Rumors started immediately about Jesus among the Pharisees. Jesus had began teaching, leading and encouraging his followers to baptize Jews like John the Baptist had been doing. When things started heating up, Jesus went home to Galilee ( home), along the way he had to go through a Samaritan town. Samaritans and Jews had a long history of tension. A lot of the tension started in 722 BC, when the Assyrians took the Jews into captivity yet left some of the poorer nonthreatening people behind. These Jews intermarried with settlers of Mesopotamia and Syria. This type of mixing was forbidden according to Mosaic law. When the Jews returned from Babylonian…

Matthew 5: 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. James 1: 2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may mature and complete, not lacking anything. 2 Corinthians 6 10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything. Takeaway:( Be sure to read around all scriptures to get full context) If someone has fallen short, sinned, backslid, we should reaffirm our love…

Meaning: The Holy Spirit Hebrew Translit: Ru•ach Ha•kó•desh The word “ruach” appears for the first time in Gen. 1:2: (…and the spirit of God…). This word also means “wind.” The word “kodesh” comes from the word “kadosh” that means “holy.” ( Holy Spirit) Ru•ach Ha•ko•désh is mentioned 55 times in the New Testament. In the Old Testament it is mentioned 23 times, but in a different form: “Ru•ach Adonai,” the Spirit of God. In John Chapter 3, we see Nicodemus, a Pharisee had a stirring within him to know Yahshua, to quietly and discretely seek his teaching. The Messiah told him, ” I tell you the truth, no one can…

Matthew 4: 19: 19 Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Takeaway: To follow is much deeper than claiming Jesus as your personal savior. Even the word “belief” is a deeper statement than just verbally acknowledging. We are to study the word, teach others the truth, share ” God Wink” stories, share our testimonials and lead by living holy lives. 1 Peter 1:15: ” But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in ALL conduct. We should have compassion for others, caring for people by caring for them physically and spiritually. The Father has a special place in his…

John 14: 27: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 16: 33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Matthew 25-26 “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than…

With the water to wine story, we see symbolism with the ritual purification jars”living water” becoming wine like the blood of Yahshua. We know that his blood eternally purifies us. This Passover, let us break bread and drink wine daily, in remembrance of what he told us to do on that last Passover week. The water jugs that were used were actually jars that housed used what was known to be living water used for washing rituals. The servants had gone to drawn this “living water.” The ritual washing symbolized becoming spiritually clean or holy, not physically clean. The Gospel of John records that the six stone water jars contained…

Matthew 4: 17: ” From that time on Jesus began to preach, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near. “ Luke 13: 3: “I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Life Application: When you read scriptures around Luke 13: 3, you see that everyone is a sinner and no sin is worse than others. We should not measure our own sins against those of others, thinking we are better than or safer. He goes onto to say that he will leave us alone, for a time, allowing us time to repent, change and love him. Then, when that time is over, those who…

John the Baptist True Identity & Start Preparing for Passover Now! The word was with God and was God. Through this “Word” Yahshua all things were made. The word is LIFE to those who eat and live by it. He brought Light to men, true enlightenment that taught mankind how to live, how to love and how to please God. His truth exposed darkness, expanded on all that which pleased or displeased the Father. At times Jesus amplified, highlighted a greater depth to perceived sin, a higher level of purity to be attained. Now man has a choice, will he run from the light or will man let the light…

Once Saved Always Saved is A Lie! Recently, I was watching a believer on You Tube that spoke of a man who lives in complete solitude in the middle east in a simple dessert tent. The man at the time was not a believer in Jesus. The remote man said a man in white linen showed up at night every day for 30 days at the door of his tent. He told him to write. Jesus, the man in white linen recited what was later found out to be the book of John. During the interview, what was emphasized is that many Muslim’s are having visitations in person from a…

Last weekend, I traveled to Houston. I have many friends and family in H-town. My time is usually divided and heart pulled in many directions wanting to show love to all those I love. I have a friend that lives in the area which is more than a friend, she’s like a sister. But she lives about 45 minutes or more from the area that I was visiting. It had weighed on me that I really would like to give her a hug, see her. This year has been challenging for her to say the least. But I realized that fitting her into the rounds would prove difficult because I…