FAQs
1. Do you have to live a Jewish life style in order to be saved?
No, the scripture says in Romans 10:13 – “For whosoever calls on the name of the L-rd shall be saved.” Jesus, (Yeshua) said in John 14:6 – “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
There is only one way to salvation and that is through repentance of our sin and receiving Jesus (Yeshua) as the Messiah and the atonement for our sins.
By living a Jewish lifestyle, I believe, another way to word it would be to live a biblical lifestyle. After we accept Yeshua (Jesus), G-d becomes our father and we should desire to please our heavenly father just as we do with our earthly fathers. He is well pleased when His children keep His word in faith and obedience. This will then cause us to live what we call a Jewish lifestyle today.
2. Do I have to attend a messianic Jewish congregation?
No, many people today are seeing the need of returning to the Jewish roots of their faith and are banding together to start lighthouses, prayer houses or home churches on their own just as was done in the Book of Acts when the early believers met from house to house, Acts 2:46-47. In these homes, both Jews and Gentiles are meeting together without the tradition from either side and are seeking the L-rd for the way in which He wants the service to be conducted (www.kad-esh.org). There is information on the web site in regards to MAP lighthouses (messianic, apostolic and prophetic) meeting places and how to establish one. I believe people can observe the Sabbath on Saturday as a day of rest to the L-rd and still attend church on Sunday as well. Some churches have gone from Sunday morning and Sunday night services to Friday evening and Sunday morning services in order to experience the blessing and anointing of meeting on the Sabbath.
3. Were the kosher laws abolished with the vision that Peter had on the housetop of Simon, the tanner, in Joppa?
No, the vision was speaking of people and not food. The decision Peter, a Jew, was making in regards to whether it was all right for him to go to Cornelius’ house, a Gentile, when then men came to ask for him. G-d was not contradicting himself or changing the dietary laws, rather He was making the point to Peter that he was not to think of a group of people as being common or unclean. (Acts 10:9-22).
4. Are Jews and Gentiles to observe the feasts?
Because the feasts are not just the feasts of Israel as many have been taught but rather the feasts of the L-rd. Leviticus 23:1-2 states “And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: The feasts of the L-rd, which you shall proclaim to be hold convocations, these are My feasts.” He has promised blessing to those who are faithful and obedient to His word whether they are Jew or Gentile. Remember, also, when it states the children of Israel that also includes Gentiles who have joined themselves to the Jewish people and are living as Jews. Leviticus 23:44 also states that “Moses declared to the children of Israel the feasts of the L-rd.”
