First of all, before anyone assumes anything, 1. I do accept we are saved by Grace and the Blood of Jesus and NOT by the laws. 2. I do accept the Torah and all of the Holy Scriptures and the Commandments of God. Gods Laws Must be obeyed as the New Testament testifies. 3. I am a Jew and respect the Hebrew roots of Christianity. With those things said, I hereby write this article for the Edification and Benefit of the Church of God as directed to me by God. God told me to write this article many months ago.

There is nothing wrong with studying and respecting our Hebrew roots as Christians. There is much to be learned by studying the Hebrew words, culture and society. There is also great importance to include/preach/teach the Torah as it is part of the scriptures and must be obeyed and was never done away with nor destroyed. Christ did not come to destroy the law nor the scriptures. I teach Gods laws on this website. We are a Torah observant ministry BUT we are NOT a "Torah Ministry" but rather a "FULL Gospel Ministry". We use Hebrew words when they need to be understood to attain better understandings as we also teach Greek words when they need to be understood to attain better understanding. There is nothing wrong with getting in touch with our Hebrew roots. Again, I say, There is NOTHING wrong with exploring and understanding our Hebrew Roots.

However, there are MANY ministries that have taken the "Hebrewic Roots Movement" too far. Their focus has become the Torah and Hebrew Words and the Law. Their focus, their ministry, their words, their writings, their sermons have been redirected off the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and redirected to a return to old things that are still in effect but takes our eyes off Christ if we dwell on them too much. Most of these groups descented from the old Worldwide Church of God and it's descentants. They were already observing the Torah. It's not like they did not already observe the Torah. They already understood the need to obey God in all the scriptures (except those rituals that were nailed to the cross which were replaced by the Blood of Jesus). But after the churches split off into hundreds of small groups, there came an uprising of men who felt a need to spread the truth of Gods Laws (as should be done). But somewhere along the way, they have lost their focus in what they call themselves, how they identify themselves and what they focus on in their teachings and ministries. They have become Jews who are not Jews. Of course many will say that we first must have a relationship with Christ and their obedience is out of respect and WANT to obey YHWH and not out of "necessity" while others say it is out of necessity that they return to the Torah (of which they never left). Then you immediately say, "but we got to teach it to others who have not yet known the Torah". True, We must teach the Torah. We must reach the world, all nations, all peoples with the truth of all of Gods Word. But WHY alienate yourself and others by identifying yourself with Hebrew words and descriptions? If you are living in 2007-2017 modern day English and Spanish speaking America, Why are you focusing on Hebrew words AS MUCH as you are? Again, there's nothing wrong with teaching people some Hebrew words to better understand what the Scriptures are teaching. But the problem occurs when your teachings and ministries look and act more like the Pharisees than the New Testament Church. The problem again occurs when your teachings and ministries are so focused on the Torah and Hebrew roots that Jesus, Grace, Mercy, Love and the Holy Ghost are diminished by comparison.

When God spit the Laodencia Church out of His Mouth, the church was lukewarm and the scattered descentants remain lukewarm.

This article will cause even more Law Keepers to spread more hate, gossip and accusations against me than what is already out there. You accuse me of being reclusive, alienating the Hebrewic roots and sacred names doctrine people, closing doors to those that could help in the ministry of spreading the gospel. But I say to you that I have never closed a door. You have. You are keeping your doors closed by limiting your ministry to "Torah and Hebrew" seekers. You are the ones that refuse to work with me. I am opening doors to anyone who wants to know Truth whether they even know the word "Torah" or not. I welcome all people who have a true desire to live Holy lives for Jesus. I did not write this article to offend anyone. If you want to work with me, I will be glad to work with you. However, People who come to God do not have to convert to Hebrew names and Hebrew Dress and Hebrew titles and Hebrew Music. The doors to spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, are wide open to me and this ministry to teach and reach all nations and tongues. Our Door is Jesus the Christ and not the Torah. Jesus is the way and the only way. Jesus must be our focus. We must put our eyes and ears on Jesus. We must be washed with the Blood of Jesus. The Torah is only part of the message. An important part but still only a part and not even the main part. The main part is LOVE. The message is LOVE. The message is JESUS. The message is HE IS COMING BACK SOON AND SOON THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD WILL BECOME THE KINGDOM OF GOD. The message is NOT the law, it includes the law but is not focused on the law nor on the Hebrew language. Focusing on the Hebrew Roots as much as some ministries do, will prevent some from coming to the truth because many people are scared off by "too jewish" themes and appearances and sounds. The message is to the Gentiles as well as the Hebrewic roots people!

You may call me a Greek. You may call me whatever you want to call me. But I know that God is telling me to NOT limit his message to a Torah Ministry.

It should be a Full-Gospel Ministry!

Praise God!

Sorry but I am NOT a pleaser of men but rather of God and I will boldly proclaim what He leads me to write, however much it may hurt those that be guilty. God chastens those who He Loves. We must ALL be branching out from our previous understandings and grow in the word and be weaned off physical lawful milk and come to the Spiritual MEAT of the Word.

Update 12-6-2007:
Since writing this article the Lord has continued to confirm that it was His Will for me to write this article despite the persecution I have received because of it. Your eyes must be on Jesus, when you take your eyes off Jesus to look at your feet, your roots or to the Left or Right, you loose your focus and begin to sink. That is the pitfall of the Hebrewic Roots Movement. Now, if you just want to explore and learn about the Hebrewic roots, that's certainly okay as long as it is to help you understand more about Jesus, how to live for him, etc. But you must be careful to not take your eyes off Jesus. Don't go into hours of learning the Hebrew Language or a jewish dance and start living like you are a Jew unless you plan on moving to Israel. Make Sense? I have taken an interest in Hannuak, the Menorah, tassels, prayer shawl, Purim, etc. These help me in my relationship with Him. But I have not taken it to the extremes of teaching that a Hebrew pronouncing of His Names are more sacred thus MUST be used, I have not focused my ministry on just the first 5 books of the Bible, the Torah, I have not called for a return to the Torah, I have not called for a return to a historical national culture. I teach all books of the bible with a New Testament spiritual element, that is that the Messiah has come and He is our High Priest and Shepard and we should be looking to Him and Him Only by having a FULL GOSPEL ministry, focusing on ALL HIS WORDS, by the way, that would include "I am the Alpha and the Omega" and that He will Return Soon therefore we must be repenting and proclaiming ALL His Words. We need to be baptizing, we need to be traveling and feeding the poor and helping the homeless and laying hands on the sick and healing the blind, not teaching people things that would cause them to spend hours, days and weeks on changing their language and dance style. Look at the Fruits of Your Own Ministry and stop looking at how many people are attending services with me. It's very interesting and telling, that a Torah minister who has made several accusations against me used the same words as a homosexual drug dealer! Sorry if that hurts. It hurts to be bent and molded when you don't want to be bent and molded. We need to become flexible to God's Will and follow His lead. Since I was able to give that Torah Minister a small block of bible verses with his name on it, part of the title of the article that offended him, the word "offended" and the answer to his accusation about public rebuke ALL within the same small block of Bible Verses, it would seem He would have turned around. But instead he was blind thus far and remains unrepented. I have not written this just to continue my rebuke of him but rather in hope that he will come to see that the bible verses I sent to him from God were truly from God, whereas I cannot understand why He could not see this in the first place, what with his name on it, the name of the article, the word "offended" AND the answer to his accusations. It would seem clear cut to me.

Update: 12-6-2007 Evening
As usual, God continues to Confirm!
I just received a newsletter with the following words:
"Impassioned preaching is seldom heard nowadays. It certainly is not taught in the seminaries, which the Jesuits promised and did infiltrate. Impassioned preaching is considered to be unsophisticated. Impassioned preaching is considered unnecessary and even thought to be ineffective today, in this pluralistic, advanced, high tech world in which we live. The passionate preacher proclaiming truth boldly and without reservation is now considered an outrageous obstacle to the people of this enlightened age.

Most would be quick to tell the outrageous passionate preacher that he must change the way he preaches because it just looks foolish to the world. May I say that such an attitude toward preaching is proof that we have lost our bearings in the Evangelical and or Messianic Community. Why? Because it is God who has ordained the foolishness of preaching to be the means by which the saving message of the Gospel is to be brought to the world. That is not to say that preaching should be foolish, and certainly not illogical.

What is to be preached is NOT the contemporary opinions of a deceived and corrupt culture, that is wise in its own eyes. God said that is foolish in Rom 1:22 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. Many believe that today's culture cannot tolerate the type of preaching that was so effective during the great awakenings and revivals of the past. The vast majority seems to think the preaching of John Wesley and other Holy Spirit empowered preachers of that bygone era would be mocked, ridiculed, and considered to be outrageous and ineffective. They do not seem to realize that those Holy Spirit empowered preachers were ridiculed, mocked, and scorned by the majority, especially by the religious majority of their time.

We are to preach The Word. True Gospel preaching will always be foolishness to every culture. Every time one tries to remove the offense, and make preaching proper, suitable, or inoffensive, one QUENCHES the power of the Gospel. It defeats the purpose for which God chose preaching as the means of saving men – so that men's hope might not rest in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Paul was given by God to express it perfectly in 1 Cor 1:18-31 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

Our culture of these last days of strong delusion is bound in sin like bands of iron. The idolized popular puppeteer with his entertaining, soothing, comforting and encouraging philosophy and stories has NO real power against such bondage to sin. To the preacher who is fearful of losing people, I can only say, better to lose people than to lose God. It really is like the choice between serving God and mammon. One really can NOT do both. God said it is impossible, and it truly is. When you please God, then you will only be left with God's people, and you will NOT fit in the church growth movement. "End of this quote from the newsletter.

Update 12-6-2007 Later same evening:
Again God continuing to confirm this article and His Will! I just came in from services where the Evangelist said things like "too many ism in the church today", "too many clicks and circles in the church where if you don't belong to their click, they think you are wrong", "church lost it's vision and focus", "it's not the number of people in your congregation but rather that you are where God wants you to be", "too many people getting caught up in position rather than submission", "too many people thinking they don't need fed, they think everything is well with their soul", "lean not on your own understandings and wisdoms but rather focus on Jesus", "the church has sores in it coming from the inside out where people are focusing on pass kingdoms and current kingdoms, their empires, size of their congregations and not on Jesus" and many other confirmations that our focus in the church has been turned wrong and we need to get our focus back on Jesus!

UPDATE: 5-13-2008:
Let's NOT be looking to our own branches, figs, fruits, roots and feet. Let's Look into the eyes of the Father and Face of Christ and feet of Christ, NOT our own feet and roots. If you want to look at your roots, Look at Christ, the Alpha! The Word of God! God of all the universe! Praise GOD the Father and Jesus the Christ! Don't do like Peter did. He looked at his feet. He looked down. We are to be looking up at Jesus the Saviour, not down at our roots or our feet. If you want to look at your roots, go all the way back. When you do your family tree, you don't stop at the roots, you go as far back as you can. Let's not stop at our roots to be our focus. Let's go back to the Seed of the Roots, before there were roots. And even the Creator of that seed.
"In the Beginning God..." Gen. 1:1
John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
2 Cor. 3:18 "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."

People are saying "Let's return to our roots" and "Let's return to the Torah". But I say "Let's Return to the giver of our roots and the giver of the torah, Let's really return to Christ and Let Him be our FOCUS!"

JESUS!!! JESUS!!! JESUS!!!

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