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.

"If you love Me..." John 14:16 - 31

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In last week's podcast, Jesus said that if we love Him, we will obey him. The thought is continued in this week's message. Do we really love Him? I know that I have written about this more than once in these introductions, but as long as our Messiah keeps bring it up, I feel like it is worth driving home. Having said that, I will ask again, do we really love Him? Do we really obey His words?

Jesus said that the words that He speaks are not His own, but those of the Father. This begs the question, "what are the Father's words?" This is more challenging then you would first expect... or is it? We know that wrapped up in the words of the Father are the very Laws of Torah - all of those statutes and instructions that Moses gave in the first five books of the bible. Do those count? Remember, there are traditionally 613 Laws in the "Old Testament" but did you know that (according to one commentary) there are 1050 in the "New Testament." Yes, 1050.
It is definitely worth thinking about, especially if we intend to please our Master!
Shabbat Shalom guys, may the Lord bless you!

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"Claim it in Jesus' Name!" John 14:13 - 16

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"If you shall ask for anything in My Name, I will do it."
If this were the only verse in the bible that you had read, what would you make of it? It wouldn't take too long to realize that there are some stipulations to what is being asked, would it?
Yet when you turn on the television today, it seems that there are more and more preachers telling people that they can claim some pretty outrageous things in Jesus' name. "God wants you to be wealthy; claim it in Jesus' name!" goes the mantra of modern televangelism.
But is that what our Master meant? What about the countless millions who have nothing? What are we to make of believers in third world countries, who live their entire lives serving the Messiah, and yet live in shacks, and eat handouts?
In the context of scripture as a whole, it is clear that there is no formula for "getting what you want" simply for the sake of getting what you want (otherwise, we would all be wealthy and in good health). When our lives begin to emulate that of our Master, the "what I want" prayers will turn into "what He wants" prayers. The desires of our hearts will reflect the desires of our Father in heaven. What does He desire? Lets make it a priority to find out... then claim it in Yeshua's name!

Shabbat Shalom!

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"Show Us The Father, and Deyanu” John 14:7- 12

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Phillip asks our LORD, “show us the Father, and it will be enough (deyanu)” to which Yeshua replies, “have I been with you this long, and you still don’t know Me?”
Are Yeshua (Jesus) and the Father one and the same? In Messianic circles, there is quite a bit of discussion concerning the deity of our Master, or to be more specific; is Jesus God?
We believe unequivocally, that Yeshua is indeed God in the flesh – He is none other than God Himself. Does He share the same attributes as the Father though? The Father and the Son are one, but are there differences in what can be said of each?

Thank you for joining us as we discuss this pressing topic on The Word Is Grace,
Shabbat Shalom!

Posted by The Carpenter's Shop at 7:53 PM |     

"How Can We Know The Way?” John 13:18 - 14:6

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How can we know the Way? Yeshua answers the question with thee famous passage, “I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life.” Yeshua is saying that He is the ONLY way to the Father. When read in light of the account in Genesis, we know that He is also the Way back to the Garden of Eden, and ultimately the Tree of Life.

It is obvious from the disciples’ replies that they often were left scratching their heads after Yeshua shared deep Truths with them. They always seem to miss the point, don’t they? Do we really “get it” though? Do our lives show a lost world that we possess the knowledge of the Way back to the Father? Do we look and act like people who know the only way to the Garden; to the Tree of Life? I don’t know about you, by I could use some help in all of those areas!
Thanks for listening to The Word Is Grace,
Shabbat Shalom!

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"Wash my hands… and my head, LORD” John 12:39 - 13:17

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This week's edition of The Word Is Grace is powerful. Peter refuses to let Yeshua wash his feet, saying "you will never wash my feet!" and Yeshua replies, Peter, "if I don't wash you, you have no part in me."
"Wash my head and hands also then, Lord" was Peter's conclusion.
What is the big deal with washing their feet? Is there something more to this story then just washing another person's dirty feet? A deeper meaning? We think so.

This week's story leads us into the final moments of Messiah's life on earth - and it is startling to find Him concerned with those around Him, rather than himself. Even to the end, He loved the people He had chosen with utmost selflessness.

Let God's Word enter your heart as you listen to these scriptures. Let the reality of what is getting ready to happen to Him sink in - we, as believers must never lose sight of the enormous price He paid for us.

Thanks for listening to The Word Is Grace,
Shabbat Shalom!

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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.

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