A Short Story

Deuteronomy 10
16 Circumcise the foreskin of your heart; and don't be stiff-necked any longer!

Romans 2
28For the real Jew is not merely Jewish outwardly: true circumcision is not only external and physical. On the contrary, the real Jew is one inwardly; and true circumcision is of the heart. It is spiritual not merely literal; so that his praise does not come from people but from YHWH.

Luke 14
11 Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but everyone who humbles himself will be exalted."

So.......

Proverbs 3
5 Trust in YHWH with all your heart and do not rely on your own understanding.

In fact.......

John 5
Yahusha said this to them: "Yes, indeed! I tell you that the Son cannot do a thing on his own, He only does what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does too.

That is why Yahusha could say.......

John 15
5 "I am the vine and you are the branches. Those who stay united with me, and I with them, are the ones who bear much fruit; because apart from me you can't do a thing.

You see.......

John 5
30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

Matthew 10
38 And anyone who does not take up his execution-stake and follow me is not worthy of me.

So.......

Proverbs 3
5 Trust in YHWH with all your heart and do not rely on your own understanding.

I repeat.......

John 14
1 Don't let yourselves be disturbed. Trust in YHWH and trust in me.

Why?

Romans 8
29 because those whom he knew in advance, he also determined in advance would be conformed to the pattern of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers;

So if you are His child, then trust in His Righteousness!
It is an honor to be called His child!
In fact.......

John 6
44 No one can come to me unless the Father -- the One who sent me -- draws him. And I will raise him up on the Last Day.

So think about this.......

Romans 3
27 What room is left for boasting? None at all! What kind of Torah excludes it? One that has to do with legalistic observance of rules? No, rather, a Torah that has to do with trusting.

You see.......

John 6
63 It is the Spirit who gives life, the flesh is no help. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life.

John 4
24 YHWH is spirit; and true worshippers must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Now.......

Romans 3
31 Does it follow that we abolish Torah by this trusting? Heaven forbid! On the contrary, we confirm Torah.

After all.......

James 2
26 Just as the body without a spirit is dead, so too trust without action is also dead.

So.......

Deuteronomy 10
16 Circumcise the foreskin of your heart; and don't be stiff-necked any longer!

Romans 2
28For the real Jew is not merely Jewish outwardly: true circumcision is not only external and physical. On the contrary, the real Jew is one inwardly; and true circumcision is of the heart. It is spiritual not merely literal; so that his praise does not come from people but from YHWH.

Shalom.

Barabba