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Matthew 5:


- “You heard that it was said: ‘You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ However, I say to you: Continue to love your enemies and to pray for those who persecute you, so that you may prove yourselves sons of your Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise on both the wicked and the good and makes it rain on both the righteous and the unrighteous. For if you love those loving you, what reward do you have? Are not also the tax collectors doing the same thing? And if you greet your brothers only, what extraordinary thing are you doing? Are not also the people of the nations doing the same thing? You must accordingly be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

- Are you always ready to speak about God’s word to anybody!

- Are you always ready to speak about God’s word even to those you think you waste your time?

- When you speak about God’s word, we never lose our time!

- Jesus was always ready to speak about God’s word to anybody and especially the Pharisees!

- And he was often hard on them!

- And they were always fighting with him!

- And they weren’t sincere!

- Just selfish!
 

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Take care not to practice your righteousness in front of men to be noticed by them; otherwise you will have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens. So when you make gifts of mercy, do not blow a trumpet ahead of you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But you, when making gifts of mercy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your gifts of mercy may be in secret. Then your Father who looks on in secret will repay you.

- It is interesting to have these words in mind when we look at discussions!

- Sincerity is something important to check what people say!

- It is also important if they use arguments or not!

- They are people who like to listen to themselves!

- Others really want to learn and look for!

- That’s the only way to find something!

- In the world they are many people who look for different things!

- Many don’t find anything!
 

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- “Also, when you pray, do not act like the hypocrites, for they like to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the main streets to be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your private room and, after shutting your door, pray to your Father who is in secret. Then your Father who looks on in secret will repay you. When praying, do not say the same things over and over again as the people of the nations do, for they imagine they will get a hearing for their use of many words. So do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need even before you ask him.

- Jesus’ words about how to pray tell us about what is a real disciple of Jesus!

- We must not be hypocrites!

- We must not speak just to speak!

- We must defend our faith!

- It must be a living faith not a dead one!

- We must show energy and the will to evolve to what is best!

- We must act like Jesus not like the Pharisees!

- We must speak with our heart!

- There is a strong need for a living knowledge which can build up from the inside not a dead one which collapses from the inside!

- One which can constantly renew itself!

- It must show our spiritual growth and not a decaying one!

- We must look for the best of the Bible!
 

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- “You must pray, then, this way: “‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified.

- Imagine that!

- Jesus’ model prayer start by the sanctification of God’s name!

- I had to go to page 91!

- There it is written:

- What is the true name of GOD and how does one pronounce it? in Hebrew?

From my research it seems the true name of the lord was lost or hidden for fear of misusing his Holy name and break one of the commandments....


- We do not know a name for God other thand the titles of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.. We may call Him by Y Yahweh *I am that I am.)

In Zephaniah we are taught that come the Kingdom all will be given a pure language and one name to call Him. Until then we must use titles, such as the Trinity above, Almighty God, El and Elohim, Eternal Father. Comforter, Counselor, Prince of Peace, Lord of LOrds, The Holy One of Israel, Yeshua, Ruach Chdesh (some will say HaRuach Chodesh), King of kings, and so many more titles which cescribe Him, yet not one is a name as thought of in this age today.


- This is a very important question you ask.
The Good News is that God clearly spelled out His Name for us = Forever.


And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel:
‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.
This
is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’

God Abraham - Father
God Isaac - Son
God Jacob - Holy Spirit

You can find all THREE here - Matthew 3:16

When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a Voice
came from Heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

And here: Acts 4: 8-12

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead,
even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.


- There are several things to note:

1. The name of God in the Hebrew Bible is simply shown as four consonants YHWH. The scribes added vowels so now it is pronounced as Yahweh. But it was also written as Jehovah.

2. Jews refuse to pronounce the name of God out of reverence and obedience to the Ten Commandments. So instead they call God ha Shem (the Name).

3. Jesus called Himself "I AM THAT I AM" or simply "I AM" when He spoke to Moses at the burning bush. He also said that that was His name. So when He was on earth He told the Jews that He was "I AM" -- the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

4. The Hebrew name for Jesus is Yeshua which is derived from YAH + SHUA, which means that God is our salvation. So when you say "Jesus" you are using the name of God.


- Amen. You will notice that some of the modern versions such as the NIV substituted the English word "Messiah" for the word "Christ" (which is the English equivalent of "Christos"). Which means that they deliberately "interpreted" rather than translated.

So why would Christians revert to Messiah (which really should have been Mashiach) unless they hated the idea of speaking of Jesus as the LORD Jesus Christ? And when Messianic Jews speak of Yeshua ha Maschiach they are deliberately avoiding the word "Lord? Now is they were saying Adonai Yeshua ha Maschiach, that would be quite different. But they are skipping the word "Lord" and that is a serious issue.


- The pronunciation of YHVH differs mainly because of varied accents.

The name YHVH may be compared to the English grammar rule of gerunds for it is derived from the Hebrew verb HYH, to be.

To call knowing Hebrew or learning it for self betterment a movement is just a tad stupid since people jump to using Greek as though Jesus was teaching in Greek. He only went to the sheep of His people.

So we have the gerund, YHWH, which when Yahweh uses it, simply means to Will to Exist or Be. .

No man knows the name to be given when God delivers a pure tongue to all as per the prophecy of Zephaniah.

So stop calling giving credence to the language of our blessed Savior a movement or we would call all the denominations of Christianity and Christianity itself a movements. If I may be colloquial, duh.


- Hint : your following Him .

and in Hebrew we pronounce his name “ Yeshuah” but Remember the holy ghost speaks in many tongues and languages I think Jesus is sufficient for my own tongue . “ hey- sues” I believe in another but the different language or pronounciation doesn’t mean a barrier to God

he made the gospel to be preached in all nations and tongues and his name can be called upon from any language or tongue by any nation or kindred of men.

Jesus is God , finally revealed in person to mankind


- Apparently nobody knows Exodus Chapter 6!

- But it is essential to understand the Bible!

- Verse 2 God tells his name YHWH to Moses!

- Verse 3 God tells he used to appear to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as God Almighty but regarding to his name YHWH he did not make himself known to them!

- Verses 6 and the following explain how he made himself known to the Israelites by his only real name that is the God of the PROMISE when he freed them from Egypt and led them to the promised land and gave it to them!

- Yes, there is no other name of God!

- The God of the Promise, the one which always keeps his promises!

- And God made the earth to become a paradise!

- And he will keep his promise!

- But first he must clean it and take away all those who oppose his will!

- If we don’t understand that, WE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE!
 

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Matthew 5:


- Let your Kingdom come.

- How many Christians are really waiting for God’s Kingdom?

- Of course, it will come when it comes!

- And nobody can know exactly when it will come!

- That’s why it is necessary to be ready whenever it comes!

- Remember the Israelites!

- They were never ready!

- They got into trouble all the time!

- And finally God rejected them!

- Man is always impatient!

- Of course, man’s life is short!

- But it is a question of life and death!

- Remember the flood!

- Not many people survived!

- Man’s tradition is working against him!

- Man always forgets!

- He has a short memory or no memory at all!

- It is always a personal choice!

- Remember Adam when he rejected the culpability on Eve!

- Man is so predictable!

- Man knows everything especially when he doesn’t know anything!
 

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Matthew 5:


- Let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth.

- Not by politics!

- It is easy to understand where we are and where we are going with human politicians!

- They have no interest in the future!

- They are only interested in their political survival!

- And it is short term!

- Only God can make things change!

- Then his will will be effective!

- But first he must get rid of his opponents!

- Then he will use his faithful servants to turn the earth into a paradise!

- It was to be so at the beginning!

- It will finally take place in the near future when God decides it!
 

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- Give us today our bread for this day; and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the wicked one.’

- Of course, we need to do our part!

- But if we get into trouble!

- Or if we feel bad mentally and/or physically!

- We can ask God for help!

- Or to help us find a way to improve our situation!

- Of course, we can find a lot of help in the Bible!

- Because we have good examples of faithful servants!

- And we must find new ways to improve things!

- And of course, we mustn’t follow the bad examples!

- Because it leads somewhere!

- But bad examples can also be interesting because they show us dead ends!
 

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Why fear ? I would say this .
And the crowds were awe struck and they glorified God !

As Christians we should have a reverence for God and worship Him, but why would we fear him ?


- My answer:

- Usually people fear what they don't know!

- They had trouble to understand him!

- They had ears but they didn't hear!- They had eyes but they didn't see!

- Maybe it can also be connected to respect!

- When Jesus comes back as a warrior many people will try to hide if i am not wrong!

- If we do our best to be faithful to God, there is no need for fear!

- If not, we can find good reasons!
 

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Matthew 5: Jesus tells us if we forgive men their trespasses then God will do the same with us!


- Otherwise he won’t!

- Once again, Jesus tells us to do our part!

- We can’t wait for everything to happen without doing anything!

- In the Bible we are told that God and Jesus keep working!

- Their angels keep working!

- It is a big organization!

- It can’t stop!

- But all the creation of God is made to keep functioning!

- We were supposed to keep functioning forever!

- The time will come for men to keep functioning forever under God’s guidance!

- Everyone is supposed to have a part in God’s organization!
 

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Matthew 5:


Jesus tells his disciples to fast not like the hypocrites who make a show of themselves!

- On the contrary, he tells them to look like if they were not doing it that is in secret!

- Then God will repay them!

- God wants us to do things for him not for men!

- It is not possible to please both!

- We have to make a choice!

- Those who want to please both can only please men not God!

- The Israelites try to do both!

- They were rejected!

- Humanity is trying to do the same!

- Men should know they can’t play with God!

- Thus when they are hypocrites it is only for men!
 

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Matthew 5: Jesus encourages us to store treasures in heaven where thieves don’t steal instead of on the earth where thieves steal!


- Jesus adds that our heart is where our treasure is!

- The majority of people prefer to store treasures on the earth!

- They don’t care about Jesus’ counsel!

- It is thus no surprise when Jesus says it will be difficult to enter God’s Kingdom!

- Humanity always did the bad choices!

- Why should it change?

- Man is a specialist of repeating what doesn’t work!

- Children like to destroy!

- Their parents are not different!

- It seems that the earth and what ‘s on it are toys for men!

- Sufferance is not a problem when it only concerns the others!

- When Jesus will come, it will be a surprise even if the Bible tells us about!

- But men usually don’t care!

- But when it’s too late, it’s too late!
 

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Matthew 5: Jesus tells us that the lamp of the body is the eye!


- So if our eye is focused, our whole body will be bright!

- According to the dictionary, when a person is focused on something, they're paying attention to it. When a camera lens or your eyes are focused, they've made the adjustments needed to see clearly. When a beam of light is focused on a thing, it's shining on that thing!

- So the question is: are we looking for God’s interests or for our own interests?

- Are we using our time for the best or are we using it for futility?

- Are we using our time to build a strong relationship with God?

- Do we make the right choices for now and for the future?
 

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Matthew 5: According to Jesus, if our eye is envious, our whole body will be dark!


- It doesn’t matter how we dress, we can’t always hide what we really are!

- When we are envious, we only want more!

- We don’t care about the rest!

- We breathe selfishness!

- The result: an empty speech and empty words!

- When it is dark, there is no light, no heat to heat the heart and the mind!

- Our mind and heart are cold!

- Where do we go?

- Nowhere!
 

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Matthew 5: Jesus says that if our light is darkness, this darkness is really great!


- But light usually opposes to darkness!

- We can also remember that the devil can turn into an angel of light!

- So we must be careful!

- If it gets dark inside, it must become really hopeless!

- Think about the demons!

- They were angels!

- They chose to turn into demons and get away from God!

- When we are told about people possessed by demons, it appears so dark!

- They are just waiting for their time to be imprisoned!

- They don’t have any hope of a better future!

- Only darkness!

- What about men without hope?

- The same darkness!
 

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- May I ask a question to everybody ?

- I will let people time!

- Then I will answer too!

- There is no trap!


- WHAT IS ALL THE BIBLE ABOUT EXCEPT THE FACT THAT IT IS GOD’S WORD ?

- There may be different answers depending on the elements we have!
 

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Matthew 5:

- Jesus says it is not possible to slave for two masters!

- It is not possible to slave for God and for Riches!

- We must make choices!

- We can’t follow God and human society!

- They have opposite goals!

- They have opposite directions!

- God is going to replace this corrupted society!

- The devil is the god of this society!

- We must make the right choice!

- We must prepare for God’s Kingdom!

- It will be completely different!

- Think about the Hebrews when they left Egypt!

- In fact, they never left Egypt!

- And they die in the desert!

- Bad end but logical one!

- May we remember what happened to Israel!
 

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Matthew 6:
- Jesus tells us to stop being anxious about our lives and food and drink!
- Of course, the situation is getting more and more complicated!
- So it is not always easy!
- There are many countries that are even worse!
- When there are natural catastrophes,it is even worse!
- But we must find the time for God!
- We must find the time to study the Bible and tell others about what we learn!
- It must fill our minds and hearts!
- We must prepare for what is coming!
 

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- We must prepare for what is coming!
This petition for all who believe and will believe is in my prayers day and night. God bless you for reminding others of this need.
May God help all for the days leading up to our Savior's blessed return, in Jesus Yeshua''s name, amen
 

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This petition for all who believe and will believe is in my prayers day and night. God bless you for reminding others of this need.
May God help all for the days leading up to our Savior's blessed return, in Jesus Yeshua''s name, amen
- yes, it must be repeated again and again!
- It doesn't matter if the majority doesn't listen!
- That's what God told Ezekiel!
- He would have been responsible for their blood if he hadn't done it!
 

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Matthew 6:

- Jesus tells us to seek first the Kingdom!
- In fact, this human society has no future!
- We can see it every day more and more!
- There are more dark clouds!
- On the contrary, God's kingdom is the only future!
- If we prepare mentally it will be easier to do the transition!
- It will also be easier to get into it!
- A lot of work will be required!
- So we must be active now!
- We must do our parts now!
- To show God that we will be useful and not useless!