“Deborah’s Drash”
“Sitting at the feet of
Yeshua”
A Study in
Messianic Jews/Hebrews 11 –The Faith Chapter
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Acts 14:9
9
He was listening
to Paul as he talked, and [Paul] gazing intently at him and observing that he
had faith to be healed,[2]
Quote Of The Day:
Rick Goodwin
– Maximum Impact by Tim Storrey
“When God
says “Without faith its impossible to please me” He is talking to the believer
and saying “When you operate in your life, in the level that doesn’t require a
draw on that measure of faith I gave you, you can have all the religious
activity you want, but that still doesn’t please me.” What pleases G-d is faith.
Deborah’s Drash Commentary:
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.[3]
Ev eryman’s Talmud – Faith and Prayer[4]
The kinship between God and man, which results from his spiritual equipment, places upon him the
responsibility of proving himself worth of this heavenly gift. If honor has been conferred upon man by his
having been created in the divine likeness, a coreesponding obligation rests
upon him of living his life so as to win the approval of his Maker.
What, then is expected of him?
The answer is given in this sentence; Seven qualities avail before the
Throne of Glory; faith, righteousness, justice, lovingkindness, mercy , truth
and peace (ARN .xxxv11) These represent
the crowning virtures, and first place is assigned to faith which, indeed, is declared to be the
ultimately of rests. Six hundred and
thirteen commandments were addressed to Moses-three hundred and sixty –five
prohibitions corresponding to the number of days in the solar year, and two
hundred and forty eight positive commands corresponding to the number of limbs
in the human body. David came and
reduced them to eleven principles, which are enumerated in Psalm xv. Isaiah came and reduced them to six; as it
is said, “He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that
despiteth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of
bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth, his eyes
from looking upon evil’” (Isaiah XXXiii, 15).
Micah came and reduced them to three; as it is written, “What doth the
Lord require of thee, but to do justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly
with they God?” (Micah vi,8). Isaiah
subsequently reduced them to two, as it is said, ‘Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye
justice and to rightousness” (Isaiah lvi.I)…Lastly came Habakkuk and reduced
them to one; as it is said, “The
righteous shall live by his faith.” (Hab. ii,4) (Mak 24a)
The Sages pointed out that faith was the distinquishing feature in the
lives of the heroes of the Bible and also of Israel by which they merited the
special favour of God. “Great is the faith with which Israel believed in Him Who spake
and the world came into being.”
B’Resheet /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, “Let
there be light”; and there was light.
4 God
saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
5 God
called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening
and there was morning, one day.
6 Then God
said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let
it separate the waters from the waters.”
7 God
made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from
the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
8 God
called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a
second day.
9 Then God said,
“Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry
land appear”; and it was so.
10 God
called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and
God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout
vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing
fruit after their kind with seed in them”; and it was so.
12 The
earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and
trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it
was good.
13 There
was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14 Then
God said,
“Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the
night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;
15 and
let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the
earth”; and it was so.
16 God
made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser
light to govern the night; He made the stars also.
17 God
placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
18 and
to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness;
and God saw that it was good.
19 There
was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20 Then
God said,
“Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above
the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.”
21 God
created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which
the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and
God saw that it was good.
22 God
blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the
seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
23 There
was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 Then
God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their
kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind”; and
it was so.
25 God
made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind,
and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it
was good.
26 Then
God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;
and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and
over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth.”
27 God created man in His own
image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 God
blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the
earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of
the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
29 Then God said, “Behold,
I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the
earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;
30 and
to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing
that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant
for food”; and it was so.
31 God
saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening
and there was morning, the sixth day.
The Earth and the Universe came into being by Words spoken by G-d.
Just
think about it, everything you see, feel, smell, hear and taste were created by
G-d speaking it into existence. We
have been created in His image and His likeness to speak forth faith filled
words to see His will come to pass on the Earth.
Did
not Yeshua say in Luke 17:6 and Matthew 17:20
6 And the Lord answered, If you had faith
(trust and confidence in God) even [so small] like a grain of mustard seed, you
could say to this mulberry tree, Be pulled up by the roots, and be planted in
the sea, and it would obey you.[5]
20 He said to them, Because of the littleness
of your faith [that is, your lack of firmly relying trust]. For truly I say to
you, if you have faith [that is living] like a grain of mustard seed, you
can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move;
and nothing will be impossible to you.[6]
Yeshua is saying that
Faith can move mountains if we trust and have confidence in G-d and His
Word. It only takes a seed of faith the
size of a tiny mustard seed[i]
,“If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you
can say to this mountain MOVE AND IT WILL MOVE!”
Faith/Trust is defined as
follows in Websters Dictionary[7]
Main Entry:
[1]trust
Pronunciation:
'tr&st
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle
English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse traust trust; akin
to Old English trEowe faithful —more at TRUE
Date: 13th
century
1 a : assured
reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something
b : one in which confidence is placed
2 a : dependence
on something future or contingent : HOPE b : reliance on future payment for
property (as merchandise) delivered : CREDIT
Main Entry:
[2]trust
Date: 13th
century
intransitive
senses
1 a : to place
confidence : DEPEND <trust in God> <trust to luck> b : to be
confident : HOPE
1 a : to commit
or place in one's care or keeping : ENTRUST b : to permit to stay or go or to
do something without fear or misgiving
2 a : to rely on
the truthfulness or accuracy of : BELIEVE b : to place confidence in : rely on
c : to hope or expect confidently
3 : to extend
credit to
Our faith is based upon
the Character, ability, strength, truth and faithfulness of Yahweh and His Holy
Torah/Word, Baruch HaShem Adonai, Blessed be He. Our faith is based upon the integrity of The Torah/Word its
Character, ability, strength and truth. The Torah/Word of G-d states this fact
Hebrews 6:13
13 For when God made his promise to
Avraham, he swore an oath to do what he had promised; and since there was no
one greater than himself for him to swear by, he swore by himself[8]
And Hebrews
6:18
18 This was so
that, by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is
impossible for God ever to prove false or deceive us, we who have fled
[to Him] for refuge might have mighty indwelling strength and strong
encouragement to grasp and hold fast the hope appointed for us and
set before [us].[9]
So therefore, because G-d has
sworn by Himself, for there is no greater, we can have full confidence and
assurance that His Word will be fulfilled in our lives, because He is watching
over “HIS WORD” to perform it.
You can not separate G-d from His Word, they are
one!
It is this Faith/Trust
in Yahweh that put these Hebrew men and woman of old into G-ds Hall of
Faith. They simply believed G-d, and
obeyed his word as an act of their faith/trust. They put their entire trust/faith In Him, based upon His
Torah/Word.
THE INTEGRITY OF THE WORD[10]
I. The
Torah/Word is G-d speaking to me personally
Living Bible Hebrews 4:12
For whatever God says to us is full of living power: it is sharper than
the sharpest dagger, cutting swift and deep into our innermost thoughts and
desires with all their parts, exposing us for what we really are.
New Century Version Hebrews 4: 12 God's word is alive and working and is sharper than a
double-edged sword. It cuts all the way into us, where the soul and the spirit
are joined, to the center of our joints and bones. And it judges the thoughts
and feelings in our hearts.
NIV Hebrews 4: 12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any
double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and
marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
NIV Jeremiah 5:14 Therefore this is what the LORD God Almighty says: "Because
the people have spoken these words, I will make my words in your mouth a fire
and these people the wood it consumes.
II. The Torah/Word is our contact with G-d
John 16:7-10 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is
expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not
come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the
world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father,
and ye see me no more;
III. We are convicted by the Torah/Word of G-d
(John 8:44 NCV) You belong to your father the devil, and you
want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning and was against
the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he shows what
he is really like, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
(John 8:45 NCV) But because I speak the truth, you don't
believe me.
(John 8:46 NCV) Can any of you prove that I am guilty of
sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me?
(John 8:47 NCV) The person who belongs to God accepts what
God says. But you don't accept what God says, because you don't belong to
God."
(1 John 3:10 NIV) This is how we know who the children of God
are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right
is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
IV. We are recreated by the Torah/Word of G-d
(James 1:18 NCV) God decided to give us life through the word
of truth so we might be the most important of all the things he made.
(John 3:3 NCV) Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth,
unless one is born again, he cannot be in God's kingdom."
(John 3:4 NCV) Nicodemus said, "But if a person is
already old, how can he be born again? He cannot enter his mother's body again.
So how can a person be born a second time?"
(John 3:5 NCV) But Jesus answered, "I tell you the
truth, unless one is born from water and the Spirit, he cannot enter God's
kingdom.
(John 3:6 NCV) Human life comes from human parents, but
spiritual life comes from the Spirit.
(John 3:7 NCV) Don't be surprised when I tell you, 'You
must all be born again.'
(John 3:8 NCV) The wind blows where it wants to and you
hear the sound of it, but you don't know where the wind comes from or where it is
going. It is the same with every person who is born from the Spirit."
(1 Pet 1:23 NIV) For you have been born again, not of
perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of
God.
(2 Cor 5:17 NCV) If anyone belongs to Christ, there is a new
creation. The old things have gone; everything is made new!
(2 Cor 5:18 NCV) All this is from God. Through Christ, God
made peace between us and himself, and God gave us the work of telling everyone
about the peace we can have with him.
V. Our Minds are renewed by the Torah/ Word of G-d
(Rom 12:2 KJV) And be not conformed to this world: but be
ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that
good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
(Col 3:10 NIV) and have put on the new self, which is being
renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
(James 1:22 NIV) Do not merely listen to the word, and so
deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
VI. We are indwelt by the Torah/Word of G-d
(Col 3:16 KJV) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly
in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
(John 15:7 KJV) If ye abide in me, and my words abide in
you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
(Eph 3:17 NCV) I pray that Christ will live in your hearts
by faith and that your life will be strong in love and be built on love.
VII. We are Built up with the Torah/Word of G-d
(Acts 20:32 NCV) "Now I am putting you in the care of
God and the message about his grace. It is able to give you strength, and it
will give you the blessings God has for all his holy people.
VIII. We Are Healed by the Torah/Word of G-d
(Psa 107:20 KJV) He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered
them from their destructions. (saved from dying)
(Isa 53:4 NCV) But he took our suffering on him and felt
our pain for us. We saw his suffering and thought God was punishing him.
(Isa 53:5 NCV) But he was wounded for the wrong we did; he
was crushed for the evil we did. The punishment, which made us well, was given
to him, and we are healed because of his wounds.
(Jer 1:12 NCV) The LORD said to me, "You have seen
correctly, because I am watching to make sure my words come true."
(2 Cor 5:21 TLB) For God took the sinless Christ and poured
into him our sins. Then, in exchange, he poured God's goodness into us!
(Mark 16:17 NCV) And those who believe will be able to do
these things as proof: They will use my name to force out demons. They will
speak in new languages.
(Mark 16:18 NCV) They will pick up snakes and drink poison
without being hurt. They will touch the sick, and the sick will be
healed."
IX. We know the Father through the Torah/Word of G-d
(John 16:27 NIV) No, the Father himself loves you because you
have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
(John 16:28 NIV) I came from the Father and entered the
world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."
(John 17:23 NCV) I will be in them and you will be in me so
that they will be completely one. Then the world will know that you sent me and
that you loved them just as much as you loved me.
(John 14:23 NIV) Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he
will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and
make our home with him.
(Mat 6:31 NCV) Don't worry and say, 'What will we eat?' or
'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'
(Mat 6:32 NCV) The people who don't know God keep trying to
get these things, and your Father in heaven knows you need them.
(Mat 6:33 NCV) The thing you should want most is God's
kingdom and doing what God wants. Then all these other things you need will be
given to you.
X. Faith Comes through the Torah/Word of G-d
(Rom 10:8 NIV) But what does it say? "The word is near
you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we
are proclaiming:
(Heb 12:2 NIV) Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and
perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross,
scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
(Mark 16:18 NCV) They will pick up snakes and drink poison
without being hurt. They will touch the sick, and the sick will be
healed."
(John 15:16 NCV) You did not choose me; I chose you. And I
gave you this work: to go and produce fruit, fruit that will last. Then the
Father will give you anything you ask for in my name.
(2 Cor 5:7 NIV) We live by faith, not by sight.
(2 Cor 5:7 NCV) We live by what we believe, not by what we
can see.
XI. The Torah/Word of G-d in our Lips
(Rom 10:9 NCV) If you use your mouth to say, "Jesus is
Lord," and if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the
dead, you will be saved.
(Rom 10:10 NCV) We believe with our hearts, and so we are
made right with God. And we use our mouths to say that we believe, and so we
are saved.
(Prov 3:5 NIV) Trust in the LORD with all your heart and
lean not on your own understanding;
(Prov 3:6 NIV) in all your ways acknowledge him, and he
will make your paths straight.
XII. Feeding on the Torah/Word of G-d
(Mat 4:4 NIV) Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man
does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of
God.'"
(Jer 15:16 KJV) Thy words were found, and I did eat them;
and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called
by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
(Psa 78:24 NIV) he rained down manna for the people to eat,
he gave them the grain of heaven.
(Psa 78:25 NIV) Men ate the bread of angels; he sent them
all the food they could eat.
(Job 23:12 NIV) I have not departed from the commands of his
lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
Everyman’s
Talmud – Faith and Prayer[11]
“We are
informed that “Men of Faith” were highly esteemed in Israel. They were men who placed implicit trust in
God at all times and in all circumstances.
The fact was deplored that ‘since the Temple was destroyed, men of faith
have ceased’ (Sot, 1x,12).
What was
understood by such faith may be gathered from the remark: “Whoever has a
morsel of bread in his basket and says; “What shall I eat to-morrow?” belongs
only to those who are small of faith.”
(Sot 48b)
Yeshua
said in Mattityahu 6:28-33
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?
Mat 6:31 Therefore take no
thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal
shall we be clothed?
Mat 6:32 (For after all
these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye
have need of all these things.
Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the
kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto
you.
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Torah Nuggets:[ii]
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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
World Atlas to help you pray for the World)
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*Daily Prayer Reminders: See
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.[12]
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,
Listening and Praise
Suggested Prayer
Books: Prayer’s That Avail Much Volumes
1,2 and 3 by Germain Copeland[iii] and The Artscroll Seder Series[iv].
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Torah/Bible
Study Helps
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First
Century Judaism/Christianity
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Biblical Festivals
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Eddie Chumney’s Hebrew Roots Website
Learn about the Tabernacle
Eddie Chumney’s Hebrew Roots Website
Recommended Reading For Further Study
Messiah Volume 1, 2 and 3 Avi Ben Mordachi
http://www.millennium7000.com/
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
and 5
Prayer Helps
Shemoneh Esreh-Amidah
and Ha Adonai Tefillah/The Lords Prayer
Traditional
Jewish Prayers and Blessings
(Jewish
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(Daily
Petitions to Yahweh)
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build up your faith)
Who I am In Messiah
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(What
Yeshua did for you)