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From Eliyahu
Adults
read this newsletter, so I assume you are probably not a child. On the other
hand, we are all called to be children of God. It seems, that in some respects, our
childhood stays with us for a lifetime. For many, what they experienced as
children formed and shaped them so thoroughly, that as adults they are still
very much who they were as a child - only bigger. This is most obvious with
those who experienced childhood trauma. Many of those folks are still
reliving the pains of the past far into their advanced years. It can be very
difficult for those folks to grow past those hurts and pains of childhood.
It takes the personal love of their Father in heaven to shepherd them
through that minefield, to that place of safety and freedom in Him that He
alone can provide.
On the other hand, a relative few of us were blessed with godly parents who raised us up in His ways, knowing Him. If that's the case, we might not have known as children what a blessing to our lives that really was. However, once we found ourselves having to deal with the world on our own, the advantage our parents gave us of knowing Him and His Word becomes strikingly obvious. That godly start in childhood gave us a "program" to run on for life that we can rely on. Even as the Scripture says;
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. -Proverbs 22:6
If you did not have that advantage of having known your Father and His Word as a child, do not despair. Your case is far from hopeless. One of the traits of children that make them ripe for the Kingdom is their wonderful ability to learn and assimilate new things. Children of God can demonstrate this same trait at any age, especially when equipped with the truth of Scripture! We are assured that, in the pages of Scripture, we have all we need to re-program our minds with life-changing truth. Notice these words:
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 KJV
Notice that we need "all Scripture" to grow to perfection, that is, to full maturity as a believer. Clearly, that involves study, verse by verse, through the entire Scriptures. That is the only way to assure that we will take in all we need to grow into the person in Messiah each one of us is intended to become. I am talking about a personal and unique journey through Scripture with Messiah as our Teacher. If we have the heart to learn from Him as a child, then He will be there, making the Scripture alive to each of us, in a different and personal way just right for us. This can happen because the Scripture is not just words on a page - the Word is alive! Notice this:
For the word of Elohim is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
When we come to Him as a child, and open our hearts to His Word, we are inviting Him to do life-saving surgery of the spiritual kind - surgery on our hearts. This and nothing else can remove those pains and lies from the past and set us free from our own baggage to live in the freedom and joy of a child. That is, the freedom of those who walk out the Word by the power of the Holy Spirit. These, in fact, are the children of God:
For as many as are led by the Spirit of Elohim, these are children of Elohim! Romans 8:14
We are here to help His children. That's why we offer the EBD Midrash each week, which takes you verse by verse through the Torah. Not as mere tradition, but in a living way, so you will have the foundation in Scripture that the rest of it is based upon. Likewise, we offer Tsiyon Academy at our online Sabbath meeting each week, to equip the children of Elohim for their task in the world. Right now we are focusing on the life and words of Messiah, found in the Gospels, and we are learning amazing, life-changing things! Do yourself a favor and include these two resources in your life each week. If you do, I promise you that you will be drawn closer to Messiah than ever before, and your life will be better, as you grow in the glorious freedom of the children of God! (Romans 8:21)
As a child of God, do you need some personal attention from Messiah? We all do!
Amazingly, He is able to provide that personal attention to each one, as we see in Mark 10.
Join us tonight at 8 PM CST at Tsiyon.Net for our online meeting. Come as His child and be blessed.
Shalom,
Eliyahu ben
David
Tsiyon.Org
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From Eliyahu: Recently I came across the article below. I don't know the author, Christian apologist Jim Fletcher, nor is he connected with our ministry in any way. However, I found this article very informative regarding the road that modern evangelicalism is taking, and the effect on attitudes toward the Bible and Israel, so we are here reprinting the article for educational purposes below.
Progressive Evangelicalism Apostasy
Originally titled: Andy Stanley is Dangerous
Reprint from: BreakingIsraelNews,
Almost
20 years ago, Andy Stanley—the son of Southern Baptist legend Charles
Stanley—emerged as a new generation pastor, a man of rare gifts when it
comes to communicating. He eschewed jackets and ties and the more formal
trappings of traditional church.
In about 2000, he was instrumental in helping develop a leadership entity known as Catalyst.
In the midst of all this, Stanley the Younger was in a feud of sorts with Stanley the Elder over the latter’s separation from his wife (Andy’s mother).
Over time, the son’s church eclipsed the father’s church in terms of attendees, and today Andy Stanley is one-third of what I call the Evangelical Trifecta: Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, and Stanley. Quite interestingly, Warren is based on the west coast; Hybels holds down the Midwest from Chicago, and Stanley is entrenched on the east coast. In more ways than one, they blanket the country and absolutely control the evangelical narrative. Their books and methodologies totally dominate evangelicalism and their church growth techniques are now American dogma.
In
recent years, Andy Stanley has made waves with his brand of what I’d
call Progressive Evangelicalism. His prayers at Obama’s inaugurations,
and his willingness to allow Michelle Obama to speak at his North Point
Church are part of a troubling trend. He also has absolutely helped
mainstream homosexuality within the evangelical church.
What gives?
Stanley, who comes across as a winsome, easy-going fellow, is really a major change agent. His podcasts, messages, and books are absorbed by many tens of thousands of U.S. pastors.
I will tell you clearly that I believe he is described in the book of Jude. Men like Stanley have crept in unawares.
In our time.
What does this have to do with Israel?
Stanley’s rise, and that of his fellow change agents, coincides with a sharp downturn of support for Israel in the churches. It’s one element in an overall larger story, but the bottom line is this: Stanley’s watering-down of Christianity runs parallel to the rise of the so-called Christian Palestinianists. While Stanley himself rarely speaks of Israel, many of his friends and associations are anti-Israel.
Often, people answer me by saying: “But Charles Stanley supports Israel!”
He does so far as I know, but you do see that’s irrelevant in the context of what Andy Stanley is doing…don’t you?
Overall, Andy Stanley wants to fundamentally change what the Evangelical Church is. He, like Warren and Hybels, wants conformity and groupthink. He wants you to think as he thinks.
And he thinks in dangerous ways.
Late last month, the Southern Baptist Convention’s “Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission” hosted another self-serving conference in Nashville, titled “Onward” (shockingly, the same title as that of the ERLC chief’s new book; it’s about the marketing, stupid). Stanley was invited to speak.
Boy, did he.
While ERLC President Russell Moore looked on grinning, Andy Stanley said the following:
“I would ask preachers and pastors and student pastors in their communications to get the spotlight off the Bible and back on the resurrection.”
Get the spotlight off the Bible.
Welcome to the Age of Apostasy.
Did you hear what he said? Andy Stanley speaks blasphemy and nonsense…and no national leader says a word.
Just for a moment, think about the illogical nature of Stanley’s statement: how do we know about the resurrection? Through Scripture.
Does anybody call him on this nonsense? No. He grows stronger.
Several years ago, Stanley gave an interview in which he openly said that as a college freshman, he embraced his professor’s contention that Genesis 1-11 is a fairy tale.
You need to understand this one bit of information undergirds everything he does. It is foundational to his thinking and “ministry.”
He is arrogant and powerful.
When you have famous national evangelicals with this kind of worldview, you will see a downturn in support for Israel. Stanley has made several outrageous statements about the Bible in the past three years; in short, he wants people to get their focus off the Bible. Can you imagine such?
Andy Stanley’s so-called ministry is an outrage. Would that he was held accountable. But he won’t be.
This is a key reason (though largely unknown by the rank-and-file) why Israel has fallen out of favor. If you relegate the Bible to myth, why pay attention? Why would Israel’s historical claims to the land be more valid than anyone else’s?
Stanley
is helping destroy the American Church. In my opinion, he will be a
major reason the American Church morphs into the State Church before too
many more years pass.
He knows exactly what he’s doing.
And remember: my views of Stanley aren’t the story here. The story is the unconscionable violence he is willingly doing to Scripture and to the evangelical community.
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