HR/Messianic movement is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS and DAMAGING

Hello brother Nathan,

I am a former member of your forum (from a couple of years ago). I used the screen name "Havah," and I was one of the ones from the "Messianic/Hebrew Roots" movement that you banned during that uprising and infighting that occurred at that time. I am writing to offer you a sincere and deeply-felt apology for my participation in all those arguments and for causing strife and division.

The Lord has recently opened my eyes and brought me correction concerning the doctrines and teachings of the HR/Messianic movement. By His grace, I was able to break from from the very powerful demonic bondage of those false doctrines they teach. I believe the Lord led you to do the right thing in banning any discussions on the "torah," because all it does is plant seeds of the adversary in those who read or hear those things. After He opened my eyes, it felt like I came out of a very long dream -- it almost did not seem real. That is how powerful those demonic spirits are. Because I helped the adversary cause strife on your forum, I apologize to you and your wife from the depths of my heart. And also for the grief and pain it caused you and your wife personally. So I humbly and sincerely ask your forgiveness.

I would also like to add that in the process of the Lord bringing me out of this demonic stronghold, He showed me something that I think every Christian should be aware of: this HR/Messianic movement is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS and DAMAGING. I do not make these statements lightly nor in exaggeration. I will share with you part of the process of how He brought me out of this so you can understand my concern.
First, the Lord permitted the adversary (through demonic spirits of various sorts) to torment me, both body and mind. As I sought Him for a season, He showed me various visions to lead me to the truth; two of these visions occurred back-to-back, that is, two nights in a row. These two visions were messages telling me that there was a "breach" in my hedge of protection. The following night, He gave a vision and a verse of Scripture. Rather than detailing the vision itself, I'll just share the main message of the vision, which was this: "You have lost your ability to receive forgiveness." As you can tell, this is no light matter!! To put it in Paul's terms: "You have fallen from grace."

The verse that accompanied this last vision was 2 Corinthians 4:2 --
"But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God."

He then led me to look up the word "craftiness" in the original Greek, which is "Panourgia,"Strong's 3834. The meaning that the Holy Spirit slapped me in the face with was "specious wisdom." I had not heard this word before, so I looked it up, and this is what it means: apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false.

I share all these things to show the absolute danger and gravity of this movement. I hear Christians always tell the Messianics, "well it's okay for you to believe that, just don't tell me to do it, and we can continue in fellowship." I used to think this was okay, but it is NOT okay. After much prayer and fasting, the Lord put it all together for me and showed me that joining the HR/Messianic movements is spiritual suicide, and so is opening up our minds to their arguments, even just out of curiosity. Joining them is coming out from under the Blood of Jesus and getting placed back into the status of unbelievers. Why? Because unbelievers get judged by the Law of God. When a person who is a Christian leaves the New Covenant and goes back to the Old, they ALSO get judged by the law they are trying to keep. This is very clearly stated in Paul's letter to the Galatians. Paul even calls them "false brethren unawares..."
After He showed me this error and explained to me that the Messianic movement is "apparently true but actually false," He led me to read the book of Galatians and Hebrews in order to help me understand the fundamental error of the HR/Messianic movements. Messianics believe the Old Covenant and the New Covenant are both simultaneously active; therefore, they want to do both. (they call it a "renewed" covenant, essentially meaning it is the same as the old) They want to do both old testament laws and follow the Lord's teachings in the NT, but actually don't. They lose focus on Jesus and focus 95% of their attention to the old testament laws. The truth is, according to both Galatians and Hebrews, that the Old and New Covenants are different and separate: you are either under one or the other, but you cannot do both. You cannot walk in the Spirit AND do works of the law.
You see, the HR/Messianic teachings "sound" good and "look" good because it is using a lot of seemingly good arguments to make their points, but this is specious wisdom, not at all from the word of God. I believe the brethren who are trapped in this movement are sincere in their devotion to God, but they are in a powerful deception that can cost them their salvation if they continue on that path. It is only by the grace of God and the prayers of saints like you, that these demonic bondages can be broken. It is impossible to confront people in this movement with the pure Word of God for correction because the demonic strongholds are so powerful that they are completely blind. It is an extremely evil end-time deception (of a unique flavor). It is utterly important to protect brethren from listening to these arguments because they plant seeds of doubt that the devil can use later (that is what happened with me) to lure the believer.

We must treat people in this movement as "false brethren," as Paul has spoken, simply because they have fallen from grace and are trying to pull other believers down into that same pit. They are being driven and inspired by demonic spirits, even as I was also. Every Christian must become aware of how incredibly dangerous this is. All we can do is pray for God to help these people break through the strongholds so they can get back under the Blood. There is much more I can write on this issue, as the Lord has now shown me, but I think this information is adequate for the message I am trying to convey to you.
I do not believe all the teachings of the HR/Messianic movement are completely false, like restoring the Sabbath from Sunday to Saturday, and learning the meaning of the feasts; but what started as a desire to learn from the Old Testament was used by the adversary to lure the unsuspecting into severe bondage. I am thankful to my heavenly Father for His grace and mercy in breaking me out of that bondage, and I will be in prayer for these believers whose salvation is in grave danger. I do hope you will remember them in your prayers, as well.

Love and Peace in our Lord Jesus Christ
your sister in the faith
Eve

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