Becoming One with the Father
The most important and true meanings of things taught in the Bible are the things taught by Yeshua. He
emphasized the importance of becoming one with the Father in a relationship with Him through obedience to His
commandments. The depth of His teaching outlined the premise that a relationship with the Father is an eternal
foundation to build upon. Some teach that there are spiritual roads or paths (in behavior) by which you can follow
that will take you to heaven. Anybody teaching that what you do by following a particular ritual “fit, form and
function” as a way or method to deepen your relationship with God is sadly mistaken.
Yeshua taught if you love God, you would obey the commandments. Then the principle is obedience and it
outweighs sacrifice as stated in Mark 12:29-34, "And one of the scribes (teacher of the law) came, and having
heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that He (Yeshua) had answered them well, asked Him, 'Which is
the first commandment of all?' And Yeshua answered him, 'The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel;
The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this: Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.' And the scribe said
unto Him, 'Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but He: And to love
Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his
neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.' And when Yeshua saw that he (the
teacher of the law) answered discreetly, he said unto him, 'Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.'"
He reaffirms the principle of obedience to the commandments as crucial for developing a relationship with the
Father again in Matthew 15:2-15, "Then the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem,
came to Yeshua, saying: 'Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their
hands when they eat bread.' (No divine law had been transgressed, only a ceremonial tradition regarding
ceremonially clean verses unclean hands before eating.)
But He (Yeshua) answered and said unto them, 'Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your
tradition? For God commanded, saying, 'Honour thy father and mother: and, he that curseth (his) father or
mother, let him die the death.' But ye say, 'Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by
whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me, And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free.' Thus have
ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.” (Tradition had supplemented the law with
burdensome interpretations; so burdensome that devices had been implemented to neutralize them. But in
neutralizing them, they had in effect done away with the original law, by allowing instead the grown children to
“pledge to the altar” the means to care for parents and avoid honoring/caring for their parents at all.) Yeshua
went on to warn: “Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, ‘This people draweth nigh unto me with
their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me,
teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” And He (Yeshua) called the multitude, and said unto them,
“Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man (with ceremonially unclean hands); but
that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.” (What comes out of the mouth comes from the heart.)
The most important and true meanings of things taught in the Bible are the things taught by Yeshua. He
emphasized the importance of becoming one with the Father in a relationship with Him through obedience to His
commandments. The depth of His teaching outlined the premise that a relationship with the Father is an eternal
foundation to build upon. Some teach that there are spiritual roads or paths (in behavior) by which you can follow
that will take you to heaven. Anybody teaching that what you do by following a particular ritual “fit, form and
function” as a way or method to deepen your relationship with God is sadly mistaken.
Yeshua taught if you love God, you would obey the commandments. Then the principle is obedience and it
outweighs sacrifice as stated in Mark 12:29-34, "And one of the scribes (teacher of the law) came, and having
heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that He (Yeshua) had answered them well, asked Him, 'Which is
the first commandment of all?' And Yeshua answered him, 'The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel;
The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this: Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.' And the scribe said
unto Him, 'Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but He: And to love
Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his
neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.' And when Yeshua saw that he (the
teacher of the law) answered discreetly, he said unto him, 'Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.'"
He reaffirms the principle of obedience to the commandments as crucial for developing a relationship with the
Father again in Matthew 15:2-15, "Then the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem,
came to Yeshua, saying: 'Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their
hands when they eat bread.' (No divine law had been transgressed, only a ceremonial tradition regarding
ceremonially clean verses unclean hands before eating.)
But He (Yeshua) answered and said unto them, 'Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your
tradition? For God commanded, saying, 'Honour thy father and mother: and, he that curseth (his) father or
mother, let him die the death.' But ye say, 'Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by
whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me, And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free.' Thus have
ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.” (Tradition had supplemented the law with
burdensome interpretations; so burdensome that devices had been implemented to neutralize them. But in
neutralizing them, they had in effect done away with the original law, by allowing instead the grown children to
“pledge to the altar” the means to care for parents and avoid honoring/caring for their parents at all.) Yeshua
went on to warn: “Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, ‘This people draweth nigh unto me with
their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me,
teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” And He (Yeshua) called the multitude, and said unto them,
“Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man (with ceremonially unclean hands); but
that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.” (What comes out of the mouth comes from the heart.)
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