Where Do You Want..
Where Do You Want To Be?
By Mark Kigler
Today I look around and I see huge churches with thousands upon thousands of attendees. On the other hand I see messianic congregations struggling(for the most part) ,meeting in church buildings with a leader that has to hold down a secular job to meet his family’s expenses.Some cannot even break a minyan(traditional amount of 10 people to hold a prayer service).How sad !
On still another hand there are huge mainstream Jewish houses of worship,vibrant,alive and full of the spirit of Our Almighty G-D. The spirit of Messiah is in the air,though they may not know his name as Yeshua/Jesus. Still on yet another hand.(lotta hands!-I sound like Tevye of Fiddler On The Roof !)
There are congregations where the Hebrew scriptures are not emphasized.They are still considered Jewish. If you are a Jew worshiping Yeshua/Jesus in a non-Jewish context,whether in a church,messy-anic congregation and by throwing in some Hebrew liturgy,a couple of songs in Hebrew,you feel you“ve ”satisfied“ G-D ‘s mitzvot(commandment},
Think again. Congratulations ! You have joined the church. Putting a cover of Jewish on a non-jewish book(and I am not referring to the New Covenant,specifically)
When the book is opened(substance), the treif (non-kosher,non-jewish) comes pouring out.
Want a Jew to ”follow G-D?“ Lead him to the Father ,first.! YHVH-the G-d of Abraham, Issac ,and Jacob with a firm grounding in the Torah,Then and only then introduce the son.
Most believers have it backwards and fail miserably,for the most part in bringing Jews to a knowledge of Messiah Yeshua My slogan for today :KNOW THE FATHER,FIRST !, which through a deeper understanding will lead the truly ungry to seek out G-d’s Son.
Let’s us see our Jewish brethren thrive with a deeper knowledge of Him