The Word Is Grace

"The Word Is Grace" is brought to you by The Carpenter's Shop, located at 1201 East Elmore Street in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Our Sabbath services begin at 3:30 every Saturday afternoon. Listen with us as Bible teachers Jim Denman and Tim Terry examine our faith in Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus), with a Hebraic perspective. What did Jesus eat? How did He dress? Is the Torah still valid to believers today? Did He really say that there are only two laws that we have to follow now? Did God change His requirements for salvation after the cross? Is the Sabbath on Sunday or Saturday; was it changed? Join us as we seek answers to these questions, with balance and a humble reverence for God's Word.

"Isn't He The Hick From Nazareth?" John 7: 1 - 36

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Yeshua’s contemporaries looked at Him as if He were a hick; a hillbilly with no education from Nazareth of all places. Can anything good come from Nazareth? How could he possibly teach us anything, is probably what they were asking themselves.
The beginning of John chapter 7 reads like a spy novel. Yeshua covertly makes His way to the Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles), unseen by His brothers and remaining unseen until the middle of the Festival. He explodes onto the scene teaching amazing things that defy the common teaching – and He does it with authority. People want to kill Him. The crowds argue over His true identity.
Sound intriguing? It should. He goes on to tell His critics from where He comes. Find out what He had to say on this week's episode of The Word Is Grace. Shabbat shalom!

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"Tempted? So Was Jesus.” John 6: 43 - 71

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Just as the Israelites grumbled about manna, Jesus’ disciples grumbled about His claim to be the “True bread of heaven.” After that, many of them turned away from following Him. When Jesus asks if the 12 want to leave also, Peter comes to the rescue and speaks the words that each one of us should take to heart, “To where would we go? You have the words of eternal life.” This week we encounter yet another time where our Master eludes to His being the Messiah, and we see another Passover connection.
This week, Jesus makes a distinction between the people asking Him questions, and Himself - He tells them that His Father (who is alive) is the one who gave their fathers manna in the wilderness; their fathers ate the manna and are dead. We also learn that the synagogue where these things took place had a pot of manna, grape clusters and vines engraved in the lintel above the front door. It is always exciting when archeology substantiates the claims of the bible!
Finally, we learn that Jesus was tempted with every temptation known to man. If you are going through tough times, and find it hard to fight temptation, know that our Master, Yeshua went through it too. We must never forget that! He went through the same struggles – only He did not sin. That is one of the many awesome things about Him; He was tempted beyond imagination, yet never sinned. Let’s remember that the next time we find ourselves going through unbearable temptation, because those times WILL come. Remember that He went through it too… and didn’t sin.
Praise the LORD, He didn’t sin!
Shabbat Shalom!

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"Stand Still and See Me... Yeshua” - John 6:15 - 42

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The parting of the Red Sea seems to parallel the accounts of John 6:15-42. They take place at night, are accompanied by a mighty wind, and the people involved are told not to be afraid. In both instances, the people involved are shown a miracle involving the water that appears to be their death, and manna is introduced – physically in the Exodus account, and conversationally in John’s.
In Exodus, the people are told to “stand still and see the salvation of the LORD.” We know that the word salvation in Hebrew is the word Yeshua - the name of our Messiah, Jesus. Knowing this, it makes sense that Yeshua would say, “It is I, be not afraid…” He is the Salvation (Yeshua) of the LORD! He was telling them “I am the Salvation if the LORD, don’t be afraid!”
We have all heard the story of Jesus walking on the water – it has almost become cliché to us in the Western world. Yet, we should never cease to be in awe of who our Master is and what He has done. Like Jim says in this week’s teaching; Jesus is really the only one that the word “awesome” can rightfully be used in His description. Let us never forget that He is worthy of our praise based on what He has already done for each one of us, on the cross. Our King owes us nothing, yet He has given us everything in Him. As we read His words this week, let’s remind ourselves that we are nothing without Him. He alone is our Hope and our Salvation. Yeshua tells us that it is the will of the Father for each one of us to believe in Him; not because of the works that He does, or the blessings that He blesses us with, but simply because of who He is, and what He has already done. Shabbat Shalom!

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"Moses wrote about ME" - John 5:31 - 6:14

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Continuing His conversation with the Jews who accused Him of breaking Sabbath, Jesus says that though He doesn’t really need a witness, He has many. His good works were a witness, the Father was His witness, and John was a witness. In fact, His accusers were willing to rejoice in John’s light, but had refused the light of Messiah! Jesus startles the crowd, by saying that Moses, whom they all revered, actually wrote about Him. Considering His audience, imagine the weight of that statement; these men were seeking to kill Jesus on the basis that He had broken Torah, yet Jesus tells them that the one who wrote the Torah was actually writing about Him. He tells them, “…but if you do not believe his writings (Moses), how will you believe My words?”
Soon after this, Jesus performs an amazing miracle in Tiberias, and feeds 5,000 men (plus women and children) with just two tiny fish and 5 loaves of barley bread. We learn the Greek word for fish here means “relish” or very small, sardine-like fish. Barley bread was cheap bread; barley being a grain commonly used to feed the livestock. This story parallels Psalm 23, showing us that Jesus is indeed the Good Shepherd; making the people sit down in the grass (“sit” in Greek means to lie back, or lay down), and then restoring their souls, by feeding them to their full. The story almost begs the question, “How did He do that?” Did the bread just spring up from the baskets, or from His hands, or did He just keep breaking off pieces from a loaf that never shortened?

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Here at the Carpenter's Shop, we believe Yeshua when He states in Matthew 5:17 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill." We have come to know that our Messiah, Yeshua (Jesus), was a Torah observant, Jewish Rabbi who will one day return to reign from David's throne in Jerusalem. We believe that we are saved by the redemptive work that Yeshua accomplished on the cross; we are saved by the grace of God (Hashem), not by observing Torah. We observe Torah because we are saved, out of obedience to God's Word.

If you are unfamiliar with Hebraic Roots teaching, please check out any of the first eight posts. They are segments from our weekly radio program that ran in 2007, and cover some of the basic ideas behind the drive to understand the scriptures from a 1st Century Hebraic perspective.

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Seeds of Restoration in the links above. Seeds of Restoration is ran by Tim Terry, and has many excellent articles covering the Hebraic Roots of our Christian faith.
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