United In Messiah .... Fellowship of One New Man : Living a 'SHABBAT Life' in 2021 !

It's Time to put Feet to our Faith ! - 2021

Chag Sameach & Happy New Year dear Brethren,

Well ! , we've made it to 2021 despite ourselves. Having 2020 and all of it's darkness and 'Chaos' behind us, certainly gives credence to the ol' addage ..... ' WHEN will mankind begin to learn from it's Mistakes ! '. Better Yet, ' How long will we wait to actually ' CONTEND FOR THE FAITH ONCE FOR ALL DELIVERED ? '. Let us not tarry any longer dear friends. As we discussed at our Hanukkah Party at The Awakening Church in Dover, N.H. INDEED we believe in Salvation thru Yeshua/Jesus, Indeed we have FAITH.

B-U-T ! ... With our Eyes to SEE, and Ears to HEAR, we desperately need to 'Step it Up' and seriously realize that as Yeshua's Church, we need to be HONEST with ourselves and REPENT for treating the Great Commission as the 'Great Suggestion' !

Will you join us in Prayer that 2021 will serve as Adonai's Re-Alignment with our Faith ? Let us fervently begin to 'walk out our faith' through completing Yeshua's directive to UNITE as ONE NEW MAN. It will certainly be our Prayer and continuing mission to affect the necessary unification of both Jews and Gentiles in 2021. To achieve this, we 'MUST' reclaim the Jewish Roots of Our Faith, for without it, we leave an important portion of our KINGDOM INHERITANCE on the table ! By re-claiming the 'Jewishness of Jesus', we can re-claim the 'FULLNESS' graced to us by the Father. This fullness is the ingredient needed to achieve the full Holy Spirit Power that will be necessary to combat the 'SPIRITUAL WARFARE' in this world we have been ' Called Out Of '. So, let us put Feet on our Faith so the LIGHT of Messiah burns off the filth of a broken world ! Through this, we can indeed 'LIVE A SHABBAT LIFE' in 2021 despite the trajectory of a fallen world. Bless you all, and may you and yours be blessed with the FULLNESS of Messiah Yeshua in the new year 2021. Shalom! .....................b.

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Hebrews 10:37-38

(37) "For yet a little while,
And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
(38) Now the just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back,
My soul has no pleasure in him."
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"The just shall live by faith" is both a statement of fact about the basis of a Christian's life and a command. It is so important that it appears once in the Old Testament and three times in the New (Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11). In each case, the context is somewhat different, but its importance to a Christian's salvation is not lost.

The concept is not difficult to understand. Paul further clarifies it in II Corinthians 5:7: "For we walk by faith, and not by sight." A simple definition of faith in Webster's New World Dictionary is "complete trust, confidence, or reliance." At the end of the definitions, "belief" is listed as a synonym. Belief means "faith, esp. religious faith; trust or confidence." The dictionary definitions show that the two words are virtually synonymous. However, in the Bible and in practical application a very wide difference separates merely believing and living by faith.

The practical application of faith is more than simply acknowledging the reality of God. Living by faith involves qualities that are better expressed by the word "trust." This kind of faith produces loyalty or faithfulness expressed in the Christian's life by works of obedience.

Do you think for a moment that the Israelites in the wilderness disbelieved that God existed? Some few may have argued that the miracles they had experienced from the arrival of Moses in Egypt until they died in the wilderness were nothing more than natural phenomena. There are always some doubters and scoffers of that sort (II Peter 3:3-7).

But the vast majority of Israelites could not deny to themselves God's mighty acts on their behalf. They had heard the voice of God at Mount Sinai, had seen a wind from God part the Red Sea, and had escaped death on Passover while the Egyptian firstborn had died. But when God required a higher level of obedience to follow His cloud across the wilderness and depend on Him to supply their every need, the record shows they did not trust Him. Their loyalty dissolved, and they rebelled! They did not have it within them to live, or walk, by faith.

— John W. Ritenbaugh

To learn more, see:
Wandering the Wilderness in Faith