FRAGMENTING
Divide and Conquer
[Yes this is a “salvation issue”]
Psalm 133: “See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity –like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aharon, running down on the collar of his robes –like the dew of Ḥermon that comes down on the mountains of Tsiyon (Zion). For there יהוה commanded the blessing, Life forevermore!” (Italics mine)
John 15:26, Messiah speaking of the Spirit of Yahuwah: “And when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of the Truth, who comes from the Father, He shall bear witness of Me…”
John 16:12-14: I still have many words to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now. But when He comes, the Spirit of the Truth, He shall guide you into all Truth. For He shall not speak from Himself, but whatever He hears He shall speak, and He shall announce to you what is to come. He shall esteem Me, for He shall take of what is Mine and announce it to you.”
John 17:6-9, 12, 16-17, 20-24, “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. Now they have come to know that all You gave to Me, is from You. 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. I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours… When I was with them in the world, I was guarding them in Your Name which You have given Me, and I watched over them, and not one of them perished except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be filled… They are not of the world, as I am not of the world. Set them apart in Your truth – Your Word is truth… And I do not pray for these alone, but also for those believing in Me through their word…so that they all might be one, as You, Father are in Me, and I in You, so that they too might be one in Us, so that the world might believe that You have sent Me and the esteem which You gave Me I have given them, so that they might be one as We are one. I in them, and You in Me, so that they might be perfected into one, so that the world knows that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that those whom You have given Me, might be with Me where I am, so that they see My esteem which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.”
I Corinthians 1:9-13: “Elohim is trustworthy, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, יהושע Messiah our Master. And I appeal to you, brothers, by the Name of our Master יהושע Messiah, that you all agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be knit together in the same mind and in the same opinion. For I have been informed concerning you, my brothers, by those of the house of Chloe, that there are strifes among you. What I mean is this, that each one of you says, `I am of Sha’ul,’ or `I am of Apollos,’ or `I am of Kĕpha,’ or `I am of Messiah.’ Has the Messiah been divided? Was Sha’ul impaled for you? Or were you immersed in the name of Sha’ul?”
Galatians 1:6-9, Sha’ul writes: “I marvel that you are so readily turning away from Him who called you in the favor of Messiah to a different Good News…however, even if we, or an angel out of heaven brings a `good news’ to you besides what we announced to you, let him be accursed…if anyone brings a `good news’ to you beside what you have received, let him be accursed.”
Ephesians 4:11-20, after the ascension of Yahushua: “And He Himself gave some as emissaries (apostles), and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as shepherds (pastors), and teachers, for the perfecting of the set-apart ones, to the work of service to a building up of the body of the Messiah, until we all come to the unity of the belief and of the knowledge of the Son of Elohim, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the completeness of Messiah, so that we should no longer be children, tossed and borne about by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of men, in cleverness, unto the craftiness of leading astray, but, maintaining the truth in love, we grow up in all respects into Him who is the head, Messiah, from whom the entire body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the working by which each part does its share, causes growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. So this I say, and witness in the Master, that you should no longer walk as the gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having been darkened in their understanding, having been estranged from the life of Elohim, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart, who, having become callous, have given themselves up to indecency, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But you have not so learned Messiah…”
I Peter 4:7-11: “But the end of all has drawn near. Therefore be sober-minded, and be attentive in the prayers. And above all have fervent love for one another, because love covers a great number of sins. Welcome one another without grumbling. As each one has received a gift, serve one another, as good trustees of the manifold favor of Elohim. If anyone speaks, let it be as the Words of Elohim. If anyone serves, let it be as with the strength which Elohim provides, so that Elohim might be praised in it all through יהושע Messiah, to whom belongs the esteem and the rule forever and ever. Amĕn.”
Satan and his forces fear our potential for unity!
For the truly born again, there can only be one unity--unity of fellowship in the Spirit of Yahuwah made possible by the salvation of Yahushua Yahuwah -unity with those who are bound for the same Kingdom. All else is fragmenting, or dividing, by the enemy!
The message of set-apartness from the world, the flesh, and the Devil unto Elohim, is from Genesis to Revelation. “Without set-apartness no one will see Elohim.” (Hebrews 12:14)
Let’s say you were given a puzzle that was supposed to contain 100 pieces and created a whole picture, but you only were given 10 or the 100 pieces. There is no picture on the box, so how much of the puzzle can you figure out from the 10 pieces? - Not much. Then the giver of the10 pieces tells you what the picture is supposed to look like, but they never gave you the other 90. Would you trust that they’re telling you the truth, or would you think that strange?
This is ancient trick of mind-manipulation used by religious teachers and political leaders, and by all who wish to control you in any way. It began in the Garden of Eden. More than ever before, Elohim’s people are being presented with fascinating intellectual arguments and given a few Scriptures taken out of context like random puzzle pieces to prove the existence of a whole picture. But, few think “Hey, they’re something not right here, and few ask questions. Yahuwah’s people have been subtly led to be content with the 10% of the puzzle, and to be left ignorant of the 90% deception. Sadly, what is not seen is presented so logically with what is seen to form a unified whole, and done with such fervor, that His people are receiving deception as truth and becoming ardent missionaries to spread it. Extremely few understand obedience to a Master. Few do not study the whole Word asking the Spirit to teach them, so they do not see the whole puzzle. Yet, the whole of the Word is crystal clear. The gift of discernment of spirits, given to us by His Spirit, must be in constant operation, else people will fall prey to deception,, and go forth like the fictitious emperor in his “new clothes,” naked and proud of it.
Revelation 16:15: “Behold, I come to you as a thief. Blessed is he who watches and guards his garments lest he walks naked and they see his shame.”
Take the responsibility to guard your mind against opening it up to deception, lest the enemy take you over and lead you away from your salvation.
When the Spirit of Yahuwah teaches He takes us through the whole Word, giving us ALL the puzzle pieces of any picture that is presented in the Word. He cross-references and gives us “revelation knowledge” of what things mean directly into our spirit-mind. He is open totally with us. Man hides what does not go along with what he wants you to believe!
Jeremiah 5:31: “The prophets have prophesied falsely, and the priests rule by their own hand, and My people have loved it so. And what are you going to do at the end of it?”
Anything that fragments the Word is not from Yahuwah!!! Anything that does not align to the nature, ways, and thinking of Yahuwah is not from Yahuwah!!! Don’t prostitute your mind before man’s reasoning. The Spirit is your Teacher. Chosen Spirit-taught men are given to us to CONFIRM what the Spirit has taught.
Unless something is consistent from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21, it is not from Elohim. What is not taught to the re-born spirit by the Spirit of Yahuwah is not from Him. He speaks to the re-born spirit (in our belly/loins area), not to the sin-prone, sense-dependent brain. The carnal soul/mind that works through the brain is earth-bound, easily manipulated by what fascinates it, or soothes it. Unless your mind is highly disciplined to align in obedience to your spirit, making a complete “spirit-man,” it is wild horse that demons love to ride.
Read Romans 6, 7, and 8, Matthew 10:34-38, Mark 8:34-38, Luke 14:25-33. To be a whole person, you must die to all that is of “self,” and submit your whole life to Yahushua as your Master, and then the Spirit of Yahuwah can teach you through your re-born spirit that has opened as a portal into His dimension. [Refer to: “The True New Birth”/July 2015]
In Christianity alone there are at least 43,000 denominations and organizations. The Messianic Movement is fragmented into Jewish Messianic, Ephraimite Messianics, and a mixture of both. Judaism is fragmented according to what rabbis are followed. Rabbi Akiva fragmented Pharisee Judaism by exalting the rabbis above Yahuwah. Thus each rabbi is a religion unto himself, like each Christian denomination is a religion unto itself.
Each fragmenting begins when one man or woman have a theory, idea, or opinion that differed from other theories. Each wants others to believe like they do. Of course, to spread their opinion, they wouldn’t tell people it was their idea. For the record, no one has original thoughts. The mind is like a computer. We get them from the outside either from man’s sources, or from Satan’s forces. So to push an opinion, a neat little manipulation takes place using what seems normal to the audience, something they can all relate to--like Scripture, theologically establish doctrine, or some appeasement of the flesh. They tell their audience what the verses mean. They never encourage you to read in context, or to know the nature, ways, and thinking of Elohim. No! Just as Roman Catholicism tells its people to obey the pope, and Judaism tells its people to follow their rabbi, and evangelical Christianity tells its people to listen to their pastor. Above all, you are not encouraged to go to Elohim to find out what He says. Elohim gets in the way of man’s manipulation!!! Once people hear the argument for the opinion and learn the verses, and all sounds “logical” from their point of view, the new teaching is spread as if it were truth. Go to the root to find Truth. Truth comes from the mind Yahuwah and Yahushua!
This is how each one of those 43,000 mixtures of truth and error came into being – mind manipulation by one human being at the helm! Yochanan the baptizer said to put the ax to the root of the tree. Take the ax of the Spirit and cut all the tap roots in your life that are not anchored in Yahuwah and Yahushua, and the whole of Their Word!
As the deceptions spread, others add and subtract, but the core stays the same. And, of course, if anyone calls in question the new belief, they are blackballed as wrong, rebellious, unbelievers, and even condemned to hell. Those embracing deception so often separate from other believers. In the 1st century, Pharisees came into the new Messianic congregations saying that unless a man was circumcised, he could not be saved. Remember Galatians 1:6-9!
Yahushua is our one and only Master! He must be the only one who tells us what we are to believe through the Spirit of Yahuwah dwelling in us, so that we all are in unity like He and His Abba are in unity. (John 16-17) Yahushua is the Living Word who spoke creation into existence, who spoke the Torah into the earth, who walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden, appeared to Abraham, wrestled with Ya’cob, and spoke with Moses. He is the “arm” and the “right hand,” of His Father, Yahuwah. He has given us the Word through the Spirit of Yahuwah since Moses penned the Torah clear on through to Yochanan’s/John’s Revelation. (John 1:1, 14) Thus, the Spirit of Yahuwah is the only Teacher that unifies. All over voices separate us.
Personally, I don’t want to believe anything that is not 100% provable from the whole Word from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21, taught to me by the Spirit of Yahuwah. “All Scripture is Elohim-breathed.” (II Timothy 3:16) I’ve studied through the whole Word from 1962 to learn the whole Truth. I won’t listen to a man using a few Scriptures to spread his deceptions! I know deception and what is not deception because I know the whole Word and have the gift of the discernment of spirits from His Spirit. I don’t have time to listen to foolishness. Find out what is on the mind of Yahuwah and be a missionary of that! A few have tried to convert me to various teachings they’ve embraced, but after over 60 years of walking with Yahuwah, and Yahushua their arguments are a waste of my time. It is Satan and his demons who try to convert our mind away from simple child-like faith and loyalty to our Savior-Redeemer, our soon-coming King!