What does it mean to be in darkness? How does one know if they are in light?
Rabbi Steve Berkson continues in the topic of Darkness & Light and how it relates to submission; in darkness being under no authority or wrong authority, and in light being under Yah’s authority.
First we are taken to the letter to the Romans, chapter 2, verse 17 as we see the apostle Paul call out his brothers for being hypocrites in their role as “guides to the blind” – the blind as in referring to darkness – and a light to those in darkness.
• Why did Paul have to come down on his brothers in the Jewish faith?
• What was it that made them out to be hypocrites according to Paul?
In this section Rabbi Berkson unpacks the meaning of circumcision and uncircumcision as Paul uses those terms when referring to the different groups of people.
• If Paul was against torah-observance, as some would say, why did he say what he did in Romans 2:27?
• What is one thing that living out Torah does for others?
Moving from there to another letter from Paul to his assembly in Corinth, Rabbi Berkson takes us into 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 to enlighten us about the “Great Masquerade”.
• Does Satan have horns, pointy tail and a pitch fork? What form can he take?
• What if Satan’s workers actually did do wonders? Would you be deceived?
Rabbi Berkson then leads us into Ephesians 5 to help us understand what it takes to become “imitators of Elohim”.
• How can you be an imitator of someone who is no longer physically present?
• To what is love always connected?
• Why did Paul say that certain bad behaviors would keep them from the inheritance of the reign (kingdom) of Messiah? Weren’t the Ephesian’s “saved”? Who was Paul talking about?
• What are the “empty words”? To where can they lead?
Once again, Rabbi Steve Berkson delves deeper into scripture to uncover even more dimensions of Darkness and Light.
Related Teachings can be found here:
• Beware False Prophets https://youtu.be/h3k6TXmzRe4
• My Sheep Know My Voice https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9HOA0P9oX_0hV4gKuq9Zwr2_aLd3J-M
• What Did Yeshua Do? https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/steveberkson/episodes/2012-05-14T13_57_36-07_00
• Love and Torah https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/steveberkson/episodes/2012-04-22T19_46_29-07_00
• Are You Saved? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9HOA0P9oX-XDS4JdFkY0WuOGluQm7_Y
• INFOCUS: Put the Mic Down https://youtu.be/QTH6Vc2ssqQ
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