Continuing from A Sinaite’s Apologetics – 5, our Christocentric Trinitarian Messianic Teacher wrote of us:
“I actually feel great relief that I am no longer responsible for the spiritual life of any of you.”
Presumptuous as that claim sounds, we do give some credit to this bible teacher from whom we learned many valuable lessons such as:
- Don’t trust what is taught by any bible teacher or church preacher, check the teaching out for yourself.
- When you read the Bible, think Jewish, since all the writers of biblical books from Genesis to Revelation were Jews; even Luke, who was a Jew of the diaspora and was not a gentile as claimed.
- The Covenant with Israel is still in effect; it is not old and even the “new” covenant which the church claims for itself is simply the “renewed” covenant with Israel, as declared in Jeremiah 31:31.
- The Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples was actually a celebration of the Pesach or Passover Seder feast. We learned to celebrate the Jewish Passover every year at its designated and appointed time in the biblical/Jewish calendar.
- The Tabernacle in the wilderness is designed as a teaching parable; this part we don’t accept–everything about the Tabernacle is prophetic, pointing to the details of the life and passion of Jesus Christ.
- We developed a love and respect for the Jews and the nation of Israel and seek out the Jewish sages to learn from them.
- In fact he taught us to think independently which we did—so much so, we started questioning even his own teaching.
Indeed he taught us well, in fact too well! That speaks for him as an effective teacher, we do owe him that much. However, learning from this teacher does not make him responsible for our spiritual life; each of us made a choice for ourselves and decided on the spiritual path we would take at each stage of our Truth-search.
In fact, apart from him and without seeking his permission, we adjusted our beliefs every time we discovered something was false about it, regardless of what church or religious theological authority was claiming or asserting its absolute veracity. Each of us made decisions for ourselves as to what we would accept or reject in the teachings, checking them out by further research on our own. Each of us independently reached the same conclusion and after sharing, connected with one another into a small community of like-minded departers from a Christocentric faith. How else could we have arrived at where we are today—as Sinaites, following a totally different direction, opposite of everything we had previously believed in?
Our spiritual life is in our own hands, as are our physical, mental, psychological, social dimensions. We make choices for ourselves each step of the way. If we give up that right to choose to yield to another person such as a bible teacher of church leader, then that is still a choice to surrender that right. No other person is responsible for our spiritual life; even God chooses not to intervene, since He does not violate the one gift He has given us: free will and hence, freedom of choice.
“You have ‘made your beds,’ now enjoy sleeping in them.”
To this day, our Christian colleagues look at us with pity, because they think we have lost our way; are in darkness; cannot receive illumination because the Holy Spirit no longer indwells us, that is why we can no longer understand the Scriptures.
Yes indeed, we have made our beds and yes, we actually now enjoy sleeping in them. Because formerly, we were in darkness, hardly recognizing the importance of drawing ourselves to the light-bearer, Israel and its Hebrew Scriptures but now, since we have started seriously studying the Torah, we truly have seen the Light. We pray that through this website which is our only venue for sharing with seekers like ourselves who don’t know where and how to begin their quest, we can share what we’re learning and encourage others to “be strong and take courage,” as God told Joshua and the children of Israel when they were on the verge of claiming the Land that had been promised to them.
We pray you will respond just as Joshua did, as we did:
[NASB] Joshua 24:15
If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
[ARTSCROLL] Joshua 24: 14-15
And now, fear HASHEM and serve Him with wholeheartedness and truth, remove the gods that your forefathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt, and serve HASHEM. If it is evil in your eyes to serve HASHEM, choose today whom you will serve: the gods your forefathers served across the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve HASHEM!
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