06/21/2002 Sabbath Meeting Transcript


"Yahweh's Mercy"


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Jozef - Heavenly Father YAHWEH, King of All Universes, we Extoll you and magnify your Holy Name.
Jozef - We thank you Abba [Father] for this YOUR day, Your Shabbat, and we ask humbly for Your Shalom [peace] upon us, and within us, on every one in this room.
Jozef - We humbely bow before , and we ask forgiveness for all our sin and tresspasses the know and unknown ones, and please cleanse us that somehow we may be found worthy to come into Your presence.
Jozef - We were longing for Your presence here today, in this chatroom, and we pray for Your HOLY SPIRIT to be upon, and IN each one gathered here tonight/today. That we may be tuned into ONEness in Spirit with You.
Jozef - To forget if only for a moment the worldly things and problems that have beset us. The Waring and stife and greed of people.
Jozef - It is a blessing to commune with your people, and other seekers for thruth, that You have brought together, to discuss Your Word, and to share Your promises, our hopes.
Jozef - We thank You that You have provided for our daily needs and YOUR outpour of heavenly provisions, for all our sustenance in a Spiritual, Physical way.
Jozef - For we daily received everything that is good from You Heavenly Father, most of all Your Love.
Jozef - Yet we have nothing of any worth to present to YOU in return.
Jozef - Grateful for the gift of Life, and the ability to enjoy an intellectual existence.
Jozef - We have put our faith in your son Yahushua, as your Messiah, who came in meekness and servetitude.
Jozef - Who paid for us the ultimate ransom, so we have an opportunity to present ourselves clean again after the washing in His blood, which we believe to be your WORD as the Bible.
Jozef - Help us all to go , through the process of 'repentance' or 'turning around' from all our past sin and all our dead works, and to be delivered from any worldly temptation that we are confronted with each day.
Jozef - We are truly thankfull for the spiritual table that is set before us today, and pray Your blessing upon the speaker and the words he is about to share.
Jozef - We humbly petition this in the name of our advocate 'Yahushua' who makes intercessions before You on our behalf, O Yahweh, and thank You again for everything.
Jozef - Omeyn, So be it, HalleluYah

EliYah's message:

HalleluYah!!

Let's rejoice tonight !

Look at your life and consider the lives of others who are here

I see this dismal world and its deceit

and I rejoice

I rejoice because of what I see in Yahweh

Without it, we would not be here.. none of us

It is the Mercy of Yahweh

We might be compelled to ask, "But why has He called us ?"

So tonight I would like to talk about Yahweh's mercy

and to whom He will give it

Many are the studies on this website dealing with the importance of keeping Yahweh's commandments

It is clear from the word that Yahweh's law is the standard of righteousness for all mankind

However, we have ALL failed to live up to that standard

So what is Yahweh to do?

Psalms 103:8 - YAHWEH is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Psalms 103:9 - He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
Psalms 103:10 - He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
Psalms 103:11 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

HalleluYah!!!!!!!

How high is the heavens above the earth?

Some years ago I read a story on CNN's website

They took the Hubble Space Telescope..which is a telescope so powerful it could look at a penny 500 MILES away and tell you if it was heads or tails ..

And they opened the lens on this telescope on a spot in the sky as small as a grain of sand held to the end of your finger

They opened it for 10 days so that it could catch all the light possible

When it was over, they found something that was probably quite frustrating

More Galaxies!

When you consider that the stars in our sky are of one galaxy...then you can imagine how high the heavens really are above the earth!!

I think it is infinite

Psalms 103:11 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Psalms 103:12 - As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Now consider this for but a moment..

If you were to go east, how far would you go before you would stop going east?

It is infinite, forver

If you were to go west, how far would you go before you would stop going west?

It is infinite also!

Either direction are infinitely apart from one another

Even so are the transgressions of those who fear Him removed from Him!

You see..

Psalms 103:13 - Like as a father pitieth his children, so YAHWEH pitieth them that fear him.
Psalms 103:14 - For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Psalms 103:15 - As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Psalms 103:16 - For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

Our days are short

Psalms 103:17 - But the mercy of YAHWEH is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

But we confirm once again that Yahweh's mercy is eternal, even though we are mortal

Notice also in verse 17

It says "His righteousness" is upon us eternally

That can only be through Yahushua!

Yahweh has laid on Him the iniquity of us all

and laid on us the righteousness of Yahushua the Messiah, HalleluYah!

Notice also in verse 18

Psalms 103:18 - To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

There are certain ones to whom Yahweh gives this righteousness...and this mercy through Yahushua

It is to those that are remember His commandments and keep His covenant!

Upon who does He give His mercy?

This is an important question!

If we want to receive it, surely we would want to know how

Proverbs 3:33 - The curse of YAHWEH is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Proverbs 3:34 - Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth favor unto the lowly.

The humble and lowly state of a servant of Yahweh is one thing that seperated Moses from many of the other Israelites, David from Saul and Yahushua's disciples from the religious 'leaders' of that day.

These are the people that Yahweh would save and show mercy toward

For all have sinned.. but only certain ones will receive His mercy

And to those who show mercy..

2Samuel 22:26 - With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
2Samuel 22:27 - With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
2Samuel 22:28 - And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
2Samuel 22:29 - For thou art my lamp, O YAHWEH: and YAHWEH will lighten my darkness.
Psalms 51:17 - The sacrifices of Elohim are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O Elohim, thou wilt not despise.

If we have failed Him...

We are not without hope

But as I asked a couple weeks ago, how many tremble at His word today?

To whom will Yahweh look? Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh will not impute sin:

Psalms 32:1 - Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalms 32:2 - Blessed is the man unto whom YAHWEH imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

guile meaning deceit

Is their deceit in our spirit toward Yahweh concerning the seriousness of our repentence?

To whom will Yahweh look?

Will it be to those who rely upon their own righteousness?

Ephesians 2:8 - For by favor you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of YAHWEH,
Ephesians 2:9 - not of works, lest anyone should boast.

But to whom will Yahweh look? To whom will He give the free gift?

Surely it's not a free gift given to all. If it were, then all mankind would be saved.

But we know that not all are saved. So to whom will Yahweh look upon with mercy?

Isaiah 66:1 - Thus saith YAHWEH, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Isaiah 66:2 - For all those things hath mine hand made, and those things have been, saith YAHWEH: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

Yahweh will look upon the poor and contrite ones who tremble at His word!

Jeremiah declared the mercy of Yahweh

Lamentations 3:18 - And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from YAHWEH:

Have we ever felt this way?

Lamentations 3:19 - Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Lamentations 3:20 - My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

But Jeremiah, in his humility He remembered...

Lamentations 3:21 - This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
Lamentations 3:22 - It is of YAHWEH's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Lamentations 3:23 - They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:24 - YAHWEH is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Lamentations 3:25 - YAHWEH is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Lamentations 3:26 - It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of YAHWEH.

Let's both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh..

Even Paul said

Philippians 3:2 - Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

wrong verse

Philippians 3:12 - Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of the Messiah Yahushua.
Philippians 3:13 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Philippians 3:14 - I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of YAHWEH in the Messiah Yahushua.

He didn't even act though he already had attained

But he did press on!

seeking the perfection, hoping in Yahweh's mercy

For His word...even His LAW has mercy

Yahweh Himself declared His mercy to all people. In fact, He wrote this with His own finger:

Deuteronomy 5:8 - Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Deuteronomy 5:89 -
Deuteronomy 5:9 - Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I YAHWEH thy Elohim am a jealous El, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
Deuteronomy 5:10 - And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

So even in His law..written with His own finger..He declares His mercy to those who love Him and keep His commandments

Thus, we know as Yahushua said.. mercy is a weightier matter of the law

Matthew 23:23 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

In scripture, though the children of Israel moved Him to anger countless times, countless times Yahweh still forgave them when they humbled themselves

Exodus 34:1 - And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
Exodus 34:2 - And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
Exodus 34:3 - And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
Exodus 34:4 - And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as YAHWEH had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
Exodus 34:5 - And YAHWEH descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of YAHWEH.
Exodus 34:6 - And YAHWEH passed by before him, and proclaimed, YAHWEH, YAHWEH-El, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Exodus 34:7 - Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

So even in the handing of the tablets of the law to Moshe, Yahweh declares His name.. His mercy

If we read on, we see that He did forgive the children of Israel for their sins.

Yet, some view Yahweh as "Jekyll and Hide"

Mean in the Old Testament and Kind in the New Testament

Angry in the OT and merciful in the NT

But this is not so at all!!

Yahweh is the same, He changes not

We need not read very far in the scriptures including the Torah to see that Yahweh has abundant mercy

Psalms 85:9 - Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Psalms 85:10 - Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Those who act as if there is no mercy in what they call the Old Testament need to read these verses

Isaiah 55:7 - Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto YAHWEH, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our Elohim, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 55:8 - For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith YAHWEH.

However, the mercy of Yahweh should not lead us to sin again

As even the "new testament" says

Romans 2:4 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of YAHWEH leadeth thee to repentance?
Romans 2:5 - But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of YAHWEH;
Romans 2:6 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
Romans 2:7 - To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
Romans 2:8 - But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Romans 2:9 - Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

His mercy is an absolutely positively FREE gift to the humble who are called and repent of their ways, but after our repentance, surely we would not want to return to the sin!

2Peter 2:20 - For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of YAHWEH and Savior Yahushua the Messiah, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.
2Peter 2:21 - For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
2Peter 2:22 - But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit," and, "a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire."

Brethren, we must also imitate the mercy of Yahweh

Matthew 6:14 - For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Matthew 6:15 - But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Part of being righteous is being merciful

Yahweh is righteous and He is merciful

Thus, if we want to be righteous then we must also be merciful

So certainly are conditions to receiving mercy and forgiveness from Yahweh aren't there?

So certainly there are conditions to receiving mercy and forgiveness from Yahweh aren't there?

Some are living a life of sadness and pain and spiritual cancer because they believe Yahweh is holding a grudge against them for their lack of faith or lack of obedience toward Him.

Luke 7:47 - Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

Some believe that Yahweh has not pardoned their sins regardless of their cries to Him.

But Yahweh doesn't want us to have a grudge

Leviticus 19:17 - Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Leviticus 19:18 - Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am YAHWEH.

And He wants us to have mercy

To one who lives in such a state, I think the humility and reverence for Yahweh is beautiful. But to you I ask one question, "Would Yahweh expect our mercy to exceed His own?"

Consider what Yahushua said here:

Matthew 18:21 - Then came Kepha to him, and said, Rabbi, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Matthew 18:22 - Yahushua saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Yahweh surely wouldn't hold a standard of mercy for us that He wouldn't Himself uphold.

Surely our own mercy cannot exceed His!

But it is true that we must ask in humility and repentance

You see, Yahweh loves them who are this way.

1John 4:9 - In this the love of YAHWEH was manifested toward us, that YAHWEH has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
1John 4:10 - In this is love, not that we loved YAHWEH, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Does this not prove His love toward us?

At one time, most of us did nothing but rebel against Yahweh!

So what did He do? Destroy us?

Curse us? Leave us without a savior?

No way!!! He loves us too much

Will we love Him?

That is the question

We see that Yahweh's mercy was not without works that proved it

In sending His Son to die for us, He showed His mercy and love toward us

Will we show our love for Him?

John 14:15 - If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Let it be so, I pray

Not only in word..

1John 3:18 - My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

But in DEED

How could any man after knowing such a love believe that it is ok to disobey Yahweh's commandments again? This is why Yahushua had to die for us.

Hebrews 12:12 - Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,
Hebrews 12:13 - and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be [dislocated], but rather be healed.

Let's take hold of that love He has for us

Let's seek Yahweh's strength to walk in His light

and let's LIVE it brethren .. in DEED.

For in DEED Yahweh showed us His mercy by offering His Son for us

Thank You Yahweh!!

May Yahweh bless you and may He have mercy on us all!

End


bpenwell - Praise Yahweh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAHni - HalleluYAH
yakeer - Yahweh Reighneth and hath great mercy forever...HalleluYah!
VictoryYAH - Thank you Yahweh, HalleluYAH! \o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/
Jozef_Lydia - Praise be to Yahweh the Most High, and may we be merciful as He is Merciful \o/o\/o\/o\/o\/
rockywhy - HalleluYahweh
Angel - HalleluYah!
Rosalinda - HalleluYah
Jamie - HalleluYah
pjr - praise yahweh
WAYne_Julie - HalleluYah!! (((((Shabbat shalom to you all!)))))
downlo1 - HalleluYAH!! O FATHER your WORD is our DELIGHT :)
Thor - Praise Yahweh!
Ana - Praise Yahweeh for the spirit in your servant EliYah.
bpenwell - Thank you Eliayah for that up lefting message
decrease - Not only word but His power in us, HalleluYah!
EliYah - Glory to Yahweh
Rachel1 - HalleluYah! Wonderful message!
Jamie - a great message that this one needed to hear \o/
Kefa - HalleluYah!!!!! for his truth and his mercy Praise the name of Yahweh
kay - good message
Angel - Shabbat shalom Wayne
decrease - +john 1 12
`Watchman - John 1:12 - But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of YAHWEH, even to them that believe on his name:
yakeer - Yah is soooooooooo good Amien \o/
Jozef_Lydia - shalom all achiem WAYne and Julie :)
Ana - May Yahweh's mercy be upon us all in spirit and in truth through Yahshua who died in our behalf.
Rachel1 - Shabbat Shalom everyone!
Thor - +rom 13 8
`Watchman - Romans 13:8 - Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Yahalomim-01 - \o/\o/\o/\o/praise Yahweh\o/\o/\o/ |
Rachel - Praise Yahweh for his kindness and his mercys that never end,thank you Yahweh
Thor - +gal 5 14
`Watchman - Galatians 5:14 - For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Dan_95670 - Hallelu-YAH!!
Rachel1 - I have never been in here for a Shabbat Meeting, and I can see I have been missing out!
rockywhy - Shabbat Shalom all
downlo1 - Greeting :)(((((((((((((WAYne_Julie))))))))))))
YAHni - Shabbat shalom rockywhy
Jamie - welcome Rachel1
Rachel - hi Rachel SABBAT SHALOM
WAYne_Julie - +jam 2 13
`Watchman - James 2:13 - For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
downlo1 - HalleluYAH!!
Rachel1 - Never seen this many people in one meeting before,, HaleluYAH!!!
bpenwell - Welcome Rachel1 Shalom to you and yours
decrease - Welcom Rachel to our meeting and fellowship
Rachel1 - HI RACHEL!!! ! I heard about you LOL heard there was another one:)
kay - welcome Rachel
Thor - +1joh 3 23
`Watchman - 1John 3:23 - And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Yahushua the Messiah and love one another, as He gave us commandment.
WAYne_Julie - +luk 6 36
`Watchman - Luke 6:36 - Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Rachel - TWO OF US I,M SURE IS OK
decrease - +matt 5 48
`Watchman - Matthew 5:48 - Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
decrease - :)
Rachel1 - I could handle that actaully Rachel!!
Rachel1 - Two is better than one LOL
WAYne_Julie - +mat 5 7
`Watchman - Matthew 5:7 - Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Angel - As I was meditating in a vision He showed me the crown of life that He has for us. It was a sky transparent crown like the ones the kings have upon their heads. I was so elated I still cannot get over the joy of seeing what He has for those that love HIM HALLELUYAH!
yakeer - Shabbat Shalom Bro. Tom...
kay - wow angel
Rachel1 - Anybody have relatives in here? :) I have my sis in the service here with me, Kay
Ana - Please include the following in the prayer list, these brethren had just gone far already and I still feel to have mercy that they can be able to be restored, Wendel and Genita Richa, Esther Danao, Moses Ancajas and his wife who is sick, Also my mother who is now and finally decided to go to USA ,Sister Rosario Ybanez,
Rachel1 - :)
Rachel1 - Wow Angel is right
yakeer - Shalom EliYah...you back home yet?
Dan_95670 - Shalom kay
EliYah - Not home yet, no
kay - shalom
Rachel - AS KING DAVID WROTE, WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM ,AND THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU EVEN VISIT HIM?
Angel - It was sky blue

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