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From Rabbi Jack 1 Thessalonians {4:3-8}3) It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4) that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, 5) not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; 6) and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. 7) For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8) Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you His Holy Spirit. Paul is saying that marriage is superior to living together like the pagans were doing. The point of the passage is that there are consequences for abandoning this principle of being holy and honorable and the evidence today seems to bear this out. Parents who have chosen to live together instead of marrying have raised young adults who see living together or just having sexual encounters as a viable option to marriage. Couples today are suffering and our society is deteriorating because the sins the parents committed in having children out of wedlock and in living together instead of getting legally married before God and man, is being passed down to their children. So now the children are committing the same sin their parents committed. The parent’s sin is being visited upon their children, just like the Lord said. It is a spiritual demonic curse that parents have passed down to their children. But it does not only manifest itself in the children having sex before marriage or living together in fornication instead of marrying, but it also manifests itself in other ways; homosexuality, sexual perversion, drug addiction, psychological problems, low self-esteem, depression and the list goes on. Brother, sister, if you are not legally married to the person you call husband or wife, if you do not have that “legal marriage certificate,” do yourself, your children and your future generations the favor of getting it and get right with God. Because right now you are a fornicator, no matter how long you have been together. You are living in sin and I do not think I need to tell you where that will get you! |
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From Ellen I am sure the feeling I have is being experienced by many of you as well and when investigated I have identified it. Control! Control of what you say? Everything! As I ponder this predicament, I have come to realize how a baby must feel. Babies must rely solely on the one caring for them. They are hungry, they need to go to be changed or they may be just plain uncomfortable so they cry. They cry out for the caregiver to pay attention to them and fix whatever circumstance is occurring. “Ahhh, thank you caring individual for feeding me, changing me and turning me to a right position…but do not leave me because at any moment I will need your attention again.” Now transfer this as an adult. If we are healthy and able to navigate on our own in the above-mentioned scenarios then why do we not feel better? In life the Bible says do not be concerned with tomorrow because tomorrow will worry about itself (Matthew 6.25…). Also, in Matthew 6.25 it says; do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink or what you will wear, look at the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap and yet our Heavenly Father feeds them…I am of course paraphrasing and if you take the time to read verses 25 and following you will find that worrying or concern will not add a single hour to your life. We do not feel better because we cannot do anything without the Father. As believers, true believers we cannot do anything without the help of our heavenly Father so this means to relinquish complete and total control to Him. Sounds easy but as finite humans our first reaction to anything is to fix it. When we fix things of our own power it is most likely akin to a band aid but when Father fixes things the circumstance is done, completed and over! Please heed to this warning…time is short and the state of the world is chaotic but remember Jeremiah 29.11-15 says God’s plans and purposes for your life are for a future and a hope and not of calamity. We all need a caregiver and the best one is the Father in Heaven…so if you are not walking through this upside-down world with Him, it is time! All you need to do is to relinquish control and receive Yeshua into your life as Lord and Savior and He will take care of the rest. Love you all! |
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From the Rabbi's Desk - Weekly Torah portions by Rabbi Jack (Ya'acov) Farber.
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Parsha Lech Lecha - Go You
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