How many do you know? There's a huge rift between Jews who practice Judaism and Messianic Jews to such an extent that family ties are sometimes severed because of it.
Well, there's my very good friend from childhood. There are the members of the messianic congregation whose leader has spoken at our church. My co-worker and friend, her sister and two of her brothers.
Of course there is a huge rift. There are huge rifts that divide families when a Catholic becomes a non-catholic such as a Lutheran or Buddist. Faith can be so closely held that it trumps family ties.
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You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
Romans 5:6
While faith alone saves; saving faith is never alone.
A pair of hands at work powered by a billion hands clasped in prayer achieves much. Much more than just a pair of hands at work.
"The thing to remember about freedom is that it’s not given, it’s taken."
I was merely addressing that there are family ties that have broken up because of it. Not taking sides on the issue, but I'm sure there are Messianics that don't "like it just fine" that they have lost contact with their family. It is actually a huge issue.
Not that they abandon their faith due to the issue, but to suggest they are happy with the situation is absurd.
I was merely addressing that there are family ties that have broken up because of it. Not taking sides on the issue, but I'm sure there are Messianics that don't "like it just fine" that they have lost contact with their family. It is actually a huge issue.
Not that they abandon their faith due to the issue, but to suggest they are happy with the situation is absurd.
No one suggested that anyone is happy with that situation. It's foolish to say it. What they are very happy with is being called what they see themselves as. . .Messianic Jews. You don't give up your Jewishness, your Jewish heritage when you embrace Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
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You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
Romans 5:6
While faith alone saves; saving faith is never alone.
A pair of hands at work powered by a billion hands clasped in prayer achieves much. Much more than just a pair of hands at work.
"The thing to remember about freedom is that it’s not given, it’s taken."
You'ld be speaking german, arabic or russian if it weren't for the US.
You almost make it sound like there´s something wrong with speaking german, arabic or russian. My mother´s tongue is german, and I´m not really unhappy with that.
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Why I call myself a „non-believer“ or „atheist“:
I can´t relate to any of the god concepts I´m familiar with so far.
Either I´m not convinced by the concept, or
– although not having a problem with the worldview itself -
I see no reason to call one of its elements „God“:
There are already more precise, more common, less loaded and less likely to be misunderstood terms for these elements.
E.g. I prefer to call nature „nature“, the universe „universe“ and everything „everything“.
Christianity and Judaism are two distinctly different religions, to make the claim to be both is silly.
You are in no position to tell Messianic Jews that they can't be Messianic Jews. They are born into a Jewish family with Jewish roots and Jewish practices. They come to know that Jesus is their Lord and Savior. They don't give up their Jewish roots or practices. They are Jews who accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, i.e. Christians. Messianic Jews.
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