THE BEARD

The wearing of a beard provokes varied responses depending upon whom you are talking to, but the fact is that Yahweh has placed hair follicles on the faces of the men of His creation. The fact is that He did not place hair follicles on the faces of the women of His creation. Obviously, Yahweh has His reasons for this, and, just as obvious, is the fact that Satan has persuaded many men to shave off what Yahweh has caused to grow on their faces. Paul writes in Rom. 9:19-21, “You will say to me then, ‘Why does he still find fault? For who can resist His will?’ but who are you, a man, to answer back at Yahweh? Will what is molded say to its molder, ‘Why have you made me thus?’ Has the potter no right over the clay? “      The Encyclopedia Britannica states “Anglo-Saxons were generally bearded until the coming of Christianity (Catholicism) in the 7th century when the clergy were required by law to shave.” It is well said that the Babylon religion is the mother of all the abominations of the earth.      Shaving was forbidden in the Old Testament.      Lev. 19:26-28, “You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not practice augury or witchcraft. You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.”  Yahweh's moral law has not changed. He is the same yesterday and today and forever. This command is repeated in Lev. 21:5.      Matt. 5:17-19, “Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.”     “For truly, I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law till all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven, but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”      In Gen. 1:26 Yahweh said, “Let us make man in our image.”      In 2 Sam. 10:4-5, some of David’s men were captured and had half of their beards shaved off. David excused them from duty until their beards grew back in. “Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks and sent them away. When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.”      Basically, it all boils down to which is more important to you; to do the perfect will of Yahweh in all things, or to conform to the world.      In Rom. 12:1, we find the following: “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of Yahweh, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to Yahweh, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of Yahweh, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”      The world requires compromise with Yahweh's laws in order to succeed. How far are you willing to go? There are many ministers who will stand for their denominational creeds, even when it compromises the word of Yahweh.  Matt.15:9 “But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” How far are you willing to go for success in your denomination?     There are so many who serve Yahweh a little, and some who serve him a lot, but only those who fall in love with him completely, and who quit doing things for him and instead give themselves to him, to use as he pleases, will ever inherit the Kingdom Of Yahweh.

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