A man wrote a letter to his friends and fellow believers in Rome some two thousand years ago. His words then spoken, still carries the same power of conviction to us who live in this present day and age, as if they had just been spoken.
His name… was Paul the Apostle. Out of a world of adversity sin and despair, he had found the treasure of all ages. It was the riches and the esteem of The Fathers forbearance, forgiving people their sins and giving them new life, with belief and love in Yawhúshúa Mawshee’akh. (Messiah)
Paul was not… preaching powerless, worthless and empty words, as people who are always boasting about themselves, and parading their own piety as people usually do. The answer of overcoming he said is to walk in the Spirit!
Rom 8:2-39:
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Yawhúshúa Mawshee’akh,who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
To the carnal man… this may sound like a load of rubbish. However in this case, the carnal man’s trash is the spiritual man’s treasure. Out of the sin and confusion of this world came the secret of life. Impaled on a Roman stake with all the piety that “religion” is capable of, Yawhúshúa Mawshee’akh emerged with the treasure of the ages.
It is the law… of the spirit that will give you the riches of life in Yawhúshúa Mawshee’akh, and set you free from death by the law of sin.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Yawhúshúa Mawshee’akh has made me free from the law of sin and death.
The carnal… law and ordinances given by Moses, could not fulfill the righteous requirements of The Father’s forgiveness.
3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, The Father did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
4 That the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Carnal minded… people focus their minds on carnal matters, whereas spiritual people, on spiritual things.
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
Death is the… final reward to carnally minded people, where-as eternal peace and life is the promise to the spiritually minded.
6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against The Father; for it is not subject to the law of The Father, nor indeed can be.
8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please The Father.
The “Rauch Qôdesh”… is the correct Hebrew Name for the Spirit of The Father Yaw-Eternal, who dwells in His obedient children and separates themselves from the world unto Him. It is the same Spirit that dwells in Mawshee’akh that unifies us as one body of people. If we do not have this Spirit, then we are none of His.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of The Father dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Mawshee’akh, he is not His.
10 And if Mawshee’akh is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
If the “Rauch Qôdesh”… that raised Yawhúshúa from the dead is the same Spirit that dwells in you, He will also impart life to your mortal bodies and give you the right to call Him Father.
11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Yawhúshúa from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Mawshee’akh from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors--not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of The Father, these are sons of The Father.
15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of The Father,
We that have… suffered with Mawshee’akh will reap the benefits of heavens reward as His joint-heirs in the appointed time to come.
17 and if children, then heirs, heirs of The Father and joint heirs with Mawshee’akh , if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be honored together.
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the esteem which shall be revealed in us.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of The Father.
We have all… experienced the feeling of complete
hopelessness at one time or another, how else would we appreciate the rewards of hope when for filled.
20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope;
21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the wonderful liberty of the children of The Father.
22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
23 Not only that, but we also who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
It is a fact…that the carnal eye cannot see, nor the mind conceive, what The Father has prepared for us. For this reason we learn to hope and trust on His word.
24 For we were delivered in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
We do not… always have the words to express what we feel inside. In actual fact, we are many a time when in extreme duress, so overwhelmed by our emotions that we are at that moment of time, incapable of any intelligent thought at all. It is then at that point, that the Fathers Spirit when we pray makes intercession on our behalf according to His purpose.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the believers according to the will of The Father.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love The Father, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
We need not… feel so insecure! Long before we were even born, He already knew us. He then already predestined us to be delivered, justified and to receive honor by being conformed into the likeness of His son. He, who in the order of His family is the first or eldest of many brethren.
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also honored.
Our lives have… great worth and importance. So much so that He allowed His Son to die as a ransom for our sins. Those who oppose us are powerless against His will.
31 What then shall we say to these things? If The Father is for us, who can be against us?
32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall bring a charge against The Father's elect? It is The Father who justifies.
Death was powerless… to hold Mawshee’akh who overcome the grave. He now has risen and is there for us.
34 Who is he who condemns? It is Mawshee’akh who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of The Father, who also makes intercession for us.
The Psalmist David …could say:
Ps 23: Yawhú is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
Surely goodness shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Yawhú Forever.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Mawshee’akh? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
In conclusion Paul has these words to say!
We can be victorious!... We can live an overcoming life!
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded that neither death… nor life,… nor Angels…. nor principalities…. nor powers,… nor things present…. nor things to come,
39 nor height .… nor depth,… nor any other created thing,
shall be able to separate us from the love of The Father which is in Yawhúshúa Mawshee’akh our King.
May Yaw-Eternal the Father of love and peace be with you and guide you. May His richest blessings be upon all who revere and call on His blessed Name, thru His Son Yawhúshúa ourMawshee’akh.
Shalom - Br. Harold.