“Deborah’s Drash”
“Sitting at the feet of
Yeshua”
A Study in
Messianic Jews/Hebrews 11 –The Faith Chapter
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John 14:2
Quote Of The Day:
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“G-d
delights in impossibilities. One man says “I will do as much as I can , He says
“Any fool can do that”. He
that
believes in Christ Jesus/Messiah Yeshua does what he cannot do, attempts the
impossible and performs it.
For
Jesus/Yeshua said “If you have faith/Emunah, as a grain of a mustard seed
nothing shall be impossible to you.”
Deborah’s Drash Commentary:
Faith’s/Emunah
Definition
Hebrews 11:1 –Various Translations
Amplified
Translation NOW FAITH is the assurance (the
confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of
things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith
perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].[2]
(NASB)
1 Now faith is the
assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.[3]
(ASV) Now faith is
assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.
(CEV) Faith makes us
sure of what we hope for and gives us proof of what we cannot see.
(GNB) To have faith
is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot
see.
(GW) Faith assures
us of things we expect and convinces us of the existence of things we cannot
see.
(ISV) Now faith is
the assurance of things we hope for, the certainty of things we cannot see.
(KJV) Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
(LITV) Now faith is the essence of
things being hoped, the evidence of things not having been seen.
(MKJV) Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
(Jewish New Testament) 1 Trusting is being confident of what we hope for, convinced about things we do not see. [4]
Strongs
Definitions
Heb 11:1 Now1161
faith4102 is2076 the substance5287
of things hoped for1679, the
evidence1650 of things4229 not3756
seen991. substance: or, ground, or, confidence
Faith - 4102 – Greek
4102 pistis pis'-tis
from 3982; persuasion, i.e.
credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a
religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly,
constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel)
truth itself:--assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
Substance - 5287 - Greek
5287 hupostasis
hoop-os'-tas-is
from a compound of 5259 and 2476;
a setting under (support), i.e. (figuratively) concretely, essence, or
abstractly, assurance (objectively or subjectively):--confidence, confident,
person, substance.
Evidence -1650 - Greek
1650 elegchos el'-eng-khos
from 1651; proof, conviction:--evidence, reproof.
Things - 4229 - Greek
4229 pragma prag'-mah
from 4238; a deed; by implication,
an affair; by extension, an object (material):--business, matter, thing, work.
Seen -991 - Greek
991 blepo blep'-o
a primary verb; to look at (literally
or figuratively):--behold, beware, lie, look (on, to), perceive, regard, see,
sight, take heed. Compare 3700.
Websters
Dictionary:
Faith is the
Substance…
Definition
– Substance – 1. The real o ressential part or element of anything; essence, reality
or basic matter. The Material by which
anything is made.
Faith/Emunah
is always now. Faith says I have it
before I see it. Faith is the
substance, the material by which anything is made. Faith brings what we are hoping for into reality.
G-d created
us to operate in the realm of faith.
Without faith it is impossible to please Yahweh. He has called us to walk/Halakah by
Faith/Emunah. When we do this we will
see the provision of G-d in our Life, we will experience miracles, healing and
deliverance, we will see our needs met according to His riches in glory by
Messiah Yeshua.
Faith sees it
before it manifests itself in the natural. In the next month we are going to
study Hebrews 11 and the great men and woman of the Tenachk who are mentioned
here and who were given as our example of how to walk before G-d in a way that
pleases Him.
Faith/Emunah
is child like trust in a loving heavenly Father to meet our every need. As we study these men and woman of faith in
the Tenachk we will learn from their example.
Faith simply
stated is trust – The same trust a newborn baby has as he/she is held in their
mothers arms, or when a father throws them in the air and catches them as they
come down laughing . It is pure innocent trust, not thinking for a moment that
their mother or father would do anything but love them and take care of
them. How much more does our Heavenly
Father Love us, and how much more can we trust Him to meet our needs, heal our
bodies, and bring us to complete salvation through Messiah Yeshua.
Luk 11:9 And I say unto
you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it
shall be opened unto you.
Luk 11:10 For every one
that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened.
Luk 11:11 If a son shall
ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he
ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Luk 11:12 Or if he shall
ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
Luk 11:13 If ye then, being
evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Mat 6:25 Therefore I say
unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than
meat, and the body than raiment?
Mat 6:26 Behold the fowls
of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet
your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Mat 6:27 Which of you by
taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Mat 6:28 And why take ye
thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil
not, neither do they spin:
Mat 6:29 And yet I say unto
you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Mat 6:30 Wherefore, if God
so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into
the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little
faith?
Faith Speaks
the answer…..The Torah/Word of G-d is the answer to our every need.
I.
The Gospel is the Power of G-d
Romans 1:16 Amplified Bible
16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (good news) of
Christ, for it is God’s power working unto salvation [for deliverance from
eternal death] to everyone who believes with a personal trust and
a confident surrender and firm reliance, to the Jew first and also to
the Gree[5]
Proverbs 16:21
21 The wise in heart will be called
understanding,
And sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.[6]
II.
Rightly Divide the Word
11 Cor. 12:7-10
Amplified Bible
7 And to keep me from being puffed up and
too much elated by the exceeding greatness (preeminence) of these revelations, there
was given me a thorn (a splinter) in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to rack and
buffet and harass me, to keep me from being excessively exalted. [Job.
2:6].
8 Three times I called upon the Lord and
besought [Him] about this and begged that it might depart from me;
9 But He said to me, My grace (My favor and
loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any danger and
enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and
power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most
effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I will all the more gladly glory
in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of
Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over and dwell) upon me!
10 So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased
and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions,
perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak [in human strength],
then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength)[7]
Sha’ul/Paul had to draw on G-d’s grace and provision
throughout his entire ministry
Acts 28:30-31
30 After this Paul lived there for two entire
years [at his own expense] in his own rented lodging, and he welcomed all who
came to him,
31 Preaching to them the kingdom of God and
teaching them about the Lord Jesus Christ with boldness and quite
openly, and without being molested or hindered.[8]
III. Faith is the Substance - Hope is the
goalsetter
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is - Faith that is the substance of things
hoped for is always now faith.
The substance (Websters def. the material by which
anything is made) of things
hoped for is always now. Hope is always out there in the future.
G-ds will is His Torah/Word. His Torah/Word is His Will.
The Brit HaDasha/New Testament is Yeshua’s instructions to us on how to
live out the Torah out as New Creations in Messiah. In a world full of darkness He gave us the Light of His
Torah/Word to guide us and His Ruach Ha Kodesh to lead us.
III.
The Torah/Law, Faith and The Spirit
Romans 3:31
31 Do we then by [this] faith make the Law
of no effect, overthrow it or make it a dead letter? Certainly not! On
the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law.[9]
Romans 8:6-7
6 Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense
and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the
miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy]
Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever].
7
[That is]
because the mind of the flesh [with its carnal thoughts and purposes] is
hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God’s Law; indeed it cannot.[10]
8 So then those who are living the life of the
flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot
please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him.
9
But you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of
the Spirit, if the [Holy] Spirit of God [really] dwells within you [directs and
controls you]. But if anyone does not possess the [Holy] Spirit of Christ, he
is none of His [he does not belong to Christ, is not truly a child of God].
[Rom. 8:14].[11]
V. Faith
Cometh by Hearing the Torah/Word of G-d
Romans 10:17 Amplified
Translation
17 So faith comes by hearing [what is
told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from
the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself).[12]
Faith sees through the storm. Faith will always talk the end results, instead of
what exists at present.
Don’t ever base your faith on what someone else did.
Don’t base what you are doing on someone else’s faith,
base your faith on His Holy Torah/Word
VI.
Act on G-ds
Torah/Word not others actions
11 Peter 1:3 Amplified Translation
For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are
requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal]
knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence
(virtue).[13]
You use faith on things you can’t see, things which are
not manifest. Faith is
seeing in the spirit what the Torah/Word promised, when
it is not yet manifest in
the natural.
Mark 11:23-24 Amplified Translation
22 And Jesus, replying, said to them, Have
faith in God [constantly].
23 Truly I tell you, whoever says to this
mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes
that what he says will take place, it will be done for him.
24 For this reason I am telling you,
whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is
granted to you, and you will [get it].[14]
If you pray the Torah/Word of G-d, that will increase
your faith.
The best way to get the image in you of the thing hoped
for, is with your own
words. You must
speak words of faith. You must speak
the word of promise
G-d
gave us that faith - power & creative ability in His Word. His word is filled
with faith.
There is enough faith in every promise of G-d to cause it
to to become true
in your life and in the life of every person on the face
of the earth. Faith
stands in the place of the things promised until it
appears.
VII.
Faith & the Promise
Eph. 2:8-9 Amplified Translation
8 For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited
favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of
Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of
yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it
is the gift of God;
9 Not because of works [not the fulfillment of
the Law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what
anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to
himself.][15]
VIII. Faith
is the substance of them....
Hebrews 11:3 Amplified
Translation
3
By faith
we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed
(fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word
of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible.[16]
John 1:1-3 Amplified Translation
IN THE beginning [before all time] was
the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself.
[Isa. 9:6].
2 He was present originally with God.
3All things were made and came into existence through Him;
and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being.[17]
If the Torah/Word was with G-d, the Torah/Word was G-d.
The Torah/Word is still G-d over
every situation.
VIII.
Gods word transports faith
Genesis 1
1 In the
beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 The
earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and
the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
3
Then
God said…..
God never does anything without saying it first!
Faith is the ability to conceive G-ds words in our
heart. The Torah/Word brings faith
into our spirit being, into our heart a spiritual force
greater then our circumstance.
The Torah/Word is
G-d over every circumstance that we can come up against in our life!
* Outline taken from
Charles Capps book “Faith & Confession” how to activate them in your
life. Harrison House Publishers
Havakkuk/Habbakuk 2:4 NASB
“Behold, as for the proud one,
His soul is not right within him;
But the righteous will live by his faith.
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Halacha – The Way One Walks or Goes- Derived from
the Hebrew word “Halakh” which means “To Walk”. The Way to follow the Torah/Word of God.
In this weeks Torah Portion, what is God
saying to me today about my walk with Him?
How can I apply this Torah Portion with
my walk with Yeshua this week?
Bible Study Nuggets From Daily Bible Reading:
Golden Nuggets From Gods Word: (Write
the Revelations and Insights you have received from Him today)
Word from the Lord (Write out verse,
quote or anything that was spoken to you by the Ruach HaKodesh/The Holy Spirit.
Today I will….
(write down how you will apply what the Lord has spoken to your heart through
His Holy Word to your daily walk with Him in your Journal.)
Worship Time - Psalm
100:4 “I will adore you Adonai” Put in your favorite Worship CD or Tape and Praise
Adonai-See Amidah #1-4 Below and Shema
Waiting Time - Psalm
62:5 – I will wait in Your presence and surrender my thoughts to you! Clear
your mind of the clutter and focus on Ha Shem.
See below for Personal Word Confessions to build up your Faith and
Spirit and to plant the Word in Your Heart
Intercession Time –Ezekial
22:30-31 I will stand in the Gap for
the world and for others as Yeshua is doing for us as our High Priest at the
right hand of The Father
31 Day Cycle of Prayer for the World…(Use a
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Amidah #11-12, 14-17 Below
1 Timothy 2:1 1 First
of all, then, I counsel that petitions, prayers, intercessions and
thanksgivings be made for all human beings, 2 Including kings and
all in positions of prominence; so that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives,
being godly and upright in everything. 3 This is what God, our
deliverer, regards as good; this is what meets his approval.[18]
President,
Government Leaders, Family, Friends, Church, Ministers, Spouse, Children, Ministries,
Schools, Salvation, Missions, World Revival – See 40 Day Prayer Focus Below
Petition Time – My Abba
Father hears me when I pray and answers when I pray in faith/trust and
according to His Word. Write down personal petitions for today. See Amidah #7-8 Below
Watching
Time – Colossians 4:2a – I will
keep watch in the spirit and be alert to what & who I need to pray
for. See
Amdiah #13
Prayer Alert: Today
Adonai has specifically laid these people upon my heart to pray for: Write it
down in your Prayer Journal
Listening Time: Psalm
85:8 Write down what Ruach HaKodesh/The Holy Spirit has revealed to you today
in Prayer.
Praise, Waiting, Confession, Singing,
Watching, Intercession, Petition, Thanksgiving, Devotions, Meditation,
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Messiah Volume 1, 2 and 3 Avi Ben Mordachi
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Restoring the Two Houses of Israel- Eddie Chumney
The Feasts of Messiah – Eddie Chumney
Who is The Bride of Christ-Eddie Chumney
Who is Israel – Angus and Batya Wooten
Restoring Israels Kingdom – Angus and Batya Wooten
First Fruits of Zion – Torah Club Volume 1,2,3, 4
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[1] An excellent Torah Devotional is the Walk Series, Walk Genesis, Walk Exodus, Walk Leviticus, Walk Number, Walk Deuteronomy , by Jeffery Enoch Feinberg, PHD by Lederer Books, a division of Messianic Jewish Publishers. Easy to read, with Hebrew nuggets, and illustrations. Also FFOZ Torah Club is a more detailed study, and worth enrolling for.
[2]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[3]The New American Standard
Bible, 1995 Update, (La Habra, California: The Lockman Foundation) 1996.
[4]The Jewish New Testament, (Clarksville, MD: Jewish
New Testament Publications) 1996.
[5]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[6]The New American Standard
Bible, 1995 Update, (La Habra, California: The Lockman Foundation) 1996.
[7]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[8]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[9]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[10]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[11]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[12]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[13]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[14]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[15]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[16]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[17]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[18]The Jewish New Testament, (Clarksville, MD: Jewish
New Testament Publications) 1996.
[i] An excellent Messianic Jewish Devotional called The Walk Series, Walk Genesis, Walk Exodus, Walk Leviticus, Walk Numbers and Walk Deuteronomy by Jeffery Enoch Feinburg, PhD. Published by Lederer Books Messianic Jewish Publishers is a wonderful Daily Devotional to use for studying Torah, along with FFOZ Torah Club which is more detailed. Both will give you additional insights into Torah.
[ii] This book is filled with Scripture Prayers to help you pray the Word – Harrison House Publishers, Germaine Copeland –Available in any Christian Book Store
[iii] You can order The Art Scroll Seder Series through Amazon. Com or First Fruits of Zion