Category: Editorial

Our Identity

February, 2005

Along the path of our Torah submission, we have all endeavored to journey even closer to the original call that Adonai has purposed within us as His children… by believing the reality of our Biblical identity, we can take further steps in this process. Together, I hope that we can grow and train our fleshly minds to comprehend unimaginable truths that will re-shape how we see ourselves, how we see each other and how we respond to the call of the Lord for our lives.

For this reason, and more, I am personally very excited about the upcoming FFOZ Conference, “Yeshurun”. The name and descriptive for this conference was derived from the Hebrew root, yashar, which means, ‘upright,’ ‘righteous.’ The Septuagint translates yeshurun as ‘the beloved or upright one’. Most scholars agree that the word refers to Israel in her ideal state, representing her true character. Adonai uses this descriptive in the closing chapters of Deuteronomy, and in the book of Isaiah, as both a rebuke and as an encouragement to remind His people about who they are and to provoke them to become all that they are created to be.

One of the most significant and profound biblical doctrines that I have ever encountered is that of “My Identity in the Messiah,” which will be the focal point of the FFOZ Conference in May 2005. This simple concept contains magnificent, fundamental, and to-the-core biblical truths that have given me the confidence to fully embrace and submit to the Torah as an accurate description of who I am in the Messiah. This truth has revealed to me the freedom and simplicity of living according to the Scriptures, and has enabled me to rest in the complete and awesome work that the Messiah has accomplished on my behalf. This certainty not only puts me at peace, but it results in my submission and obedience to His Word as I desire from my inner-most being to reciprocate His love toward me.

It is my hope that The Yeshurun Conference will be a pivotal step for the Hebraic and Messianic movements–to help us engage our common and fundamentally true identity. Like Adonai’s desire to see Israel function in her completeness, our desire as fellow citizens of Israel must be to rise up, walk in our new identity and shine forth the light of Messiah brightly to the nations around us–fulfilling the purpose for which we were called and created! I believe that the impact of understanding the believer’s true spiritual nature will be as significant for you as it has been for me; and that through this upcoming conference, we will catch a small glimpse of the reality that we are all part of something very big.

Please consider making plans to attend this conference with us! Times of gathering such as these are important in developing relationship, being strengthened and encouraged in our faith, and sharpening our biblical understanding as iron sharpens iron. Many wonderful testimonies have come as a result of conferences like this in years past and I have faith that Adonai will again work life-changing results in the lives of all who can attend and discuss, with us, the vital relevance of our identity in the Messiah, our identity in the covenants, and our identity in community. Look for the information brochure on Yeshurun in the forthcoming weeks!

May we always be mindful to have the courage and discipline to stand strong for the ways of the Lord as we live-out His Word in this world.

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