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Our culture • Our Upbringing • Our Walk with the Lord.
“Breaking out of our culture and upbringing and stepping into G-d’s will.”By Duane D. Miller
Table of Contents
I.
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................3
II.
OUR CREATED PURPOSE? KINGS & PRIESTS?...........................................................................................4
II.1
D
EFINING WHAT IS
G-
D
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S
W
ILL
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II.2
O
UTLINE
:
A
BELIEVER
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S MINDSET
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III.
WHO WE ARE AS PRIESTS AND KINGS IN YESHUA?...............................................................................8
IV.
HOW DOES TORAH OBSERVANCE AFFECT A BELIEVERS LIFE IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH YESHUA......................................................................................................................................................................10
IV.1
B
ACKGROUND ON
T
ORAH
O
BSERVANCE
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IV.2
T
ORAH
O
BSERVANCE
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V.
HOW IS YESHUA’S YOKE EASY AND HIS BURDEN LIGHT AND WHAT IS HE REFERRING TOO WITH RESPECT TO TORAH OBSERVANCE?.....................................................................................................................15
V.1
Y
ESHUA
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Y
OKE IS
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ASY
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V.2
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HE
S
HABBAT
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WHAT IS PERMITTED AND WHAT IS NOT PERMITTED
?..............................................................17
VI.
CONCLUSIONS............................................................................................................................................19
VI.1
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UMMARY
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VI.2
C
ONCLUDING
R
EMARKS
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VI.3
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TEPPING INTO
G-
D
’
S
W
ILL
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VI.4
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HINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY
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VII
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...............................................................................................................................24
Definitions
Torah The five books of Moses; Pentateuch; first of three parts of theHebrew Bible (Torah, Prophets, Writtings).Tanach The Old Testament; Hebrew Bible comprised of three parts: Torah,Prophets, and Hagiographa.Parashat nf. Portion (a section of verses from the Torah)Parasha Portion (a section of verses from the Torah)Parashat Bo Exodus 10:1-13:16
http://www.matsati.com/ Duane D. Miller © 20072Parashat Ki-Tisa Exodus 30:11-35:12Ruach HaKodesh The Holy SpiritYeshua JesusHamoshiach The Messiah, anointed one
Notes
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The English translations of the Hebrew verses are found in the footnotes of the respective page.
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I. Introduction
Throughout our lives we encounter many difficulties, especially as we try to walk closer inour relationship with Yeshua Hamoshiach. We run into persecution from many areas, some find persecution from outside as a result of new found love for G-d and a desire to reach out to others.Some find persecution right from home which can be the most heartfelt and painful kinds of persecution one ever has to endure. These persecutions generally come from differences incultural norms. Not only do people view each other by what is politically correct, culturallyspeaking, but we can find our own inhibitions to minister, and our desire to speak out for Yeshua, is hindered as a result of our own perceptions of what we believe others are thinking.The reason we hold back is what I would like to discuss. I feel this is something many of ushave overlooked (meaning, the problem of dealing with our culture, and our upbringing and howit affects our walk with the Lord). I would go as far as saying it can even keep us from steppinginto G-d’s will for our lives if it is not dealt with properly.Having faith in the one true G-d and His atoning sacrifice Yeshua, we immediately become a part of the family of G-d as a new creation spiritually speaking. As soon as this moment occurs,G-d begins to work in our lives in what is called the process of sanctification.
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G-d begins a process where our lives are turned upside down and set sideways for the purpose of bringing our entire being more and more into the spiritual man until one day our carnal will is completelygone. What happens is G-d is trying to take our culture, and carnal parts and transform us so wecan be used for His glory to further His kingdom.There are three things I want to discuss in this article which I feel can help to analyze our culture, our upbringing, and our walk with the Lord:(i)
Who we are as priests and kings in Yeshua(ii)
Where does Torah observance affect a believer’s life in his relationship with Yeshua(iii)
How is Yeshua’s yoke easy and His burden light and what is He referring to withrespect to Torah observance?As imperfect as we are, one of the biggest issues today deals with what we see as politicallycorrect within our culture or ethnic group. For example, dealing with Torah observance in themessianic and non-messianic communities; the church says today the Torah has passed away,that Yeshua having fulfilled the Torah we no longer have to worry about it or desire to study theTorah. The messianic community says Torah observance is valid and every believer should bestriving towards obedience as is laid out in G-d’s commandments. The Ultra Orthodoxcommunity claims Torah is only for them, and not for anyone else. These issues are so big, theyhave caused a rift among believers today even to the point of ending long held friendships whichI feel results mostly because of the naïve teaching of the church on the relevance of Torah in our lives. I would like to quantify this misunderstanding of the relevance of Torah in our lives and at
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Sanctification = involves more than a mere moral reformation of character, brought about by the power of the truth: it is the work of the Holy Spirit bringing the whole nature more and more under the influences of the newgracious principles implanted in the soul in regeneration. In other words, sanctification is the carrying on to perfection the work begun in regeneration, and it extends to the whole man.
2003: Eastons Dictionary, BibleFoundation.
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