Christian doctrines & the Talmud are trouble

And they will be eliminated soon…

The physical foundation of my faith, and yours if you are a believer, is the scriptures. That is the Bible or the Tanakh plus the Brit Chadasha. I believe they are inerrant in the original languages. However, it’s just a book, and can only be truly understood with the help and guidance of the Author—the Holy Spirit [Ruach HaKodesh]. I have written a lot about the dangers of biblical idolatry—the worship of the book with no personal relationship to the Messiah or the Holy Spirit. Grieving the Holy Spirit has become a doctrinally acceptable practice for many who consider themselves Christians or Messianic Jews.

Take the common (yet usually unwritten) doctrine that the Lord does not talk with His people anymore. Far more nefarious, is that doctrine stating that the Bible is the Sword of the Spirit. I’ve written about that problem countless times. The Sword of the Spirit is the rhema of God. This is an anointed powerful word given by the Holy Spirit to and through a believer when needed. This is how Jesus’ command works when He told us to not worry about what you will say if you are dragged before the authorities. “For the Holy Spirit will give you the words to say…”

There are many good reasons why John 5: 39–40 has become one of my core scriptures. Let’s start with the CJB version:

You keep examining the Tanakh [Old Testament] because you think that in it you have eternal life. Those very Scriptures bear witness to me, but you won’t come to me in order to have life!

This is true in the New Covenant [Brit Chadasha] also. My favorite version for these verses is the RSV where verse forty says, “yet you refuse to come to Me in order to have life!” This is a major, appalling fact for most of the Church and Israel today. It is true for far over 90% of self described Christians and Jews. I’ve documented that many times. Probably, the majority of these people are functional atheists or agnostics.

Born again is heretical to the mainline doctrinaires

Contemporary doctrine in the dominant Episcopalian denomination and Lutheran Synods (and probably many more seminarian-led churches) is normally that being born again is the heresy of Experiential Christianity. They rail against emotionalism. This is primarily to protect another horrid sacramental doctrine—Baptismal Salvation. However, I’m old enough to still live according to the old 39 Articles of Religion which state clearly that I do not have to accept anything which cannot be proven by the scriptures. That’s no longer in the new Book of Common Prayer AFAIK.

Huge portions of evangelicals actually believe that the Lord Jesus Christ [Yeshua Messiah] truly changed His mind about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. That doctrine has hamstrung most Evangelicals. These gifts are actually necessary for effective spiritual warfare. I wrote about that here:

Jesus' baptism for people constrained by doctrine from a different time

I could go on and on. I won’t cover the Talmud because I do not know it well enough. It is obvious that many of the arguments coming from Messianic Jews come from points of doctrine which I assume are from the Talmud. They are obviously not from the Tanakh. The vast majority of Kosher law is from the Mishnah, for example. I recently reread the Torah. It is so clean and simple when compared the Messianic diatribes I read [which are of the same ilk as Evangelical apologist diatribes].

Doctrines, catechisms, & Talmud are not canonical scripture

They are human wisdom—codified. I suggest we all find the scriptural basis for what we teach and write about before we post it. Ask the Holy Spirit [Hagion Pneuma or Ruach HaKodesh] to guide you to the Truth. He will be pleased that you asked—as will Joshua, the Anointed One [Jesus Christ in Greek or Yeshua Messiah in Hebrew]. Both Doctrines & Talmud will probably be outlawed by the Coming King, Our Messiah.