1 Samuel 15: 22 says, "And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." (Bible)
Hosea 6:6 says, "For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings." (Bible)
The Most High and Yahushua want us to be obedient. Well how are we obedient? We follow His laws, precepts, and commands. The best place to start is in the first 5 books of Torah. We obey the 10 commandments. If you don't know what they are, well then here goes.
This is what the Word says: I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 5:6-21
1. Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
2. 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:
3. Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
4. 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.
5. Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work, And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
6. Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
7. Thou shalt not kill.
8. Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
9. Neither shalt thou steal.
10. Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor. Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbor's.
It is so easy for man to tell you what the Bible says, but the best way for you to know it, it to read it for yourself. The best thing to do is to read the first 5 books of the Bible, because you learn so much and it gives you the information you need to head in the right direction.
Prayer is also important. I actually pray or rather talk to The Most High and Yahsua all day long. They are always on my mind. Yet yesterday I find out that we are supposed to pray 3 times a day to The Most High! Amazing, how there is always more, I am so excited... I am learning and growing day by day. I know others are as well, but the first thing we have to do is follow Yah's law.
In church I had always heard that we were not under the law but under grace. Yet how can that be the only thing we should understand with our whole being, when Yahshua (Jesus) told the man in Matthew 19:17 "And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." (Bible)
He also said in, Matthew 5:17-18 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."
The law is essential. If we transgress, what are we transgressing against? The law, and by that I mean Yah's law, not mans. Because He has given us instructions on what we need to do in order to enter into The Most High's Kingdom, man has traditions and laws that will keep you out of jail, but his laws will not keep you from the Lake of Fire. So I know we must obey Yah.
Yah is coming for us, so it seems to me that man tries to do his best to make sure we are polluted and made into an abomination to The Most High. The food we eat is already tainted, the majority of Hebrews don't know they are Hebrew, and most Hebrew Christians don't realize they are violating the Holy Shabbats by going to church on Sunday's, which is a pagan day of worship to the Roman sun god. We are going through what once could call a modern day Hellenization of the Hebrew people, but we don't know it because we've been born into it.
People (and I was one) are faithfully going to church and paying their tithes (another lie), only to die and find out we were lied to. So you see, we have to get back to reading our Bibles or seeking out those who study the Bible, so that we to are participating in Bible studies ourselves. I always say that I know I am not the wisest of people, but I know that The Most High has blessed a lot of people with understanding His word, and has strategically placed them in positions where we can find them, and together we can begin to know our Father and our big brother the Savior.
I have learned in this walk, that no matter what you ask The Most High in His Son Yahusha's name concerning Him, He will give you an answer. So my advice is to learn and do the 10 commandments. Read the first 5 books of the Bible (Torah) and really read Leviticus and do it. People will laugh at you but it is ok. Of course there are some things we just can not do because we are not in our homeland, and the Father knows that, but we are to follow the laws, precepts, and commands to the best of our abilities. Lastly, we are all trying to reach the Kingdom, so be kind and lets try to help one another. With that, Shalom!
Works Cited
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Bible: Authorized King James Version: Containing the Old and the New Testaments. Grand
Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009. Print.
