In chapter 12 Yahushua makes Himself known to the pharasees and tells them that the 'Son of man is Master Of The Sabbath.' So He continues to heal the sick on the Sabbath. We understand that the rules of not doing things on the Sabbath are rules created by Man.
We see that this is where the pharasees although they studied the scriptures they refused to believe what they were witnessing in front of them. Perhaps they knew the truth but chose to conceal it from the public because of their rules. They were convinced that Yahushua was working for Beelzebub (*often identified as another name for Satan* I suggest looking it up as different versions of the Bible say Demon or Beelzebub).
Yahushua continues to teach His disciples and followers telling them that if they blasphemed against the Holy Spirit they will not be forgiven and if they said anything about the son of Man they will be forgiven.
It makes me question my own spirit if I have ever blasphemed against the spirit or against the son of Man Yahushua. Of course in previous years prior to my spiritual journey I probably have. I repent of these things as I was not walking accordingly nor did I know I was doing anything wrong.
No one is perfect and we all fall short but because Father Yahuah is merciful He forgives if we go to Him with a repentant heart. At least this is my belief. I pray I am forgiven for the lack of understanding and wisdom of scripture during those times in my life.
We are all looking for signs as did the pharasees in His day. But Yahushua says the only sign is that the sign of Jonah. When he spent 3 days and nights in the belly of a large fish ð.
It's funny to me because just the other day I was questioning many things as we do on our spiritual journey but I asked for a sign myself and I was reminded of this exact verse.
While I am not looking for miraculous signs but more confirmation I still didn't receive it. I find that when I go through moments like this my Faith is challenged and from a human perspective it's frustrating and yet at the same time my spirit feels different as if it already knows the answers I'm searching for but I'm not ready to accept or receive them.
I think that my feelings only come from my flesh not from my spirit. That's why there is a separation at least this is what I'm beginning to understand. I don't need confirmation because I already know in my spirit. Those who have ears let them hear spiritually speaking... Maybe I'm not listening clearly ð...
By chapter 13 Yahushua is speaking in parables to help those who are open spiritually to understand what it's like to have Faith and the Holy Spirit vs not having them. As well as what the Kingdom of heaven is like.
As in the Parable of the Sower
Matthew 13:3-9
[3]Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
[4]As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
[5]Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
[6]But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
[7]Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
[8]Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
[9]Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
The deeper our Faith is the stronger the root is for it to produce fruit. For a long time in the beginning of my journey I felt like my faith was continually challenged as in this parable. I soon realized my Faith was not as strong as it needed to be or that I believed it was. That's when the real work began.
These days our Faith is challenged daily with new information that also challenges our belief system. There are a million things going on in the world today that we as humans if not on the right spiritual path will be distracted.
I felt my faith was like the seed in this parable each time evolving and maturing as I have been growing on this spiritual journey and more open to listen to the word and it's meaning. I find my that my faith is in the process of being the seed scattered in good soil so it could take root, grow and produce fruit. Because I'm homeless at the moment I have gone through more difficulty than most people and there has been a tremendous amount of discouraging things happening all around me and one being persecuted. It's not easy to accept it because I just want to fight back but at the same time Yahushua was persecuted too. Dispite all of the persecution I deal with and judgment from both so called believers and none believers I push through. Something I probably wouldn't have been able to do previously.
Matthew 13:10-17
[10]The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
[11]He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
[12]Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.
[13]This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
[14]In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
“ ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
[15]For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’
[16]But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
[17]For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
This is our current generation...Right Now... I believe Yahushua is speaking about our current time.
Yahushua says many parables that have made me think deeply about my beliefs and my faith as well as where I am spiritually.
The enemy will do everything in his power nowadays to bring to pass of the great falling away because his time is short.
The Vail between the physical and spiritual realms is thinning greatly. Things are taking place that humanity may not be entirely ready for and the time of disception is happening now. Pretty soon I believe we will see the rise of the anti Messiah.
This is why your faith has to be strong from the roots so you can produce good fruit and Yahushua can remain with you.
These parables can be applied to your spiritual growth right now if you stop and take a moment to realize where you are at spiritually.
To me and I will forever continue to say this because it's true. The Bible itself is not the original text and there fore I believe has been altered. We have to have the holy spirit within us to be able to discern properly what is True and what we need to question. We have to take what we are told about the existence of humanity with a grain of salt not accepting it but properly discerning it through the wisdom of the Holy Spirit.
As I always say the Bible is not the original text and is infact altered in more ways than one. These alterations are in place just like the parables to be able to test Father's people in to clearly hearing the truth.
Yahushua used the parables and we have the Bible written in many different versions of translation and yet some have or include others don't include. Books from the original text were taken out so keep that in mind as well.
I believe Father allows these things to happen to test His children His people. Because we are living in the last days our Faith is challenged daily to strengthen us in Yahushua and our understanding of the time we are living in.
We are not meant to have all the answers infact it says lean not on your own understanding. Many people study the Bible as if studying from a textbook in school however for me personally I let the wisdom, discernment and understanding come through the Holy Spirit as I am lead to read passages and verses.
Some people get in to seeking out information and you can then tell it's not led by the Holy Spirit its led by their urgency of gaining knowledge of the information.
However I believe when the time is right things will be revealed to us naturally because the things I currently know and understand are extremely hard to accept as truth if you don't have the spiritual eyes to see or your faith is not strong enough.
It's true that Father's timing is extremely slow at times from a human perspective however there are things that from a human perspective we would not be able to wrap our minds around. Perhaps the idea of time doesn't exist for Father because He sees and knows everything. This is a time for grace and an opportunity to strengthen our spiritual life ð.
I've applied these parables in to my own spiritual life and I see the things I struggle with and still need to work on. But this gives me hope that I'm growing spiritually and that's important.
Anyways as always I'm going to link the video of Matthew chapters 12 and 13 below ð
I continue to encourage you all to listen or read these chapters and see how they apply to your own spiritual life.
Much Love
Ruth4Yah
