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Mitzvot Yeshua

Section Two

Kingdom Life

Yeshua spoke often about the Kingdom of God. It is not a far-off idea but a present reality that shapes how we live. His mitzvot call us to trust God’s provision, reject anxiety, live humbly, and walk in righteousness. To pursue the Kingdom means to place God’s rule above wealth, worry, pride, or power. These commands train our hearts to live as citizens of heaven while still here on earth.

14. Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness

  • Scripture: Matt 6:33

  • Torah Link: Deut 4:29 (seek the Lord with all your heart and soul).

  • Application: Prioritize time with God each day. Align your work, money, and relationships with His will.

15. Do not worry about tomorrow

  • Scripture: Matt 6:34

  • Torah Link: Exod 16:19–20 (manna was given daily — trust for today).

  • Application: Lay down anxious thoughts in prayer. Focus on today’s obedience instead of tomorrow’s fears.

16. Do not lay up treasures on earth, but in heaven

  • Scripture: Matt 6:19–20

  • Torah Link: Prov 23:4–5 (riches vanish like an eagle flying away).

  • Application: Invest in eternal things — generosity, service, discipleship — rather than chasing status or possessions.

17. Let your light shine before others

  • Scripture: Matt 5:16

  • Torah Link: Isa 60:1 (Arise, shine; for your light has come!).

  • Application: Live in such a way that people see God’s goodness through you — kindness at work, honesty in business, joy in trials.

18. Be salt of the earth — keep your flavor

  • Scripture: Matt 5:13

  • Torah Link: Lev 2:13 (offerings to God were salted).

  • Application: Preserve truth in a decaying world. Do not dilute your faith to fit in.

19. Let your yes be yes and your no be no

  • Scripture: Matt 5:37

  • Torah Link: Num 30:2 (keep your vows to the Lord).

  • Application: Speak truthfully without exaggeration or deceit. Build a reputation of trustworthiness.

20. Do not swear oaths

  • Scripture: Matt 5:34

  • Torah Link: Exod 20:7 (do not take the Lord’s name in vain).

  • Application: Avoid casual swearing or binding words you may not keep. Let simple honesty be enough.

21. Be humble, like a little child

  • Scripture: Matt 18:3–4

  • Torah Link: Mic 6:8 (walk humbly with your God).

  • Application: Receive God’s kingdom with childlike faith — dependent, trusting, without pride.

22. Be pure in heart

  • Scripture: Matt 5:8

  • Torah Link: Ps 24:3–4 (who may ascend the hill of the Lord? He who has clean hands and a pure heart).

  • Application: Examine your motives. Invite God to cleanse hidden desires and keep your heart undivided.

23. Be perfect (wholehearted) as your Father is perfect

  • Scripture: Matt 5:48

  • Torah Link: Lev 19:2 (Be holy, for I am holy).

  • Application: Strive for completeness — not flawlessness but a whole-hearted devotion to God and others.

24. Enter by the narrow gate

  • Scripture: Matt 7:13–14

  • Torah Link: Deut 30:19 (choose life that you and your children may live).

  • Application: Follow the harder, faithful path rather than the easy road of compromise.

25. Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Me

  • Scripture: Matt 16:24

  • Torah Link: Gen 22 (Abraham’s costly obedience).

  • Application: Die to selfish ambition. Be willing to sacrifice comfort or reputation for Yeshua’s sake.

26. Lose your life for My sake to find it

  • Scripture: Matt 10:39

  • Torah Link: Ps 73:25–26 (God is my portion forever).

  • Application: Place your identity, future, and security in Yeshua. Eternal gain outweighs temporary loss.

27. Beware of false prophets

  • Scripture: Matt 7:15

  • Torah Link: Deut 13:1–5 (false prophets leading Israel astray).

  • Application: Test teachings against Scripture. Look at fruit, not just words.

28. Watch out for greed — life is not in possessions

  • Scripture: Luke 12:15

  • Torah Link: Exod 20:17 (do not covet).

  • Application: Practice contentment. Resist the lie that more stuff equals more life.

Mitzvot Yeshua

Living as citizens of the Kingdom shapes how we see the world, but it also reshapes how we draw near to God. The same Rabbi who told us not to worry and to seek first His Kingdom also taught us how to pray, how to worship, and how to rest in the Father’s presence. The next section will guide us deeper into these rhythms of worship and prayer — the practices that keep our hearts alive and our steps steady on the narrow path.

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