Discernment Question #490
I've spent 33 years in the Messianic world.
For a time, I became so disgusted with "Messianic Gentiles" or Hebrew Roots or One Law, Torah Only, Ephraimite, Lost Tribes, Sacred Names, or whatever you want To call them, that I walked away from all Jewish-flavors of ministry for some years.
Why?
Messy-Antics.
The movement is filled with many who are sincere, but also many who are sincerely enamored with secret meanings and knowledge that puff up and make one feel superior to others. So many in so in love with aspects of my culture and traditions that they fall out of love with Jesus. They fall in love with the Tree of Knowledge. They disconnect from the mercy of the Tree of Live. Many become bullies.
Self-righteous bullies.
Only God could