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1 | Is Passover celebrated by Messianic Jews | NT general Archive 1 | theodorecraig | 25854 | ||
Matthew 11, verses 28 and 29 (King James Version) 28 Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. The keeping of Shabbot is not given as a mitzvot (commandment) to the New Testament church. A Jew has to keep it, he is circumcised into Torah, so that he has no choice. The Gentiles do not do so because they are not physically circumcised; and those who are once they have been saved by grace and through faith, they are indebted to keep the whole of the Torah, they have fallen from grace. If your a Gentile, and you wish to fellowship on Shabbot, there is no law that says you can't. If you are trying to strictly adhere to the mitzvot and keep the Torah like the legalists do, then I am worried about you. You do not understand what the apostle Paul was saying to the Galatians who did the same thing, if you do this, so repent. I know whereof I speak, for I once was walking the same road, my God prevented me from being wholly swallowed up by the legalists. Anyone who tells you that you are not saved when you fail to observe the Shabbot like the Jews, I would stay away from that person, legalism is as cancer and it will eat you alive. If you want to go to a Synagogue on Shabbot you do well, if you do not do so like the legalists do, your rest is in Jesus Christ (Yah-hoshayah the Messiah) not a day. I would say the same thing about anyone who tries to teach you the keeping of Shabbot is the seal of God: that's an error (Ephesians 1:13 and 4:30 clearly say that we're sealed with the Holy Spirit). I now encourage all men to walk in the vocations in which they were called. Are you called as the circumcision, do not walk like the gentiles, you need to keep the Torah. Are you called being one who is a gentile, do not try to live like a Jew, you are not to try to strictly observe the Torah as the Jews do. References for personal study include: Acts 15, verses 1 to 21 Acts 15, verses 22 to 35 Acts 21, verses 17 to 26 Romans 2, verses 1 to 29 1 Corinthians 7, verses 17 to 24 Galatians 3, verse 1 thru 5, verse 26 Ephesians 2, verses 10 to 17 Colossians 2, verses 10 to 15 Colossians 3, verses 1 to 17 Yours in Yah-hoshayah Messiah, Brother Theodore Craig... http://gottorah.topcities.com |
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2 | What I am asking is baptism a requiement | NT general Archive 1 | theodorecraig | 570 | ||
I do not think I misinterpreted your question. I simply stated that looking at baptism (a mikvah - ritual bath) as some sort of requirement for salvation is viewing it in the wrong way. The baptism (mikvah) can not be done on an infant; for, it is an outward work done by faith, and how can an infant do a work of faith (or even have faith, see Romans 10:17). It is an immersion, as the word shows clearly, which in done with both those who are being baptized and those who are baptizing in the water. It is not a sprinkling of water on someone who has not professed a faith in Messiah (that is a baptism of the Roman Catholics, it is not the baptism of the Church of Yahoshua the Messiah). Now, the Jews did the mikvah in living (running) water. That is how "John" the baptist baptized, it is how Philip (in Acts 8:36,37) baptized the Ethiopian Eunuch, and it is how may Messianiac Jews baptize today (not all). Notice, the faith of the Eunuch, that was in him, was moving him to be baptized by Philip; he did not ask Philip if being baptized was a requirement for him to be saved. So, I repeat, when a man is looking at the mikvah (baptism) as an act required to be preformed in order to be saved, that man is looking at it in the wrong light. Water baptism is a work of faith and not a "requirement", the baptism of the Spirit of Holiness of Yahoshua is a "requirement" (John 3 speaks of this very clearly, as does I Corinthians 12:13). |
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3 | Does the Bible contradict itself? | James 2:1 | theodorecraig | 530 | ||
True faith is a fruit of the living and powerful Holy Spirit of Messiah in a man, which moves that man to act, so Paul and James are not contradicting each other at all. These works of faith we are doing are not the strict observance of the Torah some to, doing so to be justified by those deeds of the law in the sight of YHVH; instead, they are those good works He has prepared (ordained) for us, in Him, that we should walk in them. Faith that does not compel you, that does not move you, that is not the faith of the Holy Spirit; but, it is a faith of the flesh (and, it is dead). I have seen people trying to talk up, or build up, their own faith; yes they say that they believe, but they do not act like believers. So, we say, if the Holy Spirit is moving you then it will be your actions (and not your words) that will show that living faith is in you. The Anti-Christ is a religious man, who walks in a carnal understanding of the scriptures, but who never will have the manifestation of the living faith of the Holy Spirit in his life (his power is of the Devil, who encourages him to walk in the vanity of his own mind). He is a carnal man, walking in a carnal mind and a dead faith, who leads all who follow him in the way of destruction. A pretender! A make believer! He is not compelled by the Spirit, but by the flesh, and he is doing the works of the flesh (Gal. 5:19-21). His power to do witchcraft (the miracles he does) is of the Devil (HaSatan). |
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4 | Was Jesus Christ circumsized? | NT general Archive 1 | theodorecraig | 529 | ||
Yahoshua could not come to Him own people, come to them as one of them, if He were not circumsized. The word says that Messiah would come of the tribe of Judah, so that told us He would be a Jew, and thus He came as a Jew. Note His name: Yah means "Yahveh", and oshua means "our Saviour", so His name of Yah-oshua means "Yahveh our Saviour". In the KJV it says His name was called JESUS, but, this was never the case. It is like the 6,000 plus times the word YHVH is incorrectly rendered "the LORD". YHVH came to fulfill the Torah in their sight and purchase them unto Himself by His death on the cross for their (and our) sins. One day they will see Him as YHVH their Saviour, and, in that day I will rejoice - may it come quickly. |
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5 | Is Passover celebrated by Messianic Jews | NT general Archive 1 | theodorecraig | 521 | ||
Again, to answer, we are going to have to ask the question: Did the twelve apostles, and those who came after them, stop keeping the passover? If you are a Jew, then you are obligated by your circumcision to do so; however, if you're a gentile, not being of that circumcision of the flesh, then there is no obligation. The book of Galatians deals with the result of the gentiles who sought to be justified by circumcision and strict following of the works of the law - they fell from grace (Eph. 2:8,9). For we are justified "by grace and through faith", sanctified "by grace and through faith", and baptized with the Holy Spirit "by grace and through faith". Noone could ever be saved (justified, sanctified, or receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit) by working the law, for all have sinned (transgressed the law - I John 3:4) and fallen short of the glory of "God" (Romans 3:9-31, specifically 23 and also 19,20). Neither the Jew nor the gentile can be justified "by the deeds of (by strict observing of) the law", "Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law" (see verse 28 of the above passage in Romans). Neither are we made perfect by strictly observing the law; but, by our walk in His Holy Spirit in us (who are in Him by that Spirit) we grow on into perfection. I believe that if your a gentile who is going to observe the passover to gain a deeper insight and understanding of the type, and not because you feel you have to do so, you are doing well. Otherwise, you have stumbled; but, be of good cheer, YHVH will uphold you even in your darkest hour. That is why he gave Paul the words to speak to the Galatians, and in a way to us today, so that we could be convicted of walking in legalism (if we do so) and repent. |
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6 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | theodorecraig | 516 | ||
Prehaps if you look at baptism as an outward act which manifests the faith you have in the Messiah Yahoshua, rather than a requirement, you would ask this question: Why would you not want to be baptized if you have faith in Messiah? I can see no reason; but, if your faith was not from the heart, then it may not be true faith; and, thus, it may not move you to do so! I see true faith as a force, and it moves those who have it to act; so, the world can't talk itself into that faith (noone ever could). I am not trying to say you do not have faith. I am saying that I do not see any place in Acts where those who had the true faith refusing to be baptized. They were more than willing to do it to show that faith in Him that was working in them (for it moved them to do so). That faith is of His Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:22,23; Eph. 5:9; and I Cor. 13:13) in us as it was in them. Same faith, which is, of the one and the self same Spirit. I mention the passage in Ephesians only to point out this: there are 12 fruits of the Spirit, and faith is one of them (so are righteousness, truth, and hope - these are the three that are not mentioned in the book of Galatians). And, we all know that the greatest of these is the love of "God" which casts out fear and by which we are made perfect in Him; for He is love (I John 4:7-18). |
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7 | Is the Holy One Jesus of the Father? | 1 Pet 1:15 | theodorecraig | 499 | ||
It is the Spirit of Holiness, which is the Holy Spirit of Yahoshua (John 14:9,10; I Cor. 12:12,13; Romans 8:1-17 compared with John 4:21-24), that is drawing us unto Himself and into a single body of believers in Him. Study the words of Romans 8:9-11 as they relate to the words of Ephesians 4:1-6; if you do, you will see that it is Yahoshua who is YHVH, and that Spirit in Him the Spirit of Holiness (this is His Father "that is dwelling in Him"). I say this because: "God" is one Spirit, but, the passage of Romans 8 has in it a reference to the Holy Spirit as: a. "The Spirit of God", b. "The Spirit of Christ", c. "Christ in you", and d. "The Spirit (of Him) who raised 'Jesus' (it should be Yahoshua) from the dead". It is the one that dwells in Christ, that Power of Holiness and newness of life, by which Christ called to being that which was not as if it was (Genesis 1 and 2, specifically the verses of 1:26,27.) One being, two parts (a body and a spirit), and three ministries as a Creator, Saviour, and a Power unto Holiness and newness of life. Yahoshua is our Father, for it is by His Father (that Holy Spirit that is "dwelling in Him" - John 14:10) that He has created us all (Colossians 1:15-17). When a person tries to split Him into three persons, the confusion begins! I do not remember seeing any version or translation of the Bible refer to the Holy Spirit as "it", but the Spirit is not male or female! See? |
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