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On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Episode 76, Program Part 12 dealing with 1 Corinthians 13:5, we will examine some practicalities on how NOT TO “love someone to death” from within a context of how not to be a “poddy-mouth” and “empty head,” comparing wisdom and love from above and below.

Oftentimes, many of us will fall victim to one or more well-meaning Christians who feel it is their absolute duty to make the rounds and inspect everyone’s Fruit of the Spirit “out there” and if it doesn’t make the grade that has been imposed, then their “correction in love” will likely follow soon after. Of course, there those “out there” who consider themselves well-studied, highly educated, and in some cases, boasting of a learning pedigree of Bible wisdom and understanding that reads like a mini- encyclopedia. This kind of person, oftentimes a well-known author and/or lecturer, is always in demand, elevated and sought after as a “biggie” among the Bible intellectuals of our world. Then, we have the dichotomy between Jews of great biblical wisdom and Gentiles with a not-so-great measure of biblical wisdom who might only show up as a tiny blip on the scale of the “who’s who” in biblical wisdom.

In his public ministry, Yeshua taught that this kind of elevating of earthly wisdom can lead to holding some people in contempt, calling them by the Aramaic term “raqa.”  Saying this or even thinking this about another is akin to calling them an empty head, an idiot, stupid, uneducated, and other derogatory ideas concluding with the term “a fool” which comes from Psalm 14:1. Then, there is the Serpent creature of Genesis 3:1 who used his high wisdom and subtle shrewdness for name-calling to provoke Eve and Adam, by challenging them to his made-up game of, “who has the greater wisdom — me or you.” We know where this led them. And what’s worse is that today, we sometimes play the Serpent’s same exact game by walking in our flesh, one to another, and weakening the body of Messiah. In Genesis 2:25 and 3:1, Yehovah calls this behavior shameful, unbecoming, and unseemly; Paul called it “crap” in Philippines 3:8, as he related to it in his own life, and we’ll talk about all this on today’s episode of Real Israel Talk Radio.

Join us for this lesson on Biblical Love From Above and Below with this episode number 76 on Real Israel Talk Radio.

On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Episode 75, Program Part 11 we will examine 1 Corinthians 13:5 and “Love” from within a context of those who spend their time perfecting The Art of Poddy-Mouth. We will come to understand how divine love relates to each of us through his words and actions, comparing them to Genesis 2:25 and Genesis 3:1.

Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 13:5 that divine giving love does NOT speak or behave in a manner that is considered “ervah.” This means divine love DOES NOT speak and/or act towards one another in the same way that one might need to to a toilet empty out our bowels and/or our bladder on brothers and sisters in the body of Messiah.

Indeed, we are often much too free with our words and actions towards each other in the same way that we come to a toilet to empty out our bodily waste using the orifice of our “poddy mouth” and  unclean heart of flesh. Yes, we essentially urinate and defecate all over people that are around us in our believing communities, our congregations, and yes, even on our loved ones in our homes, “loving them” by freely unloading our business on each another, in a way that is described from the Hebrew and Greek words as “crap.” Thus, with this kind of “love,” we do not testify to the true wisdom that we are supposed to possess.

Paul’s teaching is that the divine biblical love model of Heaven never behaves with “ervah” – words and/or actions that emanate from below; from a cunning, crafty, and philosophical wisdom that is  unbecoming, unseemly, naked, exposed, and uncovered – perfecting The Art of Poddy-Mouth. We’ll learn more about this on these next two podcasts in this series – episodes 75 and 76. Join us for this lesson on being wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 74, Program Part 10 we will continue with our detailed look into 1 Corinthians chapter 13 – “The Love Chapter” of the New Covenant. In this study on biblical love, we will recap the episodes leading up where we are now and prepare for a closer look into Genesis 2:25 and Genesis 3:1.

Today, we will learn from 1 Corinthians 13:5 how both of these passages of Hebrew scripture — Genesis 2:25 and Genesis 3:1 point us directly to Yeshua’s statement that we are to be “Wise as Serpents and Innocent as Doves.” In turn, understanding this will help us to also understand Paul’s statement in 1 Corinthians 13:5 that Divine giving love is NOT unbecoming or unseemly, a statement that we would do well to correctly understand to mean that Divine giving love is NOT a love based on earthly wisdom below but on heavenly wisdom from above. It’s all in the Hebrew and it’s a model for us to emulate on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Join us for a candid look into the “mountains” and “valleys” of love along with the joys and the pitfalls of what we need to look for so that we don’t become mired down in behaviors that are unbecoming and unseemly. We’ll get an introduction into four Hebrew words that are often misunderstood and/or mistranslated from Hebrew into English:

This is our continuing study in Paul’s “Love Chapter” of 1 Corinthians 13 and Defining Biblical Love: to be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.” This is PART 10, Episode 74 in our Real Israel Talk Radio Podcasts.

On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 73, Program Part 9 we will continue with our detailed look into 1 Corinthians chapter 13 – “The Love Chapter” of the New Covenant. In this study on biblical love, we will examine what is called “puffy love” as Paul used the term in Hebrew and Greek.

Today, we will learn from 1 Corinthians 13:4 that biblical love on Earth is supposed to be modeled on a biblical love that is first generated from YHVH in Heaven and then passed downline for us in our redeemed “new man in Messiah” redemptive state. Since Yehovah’s love for us is not paraded about and puffed-up, His love then serves as our model to emulate; a love model that does not knowingly or unknowingly draw attention to itself nor is it something that speaks and/or acts as a braggadocio.

For most, these are easy words to hear but conversely, very difficult words to implement because we are constantly fighting the will of our fallen human  nature; a fallen condition that makes it clear to everyone around us, “Serve me!”and regularly, “I am more important than you!”

Rightly did Paul understand and write  to all of us to avoid giving ourselves permission to be “puffed up” servants of Messiah.  “Therefore,”  Paul says to not be puffed up; to “purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Messiah, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”

Join us for a candid podcast lesson on what “puffy love” is all about as we learn about it from our continued series in Defining Biblical Love. This is PART 9.

On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 72, Program Part 8 we will continue with our detailed look into 1 Corinthians chapter 13 – “The Love Chapter” of the New Covenant. In this study on biblical love, we will examine two New Covenant narratives – 1) Matthew 5:27-30 and 2) Matthew 12:9-13.

Matthew 5:27-30 is one of Yeshua’s teachings saying, “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”

Matthew 12:9-13 was another New Covenant teaching lesson, a narrative concluding with Yeshua’s command to a man with a withered limb: “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other.

Both of these teachings share in a common theme derived from Genesis 3:6,  So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 

Today, we will learn from 1 Corinthians 13:4 that biblical love is not something that is paraded around in order to draw attention to itself nor is it something that is puffed up and on par with being a braggadocio. For most, these are easy words to hear but very difficult words to live with because we are constantly fighting the will of our human nature, our flesh; our human nature that is always making it clear to everyone around us, “Me First!” Therefore, did Paul write concerning being “puffed up:” Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Messiah, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Join us for this week’s podcast, “for the love of glory and genius” from our series Defining Biblical Love – PART 8.

On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 71, Program Part 7 we will again address the biblical definition of love with an emphasis on “Ahava,” the Hebrew word for “Love.”

We are going to take a 50-minute detour from 1 Corinthians 13:4 of the New Covenant to have a close look into a few biblical passages that are based on the Hebrew word “Ahavah” and its three-letter root “Ahav,” which is derived from “Yahav” – Yud Heh Vet. This term in Hebrew refers to untying a load of anxiety or worry, caring about someone’s needs, or bearing someone’s weight as well as to loosen or untie a heavy burden that might be weighing another person down. This three-letter Hebrew root also presents us with a two-letter “parental” command which is spelled as Heh Vet and means “Give!” The idea of “hahv” in Hebrew is a word of command that can mean I give something or perhaps I might expect someone to give to me. Scriptural context will tell us much. For example, Proverbs 30:15, Daniel 5:17, and Genesis 30:1, among many other places.

In the Bible, if there is no justice then there can be no love. Conversely, where there is justice, there is love. This is precisely what Yeshua taught us with his lessons on love from John 13 when he washed Peter’s feet and when he defined that one who wishes to be great in the Kingdom of Heaven is one who becomes a servant to another for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. For most, these are easy words to hear but very difficult words to do because we are constantly fighting the will of our human nature, our flesh that says, “Me First!”

In this 50-minute podcast, we will learn the spiritual connection that is clearly evident between Matthew 12:13 (the man with the withered hand) and Genesis 3:6 (the story of the woman Chava who look from the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden).

True love not only receives from one who gives to me but it also gives to another by bearing the burdens, needs, and cares of one without asking for anything in return.

On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio, we will carefully look into this so that we can obtain a good foundation for the words and statements that appear in 1 Corinthians 13:4. It is these words that will show us how YHVH first loved us so that we are able to take his love and pass it along to others.

Join us for this week’s podcast on Defining Biblical Love – PART 7 on bearing the burden of Ahava.

On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 70, Program Part 6 – the biblical definition of love – we are going to continue with 1 Corinthians 13:4 of the New Covenant – “…Love suffers long, is kind; love does not envy…” Love is not something that can be acquired, earned, merited, or deserved, for if it could then it would no longer be something that is freely given; rather, it would be like a wage that is earned.

Far too often, we read Paul’s statement on love and come to the conclusion that it is up to us to perform deeds of love towards everyone and if we fail to do what is expected of us then the onus is on us to immediately take corrective action and fix the problem before the Almighty Eternal One of Heaven and Earth steps in to make our life miserable until we learn our “love lesson.” I think this is generally how most people understand “Christian love” whether it’s expressed in so many words as I have explained it or not.

However, remember that Paul was a Jewish scholar of his day and with this, he studied in Hebrew and in Aramaic and he knew the linguistics of the languages that he grew up with. Consequently, he certainly had to know that in Hebrew and Aramaic, “long-suffering” is biblically defined from the Hebrew word “erech,”which is an enduring action with no end;  that to be “kind” is defined from the Hebrew word “tov,” which means something that is ultimately beneficial; that “envy” or “jealousy” is defined from the Hebrew word “kana,” which means to acquire or to purchase something. Each word has its own level of nuance that needs to be understood in its Hebraic context if we truly want to understand how divine love is structured.

If we are forced in any way to generate our own expressions of love rather than to receive this attribute as a gift from above, the result will be complete failure to love on our part along with no shortage of guilt and shame to go along with our failures.

On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio, we will look at 1 Corinthians 13:4, which will give us some foundational definitions of how love works and how YHVH expresses this attribute through us.

Join us for this week’s podcast on Defining Biblical Love – PART 6 from 1 Corinthians 13 with Avi ben Mordechai from the outreach ministry of Cominghome.

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On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 69, Program Part 5 – the biblical definition of love – we are going to continue with a look into 1 Corinthians chapter 13 of the New Covenant, a teaching that is often referred to as “The Love Chapter.”

According to 1 Corinthians chapter 13 and Paul’s teaching chapter on love, it is not something that can be earned, merited, or deserved and it is certainly not only for Jews or another specific national people group. Love is for all if we choose to first receive it.

The love that is referred to in 1 Corinthians chapter 13 is not what we think it is. Far too often, we read those words of Paul and come to the conclusion that it is up to us to show actions of love and, of course, there it is in the thirteen verses of 1 Corinthians 13, right? That the love represented here is to show us when we fail to love and when we fail to make the grade as it’s expected of us!  That’s generally what most people think. However, remember that Paul was a Jewish scholar of his day and with this, he studied in Hebrew and in Aramaic and he knew the linguistics of the languages that he grew up with. Consequently, he certainly had to know that in Hebrew and Aramaic, we would never say, “I have love” or “I do not have love.”

What Paul would have known from his mother tongue of Hebrew/Aramaic is that “there is love to me” or “there is no love to me.” In other words, love is something that is given to us or not given to us from the divine source of love. Paul knew that it is impossible for any of us to manufacture or generate love unless unless it has been put into us from outside of ourselves and this is a driving principle found in the thirteen verses of 1 Corinthians chapter 13.

If we are forced in any way to generate our own love rather than to receive it as a gift from above, the result will be complete failure along with plenty of guilt and shame to go along with it. Why? Because when we are born into this world, we do not come naturally “wired” to give, which is the essence of what love is. Rather, we naturally come into this world “wired” to first receive before we can even think to give leading us to the principle that we cannot give of something that we do not possess. 

On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio, we will look at 1 Corinthians chapter 13 verses 1-2, which will give us a definition of love that will surely define all that we read about in the New Testament.

Join us for this week’s podcast on Defining Biblical Love – PART 5 from 1 Corinthians chapter 13 with Avi ben Mordechai from the outreach ministry of Cominghome.

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On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 68, Program Part 4 – the biblical definition of love – we are going to continue with a look into how love is defined in the Bible. In this, it will help us to better understand the Almighty Eternal One and his love for us.

So, what exactly is love? Generally speaking, love is defined from the emotions and feelings that we have, one for another. Generally, we understand the human attribute of love from within the context of what someone does for me; how one’s words or actions make me feel towards someone or something. Thus, in the world, love is deserved and to be deserved, love is often linked to that of being worthy of respect. But in the Bible, love does not flow outward based on whether one is worthy of respect or not and it is certainly not about possessing oceans of emotion for something or someone.

According to 1 Corinthians chapter 13 and Paul’s teaching chapter on love, it is not something that is earned, merited, or deserved and it is certainly  In this, love must first be received from what is not naturally within. If we are forced to generate our own love rather than to receive it from outside of ourselves, the result will be to our own emotional and spiritual breakdown and destruction. Why? Because when we are born into this world, we do not come naturally “wired” to give, which is the essence of what love is. Rather, we naturally come into this world “wired” to first receive before we can give.

On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio, we will look at 1 Corinthians chapter 13, which will give us a definition of love that will be quite different from how we typically understand the attribute of love and how scripture wants us to understand it. Join us for this week’s podcast on Defining Biblical Love from 1 Corinthians chapter 13 with Avi ben Mordechai from the outreach ministry of Cominghome.

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On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 67, Program 3, we are going to continue with a close look into the Bible’s lessons on biblical love to help us to better understand how the Almighty Eternal One defines our human attribute of LOVE.

So, what exactly is love? Generally speaking, if you ask folks to define it, you will likely get a barrage of varying opinions and definitions. I think, however, what’s more important is not so much about how humans define love. Rather, I think our Creator’s definition is far more important to grasp and understand.

To help us understand the deeper aspects of what Love is really all about, join me in taking some time to consult Deuteronomy 6:5-9 (the Testimony of the Hebrew V’ahavta) as it relates to Leviticus 19:18 along with Yeshua’s teaching in Matthew 22:34-40 and Paul’s teaching in Philippians 4:8-9. Each of these biblical teaching lessons will give us a definition that is likely different from how we typically hear about the attribute of love and how scripture defines it.

Based on how love is typically understood in everyday life,  it seems to come across as something that must be earned or merited in much the same way that we are expected to pay for something that we buy or acquire.  In other words, I should do something for you because you do something for me or perhaps if you want my love then you must show yourself worthy of receiving it. Well, none of this fits in with the definition of divine love in scripture. And especially what often blurs how we should rightfully understand true love is our misinformed viewpoint of Leviticus 19:18, which is translated from Hebrew into English as,“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”  If I am reading the Hebrew correctly and reading it within the right context of all of scripture’s teachings on love, Leviticus 19:18 and Matthew 22:39  are rather telling us that Yehovah is loving us and with this, we are to freely give it to others as Yehovah gives it to us.

Therefore, it appears from the Hebrew grammar of Deuteronomy 6:5-9 and Leviticus 19:18 that we have incorrectly understood the divine concept of biblical love because it is not about our love for God; rather, it’s about God’s love for us and what we are supposed to do with it.

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