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We are called to be servants, not leaders.
Therefore I appeal to the elders among you—as a fellow elder and witness of Messiah’s sufferings, and a partaker also of the glory about to be revealed— shepherd God’s flock among you. Watch over it not under compulsion but willingly before God, not for dishonest gain but eagerly. Don’t Lord it over those apportioned to you, but become examples to the flock. When the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
1 Peter 5:1-4 TLV
I wrote something to Messiah’s community, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t welcome us. Loved ones, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
3 John 1:9, 11 TLV
But Yeshua called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations Lord it over them, and their great ones play the tyrant over them. It shall not be this way among you. But whoever wants to be great among you shall be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you shall be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:25-28 TLV
“But you are not to be called rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man on earth your father; for One is your Father, who is in heaven. Nor are you to be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Messiah. But the greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
Matthew 23:8-12 TLV
Sabbath and the commandments were not abolished, nor were they nailed to the cross.
Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to complete. (The Law and the Prophets is a term used for the pre-Messianic Scriptures.) Mat 5:18 “For truly, I say to you, till the heaven and the earth pass away, one yod or one tittle shall by no means pass from the Torah till all be done.
Mat 5:19 “Whoever, then, breaks one of the least of these commands, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the reign of the heavens; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.
Mat 5:20 “For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter into the reign of the heavens.
Joh 14:15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
The commandments were not nailed to the cross.
Col 2:14 He wiped out the handwritten record of debts with the decrees against us, which was hostile to us. He took it away by nailing it to the cross.
Col 2:15 After disarming the principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.
Rom 7:12 So then, the Torah is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
Rom 7:13 Therefore did that which is good become death to me? May it never be! Rather it was sin working death in me—through that which is good—so that sin might be shown to be sin, and that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
Rom 7:14 For we know that the Torah is spiritual; but I am of the flesh, sold to sin.
Jas 2:17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.
Jas 2:18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works.
Jas 2:19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder!
Jas 2:20 But do you want to know, you empty person, that faith without works is dead?
Jas 2:21 Wasn’t Abraham our father proved righteous by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
Jas 2:22 You see that faith worked together with his works, and by the works his faith was made complete.
Jas 2:23 The Scripture was fulfilled that says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness”—and he was called God’s friend.
Jas 2:24 You see that a man is proved righteous by works and not by faith alone.
Jas 2:25 And likewise, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also proved righteous by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out another way?
Jas 2:26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Christmas and other pagan based practices are forbidden in scripture.
Jer 10:1 Hear the word that Adonai speaks to you, house of Israel,
Jer 10:2 Thus says Adonai: “Do not learn the way of the nations or be frightened by signs of the heavens—though the nations are terrified by them.
Jer 10:3 The customs of the peoples are useless: it is just a tree cut from the forest, the work of the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
Jer 10:4 They decorate it with silver and gold, and fasten it with hammer and nails so it won’t totter.
Jer 10:5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber garden, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk! Do not fear them for they can do no harm—nor do any good.”
It may seem like Christmas has always been celebrated in the United States, but that’s not the case. In fact, the joyous religious holiday was actually banned in America for several decades by Christians themselves. The original war on Christmas was waged during the sixteenth and seventeenth century by Puritans. Cryers in the streets would walk the town yelling, No Christmas!! No Christmas!!
Halloween is a high day for the devil and all evil. Named All Hallows Eve, any form of it used in the church is still evil. Call it Trunk or Treat or what you will, it’s still evil. We need to stop allowing the world to have an affect on us and instead we need to have an affect on the world.
We are called to be servants, not leaders.
Therefore I appeal to the elders among you—as a fellow elder and witness of Messiah’s sufferings, and a partaker also of the glory about to be revealed— shepherd God’s flock among you. Watch over it not under compulsion but willingly before God, not for dishonest gain but eagerly. Don’t Lord it over those apportioned to you, but become examples to the flock. When the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
1 Peter 5:1-4 TLV
I wrote something to Messiah’s community, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t welcome us. Loved ones, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
3 John 1:9, 11 TLV
But Yeshua called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations Lord it over them, and their great ones play the tyrant over them. It shall not be this way among you. But whoever wants to be great among you shall be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you shall be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:25-28 TLV
“But you are not to be called rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man on earth your father; for One is your Father, who is in heaven. Nor are you to be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Messiah. But the greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
Matthew 23:8-12 TLV
Sabbath and the commandments were not abolished, nor were they nailed to the cross.
Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to complete. (The Law and the Prophets is a term used for the pre-Messianic Scriptures.) Mat 5:18 “For truly, I say to you, till the heaven and the earth pass away, one yod or one tittle shall by no means pass from the Torah till all be done.
Mat 5:19 “Whoever, then, breaks one of the least of these commands, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the reign of the heavens; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.
Mat 5:20 “For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter into the reign of the heavens.
Joh 14:15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
The commandments were not nailed to the cross.
Col 2:14 He wiped out the handwritten record of debts with the decrees against us, which was hostile to us. He took it away by nailing it to the cross.
Col 2:15 After disarming the principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.
Rom 7:12 So then, the Torah is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
Rom 7:13 Therefore did that which is good become death to me? May it never be! Rather it was sin working death in me—through that which is good—so that sin might be shown to be sin, and that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
Rom 7:14 For we know that the Torah is spiritual; but I am of the flesh, sold to sin.
Jas 2:17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.
Jas 2:18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works.
Jas 2:19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder!
Jas 2:20 But do you want to know, you empty person, that faith without works is dead?
Jas 2:21 Wasn’t Abraham our father proved righteous by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
Jas 2:22 You see that faith worked together with his works, and by the works his faith was made complete.
Jas 2:23 The Scripture was fulfilled that says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness”—and he was called God’s friend.
Jas 2:24 You see that a man is proved righteous by works and not by faith alone.
Jas 2:25 And likewise, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also proved righteous by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out another way?
Jas 2:26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Christmas and other pagan based practices are forbidden in scripture.
Jer 10:1 Hear the word that Adonai speaks to you, house of Israel,
Jer 10:2 Thus says Adonai: “Do not learn the way of the nations or be frightened by signs of the heavens—though the nations are terrified by them.
Jer 10:3 The customs of the peoples are useless: it is just a tree cut from the forest, the work of the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
Jer 10:4 They decorate it with silver and gold, and fasten it with hammer and nails so it won’t totter.
Jer 10:5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber garden, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk! Do not fear them for they can do no harm—nor do any good.”
It may seem like Christmas has always been celebrated in the United States, but that’s not the case. In fact, the joyous religious holiday was actually banned in America for several decades by Christians themselves. The original war on Christmas was waged during the sixteenth and seventeenth century by Puritans. Cryers in the streets would walk the town yelling, No Christmas!! No Christmas!!
Halloween is a high day for the devil and all evil. Named All Hallows Eve, any form of it used in the church is still evil. Call it Trunk or Treat or what you will, it’s still evil. We need to stop allowing the world to have an affect on us and instead we need to have an affect on the world.