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Animal Sacrifices? Purification Rituals? …AFTER Messiah? (Examining Acts Chapter 21)

* This originally aired as a video episode on YouTube HERE.
Can we ask some hard questions?
Commonplace, dispensational Christianity hits some major hurdles when one slowly and contextually reads the accounts of the post-resurrection Assembly. Here we see Paul instructed by the elders of the Assembly to join alongside others in a Nazarite vow, which the Book of Numbers tells us included purification rituals and... animal sacrifices.
And why was he to do this? To expose the *false accusations* that he was teaching people to "forsake Moses." What are we to make of this? Is this merely Paul "being all things to all men" or is it something much deeper that most have missed? Let's find out!

Yahweh Most High... Our Savior?

* This originally aired as a video episode on YouTube HERE.
Many people of faith rightly understand and teach that Yeshua (Jesus) was Savior. While entirely true, I believe that it needs highlighted that His Father was (and is today) frequently referenced as Savior, all throughout the entire Bible.
Our primary text will be the account of Mary meeting Elizabeth in Luke chapter 1, where we see Mary declaring that Yahweh was her Savior, at a very opportune time. Why is this? Let's find out!

When the Fear of Men Pushes Away the Truth

A consistent biblical theme that we see is the danger of fearing men over the Most High. As we read of in John chapter 12, this kept many Pharisees - that put their trust in Messiah - from openly confessing their faith in order to keep from being thrown out of the assembly.
As we read accounts such as these, we have the opportunity to look at ourselves. Are we truly willing to count the cost that is required to truly confess and then follow the true Messiah, or will we too fall into line with the masses and thereby push away the truth? Let's find out!

Where There's No Vision the People Perish, But.....?

The issue of blatant misuse of Scripture is probably never more evident than how we commonly see Proverbs chapter 29 verse 18 handled. Most of us have heard endless sermons and church endeavors misusing this text, but we have only heard half of this verse (and the half that we have heard doesn't mean what it's proposed to.)
If this text was never meant to simply justify building programs, missionary fundraising and various other religious enterprise, then what is it really saying? let's find out!

Part 3 - Are Good Works Really Only Filthy Rags, Biblically?

* This originally aired as a video episode on YouTube HERE.
In this concluding episode we'll take a handful of Bible verses and swap the words "good works" with "filthy rags" and see what happens. It only takes a few minutes to clearly see that, biblically - and (most importantly) in the eyes of the Most High - good works that are sourced in Him are in no way merely filthy rags.
The humble man will yield to the truth of the Word and pursue good works, just like the Bible instructs us to. Do you know this or do you believe something differently? Let's find out!

Part 2 - Are Good Works Really Only Filthy Rags, Biblically?

* This originally aired as a video episode on YouTube HERE.
In this part, we'll read many biblical texts that clearly teach us that the Most High's attention is towards those who carry out good works/righteous deeds, that are sourced in Him. To say that good works are always merely filthy rags would be to ruin the wonderful works that originate in Yahweh, that we are to perform now, in the likeness of Messiah.
Biblically, it is clear that the "filthy rags works" of men are only of those who are "rebellious ones, deceivers and idolaters who turn away from the truth." Is this you? If it is, then yes, your works are filthy rags. But what if we're ones who strive to carry out good works in order to please our Creator, from a heart of thankfulness? Biblically, are these filthy rags too? Let's find out!

Part 1 - Are Good Works Really Only Filthy Rags, Biblically?

* This originally aired as a video episode on YouTube HERE.
In part 1, we'll begin by pairing Isaiah 64:6 with other biblical texts that cause us to question if this isolated verse is as broad as it has been taught to be. For example, what do we do with verses such as Hebrews 10:24 which tells us to “consider how to encourage one another in love and good deeds?”
We'll discuss many texts that support that the Most High meets with those who perform good works/righteous deeds. The key? We must be ones that "rejoice in doing righteousness." (Isaiah 64:5) How do you personally view good works? Are you certain that you agree with what the Bible says about them? Let's find out!

Don't miss an appointment with the Creator

Just some random thoughts about the Father's Holy Days as I sit in the woods, hunting.

The Will of YHWH and Duty of Man

We're told that "the one who does the will of Elohim continues to live forever." It would seem that we should thereby need to rightly understand how to determine what the will of the Creator is. Equally, Ecclesiastes tells us what is the entire duty and purpose of every man to ever live.
Do you want to walk in the Most High's will and inherit eternal life? Do you want to fulfil your purpose? Let's find out!

Naive Ones: Seeing Our Own Ignorance in Matthew Chapter 16

When we read of the disciples slowness to properly understand Messiah's words, it would do us well to humbly admit that here we see ourselves.
Are you ever found naive and ignorant? Would you even know it if you were? Let's find out!