OLD TESTAMENT: THE SPIRIT OF GOD ( RUACH HAKODESH) & OTHER SPIRITS

• Every reference to the word "Spirit" in the old testament is listed with a brief  context 
• Zechariah 4:6 inspiration 
• Pray and believe these verses when in need and interceding for others 
• Refer to see how God's, man's and other spirits are different from each other
• Be reminded that anything is possible with God through His Spirit
• I pray this list will uplift your spirit 
• Yellow highlighted verses were exceptionally interesting
• New Testament references to the word "spirit" will be next post

GENESIS

• Gen 1:2 - was over the face of the waters
• Gen 41:38 - dwells in people

EXODUS

• Ex 28:3 ; 31:3 ; 35:31 - God Spirit can give people skill, ability, intelligence, knowledge, and craftsmanship

NUMBERS

• Num 11:17 - The Spirit is on certain people and can be spread to other people to help them bear the burdens of others (Moses)
• Num 11:25 - was spread to elders for a temporary spiritual gift of prophecy
• Num 11:26 - rests on people to help them prophecy
• Num 11:29 - The Lord can put His Spirit upon people
• Num 14:24 - Caleb had a different spirit and that spirit followed the Lord fully
• Num 16:22 ; 27:16 - The Lord is God over all spirits of the flesh
• Num 27:18 - Joshua had the Spirit of God in him

DEUTERONOMY

• Deut 2:30 - The Lord can harden a spirit and make it obstinate (Sihon King of Heshbon)
• Deut 34:9 - Joshua was full of the Spirit of Wisdom because Moses laid his hands on him

JOSHUA

• Josh 2:11 ; 5:1 - Realizing who God is can take the spirit out of a person because of His magnitude.

JUDGES

• Judges 3:10 - The Spirit of the Lord was upon Othniel of the son of Kenaz - Caleb's younger brother
• Judges 6:34 - The Spirit clothed Gideon
• Judges 9:23 - God can send an evil spirit upon people as judgement
• Judges 11:29 - was upon Jephthah to pass through various regions
• Judges 13:25 - The Spirit can stir people (Sampson)
• Judges 14:6 - The Spirit can rush upon people to give strength to survive an animal attack (Sampson)
• Judges 14:19 - can rush upon a person to help them defeat 30 men and fulfill requirements of wagers
• Judges 15:14 - can rush upon a person to help them overcome and defeat 1,000 enemies.

1 SAMUEL

• 1 Sam 10:6 - The Spirit rushes upon Saul and makes him another man ( a different spirit-filled man)
• 1 Sam 10:10 - can change a man so that others notice the difference (Saul)
• 1 Sam 11:6 - rushed upon Saul
• 1 Sam 16:13 - rushed upon David
• 1 Sam 16:14 - can depart from people and can be replaced by a tormenting spirit (Saul)
• 1 Sam 16:15 - people can identify other harmful spirits that torment (Saul's servant)
• 1 Sam 16:16, 23; 18:10; 19:9 - God can cause an evil spirit to come upon a person. That evil spirit can depart because of soothing music, but can then return,
• 1 Sam 19:20 -  came upon messengers to prophecy
• 1 Sam 19:23 -  came come upon Naioth to prophecy
• 1 Sam 28:8 - Divination happens by a spirit or spirits

2 SAMUEL

• 2 Sam 23:2 - Speaks through people by His words being on their tongue

1 KINGS

• 1 Kings 18:12 - can carry people from one physical location to a different physical location

2 KINGS

•  2 Kings 19:7 - God can put a spirit inside someone to cause rumors

1 CHRONICLES

• 1 Chron 5:26 - God can stir up the spirit of a person
• 1 Chron 12:18 - can come upon or clothe a person to assure peace (Amasai)

2 CHRONICLES

• 2 Chron 15:1 - The Spirit comes upon Azariah
• 2 Chron 18:20 - Other enticing spirits can come forward before God and ask to entice people
• 2 Chron 18:21 - God can approve of other spirits requests to lie to people and grant them false success
• 2 Chron 18:22 - The Lord can put a lying spirit among prophets
• 2 Chron 20:14 - The Spirit came upon Jahaziel
• 2 Chron 24:20 - The Spirit cam upon or clothed Zechariah to speak to the people
• 2 Chron 36:22 - The Lord stirs up the spirit of Cyrus King of Persia to send out a proclamation in the kingdom

EZRA

• Ezra 1:1 - The Lord stirs up the spirit of Cyrus King of Persia to send out a proclamation in the kingdom
• Ezra 1:5 - God can stir up the spirit of certain people to rebuild the house of the Lord in Jerusalem

NEHEMIAH

• Nem 9:20 - can instruct people
• Nem 9:30 - can warn people through prophets

JOB

• Job 4:15 - Other spirits can glide past the face of people causing the hair of their flesh to stand up
• Job 32:8 - The spirit in man IS the breath of the Almighty who makes man understand.
• Job 33:4 - The Spirit of God makes man, and God Breath gives man his life.

PSALMS

• Ps 31:5 - A man can commit his spirit to God
• Ps 32:2 - A man's spirit can be free from deceit and blessed by God who counts him as without iniquity
• Ps 34:18 - A man's spirit can be crushed and broken, and the Lord is near to them
• Ps 51:10 - The spirit of a man can be renewed
• Ps 51:11 - The Spirit of God can be taken away from a man, and a man can be cast away from God's presence
• Ps 51:12 - A man can be given a willing spirit
• Ps 51:17 - God will not despise a man's broken spirit
• Ps 76:12 - God can cut off the spirit of princes
• Ps 77:3 - The spirit of a man can faint
• Ps 77:6 - The spirit of a man can diligently search
• Ps 78:8 -  The spirit of a man can be without faith and with rebellion toward God
• Ps 104:30 - The Spirit of God creates and renews
• Ps 139:7 - The Spirit of God is everywhere. He is present everywhere
• Ps 142:3 ; 143:4 - A man's spirit can faint
• Ps 143:7 - The spirit of a man can fail
• Ps 143:10 - The Spirit can lead a man on level ground

PROVERBS

• Prov 1:23 - God will pour out His Spirit and make His words known to a man who turns at His reproof.
• Prov 11:13 - A man's spirit can be trustworthy to keep things covered
• Prov 15:4 - Perverseness or distorting the original intended way through the tongue breaks a man's spirit
• Prov 15:13 - A man's spirit is crushed by a sorrowful heart; and a man's face reveals his spirit's condition
• Prov 16:2 - The Lord weighs a man's spirit not his ways
• Prov 16:18 - A man's haughty spirit leads to falling
• Prov 16:19 - It is better to be humble in spirit
• Prov 16:32 - A man who will rule his own spirit is better than the mighty who can take a city
• Prov 17:22 - A crushed spirit dries up a man's bones, but a joyful spirit is good medicine
• Prov 17:27 - A man with a cool spirit who restrains his words is with understanding
• Prov 18:14 - A crushed spirit can not endure sickness, but the uplifted spirit of a man can.
• Prov 20:27 - The Lamp of God is the spirit of a man. The spirit of a man searches all his innermost parts (see Job 32:8)
• Prov 29:3 - A lowly spirit will obtain honor
• Prov 29:11 - A wise man does not vent his full spirit. It is foolish to vent the full spirit of a man. A wise man quietly holds back.

ECCLESIASTES

• Eccl 3:21 - A man's spirit goes upward, and an animal's spirit goes downward to the earth
• Eccl 7:8 - Patient in spirit is better the being proud in spirit.
• Eccl 7:9 - Do not be quick to anger in spirit because it lodges in the heart.
• Eccl 8:8 - Man does not have power to return his spirit from death
• Eccl 11:5 - The Spirit of God makes everything and can't be fully understood
• Eccl 12:7 - The spirit of man returns to God who gave it to a man

ISAIAH

• Is 4:4 - God washes away filth and cleanses bloodstains by a spirit of judgement and a spirit of burning
• Is 11:2 - The Spirit of the Lord's wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, and the fear of the Lord can rest upon a man
• Is 19:3 - The spirit of a certain people group can be emptied out so that they are confused and seek idols, sorcerers, mediums, necromancers, and the dead
• Is 19:14 - The Lord can mingle into a people group a spirit of confusion causing staggering
• Is 26:9 - The soul and spirit of a man can earnestly seek the Lord
• Is 28:6 - A man can be given a spirit of justice for judging, and a spirit of strength for battling
• Is 29:10 - The Lord can pour out a spirit of deep sleep on people to close their eyes and heads
• Is 29:24 - A man's spirit can go astray but can also come back to understanding
• Is 30:1 - Man can choose to do things in their own spirit and not in the Lord's Spirit 
• Is 31:3 - Horses are flesh and not spirit
• Is 32:15 - The Spirit of God can be poured out
• Is 34:16 - The Spirit of God can gather people together so that they don't go missing or won't be alone
• Is 37:7 - God can put a spirit in a man so he hears rumors
• Is 38:16 - Hezekiah cries out by his spirit for the Lord to make him live
• Is 40:13 - The Spirit of God can not be measured or given counsel 
• Is 42:1 - The Lord God puts His Spirit upon Jesus, the One in whom He delights, and upholds, and has chosen
• Is 42:5 - The Lord puts His Spirit into the people who walk on the earth. He is Creator
• Is 44:3 - God pours His Spirit out upon people's offspring and descendants
• Is 48:16 - Isaiah is sent and possesses God's Spirit
• Is 54:6 - A wife's spirit can be grieved because she has been deserted or cast off
• Is 57:15 - The Lord inhabits eternity, and is dwelling in the high holy place, and He is with the one who is a contrite, and lowly spirit to REVIVE the lowly spirit and to revive the heart of the contrite.
• Is 57:16 - The spirit of a man, which has been given to man by God, can't stand, but would grow faint if the Lord remained angry
• Is 59:21 - God makes a covenant with His people to put His unending Spirit, and words upon them and their offspring and their offspring...now and forever
• Is 61:1 - The Spirit anointed Jesus to help him bring good news to the poor, bind up the brokenhearted, proclaim liberty to the captives, and open prison doors for those bound
• Is 63:10 - The Spirit of God can be grieved because of one's rebellion, and turn to become an enemy and to fight against a person
• Is 63:11 - God puts his Holy Spirit in the midst of a people
• Is 63:14 - The Spirit gives rest to a people
• Is 65:14 - A man can have pain of heart and wail because of a broken spirit within him
• Is 66:2 - The Lord will look to the one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at His word

JEREMIAH

• Jer 51:1 - The Lord can stir up a spirit that is against and destroys inhabitants or cities
• Jer 51:11 - The Lord can stir up the spirit of Kings in order to destroy a city to take vengeance upon it

LAMENTATIONS

• Lam 1:16 - The spirit of a man needs a comforter to be revived

EZEKIAL

• Ezk 1:12 - Spiritual creatures can follow the Spirit of God wherever He goes
• Ezk 1:20 - The spirit of a spiritual creature can be within an object
• Ezk 2:2 - The Spirit of God can enter into a person
• Ezk 3:12 - The Spirit of God can lift a person up
• Ezk 3:14 - The Spirit can lift a person and take them away, in the bitterness of their spirit, yet have the hand of God strong upon them
• Ezk 3:24 - The Spirit of God can enter a person and set them on their feet, and speak to a person to go shut themselves in their house
• Ezk 8:3; 11:1 - can lift a person in the form of a hand and grab a part of their hair toward and between heaven and earth. He can bring a person in visions of God to a place
• Ezk 10:17 - The spirit of heavenly creatures can be within a spiritual object (wheels)
• Ezk 11:5 - Can fall upon a person and speak to them a word to say God knows what comes into the mind of a person or people group
• Ezk 11:19; 36:26 - God can give people a His Spirit and remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh
• Ezk 11:24 - can lift a person up in a vision by the Spirit to another place, and that vision can then go up from that person
• Ezk 13:3 - God warns that we should not follow our own foolish spirits
• Ezk 18:31 - God beseeches us to cast away our transgressions through repenting so iniquity doesn't ruin us, and so he can make for us a new heart and spirit.
• Ezk 21:7 - God declares that every spirit will faint because of His judgement
• Ezk 36:27 - God can put His Spirit within people and cause them to walk in His statutes and be careful to obey his rules
• Ezk 37:1 - The Spirit can bring a person by the hand of the Lord into a valley of bones
• Ezk 37:14 - God can put his Spirit within people so that they shall live and have their own land so that they know he is the Lord
• Ezk 39:29 -  God's face is not hidden from a people when he pours out His Spirit upon them.
• Ezk 43:5 - The Spirit can lift a person up and bring them to a new physical place

DANIEL

• Dan 2:1 - A man's spirit can become troubled because of dreams, and then sleep evades him
• Dan 4:8,9,18; 5:11,12,14 - God's Spirit is in Daniel and it is recognized by others 
• Dan 5:20 - A man's spirit can become hardened because of pride and brought down to lose position and authority and glory
• Dan 6:3 - Daniel possessed an excellent spirit
• Dan 7:15 - A man's spirit can become anxious because of alarming visions

HOSEA

• Hos 4:12 - A spirit of whoredom can be in a people causing them to leave the true God
• Hos 5:4 - The spirit of whoredom in a people causes certain deeds that don't permit them to return to God or know God
• Hos 9:7 - People with corrupt ways have the spirit of man which is mad, angry, hateful and full of iniquity

JOEL

• Joel 2:28 - God will pour out His Spirit on all flesh so that sons and daughters prophecy, elderly dream dreams, and the young men see visions
• Joel 2:29 - God pours out His Spirit even on male and female servants

MICAH

• Mic 3:8 - A man can be filled with power, the Spirit of the Lord, justice and might to declare the transgressions and sin of a nation

HAGGAI

• Hag 1:14 - The Lord can stir up the spirit of multiple people to accomplish a task
• Hag 2:5 - God declares his covenants and keeps them by keeping His Spirit within a people's midst so they don't fear

ZECHARIAH

• Zec 4:6 - The Lord declares that life is done by His Spirit and not might nor power
• Zec 6:8 - Spiritual creatures sent by God can put His Spirit to rest in regions they visit
• Zec 7:12 - Man's heart can become diamond hard and unable to hear the law and words of God that were put in his prophets of old by His Spirit
• Zec 12:1 - God formed the spirit of man within him
• Zec 12:10 - God pours out a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that when Israel finally sees Jesus for who he is, they will mourn and weep bitterly over him
• Zec 13:2 - God can remove the spirit of uncleanness 

MALACHI

• Mal 2:15 - God puts a portion of His Holy Spirit between a husband and wife to make them one in order to create Godly offspring. He commands that the husband guard himself in his spirit so he does not become faithless to his wife, and so that what Judah did and the consequences he faced will to happen to others. His consequences were weeping and groaning because God no longer accepted offering and the sacrifice with favor because of faithlessness to his wife. His descendant were cut off from the tents of Jacob!
• Mal 2:16 - Faithlessness to one's wife leads to divorce which in the eyes of God is like violence. God commands a husband to protect his spirit from faithlessness

Israel & The Nations (Jews & Gentiles) - A Special Union to Appreciate in Yeshua HaMachiach

The Urgent Call

“Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.””

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭12:1-3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

The Immediate Obedience

“So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭12:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Immediately they left their nets and followed him.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭4:20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

God gives His Land to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the Descendants of Jacob

“Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭12:7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

The Affirming & The Covenant

“The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.””

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭13:14-17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. And he said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.””

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭15:5-7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.” And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭17:1-9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“And the Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”” Genesis‬ ‭26:2-5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“And behold, the Lord stood above it and said to Jacob, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.””

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭28:13-15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“At a lodging place on the way the Lord met him and sought to put him to death. Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!” So he let him alone. It was then that she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭4:24-26‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void. For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3:17-18‬ ‭ESV‬

Israel is a Light to the Nations through Word and Demonstration

Yeshua HaMashiach was a Jew. He saved all of humanity and the world through his perfect living. His death and shed blood was therefore the perfect sacrifice and covering for each person’s sins. And Jesus’ Father raised him back to life because sin and death was defeated through him. Jesus commanded his Jewish disciples to be a light to the nations by going and making people from every nation into disciples by immersing them into the reality of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) and teaching them to obey everything that Jesus commanded. 

Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law. Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: “I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols. Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.””Isaiah‬ ‭42:1-9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭52:10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.””

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28:18-20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”” Acts‬ ‭1:7-8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“For I am not ashamed of the Good News, since it is God’s powerful means of bringing salvation to everyone who keeps on trusting, to the Jew especially, but equally to the Gentile. For in it is revealed how God makes people righteous in his sight; and from beginning to end it is through trust — as the Tanakh puts it, “But the person who is righteous will live his life by trust.””

‭‭Romans 1:16-17‬ ‭CJB‬‬

The Jews Have Blessed the Nations

• Jews were writers of the Bible
• Albert Einstein was a Jew who developed theory of relativity
• Jonas Salk was a Jew who created the first polio vaccine
• Baruch Blumberg was a Jew who discovered the origin and spread of infectious disease. 
• Jews comprise less then .2% of the world’s population!
• Between 1901-2007, 22% of Nobel Peace Prize winners were Jewish
• Of the 750 Nobel Prize winners through 2007, Jews were awarded 13% of all laureates in literature, 26% in physics, 41% in economics, 2% in medicine, 19% in chemistry and humanitarian peace efforts. 
• God has kept his promise to bless the nations in countless other ways. 

The Gentile Nations will One Day Acknowledge and Confirm that Salvation and Restoration is from the Jews 

““For I know their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord. “For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your offspring and your name remain. From new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, declares the Lord.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭66:18-23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Ezekiel 40-44

“It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it, and many nations shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

‭‭Micah‬ ‭4:1-2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’””

‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭8:23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”” John‬ ‭4:21-24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭22:2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

God is calling every Non Jewish Believer (Gentile) to bind themselves to the Jewish Believer to become One New Spiritual Man who trusts in Jesus Christ (Yeshua HaMachiach) through the Holy Spirit ( Ruach HaKodesh) by dually honoring the Spirit within Torah (Righteousness and Justice) and the New Covenant (Grace and Faith) 

“But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.” Ruth‬ ‭1:16-18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Human being, you have already been told what is good, what ADONAI demands of you — no more than to act justly, love grace and walk in purity with your God.”

‭‭Micah 6:8‬ ‭CJB‬‬

“When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them. But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.” The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith. Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.” And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. After they finished speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me. Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name. And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written, “‘After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things known from of old.’ Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭15:4-20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Acts 21

Romans 7

Romans 9-11

Galatians 2-4

Ephesians 2

Hebrews 7-10

James 2

The Gentile Believer has been commissioned by God to provoke the Jewish Non Believer to be fiercely protective and vigilant of their rights and possessions in Jesus their Messiah by humbly sharing with them their authentically Jewish Gospel

“For I am not ashamed of the Good News, since it is God’s powerful means of bringing salvation to everyone who keeps on trusting, to the Jew especially, but equally to the Gentile. For in it is revealed how God makes people righteous in his sight; and from beginning to end it is through trust — as the Tanakh puts it, “But the person who is righteous will live his life by trust.””

‭‭Romans 1:16-17‬ ‭CJB‬‬

“I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.” Romans‬ ‭9:1-5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean! Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭11:11-15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭11:17-24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Jewish and Gentile Believers in Yeshua have a new identity in Him that does not eradicate, renounce, nor remove the distinctions or partitions of ones race, status or gender. This would be to nullify God’s eternal covenants he made with Israel and the distinctions he established in the Torah with the Jewish nation, as well as the unique differences within his creation of male and female, and organization provided in government etc. Rather, by trusting in Jesus, Gentiles are equal partners with Jews in the Body of Messiah and are made right by faith in Jesus not by following legalistic observances to Torah. The Instruction within Torah and the special calling of Israel will not cease, but now in Jesus all of mankind has access to the Father who wills that none should perish in their sins. 

“For in union with the Messiah, you are all children of God through this trusting faithfulness; because as many of you as were immersed into the Messiah have clothed yourselves with the Messiah, in whom there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor freeman, neither male nor female; for in union with the Messiah Yeshua, you are all one. Also, if you belong to the Messiah, you are seed of Avraham and heirs according to the promise.”

‭‭Galatians 3:26-29‬ ‭CJB‬‬

“Therefore, remember your former state: you Gentiles by birth — called the Uncircumcised by those who, merely because of an operation on their flesh, are called the Circumcised — at that time had no Messiah. You were estranged from the national life of Isra’el. You were foreigners to the covenants embodying God’s promise. You were in this world without hope and without God. But now, you who were once far off have been brought near through the shedding of the Messiah’s blood. For he himself is our shalom — he has made us both one and has broken down the m’chitzah which divided us by destroying in his own body the enmity occasioned by the Torah, with its commands set forth in the form of ordinances. He did this in order to create in union with himself from the two groups a single new humanity and thus make shalom, and in order to reconcile to God both in a single body by being executed on a stake as a criminal and thus in himself killing that enmity. Also, when he came, he announced as Good News shalom to you far off and shalom to those nearby, news that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then, you are no longer foreigners and strangers. On the contrary, you are fellow-citizens with God’s people and members of God’s family. You have been built on the foundation of the emissaries and the prophets, with the cornerstone being Yeshua the Messiah himself. In union with him the whole building is held together, and it is growing into a holy temple in union with the Lord. Yes, in union with him, you yourselves are being built together into a spiritual dwelling-place for God!”

‭‭Ephesians 2:11-22‬ ‭CJB‬‬

“The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”

‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭3:9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Life is Fulfilled Beyond Our “Feel-Good” Pursuits

Notes: Beyond Techniques: Abiding Facts About Christian Counseling by Alex Mathew

The basic need of mankind is to be justified and pronounced righteous, reconciled through faith, regenerate and reborn, called to holiness and sanctification....

But, we try to fulfill our needs with anything but the Truth and therefore we have great turmoil and chaos within our souls, and minds and it manifests as a result of our choices and our world, nations, communities and neighborhoods and families are impacted. 

We must gain wisdom  to know the difference between human ways and the ways of God, not as people who prefer to walk the broad and easy path, which leads to the obvious destination. We need to walk the narrow path to salvation and lead each other up that way. Doing this is neither easy nor readily welcomed. However, that is what we must do to lead one another to the Truth and into our place within the True Vine: Jesus Christ. 

My Identity- 

The Truth is - “If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it.” Mark 8:35 

My Accomplishments- 

The Truth is - “Jesus knew that the mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, “I am thirsty....When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!”

John 19:28, 30 

My Exaltation - 

The Truth is - “For by his great power he rules forever. He watches every movement of the nations; let no rebel rise in defiance. Interlude” Psalms 66:7

My Righteousness - 

The Truth is- “Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.”

Ephesians 1:4

My Strength - 

The Truth is - “But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength so that I might preach the Good News in its entirety...”

2 Timothy 4:17 

My Understanding- 

The Truth is- “I will give you what you asked for! I will give you a wise and understanding heart such as no one else has had or ever will have! And I will also give you what you did not ask for...” 1 Kings 3:12-13 

My Wisdom- 

The Truth is- “If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.” James 1:5 

My Self- 

The Truth is- ““The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?” Jeremiah 17:9 “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.”

Romans 3:23 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 

My Integrity- 

The Truth is - “But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction... but you, are of God; so run from all these evil things. Pursue righteousness and a godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses. And I charge you before God, who gives life to all, and before Christ Jesus, who gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate, that you obey this command without wavering. Then no one can find fault with you from now until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. For, At just the right time Christ will be revealed from heaven by the blessed and only almighty God, the King of all kings and Lord of all lords. He alone can never die, and he lives in light so brilliant that no human can approach him. No human eye has ever seen him, nor ever will. All honor and power to him forever! Amen.” 1 Timothy 6:9, 11-16 

My Problems - 

The Truth is- “Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing." James 1:2-4 “We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.” Romans 5:3-5 “The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.” 1 Corinthians 10:13

My Reliance- 

The Truth is - “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.” Proverbs 3:5-6 

My Excuses- 

The Truth is- “leave your sacrifice there at the altar. Go and be reconciled to that person. Then come and offer your sacrifice to God.”

Matthew 5:24 “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” James 5:16 “Do to others as you would like them to do to you.”

Luke 6:31 

My Wealth - 

The Truth is - “Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment. Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others.” 1 Timothy 6:17-18 “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him.”Psalms 24:1 “Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine.”Proverbs 3:9-10 

My Love - 

The Truth is - ““For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”

John 3:16 

My Hurts- 

The Truth is - ““But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you.” Luke 6:27-28 

“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.” Philippians 2:3-4

My Responsibilities- 

The Truth is- ““Why are you so angry?” the Lord asked Cain. “Why do you look so dejected? You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.””Genesis 4:6-7 ““If you love me, obey my commandments.” John 14:15 “But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.” James 1:22 “Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.” James 4:17 

My Marriage- 

The Truth is- “The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband gives authority over his body to his wife.”

1 Corinthians 7:4 “God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.” 1 Thessalonians 4:3 “Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.”

Hebrews 13:4 

My Authority - 

The Truth is- “But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave.” Matthew 20:26-27 

The Source of Strength to Endure in Sexual Purity

“Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭4:25-26‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭5:21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭105:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“You have said, "Seek my face." My heart says to you, "Your face, Lord, do I seek."”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭27:8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.”
‭‭Psalm 115:111

“Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭5:3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.”
‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭2:3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭22:11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Leviticus Chapter 18

“older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.”
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭5:2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6:18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭9:27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭22:19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭3:1‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭1:9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3:5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭6:18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,”
‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭4:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭13:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:28‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:13‬ ‭ESV‬

“Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.”
‭‭James‬ ‭5:13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭11:7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭97:10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭7:3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Jesus is Racist Towards Sin

Jesus is racist....however he is only racist toward the inner life of the flesh, the old man of Adam within us. He hates sin. I was thinking last night that the best reason for turning away from sin is because we lovingly fear God. Specifically, we will not do a particular thing because God was willing to put his Son Jesus on the cross to pay for that particular thing.Why should we not sympathize with the beatings, and blows Jesus received for us unless we are willing to die alone and without him? Let it not be! Let us take up our cross and deny ourselves for Him! What Grace it is that the Holy Spirit works in our minds to sanctify us throughout our lives. Step by step. The weight of this truth increases in our hearts as we turn toward God the Father...as we seek His Face. Colossians 3, Galatians 5, and Hebrews 6 will increase understanding in these things. Oh Jesus’ Precious Blood! Our Father responds to the blood and body of our Savior as we apply it to our choices by faith in saying no to sin. Why would we not want to become more racist towards the correct things which is anything that destroys our lives and our communion with God? Don’t be racist towards the wrong things like skin color, gender, the rich or poor, the intelligent or simple, the skinny or fat, etc. Be racist towards those things in your nature that destroy life within you....hate, lust, pride, lying, stealing, envying, greed, laziness........sin. By faith, and through God’s Grace, ask God the Father to wash away your sins by the blood of Jesus and He will. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal your sin and in love, humility, Godly sorrow, and gratitude, let God remove your sin and replace it with Himself. Galatians 5...the evidence of God in you will be Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Gentleness, Faithfulness and Self Control.

Living At The End of Our Ropes

The end of our ropes = More of God and His rule, and less dependence upon ourselves.

In what areas of your life do you have concern? Are things lining up in your assessment? Is God allowing those things to come to an end so that it can be revealed just how Sovereign and in control he is in bringing about the life he desires in you and for you? Coming to the end of our ropes is a blessing. It means more of God and less of the flesh. It means opportunity to trust and depend upon the living God who works out all things for good? Are you called according to his purpose in your heart, soul, mind and body? If so, let it all come to an end, and watch Him put all the pieces together in the way only he can. HE IS A LIVING GOD!

Where is your: Vision? Plan? Financial Peace? Marriage? Compassion? Unity? Peace? Purpose? True Intimacy? Relationships? Parenting? Giving? Tithing? Time? Work? Patience? Kindness? Hunger and thirst for Jesus? Bearing Fruit? Investing? Declaring the Gospel and the Mystery in Christ? Purity in mind and body? Friendships? Love? Thankfulness? Agreement in the Truth? Prayer? Faith?.....

Dear Lord God, please take all of the areas of concern and our lives. We depend on you to make all these things good in your judgment. Be all to us and in us that our lives might please you… As a testimony of what you have done. You are to receive all the glory, honor, and praise.

The Blood of Jesus

 Journal Entry 8/4/18

 The blood of Jesus is participated in by communion. Communion reveals a real spiritual reality that impacts us in the physical. How do I get the Spirit of God into me? By the blood of Jesus. The cross of Christ tows away my old man. The blood of Christ washes away the residue of that old man. The blood holds the doors open for me to go into the holy of holys. The blood was sprinkled on the cross, and if I take up my cross daily it will make me holy, and it will do in me what God wants to do. Why don’t we live the abundant life of abiding? It is because of unbelief. There are many unbelieving believers. We believe with our mind, but not with our emotions, therefore, there is great conflict. Do we really want Christ to be the answer? What are the real needs of our lives? Spiritual needs? What is my emotional concept of God? What is a person’s concept of God? Who influenced my concept of authority? Accept people for who they are not what they do. Don’t create rules for people to keep. Who is God? God is revealed in 1 John 4:8 and 1 Corinthians 13