As my bride and I were sitting at the dinner table last night, a thought hit me: What would someone who has no biases and having read the Bible completely think about those who call themselves men and women of faith? I mean someone who wasn't shaped by church or teachings...I know…pretty much impossible. But I asked this question in a vacuum of course.
Think about it. When someone says they are a firefighter and they never fight a fire or perform some kind of paramedic activity, we would realistically start to wonder about their claim. Another example might be a police officer who hates justice but fights crime and claims to be part of the justice system. Today we have essentially two groups of believers that claim the One True God YHVH; Christians and Hebrew Roots (not a good label but that is a whole other post).
Christians are all about helping the poor, the widow, the orphan, and being good according to their church definition of what is good (i.e. go to church every Sunday, pray regularly, read the Bible every day, etc.). But they ignore the commandments of the King who has asked them to do these things for others. So is there really any difference between them and a non-believer doing good for others other than the Christians are hypocrites?
Hebrew Roots are about all the Torah, Feasts, Festivals, being pleasing in YHVH’s sight and have lost touch with the words of Yeshua in the Gospels. Sometimes there is really not much difference between Hebrew Roots and Christians. The liturgy is there. The tests for spirituality are there; they are just more of a tradition in Jewish life (Tallits, Kippahs, Kiddish, etc.). They have forgotten their first love and have become stoic in their striving to follow Torah mechanically.
As a follower of YHVH and brought into His Kingdom by Yeshua, we are now part of a Kingdom. We walk this Earth as representatives of a King. When we act, we act on His behalf and in His name. Being a hypocrite or coarse and stoic is no way to represent our King with gentleness and kindness. We must keep the laws of the Kingdom (or we forfeit His blessings and suffer the natural curses) and we must help the widow, orphan, and the poor with a cheerful spirit and right heart.
There are two books that comprise the Scriptures. They both work together and are both necessary to understanding Elohim’s plan for our lives and the world. It’s again all about balance. Staying in balance ensures that we remain in faith and walking in His will.
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