Messianic Teaching

What is Messianic Teaching?

• Faith: Faith is directed a person, Jesus Christ. Faith is essentially an act of trust, reliance or dependence on God. Rather than being passive, this leads to an active life of obedience to the one being trusted. Faith causes questions and seeks answers from God and transforms, it sees the mystery of God and His grace and seeks to know and become obedient to God. Faith is not static but causes one to learn more of God and grow, faith causes change as it seeks a greater understanding of God.


• Repentance: Repentance is a change of thought and action to correct a wrong and gain forgiveness from the one wronged. In religious contexts it usually refers to confession to God, ceasing sin against Him, and resolving to live according to His law. It always includes an admission of guilt, and also includes at least one of: a solemn promise or resolve not to repeat the offense; an attempt to make restitution for the wrong, or in some way to reverse the harmful effects of the wrong where possible.


• Grace: It is the sovereign favor of God for humankind irrespective of actions, earned worth, or proven goodness. Grace also can be defined as God's empowering presence in one’s life enabling them to do and be what they were created to do and be. More broadly, grace refers to God's gifts to humankind, including life, creation, and salvation.


• Sin and atonement: Messianics define sin as transgression of the Torah of God. Some adherents continue practices intended to atone for their sins - usually involving prayer and rituals relating to repentance—that is, acknowledgment of wrongdoing and seeking forgiveness for their sins. Other Messianics disagree with these practices, believing that all sin is already atoned for because of Jesus's death and resurrection.


• Faith and works: Most adherents to Messianic Judaism believe in a showing of their faith through righteous works, defined by the Torah. Few Messianics believe that faith and works are mutually exclusive or polarized; most believe that faith in God and righteous works are entirely complementary to each other, and that the one (faith) naturally leads to the other (works).

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Purpose of Messianic Teachings:

Although words used to identify aspects of Messianic Judaism are frequently disputed and sometimes may seem contradictory, the term itself generally describes a belief that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah and that obedience of the Scriptures is the proper expression of faith.