Growing to Maturity: A Messianic Jewish Discipleship Guide
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
This discipleship series presents first steps of understanding and spiritual practice, tailored for the Jewish believer. Its purpose is to aid the believer in living according to Yeshua’s will as a disciple, one who has learned the example of his teacher.
Top Highlights
“God also charges the eldership to correct sin and even bar those from the congregation who are in serious error” (Page 139)
“my Father.’ Salvation is by God’s grace; a person who truly accepts God’s grace is willing and able to do God’s will” (Page 11)
“The first passage that speaks of redemption through the Messiah is Genesis 3:15. Immediately after the fall, God gave the promise that the seed of the woman would give the mortal blow on the head to the serpent, the devil, but he would be bruised in the heel. In hindsight, knowing Yeshua was born physically from Miriam (Mary) but not Joseph, we understand why the passage says the seed of woman. This portion of Scripture begins what I call the progression of seed promises of Scripture relating to the Messiah. Tracing these promises clarifies both the nature of the Messiah’s person and work.” (Page 39)
“God exists in plurality and unity; he is a community of three. The oneness of agreement and unity in this community of three is beyond our comprehension. It is beyond the oneness (echad) of a man and wife in marriage (Gen. 2:24). This word echad, used to describe the oneness of man and woman in marriage, is the same term used in Deuteronomy 6:4 where we read, ‘The Lord is one.’ It refers to a composite unity. In the composite unity of God, there are three persons in an eternal community of love, oneness, and agreement. This alone makes sense of the teaching that God is love.” (Page 43)
“To say God is personal means he has real attributes of self-consciousness, intelligence, will, and the ability to act, love, judge, and relate to other people in special ways.” (Page 13)