“Beaten down, bedraggled, and broken”- Could it be they are worshipping the wrong God?

[First posted in 2013, contributed by a Christian pastor who has sent previous articles and teachings:

Christian Discovers YHWH, Shares “Evidence”

This is only one of his many messages sent to his faith community as well as to Sinaites VAN and BAN@S6K. We are privileged to share it on this website.–Admin 1.]

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Shalom to all,

Greetings in the name of YHWH,
the only true God, the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob,our Father in heaven.

Another study bible was just released by NIV —

bringing a NEW GOSPEL —

“The NIV Ragamuffin Bible with notes from Brennan Manning, inspired by his book The Ragamuffin Gospel, will help beaten down, bedraggled, and broken Christians rebuild their relationship with God through simple honesty and understanding his furious love for us all.”

Image from amazon.com

Many will buy this “new bible” as they search for solutions to life’s problems.

Then a year later they will still be “beaten down, bedraggled, and broken” …

They never get to the real issue …

Why are they “beaten down, bedraggled, and broken”in the first place?

Notice that the write-up about this new bible says that it is “inspired by his book The Ragamuffin Gospel, — In other words it is inspired by man rather than by God.

Could it be they are worshiping the wrong God?

Once they discover this New Bible / Gospel does not work either, then they

will release a new edition in 2014 — a never ending series of books

that try in vain to solve man’s problems — in the process the author
and publishers make money — maybe that’s what they really care about??

Compare this to the testimonies of real people you have heard from our group.

You have heard how lives are being changed — I dare say that there is NOBODY

in our group who is “beaten down, bedraggled, and broken” —

We do not need crazy solutions coming from books of men because we have a great God,YHWH, who owns and controls everything in heaven and on earth

and He has given us His Truth …

Psalms 145:14-20 NKJV
14] The LORD [YHWH] upholds all who fall, And raises up all who are bowed down.
15] The eyes of all look expectantly to You, And You give them their food in due season.
16] You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17] The LORD [YHWH] is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works.
18]  The LORD [YHWH] is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.
19]  He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.
20]  The LORD [YHWH] preserves all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy.

When you read this Psalm, do you see the solution?

There is only one. I have tried to put it in Bold and underline.

Read it again and again until you see it …

If you do not see it, see me on Saturday …

May Yahweh (YHWH, Hebrew name of God)
creator of heaven and earth,
bless you and your family abundantly!

“RS”
26-year Life Coach
Mobile +63999-881-9345

Source: Exodus/Shemoth 24 – "the sight of the Glory of YHVH (was) like a consuming fire" -- We gentiles living in this 21st century are able to experience that climactic moment [God appearing on Sinai] by reading and studying this portion of the TORAH. Indeed, we see YHWH not quite as dramatically as the mixed multitude did, but perhaps even better through these accounts recorded in Exodus. There is a saying that hindsight is 20/20 vision, i.e., we begin to see and understand the question marks in our past only later in our lives, as we mature and hopefully become wiser and more introspective about the meaning or seeming meaninglessness of happenings in history, whether personal, national, or universal. Søren Kierkegaard adds a twist to this: “Only 20:20 vision is hindsight. Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” As we endeavor to understand each portion in the TORAH of YHWH, much of it will seem irrelevant to our current situation but if we see beyond the time-bound cultural and religious situations and begin to understand what truly has not change—human nature and the Great Revelator who designed the perfect blueprint for living in peace, happily and contentedly with family, community, country and the nations, the unquestionable conclusion is: TORAH is relevant to ALL humankind, not just to Israel, to this very day.

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