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Loving Kindness

    Create in me a clean heart, O Elohim, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. (Psalms 51:10-11 NKJV)

    We are in a world that hates just about everything except evil. The saying that I hate everyone equally is common. This is not the spirit of Yahweh it is the spirit of sin. The wicked are considered clean and the clean are put down. If you stand up for morality hatred is what you receive. Our goal is to be much different than the world's goal. Our goals should be set on the loving of Yahweh first and then the loving of brethren. The two greatest commandments are the same. If we love Yahweh we love our brethren and if we love our brethren we love Yahweh. They are symbiotic so you cannot have one with out the other.

    It is important to realize that with out Yahweh we would not exist and our brethren would not exist. (Ps. 53:1) So by showing our brethren love we are showing Yahweh and Yahshua love. Yahshua said if you love me keep my commandments. (John 14:15) We find that the commandments are fundamental to love. That if you are truly loving to your brethren then you are keeping half the commandments. If you love you Yahweh then you are keeping the rest of the commandments. As you read through the commandments you find the scriptures protect our brethren and Yahweh protects us. (Joel 2:32)

Sabbath

    There are many examples of this in the scriptures. The Sabbath is the day of rest. Science has proven that the human body is aged by use. (Ex. 20:8-11, Duet. 5:12-15) When we use our muscles we destroy the muscles but when we sleep the muscle is regenerated. That is one of the reasons that body builders usually take a day of rest. The interesting thing is that on average if we die a natural death we all have the same number of heartbeats. This is interesting because Yahweh promises that if we follow him closely he will give us a life of 70 years. This is important because most people are working all week and all weekend. We need the Sabbath.

Biblically Clean Food

    Yahweh has given us a manual for one of His most awesome creations in the human body. The human body needs fuel just like a car. The quality of the fuel determines how well a car will work.

    Scripturally clean food is deemed by Yahweh to be acceptable to our bodies. (Deut. 14) As with anything though you are to use moderation. Science has proven the moderate diet is better than any one-item diet. That is why we shouldn't always eat beef or potatoes or carrots as a child with a favorite food. We should eat a variety of the scripturally clean foods.

    Clean food and a day of rest though are only two ways that Yahweh shows His love. Other commandments teach us how to treat one another. The number of commandments that teach us how to treat each other are not only beneficial to our brethren but they are beneficial to us. It has been proven that hate and distress can age the human body quicker than relaxation and love. This should be humbling because the things that science is proving Yahweh has known and taught.

    Yahshua said to hate your brother is equivalent to murdering him. (Mat. 5:21-24) The brain uses more energy than any other part of the body and yet is only a small percent of the total mass. Yahshua was also telling us that we should not let these things exist in our minds because such thoughts are only the beginning and may lead to the action of murder.

Fruitful

    We have been given an opportunity to follow the Holy Spirit and do what is right or follow our own will. The Holy Spirit must not be quenched; it must not be blasphemed. Isn't it blasphemy to deny what the Holy Spirit leads us to do? We are to listen to the Advocate (Comforter) that Yahweh has sent. (John 14:26) We should be producing fruit that is sweet. (Gal. 5:22-23) Fruit that is bitter will be hewn off and thrown into the fire. (John 15:1-17)

    So we must examine our selves and decide whether we are fruitful to Yahweh. We must be like David in that he was driven by Yahweh's spirit. David cried to Yahweh please do not take the Holy Spirit away. (Ps. 51:11) The Holy Spirit is fruitful. One part of that fruit is loving-kindness. So lets return to the greatest commandments.

Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Yahshua said unto him, Thou shalt love Yahweh thy Elohim with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. (Matthew 22:36-40 AV)

    Our love of Yahweh is shown through our actions. (James 1:19-24) This is also the way that we show our brethren love. In John Yahshua clarifies this by saying that if any man loves me he will keep my words and it follows that by this Yahweh will also love him.

Yahshua answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (John 14:23 AV)

Action of Love

    The only way someone knows that you love them is through your actions. (1 Sam. 2:3) When a man loves a woman he attempts to prove his love to her. With brethren we engage them in conversation and assist them when they need help. The warm feelings that follow among brethren grows the relationship. It is a growth that will hopefully bring us closer to the kingdom. The kingdom that we are striving to be a part of will be shared with those you love and those who you just can't stand if Yahweh so chooses. We are all striving together for the same purpose. We should not even wish the lake of fire on our worst enemies.

    We are mortal and we often for earthly reasons have strife in our assemblies. (Rom. 8:7) This strife is sometimes good because it leads to our perfecting but if there is no healing then the maturing has not taken place. This is the maturing in the scriptures and in the Holy Spirit. Strife is unfortunate because it often leads to divisions. Division is not of Yahweh when it is over personal issues. (Pro. 10:12) Yahweh is one with his entire family. (Deut. 6:4)

    The show of loving-kindness is hard at times because it is not the nature of a carnal mind. What we should be doing is making ready a Yahweh centric mind. A Yahweh centric mind sees love and encourages kindness. Even the most knowledgably mind is nothing without love. (Ps. 145:20) Many claim to know the scriptures but have a mind set on violence and hatred. This is what the apostles ran into all the time when teaching congregations of both Jew and Gentile. Just the fact that they were still calling those new to the faith gentiles showed hostility.

Handling Strife

And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. (2 Thessalonians 3:14-15 AV)

    Even those that are to be put out are to be considered brethren. Following through with this takes a lot of compassion and spiritual mindedness. After you have explained the faults and wickedness that you have seen you must turn from it. Matthew 18:15-17 explains the process if wickedness is found in an assembly. The process is meant to give a brother a fair chance at explaining and changing but the process unfortunately might reach a point where that brother is to be put out if there is no repentance.  Too often we go wrong by not following the process and not doing the follow up. The follow up is to keep those put out in contact. They are not the enemy they are possibly just misled. When you see that your place of worship is not following the scripture you must confront the eldership about the problem. This can lead toward two different situations.  A good situation would be a change of the brother or further understanding on your part.  If the change is not made then you must follow 2 Thessalonians and turn away from unrighteousness. We cannot always be right but when we know that some thing is wrong not doing anything is support of the unrighteousness.

Goal of Brethren

    The goal of the scripture is not strife among brethren. Loving one another is hard at times but it is the only way that the scriptures will ever truly be understood. We in the end will be judged by Yahweh's loving kindness so we too must show Yahweh that we are patient. With out love we are the children of greed wanting only love for ourselves and not being able to show love.

Have mercy upon me, O Elohim, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. (Psalms 51:1 AV)

    There is so much in the scriptures about love. Yahshua said that you shall know his disciples by their love for one another. (John 13:35) Love is a pivotal part of a true worshiper. If fear is the beginning of knowledge then love is beginning of fear. (Pro. 1:7) We cannot pretend to love one another. Yahweh knows what we truly think. This is one of the hardest things to workout and understands but it is necessary.

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. (Luke 6:32-36 AV)

Conclusion

    So love brethren and don't expect anything from it. They cannot reward you even close to the way that Yahweh can reward you. Your heart should be to do as Yahweh asks and to follow in Yahshua's footsteps. It is by Yahshua's example that we receive understanding because Yahshua lived the life that we are to live. Yahshua is the example of perfection. (Mat 19:21, Heb. 13:21) His love for the brethren is unmistakable. He taught us how to live and I pray that we always strive to understand this. Love one another and forgive brethren their trespasses against you. (Mat 6:14-15) Only Yahweh can forgive our trespasses against him. Pray that Yahshua sees our works and that he hears our cries for forgiveness so that as he goes before the Father he can justly ask forgiveness for each of us.

Scriptures

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no Elohim. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. (Psalms 53:1 AV)

If ye love me, keep my commandments. (John 14:15 AV)

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Yahweh shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as Yahweh hath said, and in the remnant whom Yahweh shall call. (Joel 2:32 AV)

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of Yahweh thy Elohim: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Yahweh blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. (Exodus 20:8-11 AV)

Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as Yahweh thy Elohim hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of Yahweh thy Elohim: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that Yahweh thy Elohim brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore Yahweh thy Elohim commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. (Deuteronomy 5:12-15 AV)

Ye are the children of Yahweh your Elohim: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. For thou art an holy people unto Yahweh thy Elohim, and Yahweh hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. Of all clean birds ye shall eat. But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, And every raven after his kind, And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. But of all clean fowls ye may eat. Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto Yahweh thy Elohim. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. And thou shalt eat before Yahweh thy Elohim, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear Yahweh thy Elohim always. And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which Yahweh thy Elohim shall choose to set his name there, when Yahweh thy Elohim hath blessed thee: Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which Yahweh thy Elohim shall choose: And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before Yahweh thy Elohim, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh thy Elohim may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. (Deuteronomy 14:1-29 AV)

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. (Matthew 5:21-24 AV)

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. (John 14:26 AV)

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23 AV)

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his master doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I command you, that ye love one another. (John 15:1-17 AV)

Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. (Psalms 51:11 AV)

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of Yahweh. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. (James 1:19-24 AV)

Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for Yahweh is a Elohim of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. (1 Samuel 2:3 AV)

Because the carnal mind is enmity against Yahweh: for it is not subject to the law of Yahweh, neither indeed can be. (Romans 8:7 AV)

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. (Proverbs 10:12 AV)

Hear, O Israel: Yahweh our Elohim is one Yahweh: (Deuteronomy 6:4 AV)

Yahweh preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. (Psalms 145:20 AV)

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. (Matthew 18:15-17 AV)

Have mercy upon me, O Elohim, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. (Psalms 51:1 AV)

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. (John 13:35 AV)

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 1:7 AV)

Yahshua said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. (Matthew 19:21 AV)

Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Yahshua Messiah; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (Hebrews 13:21 AV)

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. (Matthew 6:14-15 AV)

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