What I Believe

[Paddy by Grace]

It’s not about me… it’s all about HIM.
Still, I know that when it comes to issues of faith, people want to know a little about the person claiming to speak the truth.
What is my “theological” back ground”? What training do I have? Who am I to dare question the “Church Fathers” or the “Venerated Rabbis of blessed memory”?
I guess the best place to start is to tell you what I am NOT:
I am not a “Jew” - meaning I am not part of what is known as Rabbinical “Orthodox” Judaism / Talmudism. For more on Rabbinical Judaism.
While I do believe Mashiyach (Messiah) has come and will return soon, Christianity is not the faith of those who followed Him. Western Gentile Christianity is the result of the Greco-Roman pilfering and obfuscation of the faith once delivered to the Israelite Kodeshim (set-apart ones).
I am not Seventh Day Adventist.
I am not a member of a pseudo Christian cult (Jehovah’s Witness or LDS).
I do believe that Yahshua is Mashiyach .
He is the Alep Tav that was in the beginning – The Miltha (Word) made manifest.. He is the Arm of YHWH revealed, He is the Seh h’Elohim (Lamb of Elohim) that was slain as the once for all sacrifice for (teshuvah / repentant) sin for those who have emunah (faithfulness – as opposed to “belief”).
Because I believe that Yahshua is Mashiyach, most Rabbinical Jews say I am a Christian.
This is absolutely wrong.
Likewise the Christians also make assumptions...
Because I can absolutely prove that the bride of Mashiyach IS Israel (whom the wild branch is to be grafted-in to) and because I can absolutely prove that Torah was NEVER abolished… not by Shiliach Sha’ul (Apostle Paul) and certainly not by Messiah Yahshua … and because I keep Shabbat, Mo’edim (Feast days) Biblical Kosher (not Rabbinical Kosher), keep the Aviv Barley reckoning of the Rosh Hashanah…. Christians want to label me a “Jew”.
This too is an assumption based in ignorance.
“Jews” are not ALL of Israel. No doubt, Jews are descendants of the line of Yahudah (Judah) and yes, they returned to the land after their captivity. But Judah is only one of 12 tribes. Actually Benyamin (Benjamin) returned with Judah after the southern Kingdom (House of Judah) was taken into captivity in Babylon.
So, what happened to the Northern Kingdom of Y’srael? They were the majority house, and were taken into Persia then disbursed “among the goyim” (heathen nations – translated gentiles). This isn’t “replacement theology”… it is inclusion.. all tribes, which is what YHWH promises to restore in these Last Days.
I say all of this so that you know that in the 1st century Israel, there was no “Judaism”. There were Pharisees, Sadducees, Zealots, Essenes, Herodians, Sicarii, Therapeutae, and Netzari (wrongly translated Nazarenes). These were all “sects” of the faith of the Elohim of Avraham Yitzchak and Ya’akob (Jacob / Israel).
I don’t like labels, but since people tend to define people by labels I would be best described as a “Netzari Israelite”. This is what the first (Torah Obedient) followers of Yahshua h’Mashiyach were called. They were not called Christianay (Christians) until they were given this label by the Greeks in Antioch -a Greco-pagan society. It was a pagan term meant as an insult against the Netzarim.
Another common term for Netzarim is those who walk the "ancient path".
Other terms that have been applied to me are Messianic, Messianic Karaite, Netzarim Talmidim, follower of H’Derek (The Path / Way – Messiah).
I don’t like the term “Messianic” for so many reasons. First, there are a lot of Messianics who call their teachers “rabbi” while they venerate the rabbinical leadership who hates Yahshua. They render YHWH’s Name to nothingness in accordance with rabbinical ban. They wear kippot, recite rabbinical brachot, and in doing so, they submit to the mitzvoth d’rabbaim (commandments of the rabbis). They have traded in “church” lies and man-made doctrine for rabbinical lies and man-made doctrine. This group of messianics hold rabbinical commentaries in high regard. Writings such as the Talmud, the Mishnah, Gemarah, Shulchan Aruch, the Zohar, the Tanya… as well as many other man-made “Jewish” teachings and traditions that obscure and contradict YHWH’s Torah.. These “traditions of the elders” are precisely what Messiah spoke out against – He never spoke against YHWH’s Torah.
Another group of “Messianics” are those doing Christianity “Jewish style”. This group dons tallitot, blows shofars, and uses Hebrew terms… but has no interest in obeying His Commandments. They eat that which YHWH calls detestable, keep pagan “Holy-Days”, they ignore YHWH’s Shabbat and Moedim for SUN-day worship.
Besides, all Christians are “Messianic” in the sense that they believe He HAS come… and all Orthodox (Rabbinical) Jews are “Messianic” because they believe He WILL come. Messianic is really a “catch all” phrase with many definitions.
There are those who feel that lineage qualifies someone to be a moreh (teacher) – I am speaking primarily to Jews (the physical descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Levi). My first point is that Avram wasn’t a “Jew”… he was a Chaldean… There were no “Jews” until the 12 tribes came out of Egypt. Avram was therefore a gentile who lived among pagans. Avram walked with the Almighty before he was ever circumcised. While I believe circumcision is a commandment for ALL Israel (Jew or grafted-in Gentile)… it was never intended as a means of redemption, nor inclusion. It is simply an issue of obedience. That is all it has ever been.
I will point out that Joseph had and Egyptian wife (the daughter of Potipher - Gen 41:45) who gave birth to Ephraim and Manasseh. Also consider “the mixed multitude” that went up to Sinai was “grafted-in” to Israel, though not physical descendants of Ya’akob. Caleb was not an Israelite but a Kennezite – and was grafted-in to the tribe of Judah. Ruth was a Moabite who became part of Israel… it has never been about “ancestry”.
So, if that is important to you, you can know that I am not “anti-Semitic” or interested in any kind of “replacement theology”. Besides, not all “Jews” belong to YHWH. Some are atheists, secular, homosexual, Buddhists… you name it.
My point is that YHWH looks beyond lineage.. as should we.
What’s my training? I am in the finance industry,bookeeper. I am not a theologian, and I didn’t graduate from seminary (from the root word for semen). You should be comforted by that. What do I mean? Well, first, I have no allegiance to any man-made religious system. I don’t bow to the rabbis, priests, pastors, reverends, Baptist organization, Catholic Church, Watchtower society, LDS Church or any other Nicolaitan religious system. I don’t need any of them to tell me what the Scriptures say…
Does YHWH call the “qualified” or does He qualify the called?
You don’t need a “Masters in Divinity” to understand the Scriptures. In reality, such institutionalized indoctrination can be a real roadblock to truth. I can’t tell you how many people I have met that have come out of “Bible College”, who have no clue what the scriptures actually say. They learned “doctrine” in college – not YHWH’s Torah (Instructions). What they learned is how to twist a handful of verses written by one Shiliach (Apostle) and use them against the clear words of our Messiah and His Torah. They have learned to do the very thing Shimon Kefah (Peter) warned as about:
2Pet 3:15 (KJV) And account [that] the longsuffering of our Master [is] salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
This is the truth that Paul was writing. Our Master Yahushua is salvation. Not the law.
2Pet 3:16 (KJV) As also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest (or twist), as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
This is a warning from Peter (Kepha) that Paul's writings are hard to understand and if we are unlearned (in the rest of Yahweh's word) it is easy to get confused and end up twisting the scripture to say something it is not because of our lack of understanding. Those who claim that the law is done away with do not have a thing to base their beliefs on unless they turn to either Acts 15 or Paul's epistles. Neither James nor John nor Peter have anything in their writings that appear on the surface to say the law is done away with. This is why Peter (Kepha) warns us. In fact He says that we can twist Paul's writings to our own destruction! Now think about this. Who will be destroyed on the last day? Matthew 7:21-23 in the New King James version says it well:
Matt 7:21 Not every one that says unto Me, Master, Master, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that does the will of my Father in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Master, Master, have we not prophesied in your name, cast out demons in your name, and done many wonders in your name?
23 (KJV) And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you: depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
Who are those many who claim Yahushua yet practice lawlessness? Those who say there is no law!
The Law-less ones.
DISCLAIMER: I don’t claim infallibility. I have been wrong before, and no doubt I will be wrong again. I will make mistakes. The key is learning from them and remaining teachable. You may find a typo or a misspelled word here and there. I may not always have the “smooth words” that you hear from the pulpit.
YHWH isn’t impressed by those who can eloquently deliver a speech or by those who have made “preaching” their career path. YHWH chose a man who was “slow of speech and slow of tongue” to lead Israel out of Egypt. . YHWH uses the simple to humble the wise…
We know our Mischpacha (family) by the fruit they produce. And that fruit must include emunah (faithful obedience) teshuvah (repentance) and most of all love. These things are not optional.
YHWH doesn’t call those who are “qualified” by the worldly system of religious indoctrination known as the theological cemetery – sorry, I mean seminary. YHWH doesn’t call those who were schooled in the rabbinical yeshivas of “Orthodox” Judaism. YHWH calls those who have a heart for Him, and are willing to obey - no matter the cost. He puts HIS WORDS in the mouths of those He has called.
I asked YHWH for wisdom. He said that if we ask anything in His Name (and if it is His Will) He will give it. He especially desires to give us wisdom. Not wisdom according to the world. And not wisdom according to the religions… but YHWH’s wisdom.
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of Elohim, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” James 1:5

So, no I don’t have a “Seminary Degree” or a “Masters in Theology”. And I am so thankful I don’t. These people are so indoctrinated in “Grace without obedience” that they literally can’t see the words that are right in front of their eyes.
Leading people to YHWH is a calling, and was never to be a “career choice”. We should never pay people to preach truth. Paul never received a penny, nor did he sell the Word of Elohim for profit:
“Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of Elohim for profit. On the contrary, in Messiah we speak before Elohim with sincerity, like men sent from Elohim” 2nd Corinthians 2:17
“I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me”. Acts 20:33-34
Every time we see Paul taking up a collection it is always for the poor and needy – never himself.
So, should you pay tithes to a “church”? My answer is no. First of all, the tithe is a Torah commandment, and the Churches consider themselves “freed from the Torah” (in spite of all the New Testament verses instructing us to obey it). So, I think it’s very hypocritical for churches to point to the Torah to support their claim to receive tithes. Second, I have just shown that none of the Apostles were paid to preach. It was a calling – not a career path. Third, there was no such place as a “church” in the New testament. People met in a Shul (Synagogue) or in the homes of fellow believers. We were never commanded to build big fancy buildings with comfortable pews, and air conditioning. This is not biblical. The home fellowship is the most biblical model, short of the Temple being rebuilt. The “tithe” was intended to support the Cohenim (Levitical Priesthood) since the Levites were the only tribe of the 12 that could not own land or grow crops. It was simply about sharing your food with the Levites.
So, should we give back to YHWH – ABSOLUTELY! You better! If He has blessed us, we had better bless others with what He has given us. But since Apostles were not to be paid to preach, there is no Levitical Priesthood to support, and we shouldn’t be building big white cathedrals… how do we “give back to YHWH”??
Messiah tells us plainly:
“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the Set-Apart Messengers with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Master, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ “Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Master, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Matt 25:31-46
What’s missing here? How about “pay preachers, build big fancy churches, make sure the pews are comfortable and you have air conditioning”.
No, we are supposed to help the widows, orphans and those in need. That’s the Biblical mandate.
Please know that I am not “bragging” about the wisdom YHWH has given to me. I am nothing (less than nothing). I know what I have done in my past and what I am capable of. Like Paul, I am the chief of sinners. I am also not some super smart girl. The wisdom I share is YHWH’s wisdom, not my own. Remember that YHWH’s uses the humble servant, not the proud. Moses was “slow of speech” (Exodus 4:10). King David was not even considered by his father Jesse when Samuel came searching for the one who YHWH would anoint king of Israel. He was so puny, that they left him out to tend the sheep while Samuel looked over his strapping brothers. But YHWH told Samuel that none of these brothers was to be king of Israel – it was little David with the ruddy complexion (You can read this story in 1st Samuel 16). But a good verse to consider from it:
“YHWH does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but YHWH looks at the heart."
I am not at all worried that I don’t have the “proper training” (according to man’s standard). I am not at all worried that I may not be the smartest or most refined speaker (according to man’s standard). I know I have been called, I know YHWH has revealed many things to me and given me wisdom:
“but Elohim chose the things the world considers foolish, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and Elohim chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong” 1st Corinthians 1:27
I also know that He expects something from me. He didn’t reveal this to me so that I can horde it to myself. I also know that not everyone will receive what I am showing them. Some love their church or synagogue, their religion, their man-made doctrines and their traditions more than they love YHWH’s Torah and the instructions from Messiah that we are to obey it.
YHWH uses the humble to shame the proud. He uses the “simple” to correct those with “Masters of Divinity” degrees. If I am small of stature, I am in good company. If I am slow of speech, I am in good company. If I am used of YHWH, then I am serving my purpose on this earth. As long as what I teach lines up with the Word of YHWH and His Messiah – I can never go wrong.
Besides, most of our Pastors, Preachers, Reverends, Bishops… are all heavily influenced, not by Messiah but by the teachings of the so called “Church Fathers” like Constantine, Marcion, Augustine, Origen, Martyr, Luther, Calvin… All of these men hated Jews with a passion.
I don't want your praise, I didn’t want you to follow me, or join anything... and most of all, I don't want your money.
My motive its one - to serve YHWH and to hear "well done my good servant".



1. I believe that the Bible is the only rule of faith and practice.
2. I believe that there is one God and in this being there exists eternally three co-equal persons namely the Father, the Son and the Ruach HaKodesh.
3. I believe that Messiah is the only head of His church - no Popes.
4. I believe that Messiah started His church during his earthly ministry which first included the Apostles.
5. I believe for membership in the Kindom of YHVH starts with a confession of faith in Messiah and baptism by immersion in water and in that order.
6. I believe in the independence of the local assembly/congregation/home assembly.
7. I believe the assembly is 2 or 3 gathered in Messiah Yeshua.
8. I believe in the separation of congregation and State - The State does not run the Cong..
9. I believe in the right of the individual to interpret Scripture privately by guidance of the Ruach HaKoDesh and to have direct access to God.
10. I believe that faith in Messiah and faith alone in Messiah is the way to salvation and that faith is from YHVH.
11. I believe in the absolute sovereignty of YHVH over all things and people.

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(The following is still under scrutiny to see if it is still acceptable under current messianic belief's)

- The Doctrines of Grace -
Consist of five points: (1) The Total Depravity of Man, (2) Unconditional Election, (3) Particular Redemption, (4) Irresistible Grace and (5) Perseverance of the Saints. These five points are a proper understanding of the condition of man and a proper understanding of God's Sovereign Grace and how it is applied to sinners in the work of God in the salvation of sinners. (see the reply below for a complete study of the T.U.L.I.P.)
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Paddy