SIVAN 30
True of False
“If anyone should say to you then, behold the Messiah is
here or there, do not believe it. For
false Messiahs and lying prophets WILL arise and they WILL produce signs and great
wonders in order to DECEIVE if possible even the chosen. Behold, I have told you beforehand.” (Mat
24:23-25 AENT, emphasis mine)
While still on this earth, Messiah
Yeshua, as well as the first apostles, warned us that there would be a false ‘Way’ in the end times, a doctrine
not according to Torah, a counterfeit,
if you will (see Mat chapter 24, 2Pet 2:1-3).
Noah Webster defines ‘counterfeit’ as: “that which is made in imitation
of something with a view to defraud, by
passing the false for true; assuming the appearance of something; not
genuine”[1].
To put this into other words, this so-called end-time religion would have all the appearance of the true Way, the walking and living out of the Torah-lifestyle. Only those who have DILIGENTLY “studied to show themselves approved” (2Tim 2:15), and who are now trained (such as bank tellers and cashiers are trained to recognize counterfeit bills) will recognize this false religion, and not be taken in and deceived by it.
So how do train ourselves? It is very simple: through the Word of our Elohim. The Word is always the first, and the last, authority on everything. However, we must first learn, study, and familiarize ourselves with this Word, so that we may be complete and well-equipped for every good work (2Tim 2:15; 2Tim 3:17). The key word is DILIGENTLY, for this means that we should have more than a casual knowledge of the foundation of all the Scriptures, which is the Torah, the first five books of what is referred to as the Old Testament.
Accompanying our ever-increasing absorption of the Word of our Elohim, we should seek to develop sensitivity in hearing the voice of the Holy Breath of YAH. The Ruach/Spirit will quietly but firmly warn us, quicken to our spirits, that all is not as it might appear with a minister, a ministry, with a group, or an individual. Does what we are hearing line up with the entire Word of Elohim, and His message of deliverance and redemption through Messiah Yeshua? Our Master Yeshua is the only way; He is the only truth; He is the only life (see John 14:6); He is the only door to the Father (see John 10:9). There simply is no other way.
“Who is the liar,
if not the one who denies that Yeshua is the Messiah? This one is the
anti-messiah—the one who denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the
Son has the Father; the one who acknowledges the Son also has the Father.” (1John
2:23-25 TLV)
Alvinu, Malkenu, our Father, our King, we ask You to
sharpen in us the sense of hearing, our spiritual hearing, that we would be
quick to hear when You caution us to take a step back, to take a second
look. Thank You, YAH, that You are the
Teacher, that You are the Revealer of the Word, that You are the Illuminator of
the Truth. You, my Master, guide us into
all truth. Thank You, Adonai, that
You continue to fill us, and as we continue to feast on the Word, You bring it
to our remembrance in the hour that we need it.
Amein and AMEIN…
©2022
[1] American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828
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