This message is the response to questions posed this week to me as to why “we” weretrying to “earn” salvation by following the Torah since we are now covered by Grace.Seems that they only heard what they wanted to hear from Pastor George. I for onethought he made it very clear, we are not the ones who are legalists.Our forced wilderness. Our subtle rebellion against what G-d would have us do.First off let’s understand it’s not about label’s or denominations or sects. It is about ouropen defiance against what G-d would have us do.Right off the bat I want to point out some areas where there are distinct flagrantdefiances to G-d’s word.1]a] Changing the wording of G-d’s word to “soften or justify” sin.Exodus 20:13 the Roman Catholic Church changed the meaning of

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- tirtsakh(literal) murder to ‘kill’b] The UMC ‘United Methodist Church’ initially and now the U.S. Episcopal Churchaccepting same gender/sex unions as legitimate biblical unions, thus making whatscripture considers an abomination acceptable, telling G-d that HE does not count, andthat Exodus 20:14 No Adultery, is nolonger a legitimate commandmentc] The Roman Catholic Church by it’s own admission ordered the cesation of observanceG-d’s appointed times and the institution of “new” feasts of “mans” own design.d] Replacement of Shabbat with Sunday service by the Roman Catholic Church, by it’sown admission and the claim of ‘self appointed apostolic” authority to change G-d’sword.

With Church leaders from Main stream Christianity teaching that Sunday worship/sabbathis a commandment, that Christmas and Easter are commanded in scripture. I do not have aproblem observing the resurrection and birth of the Messiah, I don’t have that big anissue with the terms Christmas or Easter if used in proper context and NOT taught asScripturally commanded.We use those times to share the Gospel of the Messiah with those that we would notnormally be able to share with. We use the time to teach them and introduce them to theMoadim as described in the Torah.But saying that G-d commanded them is wrong. It is lying. It is calling G-d a liar.Folks these are LIES. Scripture says DON”T LIE. So we as believers must set theexample to the rest of the World, and show them truth, by our walks and our examples, byhow we live our lives.

1http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01641a.htm

If we do not we are lying to G-d and to man. But we continue to follow false teachings thathave been followed for almost 2,000 years. Just because everyone else is doing it. Weshould be honest if we are going to observe the non-biblical dates and say we are observingthem as a tradition of man. And if questions arise out of it there is your opening tominister truth and love.2]a] Using G-d’s word out of context to support or justify bad doctrinesSalvation via baptism to justify infant baptism

As we see here in the footnotes that infant baptism was instituted to be done on the 8thday to replace circumcision as commanded by Adonai.b]Salvation by baptism INTO the Church or not saved

“Therefore, all must be converted to Him, made known by the Church's preaching, and all must be incorporated into Him by baptism and into the Church which is His body. For Christ Himself "by stressing in express language the necessity of faith and baptism (cf.Mark 16:16; John 3:5), at the same time confirmed the necessity of the Church, into which men enter by baptism, as by a door. Therefore those men cannot be saved, who though aware that God, through Jesus Christ founded the Church as something necessary, still do not wish to enter into it, or to persevere in it."(17)”

The reference here for Church isthe Mother Church in Rome. Do not take my word for this research the links to theVatican’s own pages where they openly admit “taking” this authority on themselves.These are but minor issues that we have, with citation at their own hand as to why theydefy G-d. No group of people, no race, no community, no denomination can do these thingsand expect to see New Jerusalem. They can not expect to see these things in theirlifetime because before that can happen G-d is going to have to cleanse this vile planet.Yet again.In this last weeks Parsha study one portion covered the punishment for going against G-dswill and Word.

2Origen, for instance, wrote in the third century that "according to the usage of theChurch, baptism is given even to infants" (Holilies on Leviticus, 8:3:11 [A.D. 244]). The Council ofCarthage, in 253, condemned the opinion that baptism should be withheld from infants until theeighth day after birth. Later, Augustine taught, "The custom of Mother Church in baptizinginfants is certainly not to be scorned . . . nor is it to be believed that its tradition is anythingexcept apostolic" (Literal Interpretation of Genesis 10:23:39 [A.D. 408]).3http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19651207_ad-gentes_en.html Chapter I #7

Numbers 32:1-15 cjb (1) The descendants of Re'uven and the descendants of Gad had vast quantities of livestock. When they saw that the land of Ya'zer and the land of Gil'ad were good for livestock,(2) the descendants of Gad and of Re'uven came and spoke to Moshe,El'azar the cohen and the community leaders. They said,(3) "'Atarot, Divon, Ya'zer,Nimrah, Heshbon, El'aleh, S'vam, N'vo and Be'on,(4) the country that ADONAI conquered before the community of Isra'el, is livestock country; and your servants have livestock.(5) If you regard us favorably," they went on, "let this land be given to your servants as their possession; and don't have us cross the Yarden." (6) Moshe answered the descendants of Gad and of Re'uven: "Are your brothers to go to war while you stay here? (7) Besides, why are you trying to discourage the people of Isra'el from crossing into the land ADONAI gave them? (8) This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-Barnea to see the land.(9) For when they went up to the Eshkol Valley and saw the land, they disheartened the people of Isra'el, so that they wouldn't enter the land ADONAI had given them.(10) A

DONAI's anger blazed up on that day; and he swore,(11) 'None of the people aged twenty or more who came out of Egypt will see the land I swore to Avraham, Yitz'chak and Ya'akov; because they haven't followed me unreservedly - (12) except Kalev the son of Y'funeh the K'nizi and Y'hoshua the son of Nun, because they have followed ADONAI unreservedly.' (13) Thus ADONAI's anger blazed against Isra'el, so that he made them wander here and there in the desert forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of ADONAI had died out.(14) Now you,another brood of sinners, have arisen in your fathers' place to increase still more the fierce anger of ADONAI toward Isra'el! (15) For if you turn away from him, he will leave them in the desert again, and thus you will cause the destruction of all these people!"

We want the blessings of Adonai, we want His love and His comfort, yet we choose tosoften, to change, to deny the WORD’s of the Book we revere as the WORD of G-d. Wewonder from Church to Church, Denomination to Denomination, teaching to teaching,looking for just the right one that fits our wants, and desires, the one that will not requiremuch of us or require us to give up much just like those complainers in the wilderness, wetoo have to decide, what our portion is going to be.We have discussed salvation, osas, and grace numerous times here, and many of ourlisteners have continued to hold to the position that they can do what they want as long asthey are saved, and don’t “murder” anyone.Like that is the worst of the sins in their eyes, and that grace justifies the rest. But Iliken it to those in the wilderness that chose to see what G-d has offered them andcomplain because it was NOT enough. It was not what THEY expected.How dare we, how dare you for snubbing G-d and all that He has and still does for youevery day of your life. Every breath you take, you owe to G-d. From the simplest cellular