As disciples of Messiah Yeshua, we teach the Hebrew path that He walked and His message of the restoration of the Kingdom of God.
Discipleship
What is a 'disciple'? Is he just a student who follows a rabbi from place to place? In first century Judea and Samaria, the Pharisee-inspired practice of discipleship was designed to make teachers out of students. But Yeshua's disciples were more. Though they also became teachers, their message was that of their rabbi - Messiah Yeshua, and His message was the Kingdom of God, for which the disciples were to 'bear fruit'.
NKJ John 15:5-8 - "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 "If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 "By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
Bearing fruit was, and still is the role of the disciple. But a disciple must 'abide' (literally 'to remain') in the example of his rabbi - his teacher. Thus Yeshua went on to say -
NKJ John 15:10 - "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
Yeshua chose the discipleship pattern of 1st century Judaism as His tool to get his message to His intended audiance. After Yeshua's resurrection, the disciples followed their Master's example - raising up disciples to Yeshua instead of themselves.
Let's understand what it means to be a disciple, and what we can do to better fulfill our calling!
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In the Dust of the Rabbi
AI imageMatthew 28 shows that we have been called to be disciples of the Messiah. But what does it mean 'to be a disciple' ? Is it just believing in Him, or does it imply more. In the first century Jewish culture, discipleship meant a lot more than what many of us realize, and much more than most of us are willing to do.
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a Believer's Calling
To be "called" by God is a tremendous blessing and opportunity. In the Hebraic context of the scripture, a calling carries with it a responsibility - a responsibility to live up to and fulfill your calling. Only by fulilling our calling can we "make our calling and election sure."
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the Parable of the Minas
Image by James Tissot via Wikimedia CommonsThe Parable of the Minas is a lesson of discipleship --- for Yeshua's disciples. As a tax collector, Zacchaeus was looked down upon by his fellow Jews. Yeshua used His encounter with Zacchaeus as an opportunity to teach His disciples that they are to look beyond what they percieve to be the obvious.
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Be Not Like the Gentiles
James and John were two of Yeshua's leading disciples. They were full of zeal for the Messiah and longed for the restoration of His kingdom. But were they fit to be leaders in that kingdom? Were they qualified to sit on His right and left hand? What we find is that at that time, their loyalty to the King did not extend to the King’s subjects. Leadership, especially leadership in the body of Messiah, requires loyalty, not only to God, but to those with whom God is working.
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Let's Rebuild the House
AI imageThe prophet Haggai was sent to the Jews who were tasked with the responsibiliy to rebuild Solomon's Temple. Apparantly, the workers had become lax in thier responsibility and had left the job in order to satify their personal ambitions.
As disciples of Yeshua, we've been given a task as well. We are to be actively 'building' the congregation of Israel. We should 'consider our ways'!
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Drashing God
AI image via ShutterstockGod tells us to 'seek' Him, but how do we do that? For many it is through daily readng of the scriptures. But is that the best use of our time with God? Probably not. If we really want to 'get to know' our creator, there are more effective ways of doing so. This message shows tips we can use to make our time in Bible Study more effective. By incorporating these tips, we can begin to better understand the mind of God
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the Hebrew Roots 'Awakening'!
Discover Hebrew Roots - the 'Way' God gave to Israel, the 'Way' Yeshua restored in His day, and the 'Way' taught by the disciples.
..."But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets...
NKJ Acts 24:14
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Hebrew Roots?
James Tissot - Wikimedia Commons Hebrew Roots is an 'awakening' . . . a realization that Messiah Yeshua (Jesus Christ) meant what He said when He told his disciples that 'not one jot or tittle would pass from the law til all things are fulfilled'. Since most prophecy has yet to be fulfilled, those of us who live by His words believe we should fashion our lives after the Torah-observant example of Yeshua.
To put it in a nutshell - we believe we are saved by His grace, and that saved people will attempt to follow in the footsteps of their Saviour.
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the Hebrew Walk
The Hebrew Walk can best be illustrated by a straight path that leads to the Mountain of God. Sin, on the other hand, is when you get off the path, which frequently leads you over a cliff and headed for destruction. The remedy for sin is 'repentance' which in Hebrew simply means to 'return' - as in 'return to the path'.
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Mystery of the Gospel
Paul and Tychicus by Gustave Doré, via Wikimedia God’s desire is that all mankind be saved, but how He plans to bring about that salvation has been hidden from his people – even many of the prophets – until He is ready to reveal it. Yeshua even said that He spoke in parables in order to conceal understanding of God's plan from the masses. Therefore, God's plan is a mystery to most people, but it is being revealed to His disciples.
The key to unlocking the mystery is found by taking the words of the prophets - beginning with Moses - and tying them to the words of Messiah Yeshua.
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Ami Yisrael
'Ami Yisrael' is Hebrew for 'my people Israel'. We take the words of God, Yeshua, Moses, the prophets, and Yeshua's disciples seriously. Thus when Paul said "... if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Gal. 3:29) we believe that applies to us. We are not trying to be Jewish, for the Jews are just a small part of the Hebrew people. Instead, we hope to pattern our lives after that of the Hebrew of Hebrews - Messiah Yeshua.
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