“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your Name, and in Your Name cast out demons, and in Your Name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’” (Matthew 7: 21-23)

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Video: The Aaronic Blessing—This is a beautiful video rendition of The Aaronic Blessing (Numbers 6: 24-26) in Hebrew and English, but notice that the title Adonai is used instead of the Name Yahweh. That is in keeping with a Jewish tradition that dates back to the mid-second century B.C., but you can be certain about this fact. Yahweh’s Name is essential to The Aaronic Blessing and should be there.
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SnyderTalk® Commentary

Today I’ll show where Yahweh’s Name appears in Matthew chapters 5 and 12. I’m skipping chapters because I’m showing only the chapters where the Name Yahweh should appear.

Matthew 5

When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him.
He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying,
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
“Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
“Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;
nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
“Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.
“For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
“Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
“For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
“You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’
“But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
“Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,
leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.
“Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
“Truly I say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last cent.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY’;
but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
“If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
“If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.
“It was said, ‘WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE’;
but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
“Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO YAHWEH.’
“But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,
or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING.
“Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
“But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.’
“But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
“If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.
“Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two.
“Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.’
“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
“For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
“If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
“Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Matthew 12

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the headsof grain and eat.
But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”
But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions,
how he entered the house of Yahweh, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?
“Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?
“But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.
“But if you had known what this means, ‘I DESIRE COMPASSION,AND NOT A SACRIFICE,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
“For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.
And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse Him.
And He said to them, “What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
“How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other.
But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him,as to how they might destroy Him.
But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all,
and warned them not to tell who He was.
This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:
“BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL is WELL-PLEASED; I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, AND HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES.
“HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT; NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS.
“A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY.
“AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE.”
Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.
All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?”
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”
And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, “Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand.
“If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?
“If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.
“But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
“Or how can anyone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
“He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
“Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.
“Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.
“You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.
“The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.
“But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.
“For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;
for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
“The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
“The Queen ofthe South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
“Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.
“Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came’; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
“Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.”
While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him.
Someone said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You.”
But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?”
And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold My mother and My brothers!
“For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.”

Keep reading SnyderTalk and you’ll be amazed as you discover what has been hidden in plain sight. I only wish the scholars who translated the New Testament almost 2,000 years ago had not followed the Jewish tradition of disguising Yahweh’s Name in the Scriptures. Little did they know that in the year 2009 A.D. most Christians would not even know their God’s Name because of their horrendous error.

Think for a moment about what they did. They removed from the Bible the only Name in which we have salvation and the only Name we were commanded to declare to the world. What they did is probably the worst mistake any scholars have ever made in the history of mankind.

Follow the Leading of the Spirit

Trying to get to God by obeying the law is like trying to drive from Atlanta, Georgia to Charlotte, North Carolina by taking I-75. Problem is I-75 doesn’t go to Charlotte. In fact, it doesn’t even come close to Charlotte, so if you take I-75 out of Atlanta, you’ll have to get off the interstate somewhere and take an alternate route that includes lots of back roads with which you’re probably not familiar.

If your goal is to drive from Atlanta to Charlotte, the correct route to take is I-85 North. No amount of rationalizing, arguing, or sermonizing will change that reality. According to Jesus and Paul, faith is the only way to Yahweh, and people who have saving faith are led by His Spirit. You can’t get to Yahweh any other way.

I’m not suggesting or implying that obedience is unimportant. I’m simply pointing out that obeying the laws in the Bible cannot lead to salvation. On the other hand, our attitude toward those laws says a great deal about our faith. Saving faith wants to please Yahweh. It pleases Yahweh when we obey Him, so it makes sense that saving faith is accompanied by a desire to be obedient. But that’s a far cry from believing we are saved because of our obedience or that Yahweh owes us something if we obey Him.

There’s a hymn that most Christians are familiar with, and the chorus goes like this: “Where He leads me, I will follow. Where He leads me, I will follow. Where He leads me, I will follow, follow where He leads.” The children of Yahweh are led by His Spirit. Over time, being led by His Spirit touches every facet of our lives as He works to shape us and make us into the people He created us to be. In effect, Yahweh teaches us to play by the rules as we follow Him. That involves our hopes, dreams, and aspirations, and everything we think, do, or say. It also includes many things that you won’t find in the Bible. How do I know? I know it because there isn’t a single verse in the Scriptures that has my name in it.

Nowhere in the Bible does it say, “Thus says Yahweh, Neil Snyder write a book titled His Name is Yahweh and take that message to the world.” His Spirit had to lead me to do that, and my willingness to obey Him in that situation is similar to Abraham’s obedience when Yahweh told him to sacrifice Isaac on the altar. I’m not trying to puff myself up. Abraham believed God and obeyed Him. That’s what I did, and according to Jesus and Paul and the prophets, that’s what every other child of Yahweh does. If you refuse to follow Him, if you won’t open your heart and listen to His voice, you don’t belong to Him. It’s as simple as that.

This is the bottom line. You can obey every law in the Bible to the best of your ability as if your salvation depended on it; you can go to church every Sabbath without fail; you can read the Bible three times a day, teach a Bible class, serve as a deacon in your church or as a preacher, pay your tithe religiously, sing in the choir, lead an upright life, even make a profession of faith, and still not be a child of God. Jesus explained it like this:

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your Name, and in Your Name cast out demons, and in Your Name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’” (Matthew 7: 21-23)

That statement is as amazing as it is frightening. Yeshua said that there are people who prophesy in God’s Name, who cast out demons in His Name, and who perform miracles in His Name who will be denied admission to heaven because they did not do the will of the Father. He said it so clearly that you need help to be confused. There’s no room for misinterpretation here.

What happened? Where did they go wrong? They probably received lots of praise and admiration from men. Some of them must have written bestselling books telling about their exploits for the LORD. Others probably charged hefty speaking fees and toured the countryside giving lectures to captivated audiences. Still others built mega churches where they pranced around on potted plant laden stages in front of television cameras pontificating about things to come—as if they actually knew. And according to the Messiah, they did all of these things in Yahweh’s Name.

I’ll bet they’ll be stunned when the Messiah looks them in the eye and says, “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.” The look on their faces at that moment will be sheer terror because no one will need to tell them what comes next. This is what you must understand. If you put your faith in the law, you can’t win, but if you put your faith in Yahweh, you can’t lose. He is Yahweh Tsidkenu, Yahweh our Righteousness. (Jeremiah 23: 5-6) He paid the price for our sins, and He is our Redeemer and our Savior. If we don’t have faith in Him, we have no righteousness.

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