07/21/2006 Sabbath Meeting Transcript

Deuteronomy 6:4 - Hear, O Israel: YAHWEH is our Elohim, YAHWEH is one:

Deuteronomy 6:5 - And thou shalt love YAHWEH thy Elohim with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Deuteronomy 6:6 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

Deuteronomy 6:7 - And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Deuteronomy 6:8 - And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

Deuteronomy 6:9 - And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

In the above words we find the greatest commandment in all of scripture

"Love YAHWEH thy Elohim with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."

Many lay claim to be heeding the above precept.. but what does it really mean?

Recent Gallup polls tell us that 95% of Americans "believe in God" in spite of evolutionists and humanists attempting to destroy that belief

In this age if you asked most people who believe in a Creator if they do truly love Him.. they would say "Yes"

But do they?

Do they truly love Yahweh?

In truth, Yahweh will answer that question

Yahweh does tell us what it means to love Him.. by His own definitions and not by man's

If the command to love Yahweh is the greatest and most important commandment in all of scripture, the most important question may be "What does it mean to love Him?"

It is a common notion in this modern age that as long as we "love" we will be accepted by Yahweh into the kingdom of eternal life.

This, I believe is truth... and nearly all of the religions of the world teach that we should love

But only the true faith will teach that we need to love Yahweh

1Corinthians 2:9 - But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which Elohim hath prepared for them that love him.

1Corinthians 2:10 - But YAHWEH hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of YAHWEH.

Romans 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to them that love YAHWEH, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

The real issue is "What does it mean to love?" For instance..

Some might suppose that Yahweh doesn't mind if we love Him and love idols at the same time

But in truth, it is impossible to love idols and love Yahweh at the same time

Mothers who choose to murder their children in the womb often use the cloak of "love" to justify their wickedness by saying, "This child would not be brought into a happy world where I would have the ability to support them, therefore I love my child by not bringing it into this world".

Thus, even the murder of their own children is somehow twisted to be an act of love!

There are other examples of people who do wickedness, yet as long as they can find some way to say it is love, they are accepted by the world.

We need to beware of this deception!

Satan can do a lot of deception in the world of greys. It's often the grey area that he does his work in. It is when something seems to be neither black nor white that he can decieve

It is evident that for the most part, it is honorable in the world to TRY loving your neighbor...but by their own standards.

Often, whether you do it or not doesn't matter so much...as long as you try.

"Tolerance" is often taught today

We are expected to be 'tolerant' of evil and wickedness

The world wants us to "tolerate" sin because it does not want to come to the light of Yahweh

If you speak out against sin, they say you don't 'love'.. but you "hate"

This is a common misunderstanding (even among some believers).. if you rebuke others for committing sins, then somehow they think it means you do not love them.

But Yahweh says that just the opposite is true

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.

Part of love is to rebuke when you see your that your brother is clearly sinning. If you love your neighbor, you will not want him to continue in sin.. which leads to death.

Rather, you will want your neighbor to choose the way of life

Yahushua even said:

Revelation 3:19 - "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.

So it is actually a great act of love to turn someone from sinning.

Of course, it should be done in the right manner:

Galatians 6:1 - Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.

If we get too self righteous in our rebuke of others, Yahweh may one day test us in similar manner. We must also remember that it is Yahweh who convicts, not our own might or wisdom

James 5:19 - Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,

James 5:20 - let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

We can have a part in turning someone back, but we are not Yahweh's Spirit. Yahweh can reach a person in places and in ways that we personally cannot

James 3:13 - Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct [that] his works are done in the meekness of wisdom.

The wise will accept the righteous rebuke and love you for it!

Proverbs 9:8 - Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Proverbs 9:9 - Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

When done in love, the wise will see the reproof is in love and love you for it, knowing that it will improve him

But even if it isn't brought in love or gentleness, I think it is wise to still consider the rebuke

Psalms 141:5 - Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

Sadly, many believe just the opposite in this day and age.

May the light of Yahweh reveal the truth on this matter to all.

Both in the world and even within those who we might call brethren..get confused over the definition and meaning of love

How would we define love?

It seems that everyone has their own understanding of what it means to love

We know who has the answer though!

Yahushua the Messiah is the perfect example

He is the ultimate pattern of righteousness. He truly loved Yahweh perfectly. What understanding did He have?

Lets examine a comment that He made concerning the law of Yahweh:

Matthew 22:36 - Rabbi, which is the great commandment in the law?

Matthew 22:37 - Yahushua said unto him, Thou shalt love YAHWEH thy Elohim with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Matthew 22:38 - This is the first and great commandment.

Matthew 22:39 - And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Matthew 22:40 - On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Yahushua did teach that the very essence of the Law and Prophets is love. Everything written therein have to do with Yahweh's desire for us to love Him and love one another

The picture I see in this verse is a wood carving of two plaques, with chains hanging off of each of them...and the Torah & prophets hanging underneath the two plaques by the chains

Today, what people seek to do is take a set of boltcutters and cut the Torah and Prophets off the two commandments from which they hang!

They don't like Yahweh's definition of love, they want to create their own Elohim

They want to just leave the two great commands up there so they can define love in their own ways

And this is exactly the impression we get today, that those two commandments abolish the Torah!

Somehow, they replace the "Old Testament"

But in truth, those two commandments ARE IN the Torah

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

Deuteronomy 6:5 - And thou shalt love YAHWEH thy Elohim with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

It is true that if you keep those two commandments, you will also be keeping the Torah

But it is also true that if you break one of the commandments found in the Torah that you are also breaking one or both of these 2 great commandments as well!

Try as you might, you cannot remove the Torah and Prophets from the two commandments on which they hang!

No matter how badly some want to divorce the two...

Yahushua was pointing out that all of Yahweh's commandments had to do with loving Yahweh and loving our neighbor.

So again if one refuses to obey a commandment in the Torah, then based on Yahushua's words here they aren't walking in love!

Brothers and sisters..tonight I would like to say everyone around the world: "Forget not to love Yahweh!"

Yahweh's word has a much higher standard than does the world.

Let's examine the Ten Commandments that have to do with loving our neighbor:

Exodus 20:12 - Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee.

Exodus 20:13 - Thou shalt not kill.

Exodus 20:14 - Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Exodus 20:15 - Thou shalt not steal.

Exodus 20:16 - Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Exodus 20:17 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

Note that this last commandment can only be broken in someone's own heart.

Mainstream Christianity and even other religions may teach that we should do these last 6 commandments.

It is, for the most part, honorable to love your neighbor and keep these commands

But the MOST IMPORTANT commandment according to Yahushua is that we love Yahweh with all our heart, soul and might.

It is the first and greatest commandment.

And in fact, you cannot truly say that you love your neighbor unless you do love Yahweh

1John 5:2 - By this we know that we love the children of YAHWEH, when we love YAHWEH and keep His commandments.

1John 5:3 - For this is the love of YAHWEH, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

Let's examine the first four of these ten commandments dealing with loving Yahweh (some might say the 5th commandment applied to Yahweh also)

Exodus 20:1 - And Elohim spake all these words, saying,

Exodus 20:2 - I am YAHWEH thy Elohim, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Exodus 20:3 - Thou shalt have no other elohim before me.

There is to be nothing between us and Yahweh. Yahweh is to come first in all we do

Yet, many will set aside the scriptures and trust their pastor or favorite bible teacher to teach them all they need to know to "get to heaven." Others prefer to put an organization before their own relationship with Yahweh

These are very dangerous things

Others will spend more time focusing on sports figures, the television, movies, money, games, and numerous lusts

Actually, anytime we choose to sin we are putting "self" before Yahweh

So if Yahweh has commanded anything in His word, even outside the Ten Commandments, and we choose to ignore it and break it.. we are breaking one of the Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:4 - Thou shalt not make unto 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 water under the earth:

Exodus 20:5 - Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I YAHWEH thy Elohim am a jealous Elohim, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Children today are taught to put their trust in Teddy bears instead of Yahweh. Observances having their root in idolatry is rampant in a lot of Christian worship including the pagan holidays, the crosses, the steeples (obelisks), the SUNday worship, etc etc :(

We need to flee from all forms of idolatry:

1Corinthians 10:13 - There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but YAHWEH is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

1Corinthians 10:14 - Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

Covetousness is considered to be a form of idolatry:

Colossians 3:5 - Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Covetousness is running out of control in this society

We do need to beware of these things!

Covetousness is why everyone is in debt, they want it NOW

Colossians 3:6 - For which things' sake the wrath of YAHWEH cometh on the children of disobedience:

Colossians 3:7 - In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

Colossians 3:8 - But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

It was said to Saul:

1Samuel 15:23 - For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of YAHWEH, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

So when a person stubbornly refuses to obey the word of Yahweh, or stubbornly refuses reproof, he is setting HIMSELF up as a deity and putting His own ways before Yahweh in his rebellion

Let's look at another commandment often ignored today...

Deuteronomy 5:11 - Thou shalt not take the name of YAHWEH thy Elohim in vain: for YAHWEH will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Many take the third commandment to mean that we should not use the Father's name alongside a swear word or profanity. I could see where it certainly can mean this. Others say that taking His name on our lips while living a life of sin is another way of taking His name in vain. I do agree with this also.

However, the third commandment means much more than this. Replacing the Heavenly Father's name with a title of our own choosing such as "the LORD", "GOD", "Adonai", or "Ha Shem" is another way of taking His name in vain.

Let's look at the third commandment as written in the King James Bible:

" Deuteronomy 5:11 "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless that taketh his name in vain." "

The original Hebrew word for "vain" in this passage refers to Strong's word #7723 in the Hebrew Lexicon.

In the Strong's lexicon it states:

7723 shav' shawv or shav {shav}; from the same as 7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain):--false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.

And now let's look up the word "vain" in a Webster's dictionary:

vain 1. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. ``Thy vain excuse.'' ... 2. Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt. ...

In light of this, I ask, "What greater way to bring Yahweh's name to uselessness, desolation, destruction, emptiness, worthlessness, and having no real substance, value or purpose than to remove His name altogether from scripture and substitute it with a title of our own choosing?"

Those who have chosen to practice this are doing just that. This practice of putting "the LORD" in place of "Yahweh" is so widespread and complete that few people even know the Heavenly Father has a personal name.

Yahweh chose to place His name in scripture nearly 7,000 times. And each one of those 7,000 times man has replaced it with a title (such as "The LORD) in 99% of all translations.

In fact, in most translations the third commandment (as written) is a transgression of itself! Why? Because the third commandment forbids bringing His name to nothing, yet most translations do just that.

So if we want to love Yahweh and keep the third commandment, we should never replace Yahweh's name with a false one. This is not the only way to break the third commandment, but we can see that it is certainly one way of doing so.

In spite of what others may think, our love for Yahweh should be evidenced by the keeping of this commandment. We must seek to restore what Yahweh placed there originally. We must be willing to set aside vain tradition and walk in the original truth of Yahweh... just as He inspired it.

Now let's consider the fourth commandment...

Exodus 20:8 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

This is the one that many Christians really wish were not in the Ten

It is grievous the various ways people seek to find their way out of this one

Exodus 20:9 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

Exodus 20:10 - But the seventh day is the sabbath of YAHWEH thy Elohim: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

Exodus 20:11 - For in six days YAHWEH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore YAHWEH blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

One thing we could notice is that if you look at what the scriptures say concerning the time that Yahushua lived in, He never had to teach anyone to keep the Sabbath

It was already being kept to the extreme...though in a wrong way.

Some like to twist Yahushua's words into saying that it's OK to break the Sabbath now

But the law and prophets still hang from the two great commandments

Yahweh made the seventh day of the week holy and "sanctified it" at creation

It is a "holy day" that we are to "Keep holy"

We cannot make any other day of the week holy

So to keep another day holy is not keeping this commandments

(commandment)

If I had 7 sheep and I asked my son to set apart the 7th sheep and not shear it, what if he decided to shear the 7th one and not shear the 1st one. Did he do my will?

Of course not

Yahweh set apart the 7th day of the week to keep holy, let's not disobey Him and choose another day for ourselves

These first four commandments have to do with loving Yahweh, and they are the most important for that reason

In Yahushua's day He didn't have to teach anyone that they must keep the feast day Sabbaths

Or even the regular Sabbath

They were already being kept

In fact, Yahushua didn't need to teach a whole lot on those commandments that dealt with loving or serving Yahweh with the exception of the fact that the leaders were not serving Yahweh with their heart but rather to receive glory from men.

In those days, it was honorable to serve Yahweh

What Yahushua DID teach were commandments having to do with loving our neighbor which were being ignored or changed to fit the situation.

"situation ethics"

Here is one among many examples:

Matthew 15:3 - But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of YAHWEH by your tradition?

Matthew 15:4 - For YAHWEH commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Matthew 15:5 - But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

Matthew 15:6 - And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of YAHWEH of none effect by your tradition.

Matthew 15:7 - Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

Matthew 15:8 - This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

Matthew 15:9 - But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Isn't this about the same situation that we deal with today?

Traditions of men replacing commandments of Yahweh

In those days, they ignored the 5th commandment by their tradition

Today, people regularly break the first four commandments so that they may keep their tradition

Idolatry in the worship is tolerated, replacing Yahweh's name is tolerated and breaking the Sabbath is tolerated

Furthermore, many people say we don't have to do this commandment anymore because (insert excuse here).

In Yahushua's day He never had to tell them to 'keep the Sabbath, keep the feasts, eat clean foods' for they were already doing these things. In fact they were adding to Yahweh's law concerning these subjects but subtracting in other places!

But what has happened now is a total shift in interpretation

All that people seem to care about now is the commandments that have to do with loving our neighbor.

These are the ones that are accepted in this world for the most part. You will usually receive little persecution for doing them. 

Now all we hear is "Love your neighbor...Love your neighbor..."

I say, "What about loving Yahweh by keeping the commandments that have to do with how we serve Him??"

This has all been forgotten!!!

And all they care about is the heart. This is important, I agree...But we shouldn't be misguided to the point that our own heart deceives us!

Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Proverbs 28:26 - He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

People are too busy listening to their own heart rather than listening to the Spirit of Yahweh.

Indeed the word of Yahweh IS Spirit

John 6:63 - It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

His word asks certain things of us.

Yahweh doesn't want us to look at His word and then decide whether or not it matters depending on our heart.

He wrote these words so that we would learn how to love HIM.

But men today have transgressed the laws of Yahweh (they say what matters is the heart), changed the ordinances of Yahweh (like keeping Easter rather than Passover) and broken the everlasting covenant (they say it is done away with!)

Isaiah prophesied that this would be the situation in the end times:

Isaiah 24:1 - Behold, YAHWEH maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

Isaiah 24:2 - And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury so with the giver of usury to him.

Isaiah 24:3 - The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for YAHWEH hath spoken this word.

Isaiah 24:4 - The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

Why?

Isaiah 24:5 - The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

See....we can know why!

Isaiah 24:6 - Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

Some say "Well that covenant back then was for those Israelites, we are Gentiles and are under the new covenant now"

But Yahweh said:

Jeremiah 31:31 - Behold, the days come, saith YAHWEH, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

The new covenant is also with Israel!

So I invite all those who have been influenced by the traditions and interpretations of the "Christian Fathers" to serve Yahweh, not the doctrines and commandments of men.

When you compare the way things are today with the way the leaders deceived the people in Yahushua's day, this is one thing that has yet to change

Yahushua didn't come to abolish the law.. He came to magnify it and make it honorable again

Isaiah 42:21 - YAHWEH is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

Isaiah 42:22 - But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

The people are robbed and plundered by Malachi 3:10 quoting preachers of darkness. We see a people robbed by the thieves who not only steal their money but also often their salvation :(

Beware of merchant preachers! Hirelings who do not care for the sheep

For they are smooth salesmen, keeping men hidden inside the church walls, the prison houses that confine them, lest the Spirit of Yahweh lead them in His true ways :(((

What are we to do?

We are to seek the truth, and choose to love Yahweh no matter what men may say.

Even if we are the last person on the earth who loves Yahweh, we still must

Thankfully there are still many who do love Yahweh

His commandments, His way of love and life and truth must be restored. His Sabbath and His name must be restored. Father's hearts must be turned to their children. Children's hearts need to be turned to their Fathers. We have lost sooo much in this age :(

It isn't the time to go and set up a denomination which presumptuously says they have found all the truth now, why build yet another prison house?

It is the time to seek Yahweh and the ancient paths..

It is the time to love Yahweh with all our hearts

It is time to share the news that Yahweh desires love from us too, in His ways.. not necessarily our own ways

He loved us while we were yet sinners in the hope that we would no longer choose sin

Let's never forget that it is our love for Yahweh that must be the driving force behind our desire to keep His commandments, and not a desire to be men-pleasers or religion-keepers

Let us all fulfill Yahushua's commandment to go and make disciples to all the nations and preach the original glad tidings which was once delivered to the saints:

Jude 1:3 - Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

It is for the saints that Yahushua tarries, to seal yet more

Let's seek them out, and expose the truth

They may call us evildoers for contending...

and for disrupting their unity in error...

but because we love them we MUST

We have a chance to reach those who are lost. We can do all these things in HIS name.

We can magnify His name, make it honorable, and keep it pure and separate...our rewards will be beyond measure. Let us proclaim the highest standard of love.

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

Remember the two commandments Yahushua said were so important

Matthew 28:18 - And Yahushua came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Matthew 28:19 - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:

Matthew 28:20 - Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the age.

Unless we teach everyone to observe the commandments, there are no disciples/taught ones

Remember the two commandments Yahushua said were so important

And the Torah & Prophets which hang from them

It is high time that we lift up this standard to all the world

It is high time that the Torah of Yahweh be lifted up as the standard for all men to live by!

So brethren, let's proclaim the highest standard of love in His name. The standard of love found in His everlasting word:

Psalms 119:126 - It is time for thee, YAHWEH, to work: for they have made void thy law.

Psalms 119:127 - Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

Psalms 119:128 - Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

Psalms 119:129 - Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

Psalms 119:130 - The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Psalms 119:131 - I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

Psalms 119:132 - Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

Psalms 119:133 - Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalms 119:134 - Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

Psalms 119:135 - Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

Psalms 119:136 - Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

And with that, I will close.

May Yahweh bless you and have mercy on us all!