Abiding in Yeshua's Love and Light

We're going to find out who loves Yeshua. We're going to find out who loves the commandments as we continue down this road to the very end of the age. We're going to find out, and everybody's going to hold on to their religion and their guns. Go right ahead, and you're going to see what happens with that. These passages are not identical descriptions of the same event, but they share a theological distinction or difference or separation between genuine fellowship and love of God and separation from Him, which is darkness. John 15:9-17: Abiding in His Love. Yeshua continues, John 15:10: "If you keep My commandments, that's a big 'if.' If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love." Isn't that beautiful? So, again, a very simple statement, not complex, not a bunch of commas that you have to break down. "If you keep my commandments, Chadwick keeps my commandments, he will abide in my love.

If Chadwick does not keep my commandments, he will not abide in my love." So, again, it's very simple to understand what Yeshua said. If one loves God and Yeshua and the Holy Spirit, if one loves His commandments, His statutes, His ordinances, if one loves the way that He is—why do I say that? That's who He is. That's who the God of Israel is. That's who the Almighty is. That's who Yeshua is: His commandments. He's breathed them out of His mouth, His holy, sovereign, divine, righteous mouth. I mean, how dare anyone say that His commandments are done away with? That is absolutely an abomination, heresy, and blasphemy for anybody to say that the Father's commandments are done away with. And Christians, no, I'm not talking about sacrificing animals because that's the only thing that people can think of when you think about the Torah in Christianity is sacrificing. That's how deceived these people are.

So, no, keep His commandments, or you do not abide in Yeshua's love. Why? Because John 14:15, He and the Father are one. He was the One on Mount Sinai who spoke them out to Moses. Yeshua did. Do you think He's going to go against that now? Go, please go read it, and let's get educated. Exodus 24: The 70 elders, Joshua, Moses, they saw the God of Israel. No one has ever seen God's face. So, who did they see? Yeshua Messiah. Messiah says in John 8, "Before Abraham was, I am." When He says "I am," most Jewish people would understand He's saying that He is God. Going back to Exodus 3:14, "I am." Well, if He's "I am," and He's the Word made flesh, and He was in the beginning with God, and He's the fire by night, the cloud by day, from Egypt to Mount Sinai, what do you think He did? Just went back up to heaven and said, "You know what? Okay, y'all got it down here. Moses, you got it." No, He stayed with them.

Fire by night, cloud by day, and the rock, the water from the rock, all of these things. And He was on Mount Sinai explaining these things to Moses because no one has ever seen God's face. Even Moses didn't see God's glory. Remember what he said in Exodus 34? "I will show you my goodness, Moses, but no one can see my glory." And He showed him His back. So, that kind of makes the point that Yeshua was on Mount Sinai, the Word made flesh, to speak out the Word to Moses. It's kind of like the opposite of the transfiguration. Remember when Yeshua went up on the Mount of Transfiguration with Peter, John, and James, and it was on the Feast of Tabernacles? "I'm going to build booths for Elijah, you, and Moses." And He was up there talking to Elijah and Moses. So, it's just the reverse, everybody. Moses and Elijah were talking to Yeshua in the Gospels, 2,000 years ago. And then at Mount Sinai, Yeshua was explaining the Word of God to Moses to explain to the people, the Word made flesh.

Anytime there was a divine appointment on this earth, Yeshua was here on this earth. Please, Joshua 5: "The Commander of the Lord's armies." Who is that? Yeshua. Revelation 19: "The Commander of the Lord's armies." So, we have to understand Yeshua manifested Himself to the people whenever God wanted Him to, the Father wanted Him to. So, Exodus 24, please go back and read that, or go back and read the story of Exodus from the fire by night, the cloud by day. All Christians know that was Jesus. Well, Jesus was on Mount Sinai as well. Tell them, Moses, the Word of God, the Word made flesh, the Advocate, the Mediator between heaven and earth. Who is that? That's Yeshua. So, we have to understand this because, again, Christians don't think that Yeshua's commandments are the Father's commandments, which I'm not sure what they're reading. They need to go back and read Genesis to Revelation to get the proper understanding, to read the New Testament, to read the Gospel accounts, to read the Apostle Paul.

I mean, how in the world can you read the New Testament if you don't know the original revelation of the Torah, the Prophets, and the Psalms? It's not called the Old Testament. I mean, that is, in my mind, absolutely a disgrace to say. It's not old; it's living. It's righteous. It's divine. It's sovereign. It's right now. And it's forever, the Word of Elohim. And who in the world has the authority to say that the Word of God is done away with? Anybody? I don't think so. Not even Yeshua, not even Paul, no one had the ability to tell the Father His commandments are done away with. Goodness gracious. I mean, where have we gone with theology? This is simple to understand if you just read the Holy Bible. So, again, Christianity is way off with following the Father. Judaism is way off by following the Son. You can't follow one or the other. You have to follow both because they're echad. They're one.

Follow one, if that makes sense. As we continue forward, if you love Me. Amen. And amen. So now let's bring in 1 John 2:9-10. John explains that the person who loves his brother abides in the light, while the person who hates his brother remains in darkness. This is a direct connection. John 15 teaches abiding in Messiah's love. First John teaches abiding in the light through love. And Revelation 22 describes the final dwelling place of God's redeemed servants in His presence. There is a consistent relationship between love, obedience, fellowship, and eternal life, my friends. John 15:18-2: The world hates those who belong to Yeshua, truly to Yeshua.

John 15:19 states, "Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." If you are popular and have many friends in the world, you should revisit Yeshua's words, as He spoke them for a reason. If you are not facing persecution or hatred, and your life is consistently easy, you might question if you are fulfilling God's will. Life will not always be pleasant; there will be persecution.

The scriptures say that if the prophets were persecuted before you, you will be as well. If you are following God's commandments and doing His will, you will face persecution. This is not negativity; it's simply the truth. We are not greater than the Master. If the Master was persecuted, we will be too. If the prophets were persecuted, we will be persecuted. Following God's commandments and fulfilling your role in His kingdom, whatever your spiritual gifts or purpose, is what matters. If we are not following Him, we are darkness.

This connects with John 3:19, where people love darkness rather than light. It also relates to 1 John 3:13-14, where John warns believers not to be surprised if the world hates them and emphasizes love for fellow believers. This highlights the distinction between those who belong to Messiah and a world that rejects Him. However, this does not mean we should hate the world, but rather overcome evil with good. John 3:16 teaches that God loved the world, and Yeshua commands His disciples to love one another, including their enemies.

To be a child of light means more than just saying the right words, false worship, or recognizing prophetic signs. It means knowing Yeshua, loving Him, keeping His commandments, abiding in Him, loving one another, and bearing fruit. In Genesis, John states that Yeshua brought light into the world. In John 14:15, He teaches His disciples how to remain in fellowship with Him by following His Father's commandments.

Believers are instructed in 1 John to walk in the light. If we are not following the commandments, how can we walk in the light? We must walk in the light by following the commandments of Yahweh and Yeshua. In 1 Thessalonians 5, believers are called children of light as they await the day of the Lord. In Revelation 21:22, God's redeemed servants dwell eternally in His light.

In John 12:36, Yeshua says, "While you still have the light, believe in the light that you may become sons of the light." This directly links John 1 with 1 Thessalonians 5:5. Yeshua speaks of becoming sons of light, and Paul later identifies believers as sons of light and sons of the day who keep the times and seasons and understand these things, and keep the commandments.

In conclusion, the light is revealed, people are called to believe in the light, disciples are instructed to abide in the light, and the redeemed ultimately dwell in His everlasting light. The light is revealed; people are called to believe in the light; disciples are commanded and instructed to abide in that light and in Him; and the redeemed ultimately dwell in His everlasting light in the new Jerusalem.