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IAUA (ee-ah-oo-ah) our Father,
Greetings on this day of preparation for the weekly Sabbath. I pray this newsletter finds you in good health and happy in the service of IAUA. This is the 18th day of the 10th month of God's Sacred Calendar in the estimated year 6018 Anno Mundi. The Spring Sabbaths begin in 12 weeks and one day with the first Sabbath of Unleavened Bread, the 15th day of the 1st month (Sunday, April 5th on the 2015, Gregorian Calendar, at sunset Saturday, April 4th). The Sacred month begins on the world day after lunar conjunction and the sacred year begins with the Spring Passover Rule dates for determining the Gregorian Calendar dates of God's Sacred Calendar. The Millerite Calendar (Spring New Moon Rule) is the same this year. The Calculated Rabbinical Calendar is one day early. In recent discussions about the Law of Moses there have been two words that have come up repeatedly. These words have also been in my mind in considering many things happening in the nation and family. Diligence and discipline are major components of what is missing in the troubled lives of many people and the complacent Laodicean church. Revelation 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: Complacent is the opposite of diligent. The Laodicean needs to dig deeper and work harder to find and practice the depths of God's truth they claim to believe in. This is a hard work that requires discipline. In the KJV I found only one reference using the word discipline. It is speaking of God's struggle with the wicked.
Job 36:9-12 Other translations use the words instruction and teaching. These concepts are closely related. It is all the same Hebrew word. The JPS chooses the word discipline instead of instruction for this powerful first proverb.
Proverbs 1:1-7 The word diligence appears often in the Bible. This is one of my favorite powerful passages.
II Peter 1:4-10 Though the exact word is not used, this passage clearly expresses the same thought. Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Now that is diligence! He was quoting the Original Testament. Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. It is important to recognize that there are extremes of diligence and discipline. We must never be harsh with ourselves or with others. God is love. We are His children. We strive to be like Him. John 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. I am sometimes asked why I study so hard to understand things like the pronunciation of the name of God and the Law of Moses and why I teach them so fervently. Diligence and discipline.
Deuteronomy 11:13-15 Are you diligent to seek and practice all of God's truth? I pray we may all continue to seek love, peace, and unity in truth preparing for the soon coming of IAUShUO (ee-ah-oo-shoo-oh) Messiah, the Son of God.
Frank T. Clark Next: 2015-01-23 The Narrow Way |
Revised 2015-01-23 |