Revelation 22:14 BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS, THAT THEY MAY HAVE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE, AND MAY ENTER IN THROUGH THE GATES INTO THE CITY.

So, only if you keep the commandments of God, shall you have access to this tree, AND enter into the city that Yahshua have prepared for you. Now you must learn the commandments.

Matthew 22:35-40 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in The law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy HEART, and with all thy SOUL, and with all thy MIND. This is the first and great commandment.

This is in fact the first and greatest, because if you love him, you will put no other god before him, and you will be obedient to him, IF he's your god. Also consider that you are right now, using your mind to read his commandments right now. If you love him with all your mind, then you would also use your mind to KEEP his commandments. This is why Paul says in

Romans 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with THE MIND I MYSELF SERVE THE LAW OF GOD; but with THE FLESH THE LAW OF SIN.

p> Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but HE THAT DOETH THE WILL OF MY FATHER which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

All of these people have taken the name of the Lord, and have performed all of these wonderful works in the name of the Lord. But instead of getting the reward of the righteous...)

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

I pray that I won't be in THAT number. I pray that you won't likewise be among that number, also. One thing that should be understood is that Yahshua didn't reject these because of their good works, he rejected them because they did NOT do the will of the father, and that's to keep the commandments. Here in this present time, you have a multitude of people that are doing all of these wonderful works in the name of Jesus. They are preaching, "casting out devils," and doing all kinds of wonderful works, but they are not keeping and teaching Yahweh's laws and statutes, so these are what he referred to as "workers of iniquity."

Hebrews 6:4-7 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

(Once again, here we have an example of those who have taken the name of the Lord thy God.)

And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the WORLD TO COME,
If they shall fall away, to renew them again to repentence; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Hebrews 10:26-28 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth,

(Yet, another example of those who have taken the name of the Lord in vain.)

there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
But a certain fearful looking for of judgement and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witness:
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, AND HATH COUNTED THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT, WHEREWITH HE WAS SANCTIFIED AN UNHOLY THING, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

Needless to say, about 99% (and thats being generous) of the people out here that say that they are feeding the flock of God, are actually feeding themselves by telling the people what the people WANT to hear and not "what thus sayeth the Lord." Needless to say, they have taken the name of the Lord in vain, and whether they repent or not, God...shall reward them according to their works.

Yahshua, and the apostles, after Yahshua's death and resurrection, observed the seventh day sabbath. Nowhere in the Bible does it show that the sabbath day was changed. The next chapter will provide more insight concerning the Lord's sabbath. All of these previous commandments, Yahshua didn't stress as much as the latter commandments because all of Israel (Yahshua was only sent to Israel) knew that they should not put no other gods before Yahweh, that they should not serve idols, and that they should keep the sabbath day. Israel's conduct toward his brother, or the "second great commandment" was what Israel needed a refresher course on.
How to love thy neighbor as thyself.
Now that the world has accepted many false religions, and many that come in "jesus" name, we must preach all of Yahweh's laws, statutes, and ordinances to those that are seeking salvation, and are trying to walk even as our saviour walked.

Here is something worth noting. Yahshua showed you an example of the law that was "contrary to us" that he nailed on the cross as mentioned in Colossians 2:14. In John 8 The Pharisees brought a woman to Yahshua that was taken in adultery. They cited to Yahshua that Moses in the law, commanded that she should be stoned. We all have sinned. Every one of us would be subject to this law, and THIS law was contrary to us. If the blood of a bull or goat could've saved this woman's life, then THAT law (the sacrificial law) would've been for her, but in this case, her blood was required. This is the law that was against us. Yahshua told the Pharisees that if any of them were without sin, then they could cast the first stone at her. Not only did the Pharisees come to grips with the fact that they had sin, but they also HAD to realize that they were subject to the same judgement law, that they were about to afflict on this woman. And guess what. Yahshua made intercession for this woman, even before he died. And after the Pharisees went their way. He told her to "GO, AND SIN NO MORE." When we come under the blood of Yahshua, our "sins that are past" (Romans 3:25) has been forgiven and we are no longer to serve sin.

When you look around at this world that we all live in, sometimes you can't help but see how conditions appear to get worse and worse on a global scale. There are reasons for this and Yahweh had put his words in the mouth of Isaiah to show us why the world is in the condition it's in. Isaiah was a prophet, and this passage is a prophecy.

Isaiah 24:4-6 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have TRANSGRESSED THE LAWS, CHANGED THE ORDINANCES, BROKEN THE EVERLASTING COVENANT.

No wonder John the Baptist, Yahshua, and the apostles came preaching REPENTENCE. If the leaders of this world had the knowledge and the will to repent from their sins, can you imagine how there would be a significantly decrease in wars and deplorable living conditions for the poor, and ethnic strife? God is still seeking those that are serious about following him and teaching others to do the same.

Now we will end this chapter with words written by John, that are never read (or read and misconstrued) in the churches today.

1 John 2:3-6 And hereby WE DO KNOW that we know him, IF we keep his commandments.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth NOT his commandments, IS A LIAR, and the TRUTH is not in him.
But whoso keepeth his word, in him is the LOVE OF GOD PERFECTED: hereby KNOW WE that we are in him.

Is this a deep passage or what? The love of God is PERFECTED in all those that keep his commandments. As stated earlier, even the LEAST of the commandments. The love of God is NOT perfected in them that preach that you don't have to keep the commandments.

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as HE walked.

We don't even have to guess that Christ walked in the will of the Father by keeping his laws, statutes, and ordinances. He was an example to us showing us that we can also do likewise.

Grace & Peace in the name of Yahshua.