The truth of the truth

As I continue to explore the directives we believers/Christians/Hebrews...pick one....were given, the more it is evident the doctrine being spread in the church today is sad and scary. I am one of the guilty of spreading this false doctrine, so this is in no way a judgment toward people, I am in fact severely humbled and repent daily of my shortcomings and many times poor witness.

While I am no scholar, the issues are apparently obvious due to the fact we have a constant search for truth by those who suggest they believe it. Our hearts, minds, and spirits continue to be parched because regardless if it's a church pew or a gymnasium folding chair-where there is salt water there is still thirst.

One of the major issues we face is the plain fact we are not attempting to be separate/holy. This is perhaps one of the cornerstones of the true doctrine of God. We can see this by the fact a specific people were chosen and they were given the laws by which to live. These were not given to all of humanity, nor were they ever changed when the gentiles were the target audience. From "old" to "new" testament it has always been, and always will be the "law" for the children of Israel and the alien who lives among them. Hence whey we gentile believers are GRAFTED into the vine.

And this idea that the church has become blind is not even something newly born. The very people who were waiting on Moses to return (and when he did he had the very instructions from YHWH/God) were down at the bottom of the mountain running crazy around some golden calf! The fact is, humans have regularly disregarded the Lord and the ways of the most high. We see this through the history of the Israelites-but it was always repentance and the word being sought which brought about the grace and blessings from the Lord. Always the people managed to stray, always they managed to repent (and generally when the pain from their sin was evident), and always was the Lord faithful with forgiveness and instruction. From cover to cover this is the way it has worked. If it has worked for the chosen people and the gentiles before us, it will surely do wonders for the church today.

Now, the idea that believers are called to be separate isn't highly disputed in the church from my experience. Rather, the church seems to have slowly but surely changed the definition of separate. Whether out of confusion, convenience, or compromise-fact is it is just wrong and needs to be repented of. Even as I write this I can name a number of ways I have not yet separated myself, but I'm working on that, and daily I pray for spirit to convict me when I'm blurring the line, and for adonai to point out things I am not yet aware. As I said, this is not a judgment as we are all guilty and fall short. It is by simply reading the charge to the people of Israel and Paul's writings as well as examining the true life Yeshua/Jesus led, I can find the needle in the haystack of lies which have piled up. This is the key though, isn't it? The truth has been, and is, and will always be right there within the book I read. The church needs to go back to reading. We need to go back to what was really going on before the 1st/2nd generation church began to slip. We need to stop believing the lies which have been passed down from generation to generation which tells us the sabbath is no longer holy, that Yeshua changed the way we are to serve YHWH, and we can essentially live as close to the world as we want so long as we at some point are willing to SAY we believe in Yeshua Messiah. It is a very scary, dangerous, and painful path the church is on and I thank God the call to repentance is being heard loud and clear by Jew and Gentile.