In full mirage mode the best some people can come up with is obedience to the law of God and obedience to the laws of men except when they clash.  Tell that to a second century Jew and bring that proposition to a twenty-first century American and the response will be the same.  “You are out of your mind”.   People with vision and heart have been called crazy and demented so maybe you are in good company.  Except for the Love talk coming from Christians  one cannot help notice that modern Christianity defies everything that lay at the core of the Messianic mission.  Every jerk has his theology.

Put some interpretation into the application of light

Not only are modern Christians defying what Christ himself did, they actually redefine the pillars of the church’s welfare, and the interests of those who are Kingdom bound.  In general, the church has melted secular policies into the church’s mission, and to be specific,  the church has not kept Christ as the center of all its thoughts and deeds.  Translations into the many languages of our planet are of particular concern because the vast majority of readers do not realize that translators do not prioritize the interpretation of apostolic speech.  Translators seem to focus on readability and tradition.  Translators are, but most readers are not, aware that simple terms like good,  holiness and gift, are not monolithic.   They are derived from different words in the original languages.  Translators are not careful to relate to the reader every nuance in every verse, and that is why we have pastors.  People getting up in church and telling us what they believe, and people testifying about favors they have received from God, is not edification in the word of God, because education in the word of God means familiarity with the intent of the writers of the Bible, and translations often do not cut it.

No quick thrill in the sermons

“For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the ENCOURAGEMENT of the Scriptures we might have hope.” (Romans 15:4, NASB)

If the goal of preaching and teaching was to connect people to a miracle trail, to a solving of daily and common problems, the world would not have needed a savior like Yeshua.  People would do quite well with a profit like Moses or Isaiah.  The COMFORT of scripture is not that our tears get wiped away or we get a good feeling;  the COMFORT of the scriptures is help, ENCOURAGEMENT, of the sort rendered only by the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.