We are called to be both salt and light, truth and love/‘kindly honest’.
We cannot say that we follow Yeshua, our Messiah, without following and ‘teaching all that He commanded’. Many will make false or inaccurate statements saying that God is ‘love’ (only) or that God is truth (only), but He is BOTH equally. He cannot be one…
We are called to be both salt and light, truth and love/‘kindly honest’.
We cannot say that we follow Yeshua, our Messiah, without following and ‘teaching all that He commanded’. Many will make false or inaccurate statements saying that God is ‘love’ (only) or that God is truth (only), but He is BOTH equally. He cannot be one without the other. It’s why He is the perfect Father.
There are many ‘doctrinally illiterate’ people (I was one of them) who claim to ‘dislike the God of the Old Testament’ which is a heretical, to say the least. Why? Because He is the same God in the TaNAKh, as in the New Covenant. Same book--different sections.
He is the same ONE--the same today, yesterday and eternally--God, the Father, His Son, our Messiah, and Spirit, Helper/Advocate, they are ECHAD (one). The Son (Yeshua/Jesus) and Spirit always do the will of the Father because they are ECHAD--therefore, if we claim to follow after Yeshua, as true disciples, then we must also imitate Him and be salt and light!
When we present truth, it must be done with love, joy, shalom, patience, goodness, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control. We are called to love others as ourselves-treat them with respect even when you disagree with them. I had to learn all of this the hard way. I also learned that when I speak from a place of faith, and not from a place of doubt/fear, I will consistently do to others what I would want others to do to me. Yeshua/Jesus said it best:
‘ Always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that sums up the teaching of the Torah and the Prophets.’ (Yeshua)
@Jeff Agreed.
We are called to be both salt and light, truth and love/‘kindly honest’.
We cannot say that we follow Yeshua, our Messiah, without following and ‘teaching all that He commanded’. Many will make false or inaccurate statements saying that God is ‘love’ (only) or that God is truth (only), but He is BOTH equally. He cannot be one without the other. It’s why He is the perfect Father.
There are many ‘doctrinally illiterate’ people (I was one of them) who claim to ‘dislike the God of the Old Testament’ which is a heretical, to say the least. Why? Because He is the same God in the TaNAKh, as in the New Covenant. Same book--different sections.
He is the same ONE--the same today, yesterday and eternally--God, the Father, His Son, our Messiah, and Spirit, Helper/Advocate, they are ECHAD (one). The Son (Yeshua/Jesus) and Spirit always do the will of the Father because they are ECHAD--therefore, if we claim to follow after Yeshua, as true disciples, then we must also imitate Him and be salt and light!
When we present truth, it must be done with love, joy, shalom, patience, goodness, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control. We are called to love others as ourselves-treat them with respect even when you disagree with them. I had to learn all of this the hard way. I also learned that when I speak from a place of faith, and not from a place of doubt/fear, I will consistently do to others what I would want others to do to me. Yeshua/Jesus said it best:
‘ Always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that sums up the teaching of the Torah and the Prophets.’ (Yeshua)
Yes, any truth out of balance is heresy. He is both love and truth equally!