Subject: Is Passover celebrated by Messianic Jews |
Bible Note: 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 |