Have we tried to flee from the Lord? Have we tried to hide from our responsibilities to Him? There is not a single space that the Lord is not in.
Today I would like to talk about our responsibilities to the Lord! It is important to understand, embrace and fulfill the responsibilities we have as children of God!
Come on?
We have nowhere to go!
“Where can I go from your Spirit?
Psalm 139: 7-12
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.”
I think it is very important to make a correlation between our responsibilities and the Lord’s omnipresence! How does it work?
As we said in the last text on Communion, each of us has a specific responsibility in the kingdom. So, if each of us has something to do, it means that everything around us will cooperate to make it happen. And this is exactly where God’s omnipresence comes in.
He has a plan for each of us and will guide us to it! Several times I tried to escape from responsibilities that I had – from the most everyday ones like reading the Bible and praying, to delivering a word to someone or helping someone with something. But the Lord pointed the way and several times placed things and people in front of me, to talk to me in different ways.
We have resposibilities
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
“Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
“But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
Matthew 22: 1-14
In this parable, Jesus talks about the Jews’ irresponsibility towards God’s call. For they did not heed God’s call when they rejected Jesus. Then, He says that now, through Him, the Gentiles also have access to the grace of God. Everyone received the invitation to the wedding banquet.
When I say that we have responsibilities, it is exactly thinking about this passage. The Lord calls us and has a plan to fulfill and, for that, He gives us responsibilities. The one who did not have the proper clothes was taken from the party.
If We do not heed the call of the Lord, it will not only hinder our relationship with Him, but also delay His purposes in our lives.
Therefore, We cannot be like those who rejected the King’s invitation. We need to heed the call and fulfill the responsibilities He places in our hands. However, always giving our best and doing it from the heart.
Wake up!
“All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.”
Matthew 5:37
I would like to leave a final reflection here, more as a warning: should we not be more concerned with our responsibilities? Have we been intentionally and purposefully committed to God’s purposes for our lives? Or have we tried to rum from it?
We cannot let anything take us out of the Lord’s ways and of His plans!
Grace and Peace!
May God continues to bless you. This was so beautiful Amen and thanks be to God.
Thank you Leo
Thank you brother Leo for another wonderful message from you which will help me more rooted and focus to God. I ask our Lord God to please give me clarity and directions of the plans of God for my life and fill me with your Holy Spirit to direct my path to where I am suppose to be. In Jesus mighty name amen 🙏
Beautiful Presentation may god continues to use you to do his will
Thank you soooo much sis/ and Brothers May God bless you more 👍🙏
Thank you for the wonderful article.
I want to know one more thing, How to know God’s call in our life.
Hallelujah Amen. Show me my purpose Lord that I may follow you as you are with me in everything I do.
Lord help us to hear your word and purposes more clearly. AMEN
God bless you.
Thank you very much brother Leo, this is very important, informative and inspiring. God bless you
Good morning Leo no one can run from the present of God, where do want to run and go he is ominispresent God the God that is everywhere look at Jonah
God called me into teaching in my early years.After 20 years if teaching I got tired and took a break.Today many years down the line I’m still teaching Whenever I run away,He lovingly brings me back to it.I praise His Holy name as He never stops loving me even I disobey.
How do truely know our purpose and how do we go abt trying to do what God ask of one if i dont even know how and where to stat
Good day, Nonhlanhla Moirah,
Our purpose as God’s children is to glorify Him so that the world may come to know God, too. Just a couple of verses, Isaiah 43:7, “Bring all who claim me as their God, for I have made them for my glory. It was I who created them,” and 1 Corinthians 10:31, “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” The Bible often talks of God’s glory, His namesake, and teaching the world about Him, so that’s our #1 purpose in God through Christ Jesus.
Starting with God’s very own words is always best! You can check out Proverbs 3:5-8, Romans 12:1-2, Ephesians 1:17-23, and Colossians 1:9-10, which are some of my favorite passages that have helped me understand my purpose in God’s will.
Also, if I may add my own two cents, I used to ask God “what’s my purpose?” for years. In the past 10 years of my life, I realized that I am either drawn to or naturally perform well at certain things. An example would be a person who grows up wanting to be a doctor to help people. There are a thousand ways to help people, but for some reason, they’re drawn to healthcare and medicine. The reason, in my opinion, is because our Heavenly Father placed these interests in our hearts. Try looking at what you enjoy to do or what you are gifted to do. Can you sing, write well, get along with children easily, great public speaker, have a love for animals, etc? Remember, our purpose as God’s children is to glorify Him so that the world may come to know Jesus. To facilitate that, God gives us gifts of the Holy Spirit and our own personal interests to uniquely fulfill us and His plan.
All the best to you,
Meegan
God doesn’t expect anything of you.
Graciously accept His gift of Salvation – God’s gift to us all & your heart will yearn for more of his truth. Remember, no amount of ‘good works’ can store up spiritual favor; simply believing that God sent His only son, Jesus, to be a pure, living sacrifice for all of humanity’s sins, past-present-future is all we need to be saved. That’s it!
No big mystery, no 12-step programs, no degree, and best of all, no exceptions, we are ALL Saved.
How can we refuse a gift from almighty God, one that He orchestrated & Jesus so faithfully carried out, for the sole reason of ensuring our soul remains alive with Him for all of time…?
IF WE WANT IT!
Hey, if the chances are 50/50 that God is real, I’ll bet on God because there’s promise not only in the afterlife but in every moment of our walk with the Lord.
The moment I released “everything I am to His purpose”, I was no longer going at it alone, God had taken all that off my plate and for the first time in my life I began to live in the Present, those things I might have previously worried about never even became an issue because God had taken me under His wing: directing all of my steps, orchestrating circumstances, changing the hearts of people, opening doors of opportunity, etc.
This is where blind faith comes into play:
When we live (step out) in bold, blind faith, it shows God how much we truly love, believe and rely on His mercy, grace, provisions, and His promises alone.
I find it’s in those times that God reveals small but integral bits and pieces of His will for our personal life.
God uses timing (pay attention), people, circumstances & especially matters that are so far beyond circumstance that is ‘your sign’.
So your question: How do we know God’s purpose for our lives?
We don’t. However, so long as you have God in your heart & soul, His will for you becomes evident: Love others as He loves You.
This is our purpose!
You will live from a seat of Love, Hope, Grace, Mercy, Honesty, Modesty, Empathy, etc.
When we Love God above all else, it shows; we become a beacon of light that others yearn to know.
Love is our ‘pay-it-forward’ gift to all; let us teach others ALL that we know of God goodness.
Amen!
Yahushua is the true name of the Messiah
***** Note that Joshua = Yoshua or Yahushua because there is no “J” sound in Hebrew. The “J” with its “J” sound didn’t come into the English language until about 500 years ago. In fact, the “J” isn’t even found in the original 1611 King James version. (proof)
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the Messiah’s name never was “Jesus” and that the name “Jesus” is actually an invention of man.
In the King James Version of the scriptures, we find an interesting problem in its translation:
Acts 7:44(KJV) Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. 45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
Isn’t this scripture referring to Joshua, son of Nun rather than the Savior? Yes. Here is another instance…
Hebr 4:7 (KJV) Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
Again, the context reveals that this scripture is referring to Joshua, the son of Nun and not the Messiah. All other translations put “Joshua” here. Why then is it translated ‘Jesus’? The answer lies in the Greek/Latin corruption of the Messiah’s original Hebrew name. Originally, the name of the Messiah was , pronounced Yahushua. This is the Messiah’s original name. When the Gentiles tried to transliterate His name into Greek, they came up with ihsoun or “Iesous”. But originally, this word was from #3091 in the Hebrew which is . When Iesous was transliterated into Latin, it became “Iesus”, which was then carried over into English it became our modern day “Jesus” when the letter “J” developed.
Therefore, the reason the King James Version has “Jesus” in those two verses is because the Messiah’s name is actually the same name as Joshua, Son of Nun… correctly pronounced “Yahushua”. It is quite evident that the modern form “Jesus” doesn’t even remotely resemble the original name that the disciples were praying in, baptizing in and receiving so much criticism for preaching in. This is fact. Do some research and see for yourself.
Secular References
Encyclopedia Americana:
“Jesus Christ— …Although Matthew (1:21) interprets the name originally Joshua, that is, ‘Yahweh is Salvation,’ and finds it specially appropriate for Jesus of Nazareth, it was a common one at that time.” (Vol.16, p. 41)
Encyclopedia Britannica (15th ed.)
“Jesus Christ—…The same is true of the name Jesus. In the Septuagint it is the customary Greek form for the common Hebrew name Joshua;” (Vol. 10 p.149)
Religious Scholars
Barnes’ notes: (Note on Matt. 1:21)
“His name is Jesus: The name Jesus is the same as Saviour. It is derived from the verb signifying to save. In Hebrew it is the same as Joshua. In two places [Acts 7:45 and Hebrews 4:8] in the New Testament it is used where is means Joshua, the leader of the Jews into Canaan, and in our translation the name Joshua should have been retained.”
Word studies in the New Testament, by Marvin R. Vincent—
“Jesus. The Greek form of a Hebrew name, which had been borne by two illustrious individuals in former periods of the Jewish History — Joshua, the successor of Moses, and Jeshua, the high priest, who with Zerubbabel took so active a part in the re-establishment of the civil and religious polity of the Jews in their return from Babylon. Its original and full form is Jehoshua, becoming by contraction Joshua or Jeshua.”
The Acts of the Apostles, by Jackson and Lake
“Jesus— This is the regular Greek translation of the Hebrew Joshua.”
Smith’s Bible Dictionary:
“Jesus Christ —- The name Jesus means Savior, and was a common name, derived from the ancient Hebrew Jehoshua.”
A dictionary of the Bible, by James Hastings
“Jesus — The Greek form of the name Joshua or Jeshua. Jeshua —- Yahweh is Salvation or Yahweh is opulence.”
Alford’s Greek New Testament, An Exegetical and Critical Commentary:
“Jesus — The same name as Joshua, the former deliverer of Israel.”
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion:
“Jesus (The Name) — Matthew’s gospel explains it as symbolic of His mission, ‘For he will save His people from their sins.’ This agrees with the popular meaning as ‘Yahweh saves…’ ” p.1886
Catholic Encyclopedia:
“The Sacred Name —- The word Jesus is the Latin form of the Greek “Iesous” which in turn is the transliteration of the Hebrew Jeshua, or Joshua, or again Jehoshua, meaning ‘Jehovah is Salvation’ ” Vol. 8, p. 374
Interpreter’s Bible: (Note on Matt. 1:21)
“Jesus: for He shall save: The play on words (Yeshua, Jesus; yoshia, shall save) is possible in Hebrew but not in Aramaic. The name Joshua means “Yahweh is salvation”
Matthew Henry’s Commentary
(on Matthew 1:21)
“Jesus is the same name with Joshua, the termination only being changed, for the sake of conforming it to the greek.”
Conclusion
It can be concluded then, that “Jesus” was not the Messiah’s name when He walked the earth. That is the purpose of this study. For information on why we should use the Messiah’s original name.
Yahushua the Messiah.
Catholic Encyclopedia:
“The Sacred Name —- The word Jesus is the Latin form of the Greek “Iesous” which in turn is the transliteration of the Hebrew Jeshua, or Joshua, or again Jehoshua, meaning ‘Jehovah is Salvation’ ” Vol. 8, p. 374
Interpreter’s Bible: (Note on Matt. 1:21)
“Jesus: for He shall save: The play on words (Yeshua, Jesus; yoshia, shall save) is possible in Hebrew but not in Aramaic. The name Joshua means “Yahweh is salvation”
Matthew Henry’s Commentary
(on Matthew 1:21)
“Jesus is the same name with Joshua, the termination only being changed, for the sake of conforming it to the greek.”
Conclusion
It can be concluded then, that “Jesus” was not the Messiah’s name when He walked the earth. That is the purpose of this study. For information on why we should use the Messiah’s original name.
Catholic Encyclopedia:
“The Sacred Name —- The word Jesus is the Latin form of the Greek “Iesous” which in turn is the transliteration of the Hebrew Jeshua, or Joshua, or again Jehoshua, meaning ‘Jehovah is Salvation’ ” Vol. 8, p. 374
Interpreter’s Bible: (Note on Matt. 1:21)
“Jesus: for He shall save: The play on words (Yeshua, Jesus; yoshia, shall save) is possible in Hebrew but not in Aramaic. The name Joshua means “Yahweh is salvation”
Matthew Henry’s Commentary
(on Matthew 1:21)
“Jesus is the same name with Joshua, the termination only being changed, for the sake of conforming it to the greek.”
Conclusion
It can be concluded then, that “Jesus” was not the Messiah’s name when He walked the earth. That is the purpose of this study. For information on why we should use the Messiah’s original name.
And the truth shall set you free, Amen God bless.
Yeshua is the Hebrew name of Jesus. However, I can’t understand what that has to do with this post or anything remotely connected to a discussion of it. .
Amen.also Jonah tried to run away but God returned him.My God help me to do His work but not to run away.
As regards the post, it is quite a blend of ideas with various degrees of emphasis; God is everywhere; We have specific responsibilities; We must do our best; God’s will guides us in our destiny, and the “Jews” rejected Yeshua, Messiah. We have all turned away from God, at one point or another, so, I would not be harder on the “Jews” than scripture is, see Roman’s 9-11. Moreover, the Gentiles come into the banquet because those to whom He was sent rejected Him, therefore, we join all God’s people of promise, rather than supplant them. All Israel will be saved, Yeshua will return and save Israel. I think Robert is right about Jonah, though he ran God was able to accomplish His purposes. I’m not sure doing our best or trying to be better is of any eternal value, we succeed through surrender to His will, strength, guidance and presence alone, our efforts are filthy rags. I was still encouraged by this message, as I too often relate to Jonah.
Amen. Thanks be to God 🙏
Amen thank you for the message godbless you🙏
wow, amen🙏
Thank you. Amen 🙏💓
amen….alll true 😄… and i am one of those “running away” 😞