I was talking
with some fellow searchers after the way of God the other day. We discussed the
prophecy that Amos shared that there will come a time when there will be a
famine of the word of God. Let’s end it.
“’Behold,
the days come,’ says Adonai Yehovah, ‘that I will send a famine in the land. Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for
water, but of hearing the words of Yehovah.
They shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east. They shall run to and fro to seek the word
of Yehovah, and shall not find it. In that day shall the fair virgins and
young men faint for thirst. They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, ‘your
god, O Dan, lives;’ and, ‘the manner of Beersheba lives;’ even they shall fall,
and never rise up again.’” (Amos 8:11-14)
(I’m going
to discuss the sin of Samaria and the
manner of Beersheba next week. For
now, let’s talk about the famine of hearing the words of Yehovah.)
The
searchers I talked with visited a number of churches all across the nation. (They
were following God’s leading, not searching for the word of God) What they saw
and heard was that Christian churches from the east coast to the west all have
one thing in common; they don’t teach
the word of God.
Church pastors
teach psychology, motivation, pop culture, and encouragement; but they aren’t
teaching the word of God. They sometimes refer to a verse or two from the Tanakh
(Hebrew name for the Torah, Prophets and Writings – the Old Testament – what New
Testament writers refer to as Scripture)
with an isolated quote, but they don’t
teach the word. When they do use Scripture, they take it out of context, turn
it on its head, and often say it means the opposite of what it originally meant.
It is not a new problem, but it has gained strength
and popularity
If the word
is light, and the lack of it is darkness, perhaps we are experiencing what
Yeshua was talking about when he said,
“I must work
the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” (John
9:4-5)
“As long as
I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” What about when He isn’t in
the world? Like now? David said, “Thy
word is a lamp unto my feet, and
a light unto my path.” (Psalms
119:105) The word of God – the actual Scriptures – the Torah – is the light we
have today. Yeshua is no longer here to instruct us personally, but the Torah
is. Since churches no longer teach the Torah, where will you receive the light?
Personal study. If you rely on a church, you will have no light and will sit for
years, your whole life, in a pew in darkness.
That’s why I write this blog
So you, who
are searching can find at least one place to hear the word of God and receive
some light. Please don’t misunderstand me; I don’t think I am the only one teaching
the word, there just aren’t many of us.
Christian churches recognize something is
wrong
Pastors wonder
what is wrong. Some say it is because we don’t have the anointing, others that we don’t have the love, others say we are under attack from the enemy.
The real answer is; we can’t see. “Where
there is no vision (sight, revelation, oracle, Torah) the people perish: but he that keeps (guards protects, lives) the Torah, happy (blessed) is he.” (Proverbs
29:18)
Churches have abandoned the word, and the
people are perishing
Our nation
is filled with churches.
If pastors start
teaching the Torah, the word of God, we would see a turn around. Instead of just
using a verse from Scripture here
and there to support what they’re teaching, they need to start teaching the whole word of God from the Torah, in
context.
Pastors need
to start instructing people to live God’s Torah. Governments or church programs
will not solve the problems we face today. We need to teach the Torah, and allow
the Holy Spirit through the washing of the water of the word of God forgive our
sins and heal our land.
“If my
people, which are called by my name, shall humble
themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways (repent of sins – sin is transgression
of the Torah (1 John 3:4), how can we know what sins we are committing unless
we know what the Torah calls sin?); then will I hear from heaven, and will
forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)
“And (Moses)
said to them, ‘Set your hearts unto all
the words which I testify among you this day, which you shall command your children to observe to do,
all the words of this Torah. For it (the
Torah) is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing (teaching and obeying the
Torah) you shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to
possess it.’” (Deuteronomy 32:46-47)
Pastors, priests and preachers need to recognize that their childish church doctrines
are a manmade gospel. They need to leave
them behind and return to God’s instructions, the Torah.
Here you
will find meat, not milk. The meat of God’s word, not the milk of manmade
philosophies, motivational talk and psychology. Please come back and visit
again soon.
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