STRM Newsletter 8 March 2015 – The Ninth Commandment “You shall not bear false witness”

  When we studies the 8th Commandment we learned that when we lie, we steal from our own integrity. As we explore the Ninth Commandment “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” we identified how seriously YHWH regards the sin of lying. From the instruction in the book of Deuteronomy that a perjurer should receive the same punishment as they were trying to invoke on an innocent person, to the example in the book of Acts where YHWH executed Annanias and Sapphira for lying to the Set Apart Spirit. YHWH regards lying just as much as sin deserving of death as any of the other Commandments. This study revealed two profound scriptural statements. Firstly that YHWH cannot lie, not that He does not lie, but that He CANNOT lie. When we consider this point in depth is gives some indication as to why YHWH took the risk of begetting His only Son who became the Word, the executive command, of the creative process. We also identified that the “Scriptures cannot be broken” and that if we add to His Scriptures YHWH considers us liars. This statement should strike fear into the hearts of all the mainstream ministers and evangelists who perpetuate the false doctrines of Sunday worship, Easter, Christmas, the Law was nailed to the cross, once saved always saved, hell and purgatory, life after death, the rapture and the trinity, to name but a few! The concept of personal conviction is often cited as an excuse for breaking Torah. We must exercise extreme caution when we claim this exemption. We must diligently test our own heart against...

STRM Newsletter 2 May 2015 – The Trinity and Other gods

This week’s message is titled “The Trinity and Other gods”. The trinity doctrine is the one common theme which unites the majority of Christian faiths. However, like the “Rapture” the word is not found in the Bible. When we explore this doctrine more deeply the Bible gives no explicit statement supporting the “Trinity” doctrine. In fact, Christian theologians admit this fact and state “it [the Bible] “bears witness to” the activity of a God who can only be understood in Trinitarian terms”. There is clear evidence for the family of YHWH consisting of YHWH the Father and Y’HoWShUA His only begotten Son. There is also explicit evidence that the Set Apart Spirit is the power which is sent out from YHWH under the executive authority of Y’HoWShUA. But, there is no evidence that the Set Apart Spirit has its own independent personality. In fact, when you check the letters of the New Testament, every one invokes the grace of the Father and the Son, but not one includes the Set Apart Spirit in that benediction. Surely, if the Spirit was a separate deity, it would be blasphemous to ignore Him in every letter of the New Testament? When we explore the archaeological record we find evidence of a triune deity in virtually all ancient civilization starting with the Babylonian trinity of Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz down the ages through Mesopotamia, Canaan and Egypt to Greece (Zeus, Athena and Apollo) through ancient Rome to the current Catholic Trinity of God the Father, Mary Queen of heaven and Jesus Christ the Son. Even the Hindus and Buddhists have their own version...

STRM Newsletter 7 March 2015 – The Ninth Commandment “You shall not bear false witness”

Last week we learned that when we lie, we steal from our own integrity. This week, as we explore the Ninth Commandment “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor“ we identified how seriously YHWH regards the sin of lying. From the instruction in the book of Deuteronomy that a perjurer should receive the same punishment as they were trying to invoke on an innocent person, to the example in the book of Acts where YHWH executed Annanias and Sapphira for lying to the Set Apart Spirit. YHWH regards lying just as much as sin deserving of death as any of the other Commandments. This study revealed two profound scriptural statements. Firstly that YHWH cannot lie, not that He does not lie, but that He CANNOT lie. When we consider this point in depth is gives some indication as to why YHWH took the risk of begetting His only Son who became the Word, the executive command, of the creative process. We also identified that the “Scriptures cannot be broken” and that if we add to His Scriptures YHWH considers us liars. This statement should strike fear into the hearts of all the mainstream ministers and evangelists who perpetuate the false doctrines of Sunday worship, Easter, Christmas, the Law was nailed to the cross, once saved always saved, hell and purgatory, life after death, the rapture and the trinity, to name but a few! The concept of personal conviction is often cited as an excuse for breaking Torah. We must exercise extreme caution when we claim this exemption. We must diligently test our own heart against the Scriptures...