and to show you the way in which you should go. Ezekiel 3:17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. Psalm 143:8 Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul. Deuteronomy 4:9,10 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; … Deuteronomy 6:6,7 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children [impressing God’s precepts on their minds and penetrating their hearts with His truths] and shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road and when you lie down and when you get up. Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Genesis 18:19 For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised." Deuteronomy 4:9 Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren. Amplified Bible Debt. 8:6 Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in His ways and fear [and worship] Him [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect]. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Deut 9:16 And I saw that you sinned against LORD JEHOVAH your God, and you had made for yourselves a calf of a molten image, and you had turned quickly from the way that LORD JEHOVAH your God commanded you. Amplified Bible Deut.10:12 “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear [and worship] the LORD your God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul [your choices, your thoughts, your whole being], Joshua 22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. Psalm 81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Deuteronomy 11:13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, Deuteronomy 30:16,20 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it… Job 36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. Deuteronomy 11:19 Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. American Standard Version Deut.11:22 For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; Amplified Bible Deut.11:28 and the curse, if you do not listen to and obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following (acknowledging, worshiping) other gods which you have not known. Amplified Bible Deut.13:5 But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has counseled rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to draw you away from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you shall remove the evil from among you. Amplified Bible Deut.19:9 if you keep and carefully observe all these commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God, and to walk [that is, to live each and every day] always in His ways—then you shall add three more cities [of refuge] for yourself, besides these three, New American Standard Bible Deut. 26:17 Today you have declared the LORD to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His ordinances, and listen to His voice. Amplified Bible Deut. 28:9 The LORD will establish you as a people holy [and set apart] to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk [that is, live your life each and every day] in His ways. Deuteronomy 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: Deuteronomy 7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. Deuteronomy 26:18,19 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; … Deuteronomy 29:12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day: Deuteronomy 29:13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. Deuteronomy 29:19-28 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: … Amplified Bible Deut. 30:16 in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments (precepts), so that you will live and multiply, and that the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you are entering to possess. Proverbs 3:1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; Isaiah 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. Deuteronomy 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. Amplified Bible Deut.31:29 For I know that after my death you will behave corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will come upon you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.” New American Standard Bible Deut. 32:4 “The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and just is He. Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments. Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked--becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation. Deuteronomy 32:18 You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth. King James Bible Joshua 22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Deuteronomy 5:10 but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. Psalm 78:7 that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments. Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. Deuteronomy 4:1,2,6,9 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you… Deuteronomy 6:6-9,17 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: … Exodus 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Deuteronomy 10:12,13 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, … Joshua 23:8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. Deuteronomy 4:4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. Deuteronomy 10:20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. Joshua 24:14,15 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD… 1 Samuel 7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 1 Samuel 12:20,24 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; … 2 Samuel 22:31As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. Amplified Bible JUDGES 2:17 Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the prostitute after other gods and they bowed down to them. They quickly turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do as their fathers. New American Standard Bible Judges 2:22 in order to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk in it as their fathers did, or not.” Amos 2:4 This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked. New American Standard Bible 1 Sam 8:3 His sons, however, did not walk in his ways but turned aside after dishonest gain, and they took bribes and perverted justice. Literal Standard Version 2 Sam 22:22 For I have kept the ways of YHWH, And have not done wickedly against my God. Literal Standard Version 2 Sam 22:31 God—His way [is] perfect, The saying of YHWH is tried, He [is] a shield to all those trusting in Him. Amplified Bible 2 Sam 22:3 “God is my strong fortress; He sets the blameless in His way. Matthew 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Deuteronomy 18:13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. Psalm 101:2,6 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart… Psalm 119:1 ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. Psalm 128:1 A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. Matthew 22:37,38 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind… 1 Corinthians 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Leviticus 26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; Psalm 71:17 O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds. Psalm 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed. Isaiah 38:19 The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness. 1 Samuel 2:30,31 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed… Numbers 22:23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. Literal Standard Version 1 Kings 2:3 and you have kept the charge of your God YHWH, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commands, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, so that you do wisely [in] all that you do, and wherever you turn, 1 Chronicles 22:13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Deuteronomy 29:9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. Joshua 1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. Psalm 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. Malachi 4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Literal Standard Version 1 Kings 2:4 so that YHWH establishes His word which He spoke to me, saying, If your sons observe their way to walk before Me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul; saying, A man of yours is never cut off from the throne of Israel. 1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 1 Kings 8:23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, Deuteronomy 11:13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 1 Kings 8:25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. Literal Standard Version 1 Kings 3:14 and if you walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as your father David walked, then I have prolonged your days.” 1 Kings 9:4 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, Proverbs 3:2 for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life. Zechariah 3:7 "This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here. 1 Kings 8:35-36 35When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them, 36then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance. 1 Kings 8:57-59 57May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us nor forsake us. 58May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers. 59And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,… 1 Samuel 12:23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right Psalm 5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me. Psalm 25:4 Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. Psalm 25:5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You. Psalm 27:11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors. Psalm 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine Isaiah 30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.. Psalm 119:36 Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain. Jeremiah 31:33 "But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. 1 Kings 11:32-24 32But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. 33For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did. 34Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.… 1 Samuel 7:3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines." 1 Kings 14:8 I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes. Berean Study Bible 1 Kings 11:38 If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you. 1 Kings 16:1-2 1Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying: 2“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins. 2 Kings 17:12-14 12They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.” 13Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” 14But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.… Nehemiah 9:29 You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey. Literal Standard Version 2 Kings 21:22 and forsakes YHWH, God of his fathers, and has not walked in the way of YHWH. Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Literal Standard Version 2 Chronicles 6:16 And now, O YHWH, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, that which You spoke to him, saying, A man of yours is never cut off from before My face, sitting on the throne of Israel—only, if your sons watch their way to walk in My law, as you have walked before Me. Psalm 26:3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. Psalm 119:1 ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. John 15:14,15 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you… 2 Chronicles 6:29-31 29then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple— 30be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart-- for You alone know the hearts of men-- 31so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.… Psalm 18:20-26 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me… Psalm 62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work. Jeremiah 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. 2 Chr 7:13-15 13If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, 14and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. 15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.… Lamentations 3:40,41 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD… Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Isaiah 55:6,7 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: … Isaiah 59:20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. 2 Chr.17:5-6 5So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought him tribute, so that he had an abundance of riches and honor. 6And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah. Berean Study Bible 2 Chr.27:6 So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. Job 21:13-15 13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace. 14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways. 15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’… Job 22:17 They said to God, 'Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?' Job 34:27 because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways. Job 35:10 But no one asks, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night, Proverbs 1:29 For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD. Isaiah 30:11 Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!" Jeremiah 9:6 You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me," declares the LORD. Proverbs 1:7,22,29 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction… John 3:19,20 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil… John 8:45-47 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not… Isaiah 48:17-18 Thus said YHWH, your Redeemer, the Qadosh One of Yisra’el, “I am YHWH your Elohim, teaching you what is best, leading you by the way you should go. If only you had listened to My Commands! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. Psalm 95:10 For forty years I was loathed with a generation, and said, ‘They are a people who go astray in their hearts, and they do not know My Ways.’ Comments are closed.
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