Shalam, brothers and sisters. I pray that the Most High is keeping you on your journey and the path He has set you on. I pray that He will bless you and strengthen you, but most of all that your faith fail not.
Faith, or the deep conviction that we are not our own creation, nor the ones who change the times and seasons, or the only authority in this world, is a gift of God(Heb. 11:1, Eph. 2:8). Faith, then, can be defined as the sincere belief that God is, that He alone is the first and only cause of all things(Heb. 11:3, Is. 43:10). Faith is the belief that by His power we are, and what is to come is of Him(is.46:9-10). By faith, with the evidence of God's power, we believe in His word as it is written; that it is the truth(Jon.17:17, Ps. 119:142). And, we know, according to His word, that it is impossible to please Him without faith(Heb. 11:7).
It is this faith that will set us apart from this present evil world(Gal. 1:3-4). It will save us from the heresies of modern day Christainity, from the Roman Catholic church to the New Apostolic Reformation(NAR) movement with their false prophets and false apostles, sent by men to decive the multitudes. It is faith that will guide us back to living God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; to the God of our Black Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth. It is faith that will also deliver us from the errors among our own Israelite communities that either twist the scriptures to fit their own understanding, or those who follow men more than God and Christ. It is with faith in God that we who are the seekers and lovers of the truth will overcome the errors of falsehood.
The above mentioned lies and error are more of a spiritual attack on our faith, but there are also other types of aggression against our core beliefs in the one true God, Yahawah. In the first two examples, we are decived by the wicked one's messengers, as Christ stated in Matthew 13:19, due to lack of understanding the word of God.
There can be several reasons for this. The first, is lack of understanding of the historical context of the scriptures in general and the prophecies written in them. Next, is the approach of reading the Bible from a dogmatic perspective, where you read the Bible from what you've been taught by others. For example, you may read the word and believe it in a certain way just because the preacher said so, but you never asked God questions about it or search the scriptures to obtain the correct meaning or a deeper understanding of the subject matter. A case in point is the false teaching that the 144,000 sealed servant of God from the twelve tribes of Israel as stated in Revelation chapter seven are not the children of Israel, but spiritual Isrealites of all different nations of people as stated by Benny Hinn, a NAR preachers. To refute this lie and error you would have to know the history and the prophecies of God concerning his Chosen people Israel as testified in the following scriptures Deut. 32:8-9, Deut. 7:6, Amos 3:1-2. God's love and his judgment is towards His people first. As for the nations, some will be graphed into the grace given to Israel because of their faith in the ture teaching of God and His Black Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth. However,these faithful of nations, are not the descendants of the children of Jacob, and are further counseled by Paul, an apostle of Christ, not to boast against the desendant of the Israelites. This is because, they are not the source of this movement with God, but are only partakers of God's grace toward the twelve tribes of Israel through faith in the truth(Romans 11:18-20). When Revelations seven is considered in this full context of the Bible, we can not be easily fooled to believe a lie. The 144,000 are of the bloodline of the ancient Israelites and of no other nation(believers or not). It is to them the honor of the title of the servant of God belongs to, as it is written(Is. 44:1-5), that is for the children of Israel.
Another way our faith can be challenged is by tribulations and persecutions for it(Matt.13:20-21). This can happen through divisions and attacks from family members, friends, community members, the government, and the current religious oder. Christ goes even further, stating that at the end of this world the leading governments and their allied nations will turn against the people of God, the Israelites, with killings, imprisonment, and tortures because of this faith that threathens their world order(Matt. 24:8-9, Rev.11:7-10). And some among Israel, whose faith are not strong enough, will give up their faith due to these horrors(Matt. 24:9-10). But, if we through faith and patience endure these things, we will save our souls from God's warth for unfaithfulness, according to Christ(Luke 21:17-19,Rev. 2:10, Rev. 21:7-8, Heb. 10:38-39).
Finally, our faith is also tested through our human desires for pleasure, fame, power, and riches. Christ states in Matthew 13:22, that these are the very things that distract us from following him truly. This kind of mindset will eventually make those who are addicted to these things unproductive in the faith of God. The people that are devoted to this way living will not and can not keep the commandments of God to produce fruit, nor show true godly love towards others; instead, their lives are consumed with debutchery, adultery, murder, deceit, robberies, and cruel oppression of the poor and vonarable. For these people, who knew the truth of God, but pursued the desires of their flesh and who loved the things of this evil world more than God, Christ has promised them to come to them at a time when they least expect it and destroyed them with cruel distructon for their hypocrisy(Matt. 24:48-51, Luke 12:47-48, Heb. 10:31, 2 Peter 2:20-23).
The only way we can defeat this spirit or lust in us, who are not completely consumed by it, is through obedience to law of God(1 Tim. 1:8-11, Rom. 3:31, Rom. 7:12, Matt. 5:17-19, Rom. 8:2-9, 1 Cor. 9:27, Ps. 119:104, Ps. 119:92-93). As strong as these desires and lust may be, the word or Law of God is even stronger. These lust will fade away, if we resist them with faith and obedience to the word of God. And, God has promised that it will completely pass away from us that believe and endure to the end and at the establishment of His Kingdom at the second coming of Christ( 1 John 2:15-17, 1 Thess. 4:1-5, Heb. 8:8-12). At that time God's laws will become apart of our DNA as one of His key promises to his people Israel. We will not break his laws or commandments any longer, nor be tempted to. The Israelites at that time will fulfill God's purpose for them from the beginning and be God's holy nation on the earth in their everlasting kingdom of Christ.
In conclusion, know that no lies against the divine word of God, nor the terror of death and cruelty, and not even the human nature that pulls us towards lust of evil things can conquer the everliving, everlasting only true God; who by his word and power determines our seasons and times; who is more than able to reward all them that seek him in truth and in righteousness, especially the children of this friends Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who through faith obtained the help and blessings of God and His Messiah. If we then would also believe and not boubt God, He will be faithful to our faithfulness as the scripture says and will reward us openly before all nations( Hab.2:4, Rom.1:17, John 14:1).
May God keep you and Bless you always, and may your faith never fail.
Zarach
