Answer to Your Questions - Summer 2016
By DON ESPOSITO
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Question: Where in the bible can I find peace and courage to really forgive my partner and father of my children and the other woman for committing adultery?
Answer: Rom 3:10-23 clearly states that all humans are sinners in need of death. It doesn’t matter whether one committed adultery, and another may have pride, or committed anger as anger in scripture is compared with murder which brings a death penalty. Each person who ever lived (except Yahshua our savior) have committed sins worthy of the death penalty.
The way we have this penalty paid for is by repenting for our sins and accepting Yahshua’s death in replacement for our death and being baptized in His name and having an elder lay on you for the receiving of the Holy Spirit.
But scripture states in order to accept the blood of Yahshua in replacement for your death for your sins, you must also forgive others and if you don’t forgive others than your sins will not be forgiven.
Mat 6:12 and forgive us our offenses as we also have forgiven those who have offended us.
Mat 6:13 And do not lead us into trial, but deliver us from the evil one, for Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Mat 6:14 For if you forgive men their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Mat 6:15 But if you will not forgive men their transgressions, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.
If we do not forgive everyone who has sinned against us it will prevent us daily to pray to our heavenly Father and have Him forgive our sins. This should give us pity on others as we also need pity for our own sins.
Question: There are so many who claims to be the true congregation of YAHSHUA: All different Church of God groups etc… How will a person know for certain which follows the truth?
Answer: Please read elder Don’s free book on-line called The Gates of Hell will not prevail against Her. Also, look at Isa 8:20
Isa 8:20 To the Torah and to the Testimony! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because there is no light to them!
If a congregation is not obeying the Torah including honoring the very name of the Creator Yahweh they would not be part of His true congregation. Also, Acts 4:12 clearly states there is only one name in Heaven and earth where men can be saved, and that name is Yahshua not ‘jesus’.
Act 4:12 And there is salvation in no other man, for neither is there any other name under Heaven having been given among men by which we must be saved.
Names in languages are not translated but transliterated, meaning they are basically the same with small phonetic differences. Moshe transliterates as Moses, Daveed, as David, and the name of the Son of Yahweh is Yahshua, which transliterates in English as Jashua. Also, remember that when the English language started about 400 years ago that the letter “J” was pronounced as a “Y”. This is still true today in German such as the name written Joel would be pronounced Yoel.
Also, remember the original New Testament was written in Aramaic not Greek. Please see lesson 3 and lesson 10 on the name of Yahweh the Creator.
Question: Please explain Exo 20:5-6 visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Answer: There are generational curses for some sins such as divorce, alcohol abuse etc., that can bring curses down to several generations. However the following scripture shows that all curses can be broken by the blood of Messiah.
Gal 3:13 Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Torah, having become a curse for us; for it has been written, “Cursed is everyone having been hung on a tree;
Question: What does scripture say about a man wearing a Kippur or skull cap as the Jews do?
Answer:
1st Cor 11: 4 Everyman praying or prophesying, having anything down over his head, dishonors his head.
Clearly scripture tells us that man was made in the image of Yahweh and it would be dishonoring Him to wear anything on our head during our service . Also, the Jewish Kippur comes from the false god Hermes and is totally pagan from sun worship. It was instituted during the reign of the evil priest Jason who was a Hellenizer, and trying to please the Greeks by forming the Greek pagan customs on the Jewish nation. Look at what the Historical book of Macabees says about the Jewish Kippur and its origin.
2nd Maccabees 4:7 But after the death of Seleucus, when Antiochus called Epiphanes took the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias worked deceitfully to be the high priest.
2nd Maccabees 4:9 besides this, he promised to assign an hundred and fifty more talents of silver, if he might have permission to set up a gymnasium , and for training up the youth in the fashion of the heathen,
2nd Maccabees 4:10 Which when the King had granted, and he had gotten into his hand the rule, he (Jason) continued in all things to bring his own nation to the Greek fashion.
2nd Maccabees 4:11 And the royal privileges granted special favor to the Jews by means of John the father of Eupolemus, who went as an Ambassador to Rome for amity and aid, that was taken away, and he also put down the governments that were set up according to Torah, and he brought up new customs of the pagans that were against the Torah;
2nd Maccabees 4:12 for he gladly built a place of exercise (gymnasium) under the tower itself, and brought even the most noble young men under his subjection, and made them even wear the Greek sun cap.
2nd Maccabees 4:13 Now such was the height of the Greek fashion, and the increase of heathenish manners, through the exceeding profanes of Jason, that ungodly wretch, and no High priest.
Clearly, if men are created in the image of Yahweh, then they should not cover their heads in the assembly, and most of all they should not wear a pagan kipper that is fashioned after the sun. You can see many kippers in ancient Greek and Roman statues to their false gods, as it is supposed to give a power for special knowledge, interesting enough even the pope wears this pagan symbol. The scripture is also clear on this matter that women do not need a clothe wrap on their head, but their LONG HAIR is their covering and men don’t need a pagan kipper, but should have short neat hair in the assembly to give honor to Yahweh in whose image we are created.
You can read more on women head coverings at www.coyhwh.com in the study section.