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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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