Three months have passed since I received instructions from YAHWEH to deliver His petition to the remaining pastors on my list. I am very busy with Bible study, weekly home Torah meetings on Shabbat, and plans to celebrate the Biblical feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles) with good friends in Eastern Tennessee. I am continuing to experience many sleepless nights because I know that I am guilty for procrastinating and failing to obey the instructions of The Almighty GOD, in regards to delivering His petition to the remaining pastors on my list. As I lay in bed late this night in September, I begin to pour out my heart to GOD in prayer and I ask Him to please forgive me and help me to comply with His instructions. YAHWEH begins to reveal to me a new and different method of delivering His petition to not only the remaining pastors on my list, but to pastors of Christian Churches everywhere. He tells me to "Go in the spirit and mode of Martin Luther!" He tells me that I am to "nail His petition to the door of their church buildings." I immediately get out of bed and go to my computer. I am very excited to learn that Martin Luther had nailed the 95-Theses to the church door of the Wittenberg Church in Germany on October 31, 1517. October 31, 2017 will be the 500th anniversary of this event, which officially began the Protestant Reformation. I begin to rejoice that YAHWEH has had mercy upon me and that He has provided me with an alternative way to be obedient and to comply with his instructions. We indeed serve a Great and Merciful GOD - HalleluYAH (Praise YAH)!
Revelation, Fear, Procrastination And Excuses
I mailed YAHWEH'S petition to the last of the out-of-town names on my list of pastors that I was personally associated with. I now begin to seek GOD in regards to the remaining names on the list who are all located with the geographical same area in which I reside. I ask YAHWEH how I should deliver His petition to them. He begins revealing to me that I should contact them with a phone call or an email to arrange a personal one-on-one meeting. As I begin to think about what He is prompting me to do I become fearful. I have not been in contact with some of these pastors for years. I begin thinking fearful thoughts such as; "What if they begin to question the purpose of our meeting - what will I answer?" "What if they are reluctant to meet with me because they are busy or because they are suspicious of my motives?" The enemy continues to plaque me with questions, doubts, and fear. I begin to procrastinate and make excuses to YAHWEH why I am not capable of carrying out His instructions. Mailing the petitions was not that fearful but GOD was now telling me to go in person to deliver His petition to the remaining pastors on the list. I recall the advice that I received from numerous Hebrew Roots people in the past several months. They told me that I was only "Casting my pearls before swine" by trying to wake-up Christian people with the petition, They told me that "Only YAHWEH is able to remove the veil of blindness from the eyes of Christian pastors" and all of my efforts are just in vain. I rehearsed their well-meaning advice before YAHWEH, thinking that He would agree and excuse me from my calling, but He was not buying any of these excuses. Because of fear, I continue to procrastinate and make excuses - excuses to myself and to GOD. I begin to pour myself into the study of GOD'S Word.. I begin a new in-depth study of the Scriptures through a ministry called Torah Class with Bible Teacher, Tom Bradford. My wife and I continue to attend a weekly home Torah study group on Shabbat where we study the Scriptures intensively and fellowship for hours every Saturday. I try to remain constantly busy hoping that GOD'S instructions to me will either somehow go away or be drowned out. Days turn into weeks - weeks into months and yet His still small voice keeps reminding me, especially during the nighttime while trying to fall asleep, that I am procrastinating, making excuses, and not obeying His instructions.
Certified Mail To Pastor Joey Faust
Lastly, I select the name of Joey Faust, who is the Pastor of Longrun Baptist Church in Missouri. Joey is also a broadcaster on Sermon Audio where he publishes his sermons. YAHWEH leads me to personalize His petition to Joey Faust and send it to him via Certified Mail on June 12, 2017. The envelope is received and signed for by the pastor on June 16, 2017. As of November 2, 2017 I have received no direct response or feedback from Pastor Joey Faust regarding the petition. How would you rate this pastor's response? (1) Indifference (2) Arrogance (3) Obstinance or (4) Rebellion
"Almighty YAHWEH I pray that you will strongly urge Pastor Joey Faust to do the research necessary to discover that he is indeed a part of your special people, spiritual Israel. As such, he is obligated as a believer in your Son, Jesus Christ, to obey all of the covenant commandments delivered to Israel by Moses in the Old Testament. Not in order to be saved - but rather because he is already saved. I pray that as he researches these things that you will remove the veil of blindness and deception from his eyes, even as you have removed it from mine. I declare publicly, YAHWEH, that I love this former pastor of mine with all of my heart and I only desire Your best for him and his family."
Certified Mail To Pastor Steven Anderson
I next select the name of Steven Anderson, who is the outspoken Pastor of Faithful Word Baptist Church in Arizona. Steven has a YouTube Channel with over 75-thousand subscribers.. YAHWEH leads me to personalize His petition to Steven Anderson and send it to him via Certified Mail on May 24, 2017. The envelope is received and signed for by the pastor on June 3, 2017. As of November 2, 2017 I have received no direct response or feedback from Pastor Steven Anderson regarding the petition. How would you rate this pastor's response? (1) Indifference (2) Arrogance (3) Obstinance or (4) Rebellion
"Almighty YAHWEH I pray that you will strongly urge Pastor Steven Anderson to do the research necessary to discover that he is indeed a part of your special people, spiritual Israel. As such, he is obligated as a believer in your Son, Jesus Christ, to obey all of the covenant commandments delivered to Israel by Moses in the Old Testament. Not in order to be saved - but rather because he is already saved. I pray that as he researches these things that you will remove the veil of blindness and deception from his eyes, even as you have removed it from mine. I declare publicly, YAHWEH, that I love this pastor with all of my heart and I only desire Your best for him and his family."
