Then
Yeshua[i]
said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny
himself, and take up the cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his
life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”
Mattithyahu/Matthew 16:24-25
Yehoshua is the complete Hebrew Name of the One Man
called Jesus. He is also called Yeshua. His name declares to us who He is.
Yehoshua means “Yehovah[ii] Saves.” For some strange reason His name
was changed into Jesus by the translators or religious leaders who invented a specific
religion. The name “Jesus” does not have any meaning at all; therefore it is
not His Name.
Some people
even suggest that the name Jesus derives from some sun god name. For this reason
I chose to call my Savior with His original Hebrew name, because He was born to
the Jewish Covenant Chosen People.
I will also call His Father, Yehovah, with His
original Hebrew Name. I hope you will also learn to call your Creator with His
Name. I believe that it will help your relationship with Him, as it has helped
me.
You know, our earthly life, it is all about having a
relationship with our Creator. Yehoshua came to reveal the Father to us, and to
teach of His ways, and to be “The Way” to Him.
Yehoshua said it this way, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the
Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Yochanan/John 14:6
Each of us must be fully convinced that Yehoshua is
indeed the only way to the Father Yehovah. The reason for that is that He is
the only Ben/Son of Yehovah. Yehoshua was born of a woman, a young made, or
virgin. Her name as you may know is Miryam[iii]
(Mattithyahu/Matthew 1:18-23; Luqas/Luke 1:26-38). Let us also read the
following prophetic verses,
“For
unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the; government will be
upon His shoulder. And His name will be
called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty Elohim[iv]
everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and
peace there will be not end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to
order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward,
even forever. The zeal of Yehovah there will be no end.” Yeshayahu/Isaiah
9:6-7.
I needed to write these verses in order for, you the
reader, to know that we are speaking of the some Person. Yehoshua is the Son of
Yehovah. He will rule this world and all nations will be subdued by Him.
“I
will declare a decree; Yehovah has said to me, ‘You are My Son, today I have
begotten You. Ask of Me and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance,
and the ends of the earth for Your possession. You shall break them with a rod
of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’”Tehillim/Psalm
2:7-9
The next three verses (10-12) warn us to be wise and
to serve Yehovah with fear, and to kiss the son least He be angry. Everyone who
put their trust in Him, the Son, will be blessed. This is the good news, and we need to believe and accept!
Let us be clear on one single point: What we read is
the Bible, which is Word of the Almighty. We need to believe it because Yehovah is not a
man that He should lie.
“Elohim[v]
is not a man, that He should lie, nor a s son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not do?” Numbers 23:19
Humans lie all the time. Have you ever spoken a lie,
willing or without even thinking about it? I think that we all may have lied
one time or another, however, Yehovah has never lied, and never will he lie, for
He is Truth.
And now let us see that the way He, Yehovah, does
things it is not necessarily the way we would do it.
Before the King, his only Ben, Yehoshua, would be
fulfilling some prophesies, He had to deal with us being reconciled to the
Father. But sin was in the way. The first
created man sinned, and that pure life now had allow the enemy of Yehovah to
brake the relationship with the Yehovah.
However, there was a plan made before the foundation
of the world that Yehoshua would come into this world by becoming like one of
us. He would come and live a live as we do, to be tempted by the devil, but not
sinning. He had to be sinless because He needed to undo the work of Adam. He
had to be our sinless sacrifice, for the penalty of sin is death. The Plan was set up long before 2000 years
ago. It was set up before the creation of the world. Yehoshua had to come and
pay the price set for the penalty of our sin, which is death. He himself had to be crucified on our
behalf in order to reconcile us to the Father. The Father wants a family. Please
read Yeshayahu/Isaiah 53, and all the gospels. Please also read the letters to
the Romans, Corinthians, and Galatians, and all the others in order for you to
see for yourself the greatness of Yehoshua.
I have written many messages, and I ask you to take the time and to read
them all.
Read also the book of Acts and notice how His
disciples were mightly used to reveal the power invested in them by their
Mashiach[vi],
who now went back to Heaven, and send to them, and to all believers, (including
me and you if you believe), the Ruach haQodesh[vii]
in order to be able to do what He had commanded them to do. Marqos/Mark
16:15-18
You
must be born again!
Everyone needs to be
born again by Yehovah Spirit.
“Most
assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of
Elohim.” Yochanan/John 3
The
Book of Life
We
need to have our name written in the Book of Life in order to enter in the New
Jerusalem. And only the Redeemed will be there. (Revelation 21:22-26) Yehoshua has to be your Savior and He
becomes your Savior when you are born again and live your life for Him.
“But
there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination
or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”
And because we become born of His Spirit, we receive
the power to become children of Yehovah. (Yochanan/John
1:12)
Many
changes take place after been born again!
Once we are in His kingdom our life changes. Our
family may despise us. The friends we
had may leave us. Our whole life is now lived in focus of Eternal life. This
life does no longer matter. Yehoshua spoke of taking up the cross and follow
Him. How many will be fully convinced of this reality? How many of us are
willing to stop focusing on money?
Money
will deceive you.
Let us be aware that the love of money is deceiving
many, even many preachers, and will lead them away from the calling of
holiness. If we give our lives to Yehoshua He takes ownership of our lives, we
do not belong to ourselves anymore. But if followers of Yehoshua allow
themselves to be filled with pride and live in luxury, many times they lose
sight of the cross.
“Now
he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares
of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes
unfruitful.” Mattithyahu/Matthew 13:22.
“How
hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of Elohim!
Marqos/Mark 10:23
“For
what profit is to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or
what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Mattithyahu/Matthew 16:26
I will end here, but I need to warn you to not focus
on riches in this world, but on eternity. You may be barely making it here, but
you will be fully fulfilled when you will be in Heaven. The message of the
cross may scare you. But to me riches are more scaring, for many lose their soul
pursuing riches. What is your choice?
If you have never asked Yehoshua to be your Saviour
and Lord, please pray with me a simple prayer, simile to this one I am writing
here for you.
Father Yehovah, I realize that I am a sinner. I have
offended you. Please forgive me for my sin of unbelief and all other sins. I
believe Yehoshua, is Your only Son. I Thank you, Yehoshua, for dying for me,
and for giving me eternal life. I surrender my life and my will to you from
this moment on. Please be my Lord and Saviour. Write my name in the Book of Life.
Amen.
