1. TZEDEK OF SHALOM (RIGHTEOUSNESS BRINGS PEACE) HE RESTORES MY NEPHESH; 2. "HE DOES IT." IN SACRED SILENCE OF THE MIND MY HEAVEN, AND THERE MY YHWH I FIND. WHEN THE NEPHESH GROWS SORROWFUL HE REVIVES IT; WHEN IT IS SINFUL HE SANCTIFIES IT; WHEN IT IS WEAK HE STRENGTHENS IT. 3. THE BELIEVER DELIGHTS TO BE OBEDIENT, BUT IT IS THE OBEDIENCE OF LOVE, DO WE FEEL THAT OUR SPIRITUALITY IS AT ITS LOWEST EBB? HE WHO TURNS THE EBB INTO THE FLOOD CAN SOON RESTORE OUR NEPHESH. PRAY TO HIM, THEN, FOR THE BLESSING - RESTORE THOU ME, THOU SHEPHERD OF MY NEPHESH! HE LEADETH ME IN THE PATHS OF TZEDEK FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE. TZEDEK OF SHALOM (RIGHTEOUSNESS BRINGS PEACE) 4. HE LEADETH ME. THE BELIEVER IS NOT OBEDIENT TO SOME COMMANDMENTS AND NEGLECTFUL OF OTHERS; HE DOES NOT PICK AND CHOOSE, BUT YIELDS TO ALL. OBSERVE, THE PATHS OF TZEDEK (RIGHTEOUSNESS.) WHATEVER YHWH MAY GIVE US TO DO WE WOULD DO IT, 5. LED BY HIS LOVE. SOME BELIEVERS OVERLOOK THE BLESSING OF SANCTIFICATION, AND YET TO A THOROUGHLY RENEWED HEART THIS IS ONE OF THE SWEETEST GIFTS OF THE COVENANT. IF WE COULD BE SAVED FROM WRATH, AND YET REMAIN UNREGENERATE, IMPENITENT SINNERS, WE SHOULD NOT BE SAVED AS WE DESIRE, FOR WE MAINLY AND CHIEFLY PANT TO BE SAVED FROM SIN AND LED IN THE WAY OF SACREDNESS. ALL THIS IS DONE OUT OF PURE FREE GRACE; 6. FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE. IT IS TO THE HONOUR OF OUR GREAT SHEPHERD THAT WE SHOULD BE A SACRED SET APART PEOPLE, WALKING IN THE NARROW WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. IF WE BE SO LED AND GUIDED WE MUST NOT FAIL TO ADORE OUR HEAVENLY SHEPHERD'S CARE. STILL WATER RUN DEEP. NOTHING MORE NOISY THAN AN EMPTY DRUM. THAT SILENCE IS GOLDEN IS INDEED IN WHICH THE RAKH HAQODESH MEETS WITH THE NEPHESH OF HIS SAINTS. NOT TO RAGING WAVES OF STRIFE, BUT TO PEACEFUL STREAMS OF SACRED LOVE DOES THE RAKH OF YHWH CONDUCT THE CHOSEN SHEEP. 7. HE IS A DOVE, NOT AN EAGLE; THE DEW, NOT THE HURRICANE. OUR MESHIAKH LEADS US BESIDE THESE STILL WATERS; WE COULD NOT GO THERE OF OURSELVES, WE NEED HIS GUIDANCE, THEREFORE IS IT SAID, HE LEADETH ME. HE DOES NOT DRIVE US. MOSHEH DRIVES US BY THE TORAH ( WHICH IS THE LIFE AND THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS), BUT YHUWSHA` HAMESHIAKH LEADS US BY HIS EXAMPLE, AND THE GENTLE DRAWINGS OF HIS LOVE. 8. TEHILLIM19:7 HATORAH YHWH () [IS] PERFECT, CONVERTING THE NEPHESH: THE TESTIMONY OF YHWH () [IS] SURE, MAKING WISE THE SIMPLE. THE STATUTES OF YHWH () [ARE] RIGHT, REJOICING THE HEART: THE COMMANDMENT OF YHWH () [IS] PURE, ENLIGHTENING THE EYES. THE FEAR OF YHWH () [IS] CLEAN, ENDURING LE-OLAM-VA-ED: THE JUDGMENTS OF YHWH () [ARE] TRUE [AND] TZADIK ALTOGETHER. 9. YHUWSHA` THE RIGHTEOUS GIVER THE SACRED SCRIPTURE IS OF MUCH GREATER BENEFIT TO US THAN DAY OR NIGHT, THAN THE AIR WE BREATHE, OR THE LIGHT OF THE SUN. TO RECOVER MAN OUT OF HIS FALLEN STATE, THERE IS NEED OF THE WORD OF YHWH. THE WORD TRANSLATED LAW, MAY BE RENDERED INSTRUCTION, AND BE UNDERSTOOD AS MEANING ALL THAT TEACHES US TRUTH. THE WHOLE IS PERFECT; ITS TENDENCY IS TO CONVERT OR TURN THE SOUL FROM SIN AND THE WORLD, TO YHWH AND SACREDNESS. IT SHOWS OUR SINFULNESS AND MISERY IN DEPARTING FROM YHWH, AND THE NECESSITY OF OUR RETURN TO HIM. THIS TESTIMONY IS SURE, TO BE FULLY DEPENDED ON: THE IGNORANT AND UNLEARNED BELIEVING WHAT YHWH SAITH, BECOME WISE UNTO SALVATION. IT IS A SURE DIRECTION IN THE WAY OF DUTY. IT IS A SURE FOUNTAIN OF LIVING COMFORTS, AND A SURE FOUNDATION OF LASTING HOPES. THE STATUES OF THE YAHUWSHUA ARE RIGHT, JUST AS THEY SHOULD BE; AND, BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT, THEY REJOICE THE HEART 10. THE COMMANDMENTS OF YAHUWSHUA THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE YAHUWSHUA ARE PURE, SACRED, JUST, AND GOOD. BY THEM WE DISCOVER OUR NEED OF A SAVIOUR; AND THEN LEARN HOW TO ADORN HIS GOOD NEWS. THEY ARE THE MEANS WHICH THE RAUCH HAQODESH USES IN ENLIGHTENING THE EYES; THEY BRING US TO A SIGHT AND SENSE OF OUR SIN AND MISERY, AND DIRECT US IN THE WAY OF DUTY. THE FEAR OF THE YAHUWSHUA, THAT IS, TRUE BELIEVE IN YHWH, IS CLEAN, IT WILL CLEANSE OUR WAY; AND IT ENDURETH FOR EVER. THE CEREMONIAL LAW IS LONG SINCE DONE AWAY, BUT THE INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE FEAR OF YHWH IS EVER THE SAME. THE JUDGMENTS OF THE YAHUWSHUA, HIS PRECEPTS, ARE TRUE; THEY ARE RIGHTEOUS, AND THEY ARE SO ALTOGETHER; THERE IS NO UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN ANY OF THEM. GOLD IS ONLY FOR THE BODY, AND THE CONCERNS OF TIME; BUT GRACE IS FOR THE SOUL, AND THE CONCERNS OF ETERNITY. THE WORD OF YHWH, RECEIVED BY FAITH, IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD; IT IS SWEET TO THE SOUL, SWEETER THAN HONEY. THE PLEASURE OF SENSE SOON SURFEIT, YET NEVER SATISFY; BUT THOSE OF RELIGION ARE SUBSTANTIAL AND SATISFYING; THERE IS NO DANGER OF EXCESS. 11. EIKHAH 1:11 ALL (KOL) HER PEOPLE SIGH, THEY SEEK LECHEM; THEY HAVE GIVEN THEIR PLEASANT THINGS FOR OKEL (FOOD) TO RELIEVE THE NEPHESH: SEE, O YHWH (,) AND CONSIDER; FOR(KI) I AM BECOME ZALAL (DESPISED ). THERE IS NOTHING MORE AFFECTING THAN THE SENTIMENTS PRODUCED IN THE HEART BY THE CONVICTION THAT THE SUBJECT OF AFFLICTION IS BELOVED OF YHWH, THAT HE LOVES THAT WHICH HE IS OBLIGED TO SMITE, AND IS OBLIGED TO SMITE THAT WHICH HE LOVES. WHEN WE THINK OF INSTRUCTIONS, DECREES, AND COMMANDMENTS, WE OFTEN THINK OF RULES THAT KEEP US FROM HAVING FUN. BUT HERE WE SEE THE OPPOSITE: YHWH'S INSTRUCTION REVIVE US, MAKE US WISE, BRING JOY TO THE HEART, GIVE INSIGHT, WARN US, AND REWARD US. YHWH'S INSTRUCTION ARE GUIDELINES AND LIGHTS FOR OUR PATH, RATHER THAN CHAINS ON OUR HANDS AND FEET. THEY POINT AT DANGER TO WARN US, AND THEN POINT AT SUCCESS TO GUIDE US. 12. YESHAYAHU 8:20 THE WAYS OF RIGHEOUSNESS SET US FREE FROM THIS BABYLONIAN WORLD , FOR WE WALK IN THE RAKH IN KEEPING HIS SABBATHS AND FEAST DAYS WE WALK: HEB., TORAH. THIS IS THE WAY WE MUST WEIGHT AND TEST THE WORDS OF ANY PROPHECY, AND ANY PROPER INTERPRETATION OF THE RENEWED COVENANT WILL ONLY CONFIRM WHAT IT ALREADY SAYS. WHY LOOK FOR NEW REVELATION, WHEN HE HAS ALREADY WRITTEN HIS DOWN? WHAT HE'S TOLD US BEFORE IS THE TRUTH. THE MAIN POINT OF ANY PROPHECY IS TO EXPLAIN THE WORD THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN. 13. YHUWCHNN 5:39 SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES: FOR IN THEM YE THINK YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE: AND THEY ARE THEY WHICH TESTIFY OF ME. YE ARE YET UNWILLING TO COME TOWARDS ME IN ORDER THAT YE MAY POSSESS LIFE. I DO NOT RECEIVE PRAISE FROM HUMANS. 14. AND THINKEST THOU THIS, O MAN, THAT JUDGEST THEM WHICH DO SUCH THINGS, AND DOEST THE SAME, THAT THOU SHALT ESCAPE THE MISHPAT OF ALUAHYIM? OR DESPISEST THOU THE RICHES OF HIS GOODNESS AND FORBEARANCE AND LONGSUFFERING; NOT KNOWING THAT THE GOODNESS OF ALUAHYIM LEADETH THEE TO REPENTANCE? BUT AFTER THY HARDNESS AND IMPENITENT HEART TREASUREST UP UNTO THYSELF WRATH AGAINST THE DAY OF WRATH AND REVELATION OF THE TZADIK MISHPAT OF ALUAHYIM; WHO WILL RENDER TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS: TO THEM WHO BY PATIENT CONTINUANCE IN WELL DOING SEEK FOR GLORY AND HONOUR AND IMMORTALITY, ETERNAL LIFE: BUT UNTO THEM THAT ARE CONTENTIOUS, AND DO NOT OBEY THE TRUTH, BUT OBEY UNRIGHTEOUNESS, INDIGNATION AND WRATH,TZARAH (TROUBLE) AND ANGUISH, UPON EVERY SOUL OF MAN THAT DOETH EVIL, OF THE YEHUDI FIRST, AND ALSO OF THE GOYIM; 15. BUT GLORY, HONOUR, AND SHALOM BUT GLORY, HONOUR, AND SHALOM, TO EVERY MAN THAT WORKETH GOOD, TO THE YEHUDI FIRST, AND ALSO TO THE GOYIM: FOR THERE IS NO RESPECT OF PERSONS WITH ALUAHYIM . FOR AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED WITHOUT TORAH SHALL ALSO PERISH WITHOUT TORAH: AND AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED IN THE TORAH SHALL BE JUDGED BY THE TORAH; (FOR NOT THE HEARERS OF THE TORAH [ARE] JUST BEFORE ALUAHYIM , BUT THE DOERS OF THE TORAH SHALL BE JUSTIFIED. FOR WHEN THE GOYIM, WHICH HAVE NOT THE TORAH, DO BY NATURE THE THINGS CONTAINED IN THE TORAH, THESE, HAVING NOT THE TORAH, ARE A TORAH UNTO THEMSELVES: WHICH SHEW THE WORK OF THE TORAH WRITTEN IN THEIR HEARTS, THEIR CONSCIENCE ALSO BEARING WITNESS, AND [THEIR] THOUGHTS THE MEAN WHILE ACCUSING OR ELSE EXCUSING ONE ANOTHER;) IN THE DAY WHEN ALUAHYIM SHALL JUDGE THE SECRETS OF MEN BY YAHUWSHUA HAMESHIAKH ACCORDING TO MY GOOD NEWS. 16. OBEYING ALUAHYIM'S TORAH BEHOLD, THOU ART CALLED A YEHUDI , AND RESTEST IN THE TORAH, AND MAKEST THY BOAST OF ALUAHYIM, AND KNOWEST [HIS] WILL, AND APPROVEST THE THINGS THAT ARE MORE EXCELLENT, BEING INSTRUCTED OUT OF THE TORAH; ALL THE SCRIPTURES OF TRUTH, WHICH ARE PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE; FOR SETTING DOCTRINE IN A CLEAR LIGHT, AND FOR THE VINDICATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF IT, AND ARE THE RULE OF DOCTRINE BOTH TO PREACHERS AND HEARERS; AND WHICH ARE "PERFECT", CONTAIN THE WHOLE MIND AND WILL OF YHWH, BOTH WITH RESPECT TO FAITH AND PRACTICE; WHEREBY THE MAN OF YHWH IS MADE PERFECT, AND THOROUGHLY FURNISHED TO ALL GOOD WORKS, ; AND ESPECIALLY THE GOSPEL PART OF THE WORD OF YHWH MAY BE DESIGNED, WHICH BOTH IN THE OLD AND RENEWED COVENANT IS CALLED "A INSTRUCTION" OR "DOCTRINE", BEING EMINENTLY SO; 17. THE DOCTRINE OF THE MESHIAKH, AND OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE GOSPEL IS A PERFECT PLAN AND SCHEME OF SPIRITUAL AND SAVING TRUTHS: IT GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF PERFECT THINGS; AS OF THE PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS OF YAHUWSHUA, AND COMPLETE JUSTIFICATION BY IT; OF THE FULL AS WELL AS FREE PARDON OF SINS BY THE BLOOD OF YAHUWSHUA; AND OF REDEMPTION AND SALVATION FROM ALL SIN AND EVILS BY HIM: AND IT ALSO SHOWS WHERE TRUE PERFECTION IS; NAMELY, IN YAHUWSHUA, IN WHOM THE SAINTS ARE COMPLETE, BE BEING MADE TO THEM WISDOM, RIGHTEOUSNESS, SANCTIFICATION, AND REDEMPTION; THIS CHARACTER, THEREFORE, SUITS BETTER WITH THE GOSPEL THAN WITH THE MORAL LAW; THOUGH THAT, AS IT IS TO BE GATHERED OUT OF THE WHOLE WORD OF YHWH, CONTAINS THE GOOD AND PERFECT WILL OF YHWH, WITH RESPECT TO WHAT IS TO BE DONE OR AVOIDED; NOR IS ANYTHING TO BE ADDED TO IT; NOR DID OUR MESSIAH COME TO ADD UNTO IT, OR TO MAKE IT MORE PERFECT, BUT TO FULFIL IT, WHICH MEN COULD NOT DO; NOR COULD THE LAW MAKE ANY MAN OR ANYTHING PERFECT, EITHER PERFECTLY SANCTIFY, OR JUSTIFY, OR SAVE; WHEREAS THE BRINGING IN OF THE BETTER HOPE IN THE GOSPEL DOES, THE EFFECT, UNDER A DIVINE INFLUENCE AND BLESSING ASCRIBED TO IT, 18. ALL THE SCRIPTURES OF TRUTH, WHICH ARE PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE; FOR SETTING DOCTRINE IN A CLEAR LIGHT, AND FOR THE VINDICATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF IT, AND ARE THE RULE OF DOCTRINE BOTH TO PREACHERS AND HEARERS; AND WHICH ARE "PERFECT", CONTAIN THE WHOLE MIND AND WILL OF YHWH, BOTH WITH RESPECT TO FAITH AND PRACTICE; WHEREBY THE MAN OF YHWH IS MADE PERFECT, AND THOROUGHLY FURNISHED TO ALL GOOD WORKS, ; AND ESPECIALLY THE GOSPEL PART OF THE WORD OF YHWH MAY BE DESIGNED, WHICH BOTH IN THE OLD AND RENEWED COVENANT IS CALLED "A INSTRUCTION" OR "DOCTRINE", BEING EMINENTLY SO;