Taste and See

The Bible says “Taste and see that Jehovah is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him” (Psalm 38:4). 

Beloved Reader, if you are reading this then it is no accident. I want you to know that God loves you no matter who you are or what you have done. When Daddy looks at you today He sees the prefect work of His Beloved Son, Yeshua. In Jesus, your sin debt has been over compensated.

Let me now invite you to taste and see that Yahweh is good. Beloved in the ministry of Jesus, the blessing always came first, and that was when men saw the perfect love of the Father in the eyes of the Savior and were led to repentance.

True repentance is not when you dig up all your past sins; the Greek word used for repentance in the New Testament is metanoea, which means to change the way you think. Look away from your sinful nature and look to the perfection of Jesus.

Beloved it is through faith in His work that we are being justified FREELY through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus (Romans 3:24).

Jesus understands you, He knows you because it was He who formed you and it was for you that He gave His life as a propitiation for your sins (Romans 3:25). The bible says “For in that He Himself has suffered, having been tempted, He is able to rescue those who are being tempted” (Hebrews 2:18). Jesus knows exactly what you are going through and He is not set to punish you. Instead His arms are wide open to receive you and love you; to give you the name of a bar Yahweh, a son of God; to bless you beyond what you deserve.

Come as you are. You need not clean up your act or your conscience before coming to God. You do not clean yourself before taking a bath, do you? It is the bath that cleanses you; the washing off of filth by the water is what makes you clean. Likewise, it is Jesus’ precious blood that liberates you (Romans 3:25, 5:9) from the filth of this world and this cleansing is a continuous process as soon as you step out of the darkness into His perfect light. (1 John 1:7)

So come, taste and see that He is good. Call out to Him today. Tell Him of troubles, worries and cast all your cares on Him (1 Peter 5:7). And as surely as the Lord lives, I tell you that you will see the power of God in your life; His Shalom peace will fill you and His loving embrace will squeeze your troubles away. Then His grace will lead you to true repentance, metanoea. At that time when you are thanking Him pray this prayer

Heavenly Father,

I come to you in the name of Jesus!

Your Word says, “….the one who comes to Me I will in no way cast out.” John 6:37

So I know You won’t cast me out, but you take me in, and I thank you for it.

You said in Your word, “…..if you confess the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved” “For everyone, "whoever shall call on the name of the Lord will be saved."” (Romans 10:9,13)

I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

I believe He was raised from the dead for my justification. I am calling upon His name – the Name of Jesus – so I know, Father, that You save me now.

Your word says, “For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses unto salvation” (Romans 10:10)

I do believe with my heart and I confess Jesus now as my Lord.

Therefore I am saved!!

Thank you Daddy!!!

Amen!!

Wow!! Welcome to the family of God (Romans 8:14)! You now have the Holy Spirit within you to guide you and He will never leave you (Hebrews 13:5). Your spirit has been renewed (2 Corinthians 5:17) and now as you read His word and meditate on it His Spirit will direct your path (Proverbs 3:6).

Beloved in Jesus you are highly favored, deeply loved, abundantly blessed!!

Shalom (peace be unto you) in the name of Sar Shalom, the Prince of Peace, Yeshua!! Hallelujah!!

Our minds: His instruments

He gave us an imagination so that we can visualize the revelations His Spirit brings to our spirits!!

The mind can never be fully understood by men because it is the instrument that God made to make us who we are!! To give us a free will, for creation to choose to have fellowship with the Creator.

It is the residence of the soul, the interface between the spirit and the body!!

Paul said “Do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your MIND…” (Romans 12:2a).

Our mind is naturally oriented toward the world. We are born of flesh and by that virtue we are born under sin. But that is not where Jesus leaves us, Romans 3:24 says that (those who have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God vs. 23) are being justified FREELY by His GRACE through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” Hallelujah!!

At the new birth, we are washed by the blood of Jesus and our spirits are renewed according to 2 Corinthians 5:17 and this new spirit is the lamp of God (Proverbs 20:27). Now as we meditate on His Living Word our minds, the interface between the things of the world and the deep things of God, are renewed each day. Paul spoke of the Word to be Living and powerful, sharper that a two edged Sword, that can divide the soul from the spirit; discern the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)

The things of the world fade away as we begin to seek FIRST His kingdom and His Righteousness (Matthew 6:33). As our minds become tuned to the things of the spirit we move into a new realm, the realm of Faith, where the only reality is Jesus and by His stripes we are healed (1Peter2:24), by His blood we are saved (Galatians 3:13), by His finished work we have received the Righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ (2Corinthians 5:21)!! I can feel a spiritquake coming!! Hallelujah!!

The rest of Romans 12:2 says, “…in order to prove by you what is that good and pleasing and perfect will of God.”

It is in this new realm of Faith that we hear the will of the Father, it is here that we are shown the great and marvelous things (Jeremiah 33:3) promised by Yahweh; it is in His presence where we are what we were created to be, sons and daughters of the Living God. Give Jesus all the praise!! Amen!!!

Finally, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think on these things.

Do those things which you have also learned and received and heard and seen in me. And the God of peace shall be with you.

Philippians 4:8-9

Beloved, this is the reason why Paul urges us to think of good things, keep our thoughts pure. self control is not at all a physical practice controlled by our wills, it is a fruit of grace that manifests within our minds as we meditate on the finished work of Jesus Christ.

Can you hear the sound of an army rising!!

 “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.”

(Joel 2:28-30, 32)

Beloved, as the coming of Our Lord draws near, each time a desperate soul cries out to the Lord, he/she is immediately washed clean by the precious blood that flowed out of His broken body, the BLOOD shed for the remission of our sins. And the Spirit of the Lord is poured out on the sinner who is now sealed by the Holy Spirit as a son of God; a bar Yahweh.

Day by day the denominational barriers, divisions created by the enemy, wither as the sons and daughters of God are brought together under Grace. Daddy is pouring out His mighty Holy Spirit on all flesh, as prophesied by the prophet Joel; the Son of God baptizing the redeemed in the Dunamis power of the Spirit.

The earth today is reverberating with the sound of an army rising, as the sons and daughters of God prophesy and old men dream dreams and young men see visions of the Day of the Lord. Hallelujah!!

“Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

Put on the whole armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”

(Ephesians 6:10-11)

The Lion of Judah has roared. His breath of life, enervating the weakest saints, the warmth of His very presence, the love in His eyes causes them to rise up from the darkness into His perfect light, where the blood of Jesus washes away all unrighteousness without ceasing (1 John 1:7).

The enemy trembles at the very mention of His name. The redeemed shout, “Our Redeemer lives”. The prison of Sin crumbles before Jehovah Sabbaoth.

“The enemy has been defeated, the Lion of Judah has prevailed” echoes through the camp.  The weapons of our warfare are not of this world, but are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds…” (2 Corinthians 10:4); the armor of God, as Paul mentions in the book of Ephesians, is handed out to each new recruit who joins the ranks.

The fiery darts of unbelief are rendered useless against the shield of Faith (Ephesians 6:16).

Blows of deception cannot shatter the helmet of Salvation (Ephesians 6:17).

Spears of condemnation cannot penetrate the breastplate of Righteousness (Ephesians 6:14).

The belt of Truth protects the honor of the saints in battle (Ephesians 6:14).

Step by step the army moves forward, the shoes of Peace (Ephesians 6:15) on each soldier conquering territorial oppression with the power of the Gospel, the gates of hell will not prevail (Matthew 16:18).

The armor prevails against every attack of the enemy and He who is able to keep us from falling (Jude1:24) keeps us and presents us without fault to the Father. But there is more to this battle.  The Son of God said, “In this world you will have tribulation...” (John 16:33b). The enemy comes at us with sorrow, discouragement and physical sickness.

But the Holy Spirit is within us, He will never leave nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5), at such times He reminds us of what lies nestled in the belt of Truth and our spirits shout out the Living Word, “..the Son of God said “….but be of good cheer for I have overcome the World” (John 16:33b)”; the Living Word of God, a mighty two edged sword, a weapon of offense, glistening in true LIGHT of the world, Jesus. It is a discerner of the truth (Hebrews 4:12) that can slice the fog of deceit; and a destroyer of every demonic deception and oppressive influence over our lives. Jesus said in John 14:26 and 16:8-11 and 16:14-15, the Spirit will teach us all things and remind us of what He taught; convicting us of the righteousness that we have received through faith in the work of the Son. Amen!!

Each verse brought into our spirits by the Spirit of God is a powerful blow to the enemy. Jesus said “I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and the overcome every power of the enemy”(Luke 10:19). No demon, no power can stand when a saint wields the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT which is the WORD OF GOD (Ephesians 6:17)!! Hallelujah!!

For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing apart of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)

Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” Beloved the war is over, we are more than conquerors in Jesus’ mighty name (Romans 8:37). All praise and adoration to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit!! Amen!!

Be blessed in the name of Yeshua ha Maschiah!!

Your Definition in Jesus Christ

Beloved, as you stop looking at yourself and look to Jesus in every situation of your life, the peace of God comes and guards your hearts and minds in CHRIST Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7), and you will see the things of this world grow dim and insignificant in the LIGHT of His GLORY AND GRACE.

Beloved, John says that as we walk in the light as HE is in the Light, the BLOOD of Jesus cleanses us from all sin and unrighteousness (1 John 1:7). The word cleanse in Greek is “katharizo” which is in the present continuous tense. You need not be a perfect person to walk in the light, after all the Son of Man came to “seek and save the lost” (Luke 19:10). No, you begin to walk in the light as you LOOK to the LIGHT OF THE WORLD, JESUS CHRIST (John 1:9)!!! And His blood cleanses you, every moment of every day, from all evil.

Let us take a moment to see what the Bible says about what happens to us when we believe. I have listed the biblical changes that we see in ourselves when we, like Abraham, receive righteousness by faith in Jesus.

The THOUGHTS of a Bar Yahweh (Son of God) are good and pure.

Philippians 4:8 says “Finally, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, and whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think on these things.”

The HEART and MIND of a Bar Yahweh is always at rest. Sons and daughters of God have “cool heads and burning hearts.”

Paul, in Philippians 4:6a, 7, tells us “Do not be anxious about anything……..the peace of God which passes all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

Jesus, Himself said in John 14:27b “…..Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

The MOUTH of a Bar Yahweh speaks words given by the Spirit and continually pours forth praises to the KING!!

Act 2:4 says, “And they were all filled of the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

And at the house of Cornelius, Peter and the disciples “….heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.” (Act 10:46a) 

Hebrews 13:15 says, “By Him, then, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, confessing His name.”

The EYES and EARS of a Bar Yahweh are sensitive to the movement and direction of the Spirit. They are as Jesus says, BLESSED because they see and hear the things of God!!

In Matthew 13:16-17, Jesus said “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear what you hear, and have not heard them.”

The HANDS of a Bar Yahweh are the tools of God. They are His instruments, the interface at which the dunamis power of the Holy Spirit moves out to bless the nations and heal the broken hearted. They are the wicks that hold the FIRE of God!!

Mark 16:18b says “….. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will be well.”

The BODY of a Bar Yahweh is a temple of the MOST HIGH GOD!!

In 1 Corinthians 6:19, Paul tells us “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have of God? And you are not your own,”

The FEET of a Bar Yahweh the base members of our body, are shod with sandals that prove that we are His sons and daughters, in Christ Jesus our Beloved Elder Brother. A prodigal world is welcomed with open arms and clothed with garments of righteousness by the Spirit of sonship!! Sealed unto Salvation by Ruach ELOHIM, the Spirit of God!!! The One, who rained down fire from heaven that consumed even the stones, now showers us with kisses and embraces us with an even more FIERCE UNRELENTING LOVE because of Yeshua’s sacrifice!!!

Luke 15:22 says “But the father said to his servants, Bring the best robe and put it on him. And put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet.”

Romans 8:15-16 “For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption by which we cry, Abba, Father!

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.”

Beloved this is what you are in Jesus, sons and daughters of God. Shout a big HALLELUJAH to the KING of kings and LORD of lords, and cry out to your ABBA, your DADDY, for He cares for you affectionately and He cares for you watchfully (1 Peter 5:7b)!! !!

Amen!!!