🇺🇸 🇮🇱 Addressing the Theological and Spiritual Issues of the Broad Messianic Movement
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews the Carmen Christi of Philippians 2:5-11. How important is this passage to understanding not only the integration of Yeshua the Messiah into the Divine Identity, but also the service brothers and sisters in the Lord are to demonstrate to each other?
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
What do those who believe in psychopannychy/soul sleep do about Philippians 1:23, and with Paul desiring to depart and be with the Messiah?
The Apostle Paul said how Believers were not to be justified, or reckoned as a part of God’s people, via “works of law.” Instead, as it has been commonly quoted to us, we are brought into relationship with God “through faith in Christ Jesus.” We have to place our trust in what Yeshua did for us on the tree at Golgotha, performing what Romans 10:9 tells people to do: “if you confess with your mouth Yeshua as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (NASU). It seems pretty straightforward, right?
This further study, of what “under the Law” really means, will consider some of the strengths and weaknesses today’s Messianic Believers have, especially when a Christian family member or friend exclaims “We’re not under the Law!” Not only will this analysis provide some more detailed answers to those who are skeptical of a Messianic’s Torah obedience, but it is engaged with contemporary thought and opinion surrounding the terminology “under the Law,” and why “under the Law” meaning “obedient to the Torah of Moses” is a poor conclusion.
Mark Huey of Outreach Israel Ministries delivers the following Apostolic Scriptures Reflection for Tetzaveh: Philippians 4:10-20
How are we to understand the Messiah Hymn of Philippians 2:5-11 and the nature of the equality that Yeshua has with God?
