Pastor Jenkins refreshes our minds through Psalm 32 of what it means to be saved. Many of us have read or are reading Yahweh’s word, but don’t quite understand its true meaning because we have not yet received Yahweh’s Holy Spirit (also referred to as our Helper, Comforter, Counselor ).
The question is do we trust Yahweh’s word that we are saved once we have accepted/received Yahshua into our heart through His great act of redemption on the cross? If so, you are saved; if not -- just know it’s not over because you still can be saved. It’s your choice because everyone has free-will choice.
Through Yahshua’s death, everyone now has the opportunity to live a changed life, but it’s up to us to take advantage of His offer of forgiveness. He didn’t die for Himself; He died for all of us – because we couldn’t change ourselves. We were born in sin and shaped in iniquity. That’s why it’s such a joy to know we can totally depend on Yahshua to honor His word, even when we think we’re not worthy. Yahshua didn’t look around to see who was worthy. He already knew mankind was not worthy because of Adam’s sin. But Yahshua loved us so much, He still went to the cross for you and me. So, it doesn’t matter what sins we’ve committed, we are a changed person now, so don’t let anyone including yourself pull you back to your old self (lifestyle).
We have Yahweh’s Holy Spirit to guide, lead and direct our lives going forward as we travel down this road call “life”. Why not thank Yahshua for not seeing us as we saw ourselves before we made the best change of our lifetime? So, be encouraged and continue studying the word of Yahweh.
Memory Verse: Genesis 21:2
Pastor Jenkins pulls our ear to hear the true way to pray to Father Yahweh through His Son Yahshua our Savior.
How many of us know how to pray the prayer of faith? If we are honest with ourselves, we may be wondering if we are, in fact, praying the way this Chapter tells us. Let’s look at what and how it tells us to pray. First, we must accept/receive Yahshua into our hearts--for without having done so, He doesn’t hear our prayer, and our Enemy Satan will convince us -- if we’re not careful -- that Yahshua is not going to answer your prayer, so you just as well stop praying. But Satan is a liar, because The Word says, he’s the father of lies and there is no truth in him. We must believe what the word says, without exception.
Here, in this message, we are told as believers we have confidence in Yahweh through Yahshua that if we ask ANYTHING in His Name, He hears us; and if we know that He hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him. So, it is critically important to spend time reading the Bible and taking to heart all that is said. He’s a just Elohim and He honors His word. After becoming acquainted with Yahweh's word, start talking to Him as you would another “person”. You don’t have to try impressing Him by using big words, just be yourself and talk to Him about everything.
There’s nothing to hard for Yahweh to change—after all, He’s given us His greatest gifts, Yahshua; His Holy Spirit; and forgiveness for our sins (eternal life). So, stay connected to the Only One Who can bring you out of darkness into His glorious Light, and also change us into the people He died for us to be.
Memory verse: 1st John 5:3
Pastor Jenkins' focus today is on Hebrews 1--to highlight the Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit are One. Initially, Father Yahweh spoke to the people through His prophets. But once Yahshua came on the scene and died on the Cross for our sins, He speaks to us through His Holy Spirit because He has finished what the prophets could not do.
One may ask: What did He do? Well, of upmost importance is Yahshua's death paid the price for our sins and actually wiped our slate clean. In other words, He gave us redemption. Unlike the prophets of old, when mankind committed sin, an animal had to be sacrificed and its blood shed. The only problem with that was the process had to be repeated every year. Man's sin was always before him. But now, through Yahshua our sins are as far as the East is from the West.
Yahshua has given us a way back to salvation since we have received Him in our hearts. When He ascended back to Heaven, He sent His Holy Spirit to be with us. The Holy Spirit is our Comforter and helps us decide what actions to take in difficult situations. The Holy Spirit only speaks of Yahshua; therefore, it's Yahshua Himself speaking to us.
Remember Yahweh loved us so much that He sent His only Son, and Yahshua His Son loved us so much that He paid the ransom for our sin through death; then He sent His Holy Spirit to keep us grounded in His word in order that we would make sound decisions.
Never discount the power of prayer through repentance, which leads to eternal life in Yah.
Pastor Jenkins looks at Numbers 20 to show us what happens when our prayers don't line-up with Yahweh's word.
Here in this Chapter, we see the Israelites, Moses, Aaron and Miriam, of which Aaron and Miriam were Moses' sister and brother. Moses was given direct instructions from Yahweh what to do in order to be successful in delivering the children of Israel out of bondage in Egypt into the Promised Land. Moses started out faithful to Yahweh's direct command to him, but what happened?
Well, through the long journey, the children of Israel became disgruntled with Moses and Aaron's leadership for not having water to drink. They started voicing their displeasure with Moses and, as a result Moses disobeyed Yahweh's command. Yahweh told Moses to speak to the ROCK before their eyes, and it would bring forth water, and that would have glorified Yahweh. However, out of anger, Moses lifted up his hand, and with the rod smote the ROCK twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank the water.
But, the question is: did Moses do what Yahweh commanded him to do? No! And as a result, he did not enter the Promised Land.
The message here is when Yahweh gives us a command, we MUST obey it. Yahweh's word is our only defense against Satan.
Memory Verse: 1st Cor. 10:4