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Ephesians 5:15-18 – The Halakah of G-d
Ephesians 5:15-18 – The Halakah of G-d
Ephesians 5:15-18 – The Halakah of G-d
Ephesians 5:15-18 - The Halakah of G-d [23:56]
by Roy Schwarcz
http://www.royschwarcz.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/70613-Roy.mp3
Paul urged the Ephesians to walk in a new way. In a manner worthy of their calling. The word for walk in Hebrew is Halak and is the root of the word Halakah. Halkah is the word used by Jewish people to describe God’s Law. The Torah, God’s Word or Law was given to God’s people that they might know how to walk rightly before Him and others. We belong to the Lord and as such we are to walk in a certain manner. As we continue in our study on how to walk we come to an essential element. Walking in God’s Spirit. Let’s look at Ephesians 5:15-18:
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk — not as unwise people but as wise — making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:
How many of us enjoy going to gas station these days? It is crazy how much money we pay for a gallon of gas. But we’ll pay it because we like our cars and the help they are to us. We know that without fuel we won’t go very far. But What about our “Spiritual fuel”? Just like fuel for our car, we are dependent on Spiritual fuel. When the Temple stood the fuel that kept the light in the Holy Place burning was oil. Oil is a picture of the spiritual fuel we need in order to walk in God’s Spirit and in His Light.
Two thousand years ago on the anniversary of the Giving of the Law on Sinai God poured out His Spirit. God Poured out His Spirit to those who came to faith in Messiah. The evidence of this was Fire and Wind. The 120 in the upper room were baptized in the Holy Spirit and the New Halakah was put in their hearts. From that day to this day when men come to faith in Yeshua God baptizes them in His Spirit.
There is only one baptism of God’s Spirit but many fillings. An essential of the New Halakah is to be filled with God’s Spirit. Sadly when we sin we lose the filling of God’s Spirit. How do we get filled with God’s Spirit? In Luke 11:13. God says that He gives the Holy Spirit “to them that obey Him” (Acts 5:32). You must be willing to remove every hindrance. We need to first surrender to God. We remove hindrances by confession, renunciation, and surrender. Let me express them in four simple words confess, renounce, surrender, believe.
Confess: In 1 John 1:9 we read: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.” Sin confessed is sin forgiven, and sin forgiven is sin cleansed. “The blood of Yeshua cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7). It is the Believer who is to confess his sins. God never tells an unbeliever to confess his sins. Unless one is born of God’s Spirit he won’t understand such things. If we tell a lost person to confess his sins we would be putting salvation on a basis of works, and salvation is not of works, but by faith.
When an unbeliever wants to come to God you don’t start with confession of sins. You point them to Yeshua. All a lost person can do is confess that he is a sinner and that he needs salvation. The tax collector cried: “God be merciful to me, a sinner”. He didn’t confess his sins. He simply admitted he was a sinner and needed mercy. With a Believer it is entirely different. The Believer who has has gone off the road must return. “If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins”. God will never pour out[...]
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By Roy SchwarczEphesians 5:15-18 – The Halakah of G-d
Ephesians 5:15-18 – The Halakah of G-d
Ephesians 5:15-18 - The Halakah of G-d [23:56]
by Roy Schwarcz
http://www.royschwarcz.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/70613-Roy.mp3
Paul urged the Ephesians to walk in a new way. In a manner worthy of their calling. The word for walk in Hebrew is Halak and is the root of the word Halakah. Halkah is the word used by Jewish people to describe God’s Law. The Torah, God’s Word or Law was given to God’s people that they might know how to walk rightly before Him and others. We belong to the Lord and as such we are to walk in a certain manner. As we continue in our study on how to walk we come to an essential element. Walking in God’s Spirit. Let’s look at Ephesians 5:15-18:
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk — not as unwise people but as wise — making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:
How many of us enjoy going to gas station these days? It is crazy how much money we pay for a gallon of gas. But we’ll pay it because we like our cars and the help they are to us. We know that without fuel we won’t go very far. But What about our “Spiritual fuel”? Just like fuel for our car, we are dependent on Spiritual fuel. When the Temple stood the fuel that kept the light in the Holy Place burning was oil. Oil is a picture of the spiritual fuel we need in order to walk in God’s Spirit and in His Light.
Two thousand years ago on the anniversary of the Giving of the Law on Sinai God poured out His Spirit. God Poured out His Spirit to those who came to faith in Messiah. The evidence of this was Fire and Wind. The 120 in the upper room were baptized in the Holy Spirit and the New Halakah was put in their hearts. From that day to this day when men come to faith in Yeshua God baptizes them in His Spirit.
There is only one baptism of God’s Spirit but many fillings. An essential of the New Halakah is to be filled with God’s Spirit. Sadly when we sin we lose the filling of God’s Spirit. How do we get filled with God’s Spirit? In Luke 11:13. God says that He gives the Holy Spirit “to them that obey Him” (Acts 5:32). You must be willing to remove every hindrance. We need to first surrender to God. We remove hindrances by confession, renunciation, and surrender. Let me express them in four simple words confess, renounce, surrender, believe.
Confess: In 1 John 1:9 we read: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.” Sin confessed is sin forgiven, and sin forgiven is sin cleansed. “The blood of Yeshua cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7). It is the Believer who is to confess his sins. God never tells an unbeliever to confess his sins. Unless one is born of God’s Spirit he won’t understand such things. If we tell a lost person to confess his sins we would be putting salvation on a basis of works, and salvation is not of works, but by faith.
When an unbeliever wants to come to God you don’t start with confession of sins. You point them to Yeshua. All a lost person can do is confess that he is a sinner and that he needs salvation. The tax collector cried: “God be merciful to me, a sinner”. He didn’t confess his sins. He simply admitted he was a sinner and needed mercy. With a Believer it is entirely different. The Believer who has has gone off the road must return. “If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins”. God will never pour out[...]