When expectation is at varians with reality, where is the place of faith? The Father willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of PROMISE the imutability of His COUNSEL, confirmed it by an OATH. That by two immutable things: (PROMISE AND OATH,) in which it was impossible for El to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil Heb.10:20. Our hope is the object of our faith; that being justified by faith, we have peace with El through our Master Yahshua the Messiah: by Whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of the Father. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and our hope maketh not ashamed; for the love of the Father is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us.
HAVE YOUR HOPE THE CAPACITY TO ANCHOR YOUR SOUL? that you should yield yourself servant to obey convincingly without wavering or staggering as an heir to a promise of a counsel, being strong in faith and believing in the hope of the word you have heard. Or are you living a hopeless life? let us eat and drink; for tomorrow, we die. Be not deceived evil communication corrupt good manners. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of El: the Scripture is speaking this to their shame. Faith in the Messiah Yahshua, and of the love which we have to all the saints, IN HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE, WHICH EL, WHO CAN NOT LIE, PROMISED BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN; BUT HAS IN DUE TIMES MANIFESTED HIS WORD THROUGH PREACHING, THE REVELATION OF THE BLESSINGS AND THE GOODNESS OF YAHWEH WHICH HE LAID UP FOR US IN HEAVEN THAT OBEY HIM Eph.1:3; WHICH HE HAS WROUGHT FOR US THAT TRUST IN HIM BEFORE THE SONS OF MEN. He had hid them in the secret of His presence from the pride of man: He had kept them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues whereof we HEARD BEFORE IN THE WORD OF THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL Roms.1:16,17, 3:21-26, 4:24,25, 5:1-21; Eph.1:3-14. Which is come unto us, as it is in all the world; and BRINGETH FORTH FRUIT, AS IT DOTH ALSO IN US, SINCE THE DAY WE HEARD OF IT, AND KNEW THE GRACE OF EL IN TRUTH.
OUR PROMISE IS CONFIRMED By OATH, therefore does not make ashame: Other foundations can no man lay than that is laid, which is Yahshua the Messiah. Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. He is the salvation of El unto the ends of the earth, look up unto Him and be saved Jn.3:14,15. El was in Him, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing our trespasses unto us, beside Him there is no Savior Phil.2:6-8. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man unto whom Yahweh will not impute sin, because of his acknowledgement of the truth and faith in the finished work of the Messiah on the cross of Calvary 1Cor.15:1-4; Roms.3:19-26, 4:24,25, 6:3-11; Gal.2:20. Let there be no idle in your heart blinding you or a lying spirit bewitching you or an occult society deceiving you? Acts.19:19,20; 1Thess.1:6-10. Where the word of a king is, there is power: we should be afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishment of the sword, that we may know there is judgment. A wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment. Because to every purpose, there is time and judgment. There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. CAN YOU LAY HOLD ON YOUR HOPE FOR REFUGE ON THAT DAY? When the iniquity of our heels shall compass us about? They that trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to El a ransom for him: FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THEIR SOUL IS PRECIOUS, AND IT CEASETHE FOREVER that He should still live forever, and not see corruption. But El has redeemed our soul from the power of the grave: for He shall receive us, and we shall behold His face in righteousness, and shall be satisfied, when we awake in His likeness. For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see El: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. MAN, THAT IS IN HONOR, AND UNDERSTANDETH NOT IS LIKE THE BEAST THAT PERISH.
While I live, will I praise Yahweh: I will sing praises unto my Elohim while I have any being. I will not trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. It is better to trust in Yahweh than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in Yahweh than to put confidence in princes.
Man’s breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the Elohim of Yacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh his Elohim: Who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: Who keepeth truth forever: Who executeth judgment for the oppressed: Who giveth food to the hungry. Yahweh looseth the prisoners: Yahweh openeth the eyes of the blind: Yahweh raiseth them that are bowed down: Yahweh loveth the righteous: Yahweh preserveth the strangers; He relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked He turneth upside down. O Yahweh, our strength, and our fortress, and our refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto You from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? Therefore, behold, this once you have caused us to know your hand and might Eph.1:19-23; Col.1:19-23; and we have learned that Your name is Yahweh Ps.68:4.
IS YOUR HOPE A STRONG CONSOLATION?Because He has called, and we refused 1Cor.15:1-4; 2Cor.4:3,4; He has stretched out His hand, and no man regarded Ps.28:3-5; Is.52:10; Col.1:18-23 Jn.3:14,15; but we have set at naught all His counsel, and would none of His reproof: He also will laugh at our calamity; He will mock when our fear cometh; when our fear cometh as desolation, and our destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon us. Then shall we call upon Him, but He will not answer; we shall seek Him early, but we shall not find Him: Because we hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Yahweh Job.28:28; Hos.4:6: we would none of His counsel EPH.1:11: we despised all His reproof. Therefore, we shall eat of the fruit of our own way and be filled with our own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay us, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy us.
But whoso hearkeneth unto Him shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. We then, as workers together with Him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of El in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME; BEHOLD, NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION.) For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of El, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this, we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house, which is from heaven:
If so be that being clothed, we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is El, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore, we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Master: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Master. Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of the Messiah; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Now, if any man has not the Spirit of the Messiah, he is none of His, because it pleased the Father that in Him should all the fulness dwell, even that of the Godhead bodily 1Cor.6:17. But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Yahshua from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up the Messiah from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you. It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with Him, we shall also live with Him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him: if we deny Him, He also will deny us: If we believe not, yet He abideth faithful: He cannot deny Himself. We have reckoned ourselves to be dead indeed unto sin but alive unto the Father through Yahshua the Messiah Who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given us in Yahshua the Messiah before the world began Is.49:8; Phil.3:7-14; Rev.13:8; Heb.13:30. He has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. If we then are risen with the Messiah, let us seek those things which are above, where Messiah sitteth on the right hand of the Father. Set our affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For we are dead, and our life is hid with the Messiah in El 2Cor.5:14-19; Gal.2:20. Therefore, we that live do not live unto ourselves but unto Him Who died for us and rose again; and We are complete in Him, Who is the head of all principality and power. What a blessed hope! Salom.
Bro. L. Akudo. Duetime Testifier. Testifying The Gospel Of The Grace Of El, The Present Truth. His Death, Burial, And Resurrection, The Gospel Of Our Salvation. The Messiah: The Wisdom, And The Power Of El.
