DANIEL CHAPTER ONE

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1 Corinthians 6:18-20

18 Flee from fornication, for, every sin that a son of man performs is outside from his body, yet, he who fornicates, sins with his body.

19 Or, know you not that your body is The Temple of The Rukha d’Qudsha {The Spirit of Holiness} who dwells in you, that One you have received from Alaha {God}, and not being of your own soul?

20 For, you were bought with a price; therefore, give praise unto Alaha {God} in your body and in your spirit, those which are of Alaha {God}.

- Here we get the basis of being a Christian!

- And it has always been here in Corinthians!

- But the majority doesn’t care!

- How is it possible to say we are Christians without having the basis?

- It can’t be clearer!

- What about religious leaders?

- What about all kinds of leaders who say they are Christians going against such a basis?

- What a shame!

- Is the world serious?

- It’s a job!

- Paul keeps telling them they are liars!

- Jesus won’t have any pity for them when he comes back!

- Such a lack of respect for Yah.weh!

- Yes, we should give praise unto Yah.weh in our body and spirit!

- But are we really of Yah.weh?

 

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- Better than a job, it's a business!

 

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2 Corinthians 6:1

1 And as helpers, from you we ask, that The Taybutha d'Alaha {The Grace of God} that you have received, that it not be useless in you,

- Do you understand the word HELPERS?

- To help someone, it is necessary to do something, to act!

- Are we HELPERS?

- Are we HELPFUL to Yah.weh and Jesus?

- Or are we USELESS?

- The people who will get into the next promised land are required to be HELPERS and USEFUL to Yah.weh and Jesus!

 

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2 Corinthians 6:2

2 for, He said that, “In an accepted time, I answered you, and in The Day
of Life, I helped you.” Behold! Now is the accepted time, and behold! Now is The Day of Life!

- Now is the accepted time!

- Now is The Day of Life!

- Do you understand the word NOW?

- It is not TOMORROW!

- It is NOW!

- TOMORROW IT WILL BE TOO LATE!

- It is about us, about each one of us separately!

- We are invited to be active, to fight for our survival!

- We are not invited to be inactive to die!

 

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2 Corinthians 6:3-10

3 In nothing be giving unto a man a cause of offense, so that there may not be a blemish in our Ministry.

4 But, in every thing our souls are shown, that we are The Ministers of Alaha {God}; in much patience, in afflictions, in hardships, in imprisonments,

5 in scourgings, in chains, in riots, in labor, in watching, in fasting,

6 in purity, in knowledge, in a long suffering spirit, in kindness, in The Rukha d’Qudsha {The Spirit of Holiness}, in Love that is without deceit,

7 in The Word of Truth, in The Power of Alaha {God}, in The Armor of Righteousness that is at the right and at the left,

8 in glory and in disgrace, in praise and in insult; as deceivers, and yet true,

9 as not known, and yet well known; as though we are dying, and behold, we are living; as the ones being punished, and yet we are not dying;

10 as the ones who grieve for you, and yet we are always rejoicing; as poor men, and yet making many rich; as we who have nothing, and we possess every thing.

- Our Ministry!

- The Ministers of God!

- Patience, Afflictions, Hardships, Imprisonments, Scourgings, Chains, Riots, Labor, Watching, Fasting, Purity, Knowledge, Long suffering spirit, Kindness,The Spirit of Holiness}, Love that is without deceit, The Word of Truth,The Power of God,The Armor of Righteousness, Glory and Disgrace, Praise and Insult; as deceivers, and yet true, as not known, and yet well known; as though we are dying, and behold, we are living; as the ones being punished, and yet we are not dying,
as the ones who grieve for you, and yet we are always rejoicing; as poor men, and yet making many rich; as we who have nothing, and we possess everything!

- DO THESE WORDS SPEAK TO YOU?

- THEY SHOULD!

- IF NOT THERE IS A PROBLEM!

- LET’S SAY A BIG PROBLEM!

- DON’T YOU SEE AN INVITATION TO ACTION!

- DON’T YOU SEE AN INVITATION TO RENEW OUR PERSONALITIES!

- TURN EVERYTHING UPSIDE DOWN!

- WHO IS DYING?

- WHO IS LIVING?

- WHO HAS NOTHING?

- WHO HAS EVERYTHING!

- WHO IS NOT KNOWN?

- WHO IS WELL KNOWN?

- BY WHOM?

 

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2 Corinthians 6:13

13 Now, as that unto sons I speak: Be paying me back what you owe unto me, and enlarge your Love unto me.

- Do we understand that if we want to have something with Yah.weh and Jesus, we have to do something for them!

- We owe them something!

- it is not something we can’t take away and that’s it!

- We owe them something!

- The question is what do we do for them?

 

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2 Corinthians 6:14-18

14 And don't be sons joined to those who don't believe, for, what fellowship has Righteousness, with the unrighteous, or what commingling has Light, with darkness?

15 Or, what peace has Meshikha {The Anointed One}, with satana {i.e. the adversary}? Or, what portion has The Believer, with those who don't believe?

16 But, what agreement has The Temple of Alaha {God}, with demons? But you, you are The Temple of The Living Alaha {God}, as which is said, that “I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and will be their Alaha {God}, and they will be unto Me an Ama {a People}.”

17 On account of this: “Come out from among them, and distinguish yourself from them, says MarYa {The Lord-YHWH}, and don't come near to the unclean, and I will receive you.”

18 And “I will be unto you for a Father, and you will be unto Me for Sons, and for Daughters, says MarYa {The Lord-YHWH}, who holds all.”

- Righteousness vs unrighteousness!

- Believers vs unbelievers!

- Distinguish yourself from them!

- What if there is no difference between the two groups?

- The Hebrews were supposed to teach their children the Law and the Bible at any time from their birth!

- But they didn’t do it!

- We know what happened to them!

- What about those who let their children decide by themselves?

- I don’t see any difference!

- They oppose Yah.weh!

- They have a big responsibility!

 

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Romans 7: 1-3

- Paul tells us that if a man dies, his wife is freed according to the Law and she can marry another man!

Romans 7:4

4 And now, my Brothers, you also have died to The Law, in The Body of Meshikha {The Anointed One}, so that you might be for another; The One who arose from the beth miythe {the house/abode of the dead, who gives fruits unto Alaha {God}.

- And he uses this example to speak about Christians!

- They also are for another one that is Jesus because he died for us!

- As a consequence, we don’t belong to us anymore!

- We belong to Jesus!

- The question is: do we really belong to Jesus?

- Do we act in consequence?

- In such a way that when he comes back, he can tell us: “I know you, come with me”?

- or is it only words!

- And the answer is going to be: “I don’t know you, go away”?

 

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Romans 7:5,6

5 For, while we were in the flesh, the passions of sin, through The Law, were urged on in our members, so that we were giving fruits unto death.

6 But now, we have been annulled from The Law, and have died to that which was holding us, so that we therefore might serve in the newness of The Rukha {The Spirit}, and not in the oldness of The Kathaba {The Scripture}.

- The passions of sin lead to death!

- Christians are supposed to make a complete change in their lives!

- They must change everything!

- People must see it!

- If it is not the case, there is a big problem!

- How do you want to be an example!

- How do you want others to find the way!

- If we don’t change, we show the wrong way!

- We have a big responsibility!

- Now look at today’s society!

- What a pity!

- Look at the religious leaders!

- Which way do they show?

- And parents, which way do they show their children?

- Do they even show them a way?

- Or do they let them choose by themselves?

- Is that something they have learned in the Bible?

- Or should they really start to study the Bible daily?

 

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- Then Paul speaks about sin and its connection to the Law!

- With the conclusion in Romans 7:15:

15 for, I don't understand the thing which I do, and the thing which I don't desire, I do, but the thing which I hate is that one that I do.

- When we look at human society, it is easy to understand Paul’s words!

- Or it should be!

- Otherwise we are completely lost!

- DO - DESIRE - HATE - DO!

- Everything is related to our acts!

- And we do according to our thoughts!

- If we keep thinking negatively, we act negatively!

- If we keep thinking positively, we act positively!

- It is a full process like growing plants!

- Nothing is left to chance!

- Of course, it is easier to be negative than positive!

- It is like a bad force which tries to keep influencing us!

- We must always be careful!

- Anything can make us fall!

- We must build walls to prevent this bad force from entering our minds!

- And we must renew these walls because erosion keeps destroying them!

 

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Romans 7:17-20

17 Yet, now, I am not doing this myself, but rather, khatitha {sin} which dwells in me.

18 For, I know that there is no good dwelling in me; that is to say, yet, in my flesh; for, that I should desire in the good thing is easy for me, but, that I might do it, I'm not able.

19 For, unto the good which I desire that I should do, I am not doing, but rather, the evil that I don't desire to do; that I'm doing!

20 And if I do the thing which I don't desire, it is not I doing it, but rather, khatitha {sin} which dwells in me.

- If you listen to Paul’s words and then look at human society, it suits perfectly or exactly!

- Man can’t go anywhere because he only thinks about himself!

- Man is a wolf for man!

- This must change!

- Someone must force man to change!

- He won’t do it by himself!

- The earth has become trash!

- Around the earth it is trash!

- If man could establish in other parts of the universe, he would turn it in trash!

- Man is trash himself!
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- His mind is trash!

- His body is trash because everything he eats, drinks, breathes is contaminated!

- In fact, what we eat, drink and breathe is trash!

 

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Romans 7:21-25

21 I find, therefore, a law which agrees with my mind, so that I desire that I should do good, because evil is near to me.

22 For, I rejoice in The Law of Alaha {God} in The Son of Man, who is within.

23 yet, I see another law in my members, that contends against The law of my mind, and takes me captive unto the law of sin, which is in my members.

24 I am a miserable son of man. Who will rescue me from this body of death!?

25 I give thanks unto Alaha {God}, through Maran Eshu Meshikha {Our Lord Yeshua, The Anointed One}! Now I, therefore, in my mind, I am a slave of The Law of Alaha {God}, yet, in my flesh, there is a slave of the law of sin.

- A law which agrees with my mind!

- The Law of God in the Son of Man, who is within!

- Another law in my members!

- The law of sin!

- Body of death!

- A slave of the Law of God!

- A slave of the law of sin!

- Here we can see a perpetual opposition between the Law of God and the law of sin!

- We can’t be slaves of the two!

- We must choose!

- The world belongs to the law of sin!

- If we belong to the world, we are slaves of the law of sin!

- Thus we can’t belong to Yah.weh!

 

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1 Corinthians 7:1-5

1 Yet, concerning that which you wrote unto me; it is good for a husband of a wife not to touch her.

2 But, because of fornication, a man should take his wife, and a wife should take her husband.

3 The husband is indebted unto his wife, to give Khuba {Love}; thus also is the wife unto her husband.

4 The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but, the husband. Thus, also the husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife.

5 Therefore, don't be depriving one unto another, unless when two agree at the time that you are occupied for a fast, and for prayer, and again return unto the matter, so that, satana doesn't tempt you because of the lust of your bodies.

- It is unusual to see such words in the Bible!

- Because here it speaks about equality between husband and wife!

- We see total reciprocity!

- Usually people are used to taking what suits them best!

- But as usual, it has nothing to do with the Bible!

- Find the mistake!

- How different it is from human society!

- And these words come from Paul!

- He was a Jew and he was raised as a Pharisee!

- It shows to which extent it is possible for man to change when really influenced by the Bible!

 

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1 Corinthians 7:6-9

6 Yet, I say this, as that unto weakness, not from a command:

7 for, I desire that all sons of men be like me, in purity, but, every man has the gift given unto him from Alaha {God}; there is the one thus, and there is the one so.

8 But, I say unto those who don't have for them wives, and unto the widows, that it's better for you if you should remain like me.

9 Yet, if they can’t bear it, they should be joined together, for, it's much better to take a wife, than for those who burn with lust.

- Here once again everything is clear and is completely different from man’s tradition!

- It’s up to everyone to choose between getting married or not!

- It’s a personal choice!

- There is no obligation!

- There is no order!

- Any order doesn’t come from Yah.weh!

- When it becomes an order, we know too well the bad consequences for others!

- And verse 9 is quite clear about it!

 

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1 Corinthians 7:19

19 For, circumcision is nothing, nor also is uncircumcision, but rather, the observance of The Commands of Alaha {God}.

- THE OBSERVANCE OF THE COMMANDS OF YAH.WEH!

- Here we are: the observance of the commands of Yah.weh!

- That’s the most important thing!

- It should be our priority!

- Once again, we are not perfect!

- We make mistakes!

- Job was not perfect!

- He didn’t know all the facts!

- But what was essential to him was obeying Yah.weh!

- Being a faithful servant of Yah.weh implies obeying Yah.weh!

- But the majority doesn’t care!

- What about each of us?

 

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1 Corinthians 7:25-40

25 Yet, concerning virginity, I don't have a command from Alaha {God}, but, I give counsel as a man who has compassion from Alaha {God}; who is trustworthy.

26 And I consider that this is good, because of the necessity of the time, that it is better for a son of man that he should be thus.

27 Are you bound with a wife? Don't seek release. Are you loosed from a wife? Don't seek a wife.

28 And if you take a wife, you haven't sinned. And if a virgin is given unto a man, she hasn't sinned. For, difficulty in the body is unto those who are thus, but, concerning that, I spare you.

29 And this I say, my Brothers, that time is now shortened, for, the ones who are for their wives, should be as that they were not for them,

30 and those who weep, as not weeping, and those who rejoice, as not rejoicing, and those who buy, as not enjoying their possessions,

31 and those, who in this world use these things, that they not use them, except for what is proper, for, the form of this world is passing away.

32 On this account, I desire that you be without care, for, he unto whom is not for a wife, is careful in regards to Mareh {His Lord}, how that he is to be pleasing unto Mareh {His Lord},

33 and he who is for a wife is careful of the world, how that he is to be pleasing unto his wife.

34 Yet, there is a distinction also between a wife, and unto a virgin, who is not for a man, caring in regard unto Marah {her Lord}, that she be Holy in body and in spirit, and she who is for a husband, is careful in regard to that of the world, how to be pleasing unto her husband.

35 But, this I speak, is unto your own advantage. It's not a snare I place for you, but rather, that you might be steadfast respecting Markun {Your Lord}, in a proper manner, while you not have care with regard to the world.

36 Yet, if a man thinks that he is mocked with regard to his virgin, that she has passed her time, and he hasn't given her unto a man, and it is proper that he give her; according unto his will he should act; it isn't a sin that she marries.

37 But, he who has truly decided in his mind, and isn't upset for the matter, and has power over his will, and thus judges in his heart that he should keep her a virgin, does well.

38 And he, therefore, who gives his virgin, does well, and he who
doesn't give his virgin, especially does well.

39 The wife, for as long as her husband is alive, is bound by The Law. Yet, if her husband should sleep {i.e. die}, is free, so that she may be with whom that she desires; only, in Maran {Our Lord}.

40 Yet, happy is she, if thus she remains, according to my own thought. But, I think I am also of The Rukha d'Alaha {The Spirit of God}, who is in me.

- Here Paul is clear again!

- He gives counsels, directions!

- But there is no obligation!

- Those who turned it into obligation have nothing to do with Yah.weh!

- It is only human tradition to keep people away from Yah.weh!

- We must always remember that this world will pass away as those who like it!

- Paul is practical!

- He gives practical and good advice!

- He is educated!

- He cares about everybody!

- But his priority is Yah.weh!

- Yah.weh should also be our priority!

 

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2 Corinthians 7:1

1 Therefore, that because for us there are these promises, my beloved, let us be cleansing our souls from all impurity of the flesh, and of the spirit, and exercise holiness in the fear of Alaha {God}.

- Let us be cleansing our souls from all impurity of the flesh, and of the spirit!

- Exercise holiness in the fear of God!

- Cleansing and exercising!

- Do you see the point?

- We must act!

- We must do the job!

- Not the others!

- How?

- We must know exactly what Yah.weh is expecting from us!

- We must not let others tell us what to do!

- We must check by ourselves!

- It won’t be possible to say I didn't know!

- They didn’t tell me that!

- Yah.weh is looking for adults not babies!

 

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- In 2 Corinthians 7, we are told about REPENTANCE and ZEAL and OBEDIENCE!

- Does it speak to you?

- Do you understand the necessity to learn about Yah.weh?

- For this, we must keep learning about the Bible to get to know what he really wants from us!

- Do you understand the necessity to change the way we live to act according to Yah.weh’s will?

- Do you understand the necessity to be active and act according to what Yah.weh expects from us?

- But for all of this, we need to know exactly what Yah.weh expects from us!

- Yes, REPENTANCE and ZEAL and OBEDIENCE means ACTIONS AND BEING ACTIVE AND REACTIVE!

 

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- In Romans 8, we get:

- The Law of The Rukha d'Khaye {The Spirit of Life}!

- The law of sin and of death!

- The weakness of the flesh!

- Walking in the flesh or in The Rukh {The Spirit}!

- The mind of the flesh is death, and the mind of The Rukha {The Spirit} is Life, and Peace!

- Those who are in the flesh, are not able to be pleasing to Alaha {God}!

- Romans 8:10:

10 But, if Meshikha {The Anointed One} is in you, the body is dead because of khatitha {sin}, yet, the rukha {the spirit} is alive because of kenutha {righteousness}!

- Thus we must choose between life and death!

- But choosing means acting and demonstrating continuously our choices!

- If we don’t act and demonstrate our choices, it shows that our real choice is death!

- If we want to please Yah.weh, we must act according to his will!

- We must keep looking for life!

- It is a constant fight!

- If we don’t eat, drink and breathe continuously, we die!

 

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- Romans 8:11:

11 And if Rukheh {His Spirit}, of that One who raised Maran Eshu Meshikha {Our Lord Yeshua, The Anointed One} from the beth miythe {the house/abode of the dead}, dwells in you, that One who raised Eshu Meshikha {Yeshua, The Anointed One} from the beth miythe {the house/abode of the dead}, will also revive your dead bodies, because of Rukheh {His Spirit} who dwells in you!

- Romans 8:13:

13 For, if you are living in the flesh, you are destined to die, and if in The Rukh {The Spirit} you are killing the body’s conduct, you will live.

- Romans 8:14:

14 For those, who in The Rukha d'Alaha {The Spirit of God} are conducting themselves; those are The Sons of Alaha {God}!

- We are told about two ways!

- Living according to the flesh!

- Or living according to the Spirit of God!

- In the first case, we are dead!

- In the second, we are alive!

- The second one means conducting ourselves!