Proverbs 18:20 - The Navi

It was certain to happen after years of going back and forth between words in the Strong's Concordance and Hebrew Lexicon. I am studying Hebrew. And, boom, I have LIFE now because I understand this one verse from the wisdom Scriptures that YHVH gave me to meditate on in 2010.

Proverbs 18:20 (KJV) A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

From studying Learn Biblical Hebrew, I learned that navi was the word for prophet, and it made me think that James Cameron, creator of the movie Avatar must be Jewish, but he claims no religion...sure...

My understanding is fruitful of this verse now because of the website Jew FAQ the page about the word navi shared this bit of information about a root word: 




"The Hebrew word for a prophet, navi (Nun-Beit-Yod-Alef) comes from the term niv sefatayim meaning "fruit of the lips," which emphasizes the prophet's role as a speaker."

Fruit of the lips? Where had I seen that phrase before? My mind went to Proverbs 18:20, which as not exact, but I see it again in other verses, and I am certain the intent was the same in Proverbs 18:20.

Proverbs 13:2 (NIV) From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things, but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.

Proverbs 12:14 (NIV) From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.

Read the other translations of those verses; it's good food for the soul. I meditate on faithfulness because of Proverbs 13:2. Recently, I was listening to the audio series Spirit Driven Success by Dani Johnson again and she spoke of being unfaithful to one's business. The curse more is not being faithful to one's vision. 

For: "Without a prophetic vision, the people throw off all restraint; but he who keeps Torah is happy." (Complete Jewish Bible, Proverbs 29:18)

Again: "Where there is no chazon (prophetic vision), the people cast off restaint [i.e., perish ungovernable], but he that is shomer over the torah, happy is he. (Orthodox Jewish Bible, Proverbs 29:18)

And, finally: "When prophecy faileth, the people shall be destroyed; but he that keepeth the law, is blessed (but he who obeyeth the Law, is blessed)." (Wycliffe Bible, Proverbs 29:18)

May the Word of the LORD sustain us. Made meditating on His Word be our delight that we may have abundant life.

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James 2:17 - Bible Study

James 2:17 - What Does It Mean?

I had forgotten that I had written about this verse before. That was a good study about activating faith or bringing it to life by acting on it.

Today the Holy Spirit showed me something else about this verse. I suppose it's just further explanation of what was poorly interpreted. (Or perhaps a well-to-do translator added on to it to make it fit their worldview).

So, there are two miracles where Yeshua (Jesus) multiplies loaves of bread and fish, and the Holy Spirit showed me that He thanked the Father and went straight to the motion of handing out the fish. He did not wait until He saw the fish multiply. He believed, and as He set forth to do what He believed God had provided for, the fish and bread multiplied.

FAITH - the evidence of things unseen.

If a person believes that he has what he's asked for, then he will be grateful to the father and then put other things in motion that depend on that thing being done.

For example, you have asked God to provide for a missions trip. You do not see everything in place, but you have asked in faith and believe it is done. So, would a person of faith wait until all the funds arrived and all the paperwork was finished to go? Or would a person of faith realize that God knew you needed His help before you asked, and just complete all the details concerning the trip right up until the day.

I heard Cathy Lechner tell a story about the Holy Spirit telling her to take a trip to a particular place and that the trip was paid for. She went to the airport without a ticket and gave them her name for the reservation to find that an "angel" had gone before her and paid for everything.

Yeshua (Jesus) gave the example. He even said he was praying aloud for the crowd's sake when he was about to raise Lazarus from death. If Cathy did not go to the airport, her faith would have been dead before the miracle showed up. And, so it is with you. When you pray and really believe that God has done what you asked "like He promised to do," then you will be full of thanksgiving and move on with the other actions that you can do.

Noah had faith that God was talking to him, and built a boat in the midst of laughter and scorn.
Peter walked on water because he had the faith to step out of the boat.

It would seem that faith or all the miracles we are looking for lay stillborn (dead) in the spirit realm, and we bring them to life when we believe with the eyes of our heart (faith in unseen) rather than our physical eyes (faith in the seen). Circumstances (creation) are always subject to the Creator (and He lives in you). How then can you fear and doubt if you really believe this?

 Let's look at a direct translation...

...now that's interesting... there's one unintelligible word in there, but the rest is pretty plain.

"so also faith, if not dead, is he echi work itself throughout"

Faith does not stop. Faith is alive when it is in motion. When something stops it is dead.

I think that is basic difference between things that are alive and things that are dead. Live things move. Dead things cannot. Faith continues working itself out into reality, and without that effort to birth the thing from the invisible womb of creation it will die.

In short, those with real faith see a thing as done and complete before they ask and do not wait for the circumstances to change in order to believe and take action on what they requested.

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Matthew 6:33 - Bible Study

I felt pressed by the Holy Spirit this morning to study this scripture for Matthew 6:33. What I'm finding is that we think that we have the teachings of Yeshua (Jesus), but a lot of it has been intentionally changed to keep the majority in darkness. 

It is very likely that Matthew 6:33 is one of those scriptures. But, more importantly, from today, I'm beginning to think that any Bible or Bible commentary that you might find will still fall short if you do not know the original languages.

At first, I did not find anything interesting. I could not find anything in the Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. I couldn't even find the resource page I used to access all the time from Scripturetext.com; thank you Google. But, then I visited http://www.peshitta.org/ and http://aramaicnewtestament.org/gospel/matthew_6.htm. I tried the Google translator tool since no translation was offered on the second website. The results are very interesting...

Peshitta Aramaic/English Interlinear New Testament: not therefore be anxious about tomorrow for tomorrow will be added these (things) and all and His righteousness of God the kingdom all these things require you.

Direct Greek Translation: and first seek ye the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things were added unto you (Oddly enough, there were no alternate translations for "were added").

Was it an error in translation, as is common with the Google translator tool, or has something been lost in translation or intentionally changed by translators? I'm having trouble deciding. Do your study Bibles ever question the translations? In your daily devotional, you should.

Because the second translation is more exciting I wanted so share it. In light of who God is, the current faith training I have been going through, I believe that the translators must have thought that they needed to correct the tense in the sentence. But, they lost the original meaning. 

Don't toil. Lilies don't toil. God has taken care of everything that you need already. He cares more for you than flowers.  

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Luke 6:23 | Matthew 5:12

rejoice in that day, and leap, for lo, your reward is great in the heaven, for according to these things were their fathers doing to the prophets. (Luke 6:23, YLT)

rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you. (Matthew 5:12, YLT)

This is something the Holy Spirit brought to my attention a few days ago. We are always thinking about heaven in the sense of someplace that we will go and live with Yeshua after we die or after He returns, and so we have this understanding of these verses that Yeshua preached as a means to get a reward later.


HOWEVER


The Holy Spirit was showing me that God does not delay rewards. He's just that good. We are rewarded now; we are rewarded later. And, this idea that we have of heaven is a little skewed. Heaven or "the heavens" are the source of everything on earth.


The Lord opens the windows of heaven and pours us out blessings (Malachi 3:10). When does He do this? NOW. He doesn't pour us out blessings in heaven and give not rewards to us now. If Yeshua could say "the workman is worth of his wages in one instance, do you think He would then withhold reward or compensation in another instance (Luke 10:7)?

I have a very big misconception of God and heaven for the longest time! But, going to a few of Dani Johnson's seminars and being told over and over that "you reap what you sow, always." Things became clearer. Entering the Kingdom of God is a thing that is done in the spirit when the truth comes to someone and that person walks in it. The Truth is the Way of Life. Yeshua is the Way, the Life and the Truth. He showed us how to live in the Kingdom of God on earth so that we might have abundant life!

It's so good it gives me chills!

This is FREEDOM, knowing that whatever happens, you are rewarded here and in the age to come because heaven is bigger than earth. The One that lives in you is more powerful than anything on earth. This is why you can rejoice and be exceeding glad because you know that its all good for those that love God and are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28)

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How to Believe

JEAN's NEW BOOK will bring light to darkened understanding.

 Jesus said to them, "Don't your Scriptures say, 'I said, "You are gods" '? -John 10:34 

It is my conviction, as God's church (body), we have always been smarter, faster and wiser than the world. But, God has chosen now to reveal the message of who we are. We are coming into an age of sonship. We are recognizing what it truly means to be a both kings and priests. We reconcile others to God like priests, and we command His will like kings. And, now, we can move in oneness like the Father and Yeshua (Jesus).

I just came off of a call with Jean Miller. And, oddly enough, I had just connected with her on the same day. Of course, she is just the person I needed to meet to complete the picture of why all the things that witches and those that are enemies of God manifest. They understand the laws of God (the laws that He set in place to govern the universe) better than most Christians do. So, they manifest what they want, but they live for this age, but we live for the age to come in eternity. Why God's people perish because a lack of knowledge.

Jean on Prayer

It is amazing the amount of material she covered in one session. But, basically, I will give you a summary, and you can contact her to join the group if you want the meat and potatoes. So, if you're wondering how to get prayers answered. The answer is to pray like Jesus prayed, doubting nothing, with full assurance that it is already done or provided by the Father.

I'm so happy that one of the students had the guts to ask, but how does one get rid of fear if they are fearful when asking. And, the answer was "renewing your mind," revisiting the Scriptures, and realizing that we are gods. We have been given all good things. God cannot lie, and there so many promises communicating that all we have to do is ask and believe. 

All of out problems stem from an identity crisis.

When we really believe that we have all things because Jesus lives in us. Then, we say I am the cure (salt of the earth). I am the solution. I am light, joy, peace, patience. I am because I and the Father are one. He came down to make that a reality. And, the father of lies created religious tradition and religious teachings to separate us from the true gospel of the kingdom.

You get your prayers answered when praying in thanksgiving because you know that you already have before you ask because your Father already prepared all good things for you. And, He knew that you would request whatever it is.

 Jean on Belief

Jean's vision and calling is training and equipping the endtime army to walk in the fullness of Christ, to do greater things than He did. And, she very clearly lined out that this process of belief begins with knowing who you are. And, understanding how we create our circumstances from an alignment of belief-thought-action.

So, if you are wondering how to have more faith or how to get healed. Be faith. Be healed. You can only be these things when you acknowledge God in you, what he did for you. Acknowledge the kingdom of heaven. Acknowledge that you have already overcome and are seated in heavenly places. 

Seek the kingdom of God (be one with God by accepting his love, joy, peace, patience), and these things that you chased like healing or earth shattering faith will be. The earth, we really do have dominion over it again because Jesus took back dominion. And, because of that, nothing is impossible.

Law of Attraction, Biblical?

So, like I was hinting at before, I was really struggling with how these "New Age" people can manifest their desires apart from God. And, the answer is simply that everyone manifests what's in their hearts. It is written as a man thinks in his heart so is he. Guard you heart(mind) because from it flow the issues of life.

When I see that word issues. I always think of rivers--the very essence of life....I have to look it up.

Okay,  'for out of it are the issues' translates to
towtsa'ah  (to-tsaw-aw')
(only in plural collective) exit, i.e. (geographical) boundary, or (figuratively) deliverance, (actively) source -- border(-s), going(-s) forth (out), issues, outgoings.

That expanded definition helped me. I hope it helped you. So, 'the Secret' is not necessarily "New Age," but the danger in it is what I see with my brother. He bows to this "Law of Attraction" instead of God. The most important lesson is accepting that you have all things; with that acceptance you cannot chase these temporal pleasures in the world because you understand 'You are.'

Paul Martinelli said it this way (meaning your best life) begins with embracing your I AM-ness.

Wow, what a powerful woman of God! 

If you are intrigued, burning with a desire for more truth or ravenously hungry for more, contact Jean on Facebook, and let her know you want to be trained!

https://www.facebook.com/jeanhmiller

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A Study of Romans 8:6

So, today the Spirit led to to study Romans 8 and Revelations 8. As I was reading through these passages again, I saw Romans 8:6 needed further study. This is what I found.

for the mind of the flesh is death, and the mind of the Spirit -- life and peace;
(Romans 8:6, YLT)

φρονημα noun - nominative singular neuter
phronema fron'-ay-mah: (mental) inclination or purpose -- (be, be carnally, be spiritually) mind(-ed).

Can you see it? Is our purpose in whatever we do to feed ourselves or to be faithful to our loving God. Are we self-serving (fleshly-minded) or God-serving (Spiritually-minded). IT struck me how this Word had not done its perfect work in my life. There are so many places in which I am experiencing death, because my appetite is foremost. I have not even considered God or His will!

Oh, I was blind but now I see.

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Versions of the Bible - I'm a Total Sell Out!

I want to tell my journey of viewing the Bible as the sacred words of life to viewing it as a cryptic success manual. And the questions along the way like, "Why is it so hard to follow it?"

I can remember in previous years being obsessed with the words in red, Christ's words.
Now, I am obsessed with hearing all of it. It took me a decade or so to read the KJV Version in it's entirety aloud. There was something pressing my spirit to read for the walls and unclean spirits to hear.

I had never thought it was for myself until...

Dani Johnson said: Faith comes by hearing. HEARING!
She has a way of getting things across when others can't. I imagine she was referring to her audio testimonials, and all of her DVDs and audios available. But the message stuck.

"So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ." -Romans 10:17

It's not just Dani who I've been listening to this year. I started this year all torn down after leaving an unhealthy relationship. And, I decided to only to listen to Christian leaders. Now, I am an entrepreneur, and I see success all around -- through new clandestine "techniques" for getting prospects to purchase your products and services. I would follow whoever was in the headlines and making marketing history at the moment.

And then, this year this sunk in...
"Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." -Psalm 1:1

Did I really believe this Bible that I claimed to live by?

The decision is now, to trust nothing and no one else.

I felt the loss of Jim Rohn last year, I was a late comer to his teachings, but I remember his testimony that he was a believer and his challenge to all believers to Study, PRACTICE, and Teach what they believe. It was remarkable for me to learn that two men that I really respected Les Brown and Henry Weinacker, also attributed some of their success to Mr. Jim Rohn.

So, I was seeking for ways to pull myself out of my emotional slump. I found Eric Thomas on YouTube. I had heard of Thank God It's Monday from two other marketers, not sure who came up with it first. Was it Scott Stratten? Was it Dave Navarro?

But, then one by one...those that attributed their success to the Bible started emerging. Dani Johnson, Les Brown, Earl Nightingale, Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar...
Now, I could never be certain of how much these people believed in the God of the Bible, but I could be certain that they believed and lived by biblical principles to succeed in life.

Zig Struck Me The Most.

He told this story of a secretary that had come to work for his company. The lady had nothing going for her. He said that she started listening to the Bible and listening to the teachings of the company. And she skyrocketed to the top of his sales force before leaving for a better job!

My mind flashed back to Dani Johnson bragging about having read the Bible six times and studying it. She was one of the many that claimed it to be the best success book ever written.

Even as the New Age Movement continues to deceive and silence the voices Christians that don't want to ruffle feathers...this truth remains:


Isaiah 55:11 (NIV) so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

So isn't that a reason to listen to it? Isn't that a reason to listen to all of it?

But he answering said, 'It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.' (Matthew 4:4) 

So for the purely selfish motive of wanting the best that God has in life, and for wanting to be a light and leader through my actions. I've listened to many online bibles. My next step is to buy CDs of the ESV version of the Bible to listen more. For some reason, this purchase has eluded me for about three years. In the meantime, titles like The Bible Experience (TNIV) has tempted me, and my indecision has caused me not to purchase one. But, those in poverty think of one or the either, and those that live by heaven's principles think in terms of all (multiple Bibles):

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James 2:17 - A Widely Abused Verse

So, I love tearing apart verses that are commonly quoted and used a lot in sermons because I believe that a great number of religious leaders just seek to control the largely undereducated population of church goers. You may have a Harvard degree and still be undereducated and deluded when it comes to knowledge of God's word. So let's have look as the verse, shall we?

In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

As you probably know, this verse has been used to justify the foundation of many humanitarian "Christo-Catholic" organizations. And recruit volunteers that feel that it is their "Christian duty" to serve with them. It has been used to cast guilt upon those that go about their daily lives only donating some money from time to time and in general paying attention to what God tells them to do personally.

Here is the key part of the scripture that is often twisted: "if it is not accompanied by"
εαν conditional
ean eh-an': before, but, except, (and) if, (if) so, (what-, whither-)soever, though, when (-soever), whether (or), to whom, (who-)so(-ever).

Unlike my other commentary here that has been derived from my own interpretation from study books, this interpretation came while meditating on the scripture in the kitchen. And the Spirit of God gave me the interpretation though I was not really expecting it. He revealed that this scripture is tied to another scripture "...those that wait upon the Lord..."

And in this verse wait means "to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect -- gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon)." Or as one Jewish scholar (Randy Lechner) put it, to make preparations for what God said He is going to do.

If we have faith in God's promises, then we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that He will perform what He said. All need to be doing is moving in faith towards what He said He will do. Set the stage and wait for the Star to play His role.

But in all seriousness, in the scripture faith means taking some risks when God tells you to do something. It doesn't always have to be risky, I mean for the disciples it was as simple as casting their nets on the other side of the boat, but it does not mean Faith "Faith in God" is without Works "charities done for men to be seen by men" is dead. It means if you believe Him, you'll cast the net on the other side, you'll write that letter to your estranged aunt; it means have the faith to do whatever He is telling you to do in every situation (active/activated faith).

And of course this implies that you are seeking Him to give you instruction in those situations. Do you have the faith to first of all trust Him to guide you, and do you have the faith to move how and when He says?

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Roman 8:1 Reflection

Amplified Bible
THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit.

I took the liberty to look up the meanings of these words in my Key Word Bible.
condemnation: an adverse sentence or verdict; (completely absent for the Christian walking after the Spirit.)
Christ: epithet of Jesus, means Messiah, "the Christ of the Lord."
flesh: by implication, human nature; human being; carnal.
Spirit: a current of air; breath; breeze; ghost; life; spirit; mind; the Spirit referring to the Holy Spirit and His influences.

It always brings a new depth of meaning to a verse when one explores the roots of words and more complete definitions as given in the original languages. I like the word "absent". Condemnation is absent from the believer that is walking after the Spirit.

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Romans 5:17

Excerpt from: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Romans 5:17

Through the grace of God, the gift by grace has abounded to many through Christ; yet multitudes choose to remain under the dominion of sin and death, rather than to apply for the blessings of the reign of grace. But Christ will in nowise cast out any who are willing to come to him.

This message has been kicking down many doors to get to me, and I see it now and I am in awe of God. This is a commentary on the central Scripture of Joseph Prince Ministries. Sin reigned, but now righteousness reigns, and those in Christ have overcome the world. Amazing, we are so often taken back to the law and reminded of our sins, but verses prior reveal that the law was to show the need for grace and grace to take the place of the law. You must choose the law and death or grace and life. You must choose to look on the brazen serpent and live or let sin and judgment destroy you (Numbers 21:4-9).

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Psalm 47:1

"O CLAP your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with a voice of triumph."

As I meditate on this scripture today I am awakened again to the teaching last year on the halal. Or the proper sacrifice of praise unto God. The teacher told us that the Psalms serve as protocol for the way to enter into God's presence. And He is will us always but there are times when we praise Him or when we are caught up in prayer to Him when we can feel His presence and when He shows His wonders.

The final lesson in the halal was to rejoice; rejoice like you have lost your mind when it seems like the battle is lost--your circumstance is greater than you. This act invites God to come and fight on your behalf. This act or faith and foolishness invites God to prove Himself, and in my experience He always has.

"For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars." 2 Chronicles 16:9 He will show Himself strong:)

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Matthew 22:39

This was interesting. God woke me up way early and I could just sense that there was something that He wanted to tell me so I asked, "What is it Lord?" "What do you want me to do?" Then He told me to love my neighbor as myself. This prompted me to pull up some online tools on the subject and to my surprise I found out that when Jesus was talking about it in Matthew 22:39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. What I found out by reading some commentaries is that it is understood in Jewish tradition that if you break one part of the law you are guilty of it all, and the part that I was ignorant of, when Jesus said 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. and then followed with "and the second is like it" <-- That Phrase Means It Is Equally As Great As The First. I always thought it meant that it was second in importance, but after reading the commentaries I understood differently. It is defined best in Greek as "corresponding to a thing" or the first thing mentioned.

The last thing I found and I remember reading in Extravagant Worship by Darlene Zschech is that there is no first and last law in the Jewish custom. They are all held the same so it is to be understood that these two mentioned are tied together with a cause and effect relationship. Out of loving God the way that you should you will love your neighbor as you are loved.

God was showing me more than that. He was showing that we should love everyone like He loves us. I was thinking impossible. Then I was thinking wow, that would actually make like a lot easier. He treats us with unconditional love. That's difficult to find. This lesson was so important I had to blog about it immediately.

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