Better Open Rebuke.
Posted By Miss Jocelyn Tzahala on July 8, 2010 | Category: I Follow Yeshua HaMashyiach, Ponder Me This, The Scriptures, The Voice Of Un-Experienced, These Last Days
My heart is heavy and broken. Many young people are leaving their families, rebelling against the Scriptures and the counsel of the elders, to chase after their own desires. Not just daughters but sons, and they are being encouraged by deceivers to go down this ‘path of freedom’ – to do whatever they ‘feel God leading’ them to do.
“So let there not be among you a man, woman, family or tribe whose heart turns away today from YHVH our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Let there not be among you a root bearing such bitter poison and wormwood. If there is such a person, when he hears the words of this curse, he will bless himself secretly, saying to himself, ‘I will be all right, even though I will stubbornly keep doing whatever I feel like doing; so that I, although “dry,” [sinful,] will be added to the “watered” [righteous].’ (Deuteronomy 29:18-19)
I beseech you to heed the WORD of YHVH, the Mighty One. You are being deceived and you are in opposition to YHVH.
“For rebellion is like the sin of sorcery, stubbornness like the crime of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of YHVH, he too has rejected you as king.” (1 Samuel 15:23)
YHVH will allow you to go as far as you need to stoop before he brings you home on your knees, just like the prodigal son, and what a blessing it is for you that your Father will never turn you away once you have returned…. repentant.
There are six things YHVH hates, seven which he detests:
a haughty look,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that plots wicked schemes,
feet swift in running to do evil,
a false witness who lies with every breath,
and him who sows strife among brothers.
My son, obey your father’s command, and don’t abandon your mother’s teaching. (Proverbs 6:17-18)
If you are a young person and you are being encouraged in any way to rebel against Yah and his authority in your life, please CONSIDER the Scriptures. Don’t just talk about Truth, FIND Truth. Surround yourself by people who will tell you the Truth and who seek Truth themselves.
Better open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend are received as well-meant, but an enemy’s kisses are insincere. (Proverbs 27: 5-6)
humbly yours.
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Shalom, welcome to A Pondering Heart. I hope you will be challenged by what you read here and it will cause you to search deeper and deeper into the Word of YAH. My name is Jocelyn Tzahala. I'm 19, Woman, Believer. I'm passionate and straight forward... take that into consideration. I am a young woman, living in Latin America, seeking to be 'set apart as YHVH is set-apart". I want my faith to resemble that Avraham because in him YHVH found a man who would trust in him with everything and act upon his Word. My hope is that my life may be a sweet fragrance unto YHVH the MOST HIGH! HalleluYAH! Read more
Cry loud and spared not! Proverbs 6:16-18 was discussed last night at our Bible study. A timely message for today’s youth.
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Here, here. An encouraging post, I hope many people read and ponder.
We tell our children that things done without God in your thoughts and heart can never turn out well. Many opportunities are a disguised trap. Satan and his workers are ready to jump whenever you lay down your guard. So the best thing to do is just remember that the Lord is right by your side whatever it may be that you are doing. Watering the veggie garden, chatting with a neighbour, teaching your siblings their maths, cooking lunch, shopping, computering…
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AMEIN! Thank you for telling it like it is.
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I truly enjoy your insights and thoughts! Thank you so much for sharing them. I share them with my friends and family on Facebook along with your moms. God Bless you and your family always!
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I totally like what you wrote! Just last week I had a friend who turned away from God and decided to follow the world. She wanted to have everything it had to offer her. She wanted to find her happiness in boys, clothes, parties… Her family tried to talk to her and they told her that she was turning her back on God and she said, ‘I know’. I just don’t get it. How can u b missing something if u have God? He is everything!!! All I can do is pray for my friend and hope that God has His way with her. She isn’t the only friend I’ve seen do this, I had another friend this yr leave God and her family to go party and wear what she wanted. Last yr a had a friend leave too. There have been numerous others before that too. So what r u going to do to help those who have turned from God? What can we do but pray?
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Fabulous post, Jocelyn! I have learned a lot from your family about what it means to be an obedient child. I was raised where we were supposed to grow up, leave & do whatever our heart desires (well, as long as it was financially prosperous ;) Boy, how I’ve learned!!
Such a blessing to have spokes(wo)men like you to speak out for your generation, walk the narrow path, and not adopt the world’s standards. It is certainly becoming tougher and tougher as popular opinion constantly blurs the line.
Love you.
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YES.
(I haven’t got anything else to add.)
No, wait! I actually do! “Wounds from a friend are received as well-meant”… So I should definitely edit (“wound”) your book. Says so right there. Sorta… Okay, okay… *shame corner*
:)
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Well written. We live in a world that tells us to focus on ourselves (we can do it, we deserve it etc) and this really fosters spiritual rebellion and is antithetical to the Ways of the Father. Better to be loved and rebuked than abandoned and ignored. Like the saying goes “the Truth hurts” but sometimes lies are presented with a comfy cushion and ammenities to entice us. When I first learned that the wheats and tares were referring to the Bride, not just the world, I had a hard time believing that, but now it is so clear that their are many tares within the Bride and it’s becoming more and more important to hide His Word in our hearts so that we will not sin against Him.
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Great post!! I’m going to print this out and show it to my children as they get a little bit older. My daughter (9) has already started wanting to follow the ways of the world in some areas and it is really concerning me. We had a BIG talk and she seems to have changed those views for the time being, but I do fear that they will creep back again.
Thank you for posting.
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All of the mitzwot are important. Ribi Yehoshua ha-Mashiakh (the Messiah) affirmed this.
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Yes, don’t follow the world, but also don’t hold your children back from what God has for them to do! You mentioned a young person turning away from their parents to do what they feel God is leading them to do, but then the rest of your post was about turning away from God. Are you writing about turning away from your parents to follow God or turning away from God to follow the world?
I’m not convinced that if an adult “rebels” against their imperfect parents that they are automatically rebelling against God (although sometimes that is definitely the case). Some parents seem to have forgotten that their children are not God’s gift to them (although children are a blessing) but rather their gift to God and they’re to be raised up and sent out, not raised up and kept until they’re either married or perfect enough to make it in the world without any mistakes. I have heard of, and been involved in, situations where the parents believed God willed one thing for their adult son or daughter and the “child” believed something totally different. The son or daughter then acted on what they believed God wanted them to do and they were accused of rebelling against God. It’s shocking that some parents seem to believe that they represent God in their adult children’s lives and if they’re not for it then God is not for it. Here’s an interesting article on the subject: (LINK EDITED)
I do see what you’re saying though and I in no way condone using the false excuse that “I believe this is what God wants me to do.” when you really just want to rebel and do your own thing. We have to have balance.
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Miss Jocelyn Tzahala's Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
When I wrote this, I thought I would be confronted with this type of comment. I don’t believe in parents controlling their children and anything they might do that parents don’t like is “rebellion”. The relationship I have with my parents is that if I think something goes against the Scriptures or I think something should be done differently, I can go to them, talk it out, and get it resolved (whether it is in favour of me or them – but it is dependent on the truth of the Scriptures). While some might call that rebelling against my authority, I call it a relationship.
What I’m talking about here is any young person turning away from Yah and his written word to chase after their own desires while claiming ‘God is leading them’ in that direction when it clearly goes against the Scriptures. A kingdom divided cannot stand (Mark 3). Yah doesn’t say one thing and tell his children to do another.
The bottom line is the Scriptures.
Sons and daughters at my age should be trained well enough to live a life truly pleasing to the Father and to take correction if they need it (a good judge of whether someone is in rebellion is if they will take correction – even questioning. The Scriptures say a fool hates correction and discipline). I am more specifically speaking about rebelling against the Scriptures, whatever that might be in the situation.
I do believe in balance and am opposed to both extremes of control. It’s not about control. The Father doesn’t want to control his children. He wants their hearts. Parents should want the same.
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Amein! I wish the young people would listen. I have tried talking to two of my nieces in the past, but kids think they have all of the answers. God have mercy.
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Thanks for you comment, Jocelyn! I understand what you were trying to say. :)
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Adonai is near those with a broken heart. (Psalms 34:18 ) Prodigals do come home. Keep praying and beseeching them to turn from their rebellion. Whenever I plead with my unsaved loved ones in my family ,they become hostile, but ,of course , I will never give up. Adonai promises to save us and our households when we call on Yeshua and what He has promised ,He will perform. So we can trust Him more and more. Thank you for your faithfulness.
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Thanks for posting this, Jocelyn! I needed the reminder. Come to think of it, I think we all need to be reminded of this on occasion.
Blessings in Yahshua!
KallyLyn
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That’s so true! Also what you said about “rebuking in love”. It’s kind of a lost concept nowadays. People (I will include myself in this since I struggle as well) find it so much easier to frown in disapproval and turn their back than to speak the truth in love… it’s time that those of us who know what is right stand up and speak up. It isn’t promised that every person we counsel will turn back, but that’s not our responsibility since God is the only one who can truly convict someone’s heart.
Great post, Jocelyn!
Blessings!
–Sarah
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