Why do many non-Jews leave the Messianic movement after three years?
Messianic Lifestyle
Factions and fracturing are explicitly warned about in Holy Scripture.
Mark Huey of Outreach Israel Ministries delivers the following message, “Our Heavenly Father’s Heart: The Messianic Restoration,” as we should each be considering how important today’s Messianic movement actually is.
Over the past few years, I have become consciously aware that some serious challenges and tension are in store for the Messianic movement. We are going through some growing pains, and issues are on the horizon that too many are unprepared for. The world at large is certainly not getting any less complicated, and globalization and the mass market mean that old ways of doing things may not necessarily work any more in the Twenty-First Century. Both the Jewish Synagogue and Christian Church are beginning to recognize this—which means the responsibility for Messianics is twice as high as it is for your average Jew or Christian. We need to be a people stirred to action, and guided by the Holy Spirit as we prepare to enter into a new chapter of our development.
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics goes through the study questions for Ch 7 in the Messianic Beginnings workbook:
1. List some differences that you have observed between being “Christian” and being “Messianic.”
2. Why do you think many Christians oppose the Torah obedience of Messianics?
3. After being saved, do you think that we should all retain the faith of a child? Explain what it means to “abide” in the Lord.
4. Do you know people who give reasons for not following the Torah? What do they say?
5. What is the key difference between Messianics and Christians relating to Yeshua and the Torah?
John & Judah review an inventory of what has characterized the Messianic movement that has been passed down from the Baby Boomer generation, to the Millennial generation.
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics discusses a number of the difficulties that new Messianic Believers from evangelical backgrounds commonly go through.
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics discusses a number of dramatic incidents that he has witnessed in his 25 years of being involved in the Messianic movement. These are supposed to be points of learning, but unfortunately the Messianic community at large often does not use them as such.
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics discusses the very difficult and unhappy subject matter of how many in today’s Messianic movement have been caught completely unaware of how many of the Millennial generation are quite liberal and progressive.
Judah and John discuss the pervasive problem of misinformation in the Messianic movement. Whether it’s laypeople sharing misleading videos from non-credible sources, or Messianic and Hebrew Roots teachers putting out sensational, misleading, or outright false teachings, the Messianic movement is struggling with misinformation in the information age. This leads to the secular world discrediting individuals – subverting their witness – and even discrediting the Messianic movement and our message about the Messiah. How can laypeople and non-experts in the Messianic movement know what’s real and what’s fake, what’s Biblical and what’s opinion? We discuss how to be better, wiser, discerning disciples in the age of misinformation.
