Bear,

This is your website.

Yes, it is. The scripture promises in Joshua 1 that when we hear and do all of Jah’s Commandments we will make our way prosperous and have good success. In John 14 Jahshuwah says:

15. If you [really] love Me, you will keep (obey) My commands.
    
    

16. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever--
    
    

17. The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you [constantly] and will be in you.

I have obeyed His Commands and Jahuwah has fulfilled the above promise with me by coming and personally baptizing me in His Set-Apart Spirit. In John 14 Jahshuwah also says:

21. The person who has My commands and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I [too] will love him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself to him. [I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and make Myself real to him.]

Again, Jahshuwah and Jahuwah have fulfilled the above promise by showing themselves and manifesting themselves by giving me the largest group about law on Yahoo that I am aware of.

But in my 57 years I have NEVER heard of something so silly! I'm a Southern Baptist * * * *ian and I don't care if 'amen' was a caveman God (assuming what you say is true).

All you are doing is fulfilling scripture in a negative way. By saying this you are simply mocking my attempts at keeping Jah’s laws, statutes, and judgments. Look with me at Zephaniah 3 to which I add emphasis and comments:

1.   Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! (When you use a pagan deities name as an exclamation of agreement it makes you filthy and polluted.)
   
   

2.  She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; (You also obey not the voice of Jah’s Servant, me, and you receive not correction.) she trusted not in Jahuwah; she drew not near to her Mighty One.
   
   

3. Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
   
   

4. Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. (When you mock at Exodus 23:13 and Deuteronomy 12:3-4 by letting the names of pagan mighty ones come out of your lips and what you write you also have done violence to the law.)
   
   

5. The lawful, righteous Jahuwah is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. (Instead of being ashamed of violating Jah’s laws, you know no shame and mock me calling my attempts to keep His laws “silly.”)
   
   

6. I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
   
   

7. I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. (It appears to me that you have no fear of Jahuwah either.)
   
   

8. Therefore wait ye upon me, saith Jahuwah, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. (Based on this, do you think a disobedient Southern Baptist * * * *ian can escape the “fire of Jahuwah’s jealousy?”)
   
   

9. For then will I turn the necks of my people Yisra'el from futile, foolish words (Like the names of pagan gods incorporated into their speech), and enable them to speak a language that has had impure things removed (Like the names of pagan gods), ” to this, “For then will I turn the necks of my people Yisra'el from futile, foolish words (Like the names of pagan deities incorporated into their speech), and enable them to speak a language that has had impure things removed (Like the names of pagan deities), and that has been cleansed; a language that has been polished, sharpened and hewn to my decrees (Like Deut. 12:3-4 [1] & Exodus 23:13 [2]); a language that is the result of a searching out of and investigation into the truth in preparation for entering into a sacred office (That of serving Jahshuwah.), that they may all call out, recite, read, cry out, and proclaim the name and authority of Jahuwah, and work for and serve the only One of its kind, the united One in one yoke.

And look at what is promised these ones that speak a language that has had impure things removed and that has been cleansed; a language that has been polished, sharpened and hewn to Jah’s decrees by continuing in verse 10:

10. From the regions beyond the rivers of the Southernmost parts of Africa, Ethiopia, my worshippers, even the inhabitants of Tsion, the virgin daughters; those sent abroad as the scattering of broken pieces, shall bring me abundantly and with some violence my gifts and tribute.
    
    

11. In the day of your inauguration shall you not feel like those overwhelmed by unexpected calamity for all your wantonness and evil deeds wherein you have revolted against My covenant: for then I cause to depart from the midst of you them that rejoice in thy pride, (I feel like that is your pride talking when you say obeying Jahuwah’s Commands is “silly” and that you “don’t care.) and you shall no more be haughty because of my set-apart mountain.
    
    

12. I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of Jahuwah.
    
    

13. The remnant of Yisra'el shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. (In light of the condition of today’s governments, this is a valuable promise.)
    
    

14. Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Yisra'el; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
    
    

15. Jahuwah hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy (The governments of this world.): the king of Yisra'el, even Jahuwah, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. (Like cops shooting someone 23 times because they wouldn’t put down a pop can. Like tax collectors collecting taxes that exceed those provided for by the law.)
    
    

16. In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.” to this, “In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Tsion, Let not your hands be slack.”
    
    
17. Jahuwah your Mighty Creator in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
    
    
18. I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
    
    
19. Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict (This afflict is Strong’s H# 6031 and it means “to put down.” So, if you are putting me down by calling my rules based on Jahuwah’s Commandments respecting the name of pagan gods “silly” get ready to be undone.) thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. “This is in the same category as not having a * * * *mas tree because it was once a pagan practice.” is a quote and should be this color: But in my 57 years. In this phrase, “…else. J Look…” remove the “J”. This phrase, “…out of the forest [to make for himself a god],” should read, “out of the forest [to make for himself a idol]…” This phrase, “Jeremiah, one of the prophets Peter told to pay attention to,” should read, “Jeremiah, one of the prophets Peter told us to pay attention to…” This footnote, “[2] In all I have said to you take heed; do not mention the name of other gods [either in blessing or cursing]; do not let such speech be heard from your mouth. (emphasis added)” should read, “[2] In all I have said to you take heed; do not mention the name of other deities [either in blessing or cursing]; do not let such speech be heard from your mouth. (emphasis added)” The phone number and address needs to be changed to the ones in the signature line of this email.
    
    
20. At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes (Is this something we need today, or what??), saith Jahuwah. (I am going for being a “praise among all the people of the earth” and that seems like a noble goal to me.)

This is in the same category as not having a * * * *mas tree because it was once a pagan practice. 

Wow, you mean you would have one of those in your house or church?? You “Southern Baptist * * * *ians” are something else. J Look what I found in 2 Peter 3:2:

1. BELOVED, I am now writing you this second letter. In [both of] them I have stirred up your unsullied (sincere) mind by way of remembrance, 2 That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the set-apart prophets…

I’m pretty sure that “Southern Baptist * * * *ians” have Second Peter in your Scriptures, right? You believe Peter was an apostle, right? You believe Second Peter rightfully belongs in the canon of Scripture, right? Then, it must also follow, that you believe that you must be mindful of the words spoken by the set-apart prophets. Having arrived at this conclusion, lets see what one of those set-apart prophets said in Jeremiah 10:

1. HEAR THE word which Jahuwah speaks to you, O house of Yisra’el.
   
   

2. Thus says Jahuwah: Learn not the way of the [heathen] nations and be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens, though they are dismayed at them,
   
   

3. For the customs and ordinances of the peoples are false, empty, and futile; it is but a tree which one cuts out of the forest [to make for himself a god], the work of the hands of the craftsman with the ax or other tool.
   
   

4. They deck [the idol] with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers so it will not fall apart or move around.
   
   

5. [Their idols] are like pillars of turned work [as upright and stationary and immobile as a palm tree], like scarecrows in a cucumber field; they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it possible for them to do good [and it is not in them].

Jeremiah, one of the prophets Peter told to pay attention to, is telling you and I that a * * * *mas tree is the way of heathen nation; a way he is telling us not to learn in verse 2.

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