* Shabbat Night Live–Michael Rood and The Ark of the Covenant–Into the Wilderness
Shabbat Night Live
* Michael continues on the subject of discovering the location of the Ark of the Covenant–sets the foundation of His coming in to the truth about the end times. He picked up from last week and gave his personal testimony
* House of Israel and Arthur Bailey–Now Concerning Spiritual Gifts, Part 5
* Arthur picked up where he left off regarding the spiritual gifts–specifically the gift of Faith
* Commentary on belief systems based on teachings and lazy believers tend not to research issues themselves
* Our actions are synonymous with our Faith
* Faith-1 Cor 12:9, the gift to believe with extraordinary confidence in Yehovah promises, power and presence in order to honour YHWH, inspire others, and build up the messianic community. Heb. 11:1, 6; Phil 3:9; Luk 17:5; Rom 10:17
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* Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Heb 11:1 KJV)
* 5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. 6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would obey you. (Luk 17:5-6 ASV)
* So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. (Rom 10:17 NAS)
* Yehovah is supposed to be in each of us, but we can’t see Him. The challenge is being able to see Yehovah in us when there are no other believers in the room
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* 4102-pistis; from(3982) persuasion, ie credence; moral conviction(of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstract constancy in such profession; by the extensive system of religious(Gospel) truth itself:-assurance, belief, believe, Faith, fidelity
* Also derived from aman is emunah meaning firmness, something or someone that is firm in their actions. When the Hebrew word emunah is translated as Faith, misconceptions of its meaning occur. Faith is usually perceived as a knowing while the Hebrew emunah is a firm action
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* but the just shall live by his faith. (Hab 2:4 KJV)–a human character that leads to righteousness (Prov. 12:17) Thus as Psalm 33:4 points out, one’s faith is shewn in his or her works–For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth [or emunah or faith]. (Psa 33:4 KJV)
* Thus: BIBLICAL FAITH IS ACTION
* To have faith in God is not [just] knowing God exists or knowing that he will act. Rather it is that the one with enumah will act with firmness toward God’s will. Ancient Hebrew word meaning Faith by Jeff A. Brenner
* Of all the gifts mentioned, none is written about, spoken of or taught more than faith. Faith is the foundation on which all gifts are operated. You can not operate in the spirit without the gift of faith
* The first time the Word is used in a positive sense is during a time when Yehovah is giving a word to the prophet Habakkuk concerning the captivity of Israel by the Chaldean/Babylonians
* Yehovah is not subject to our likes or dislikes. We often act like we are our own God. We tend to be concerned about things that please us over what concerns God.
* Hab 1:5–>2:4–>; Yehovah is raising up an evil nation to overtake His people [Chaldeans]. Yahovah always has a people of faith–the just shall live by their faith. This likely influenced Daniel and the 3 Hebrew boys. These endure persecution because of their exercised faith. These words also inspired Shaul as evidenced in Rom 1:16-17 (cf Joh 3:36)
* Faith is a gift from Yehovah-Eph 2:8; our belief is a gift . Faith is a powerful force given to us by Yehovah. Yahovah gave us faith that we might please Him for with our Faith we can’t please Him. Thus we’ve been given the ability to please Father thru faith
* Heb 11:6. It is impossible to please Yehovah without the gift of faith
* You can use your Faith to work for you or use your Faith to work against you. Faith is seen in actions and in words. Do we speak Faith or fear or doubt? Are we in the flesh or in the spirit. Our words become a confession of our Faith or lack thereof. Our words justify or condemn us. Mat 12:36, 37
* Religious people don’t take the Word seriously. Instead, they take the preacher seriously
* The things that come out of our mouths can cause life and death. Gossipping and the like are considered terrible behavior by Father. We need to cease speaking negativity over and in our lives
* Walking by faith can be a painful ordeal. You can not confess to operate in Faith but confess oppositely (ie talk must match our walk). We must watch/guard our tongues
* Rom 14:23-whatever is not of faith is sin
* Rom 10:17
* We build ourselves up by praying in tongues
* Mar 11:22-26– 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Rom 10:17 KJV)
* We should surround ourselves with people who operate in Faith.
* Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word
Main Discourse
* Are the Gifts of the spirit applicable to Messianics/the Hebraic Roots Community today?
* The Messianic community as a whole seems to reject the spiritual gifts
* Abuses
* Lies
* Affiliation with churchianity
* Affiliation with Messianic community
* There is no clear understanding of the applicability of the gifts
* Ignorance-focus on Torah
* Fear
* Arrogance