Ascertaining Yah'shuah's True Servants
By Isaac Aluochier
A Shabbat Service Message Prepared for Delivery on 13 June 1998. A link to the location where this message was delivered is given at the end of it. Other pertinent information can be found at that location.
I hereby make the BOLD CLAIM that I am a servant of Yah'shuah!
So what - someone may respond! After all, there are several others who also make the same claim. Does your claiming to be such automatically make you a servant of Yah'shuah? What about the standing of others who also claim to be such? Do you also say that all these who so claim to be Yah'shuah's servants are indeed so? What about the contradictions in their various messages and works? Are all these who preach contradictory messages and do contradictory works really indeed Yah'shuah's servants? Is Yah'shuah such a confused and contradictory character that he sends out servants who contradict one another, such that out of all the babble of confusion one concludes that one can believe and do whatever seems right to one's eyes? What is your standing on these matters?
Yah'shuah is NOT the Author of the Confusion we Currently Witness
For starters, it should be noted that Yah'shuah, who is indeed Father Yahweh's Messiah, and Father Yahweh's Son, is not the author of the confusion we currently witness, with each person saying and doing whatever seems right in his own eyes, and causing others to do whatever seems right in their own eyes, despite the manifest contradictions in their various messages and actions. For Yah'shuah, to whom all authority in heaven and on earth has been given, given by Father Yahweh, the source of all authority, does have a distinct message and distinct works that he authorises his servants to preach and do.
Yah'shuah's Command to His Servants
In Mattityahu (Matthew) 28: 18-20 we read Yah'shuah saying to his disciples, when he had come to them after his resurrection from the dead, "ALL AUTHORITY has been given to me in Heaven and on earth. 28:19Go, and MAKE DISCIPLES of all nations, BAPTIZING THEM in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 28:20TEACHING THEM to observe all things which I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
It is therefore evident that Yah'shuah's disciples and servants do indeed go and make disciples of all nations. They also baptise these disciples in the manner he commanded them. They also teach these disciples to observe all things that he commanded them. In other words, Yah'shuah's disciples do the works that he has authorised and instructed them to do.
"Don't All Who Profess to be Yah'shuah's Servants Obey His Commands?"
But one may respond by saying, but don't all who profess themselves to be Yah'shuah's servants do these things?
Not All Who Profess to be Yah'shuah's Servants Obey Him
It is evident that NOT ALL who profess to be Yah'shuah's servants do these things. For even though some indeed go and make disciples of the nations, they do not baptise these disciples whom they make in the manner Yah'shuah commanded. They also do not teach these disciples to observe all the things that he commanded his disciples. Therefore, the fact that some, even many, profess to go out and make disciples of the nations, purportedly acting as Yah'shuah's authorised servants, does not necessarily make them so! For Yah'shuah's true servants will indeed do ALL the things he commanded them to do!
Conduct of Yah'shuah's True Servants
Yah'shuah's true servants will therefore baptise the disciples they make in all nations in the manner he commanded. They will teach these disciples to observe all things that he commanded.
Ascertaining Whether One is a Servant of Yah'shuah
Therefore, to ascertain whether one professing to be Yah'shuah's servant is truly his servant, one needs to check whether this professing servant is indeed doing the works that Yah'shuah commanded his servants to do. And a manner of so ascertaining whether these who profess to be Yah'shuah's servants are indeed abiding by Yah'shuah's word, is to check whether their works agree with those commanded by Yah'shuah.
Yah'shuah Not a Confused and Contradictory Character
It should thus be evident that Yah'shuah is not a confused and contradictory character as the SUM TOTAL of all who profess to be his servants portray him to be. Some of these, in fact many of these, are NOT his servants. These are servants of Hasatan the devil, whom Hasatan has sent out into the world to malign Yah'shuah's name, and thereby cause confusion and stumbling among those Yah'shuah's true servants have been sent to. Such that the blessing of Yah'shuah, the deliverance of them from their sins and imparting to them everlasting life in Father Yahweh's kingdom, may not come upon these whom Yah'shuah has sent his servants to. Hasatan is therefore seen to be the author of confusion and contradictions inherent among the SUM TOTAL of all who profess to be Yah'shuah's servants!
Therefore, to ascertain what Yah'shuah commanded his disciples to do, one needs to find out what Yah'shuah ACTUALLY COMMANDED his disciples.
What Yah'shuah Commanded His Disciples
The record of his commands is contained in the Holy Scriptures, and the bulk of these commands to his disciples are contained in the books called Mattityahu (Matthew), Mark, Luke and Yahchanan (John). Therefore, by studying these books, together with the rest of the scriptures, one ascertains what Yah'shuah really commanded his disciples.
Compare Yah'shuah's Words with the Work Done by His Professed Servants
After so doing one can then compare Yah'shuah's commands with the works undertaken by those who profess to be his servants. If the works of these who profess to be his servants agree with Yah'shuah's commands, then they are indeed his servants. But if the works of these who profess to be Yah'shuah's servants do not agree with his commands, in that their works contradict or are contradicted by his commands, then these are indeed NOT his servants, but are Hasatan's servants, doing the works of Hasatan!
Searching the Scriptures NOT a Guarantee in Correctly Ascertaining Yah'shuah's True Servants
It should also be noted that searching the scriptures in order to ascertain who truly are Yah'shuah's servants is NO GUARANTEE that one will indeed correctly ascertain those who truly are his servants! For the Sofrim (Scribes) and Perushim (Pharisees) indeed searched the scriptures, for they thought that in the scriptures they had eternal life. Nevertheless, despite having been considered to be wise and understanding in scriptural matters, they did not succeed in ascertaining THE TWO GREATEST human servants of Yahweh! For they failed to identify Yahchanan (John) the Baptizer and Yah'shuah the Messiah as servants whom Father Yahweh had sent to Yisrael!
It should therefore be evident that having a knowledge of the scriptures, including having a reputation of so having knowledge and understanding in scriptural matters, is NO GUARANTEE in correctly ascertaining Yah'shuah's true servants!
"Then How May One Guarantee Correctly Ascertaining Yah'shuah's True Servants?"
One may then ask, if searching the scriptures and having knowledge of them is no guarantee in correctly ascertaining who truly are Yah'shuah's servants, then HOW may one GUARANTEE correctly ascertaining Yah'shuah's true servants?
Yah'shuah Shows How One May Guarantee Correctly Ascertaining His True Servants
In Yahchanan (John) 6: 44 Yah'shuah is recorded as having said, "6:44NO ONE can come to me UNLESS the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day."
In Yahchanan (John) 6: 39-40 Yah'shuah had already said, "6:39This is the will of my Father who sent me, that OF ALL WHO HE HAS GIVEN TO ME I should lose nothing, but should raise them up at the last day. 6:40This is the will of the one who sent me, that EVERYONE WHO SEES THE SON, AND BELIEVES IN HIM, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
Those Yah'shuah Will Raise Up At The Last Day Must See Him and Believe in Him
It should therefore be evident that the ones Yah'shuah will raise up at the last day are those who see him, and believe in him. Therefore, if one does not see Yah'shuah, nor believe in him, one will not have eternal life, nor be raised by him at the last day, unless and until one so sees and believes!
It should also be evident that the ones Yah'shuah will raise up at the last day are those whom the Father has given to him. These are they who also see Yah'shuah, and also believe in Yah'shuah.
Only Those the Father Draws Go To Yah'shuah
It should thus also be evident that ones whom the Father draws to Yah'shuah, the ONLY ONES who go to him, are those whom the Father has given to him, and who also see him and also believe in him. Therefore, unless the Father draws one to Yah'shuah, such a one CANNOT go to him.
Those Who Did Not Believe in Yah'shuah Had Not Been Drawn by the Father
It should therefore be evident that the Yahudim (Jews) who did not believe in Yah'shuah, including many of the Kohanim (priests), Sofrim (Scribes) and Perushim (Pharisees), HAD NOT been drawn by the Father to Yah'shuah. They therefore did not "see" Yah'shuah or recognise him as Father Yahweh's Messiah whom he had sent to them. They therefore failed to believe in him, seeing that they did not recognise him as having been sent by Father Yahweh.
Those Who Learn From Father Yahweh Go to Yah'shuah
Yah'shuah then stated, as recorded in Yahchanan (John) 6: 45, "6:45It is written in the prophets, 'THEY WILL ALL BE TAUGHT BY YAHWEH.' EVERYONE WHO HEARS FROM THE FATHER, AND HAS LEARNED, comes to me."
Yah'shuah therefore showed that those who go to him, the ones the Father draws to him, are those who have HEARD FROM THE FATHER! These have also LEARNED FROM THE FATHER! For the Father teaches them!
Those Who Do Not Learn From the Father CANNOT Go To Yah'shuah
Therefore, unless the Father teaches one, unless one hears from the Father, and unless one learns from what the Father teaches one, from what one hears from the Father, one CANNOT go to Yah'shuah! Therefore those who truly go to Yah'shuah are those who have learned from the Father. And they learn from the Father by hearing from him, by him teaching them. Once they have learned from the Father they are drawn to Yah'shuah, for the teaching they receive from the Father leads them to Yah'shuah.
It is therefore evident that the Yahudim who did not believe in Yah'shuah had not learned from the Father!
The Father Does Not Force People to Yah'shuah
It should also be noted that the Father only draws one to Yah'shuah. Yah'shuah did not say that the Father FORCES one to go to him. The Father's teaching leads one to Yah'shuah, but does not force one to Yah'shuah.
Some Refuse to Learn from the Father
Therefore, those who learn from the Father are they who go to Yah'shuah. Nevertheless, it is not automatic that all who hear from the Father, and are taught by him, learn from him. For not all accept the Father's teaching. Some reject the Father's teaching!
These who reject the Father's teaching DO NOT go to Yah'shuah. For only those who have learned from the Father, after having heard from him, after having been taught by him, go to Yah'shuah.
How Does One Hear From the Father?
One may ask, how does one hear from the Father? How does the Father teach one?
Those Who Hear From the Father Do Not See Him Face to Face
In Yahchanan (John) 6: 46 Yah'shuah clarified this matter in saying, "6:46Not that any man has seen the Father, except he who is from the Mighty One. He has seen the Father."
In other words, those who hear from the Father, those who are taught by him, do not hear from him by seeing him with their eyes, face to face, mouth to ear. For only he Yah'shuah, who had come from heaven, had indeed had such contact and communication with the Father. The others who hear from the Father, who are taught by him, hear from him in other manners.
Understanding the Scriptures is Hearing From the Father
One manner they hear from the Father is by reading and understanding his words in the Holy Scriptures. For the scriptures record many of his words. And he uses these words of his recorded in the scriptures to teach those whom he is drawing to Yah'shuah.
It should also be noted that not all who search the scriptures are taught by the Father through them. For the Sofrim (Scribes) and Perushim (Pharisees) did indeed search the scriptures. Yet many of them did not go to Yah'shuah, nor believe in him, despite the scriptures clearly showing that Yah'shuah was Father Yahweh's Messiah.
There is No Guarantee in Understanding the Scriptures Unless the Father Teaches One
It is therefore seen that unless one is taught by the Father from the scriptures there is NO GUARANTEE that one will understand and perceive what one reads and studies! For the ones who perceive and understand the scriptures are those whom the Father teaches out of the scriptures. And these perceive and understand only what the Father has taught them. And he teaches them sufficient to draw them to Yah'shuah.
The Father Also Teaches in Other Ways
The scriptures also show that the Father sometimes communicates his word directly by his Spirit to those whom he so chooses, such as the prophets and his servants. Scripture shows that such communication is delivered directly into the mind of the one communicated to. Scripture also shows that such communication sometimes comes out of the mouth of one the Father chooses to speak through at a given forum, without even the one so speaking knowing beforehand what he was to speak. For it is the Spirit of the Father speaking in that forum through that individual so chosen to deliver the Father's words. Scripture also shows that the Father sometimes communicates in dreams and visions.
Thus the Father has several ways he communicates to those whom he teaches, thereby ensuring that they do indeed hear from him.
Yah'shuah's Servants Represent Him
Yah'shuah's words in Yahchanan (John) 13: 20 should also be noted. He said to his disciples, whom he sent out into all the nations, "13:20Most assuredly I tell you, he who receives whoever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me."
It should therefore be noted that Yah'shuah's true servants are representative of Yah'shuah and the Father, even as Yah'shuah was and is representative of the Father.
Yahchanan (John) 14: 8-12 reads, "14:8Pilipos said to him, 'Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.' 14:9Yah'shuah said to him, 'Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Pilipos? HE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER. How do you say, 'Show us the Father?' 14:10Don't you believe that I AM IN THE FATHER, AND THE FATHER IN ME? THE WORDS THAT I TELL YOU, I SPEAK NOT FROM MYSELF; BUT THE FATHER LIVING IN ME DOES HIS WORKS. 14:11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake. 14:12Most assuredly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these will he do; because I am going to my Father.'"
In Yahchanan (John) 14: 16-18 Yah'shuah is recorded as having said, "14:16I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever, 14:17 -- the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive; for it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you. 14:18I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you."
Yahchanan (John) 14: 20-24 reads, "14:20In that day you will know that I AM IN MY FATHER, AND YOU IN ME, AND I IN YOU. 14:21Someone who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and WILL REVEAL MYSELF TO HIM." 14:22Yahudah (not of K'riot) said to him, "Master, what will happen that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?" 14:23Yah'shuah answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and WE WILL COME TO HIM, AND MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM. 14:24He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word which you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me."
It should therefore be clear that Yah'shuah's true servants, those who keep his word, are his representatives, even as he is the Father's representative, for he keeps the Father's word. And just as the Father is in Yah'shuah, so also are both the Father and Yah'shuah in Yah'shuah's true servants.
No One Goes to Yah'shuah's Servants Unless Drawn by Father Yahweh and Yah'shuah
And just as no one can go to Yah'shuah unless the Father draws that one to Yah'shuah, after having been taught by the Father, so also no one goes to Yah'shuah's true servants unless both the Father and Yah'shuah draw that one to Yah'shuah's true servants! Unless both the Father and Yah'shuah teach an individual, by that individual hearing from them, and that individual learns from them, that individual cannot go to Yah'shuah's true servants!
It should also be noted that the ones who learn from both the Father and Yah'shuah are those who keep their word. These who do the words of the Father and Yah'shuah are they who truly go to Yah'shuah's true servants, and therefore, by extension, to both Yah'shuah and the Father.
Fellowshipping With Yah'shuah's Servants Does Not Automatically Make One Yah'shuah's Disciple
It should also be noted that just because someone fellowships or associates himself with Yah'shuah's true servants does not automatically make that one a disciple of Yah'shuah. For Yah'shuah's true disciples are those who keep his word, and it is by keeping his word that it is seen that they are drawn to him.
Thus it should not be lost on one that among those who profess to be Yah'shuah's disciples, even among those who associate with Yah'shuah's true servants, not all are indeed Yah'shuah's disciples. For Yah'shuah indeed showed that there would be some among those calling themselves his disciples who would cause his "little ones" to stumble.
Some Who Fellowship with Yah'shuah's Servants Will Harm Them
Yahchanan (John) 16: 1-4 reads, "16:1These things have I spoken to you, SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE CAUSED TO STUMBLE. 16:2THEY WILL PUT YOU OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUES. Yes, the time comes that WHOEVER KILLS YOU will think that he offers service to the Mighty One. 16:3They will do these things because THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN THE FATHER, NOR ME. 16:4But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them."
It is therefore evident that Yah'shuah's true servants were indeed to be cast out of the synagogues, showing that they would indeed be fellowshipping with others who also professed to serve both Yah'shuah and Father Yahweh. THESE PROFESSING DISCIPLES OF YAH'SHUAH, THOUGH FALSE DISCIPLES, would go so far as to kill Yah'shuah's true servants, and in the process of doing so think that they are doing service to Father Yahweh the Mighty One!
Hasatan Deceives Yah'shuah's False Disciples
In other words, for such false disciples to so think that they are indeed doing service to Father Yahweh, yet they are killing Father Yahweh's true servants, suggests that they would indeed to very deceived! For it is a deceived person who does wrong yet thinks he does right!
Yah'shuah's False Disciples Know Neither the Father nor Yah'shuah
Yah'shuah explained that these false disciples would do such things to his true servants because they would know neither Father Yahweh nor Yah'shuah. This implies that such false disciples, despite professing to be Yah'shuah's disciples, would not have been taught by Father Yahweh, nor would they have learned from Father Yahweh. They would therefore not know Father Yahweh, or his Son Yah'shuah, and therefore not know their true servants. For Father Yahweh and his Son Yah'shuah do indeed dwell in their true servants, who do their works.
Therefore, by these false disciples rejecting Yah'shuah's true servants they are indeed rejecting both Yah'shuah and Father Yahweh!
Thus it is noted that not all who fellowship with Yah'shuah's true servants are indeed his disciples. Some of these are Hasatan's servants, whom he has deceived into thinking they are serving Yah'shuah and Father Yahweh, and turns them against Yah'shuah's true servants!
To Truly Ascertain Yah'shuah's True Servants
In closing, the following should therefore be noted. To truly, with guarantee, ascertain Yah'shuah's true servants, you must indeed have learned and be learning from Father Yahweh. Father Yahweh must have taught you, and be teaching you, and you must indeed have heard and be hearing from him. Only then will you truly identify his servants, those who do his word, those in whom both he and his Son Yah'shuah dwell.
Now this, can you verify my BOLD CLAIM of being a true servant of Yah'shuah? Am I a true servant and disciple of Yah'shuah? Are you a true servant and disciple of Yah'shuah?
May Father Yahweh's will be done! Praise Yahweh! Halleluyah!
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