Please read Psalm 35, it will prepare your heart for when you are persecuted.
There is a great deal one can learn through persecution, for doing what you were created to do.
Forgiving those who are doing you harm takes the indwelling of Yahusha, our gentle Shepherd.
"YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD." (MT. 5:14)
We take the Light into the dark places of this world. Some of us are SENT to the "outsiders". We are in the world, but not of the world (system). The whole Earth is corrupt before Yahuah, there are none clean, except those covered by Yahusha's blood.
The Natsarim MUST work among the lost who do not yet know Yahuah.
Pro 30:10: "Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty."
SEE ALSO: UPDATED REPORT ON THESE ATTACKS (link)
FELLOW BROTHER SHARES HIS HEART ABOUT HIS OWN WORK (link)
Luk 15:1-7: “Now all the
tax collectors and the sinners were coming to Him to hear Him.
And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled, saying, ‘This One receives sinners and
eats with them.’
And He spoke this parable to them, saying,
What man among you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does
not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one which is lost
until he finds it?
And having found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
And having come home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to
them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’
I say to you that in the same way there shall be more joy in the heaven over one
sinner repenting, than over ninety-nine righteous ones who need no repentance.”
Rom 16:17-20: "Now I call upon you, brothers, watch out for those who cause divisions and stumbling, contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. For such ones do not serve our Master יהושע Messiah, but their own stomach, and by smooth words and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
Your obedience, indeed, is reported to all. Therefore I rejoice concerning you, but I wish you to be wise indeed as to the good, and simple toward the evil. And the Elohim of peace shall crush Satan under your feet shortly. The favour of our Master
Luk 6:43-45: “'For a good tree does not yield rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree yield good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. The good man brings forth what is good out of the good treasure of his heart, and the wicked man brings forth what is wicked out of the wicked treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart his mouth speaks.'"
THERE ARE TARES AMONG THE WHEAT, and they hide their identity
RESPONSE TO "MESSIANIC HALL OF SHAME"
MALICE, ENVY, STRIFE, OVER PROMOTION OF
HALLELUYAH SCRIPTURES AND BOOK, VAIN TRADITIONS?
HALLELUYAH SCRIPTURES IS THE UNAUTHORIZED PUBLICATION OF ISR'S THE SCRIPTURES, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE PALAEO-HEBREW FONT; VAIN TRADITIONS IS THE CLONING (PLAGIARIZATION) OF FOSSILIZED CUSTOMS.
Something has caused a jealous rage to erupt, and it may be a spirit of competition.
Mt 24:10: “And then many shall stumble, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another."
We need to cooperate and love one another, not compete.
Paul warned us if we aren’t careful we’ll devour one another.
Gal 5:14, 15:
“For the entire Torah is completed in one word, in this, 'You shall love
your neighbour as yourself.'
And if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by
one another!”
This is a response to fierce, malicious lashon hara intended to due harm
We are not sending out email blasts to snipe at anyone,
and as we may learn of the names of those who do so
we will not reveal them to the public
Questions and Answers at bottom of this page
LINKAGE: SEE THIS LINK FOR REVEALING MOTIVES BEHIND ATTACK
FISHING IN STORMY SEAS (SHORTER RESPONSE LINK)
INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL MERRICK (AUDIO DISCUSSION)
HOW DO YOU SERVE
YAHUSHA? (LINK)
The accusers have been asked to answer this question: which Torah commandment am I personally violating, and what would you suggest I do to correct my walk? Also, in all 9 editions of FC I describe how I have to work in a place where the lost are all around me. The first several editions even provided the return address for Electric Ladyland; it's never been a secret of any kind. When we built Torah Institute, the return address changed in subsequent editions. The "Shame Hall" needs to recognize this.
NEW DEVELOPMENT: A PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATTACKS HAS PUBLICLY REVEALED HIS IDENTITY. We know the names of others, but will not reveal them without their coming forth voluntarily as (name withheld) has done. It is not righteous to conceal one's identity and ambush other believers!
Email sent to
(name withheld) from Lew White (our first communication!)
From:
Lew White order@fossilizedcustoms.com
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 1:05 PM
To: (name withheld)
info@messianichallofshame.com
Subject: messianichallofshame
Hi (name withheld),
Through a forwarded email, we have been informed that you
have bravely used the name “(name withheld)” on new updates being sent around in
emails about me, Torah Institute, and the worldly occupation I have. I was
not on your email list, but someone kindly forwarded your email to me.
Please add my name to your list. I’m not surprised over the attacks, since
it is a wonderful thing to be persecuted as Yahusha said we would be. You
have accused me of leading people into sin, when that is not at all the case.
People in the past would stone or burn those they had doctrinal disagreements
with, but today we are much more about character assassination.
Your name will not be maligned by any of my responses to your attacks, but I am
encouraged that you are no longer hiding your identity. If you wouldn’t
mind doing so, please post this email on your webpage, and include some
information about yourself for everyone. We’d like to know the doctrines
you teach, what you have done and continue to do prominently for
Yahusha and His body, and what sort of occupation you are engaged in to support
yourself and your work for Him.
We would like you to list the doctrines I
have been teaching that are leading people into sin against Torah; these
somehow keep being referred to but left out of the information. Again,
please post this email in its entirety for all to read, so all will be aware of
our first communication.
We hope your service to Yahusha grows stronger each day
out of your sincere love for the brothers and sisters. We also hope that
those He is restoring to His Covenant see the love you have for the lost, as
well as the love you have for those Yahusha has redeemed by His precious blood,
so that all know we are truly His talmidim (disciples).
brother Lew
INTERNATIONAL NAZARENE BEIT DIN ruled on this matter: www.fossilizedcustoms.com/messianicbeitdin.html
Further misinformation is being presented from the malicious source claiming we are selling beer, and operating on the Sabbath day.
It's like a soap opera - one tells huge lies, then we respond to them. But, there's too many lies to handle them all.
MARIJUANA? Absolutely not, that's illegal (due to prohibition of men's laws)
My constant intention is to help
others know Yahusha, and for me and
them to learn to be like Him, and ultimately to love others as He loves them.
The images, customs, idolatry, masks, and even the “marijuana people” are
around all of us constantly. As for
the “idolatry”, I make fun of them, as you see me doing in the video, having
fun, and making light of them. If
you were to come into the store, you would see that it is filled with what the
slanderers are not showing you: all
the messages written everywhere explaining the idolatry of this world, including
what they are looking at and practicing.
There is no marijuana anywhere in my life, however Yahusha is the One you
may need to take that issue up with, He created it.
It has been used medicinally for thousands of years up until its
relatively recent prohibition (so the government can make the price high and
import / traffic it without competition).
It was an ingredient (kaneh bosem) in the qodesh anointing oil.
Exodus records Mosheh receiving the instructions for making and
distributing the anointing oil as follows:
“Then Yahuah said to Moses, ‘Take the
following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much of fragrant
cinnamon, 250 shekels of kaneh bosm, 500 shekels of cassia - all according to
the sanctuary shekel--and a hind of olive oil. Make these into a sacred
anointing oil’”
(Exodus 30: 22-33)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sula_Benet
Encyclopedia Judaica. Volume 8. p. 323.
People are being led to believe that I operate a retail store on the Sabbath, and require employees to work on it. If they ever spoke to me, to my partner, or the one part-time employee we have, they would learn the truth. Lying is a Torah violation.
No doubt, Electric Ladyland is a "worldly" store. We are in the world, but not of it.
Now the accusers are attacking TORAH INSTITUTE, we are not returning attacks. Old photos are being used from years ago when the building now used by Torah Institute was leased to two other operations; one occupied the first level as a computer game operation. It was called "w00tz!", and they leased the space for about 3 years. Because they slowly began to promote themselves as a "gaming bar", we did not renew their lease, and they relocated. Yes, when they began to sell beer and promote themselves as more than a computer games facility, we wanted no more of it and did not renew their lease. W00tz! had a beer banner up for a couple of weeks, and soon after they were gone. Phase II of these attacks gives the impression that I put the beer banner up, but the accuser knows this to be a lie. Each bit of false information being "reported" has another TRUE story behind it. This attack is not only unkind, but untruthful, and behind every word there is a motive guided by some intense hatred. Most people realize this, while some are falling for the lies. Torah Institute operates on the first level of the building currently, and there are no banners showing beer ads, and we don't serve beer and ham sandwiches at the seminars.
How ridiculous would that be?
The Louisville School of Rock is a fine up-scale music school teaching keyboards, guitar, bass, & drums.
They are occupying the basement level, and the octagonal sign is currently used by them, and located on the building, not on the gate. The photos being shown by those on the attack are years out-of-date.
Torah Institute has a sign on the street level, as well as on the building.
WISDOM REVEALS ITSELF BY WHAT FRUIT IT PRODUCES
LOVE = GOOD; HATE = EVIL
Pro 18:21: "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those loving it eat its fruit."
Those who live righteously can expect to be
attacked. Yahusha gave us good advice,
“But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in
sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are savage wolves.
By their fruits you shall know them. Are grapes gathered
from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
So every good tree yields good fruit, but a rotten tree
yields wicked fruit.
A good tree is unable to yield wicked fruit, and a rotten
tree to yield good fruit.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and
thrown into the fire.
So then, by their fruits you shall know them.”
~ Mt. 7:15-20
Some among us are savage wolves.
1Pe 2:19-23: "For this is favor, if because of conscience toward Elohim anyone bears up under grief, suffering unrighteously. For what credit is there in enduring a beating when you sin? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure, this finds favor with Elohim. For to this you were called, because Messiah also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps, Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His Mouth, Who, being reviled, did not revile in return; suffering, did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him Who judges righteously."
The "messianichallofshame" is maliciously attacking me, Lew White, and Institute for Scripture Research through a web site. This slanted, inaccurate, and misleading information is being picked up and carried by other believers through emails and newsletters.
Yahuah doesn't use us by isolating us, but rather we infiltrate the lost. Yahusha endured great shame for working among the lost, and He endured torture to the death for the sake of us all. Where He sends me, I will go. We are not to criticize another servant.
Rom 3:13-19: “ ‘Their throat is an open tomb, with their
tongues they have deceived,’ ‘The poison of adders is under their lips,’
“Whose mouth is filled
with cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood, ruin and
wretchedness are in their ways, and the way of peace they have not known.’
‘There is no fear of Elohim before their eyes.’ And we know that whatever
the Torah says, it says to those who are in the Torah, so that every mouth might
be stopped, and all the world come under judgment before Elohim.”
This is addressed to the persons responsible, however they will not be slandered or libeled as they are doing to me:
Dear messianichallofshame & 2Besaved:
Please send this
response with
your real name included to all those you have sent your emails to,
and post it on the web page in its entirety, and then we will all know you are
not against the proper method Yahusha taught us to handle offenses between ourselves.
Recently it has brought to our attention that there are about 30 people involved in this hateful libel and slander, and claims are being made that they have confronted me for YEARS over this issue. One name has been discovered, only because he had been interviewed by Joey G. Dauben at elliscountyobserver.com, and now I have a name I can pray for. I have had no direct contact with him or, to my knowledge, any of the other people who are claimed to have been diligently warning me for years.
This is in response to a
web page and
circulating emails that seem to be in attack-mode against me personally
(No personal
violation or false teaching is ever cited, although we originally felt it may
have been over the lunar-sabbath issue many are falling for lately). This is all the “back-lash” you
will receive from me, and before Yahuah I forgive you; may He also forgive
you as He has forgiven me for much more than I can forgive myself for.
As dirty
nails were being driven into His flesh, Yahusha prayed and asked forgiveness for
those killing Him. With such amazing forgiveness as our example, we have
no place to stand in judgment against one another. I am not hiding, but talk
daily to sorcerers, witches, atheists, drug dealers, murderers, thieves,
fornicators, and liars; they are lost, and I told Yahuah I would go for
Him. If I am judged for being wicked because I love the wicked, then
Yahusha knows exactly how you have made me feel, because He was also judged in
the same way. Without love, all our efforts are futility.
YeshaYahu/Isa
6:8:
“And I heard the voice of Yahuah, saying, ‘Whom do I send, and who would go for
Us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I! Send me.’”
In the end, it may be better to need improvement than to have judged one another. The assembly of Natsarim is a hospital for sinners, and it is not paradise. I’m still in that hospital, and learning to love.
brother Lew
Further Response to persistent attacks
Subject: False Information on web site
Note: We are suddenly being attacked by a storm of emails, and
this is overwhelming our ability to reply to each individually, so
this is simply a quick response to a very insidious personal attack
on a business I have a 50% interest in, but no controlling interest.
If the accuser of the brothers is citing Scripture, we can then pay
heed; but there is no Scripture employed that bears any
relation to the matters being addressed. There is a great deal of
slanted and false information however.
The object of this false information is to disrupt Yahusha’s work.
We will soon all be standing before our King, Yahusha, so we must
always put on love.
Always keep in mind, the one who judges will be judged by the measure they judge others.
To listen to, or propagate gossip, makes a person a party to the evil (see Mt 15:19, 2Co 12:20, Php 1:15, ), and slander is akin to murder
(character-assassination of a brother).
This knowledge should still the heart of all Natsarim! If I
were not in Yahuah’s will, my end would have come long ago;
but I am still here, and not willing to accuse or judge my brothers
and sisters. Look at the outcome of those who devise wickedness,
plotting evil:
Pro 6:14-19:
“Perverseness is in his heart, plotting evil at all times, he sends
out strife.
Therefore his calamity comes suddenly; instantly he is broken, and
there is no healing.
These six matters Yahuah
hates, and seven are
an abomination to Him:
a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood,
a heart devising wicked schemes, feet quick to run to evil,
a false witness breathing out lies, and one who causes strife among
brothers.”
Put on love.
Origin of personal attack involves two linked web sites, and accompanying email address:
RE:
www.messianichallofshame.com
Email: info@messianichallofshame.com
At least 11 other hosts
point to this
IP address
-- computer source from which this disinformation is being generated:
Ns1.lunarbreeze.com is a domain controlled by two name servers at
lunarbreeze.com. Both are on different IP networks. The primary name
server is
ns1.lunarbreeze.com. Incoming mail for
ns1.lunarbreeze.com is handled by one mail server also at
lunarbreeze.com.
ns1.lunarbreeze.com has one IP number (74.50.25.3)
, which is the same as for
lunarbreeze.com.
Ns1.lunarbreeze.com also has a corresponding reverse pointer.
Lunarbreeze.com,
headsman.net,
defineisaretleri.net,
www.lunarbreeze.com,
ns1.ripoffreports.info and at least eleven other hosts point to the
same IP.
The web page cited above contains a great deal of
misinformation. It
claims I do not deny any of the information on the page. I
do deny many statements,
one of which is the $940,000 revenue (Gross sales in
one year before 9/11,
year-ending 2000 CE). The total sales are currently about
one-third of that
The partner I have shares in 50% of any profits after expenses and taxes. The public records once showed me as president, and the co-owner and I entered into a private agreement to keep ownership at 50% each, while showing me only as director with the state of Kentucky. For most of the existence of this corporation, the other partner was president, and I was vice president. As of 2011, I am once again vice president. The ownership (stock) in Electric Ladyland Inc is split 50/50 between me and the other working stock-holder/partner/manager, Bob Nord. I am not in total control over everything, since neither owner has controlling interest. In many instances, board directors and individual owners (stockholders) are not listed. Often, the directors are not even owners; the real owners are stock-holders. I am not in total control over this store. Why would I allow the store to operate on the Sabbath day if this were so? The other owner operates the store on the Sabbath. I appeal to him to stop this, and close the store. You can call 502-458-4259 and ask him if I work on the Sabbath, or if I am happy that we are open on the Sabbath. Ask for Bob Nord. I came to the faith AFTER being in this business relationship, and remain in it hoping the partner will eventually turn.
Like others who are "unequally-yoked", I fully realize this world is far from perfect. We must be in the world, not of it. We are not called to withdraw from unconverted people, but to infiltrate them.
We have no
new-age, porn, wiccan, or naked women
pictured as you have portrayed the situation, although it is true that
the
original English import version of the album by
Why are you
hiding
your
names? Your computer IP address is the source of quite a bit of
activity along these lines.
You did
not post the email in its entirety as was requested, and there is not a
single Torah command which you have accused me of having ignored.
I
would like you to post the specific Torah command or commands being
violated by me personally. Also, you state that I have been in
contact with you over this previous to your sudden attack, but you know this is also false. Please
present this response, and the full version of the previous one, and
reveal who you are to everyone publicly.
More correct information on the "subject" of your interest:
Electric
Ladyland Inc is a business in which I own 50% of the stock, and have had on the market for
over 10 years. It has been on the market off-and-on since
1991. I would "repent" if I knew what to repent of; but
neither can I simply walk away from it with hundreds of thousands of
dollars of debt owed on this business. If I walked away from it as
some have suggested, I would still be personally signed on the corporate
loans, and obligated to repay them. Additionally, there is no
income to hire anyone to replace me. I am at a loss as to what
purpose it would be for a brother to send out misinformation about
another brother, other than to assume that this attack is demonic, and
so
it is evident that Yahusha's work is having a serious effect on the
demonic realm.
Persecution and demonizing others is not what Natsarim do, and I will
not reveal your identity before others.
As for us, we will be vigilant to our primary mission, which is to
teach
the Name
and Yahuah’s Torah to the lost.
I've
always been visible, and never "hidden" the fact that my secular income
comes from Electric Ladyland Inc, and that it is used to support
Yahusha's work. I've promoted Torah-observance in this store
since 1985.
It is part of a work Yahusha involved me in about 26 years ago, and
it has produced numerous converts to the true faith.
Among them are Todd
Effren, who translated MattithYahu, Chizayon, and Dani’el,
Hadassah, & Rut;
All I know is, like
YeshaYahu, I’m a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a
people of unclean lips (as I identify with the text at YeshaYahu 6).
I pray for all the Natsarim everyday, and especially
lost Yisrael. When we keep
our eyes on Yahusha Who is guiding us, we hear in our heart His
Words, “you follow Me!”. Others
are also following Him, but their paths in serving Him do not go in
the same places. When we
watch
each other, it is easy
to be critical and misunderstand, not knowing the whole plan.
Yahusha doesn’t reveal all of His strategies to each of us,
but keeps them to Himself and just directs each of us to do what we
have been told to do.
Only
the Shepherd knows why He places certain sheep where He does, but in
the end it will turn out to be for the good of the whole flock.
Luk 7:32-35: “They are like
children sitting in the market-place and calling to each other,
saying, ‘We played the flute for you and you did not dance, we
lamented for you and you did not weep.’ For Yahuchanan the Immerser came neither eating bread nor
drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
The Son of Adam has come eating and drinking, and you say,
‘Look, a man, a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax
collectors and sinners!’. And wisdom is declared right by all her children.
The final outcome will make it clear to all.
What is being produced
(saving the lost) will make all the persecution well-worth it.
Fishers Of Men, By All Means
Or: A Brief Insight As To Why
I work with those who are like I used to be before I became obedient to Yahusha's call. I am a hunter for the lost. We are not of the world any longer, and yet we are sent into the world to reach the lost. The sea of humanity contains all sorts of fish.
“From that time Yahusha began to proclaim and to say, ‘Repent, for
the reign of the heavens has drawn near.’ And Yahusha, walking by the
The
two brothers, Kepha and Andri, supported their families by fishing.
Yahusha related their occupation of fishing to what they (and we)
would be doing among all mankind. To fish for mankind today,
Yahusha’s “fishers” and “hunters” use tools other than nets and
boats. We “fish” and “hunt” in various ways, and it was
prophesied that we would hunt for the lost from every
mountain
(nation), every
hill
(culture), and even the
holes of the
rocks (tough places where the lost are embedded):
“‘See, I am sending for many fishermen,’ declares Yahuah, ‘and they
shall fish them. And after that I shall send for many hunters,
and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out
of the holes of the rocks.’”
Jer/YirmeYahu
16:16
Would Yahusha leave any stone unturned to seek and save the lost? If there were a “drug-culture” where people needed to be hunted, could it be done without the hunter becoming “like” those he is hunting, in order that some might be saved? Except for Shabbath, I am around misguided Torah-breakers trapped in a "denomination", as well as thieves, fornicators, homosexuals, murderers, atheists, witches, drug-addicts, and prostitutes. He is using me to search-out that one lost sheep that wandered away, and I won't give up on His search.
“For though I am free from all, I made myself a servant to all, in
order to win more, and to the Yahudim I became as a Yahudi, that I
might win Yahudim; to those who are under
Torah, as under
Torah, so as to win those who are under Torah; to those without
Torah, as without Torah – not being without Torah toward Elohim, but
under Torah of Messiah – so as to win those who are without Torah.
To the weak I became as weak, so as to win the weak. To all men I
have become all, so as to save some, by all means.”
1Co 9:19-22
After finishing college, I began a business with my closest friend, which I
have known since childhood. He is a decent, honest person,
whom I pray for daily to receive the Spirit of Yahusha. This
business is a music outlet with a "hippie" decor, and it is a
friendly, clean environment that whole families come to for
shopping. The retail business we started in 1978 was engaged in
selling records, tapes (now CD’s & DVD’s), incense, posters,
jewelry, tapestries, clothing, and a wide variety of young lifestyle
gifts, including tobacco pipes (both traditional and contemporary).
It was a “hippie store” from the beginning. After 3 or 4
years, we worked in the store less and less, but still owned it as
equal shareholders. With my extra time, I was able to study
whatever I liked; my favorite passion involved the sciences
(especially physics, biology, and cosmology). After some time,
I reached the point where I realized that “science” was full of
theories, few facts, and was a
belief system
being promoted by elitists called “scientists”, but they were
primarily
humanists who projected a superficial, philosophic
“piety”, and they demanded devotion and reverence. Having had
my eyes opened to their agenda, I was now ready to receive the
Truth.
At that point, my wife put a copy of the Word of Yahuah in my path. I was 35, and had never read a single sentence of Scripture in my life, although I had soaked-up the traditional “sound-byte” spirituality from the surrounding culture. Up until then, I absorbed whatever scientific and technological journals I could put my hands on. I cracked the “Bible” book open in the middle, and read “Isaiah” chapter 53; the first chapter I’d ever laid eyes on personally. Yahusha had my attention from that point on, and soon afterward, my heart. I turned my life over to Him when I learned His true Name, which occurred as soon as I read the “Preface”, and went to the library the next day. I read the Scriptures from the beginning, equipped with the Key of Knowledge, His precious Name. I knew He had me, created me, and had purchased me with the most precious commodity the world has ever known: His own blood.
Needless to say, I was still learning Yahusha’s will, and at first I
wanted to
run away from everything and everyone that was in my
life at the time. My understanding of “evil” was still being
molded, but several texts of Scripture held me in place, a few of
which I’ve quoted above. I had
to help others see that the whole world was upside down,
so I put together some articles and made copies of them. The
“hippie store” was the primary outlet for them. People began
to come to the store to learn more, and as I was learning more, I
printed more articles, which then grew into books.
Yahusha could not have picked a
more appropriate place to reach the
lost than the store we
were operating from. It is open on the
Sabbath, against my better judgment, but I don’t have controlling
interest to change that. Moreover, during some of my business
associate’s buying trips to Las Vegas (which I’ve never visited), he
and his wife would occasionally purchase Pagan Egyptian idols to
resell in the store (which never sell, they just sit around
collecting dust). This draws quite a lot of criticism for me
as well, as you can imagine.
At
various times there are certain people who learn of this store we
operate, and they
gasp when they are told it is associated with
“drug-sorcery” (like the whole world isn’t). This idea
has usually been shared with them from a source engaged in
“lashon
hara” (the evil tongue, Lev. 19:16). They don’t
contact me first about their concerns (as directed for us at Mt
18:15-17), but jump right up and make radical accusations and
conclusions about me to others
that are
intended to injure me, never suspecting that I am a
hunter doing Yahusha’s work among the lost (you can detect the
hatred in them when you listen to them). Their rationalization
is that
“And it came to be, as Yahusha sat at the table in the house, that
see, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and
His taught ones. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to
His taught ones, ‘Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and
sinners?’
And Yahusha hearing this, said to them, ‘Those who are strong have
no need of a physician, but those who are sick. But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire compassion and not
offering.’ For I did not come to call the righteous to repentance,
but sinners.’”
Mt 9:10-13
“The Son of Aḏam
came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘See, a man, a glutton and a
winedrinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ And wisdom was
declared right by her works.”
Mt 11:19
Husha
(Hoshea) the Prophet was told to marry a whore for Yahuah to make
His point: that
Many
who attend the seminars we have monthly in
“Who are you that judges another’s servant? To his own master he
stands or falls. But he shall be made to stand, for Elohim is able
to make him stand.”
Rom
14:4
If you look at any of the first several editions of
Fossilized Customs,
you will find that the address, used for many years, was this store
at
“Perverseness is in his heart, plotting evil at all times, he sends
out strife.
Therefore his calamity comes suddenly; instantly he is broken, and there is no healing.
These six matters Yahuah
hates, and seven are
an abomination to Him:
a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood,
a heart devising wicked schemes, feet quick to run to evil,
a false witness breathing out lies, and one who causes strife among brothers.”
Pro 6:16-19What defiles us?
“But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and these
defile the man.
For out of the heart come forth wicked reasonings, murders,
adulteries, whorings, thefts, false witnessings, slanders.”
Mat 15:18-19
If we are critical of Yahusha’s work in others, we should take care to remember to allow the brother’s Master to judge him, not us:
“Do not judge, lest you be judged.
For with what judgment you judge, you shall
be judged. And with the same measure you use, it shall be
measured to you.”
Mt 7:1,2
You may not comprehend another’s work, nor their gifts (spiritual abilities, equipping), but consider the fruit that is on their tree. Those who curse and condemn others’ work attack what they don’t know:
“But these blaspheme that which they do not know. And that
which they know naturally, like unreasoning beasts, in these they
corrupt themselves. Woe to them! Because they have gone in the way of Qayin, and
gave themselves to the delusion of Bil’am for a reward, and perished
in the rebellion of Qoraḥ.
These are rocky reefs in your love feasts,
feasting with you, feeding themselves without fear, waterless clouds
borne about by the winds, late autumn trees without fruit, twice
dead, pulled up by the roots, wild waves of the sea foaming up their
own shame, straying stars for whom blackness of darkness is kept
forever.”
Jude/Yahudah
1:10-13
The
“way of
Qayin” (Cain) involves
a brother rising
up against his brother. Standing in resistance
to Yahusha’s work in another is also direct rebellion. Take
care in all your ways, for every idle word will be accounted for:
“And I say to you that for every idle word men speak, they shall
give an account of it in the day of judgment. For by your
words you shall be declared righteous, and by your words you shall
be declared unrighteous.”
Mt
12:36, 37
If I am personally committing a transgression of Torah, inform me of the specific transgression (don’t generalize). At one time, people would gasp at the idea of anyone taking a bite out of a tomato because it was assumed to be deadly poison; please don’t use human criteria to judge. If someone buys a motor vehicle and runs a stop sign, they commit a misdemeanor, and can be fined or even jailed. You don't see such crimes being put on the seller of the vehicle. If someone buys a DVD, CD, poster, pipe, tapestry, incense, T-shirt, or whatever from Electric Ladyland or Walmart, and they violate laws of the state or Yahuah with it (such as using illegal drugs, or falling down on their knees to worship it), how can this possibly be blamed on the store exactly? Walmart sells shotguns because it is legal to do so, both in the eyes of Yahuah as well as the state. The United Nations may change that soon, and then Walmart will no longer sell shotguns. Some have accused me of selling illegal drugs; I neither sell, use, or condone such things. If I did, I would be violating state sanctions against such behavior, and therefore by not obeying the government placed over me, I would be violating the will of Yahuah. It is possible that this situation is being used to test everyone's heart, to see who will judge their brother; if so, it is vital to the whole body of Mashiach to be separated into the correct camp. The prophet Hosea (Husha) was told to join in marriage with a prostitute for Yahuah to make His point clear to the body of Yisrael (Hos 1:2). The Earth swallowed-up those in rebellion against Mosheh, so this is likely a test to separate-out those who are the real followers of Yahusha, the Object of our faith.
In fact, don’t judge -- get to work finding the lost.
Become a hunter,
using whatever hunting tools
you
have been given.
Be strong and courageous -- when you work for Yahusha, you will be attacked from every possible vantage point;
wounded even by the members of your own household.
Galations 5:13-15:
"For you brothers have been called to freedom,
only do not use freedom as an occasion for the flesh, but through
LOVE serve one another. For the entire TORAH is completed in
one WORD, in this 'You
shall love your neighbor as yourself.' And if you bite and
devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another."
Mikah 7:2-8: "The lovingly-committed one has perished from the earth, and there is no one straight among men. All of them lie in wait for blood, everyone hunts his brother with a net. (Internet) Both hands are on the evil, to do it well. The prince asks for gifts, the judge seeks a bribe, and the great man speaks the desire of his being (heart). And they weave it together. The best of them is a like a prickly plant, the most straight is sharper than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen and your punishment has come, now is there confusion. Trust no friend, rely on no companion, and guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom. For son is despising father, daughter rises us against her mother, daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, the enemies of a man are the men of his own house.
As for me, I look to Yahuah, I wait for the Elohim of my deliverance, my Elohim does hear me. Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. When I have fallen I have risen, when I sit in darkness Yahuah is a light to me."Eph 4:29-32:
“Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth, but only such as is good for the use of building up, so as to impart what is pleasant to the hearers. And do not grieve the Set-apart Spirit of Elohim, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and displeasure, and uproar, and slander be put away from you, along with all evil. And be kind towards one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as Elohim also forgave you in Messiah.”
Under the most
precious blood of Yahusha,
And your brother
servant,
and the staff at
phone: 502-365-2285
"I had a client this morning (1st day, sometimes
get the occasional one even though its the weekend) and came down to
find our whole shop front had been the victim of a drive-by egging.
The whole front is covered with eggs. I'll get the girls
(apprentices) to help me clean it tomorrow. Not really the same
caliber as what's coming at you, but considering every Torah
Institute Production comes out of the little back room of this
shop........Satan's pretty furious with all of us I'd say.
We must be doing something right........we
haven't had this kind of (admittingly small) attack before.
We wrestle not against flesh and blood!
Dear
brothers & sisters,
A
Red Herring is:
“A misleading clue; an attention-grabber,
bait,
commotion,
curve
ball,
deviation,
distraction,
distractor,
disturbance,
diversion,
diversionary
tactic,
false
clue,
false
face,
false
trail,
fool's
errand,
gimmick,
interruption,
maneuver,
ploy,
smoke
screen,
wild-goose
chase.”
This
is a test, a trial; unity and love are being manifested to
both those inside and outside the faith.
Division and hate are also being displayed. This “stoning” is a red
herring, a mere diversion, and being at the center of it gives me a
unique perspective of the fierce storm being brought into the
deepest parts of each of our hearts.
When
we simplify a mathematic equation, the clarity is so easy to
comprehend.
Good
= Love; Love = Good
Evil
= Hate; Hate = Evil
Condemnation, boycotts, and disfellowshipping are the symptoms of
the gangrene spoken of at 2 Ti 2:17.
True, if one of us falls away from the belief or personally lives in
open sin, we have to appeal to the person several times privately,
and if there is no repentance sufficient to achieve restoration to
the body, the disease must be cut-out of it.
I am
not at all like what is being said of me, and even the “world” can
see this is true. The Natsarim are being separated between
those who are truly dedicated to Yahusha’s thoughts, with the goal
being love. The love and the hate is on display for all to
see, and that is the real controversy, not marijuana (again, I don’t
sell it or use it, or hang-out with anyone who does).
Slanders (and the written form, libel) are very serious offenses, as
we see this from reading Eph 4:31, 2Co 12:20, 1Ti 6:4, 2Ti 3:3, Tit
3:2, and spoken of directly by Yahusha at Mt 15:19. As I
explained to one accuser, I own nothing, but am myself owned by
Yahusha and used as His ambassador for His Kingdom, not quite yet of
this world. Yahusha owns the store, and I am able to mingle among
those who are burdened down with sin, until He removes me; at
which time the darkness will fold completely over the place. If my
hands appear dirty, it is from the close contact and associations
with the planting and watering in the field of lost humanity, where
I was sent as a harvest worker. That is where we would find
Yahusha; He would
not
be among those who see themselves as better than those of us working
among society’s “dregs”.
I
never give up on anyone, but trust Yahusha might change their
hearts, and they might act on what light is revealed to them through
a living example of how to live. Yahusha is greater than he who is
in “the world”; He is in His Natsarim, not only in this place, but
many places in the world where the lost sheep have wandered.
We are IN the world, but not OF the world.
Luk 15:2-7:
"And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled, saying, ‘This One receives
sinners and eats with them.’ And He spoke this parable to them,
saying,
‘What man among you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of
them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after
the one which is lost until he finds it? And having found it, he
lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
And having come home, he calls together his friends and neighbors,
saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which
was lost!’
I say to you that in the same way there shall be more joy in the
heaven over one sinner repenting, than over ninety-nine righteous
ones who need no repentance.’”
Put
on love, and go find the lost sheep; please don’t grumble and
persecute one another.
brother Lew
An ex-employee (manager) of this store, Joyce Henderson, sent the following message to all those arguing over this controversy on Facebook:
"As
a former employee of Electric Ladyland I can attest that Lew was
always an exemplary boss. He always spoke with me about the Torah's
sayings and the phone rang off the hook with others wanting to talk
with him. The store is not about drug use. It's about a love of
music. Not only can he talk to you about his beliefs, he can also
talk about Frank Zappa, The Beatles, and more. He NEVER worked on
the Sabbath. He's a totally cool guy and I loved working for him.
And he even FIRED me. So that's how much respect I have for him."
Since this Electric Ladyland controversy has grown magnitudes greater than in any of the previous years thanks to all the hate, I've been receiving messages from people who would love to come and work in the store. If the economy improves, we may need to hire some more help; so we'll have to wait and see. Remember, the store is for sale so we can pay-off the bank loans, and when that is accomplished all of this arguing will be only a distant memory, and I'll have sold my last Willie Nelson CD. In case you may be dropping by the store, we just received a shipment of posters, one of which is a cool black & white photo of the Great Wall Of China (approx. 23.5"W X 35"H). Remember, love one another!

Willie Nelson may drop in and pick up a copy of Fossilized Customs and talk to Lew
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Question about
marketing the Reign through “Electric Ladyland”:
“So you recognize that according to scripture you are not doing the right thing
by owning such a business, but from your experience it is bearing good fruit by
leading others to the truth? Is this what you are saying?”
No, but that’s a logical conclusion
one might reach at first glance. It was
my first impression of the situation when I gave my life to Yahusha 26 years
ago. As I prayed for His will in the
matter, He showed me that I was to
remain where He had planted me so
as to use me to spread His seed in the fertile hearts of people who had never
known about Him, nor would they ever enter a “religious” building in their lives
(which would have filled their hearts with the poison we’ve been enabled to
cleanse from our lives). If we had to
identify what I do in the secular world, then the closest description of it
would be a domestic “missionary”. We are
all ambassadors of the coming Reign of Yahusha, and I happen to work in an
unusual form of marketing that coming Reign. If
what I did was “usual”, it wouldn’t work to reach the particular sheep He’s
hunting for in the holes of the rocks.
brother Lew

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Exod. 20:9-10
- Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10
but the seventh day is
the Sabbath of Yahweh your Elohim.
In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your
daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your
cattle, nor your stranger who is
within your gates.
2
15
And what accord has Messiah with Belial? Or what part has a believer
with an unbeliever?
The 7th day is not observed by the partner, Bob, and he opens
the music store on Shabbath from
11am to 6 pm. I often tell him he should just close it and take the day
off. This situation is related to the next part, about my being
“unequally yoked”.
Being unequally yoked with an unbeliever in a business is like that of a marriage. The music store (which some have called an occult shop) started 32 years ago, long before I came to faith. As in a marriage, the one partner who believes is not to abandon the unbeliever, because if the unbeliever is willing to remain, the believer is to also accept them (1 Co 7). Bob, my old friend since childhood, may one day give his life to Yahusha, and he has no ill feelings toward what I teach and believe, he is simply not interested in following Torah. He seems to be influenced greatly by secular television, which promotes evolution, a long-age Earth, and he leans toward the idea that life migrated to this planet from elsewhere in the universe. He was raised Catholic like myself, and even attended the same schools. We’ve always been close, but so far he has not been called. I pray for him daily to respond to Yahusha, and perhaps he will one day when he realizes this isn’t a “religion”. He listens to everything I tell him, so perhaps it will sink into his heart. This is but one aspect of the many incredible things being tossed about in emails, and you can see that it would be impossible for me to address each person on every point they want to know about. An ex-employee of mine mentioned “Frank Zappa” in her response, and now it’s being said that I promote Zappa. The Internet is truly an “echo-chamber” that distorts things thoroughly, so I hope you will overlook what is being said and perceive the motives behind those making the statements instead. We hold no hard feelings toward those maligning us, but forgive them as we have been forgiven.
Two more Scriptures have been brought up to me before, since this controversy is not "news" by any means. I've been attacked by the household of faith for many years:
Deut. 23:18
- "You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog
to the house of Yahweh your Elohim for any vowed offering, for both of
these are an abomination
to Yahweh your Elohim.
Rom. 3:8
- And why not
say, "Let us do evil that
good may come "?-- as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm
that we say. Their condemnation is just.
Yahuah
owns everything, even if people don't know He does. I’m
sure that whatever I "earn" (all
provided by Yahuah) from the secular world and turn over to Yahusha’s work is fine, because in my heart I give
not only that, but also my life
itself. All belongs to Yahuah, we own nothing. I cannot
give to Him what is not mine to begin with, but His.
Also,
I’m not paid wages of a harlot, nor do I pay harlots, but I
talk to them all the time. I was not sent to only
teach other “Messianics”, but to the outsiders that Yahusha is calling
to the Covenant. This is our main service to Yahusha, to
allow Him to seek the lost through us. When we do so, we often get
attacked by our own who are not doing their part, and so they are
serving the Dragon by impeding the progress others are making.
No evil is being done, you can count on that, other than the music store
being open on Shabbath. Bob is an incredibly honest person, and
essentially would make a very good Natsari if he would only repent.
I’ve often thought that the reason the store has not yet sold is
because Yahusha is waiting on him. He is so patient.
Mar 7:21-23: "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, adulteries, whorings, murders, thefts, greedy desires, wickednesses, deceit, indecency, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these wicked matters come from within and defile a man."
Yahusha said to him, 'If I wish him to remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.'"
Psa 140:11-13: "Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the man of violence speedily."
I have known that Yahuah maintains The cause of the afflicted, The right-ruling of the poor.
Only, let the righteous give thanks to Your Name, Let the straight ones dwell in Your presence."
Pro 26:20: "For lack of wood, the fire goes out. And without a slanderer, strife ceases."
Each person is responsible for their own actions; if two people are
married, or work together, one of them can do things improperly while
the other does not participate, under the same roof.
Take today for example; as Shabbath approached, my associate Bob
and I were both in the store. I told him it was growing near to sunset,
and I needed to be home before it arrived, to rest. He stayed for
another hour or so (as far as I know, I wasn’t there). He sees the
example of obedience to Yahuah’s Torah, but up to now has not been led
to imitate that obedience, as consistent as it is. We talk about Torah
all the time. It’s easy to be outside and think of alternate ways
to “get away”, but that has not been the plan (of Yahusha) even though
it would be my preference also, to escape.
Even if
I were to “turn” my 50% ownership of the stock over to Bob or another
person, I am still personally signed to the application and bank notes
for the obligations to repay hundreds of thousands of dollars the bank.
The bank also has my written assurance on the bank note that everything
reported at the time of the application and bank note would remain
intact, and unchanged. Such a change in ownership and management
would be an unauthorized maneuver, and the bank would then have the
right to “call” the loan due in full. It would be catastrophic,
and dishonest, to do such a thing.
Any earnings that may occur from operating the store on Shabbath would
be accomplished by the efforts put forth by Bob, without any
participation from me. This is because Bob is the one
working
on that day, not me. I’m willing to sell my interests, but Bob is
unable to buy my stock (I am legally bound by the corporate by-laws to
offer it to the other stockholders before selling to anyone outside the
corporation). If they are unwilling or unable to buy them, then an
outsider may purchase the stock. At the time of such a partial
sale, the bank loans would have to be paid in full, otherwise I cannot
leave even if he were to buy my stock. The best solution is for the
store to be sold in its entirety. But, as I’ve said before, it has
not yet sold because I must be in that store for some reason controlled
by Yahusha, and if He has work to be done there, I’ve already told Him I
would go for Him. As painful as it is for me to drag myself into
that place six days of the week (as my wife will tell you), I will die
daily in service to what Yahusha has called me to do for Him.
Pray you
are never attacked maliciously by other brothers for what you have to
do. It isn’t very pleasant, but makes a bad situation magnitudes
worse.
Pray for the lost to be found; they are the ones we’re hunting.
We're not hunting the brethren.

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