Isayah 59:21, "As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says Yahweh: My Spirit which is upon you, namely My Word (Instructions) which I have put in your mouth; they will not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your seed, nor from the mouth of your seed's seed, says Yahweh: from this time and forevermore."
John 6:63, "It is the Spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The Words (Instructions) that I speak to you, they are Spirit, and they are life everlasting.
Now I am not claiming I do all this or do it perfectly, by this is what the Spirit tells me;
Leviticus 19:9-18,29-31
"When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not completely harvest the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. You shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and the stranger; I am Yahweh your Father."
So when I have abundance or "harvest" I should give some to the needy, maybe every time I go grocery shopping I should count a portion of that to give to the less fortunate...
"You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie one to another. Do not vow falsely with My Name, and so profane the Name of your Father. I am Yahweh."
When I read this I think, in no way shape or form should I lie, use depict, or anything of that nature, especially being a follower of Yahweh, I have to uphold a higher stand aka be a "light" to others.
"You shall not defraud your neighbor, nor rob him. Do not hold back the wages of a hired man overnight."
Not defraud or rob, of course, even a atheist can understand that, but when I hear "Do not hold back the wages" that one, man the effects, what if I owe someone money and they are counting on it, and I do not pay them when I say... It could be devastating to them, for what if they had rent to pay and children, and because I didn't pay them on time they were going to lose their house, or couldn't feed their children and it led them to do something that caused further harm to their family and others... I would not want to be responsible for the, it could be a terrible domino effect... No I have always known since a child I should keep my word, however this, not pay a man on time having a terrible domino effect, I never thought of this until I read (in the Spirit) and prayed, it made me realize.... thank Yahweh I have come to know Him.
"Do not curse the deaf or put a stumblingblock in front of the blind; but reverence your Father. I am Yahweh."
Wow now this one could be applied to so so many things, the foremost that come to mind are placing temptation in front of a fellow human, which I would never want to do, but also in any way doing something that could make them error in life, now I know the popular one is, Oh my you can't tell them that Scripture, thats too much, since when is a truth of Yah a stumblingblock? I can only speak for myself but I wish a had people clearly tell me the truth and not lie to me or coddle me, as I would have liked to and want to know as much truth as possible...
"Do not pervert judgment: You shall not show partiality to the poor, nor honor to the person of the great. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor fairly."
Now Yaaqob (James) explains this one amazingly well: Yaaqob (James) 2:1-4, "My brothers, do not hold the faith of our glorious King, Yahshua Messiah, with respect of persons. For suppose there comes into your congregation a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should come in also a poor man in filthy clothing; And if you pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothes, and say to him: You sit here in the best place, while you say to the poor man: You stand here, or sit at my feet-- Have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?" .... and of course it could apply to so many things, people physical beauty, people social status, etc... But it also brings the thought to mind, if the "NT" writers are just repeating and explaing, of course better than I or most could, but if they are explaing "OT" principles, how am I in the Spirit if I read James, but in the flesh if I read Moses??? For they are saying the same things....
"You shall not go about tale-bearing or slandering among your people."
Pretty clear, but I think the Spirit of Yah made me think about my personal likes dislikes in this matter, for just because one is different or even if there is something that bothers me about them, I should not make up any falsehoods about them, even if they have wronged me, only what is true should be spoken, even when tempers flare...
"Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor's life. I am Yahweh."
Now there is the obvious here, but what about driving wreck-less with another in the car or possibly hurt a pedrestrinan? No should not do, howver, I would have never deeply thought otherwise. Also I think I should never promote anything that could lead to ones death be it physical of spiritual, say I have a vice, I am not married I do at times lust, I would never want to invite a woman to partake in that with me unless she was my wife, for I would be leading her to sin also.... and one last thing, I would never want to in any way cause another dath, so even little things that I may not think of right now, anything of this nature is a no no. and if I never read, of course I would know not to put people in danger, but this way Yah has a base to bring to my remembrance in the time of need.
"You shall not hate your neighbor in your heart. "
Pretty straight forward, but when I read this I thought, I should pray for Him to remove anything deep rooted, so I may not hate.
"Rebuke your brother or your sister frankly, so you will not share in his or her guilt."
This of course, why would I want another to go astray, and same for me, if I am in error I want someone to tell me, so I think this is very well. I think this is best looked at from an outside perspective, because a lot of people don;t like to be corrected... If one had a child that was doing something that was going to hurt them would not their parent speak up clearly so the child does not get hurt? But now days it seems like correction is hated and called judgmental...
"Do not seek revenge nor bear a grudge against one of your own people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Now the carnal mind look at this and starts making excuses about who is his neighbor or not, but the Spiritual mind know every human is his neighbor.... think about it, even people who are vile and have been misled by the adversary, im not saying give them a free pass, but know, the adversary has tricked and trapped them, the word can be a unforgiving place and some people have gone through terrible things, so I should hold no grudge and not have any hate toward any human, sometimes this is hard when looking at especially evil people but again, the adversary has blinded many...
"I am Yahweh.Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a harlot; or the land will fall into harlotry, and the land will become full of wickedness."
Obvious, but I go farther, I do not have a daughter, but if I did not only would I teach her correctly, but I would not let her wear revealing clothes, there days, it is the norm, hence "the land will fall into harlotry".. this also made me think I should never give a woman attention/reward for being "provocative" now the same would go for if I had a son, and ,my own actions, do not promote this kind of thing.... so many angles... now I know, Im probably being called of so "in the fleah" but think abou it, id it ok to let a daughter listen to the music these days and dance the way they do, I can hear it noe "there just kids, let em have fun" .... "or the land will fall into harlotry, and the land will become full of wickedness" and you know why "become full of wickedness" because men "follow" women and it creates a snowball if sin...
"Do not turn to mediums nor familiar spirits. Do not seek after them, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh."
I have seen may on here tell me magic is ok, it is not. there are Christians who read their horoscope or talk to their dead uncle... He says clearly "do not" I need no more reason, I will not.
"You shall stand up before the gray headed, and you shall honor the presence of an Elder or Teacher; thereby giving reverence to your Heavenly Father. I am Yahweh."
This one I like a true elder or true teacher, I knew one about four years ago, I only got to study with him a handful of times, but I cherished it, I stayed quiet during study and would even ask him If I could add something when I thought a had some thing beneficial. I will say this, it may e a reason for one to talk down on me, but I remember when I showed him something in Scripture he did not know, I took great joy because he had showed me a number of things, and it felt well to return the favor.
"If a stranger lives with you in your and, do not mistreat him. The stranger living with you must be treated as one of your native-born, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh."
No racism, no prejudice, no treat one different because they look or at different, no excuse.
"Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight, or quantity. You shall have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah; a dry measure, and an honest in; a liquid measure."
truth and honesty in every, that is every situation... no way should I ever deal dishonestly, not even "cutting corners: example: "well you know hes rich so he wont miss that money" no that's his money, there is no excuse to work dishonestly, ever, period.
"I am Yahweh your Father Who brought you out of the land of Egypt; Therefore, you must observe all My statutes and My judgments, and perform and do them. I am Yahweh."
For He is my Father that has brought me out of sin, I love Him and want to obey Him!
If one thinks there is something wrong with that then I think the problem is with them. and of course the Sprit softens our heart, how do you think I started to love His instructions and realize if everyone read and sought to follow them trough His guidance HOW MUCH BETTER WOULD THE WORLD BE?
Romans 2:, “Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and longsuffering; not realizing that Yahweh’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
but I know not all love His instructions.. but would rather justify what ever they fell is right, now im not putting that on everyone or anyone, but that is a teaching that has crept in, "its only a sin if your heart condemns you" that is disgusting "doctrine" for there are sociopaths.... "conscience seared with a hot iron"
Isayah 59:21, "As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says Yahweh: My Spirit which is upon you, namely My Word (Instructions) which I have put in your mouth; they will not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your seed, nor from the mouth of your seed's seed, says Yahweh: from this time and forevermore."
John 6:63, "It is the Spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The Words (Instructions) that I speak to you, they are Spirit, and they are life everlasting.
might as well post this here...
