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He who believes in the Son possesses everlasting life, but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of Elohim remains on him. John (Yoḥanan) 3:36.

When I read this verse, it reminds me of something I learned in education regarding types of knowledge.

There’s declarative knowledge. Here, the student understands information and is able to articulate it well.

There’s also procedural knowledge. When I was teaching, this kind of knowledge was always the main focus. My first principal taught me this. We would write it in our lesson plans to remind us … TSWBAT (the student will be able to). She never allowed us to write a declarative “understand” after it. She always said, “Well, how will you know the student understood?” She had a point. It had to be followed with an action verb. Something that we could see and say, “Yes! I see that student does understand (declarative) because they (insert a procedure).” There had to be action.

Maybe that is why this [accurate to the Greek] translation of verse John 3:36 makes so much sense to me. He who believes possesses the life, but he who does not obey will not see it. It’s not just declarative, it’s also procedural. Obedience is evidence of your heart posture. If you don’t obey then do you truly believe?

And if you think you do obey, the next question is what/who do you obey?

And יהושע said to them, “Mind! And beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.” Matthew (Mattityahu) 16:6

A thought that Yah gave me some time ago still resonates…. if any teaching goes against the Father’s Words and tries to separate the Son from the Father, be careful, it is leaven. Good reminder as we proceed through Unleavened Bread this week.

So, as we pay attention to remove all teaching that leads us astray and away from Yahuah rather than through the Torn Veil (Yahusha) and into the Most High Place where He chooses to allow us, we must also remember to do more than understand. We must act on what we understand. I think Ya’aqob agrees …

My brothers, what use is it for anyone to say he has belief but does not have works? This belief is unable to save him. And if a brother or sister is naked and in need of daily food, but one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” but you do not give them the bodily needs, what use is it? So also belief, if it does not have works, is in itself dead. But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works. You believe that Elohim is one. You do well. The demons also believe – and shudder! But do you wish to know, O foolish man, that the belief without the works is dead? Was not Aḇraham our father declared right by works when he offered Yitsḥaq his son on the slaughter-place? Do you see that the belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected? And the Scripture was filled which says, “Aḇraham believed Elohim, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And He called him, “he who loves Elohim.” You see, then, that a man is declared right by works, and not by belief alone. In the same way, was not Raḥaḇ the whore also declared right by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also the belief is dead without the works. James (Ya’aqob) 2:14-26.

It seems to me Yahuah and Yahusha’s love language is actions. We need to show Him we love Him, not just say we love Him. Especially because in the process, our inner idols are exposed and hopefully burned through our purification. Halleluyah.

Shalom shalom.

[all Scriptures from ICR – TS2009 in Bible app]