Thursday, July 28, 2016

"August 2016 eShmooze Letter" Word of Messiah from Charlotte, North Carolina, United States for Thursday, 28 July 2016


August 2016"August 2016 eShmooze Letter" Word of Messiah from Charlotte, North Carolina, United States for Thursday, 28 July 2016
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Word of Messiah Radio in NYC!

Yeshua sent out His talmidim (disciples), as “fishers of men” (Matt. 4:19). One thing you’ll notice about a successful fisherman is that he will cast as many fishing lines in the water as possible! At Word of Messiah, we are thankful for the many “fishing lines” God has given us to get the Good News out to the Jew first but not to the Jew only: through our books, outreaches, conferences, website, social media, etc., we get to share the most important message the world will ever hear – that the Jewish Messiah has come and that His Name is Yeshua! God has opened the door for outreach in so many ways, and we are thrilled to share our newest opportunity to get the word out even more: Radio!
From Word of Messiah headquarters in Charlotte, NC, we have the opportunity to host a radio show which will reach into the heart of New York City. We see this as a great opportunity, for the NYC area is home to over two million Jewish people, a Jewish population second only to Tel Aviv, Israel. Though there is a strong remnant of Jewish believers in Yeshua, the majority of Jewish people in New York have yet to accept their Messiah. Our goal through this radio program is to advance the work we are already doing in the U.S. and around the world: to impact NYC with the Good News of Messiah to the Jew first, to see more Messianic congregations established and strengthened, and to help the greater Body of Messiah understand their calling to reach out in love to the Jewish people, equipping them to reach their Jewish friends and neighbors with the message of Yeshua.
Our radio program will be based in NYC, but will be available online at www.am570themission.com for anyone who tunes in to listen Fridays at 7pm EST. The Mission is one of the leading radio stations in the Northeast, and Sam’s teaching will be aired throughout the greater NYC area. Tune in Friday, July 29th to catch our first broadcast!
Radio has the potential to reach a wide audience, but we are planning to expand our scope of ministry even more through additionally launching an online podcast. Though a radio show is limited to a specific time slot, a podcast is available to listen to anytime, and Word of Messiah podcast subscribers will receive new episodes automatically, regardless of where they live around the world. Once the podcast is up, you can visit www.wordofmessiah.org, or www.itunes.com to subscribe. (More information to come!)
As we step out into this new territory, we covet your prayers while we “strive together for the faith of the Good News” (Phil. 1:27). In light of the costs involved in producing a radio show and podcast, we are also thankful as you stand alongside us in prayer, believing God for His provision above what He has already graciously raised up. We are incredibly thankful for all those who faithfully pray for and support Word of Messiah, and we look forward to walking together through this new open door!
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The Gentile Great Commission
Many Gentile believers are not aware of the strategic calling God has given them; one that, when fulfilled, will serve to bring about "life from the dead." (Romans 11:15)...
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The Gentile Great Commission by Sam Nadler

If you have read Word of Messiah Radio in NYC!, you know that Word of Messiah will soon be host of a new radio show which will air on “The Mission” (AM 570) radio station in New York City. In our ministry, as we reach out to Jewish people with the Good News and plant Messianic congregations, we want to edify and encourage all believers to be witnesses to the Jew first. But why would non-Jewish (Gentile) believers in the Messiah care about reaching Jewish people with the Good News? Many Gentile believers are not aware of the strategic calling God has given them, one that, when fulfilled, will serve to bring about “life from the dead” (Romans 11:15).
Throughout history, the relationship between Jew and Gentile has frequently been strained, to say the least (See my article series: “Historical Issues for Jewish Unbelief in Yeshua” for more information on this topic.) Yet, in His providence, God has designed it so that these two diverse groups of people have great need of one another! Indeed, without the Jewish people, the Gentile world would have no Bible, no prophets, no apostles, and no Savior! (Romans 3:1-2, John 4:22) Yet, this unique relationship goes both ways…
“I say then, they (the Jewish people) did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous.” (Romans 11:11)
Here, Paul explains that national Israel stumbled over Messiah, the stumbling stone (Romans 9:32-33). To stumble and fall can make for great comedy. Yet, how does God feel about people who stumble? He loves us and desires to pick us up! For these Jewish people, God chose the Gentile believers as His instrument to proclaim the only One who “is able to keep us from stumbling.” (Jude 1:24) God’s Word makes this very clear, yet, many Gentile believers chose rather to be arrogant against Israel and neglected their responsibility to reach out to the Jewish people in love. As the “apostle to the Gentiles,” Paul took them to task, warning them not to have an “I told you so” attitude toward the Jewish people (Romans 11:18).
Paul raises the issue: Did Israel’s stumbling over Messiah mean the end of their place in God’s plan? Sadly, from a Jewish perspective, many Gentile believers seem to think so. Once I was asked to speak at a church outreach in Kiev, Ukraine, around the time of the Jewish revival in the former Soviet Union. Before I was invited to the front, the speaker before me told the Jewish people who were visiting, “You Jews missed it—and too bad for you! Sunday is the Sabbath now!” What a bizarre statement – both in its theology and attitude reflected. On a different occasion, a pastor in the States told me: “When we go door-to-door to share the Gospel, we skip the homes with mezuzahs (A small box containing a scroll with the words of Deut. 6:4-9, often nailed to the doorpost of Jewish homes)… We would not want to offend [the Jews living there], our people would not know what to say, and they probably would not be interested anyway.” What a witnessing strategy! Shouldn’t the Jewish homes have been offended that they were skipped? This non-witness, though well-intentioned, actually implies that God is finished with Israel.
This, however, could not be further from the truth (Jeremiah 31:35-37; Romans 11:1-2, 26, etc.). God’s faithfulness to the Jewish people is evidenced in Jewish evangelism. Anyone can stumble, and everyone has, but the repentant sinner can be restored (Ephesians 2:5; Colossians 2:13). This is the Good News both for you and for national Israel. Though you may have rejected God, God has not rejected you. He proves this by His call for you to be saved through the proclamation of the Good News of Messiah.
When I share this truth, some have asked, “You don’t mean to say that God saved Gentiles just to make Israel jealous, do you?” No, not quite. God saves Gentiles because of who He is; as it is written, “For God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son” (John 3:16). God loves us all and He loves us all the same! However, our salvation gives us a purpose and a calling. Even as God saved Gentiles through the means of Israel’s transgression, He now gives Gentile believers an opportunity to demonstrate God’s faithfulness to Israel. God intended the Good News to come to the Jewish people through faithful Gentile believers.
However, we do not often see Jewish people becoming all that jealous for what Gentile believers have in Messiah. Why is this? To help us understand, remember that God got jealous over Israel when they went after other gods (Exodus 34:14). This is because Israel belongs to Him (Isaiah 43:1). In contrast, how can Jewish people get jealous over something that is not evidently theirs to begin with? Though some may be curious or even a little envious, Jewish people rightfully do not get jealous over Easter eggs or Santa Claus, because these things are not part of Jewish heritage, and actually function as a cultural substitute for that heritage. On the contrary, when believers worship the Lord Yeshua, rejoicing in the God of Israel, and celebrating Messiah in the feasts of Israel (such as Passover and the Feast of Booths) as all the early believers once did, this should provoke Israel to jealousy!
At Antioch, when Gentiles came to faith and were first called christianoi (“Christians,” Acts 11:26), the term identified them with the Messiah (“Anointed One” in Greek). Think of it: to the ears of the Jewish community, which generally spoke Greek outside of Judea, the Gentile “Christians” were really “Messianics”: they were a part of the Messianic Jewish community. In other words, unlike today, this term did not separate them out as a foreign religion; rather, it identified them with Israel! Messianic Gentiles were and are meant to be the living witness of Israel’s hope, sharing with Jewish people the mercy they themselves have received in Messiah (Romans 11:31). God’s salvation of souls leads to a service of love.

Serving Ethiopian Jewish Believers
To meet the great need for discipleship among new Ethiopian Jewish believers, Messianic Discipleship is now available in Amharic!...
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WMM Serving Ethiopian Jewish Believers
As of this month, Sam’s book, Messianic Discipleship, is available in English, Hebrew, Russian, and now the Ethiopian language of Amharic!
For over 3,000 years, a large group of Jewish people have called Ethiopia their home. In the past thirty years, over 100,000 of these people have made Aliyah to Israel, but several thousand still remain in Ethiopia, awaiting the chance to be re-united with their families and community.
Praise God that in recent years, many of these Ethiopian Jewish people are coming to faith in Messiah! Presently, there is a great need for discipleship among these new believers, both in Ethiopia and in Israel, and up to this point, there has not been any discipleship material available in Amharic.
This is why we are so excited to announce the publication of this new translation, available through HaGefen Publishing, the Israeli publishing company who also did the Hebrew translation of Messianic Discipleship.
Already, this first of its kind book has received great interest from the Messianic community in Ethiopia, and a request for 100 books has already been made.
If you know of anyone who can use this new translation as a tool in evangelism and discipleship, please share this exciting news.
And most of all, please pray that the new Amharic speaking believers would grow in Messiah as they follow Yeshua through Messianic discipleship!

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