Scott's Blog

When you are aware that something or someone tempts you to do something sinful, you must make every effort to distance yourself from whatever or whomever it is that is tempting you. If a sinful thought comes into your head because of something or someone, you need to immediately remove yourself from that place or person. Do not hesitate, because the longer that you stay there in that position of allowing something or someone to tempt you, the more likely you are to give into that temptation.

If you know that a person struggles with an addiction to alcohol, then you need to help them and make sure that they do not go around alcohol. If you know that someone is struggling with sexual temptations, then you should help them to avoid situations and people that can tempt them into sinning sexually. Each and every one of us are our brother’s and sister’s keepers. If we allow the enemy to take us out one at a time, then there will be no one to stand with us when we need help to overcome the Tempter.

It is a truth - either you are for YHVH or you are against Him. There is no middle ground. We are not to cause another person to sin, and if we are doing something that is putting temptation in their way, then we are not on YHVH’s side. When you love a brother or sister as YHVH loved us, then you do not want that person to suffer. If you see a person under attack by the Adversary, then you must go help them, or else you do not have love for them. To allow the enemy to repeatedly attack a brother or sister while you stand back and let it happen, then you are just as guilty for the blood of that person and their sin as they are.

The perfect law of YHVH is simple and easy to us, but the enemy wants us to think it is difficult and too hard for us to follow. The Adversary tugs at our feelings and emotions trying to lure us away from following YHVH. The fact is, though, that if we wish to spend eternity in heaven with YHVH, then we must allow the things of this earth to not appeal to us. The Adversary uses those who are in his control to try to divide and conquer those who are serving YHVH. And we know that we are walking the right pathway when the Adversary really turns up the heat on us.

This means that as individuals, we must make the tough decisions. We must make the decisions to give up those things that once enthralled us. We must choose not to follow or associate with those that are not in the Kingdom of YHVH that we have called friends and family. This means that children will be separated from parents, and parents from their children. This means that even spouses who turn away from following YHVH will come against and be separated from the spouse that remains faithful to YHVH. Each person must make their own decision as to whether or not they will serve YHVH, and if they choose not to, then those that do can not remain behind with them.

The Prodigal Son’s father did not follow after his lost son begging and pleading with him to return, nor did the father go and be with his son while his son was off wasting away his inheritance. Rather, the father went about life in the way that he was suppose to, regardless of whether or not his wayward son was there or even would return. There is nothing that is to come between you and YHVH, and if there is something or someone who tries to do that, then they are not of YHVH.

As a parent, there are times that we must have tough love. This is so true when you see a child of your own that refuses to follow YHVH. Spiritually they are dead, and the best thing you can do is simply turn them over to YHVH and let Him work with them to bring them to Him, and back to you. Sometimes, people have to sink to the very bottom of the pit of life before their eyes are opened and their heart must be totally broken before they can allow the Master Potter to remake them in His image. This is hard for any parent who loves their children, but if your child places you in the position of choosing them or choosing to follow YHVH, then you can not look back once your hands have grasped the handles of the plough.

The Adversary knows exactly how to hurt us the most, and that is his goal. To hurt us so bad that we will turn out backs on YHVH and blame Him for everything that has gone wrong in our lives. The Adversary will take everything from us to see if we will curse YHVH and die. What he did to Job, he will do to each and every one of us. It is up to us to make sure that we do not give up and that we remain faithful to YHVH, even if it costs us earthly pleasures and friends and family. For our family is not the family that we are physically born into, but rather the family we are spiritually born into.

So even if we lose out on our physical family, we still have a spiritual family. And that is why we can not allow a spiritual brother or sister to go through temptations alone. We must love each other as YHVH has loved us. No one has ever had an easy life that follows YHVH. But when we come together as a spiritual family and fellowship with each other, we are stronger and can help each other fend off the fiery darts of the Wicked One. The key os to avoid temptation at all costs, and when you can not, to make sure that you have help from your brothers and sisters that are in the Kingdom of YHVH.

Already, just by the title, I can tell that some of you have your blood a boiling. One of the things that I deal with everyday is that people justify what they believe and do on what someone else has told them that Scripture says. Now I have already debunked all of the man made teachings, but not everyone will listen. There are way too many who willfully tune me out and reject what I have taught simply because it is not convenient to their way of life. And they think that by quoting the teachings and doctrines of men - and women - that they can influence me to change what I teach, believe, and live. But they are gravely mistaken.

Just because you claim Yeshua as your “Lord” does not guarantee you an entrance into heaven. If you believe that only calling upon the name of “the Lord” guarantees you salvation and a ticket to go to heaven, then I guess you are calling Yeshua a liar. For He said very plainly, “Not every one that saith unto Me, ‘Lord, Lord’, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name? And in Thy name have cast out devils? And in Thy name done many wonderful works?’ And then will I profess unto them, ‘I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.’” (Matthew 7:21-23) So either calling upon Yeshua as your “Lord” guarantees your entrance into haven which makes Yeshua a liar, or else the person who told you that is a liar.

And then some say, “Well if I am a good person, then I will make it into heaven.” You can not work your way into heaven. Your righteousness that is not from Him is as a used menstrual rag - disgusting. There is nothing that you can do that can guarantee your spot into heaven. Your good is worthless in the eyes of the Almighty. Even the heathen are nice at times and call themselves “good” people. So if just being a “good” person gets you admitted into heaven, then everyone will go to heaven.

Then there are some that say that they are predestined to go to heaven. Well what makes you so special that הוהי chose you over someone else? And how do you know exactly that you are actually predestined? Is it possible that you just think you are predestined, or did you see your name already written in the Lamb’s Book of Life? And since the Scriptural definition of predestined in a pre set limit made in advance, how did you become the limit?

Look, none of us are perfect. We are all working for either הוהי or HaSatan. So if you are not on His side fighting along side those that are fighting for הוהי, then you ae fighting against Him. Put your faith where your mouth is and live a life worthy of the calling to which you are called. Especially in these perilous times with so many snake oil salesmen parading around as Pastors and Bishops, and Evangelists, you need to “give diligence to make your calling and election sure”. (2 Peter 2:10)

Do not be filled with arrogance and pride in thinking that you are something on a stick. Are you better and smarter than King Soloman? He was the wisest man ever and even he was led astray. Pride will get you nothing but a ticket to the Lake of Fire. הוהי humbles the proud and lifts us the humble. Remember, all those that serve הוהי on this earth are all slaves, and we should never take for granted what Yeshua had to do to buy us out of HaSatan’s kingdom.

How many people die each and every day? And with each death comes a funeral. So in how many funerals all over the world is the deceased eulogized saying how good a person they are and how that those living will see the deceased in heaven one day? The number will be in the millions or billions. And Yeshua said that few there be that enter into heaven. So how does millions or billions a day compute with “few”.

Everyone wants to believe the fantasy that everyone will be waiting on them on the other side in heaven. But fantasy is not reality, and Scripture does not back this line of thinking up. That is why the Roman Catholic Church had to invent purgatory so that people could pray their relatives into heaven. The Mormons have living people get baptized for the dead so that the dead can enter into Mormon heaven. Why? Because no one wants to believe that their mother, or father, or sibling, or child will not be in heaven but will be in the Lake of Fire for eternity.

People only want to hear what makes them feel good. If you tell them something that they do not want to hear, they will not listen. They will twist Scripture and search out someone who will tell them it is alright to believe the way they want to believe. But as Yeshua told us to do, let the dead bury the dead. We who are spiritually alive must tend to the spiritual needs of the body of the Messiah. Once a person dies, it is then to the judgement.

Since Yeshua is the only way, then we know that any other way will not get us there. If we refuse to follow the way set before us, there is neither no do overs nor is there shortcut one can use to bypass the judgment. We can do nothing without the mercy of הוהי.

It is one thing for you to say that you have faith, but it is another thing entirely to actually step out of the boat that you have been drifting on the waters of life in and walk on that water. No one claims that this is an easy feat, but when you are called by the Savior to come to Him, you can not sit in the safety of the boat. The waters of life are full of peril and storms, but the Master of all creation controls these waters, and when He beckons you to follow Him, you have nothing to fear.

The others trapped in that boat will tell you that it is a perilous journey to step out and walk towards Yeshua. They will tell you that it is impossible to walk on the water and that you will sink and die. They allow their fears to control them, and even though they acknowledge that the Savior is there, they are not willing to put their faith into action.

When Samuel was called, he responded, “Here I am.” When Abraham was called, he responded, “Here I am.” Do you know where that boa of yours is taking you? Your boat may be heading for some falls spilling over the cliffs of life, and Yeshua is calling you. Will you say, “Here am I”? And when He calls you to step out of the boat and come to Him, will you be too afraid and remain in that boat, only to perish while going over the falls?

Your heart may want to step out, but until you break free of the chains that have you imprisoned there in that boat, you will never enjoy being with the Savior. There will always be some excuse, some logical reason, and some person to blame as to why you are not able to step out on that water. There is only one person who can ever loose those chains from you and that is yourself.

Think of these people that Yeshua healed that could not walk before that. What if when He told them to arise and walk that they laughed at Him and never got up? Do you think that they would have been healed? Yeshua does not care what you hold against yourself or what any one else holds against you; He only cares who you are and what you can be. He can take anyone and turn them into a new person. But He can only do that if you will step out of the water.

There is peace and safety when you reach the Savior. His guiding hand will lead you to dry land. Trusting Him completely means that you will put your life and being into His hands, and even when the world is shouting at you to stay in the relative safety of the boat, you will have no second thoughts about walking on the water. If you have second thoughts, He may not call you again. If you are worried about others that are in the boat, then you will not heed His call. If you look back to the boat once you have left it, you will sink.

Each and every person has to make the decision to stay in the boat or to get out of the boat and follow Yeshua. Just because someone else does not choose that, even though they may be near and dear to you, they are not worth missing your calling. You must stay completely focused on the Savior or else you will lose sight of Him and sink. You must not allow anything or any one to distract you and cause you to avert your eyes from Him. The freedom that He gives you is worth more that anything the world can give you. Do not let your heart be troubled and step out into the water, and walk with confidence that He who has called you will see you safely through.

This time of year causes a major rift in both Jews and Christians alike, for many hold that Halloween is a harmless holiday of getting dressed up and going in search of candy, while others view it as an occultic holiday. Now we have heard from many different sources the origins of Halloween, but I wish to take a slightly different look at the celebration, one you might never have looked at before.

Now the very first place I wish to begin at is with words. Words are powerful. They can do a lot of damage in the physical, but in the spiritual, they are weapons and can set in place horrific events that are not even thought about. Paul warns us about speaking those things that are not as though they were. The reason that this is true, is because we set things in motion in the spiritual, whether for good or for bad, when we speak. When a person is negative and his out of his mouth comes the abundance of the heart, and those things are negative, negative things will happen to this person. A person who is positive and giving thanks to YHVH for everything, will find that they are blessed beyond measure. Yeshua told us to cast out demons, and His example to us was by speaking that they leave, and they did. On the other have, as the 7 sons of Skeva found out, when speaking things that one can not control, they can destroy you.

The children go from house to house and say the magikal phrase, "Trick or treat!" Ever wonder what that means? It meant, back when it was originally used, that spirits would either leave you alone if you give them what they wanted, or they would haunt you and destroy you if they did not get what they wanted from you. The children are going around, and saying in essence, "Blessing or cursing!" If you give them candy, then they bless you and leave you alone. If you do not give them candy, then they go off mumbling all sorts of bad things about you. They are speaking curses at you because you did not give them what they want.

Now look at our families today. Children are allowed to get anything they want, because parents find that "all hell breaks loose" when the children do not get everything they wanted. If the children do not get what they want, they go around, and instead of being respectful, loving and obedient, they spew curses out at the fathers and mothers. Where did they learn they could get whatever they wanted or they could curse you for not giving that to them? What age do children begin "Trick or treating" at?

Next thing that these children and adults do is they get to emulate their heroes. Now we are told to imitate Yeshua, and be as holy as YHVH. We are given many examples of righteous people to act like in the scriptures. But what do you see being emulated? Witches and warlocks, ghosts and demons, HaSatan and sex toys. These are not given as examples for us to use to live our life off of. When we go after these things, we begin to literally en wrap ourselves in them. Now all of a sudden, witches and warlocks seem to be fun. Enter in Harry Potter. Ghosts and demons are now "friendly" . Enter is Casper. HaSatan seems harmless. Sex is glorified and is on everyone’s mind. What has happened? Our focus and our heroes have left scriptures and turned to the demonic spiritual world, that will give you the power to use words at your command to curse those who do not give you what you want.

When the children are young, the seeds of chaos are planted. When they get older, they are introduced to the world of the occult, and oftentimes seek it out. Jews and Believers are too strict and their Elohm does not give these children what they want, so they see after one that will, and once again, return to paths that they are familiar with, and curse the One Who does not supply what they want. A lack of respect for their earthly parents has now turned into a lack of respect for their Heavenly Father. Young adults and even older adults rush in headfirst to follow someone that will give them what they want, and refuse to read the fine print. Since infancy, sex has been glorified as have demons and witches, and even HaSatan has been made harmless and friendly. They learn, "Do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law," and compare it to YHVH’s Torah, and see that they can do whatever they want in the satanic way. They see that there is revenge and ways to make people pay, even more crueler than they had known previously, and ways to send demons off to bring back rejecting lovers. They are told that they are elohim, and so they do not wish to ever leave that. Someone who has been brought us to all have what they wanted whenever they wanted will view YHVH with contempt and look at Him as someone who is a party pooper. So they glorify Halloween even more, because it is a time they can transform to anything they want to, and the world accepts it. Furthermore, the world invites them into their houses.

Words, taught to an infant, reinforced every year, sends many to their doom. This night has an extremely high death rate on it. I wonder to how many people did YHVH say, "You fool! This night your soul will be required of you." To how many will He say that to this coming night? Will it be someone you know and love? Will it be some of you? Selah!

There is absolutely no compliment better than when someone tells you that you definitely live what you believe. It is not the easiest thing in the world to do. Most people look for shortcuts so that they do not have to do everything that they believe. Just look at how they go about their jobs or obey the laws of the land or even their parents. Usually, people do just enough to get by while looking for shortcuts that allow them not to have to do more than that.

But the question then is do you actually live what you believe? Does your behavior match up with what you preach and teach? If not, then you are not living what you believe, and Scripture definitely tells us that we must have a living faith. It is one thing to say you have faith, but if no one is able to see that you have the faith, then it does you no good whatsoever.

Scripture tells us, “Who is wise and knowing among you? Let him show his works by his good conduct with meekness of wisdom.” (James 3:13 MKJV) Our actions will speak volumes as to who we are and what we actually believe. If we have bad conduct or behavior, then we will not produce good fruits. It is easy to tell whether people are of YHVH or not by the way they act and how they speak.

“Let your way of life be without the love of money, and be content with such things as you have, for He has said, ‘Not at all will I leave you, not at all will I forsake you, never!’” (Hebrews 13:5 MKJV) If your way of life/conduct/behavior is just like the world’s, then how will anyone every know that you are of YHVH? YHVH tells us to live holy life and He will take care of you no matter what the unholy do or try to do to you. If you wish to claim the name of YHVH upon you, then you must live, “according to the Holy One who has called you, you also become holy in all conduct, because it is written, ‘Be holy, for I am holy.’” (1 Peter 1:15-16)

If you go out and get drunk just like the world, then how are you any different from them? If your language is just a coarse and crude as the world’s, then why should they listen to you? Years ago, I use to flip through the television channels and invariably I would run across one televangelist named Dr. Gene Scott. He would be sitting in a chair, smoking a big cigar, and cursing and using foul language. How is that any different than what you hear everyday from those not in the Kingdom of YHVH? And if you are using curse words and foul language, then how are you any different?

How can one, whose mind has been transformed and renewed, act and speak just like one whose mind has not been transformed or renewed? “Let not any filthy word go out of your mouth, but if any is good to building up in respect of need, that it may give grace to the ones hearing.” (Ephesians 4:29) All of our speech should be for the edifying and uplifting of others, even if you must correct them and point out their sinfulness. By using vulgar language or saying words of condescending tone while correcting someone, you are doing nothing more than sanctimoniously slapping someone around.

If you are not living right, you have no justification in correcting anyone except yourself. Worry about taking the telephone pole out of your own eye instead of what someone else has in their eyes. Stop putting things into your mind that are unrighteous by watching or listening, and begin to get your mind into the Word of YHVH which is able to transform you. And you need to stop running around with people that are unrighteous, because, as Scripture says, “Do not be deceived, evil companionships corrupt good habits.” (1 Corinthians 15:33 MKJV) You are known by who you surround yourself with, and their bad habits and morals will rub off on you.

But Scripture goes on to say, “Abstain from all appearance of evil.” (1 Thessalonians 5:22) Any form of evil, no matter how innocuous it may appear, is something we are to hold ourselves back from and flee. Even if it is not harmful to us, it may be harmful to someone else and by us indulging in that, we may cause another to fall. If something is not righteous, we should have nothing to do with it.

And when someone does something unrighteous to us, we should not retaliate, for Scripture says, “Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith יהוה.’” (Romans 12:17-19) Just because someone else sins does not give you the right or the authority to sin as well.

One can say they are a Disciple of the Word all they want, but if they do not live a life as the Word tells all of us to, then they are liars. If you claim to be a Disciple of the Word and live or talk as the world lives or talks, then you are a liar. You must live what you believe or your faith is dead, and dead faith means that you are spiritually dead. Let others see YHVH through you by the way you live your life and talk. And above all, have Divine Love for everyone, even those who come against you.