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.

"The Last Chapter of John" John 21

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Well, it took about a year to get here, and now we find ourselves in the last chapter of John.The lessons just keep coming in the final words written by the "one whom Jesus loved."
Peter still had some things that needed to be addressed by Yeshua, and Yeshua wasted no time in bringing it out in the open. "Do you love Me?" He asked. Peter did love Him. Peter loved Him with all of his heart; but Peter made mistakes, just like the rest of us. The important thing to notice here is that Yeshua refuses to let Peter's mistake be buried in the past; Yeshua loves Peter far too much for that. Peter had been caught with his foot in his mouth - he had experienced a major failure. Our Savior is not seen in the final chapter of John, letting Peter's failure get the best of him. On the contrary, we see Yeshua bringing Peter to restoration.
Yeshua knew that Peter loved Him; He knew that he was broken. He also knew the words that Peter wanted, and needed to hear: "Follow Me."
The same thing rings true for the lost through out the world today. They want and need to know that Messiah is beckoning to them, "Follow Me."
When that call is answered, we come to realize that there is Hope after failure, and there is still an open invitation to follow Him after we mess things up.
Thank God for John's gospel, and Peter's story.

We will be starting the book of Galatians next week, here on The Word is Grace. The name will be "TWIG - The Word is Grace" so if you are downloading via iTunes, we will still show up as The Word Is Grace, with the TWIG prefix. We will be switching to a new podcast site, so don't be alarmed at the changes in the podcast website. I will be transfering our web address and some other things, so if you experience any difficulty in downloading a particular episode, please contact me at: romans833@yahoo.com.
We're looking forward to starting a new book with you!

May the Lord bless you and keep you,

Shabbat Shalom!

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"The Tomb is Still Empty" John 20

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Do you realize that Yeshua's empty tomb is the most important difference between His followers and the followers of every other religeous figure? Yeshua's tomb is still empty. Muhammad's body lies in Madina, Saudi Arabis. Buddha's body was cremated and the ashes buried throughout India. Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, is buried in Nauvoo, Illinois. Messiah Yeshua however, does not lie in a grave. His body was never cremated, nor were His "remains" ever enshrined on a family plot. The reason is simple: His is still alive. His tomb will never be occupied by His body. His body is alive and well, sitting at the right hand of the Father.
As we finsih up this week's Passover Festival, may we never forget that He is very much alive today! Our Savior still intercedes for His sheep, and He still seeks out the ones who are lost.

May the Lord bless you and keep you,

Shabbat Shalom!

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"The Hanged One" John 19:20 - 42

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Many Jewish people today refer to Yeshua as "The Hanged One." They call Him that because Torah states "cursed is every man who is hanged on a tree." It is not too hard to see their issue with Yeshua's death. After all, how could a man who became cursed before God be the Messiah? How could our Salvation be in the form of a man who died such a death?
We are at the section of John that is the most difficult to read. We know that it was our sins that drove Him there and the curse of our sin that He took upon Himself. We must never forget that He went there by His own free will; He could have backed out, and left us in our sin. He could have backed out, and wiped out those who spit on Him and struck Him. He could have... but He didn't. He was looking forward to all that was to come after the cross; the restoration of all things. He was looking at you and me, two thousand years in the future without a Savior, and He loved us so much that He could not let that happen. And that was His motivation for doing what He did - love.
As we enter into this Passover season, may we all stop and think about what He had to go through in order for us to have eternal life. All that He had to accomplish in order for us to have joy and peace. may we never forget that the Hanged One didn't have to go to the cross at all, but He did so because He loves us.
He is referred to today as the Hanged One by some, and He was indeed hung on a cross, but we know Him as our Salvation, Yeshua. He is the Hanged One, but He is also the Passover Lamb that was slain for our transgressions. The Mighty One of Israel, the Prince of Peace, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Who Was Who Is and Who Is To Come; Adonai (LORD), the Word Made Flesh, Alpha and Omega, the Bridegroom, the Beginning and the End...

May the Lord bless you and keep you,

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.

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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