Most Christians confidently state they are not bound to obey the commandments found in the Old Testament because they are under “the new covenant.” Even though that is not scriptural, let’s pretend for a moment that is true. If you are under the new covenant, you are bound by that covenant, correct?

Matthew 28:19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

If you have not done this, you are lost in sin because you are not under the new covenant at all.

Just thought I would remind you.

The truth be known, we are to keep all of His commandments. He said to do it. He never said stop.

G-d can be called Yah, Yahweh, Yahvah, Yahveh, Iahueh, and Yaohu. Recently, a new pronunciation, Yah-oo-wah, has taken root in obscure circles. Given the fact that there were no vowels to pronounce the Hebrew until 1,000 years ago, how can some people state that a person will be eternally damned unless they say the name correctly? If they will be judged by their own judgement, as the scriptures clearly state, which group will not go to hell for using the correct pronunciation? Most who make these self-damning statements do not even speak Hebrew in the first place, and harbor a veiled disdain for those who do, thereby affirming their anti-semitism.

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You cannot call yourself a Bostonian unless you live in Boston. You cannot call yourself a Kansas Citian unless you live in Kansas City. You cannot call yourself a Christian unless you live in Christ.

Stop calling yourself a Christian if it isn’t true.

An X-tian might believe in the cross and the forgiveness of sins through the shed blood of Christ, but unless that person lives in Christ, they have absolutely no right to call themselves a Christian. They are nothing more than an x-tian, which means so very little.

How about you? Where do you really live?

Hashem simply means, the name.  Some use the expression because they feel His name is too holy to say.  Others believe that if you do not use the name, Yahweh, your eternal security is at risk.  The ancient manuscripts do not reference the name, Yahweh, but rather YHVH.

Is the exact usage of the name important or can you refer to our Elohim as G-d, Yahweh, or whatever is appropriate within your language?

The scriptures do not reference a music ministry. Yes, David may have paid musicians to play in the temple, but that does not constitute a ministry, but rather a job or an office. An office is not the same thing as a ministry, else there would be a ministry of secretary and usher and…you get the idea.

Ephesians 4:11-13
4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: