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Why Believers in Jesus Should Keep the Torah Why Believers in Jesus Should Keep The Torah 1 www.servantofmessiah.org Why Believers in Jesus Should Keep The Torah Rabbi Adam J. Bernay 2 www.servantofmessiah.org PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE YOU READ THIS BOOK!!! Author’s Note In going over my manuscript, I realized that – absent an explanation – this book comes off really harsh on Christians. Such is not my intention. I have no issues with the average Christian in the pew, other than a wish that they should learn that Torah is for them, which is the point of this book. My real issues are with the Church as an institution that has hidden the Truth of Torah for 1800 years, and the pastors and theologians who have an idea of the Truth and have still taught against Torah Observance. All such harsh statements are directed at the institution and the leaders who knowingly block the sheep in the fold from knowing the Truth. 4 www.servantofmessiah.org ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank you to my proofreaders, my mother Susan Bernay, Yvonne Edghill, a Shamash (Deacon) at my congregation, and Ellen Mumper (a colleague from the Coalition of Torah Observant Messianic Congregations), for their hard work at making sure this tome is readable. Since the bulk of this was written as sermons I’ve given, and I have a tendency to spend a lot of time studying and thinking through sermons and then writing them out at the last minute, there were some definite rough patches in the text. Any errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, quotes, or missing words are my fault for ignoring what they’ve said, not their fault. Also thanks to Todd Andrew Barnett, a friend who helped me get the page numbering right! Thank you to all of the people who have mentored and taught me in the Messianic community, from my first days as a bratty teenager, through the difficult years immediately after my return from self-imposed exile in Gomorrah-on-Pacific (Los Angeles), to today (in alphabetical order; if I’ve missed anyone, I’m sorry): Michael & Susan Bernay, Sariella Creeger, David Hargis (of blessed memory)1, Arthur & Frances McAlpine, David Miller, Jim & Kathy Morgenstern, John Michael Morgenstern, Ellen Mumper, Dan Sichel, Debbie Sichel (of blessed memory), Avner Solomon, Walt Thorp, James Trimm. Thank you to the following Messianic thinkers who have profoundly influenced me, probably without their direct knowledge: Ariel & Devorah Berkowitz, Jack Farber, Tim Hegg, D. Thomas Lancaster, Boaz Michael. As iron sharpens iron, so too does good debate for the sake of God and His Torah sharpen the minds of those who Believe. And sometimes we’d actually agree! Thanks to the following for sharpening my iron: Joe Applegate, Bill Bartholomew, Yosef Boleware, George Cook, Yvonne Edghill, David Fenton, Yisrael Foreman, Vince Garcia, Anna Giron, Monty Horowitz, Jack Kilmon, David Klinghoffer, Richard Miller, Don Murphy, Leah Solomon, Joe Viel, everyone I’ve ever debated religion with online (and their numbers are legion), and most of the “people who have mentored and taught me in the Messianic community” category as well! 1 Of blessed memory – a traditional Jewish saying meaning the person has passed on. 6 www.servantofmessiah.org Thanks to all of the Church ministers and teachers from my youth who kept me on the right path: Camelia Cross, Noel & Teresa Daniels, Pete & Elaine Gavrilis, Tom Hall, Doug Holck, G.L. Johnson, Dale McNeil, Faye Nagel, Tim Powell, Mary Schearer, Marilyn Temple. Thanks to all of my teachers and support staffers, from Kindergarten through College, who have been an inspiration and taught me a lot. Special thanks to: Cathy Adams, Lynn Badertscher, Diane Blair, Melanie Bloom, Vince Bloom (of blessed memory), John Cagle, Carl Carmichael, Rebecca Charest, Connie Conlee, Heather Douglas, Edward EmmanuEl, Eric Fletcher, Doug Fraleigh, Kenneth Hallstone, Mrs. Kerfoot, Mrs. Layous, Anna Martinez, Robin McGehee, Kathy Nagel, Mary Parker, Robert Powell, Don Priest, Craig Reid (of blessed memory), Gurdeep Sihota, Sally Tannenbaum, Jim Tucker, Richard Ullmann, Mrs. Wendt, Jim Wilson, Mark Woolsey, Mr. & Mrs. Howard Zinn (some of these people also belong in the “iron sharpens iron” category!). Thanks to all those I’ve attended congregations with, past and present, who have made my Messianic journey so wonderful. This is just a partial list: Jack & Beverly Asbury, Bill & Pam Bartholomew, Michael & Susan Bernay, Taylor & Ericka Brimmer & Family, Sarah Burton and her children Emberlynn and Angelo, Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Barnes & Family, Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Barnes & Family, Scott & Sue Campbell, Jackie & Jeremy Cromwell, Dave & Tamijean Cole & Family, Yvonne Edghill, Mr. & Mrs. David Freitag & Family, Sally Havay, Kathy Hall, Monty & Mrs. Nancy Horowitz & Family, Mr. & Mrs. Gary Isaacs & Family, Sam & Lynda Jordan (soon-to- be-married, nee O’Day), Charles & Sharon Jones & Family, Mike & Shelley Kaplan & Family, Chaz Khan, Kevin Klay, Dee Leininger, Jonathan & Renee Lepke, Addie Lindstrom, Mike & Robyn Little & Family, Reggie Lovero, Pastor & Mrs. Louis Lapide, Rev. Arthur & Mrs. Frances McAlpine, Rabbi David & Mrs. Charmaine Miller & Family, Rabbi Richard & Mrs. Mindi Miller, Ray & Michelle Mitchell & Family, Alex & Ilma Molner (of blessed memory), Jim & Kathy Morgenstern and All Their Kith & Kin, Robert & Dupp Pierce, Vickie Lee Robinson, David & Mary Rose & Family, Ed Rosen, Toni Shoffner & Family, Rabbi & Mrs. Amnon Shor & Family, Ed Sichel, Dan Sichel, Debbie Sichel (of blessed memory), Rebecca Sichel, Steve & Juanita Sitter & Family, Roger & Sharon Smith, Ted & Felicita Smith & Family, John Tesh & Connie Selleca, Karen Tesi and her son Nicholas, John & Cathy Tran, Kirk Walker, Wilma Wyrick, Alan Zaillian, and all the people I’ve missed from Olive Branch Messianic Witness/Congregation B’nai Yeshua, Beth Ariel Messianic Fellowship, Congregation Am HaDehrek, and the Reedley Hebrew Roots Bible Study. 7 www.servantofmessiah.org Extra-special thanks go to anyone who has ever attended Beit Tefillah Messianic Fellowship and listened to, had questions about, or commented on my sermons, which form the bulk of this book. (A good number of these people also go into that “iron sharpening iron” category.) Thanks go to long-time friends whom I discussed religious ideas with: Preston Goldstun, Alice Keeler, Max Mejias, Stephen “Tiny” Merritt, Chuck Nagel, Jane Parsons, Cary Scherer. Thanks go to my colleagues at the Coalition of Torah Observant Messianic Congregations: Rabbi Avner “Rav Av” & Minster Leah Solomon (Congregation Ner Tamid – Halifax, Nova Scotia); Avner is also CTOMC President), Ministers Ken & Robyn Yeomans (Beit Gan Eden congregation – Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia), Minister Charlie Dykes (Beit Gerim congregation – Norman, OK), Ministers Warren & Heather Nyack (Beit HaMashiach congregation – Williams Lake, British Columbia), Messianic Minister Jack “Doc Holy” Holley (Beit Midrash congregation – Sandwich, IL), Messianic Minister Caroline Oostrom (Beit Shalom congregation – Trenton, Ontario), Messianic Minister Ted Grodecki (Chai Chadash ministries – Seabright, Nova Scotia), Minister Robin Armstrong (Chavurah Eitz Chayim - Onancock, VA), Rabbis Yosef Boleware & Kris Carmichael (Beit Lechem congregation – Jackson, MS), Rabbi-Chaplain Jesus Perez (El Gibbor ministries – Harker Heights, TX), Minister Clayton Young (Kol Shalom ministries – York, PA), Minister Ellen Mumper of Kingston, Ontario (CTOMC Director of Education Ministries), Elder Walt Thorp of Yorktown, VA (CTOMC Legal Counsel). My apologies for backing out of classes, meetings, and chats with the excuse “I’m working on my book!” That should be over, at least for awhile… While working on this book, I listened to the following Messianic, mainstream Jewish, and Christian musical artists, and my thanks and recommendations go out to them: Susan Ashton, Aviyah, Neshama Carlebach, Aviad Cohen, Gadi Elon, even sh’siyah, Keith Green, Lenny & Varda Harris, Israel’s Hope, Shoshanah Kurzeil, Lamb (both the original and the new group), Liberated Wailing Wall, Sharon Lurie, Matisyahu, Steve McConnell, Music From God, Cindy Paley & Ann Brown, Ted Pearce, Margie Rosenthal & Ilene Safyan, Abbie Rotenberg, Jonathan & Sara Sacks, Safam, Helen Shapiro, Statler Brothers, Rusty Tatem, Paul Wilbur. 8 www.servantofmessiah.org Special thanks go to Sharon Lurie and Kevin Klay, my two closest friends. Without your constant support, I wouldn’t have made it. I love you guys. And finally, the greatest thanks go to God: Abba (Father) for sending Yeshua, Yeshua the Messiah (the Son) for Torah and Salvation, and the Shekinah (Holy Spirit) for constant support. About the Author Adam Jonathan Bernay was born April 15, 1975 in Fresno, California, where he’s lived for most of his life, except for a three-year period when he moved to Los Angeles and attempted to break into the screen-writing field ... and ended up homeless and broke on the streets of Hollywood. He moved back home and went back to college, getting a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies (minor in Mass Communication & Journalism) at California State University Fresno, and Master of Theology in Rabbinic Studies from the Messianic Bible Institute. Adam has worked as a fund-raiser and research consultant the Alliance for the Separation of School and State, the local talk show producer for Fresno's most-listened-to news/talk station KMJ 580AM, a spokesman for the Gray Davis Recall movement in California, and a board operator for KMPH NewsRadio and KVBE 107.5FM. He has also been a columnist for the web journal Palace of Reason. His
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