Paleo Times July 2002 Newsletter

Greetings Brethren,

I pray that you and your loved ones are well. As the summer warms the northern hemisphere many of us are spending much more time out doors. It is a blessed time to spend talking with your neighbors and friends. The largest impact on spreading the word of Yahweh seems to have been word of mouth over the years. Big TV programs and mass mailings have such a low return but when you think of all that the brethren who have found the faith through word of mouth you can see that the light of Yahweh is shining in the brethren. Perhaps the close of Pentecost with the harvest of fruits during the summer is symbolic of this age.

It is amazing the question that we are asked, everyone knows we are a little different. Some may even ask you about your "Jewish" faith not really understanding what they ask. It is often hard to know just what to say in such situations. Yahweh through the Holy Spirit will guide you through those spontaneous inspired conversations. Sometimes when walking away from these conversations we wonder maybe I should have said this or that but the fact is that you may have planted a seed. Most of the time you know the question was out of concern or interest but most of all it really gave the excitement of the faith a chance to be shown. Please keep these silent seekers of truth in your prayers; this world is full of tares just waiting to suffocate the truth. You may never realize the impact on these babes who desire milk but with every seed planted on fertile ground there is a amazing blessed chance that it will mature.

Mark 4:3 Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow: 4 and it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 And other fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth: 6 and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8 And others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought forth, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.

Mark 4:14 The sower soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, straightway cometh Satan, and taketh away the word which hath been sown in them. 16 And these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, straightway receive it with joy; 17 and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble. 18 And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they that have heard the word, 19 and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. 20 And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.

A seed of truth grows beyond what we could ever imagine. Yahweh and Yahshua the Messiah will give us the knowledge if we ask humbly and we must share what we have been given. We have nothing except Yahweh gives it to us and so what we do have is not our own but what we must share freely to all that thirst.

Yahweh Bless,

James A. Meyer

Please keep the following brethren and sisters in your prayers: Spears' Family, Holly S. Forster, Tori Blair, Jenny Hopson, Blackburn Family, Marie Harris, Annette Dosold, Mike Cly, Matt Nesser, Ron Orr Family, Castillo Family, Eloise Carson, Joseph Meyer Family, Lee Christopher Kearns, Jonathan Kearns, Jennifer Brindley, Barry Wood, Jim and Alice Maring, Steve Foster, The Ysidron Family - Jessica Ysidron is a believer in a non-believing household but her husband Steven is starting to show interest in the faith. Please pray that Yah'weh's Spirit is upon us and guiding us in all things., Jayne Crosson, Brad Kissee, Rachel Feliciano - Rachel was diagnosed with cancer and is at stage 4., Roberto Manso - Roberto which is hospitalized with liver cancer and was in coma. Through the power of prayer he is being transfer from ICU to a regular patient floor. He is now able to get out of bed and into a chair., Tom Browand - Tom has a larger than golf ball sized tumor., Roger D. Thompson and Family, Pam Fiello, Tad Bennethum, Carl and Cheryl Meyer, Terri Krebs, Pam and Jim White, Ronald Ritz Family, Aida Parker - Aida is unable to keep any food down and is very frail, Hans Frederiksen Ayala, Daniel Neal, Cindy Nevling, Connie Fazzi - Connie is a new believer in unbelieving household. She needs protection to study and keep the commandments of Yah., Howard Eisenhauer, Rhonda Harris, Larry Green, Inez Gholar - Inez has suffered from a head injury and has been having blackouts., Roger Norman and Family, Cindy Hogman, Ella Gadson and Family, Joseph Gray, Clementina and Julian Slabu, Pam and (Baby Elijah) Berthume, Roselia Ross, Caleb and Seth Thompson, Walter Hoffman, Thelma Howard, Carrie McCall - has fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and is also bi-polar manic-depressive and hasn't been able to work since last August., Vivienne Martin, Vin Sanders, Norma and Clem Daulton - Norma is living with RSDA in her hand, wrist, and shoulder which is extremely painful. Clem's lower back and the two nerves that were pinched still give him a great deal of trouble., Anita Garbes, and the many others striving to be better servants of Yahweh through Yahshua the Messiah.

The last New Moon was seen on June 11th by brethren across the southwest of the US. The New Moon was seen in Jerusalem on June 12th. The next New Moon will most likely be seen July 11th. Please look for this up coming New Moon and send us your report. We will share them with brethren around the world through the Paleo Times weekly email update. You can email your report to newmoon@paleotimes.org or call 573-896-8090.

The following compositions are articles and short stories submitted by brethren and sisters to edify the Assembly. If you have written a composition that you would like included please submit it through email or postal mail.

Test your knowledge! How well do you know your Bible?

EliYah and Elisha both performed miracles- sometimes very similar ones. Who performed the following miracles?

1. Poisonous pottage made edible.

2. River Jordan divided.

3. Sack of corn and 20 loaves fed 100 men.

4. Life of a child restored.

5. Caused fire to consume a sacrifice and altar.

6. A man's leprosy healed.

7. Oil supply multiplied.

8. Waters of Jericho purified with salt.

9. Caused an ax head to float in water.

10. Called down fire that destroyed army captains and their men.

1.Elisha(2 Kings 4:38-41); 2.Both(2 Kings 2:8-14); 3.Elisha(2 Kings 4:42-44); 4.Both(1 Kings 17:17-24,2 Kings 4:20, 32-35) 5.EliYah((1 Kings18:36-38); 6.Elisha(2 Kings 5:1-14); 7.Both(1 Kings 17:10-16, 2 Kings 4:2-6); 8.Elisha(2 Kings 2:19-22); 9.Elisha(2 Kings 6:5-6); 10.EliYah(2 Kings 1:9-12)

When Adam was created he searched for some time during the sixth day for the perfect companion. After naming all the animals and not finding one that was a true match for him. Yahweh caused a great sleep to fall on Adam and Yahweh took a rib from Adam and created woman to be his mate from Adam's rib. Eve was created from Adam's flesh so that they would be the same flesh and that they would be united as one. Following Yahweh's command Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters with the scriptures pointing out three of the most significant sons.

Many families today are a mirror image of this family but we find that the world has polluted the natural family. Perhaps the first pollution was the multiply wife and concubine community that existed among the patriarchs. Although many point to the relationships of the patriarchs to say that polygamy is fine Yahweh never condoned it as an acceptable practice.

"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." (Genesis 2:24)

The word for cleave here in the Hebrew is "dabaq" (daw-bak'); a primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit according to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. "Dabaq" shows that there is a strong adhesion that man and wife are one flesh. One flesh is "basar echad" with "echad" been the same as when Yahweh in Deuteronomy 6:4 says, "Hear, O Israel: Yahweh our Elohim is one Yahweh." This is a glaring picture of what a family is to be! There is nothing that would cause Yahweh to be in conflict and there should be nothing that splits a family. Unfortunately though because of the hardness of the hearts of men and women there are still divorces. I think most would agree that 98% of the time a divorce is caused by one spouse loosing confidence in the other spouse. Yahshua spoke of this whole situation.

Matthew 19:3 "The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore Yahweh hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? 8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. 10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. 11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given."

Hardness of hearts, lack of love is one of the reasons that confidence is lost. Sometimes it is justified, i.e. the spouse has an affair, sometimes it is unjustified, i.e. the spouse burnt the eggs once too many times. The Scriptures teach that Yahweh's mercy endureth forever so should our hearts toward our spouse. The heart of a person has to be forgiving to the infinite degree. The hardest thing with a divorce is how the children are treated often thinking that it was their fault for their parents divorce. This guilt in many cases if not helped ends up blowing up when the child gets their first tastes of self determination. It is the saddest thing to see children put through a divorce.

Above all a marriage has to be preserved. When looking at the issue of divorce, it maybe allowed under the most grievous of situations such as adultery but even then divorce should be the final straw hopefully one never considered. There are many unwilling divorces and those who didn't know any better, some say they should stay unmarried for the rest of their lives. If you are in this situation the question you should ask is can you remain celibate? Paul is clear that if you can stay celibate and serve Yahweh with your whole life that is what he would recommended. If you can't handle celibacy then one simple question seems to be the goal of marriage. Are you marrying to produce children for Yahweh's service or is it for a lesser goal? This ideal goes back to Adam and Eve; their marriage was through Eve being made of Adam. Their main purpose was to fill the earth with children that would serve Yahweh. The goal of marriage is not to form a corporation but to have children that will follow Yahweh all the days of their lives. If the goal isn't towards children for Yahweh then it seems that friendship not intimate relations are what the true believer should look for in a relationship.

Satan has put many snares in the road of the scriptural family. Many of the believers are put in situations which they have no control over but we are never tested beyond what we can handle.

There are many real life situations that I could share with about this volatile subject but the world is not as monochromatic as some would like you think. Yahshua the Messiah through his life has given us many examples of traditions that have been added which go against the letter and the meaning of the law. Yahshua presented many situations which clearly applied Yahweh's law with love and mercy. We too must not look down on those who are making strides to keep Yahweh's law but those that are about to stumble must be helped out of the pit to the point of giving one's life. Unfortunately, too often Yahweh's word is used as a sword to the point that faith is lost. Encourage your brethren in righteousness and instruct with love the truth of what sin your brother is committing or about to commit. If we put our lives on the line for our brother then we too will be helped when we are about to stumble. Let's pray that we are spared spiritual death and that we are strong enough to resist evil. Halleluyah!

In its most basic concept, idolatry refers to any form of unfaithfulness. Be it disobedience, the worshipping of idols, the love of money, etc. Anything that goes against Yahweh and Yahshua can be referred to idolatry. Idolatry is basically an action word, in grammar it is known as a verb. This word derives from the word idol. Idol is a noun because it usually refers to something tangible (something that you can see and touch). Idols are generally created by the hands of men and of course are worshipped by them. Thus idolatry is the action of worshipping idols. Let us look at just a few of the many verses in the Old Testament that supports the idea just mentioned, noticing that Yahweh frowns against such practices.

Leviticus 19:4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten elohim: I am Yahweh your Elohim.

Leviticus 26:1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Yahweh your Elohim.

Deuteronomy 29:17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)

As you can see, Yahweh clearly dislikes idol worship. He dislikes it so much that He even went as far as to make sure that in His Commandments, in His first two, He clearly states that He is the only one to be worshipped. For these commandments say the following:

Exodus 20:3-6

3 Thou shalt have no other elohim before Me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I Yahweh thy Elohim am a jealous El, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;

6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep My commandments.

If we read carefully verses 4 and 5 one of the things that we notice is that it contains all of the qualities of the previous verses posted that referred to idolatry. So we can safely say that Yahweh would not have to repeat this commandment. We can safely say that when it comes to His commandments Yahweh does not have to repeat Himself at all, as this commandment says it all. Plainly put, this commandment says: Love Yahweh and do not worship idols! Plain and simple! Even a child can understand this commandment.

Now that we have clarified this commandment let us review the words adultery and fornication. Let's keep in mind that according to its definitions, these words can also mean idolatry (apostasy). Keep in mind that the reasons these words are used in many of these instances is because Yahweh sees Himself as the Israelite's Husband. Notice the following verses that tell us that Yahweh sees Himself as a figurative Husband to the Israelites:

Jeremiah 3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith Yahweh; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

Jeremiah 21:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith Yahweh:

Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine Husband; Yahweh of hosts is His name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The Elohim of the whole earth shall He be called.

Understanding that Yahweh sees Himself as a figurative Husband to his people, let's move on and look at a couple verses that figuratively speak of His wife committing adultery/fornication (idolatry) against her Husband, that being Yahweh:

Jeremiah 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. 9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

Ezekiel 23:37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.

2 Chronicles 21:11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.

Isaiah 23:17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that Yahweh will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

Notice that in all of these verses Yahweh is accusing His people of committing adultery/fornication because they went after other elohim (idols). In some cases they even went as far as to sacrifice their children for these idols. As we can plainly see, when Yahweh wants to teach us about something very serious He relates it in a way that we can understand it. It is no different when parents try to teach their children about something difficult and they use words and concepts that are easy for them to understand. Here Yahweh, the Father, is teaching His children (us) a very serious topic, using words and concepts that we can understand. Why does He think that we can understand this concept? Very simple, because he clearly told us in one of His Ten Commandments, that we should not commit adultery:

Some people would have you believe that in this verse He is only talking about idolatry. The question I would have for them is, "Why would Yahweh have to repeat Himself when He already told us not commit idolatry in the Second Commandment?" The fact is that Yahweh does not have to repeat Himself and in this verse he is clearly talking about the literal (physical) sense of adultery. Why is Yahweh so adamant about us not committing adultery? The act of adultery (like fornication) is the only sin that is committed inside the body. All of the other sins are committed outside of the body. Adultery is the only sin in which people exchange, the bodily fluids (blood and semen) by which life is given. In a sense people are playing with creation! When people commit adultery it disrupts the perfect order (marriage) that Yahweh has ordained from the beginning. It corrupts the seed of the husband by raising the possibilities that she (his wife) may get pregnant from another man causing damage to the marriage and thus disrupting the order of Yahweh. In women, having more then one sexual partner can often lead to cervical cancer and other diseases. The causes of adultery are far reaching and can affect generation after generation. It causes social disruptions; divorce thus ruining families. Adultery will always lead to the breaking of other Commandments because people that commit adultery usually have to lie about it as they don't do it in the open, they do it in secret! In terms of the commandments that apply to men, this is one of the most serious because you can never undo it. A person can stop lying, they can begin to keep the Sabbath and they can stop coveting, etc. But no matter what, they can never undo this sin. Certainly this sin can be and is forgiven but a person that has committed adultery and/or fornication cannot go back to that person and take it all back. This sin is so serious that Yahshua himself said something very important regarding this sin:

Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Yahshua clearly sees and knows the ramifications of this sin and that is why he says that one must not even to lust after another person. He goes unto explain how serious it is by saying:

Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into the grave.

Anybody can see by these two verses that adultery is very serious, probably even more serious than the act of fornication because as we understand it, it is the act of two unmarried people having sexual intercourse. If those two young people get married and stay faithful to each other for the rest of their lives, then it is no longer fornication. But when two young unmarried people have sexual intercourse with other people time after time, then it is just like committing adultery. So the act of committing adultery is very serious. Anyone that teaches otherwise does not have the Spirit of Yahweh within them. They are the sons of the devil, for only the devil would minimize the seriousness of this sin.

So, did the people of Israel understand that Ex. 20:14 speaks about the physical aspect of adultery or did they think as some people would have us believe that this verse only refers to idolatry (apostasy)? Well, looking at some verses and noticing the context in which they are written, we will see that the Israelites understood exactly what I am saying. That Ex. 20:14 refers not to idolatry but adultery, as in the physical aspect. Notice this verse:

Leviticus 20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

Apostasy here? Nope, the real deal! These people would have been put to death, not because of idolatry, but because a man (married/single) had sexual intercourse with another man's wife. Here are a few more verses that by context we can tell that they are referring to the physical aspects of adultery:

Jeremiah 29:23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith Yahweh.

Ezekiel 16:32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

Proverbs 6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Jeremiah 7:9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other elohim whom ye know not;

How serious then do the Israelites take adultery, the physical aspect? We are told in Judges 19 and 20 that some of the Benjamites committed adultery and killed the wife of a Levite. He then cut her into twelve pieces and sent her to the twelve tribes of Israel. When the Israelites heard what had happened to the man's wife, they all assembled together, prayed to Yahweh, and He sent them to kill all of the Benjamites. Only about six hundred survived when they ran away and hid. The Israelites killed them because they knew that the act of adultery had not only defiled the land, but because of that sin, their welfare was also in question. If they did not act, the sin would also be on their heads and they would certainly be held accountable. So after praying to Yahweh they did what they were told.

The same people that attempt to minimize the seriousness of the act of adultery would also have us believe that neither fornication nor adultery is found in the New Testament. They say that adultery and fornication are not in the New Testament as we understand it; the physical aspect. They go even to the point of saying that every time you see the word adultery or fornication in the New Testament it really means apostasy. Notice how they interpret the following verse:

the Scriptures

Matt.19:9  And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another, commits adultery."

their interpretation

Matt.19:9 But I say to you both man and woman that whoever leaves the assembly for reasons other than idolatry (false worship) have become apostate.

The context of this verse tells us that Yahshua is speaking about relationships and not about an assembly and/or idolatry.

Looking very close at the following verses one can decipher that they are in fact speaking about the physical aspects. Remember how serious the ramifications of this sin really are, and how important it is for the people of Yahweh to remain both physically and spiritually clean. Notice what I Corinthians 6:19-20 say about staying pure: 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have of Elohim, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify Yahweh in your body, and in your spirit, which are His.

Understanding that your body is a temple unto Yahweh and that we are to remain unpolluted, let us review the following verses:

Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

I Corinthians 5:1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

I Corinthians 6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but Elohim shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for Yahweh; and Yahweh for the body.

I Corinthians 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that commiteth fornication sinneth against his own body.

The act of fornication/adultery can take away our salvation and that is why we are told to run away from it.

I Corinthians 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

I Corinthians 10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

This verse refers to Numbers 25:1-9 in which the Israelite's were having immoral sex while worshipping Baal Peor.

II Corinthians 12:21 And lest, when I come again, my Elohim will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

The context in this verse tells us that Paul is referring to the physical aspects because there is no mention of idols or anything of that sort. The sin of adultery/fornication was as common then as it is this day. Notice however that there is room for change, for Paul is encouraging repentance.

Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

It is obvious and contrary to some people's notion that we don't have fornication and/or adultery in the New Testament. Verses 19 and 20 prove them wrong because if you notice, in these two verses we have all three!

Ephesians 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Why must we remain clean and undefiled? If we are fornicating and/or committing adultery, why must we repent and ask for forgiveness? The following verse speaks plainly the reasons:

Ephesians 5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Messiah and of Elohim.

If you look at a married woman or man with lust, you are committing adultery. If you look at pornography either through magazines, television, or the Internet, or any other means, you are committing adultery. If you are in the faith and you are doing all of those things you will not be in Yahweh's Kingdom! You will not have eternal life! You will be judged harsher for the fact that you know better and that you are continuing in your sin. Chances are that you are hurting not just your wife or husband but your children as well. Not to mention the children and/or husband/wife of the other person. If all you do is look at pornography and you think that you are not hurting anyone, you are wrong! Chances are that you are hurting your family and probably most importantly you are sacrificing yourself to Satan, so you are hurting yourself. Satan is feeding you the poison and you are willingly swallowing it. Let's face it whether you want to admit it or not if you are committing adultery/fornication, Satan is your father:

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

All hope is not lost. Although it may be difficult to overcome these kinds of sins, primarily because they are of the flesh, one has to focus on the Spirit of Yahweh through Yahshua the Messiah. One has to overcome the flesh with the Spirit and glorify the Spirit with the Flesh. One can do this through constant prayer, anointings, reading the Scriptures, separation from those things that causes one to stumble, and separation from those people that are causing these kinds of sins. For in Yahshua there is hope as he tells us in John 14:6 and in John 10:9:

6 Yahshua saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.

9 I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

As we have seen we don't need very expensive books to determine what the Scriptures say about adultery and fornication. With the Sprit of Yahweh and the Word that He provided (the Scriptures), it is very easy to see that Yahweh wants us to be clean from fornication and adultery, both the physical and the spiritual (apostasy). He wants us to devote our entire life to Him. If we are married then we honor Him by staying faithful to our spouses; thus we keep in line with the marriage covenant that He ordained from the beginning. If we are not married then we need to keep ourselves pure until we do get married, unless we decide not to get married. If we are committing these sins then we repent and sin no more! We are to be a peculiar people, one that do not entangle themselves with the ways of the world. Our ethical and moral values are much higher than the world's because they come directly from above. Every step that we take, every breath that we take and every thought that we have, must be mastered to Messiah Yahshua. Only through Him will we have the ability to overcome and succeed. I pray that we will all overcome! Halleluyah!