Deceitful heart & Relationship

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In Hebrew it reads: akove lev makole deceitful is the heart

Akove is the same root that is found in the nameYakov or better known as Jacob that means heelcatcher or schemer. In the story of Jacob we readabout a man who deceived his father by acting to behis brother in order to attain the possession of hisbrothers birthright. The heart is just as deceitful inputting on a disguise and acting in a way in order toconceal the truth and to deceive others. We put onmasks to hide our true motives and mislead others bythe deception that is seated within our hearts. We

sometimes tell the facts in such a way so that we look like the innocent victim and theother party is portrayed as the bad one. All of this craftiness comes from our evilhearts and we need to be aware of this flaw inside every one of us. Everybody have

a deceitful heart and our hearts are a mess, that is why we need YHVH to exposeour hearts so that we can see what is our true motives or conviction so that we canchange.

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To illustrate this more clearly, lets use the example on the Sabbath. Some believersbelieve to keep the Sabbath and others believe to keep the Sunday and othersbelieve you can keep any day. When you, as a Sabbath keeper, see these peoplenot observing the Sabbath, your deceitful heart judges them and you feel morerighteous than them. You see them as unrighteous and you elevate yourself abovethem because you are right and they are wrong. Shame on you! Your heart dressyou up (just like Jacob) to be proud and you judge and accuse people around you.

When you see fellow believers doing the Sabbath, but they do not do it exactly asyou, you lift the eyebrow and make a comment about them doing it wrong orcompromising. Shame on you!

On the other hand if believers are not convicted to do the Sabbath their hearts rise upand produce logic why they do not keep the Sabbath. Their hearts produce logicalreasoning why they can excuse themselves from doing YHVHs Word or it dressthem up in pride and holiness to look down on those who do not have theirconviction. Both of these attitudes are wrong and spring forth from a deceitful heart.

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Who can know your deceitful heart? Only someone who stands on the outside andhave a clear view of what is right and what is wrong, only YHVH can do this. Theword used for reins or innermost thoughts is the same word used for kidneys andthey are the seat of your desire YHVH knows what lies behind your thoughts andyour desires.

Satan is very creative and come up with logic that takes its seat in your heart. Whatis the desire that lies behind the logic you adopt? Your desires come from yourdeceitful heart and cause you to reason in a certain way. It is the ground for Satan

to sow his seed and when the seed brings forth fruit, you will be convinced by thislogic to defend your behaviour.

YHVH judges a man according to his path and the fruit of his deeds. Note that it isnot according to his deeds that he will be judged, but by the fruit of his deeds will hebe judged. Why is this? You might do a small thing that is wrong, but there might beeyes watching you. Your kids will see what your do and will follow in your example.Other believers or even unbelievers may be watching you and will justify their actionsbased upon yours and you may cause them to stumble. You as a parent or a leader;people do not do what you say but will do what you do. Lead by example. Rememberthis always! You as a leader or a parent will get a greater judgement because youractions directed the behaviour of your children and of others you lead and you will bejudged by this fruit.

Fruit comes from a seed that is a very small thing. The seed might be a good deedor a mitzvot that you sow in someones life that can cause the persons walk.Overcome the bad by doing good and always operate in the opposite spirit to breakthe bad cycle caused by a deceitful heart.


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Is the way you interpret the Scripture the right way or are you misled by your deceitfulheart that bias you to one side of the Truth and skew your believes in one or theother direction. A good example of this is back in the time of the Civil war in Americawhere the majority of the people were Christians and knew their Bibles. North went towar against the South and everybody thought they were doing it according toScripture. The North did not believe in slavery and emphasize the New Testamentverses that said that we are set free in Messiah. The South believed in slavery andbased their believes on the Word where it tells you to treat your slaves well. Bothsides saw this in Scripture and thought YHVH was in their corner and supporting theiractions. Why is it that these two groups who both claim that they got their views fromScripture be so wrong? Both used examples in Scripture and interpreted to suit theirview. How can I know that through my deceitful heart that I will interpret Scripturecorrectly? How do I know my theology is correct?

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Paul went to Berea and taught the Word and revealed the Messiah from theScriptures to them. The people of Berea received the Word with openness andeagerness BUT they also examined what they heard daily, comparing it to theScripture to see if it was so. They were noble minded and the Greek word for noble iseugenes that is where we get the word eugenics from that means a good breed.These people were noble and well bread. What made them of a higher standard?They were eager to embrace a message that sound beautiful and sound good, butthey searched the Scriptures to see it was the truth. This is the ideal, this is where wemust aim to be, but we sometimes find our selves in one of two extreme categories.

On the one hand we get people that will receive EVERYTHING thatsound good to them. They will hear something and receive it, hearsomething else and receive that, without checking if it harmonise withScripture and they will be blown to and fro by every doctrine, Paulwarned us against this in Eph 4:14. We can chase the wrong thingsfor the wrong reasons and end up unstable and confused.

On the opposite of this extreme we find peoplethat will only hear things they already believe.They are not teachable and will only receivethings that will confirm their rigid doctrines they believe. Thesepeople will never learn anything new and it is very hard for

them to filter out the lies they believe.

Our attitudes should not be either of these extremes, we should want things that arethe truth and change if we find it. We must want to know more about what YHVHswill is, attain it at any cost, check it against Scripture, and change accordingly.

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Messiah promise that His Spirit will lead us in all truth, He will not make you or driveyou to believe it, you have to look for it and your heart must be teachable and havethe right motives to filter out false good sounding false doctrine. It is still yourresponsibility and choice weather you will accept it or not. Get into the habit toexercise the Word on a daily basis, then you will be like the Bereans and stay eagerand pure before YHVH our Father.

There are two types of judging; the first way to judge isseen in the Book of Judges where YHVH appointedJudges or Leaders who judged the people or lead thepeople. Solomon is a good example of such a Judgewhere he used his wisdom to sort out any disputes. Theother type of judging is when you elevate yourself andyou decide I am right and you are wrong, based uponyour own understanding. What is wrong with the secondtype of judging? You are not appointed as a leader overthat brother to make decisions or declarations of what is right and what is wrong. Itcan only be an appointed judge or leader, that is independent, that can judgebetween two parties to assist in sorting out the issue or setting something straight.When you have an issue AND you judge, the setup is wrong because you are not aoutsider, but are involved and will swing the verdict in your favour and mightpervert the outcome or the truth. Can I judge my brother? Only if you are appointedby YHVH as a leader over him and you are not personally involved in the argumentor dispute that needs resolving. When you have an opinion and your brother have adifferent opinion and you disagree or have a dispute over it, you should seek thewisdom of someone independent or search the Scripture together to see the whatYHVH says about the issue.

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When you see someone doing something that is not Scriptural, what thoughts gothrough your mind? You think they are wrong and I am right, look at them howthey do itthey compromise Your deceitful heart elevates your self to a higherlevel than your brother and you judge him and you compare your actions againsthis actions and this makes you feel more righteous. This is the wrong way ofperusing righteousness; you should compare yourself with the Word and not withyour brother. The Word is like a mirror where you see your self, comparing yourselfwith the Messiah allowing His Spirit to change you.

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When you see your brother do something wrong, pray for him and ask YHVH tochange his heart or go to your brother in love and discuss the Scripture with him sothat you can convince him of the truth. You can not judge anybody and you can onlybe hard on yourself. It is better to worship on the wrong day with the right spirit thanto worship on the right day with the wrong spirit. Think about it. You can not be theaccuser or the judge of your brothers and sisters in Messiah.


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Those two positions have already been taken, Satan is the accuser of the brethrenand Yshua is the Judge, you are appointed as a Servant of your Master Yshua andyou serve your brethren in love as He commanded. You can ONLY speak intosomeones life if that person allows you or if you are appointed by YHVH to leadpeople spiritually.

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Massah means temptation and Meribah means quarrel or dispute. We read inHebrews 4 where the writer is teaching from thee passages:

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Today if you hear His Voice, do not harden your hearts as in Massah and Meribah.Israel was in the palm of YHVHs hand and He led and protected them but theycomplained when they were tested. They had the faith to leave Egypt but did nothave enough faith to go into Canaan and a generation had to die because they didnot believe. We see the same thing today where there are a lot of Reborn Believerswho came form bondage and through the Blood of the Lamb, but they are spirituallydead.

All believers have left Egypt (sin & bondage) by grace through faith but not all havethe love and obedience to continue on the road to Canaan. This road is not a choicelike leaving Egypt, it is a tough road through the Wilderness full of tests, trials andtribulations to expose your deceitful heart?

We see two things from Ps 95; the flock in YHVHs hand and a warning to this flocknot to harden their hearts as they are led by the Fathers hand. What is interesting isthat YHVH tested Israel and they also tested YHVH. Is this not what a relationship ismade of; testing of both parties to bring out the real character of each person? ByIsrael testing YHVH they got to know a side of Him they would have never thoughtexisted and He tested them to expose the deepest parts of their deceitful hearts.


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One example of a relationship that is tested is the relationship between parents andtheir children. Isnt your children the ones you love more than anybody on this earthand arent they the ones that make you the angriest and that test you to the extreme?Their deceitful hearts test your love and patience; His people tested Him the sameway. The punishment for Israel was not to enter into His Rest, His Sabbath. Somepeople think that entering into His Sabbath is a punishment in it self. Heb 4 comparesthe Sabbath to eternal life and is the reward for enduring in faith through lifes trialsand tribulations.

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The labour is the where we have to stand in faith through trials and tribulations whereour hearts are being tested so that we can be ready to enter into the Promised Landalso called His Rest. This concept of Salvation is compared to the Rest or Sabbathof YHVH, which is the state YHVH experienced before creation as well as on theseventh day of Creation. This is the state man has fallen from and where manneeds to be restored back to.

The Sabbath Rest is about spending time with your Father and havinga love relationship with Him. It is not the love and punish relationshipyou sometimes experience with a rebellious child but it is arelationship based on full submission and humility, love and trust thatis enjoyable. It is where the relationship between YHVH and yourselfhas reached maturity. This relationship will also exist when you enterHis Rest or Eternal Life of which the Sabbath is a picture of.

Eternal Life = Canaan = Rest = Mature Relationship = Sabbath

I only accepted everything my father taught me once I had my own children, thenonly could I understand where he was coming from and the rebellion within ourrelationship totally disappeared and became a more mature relationship. It is byhaving the same responsibilities as a father that you can appreciate the teachings ofyour father and where your relationship with your father can grow into maturity. In thesame way YHVH give us spiritual children to look after so that it can take ourrelationship with Him to the next level.

We have looked at the first type of relationship with YHVH; theMature Relationship. Now we will look at the second type ofrelationship; the immature Relationship that relates to the journeythrough the wilderness just after Israel left Egypt.

Life = Wilderness = Labour = Immature Relationship = 6 Days

A relationship between parents and their children is a good exampleof an immature relationship and an example of a mature relationshipis one between a husband and his wife. The immature relationshipmain purpose is to teach and to learn and the mature relationshipsmain purpose is intimacy and multiplication.


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Have you ever dealt with a rebellious child? The basis of your relationship with thatchild is based upon anger, frustration, emotion, rectifying, rebellion, spite, correction,punishment, laying down the rules, reemphasizing the rules est. Does this sound likethe relationship YHVH had with Israel when they travelled through the Wilderness?There is not a lot of room for love, peace, joy est. For this relationship to maturesomething has to give. Either the parents give up and the child totally rebel and leavethe home with no relationship at all, or the child repents and adhere to the learningprocess and become like the parents growing into a intimate relationship with Him.

This is what we see in the early stages between YHVH and Israel; they were veryimmature in their relationship with Him and He had to lay the ground rules and teachthem for the love relationship to grow through trials and tests so that they couldbecome like Him.

A mature relationship is seen between a husband and his wife who have a goodmarriage. There will be Shalom or peace in the relationship and this rest is theenvironment to live out the love between the two parties. Yshua is the Groom andwe are His Bride and we need to learn the basis of a mature relationship so that theenvironment may be right for us to enjoy each others love. Then we can haveintimacy in that Rest and multiply by bringing people into the Kingdom throughdiscipleship. They are the offspring or your children as a result of your intimaterelationship with YHVH. This cycle repeats it self with you being the parent and thenew believer being the child and through discipleship, he or she will learn the basisof having a relationship with their Father. They will go through the Wilderness stageof their relationship with YHVH and you have to support them. This relationship willeventually mature over time through tests trials and tribulations and they will growinto being the Bride stage of their relationship with YHVH. They will then experienceHis Shalom and His Rest and produce offspring (new believers) through theirintimate relationship with Him and disciple them.

The six days we labour is compared to our relationship with YHVH where we arebeing discipled and tested and the seventh day of rest or the Sabbath, is the time of

intimacy for mature believers to maintain their relationship with YHVH and receive sothat they can give to the people they need to disciple. It is also the time for newbelievers to learn the ways of their Father and to be exposed to the higher form ofrelationship with Him. It is also a time of learning and preparation so that we can beequipped for the tests and trials of the coming week. Where are you in yourrelationship with Him? Are you in a Child-Father relationship or are you in a BrideGroom relationship with Him? To help you to find out, here are some pointers to seewhere you are:

Child-Father Relationship:

o Find it difficult to read the Word spontaneously have to makeyourself do it.

o Do not have a set time for studying the Scripture on a dailybasis.

o Have to force yourself to think on YHVHs things during theweek or even during the day. Not spontaneous.

o Have a lot of your own plans and desires and want to achievemuch in this world with the help of YHVH.

o Live in fear or can easily get anxious about situations.o Is not stable in your faith and changes what you believe

regularly flavour of the week, month, year.o You struggle to keep your tongue under control (slander foul language)


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o Your fruit does not always line up with your faith.o You struggle to keep your emotions under control (anger)o You struggle to live out the fruit of the Spirit (love, kindness, goodness,

patience, joy, meekness, self control.

If you have some or a lot of the attributes listed above, it does not mean that you arenot saved, it just mean that you are in a process of learning and YHVH is teachingyou through trials and tribulations to expose your deceitful heart so that you can workon that area. If you have a lot of issues in your life you have to sort out, you will havea lot of tests that will come your way. The best way to deal with this is throughhumility and to ask YHVH to help you to overcome. He will take you from one level toanother and help you to get Egypt out of you, that is what the Wilderness is designedfor.

The main thing you can do to speed up the Wilderness process is to get yourself in adaily routine of praying and studying the Word and making the right decisions for theday before you start your day. For example; if you struggle with anger, ask YHVH tohelp you to be patient and make a decision before your day starts that you will notget angry or loose your temper today. This will make you conscious of your problemand you will have greater success than just to go into the day and repent after ithappened. Remember the routine is very important and it is like training at the Gym.You have to go there every day to see results.

Bride-Groom Relationship:

o You study the Scripture on a daily basis spontaneouslybecause you want to.

o You think daily on YHVHs things and He is constantly inyour thoughts.

o You pray continually during the day as things happen youask His counsel and His Will.

o You are totally sold out to Him and His Will is what matters

in life. You have no great plans for yourself unless ifcomes from Him.o You know that you are 100% dependant upon Him for

everything and you trust him on a daily basis.o You know your weaknesses and bring it before him every day to help you to

become more like Him.o You pry for the people who are against you and you ask for favour and

wisdom in every situation.o You forgive easily and repent quickly and understand that it can destroy your

relationship with Him.o You find the Sabbath is a delight and cannot get enough of His Word and love

to discuss His Word with other people.o You are humble and submit under His Word and do the least of the

Commandments in order to please Him.o You understand the importance of setting the right example at all times and

that you will lead or mislead people through your actions.o You are madly in love with YHVH and cannot wait for His Coming and to be

with Him.o You know YHVHs Character and know what He likes and dislikes and do

things that strengthen your relationship with Him.


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In a mature Relationship with your heavenly Father, you can enter into His Rest(Sabbath) and experience intimacy with Him that will build you up and you willexperience a love relationship with Him that will produce fruit (offspring/newbelievers).

If you do not practice to enter into His Rest, you stand the risk of falling away frombeing in His hand after you left Egypt, before you enter Canaan, and yourrelationship with Him will never grow to maturity. Let us all fear because we all havethe potential to fall away because of our deceitful hearts. Have enough faith to holdon and stand during the times of your immaturity until your salvation can be securedthrough your love relationship and total submission unto Him and His Word.

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