One in Messiah Congregation - April 15, 2006
Christian Pastors are upset their people are keeping "Jewish feasts" and use only N.T. verses to defend them.
Jews in Judaism are upset that gentiles churches are keeping "Jewish feasts" taking over their traditions.
I see Satan dividing again
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I listed only 13 issues below, there are others. Let's examine these issues.
1. feasts of the Jews?, Moses?
NO - feasts of the LORD
2. memorial
unto all generations
4. ordinance
for
ever 7. Is Israel
forsaken? Did the gentile church take Israel's place?
NO!
1Sam.12[
22] For the
LORD will not forsake his people for
his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
Rom.11[
1] I say then,
Hath God cast away
his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite,
of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.[2
] God hath not cast away his
people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture
saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,[
3] Lord, they have killed thy
prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek
my life.[4] But what saith the
answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have
not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.[5
] Even so then at this present time also
there is a remnant according to the election
of grace.[6
] And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace
is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise
work is no more work.[7] What
then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election
hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded[8
] (According as it is written, God hath given them the
spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should
not hear;) unto this day.
8.
The feasts "were" a shadow of things
to come? -
Colossians 2 out of context -
old issue
Col.2[
17] Which
"are" ( future tense ) a shadow of things to come
; but the body is of Christ.
Paul said this to the Colossians after the
Lord had rose from the dead.
9.
Sabbath is over? NO
- old issue
10.
eat unclean foods? NO
- old issue
11. Gentile believers
keep Passover? YES!
Exod.12[
48] And
when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the
passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised
, and then let him come near and keep it; and
he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised
person shall eat thereof.[49
] One law shall be to him that
is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
12. Gentile believers
keep Sabbath? YES!
Isa.56[
3] Neither let the son of
the stranger, that hath joined
himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from
his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
[6] Also
the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the
LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every
one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and
taketh hold of my covenant;[
7]
Even them
will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my
house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted
upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all
people.
13. How many
bodies of Messiah are there?
Lev.19[
34] But
the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one
born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself;
for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Rom.12[
4] For as we have many members
in one body, and all members
have not the same office:
[5] So we, being
many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another.
1Cor.12[
12] For as the body is one,
and hath many members, and all the members of that one
body, being many, are one body
: so also is Christ.
[13] For by
one Spirit are we all baptized into one body
, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or
free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
[20] But now
are they many members, yet but one body
.
Eph.2[
16] And that he might reconcile
both unto God in one body by
the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Eph.4[
4] There is
one body, and one Spirit, even as
ye are called in one hope of your calling;
Col.3[
15] And let the peace of God
rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in
one body; and be ye thankful.
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Some scriptures for backup
Lev.23[
2] Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of
the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations,
even these are my feasts.
[4] These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations,
which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
[33] And the
LORD spake unto Moses, saying,[34
] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day
of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto
the LORD.[35] On the first day
shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.[
36] Seven days ye shall offer an offering
made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation
unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is
a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
[37] These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim
to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a
burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every
thing upon his day:[38] Beside
the sabbaths of the LORD
, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside
all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.[
39] Also in the fifteenth day of the
seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep
a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and
on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.[40
] And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly
trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of
the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.[
41] And ye shall keep it a feast
unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your
generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.[
42] Ye shall dwell in booths seven
days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:[
43] That your generations may know
that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them
out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.[44
] And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the
feasts of the LORD.
memorial
adj. Serving as a remembrance of
a person or an event; commemorative. Of, relating to, or being in memory
Exod.3[
15] And God said moreover unto
Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your
fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent
me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is
my memorial unto
all generations.
Exod.12[
14] And
this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to
the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance
for ever.
[24] And ye
shall observe this thing for an ordinance
to thee and to thy sons for ever.
[43] And the
LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This
is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger
eat thereof:
Exod.13[
9] And it shall be for a sign
unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial
between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy
mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.[
10] Thou shalt therefore keep
this ordinance in his season
from year to year.
Exod.15[
25] And he cried unto the LORD;
and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the
waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an
ordinance, and there he proved them,
Exod.18[
20] And thou shalt teach them
ordinances and laws, and shalt
shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
Lev.23[
24] Speak unto the children
of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall
ye have a sabbath, a memorial
of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
Lev.23[
14] And ye shall eat neither
bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have
brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute
for ever throughout your generations
in all your dwellings.
[21] And ye
shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto
you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a
statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations
.
[31] Ye shall
do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
[41] And ye
shall keep it a feast unto the LORD
seven days in the year. It shall be a statute
for ever in your generations: ye shall
celebrate it in the seventh month.
Lev.23[
14] And ye shall eat neither
bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have
brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute
for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
[21] And ye
shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto
you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a
statute for ever in all your dwellings
throughout your generations.
[31] Ye shall
do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
[41] And ye
shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be
a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate
it in the seventh month.
Exod.12[
14] And this day shall be unto
you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to
the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance
for ever.
Lev.23[
14] And ye shall eat neither
bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have
brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute
for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
[21] And ye
shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto
you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in
all your dwellings throughout your generations.
[31] Ye shall
do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
[9] And David saith, Let their
table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompence
unto them:[10] Let their eyes
be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
[11] I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall?
God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles,
for to provoke them to jealousy.[12] Now if the fall of them be the riches
of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much
more their fulness?[13
] For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle
of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
[14] If by any means I may provoke
to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
[15] For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of
the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
[16]
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy,
so are the branches.[17] And
if some of the branches be broken off
, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in
among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;[
18] Boast not against the branches.
But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.[
19] Thou wilt say then, The branches
were broken off, that I might be graffed in.[20
] Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou
standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
[21] For if God spared not the
natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.[
22] Behold therefore the goodness and
severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if
thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.[
23] And they also, if they abide
not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in
again.[24] For if thou wert
cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary
to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural
branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?[25
] For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant
of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that
blindness in part is happened to Israel
, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
[26] And so all Israel shall
be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and
shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:[27
] For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take
away their sins.[28] As concerning the
gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they
are beloved for the fathers' sakes.[
29] For the gifts and calling of God
are without repentance.[30]
For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy
through their unbelief:[31]
Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also
may obtain mercy.[32] For God
hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.[
33] O the depth of the riches
both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments,
and his ways past finding out![34
] For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his
counseller?[35] Or who hath
first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?[
36] For of him, and through him, and
to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
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