All right, we're in Matthew chapter 15, I'm going to open up there myself.
Matthew chapter 15 and verse number 7, look down at your Bibles, it says here, you hypocrites,
well did as I prophesy of you saying, this people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth
and honoreth me with their lips but their heart is far from me.
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
And he called the multitude and said unto them, Hear and understand, not that which
goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth
a man.
Then came his disciples and said unto them, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended
after they heard this saying?
Verse 13, But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted
shall be rooted up.
And it's how to determine this morning is plucking up the Hebrew roots, plucking up
the Hebrew roots.
And what am I referring to?
I'm specifically referring to the Hebrew roots movement.
Okay, now turn with me if you would to Matthew chapter number three, Matthew chapter number
three, he said, what is the Hebrew roots movement?
I never heard of that movement.
What is it about?
Well, the Hebrew roots movement is an operation that seeks to Judaize people and specifically
the Christian religion.
They teach that the New Testament can only be interpreted, interpreted through a Jewish
perspective, and that the vast majority of Christian pastors are wrong on the New Testament.
So when Christian pastors get up on Sunday morning, Sunday night, midweek service, and
they're preaching from the New Testament, these people say they're interpreting that
wrong.
They're getting it wrong.
They have false doctrine when it comes to this.
They're not teaching the right things.
That's what they're saying.
And they, what they want to do is they want to restore the Jewishness of Christianity
and put it back into Christianity.
That's what they want to do.
And they want to place a greater emphasis on the Torah.
Okay.
Now you said, what is the Torah?
Well, exactly right.
The word Torah is not even found in the Bible, but when they talk about the Torah, they're
referring to the first five books of the Bible.
Okay.
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
They want to refer to it as the Torah.
They want to be these Torah observing Christians.
Now this should come as no surprise.
Why is that?
Well, because if you read the New Testament, the greatest antagonist of the New Testament
were Pharisees and those who adhere to Judaism.
These were the greatest antagonist of the New Testament.
These were the greatest enemies of the Christians of the New Testament.
These were the ones who wanted to take down Christianity, wanted to inculcate the Christian
churches and spread their false doctrine of circumcision, observance of days, and the
Old Testament, which the Bible tells us is done away with.
Now what are some things that the Hebrew roots movement seeks to do?
Well, number one, they want us to recognize that the New Testament was actually written
in Hebrew.
That's ridiculous.
They claim that the New Testament is written, originally was not written in Greek, that
it was written in Hebrew.
This radical movement claims the existence of the original Hebrew New Testament, or they
claim the existence of an original Hebrew New Testament, and they seek to just destroy
the Texas Receptus, which underlines the King James Bible, okay?
Number two, they want us to keep the Sabbath on the seventh day of the week.
So this is the agenda.
This is what they want us to do.
They want us also, number three, to celebrate Jewish feasts and festivals.
They want us to keep the dietary laws, avoid pagan celebrations, such as Christmas and
Easter.
By the way, you ever heard of someone who's against Easter?
There again they say, you shouldn't celebrate Easter, you shouldn't celebrate Christmas.
This is where they're getting it from, okay?
And they want us to approach the New Testament through a Jewish mindset.
Now look at Matthew chapter number three, verse number nine.
Here's what's interesting, the fact that they call themselves the Hebrew roots movement.
But we just read in Matthew chapter 15, that every plant which my father hath not planted
shall be rooted up.
And let me just remind you that the Hebrew roots movement is not planted by God, therefore,
what is it?
It's gonna be rooted up, okay?
Look at Matthew three, verse nine, and think not to say within yourselves we have Abraham
to our father, for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children
unto Abraham, and now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees.
For every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.
Now is it any coincidence that here in Matthew chapter three, and in Matthew chapter 15,
who's being addressed, the Judaizers?
Is it any coincidence that the people he's talking to are the exact same people today
that are trying to get us to observe these things?
Is it any coincidence that we see here in Matthew chapter three, verse number 10, that
this tree is gonna be axed down, the ax is laid to the root of the trees, and Matthew
chapter 15, that every tree which my father hath not planted shall be rooted up, and it's
called the Hebrew roots movement?
I mean, they should have thought about that before they started this entire movement.
Like, let's come up with a name that the Bible cannot condemn, you know?
I mean, come on.
I mean, look, this is not referring to just any person.
This is talking to specifically the Pharisees, who are adherents to Judaism, these Pharisees
who wanted to infiltrate churches and were infiltrating churches in the New Testament,
trying to impose the meats, drinks, and diverse washings of the old covenant, and trying to
impose circumcision as a means of salvation, I mean, damnable heresy.
Now, obviously, from that time up until now, there's been many false religions that we
could apply these verses to, you know, religions that are works-based salvation, but at the
end of the day, the original perverts of the gospel, the original perverts who perverted
the way of the Bible were the Judaizers.
That's who this was written for.
Go to 2 Corinthians chapter three and verse number 12, if you would, 2 Corinthians chapter
number three.
This is all introduction here.
So keep in mind, they want us to observe the feasts, they want us to observe the Sabbath,
they want us to admit that the New Testament was written in Hebrew, not Greek, they want
us to keep the dietary laws, that means no shrimp, no pork, right?
I mean, they're hitting close to home here, okay?
They want us to avoid pagan celebrations, and they want us to approach the New Testament
with the Jewish mindset.
What does that mean?
That means that when we look at the New Testament, we have to get our interpretation of the Bible
through Jews.
So we're to go to Christ rejecting Jews.
So you shouldn't call them that.
That's what they did.
The Bible says he came into his own, his own received him not, okay?
They want us to go to Christ rejecting Jews to get an interpretation of the New Testament.
Well, let's see what the Bible says about that, 2 Corinthians chapter three and verse
number 12.
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech, and not as Moses,
which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the
end of that which is abolished.
But their minds were blinded, for until this day remain at the same veil, untaken away
in the reading of the Old Testament, which veil is done away in Christ.
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.
So what is this telling us?
This tells us that people who adhere to Judaism and want to continue to adhere to the Old
Covenant, they have a veil over their heart.
What does that mean?
They can't understand the Bible.
So we don't go to unsaved people, whether Jew or Gentile, to understand the Word of
God.
Why?
Because the Bible tells us that the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit
of God, neither can he know them, for they are spiritually discerned.
It can only be understood by those who have the Holy Spirit of God living within them,
and those who have the Holy Spirit of God living within them are those who are saved.
Verse 16, Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
So what's the remedy?
So they can understand the Bible.
They need to get saved.
And once they get saved, the veil shall be taken away.
Oh, at that point, are they Manseanic Jews?
No, they're just Christians.
Because in Christ, there is neither Jew nor Gentile.
Go to Galatians chapter number two.
You see, this Hebrew roots movement wants Christians to live as do the Jews.
Okay?
And look, we have a lot of different segments of this popping up today.
You have the black Hebrew Israelites, Israel united in Christ, this racist movement, you
know, who wants to, you know, just completely slander and destroy the white race.
I like white people.
I'm married to a white woman, amen?
But they want to claim that they're the true Jews and that, you know, Guatemalans are the
tribe of what?
Issachar, I think?
Zebulun?
What are the Mexicans from?
Issachar.
What?
Issachar.
I mean, it's confusing.
You're like, which one am I part of, you know?
But at the end of the day, it's an agenda to completely undermine the word of God and
bring back, right, the old covenant.
Now look at Galatians chapter two, verse 11.
By the way, these guys, when they talk about the apostle Paul, they don't call him the
apostle Paul.
You know what they call him?
Rabbi Paul, Rabbi Jesus, okay?
Even though the Bible clearly tells us not to call any man your master, right?
Look at Galatians two, verse 11, but when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him
to the face because he was to be blamed.
For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles, but when they were
come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
What is the circumcision?
The Jews.
And the other Jews dissembled likewise with them, insomuch that Barnabas also was carried
away with their dissimulation, their hypocrisy.
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said
to Peter before them all, if thou, being a Jew, liveth after the manner of the Gentiles
and not as do the Jews, why compelest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
You see, he was rebuking Peter for being a hypocrite.
So it's not, oh, you know, this is Rabbi Paul.
He's adhering to the Old Testament law.
Did you read the book of Romans?
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Did you read the book of Galatians?
Have you read the writings of Paul where he's actually condemning Judaism?
Going completely against that.
Go to Hebrews chapter number seven.
And look, someone would look at, listen to verse like this, you're being racist towards
the Jews.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
I hate Judaism just as I hate Catholicism, just as I hate Mormonism and just as I hate
any other ism that seeks to undermine the word of God and teach a perverted way of salvation.
Guess what?
Judaism falls into that category.
And in fact, so much the more because they blaspheme the name of Jesus.
Okay, look at Hebrews chapter seven.
It says here, verse number 12 of Hebrews chapter seven for the priesthood being changed, there
is made of necessity a change also of the law for he of whom these things are spoken
pertaining to another tribe of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah of which tribe Moses spake nothing
concerning priesthood.
So what is the Bible telling us in verse number 12?
It's telling us that the law has changed.
What is the Hebrew roots movement saying?
Nothing has changed.
Keep the dietary laws, you know, and I find it interesting that they want to keep the
dietary laws, they want to continue to do the sacrifices, or excuse me, they want to
continue to observe the Sabbath, but they don't want to do the sacrifices.
You know, why is it so convenient that they want to do the things that really doesn't
require a whole lot of effort, but they don't want to do that which requires a lot of effort,
like sacrificing animals.
That's a lot of work, but they never bring that up, do they?
That has been done away with along with the dietary laws, along with the Sabbath, along
with circumcision.
Look at verse number 22, by so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
What are they saying?
No, the Old Covenant, the Old Testament is better.
No, the Bible says here, written to the Hebrews, mind you, that this New Testament is a better
testament, better than what?
Better than the Old.
Go to Hebrews chapter number 8, let's look at further evidence here in verse number 6.
If this doesn't convince you, then this portion of scripture should.
Verse number 6 says, but now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also
he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
For if that first covenant, that Old Testament, had been faultless, then should no place have
been sought for the second.
For finding fault with them, the adherents of the Old Testament, he saith, behold, the
days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant, this is that New Testament,
with the house of Israel, with the house of Judah, not according to the covenant that
I made with their fathers in the day, when I took them by the hand to lead them out of
the land of Egypt, because they continue not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith
the Lord.
What is this referencing?
Well, this is talking about Exodus chapter number 20.
When the covenant is dispersed and given to the children of Israel, when Moses came
down from the Mount Sinai.
And what do we see is that he proposed this covenant, this agreement, as long as Israel
adhered to that covenant, they could remain the people of God.
Once they completely negated and violated that, they basically forfeited their position
as the people of God.
That's what it says.
It says in verse number eight, for finding fault with them, he saith, behold, the days
come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant.
What is the new covenant?
The better Testament.
He said, well, in this New Testament, this new covenant, what are the requirements?
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
That's it.
By the way, that's why it's better.
See in the old covenant, it was in order to be the people of God, you had to adhere to
these commandments, not to be saved, but to be the people of God, you had to adhere to
these commandments and keep them.
Whereas in the New Testament, the better covenant, you know what we have to do?
Just believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
We are the people of God.
Okay.
Go to John chapter 19.
So the title of the sermon this morning is plucking up the roots of the Hebrew roots
movement.
Okay.
And I'm only going to go through three roots because there's so many roots that it would
require many sermons, but I want to hit on those that just annoy me the most, amen.
Root number one, the first root is the New Testament written in Hebrew, not Greek.
Now this is so ridiculous because of the fact that there are 5,000, over 5,900 Greek manuscripts
of the New Testament.
How many Hebrew manuscripts are there in the New Testament?
Zero.
Zilch.
Nada.
Sero.
That doesn't exist.
You say, well, how do you, what about these people that believe in that?
You know what their manuscript is, is YouTube.
That's their manuscript.
You know what their manuscript is?
Social media where some idiot gets up and lies and says that there's Hebrew manuscripts
and then what do the people do?
Oh yeah, that's true.
And they base all their doctrine off of social media without even trying to figure out the
facts to see if it's even true.
Over 5,900 Greek manuscripts.
Okay.
So they claim that the New Testament was written in Hebrew, but look, the internal evidence
shows otherwise.
Okay.
Look at John chapter 19 verse 19.
It says, and Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross and the writing was Jesus
of Nazareth, the king of the Jews.
This title, the king of the Jews, excuse me, this title then read many of the Jews for
the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city.
And it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, write not the king of the Jews, but
that he said, I'm the king of the Jews.
And Pilate answered what I have written, I have written.
So here we see a very significant occurrence right here where when Jesus was crucified,
they put Jesus of Nazareth, king of the Jews in three different languages.
Now this is done on purpose, obviously.
Why is that?
Well, it was written in Latin because of the fact that the empire that was ruling at that
time was the Roman empire and the language that the Romans spake during that time was
Latin.
You have Hebrew because this is taking place in Jerusalem where Jews, they speak Hebrew.
That's the language in which the Old Testament was written in.
You have your exceptions of Aramaic, portions of scripture in Daniel, et cetera.
But then you also have it in Greek.
Now that's very significant because of the fact that Greek was the main language of the
civilized world at that time.
And this is very important in order to understand that our New Testament was written in Greek.
Why?
First of all, how do we know that Greek was the main language of the civilized world?
This is how we know this.
Historically, biblical we know it because we see it, there's over 5,900 manuscripts
written in Greek.
But historically we know this because of the fact that during this time, the Roman empire
was ruling.
Now in the fourth century BC when Alexander the Great was defeated, his kingdom was basically
divided into four separate kingdoms ruled by Greek-speaking generals.
Then what happened?
The Romans came in.
They defeated them.
Now when the Romans would conquer a land, they would actually often allow them to keep
their own culture, keep their own language, keep their own culture, and they would inculcate
their own way of Roman living into that culture.
The exception would be the Greeks because if you study when the Romans took over, conquered
the Greeks, they actually liked Greek culture.
They liked Greek culture, they liked their language, they liked their way of living,
and so they allowed Greek culture to influence Roman culture.
And you know the main thing that they allowed themselves to be influenced by other than
the arts was the language.
They allowed the language, in fact, there's a joke that said that the Romans conquered
the Greeks or that the Greeks conquered the Romans.
And the reason they say that is because so much of Greek culture was just inculcated
into Roman culture, it's like, who conquered who?
But the biggest thing is this, and by the way, I believe God allowed that.
Why did he allow that?
Well, Koine Greek was the main language that was being spoken during this time and that
language was used to advance Christianity through the Greek New Testament, okay?
And you look, I mean, the geography of where these languages were spoken, it's no wonder
Greek was used to spread the gospel, to spread the word of God.
You go to Turkey, Greece, Rome, I mean, all over the known world, people spoke Greek.
It was a common language, not Hebrew, not Hebrew.
So look, from a logical standpoint, if God were to look at Hebrew and Greek, of course
he's gonna use Greek because of the fact that the common people spoke Greek, okay?
Now go to Matthew chapter number four.
So the primary reason why Christianity was able to advance so quickly, obviously it's
the power of God, obviously it was through godly men, but the language that was spoken
was Greek.
It's like today, English.
That's why the word of God is able to spread so quickly through the internet and through
different avenues, it's because of the fact that not just in America do we speak English,
but all around the world, okay?
The New Testament is written in Greek, and look, no one can deny that Jesus spoke Greek.
Why?
Because he grew up in Galilee, in Galilee, not Judea.
He grew up in Galilee.
Look what the Bible says in Matthew four verse 14, that it might be fulfilled which is spoken
by Isaiah the prophet saying, the land of Zebulun, the land of Nephthalim, by the way
of the sea beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, right?
The people which sat in darkness saw great light, and to them which sat in the region
in the shadow of death, light is sprung up.
So what does Galilee refer to as of the Gentiles?
Of the Jews?
Of the Gentiles.
So let me ask you this, do you think that those who resided in Galilee of the Gentiles
all spoke Hebrew?
No, this is of the Gentiles.
Which means they spoke, how can you claim they spoke Greek?
Because of the fact that that was the main language of that region.
Now Galilee bordered Samaria and Iturea, which were not Hebrew-speaking areas.
Very simple to understand that.
Iturea is where you find Caesarea Philippi.
That's not where you speak Hebrew, that's where you speak Greek.
So these were regions that, yeah, possibly could have spoken Hebrew, but for sure, one
hundred percent spoke Greek.
And we don't have, Jesus Christ was not a man who was just subject to one language.
I mean most of the world is not subject to one language, even today, only in America.
But most of the worlds are either bilingual or trilingual or more.
That's just, actually that's common in the world.
How much more back then when you have Latin, Hebrew, and Greek?
So that being said, also the geography of the epistles of the New Testament is evidence
that the New Testament was written in Greek.
Why is that?
Well because twenty-two of the books of the New Testament were directed towards Gentiles.
Why would I write to people in Mexico in English?
Why would I write to anybody in Guatemala in English?
Why would I write to anybody in a foreign country where the majority of the people there
speak a different language in the language that they don't understand, right?
You know, many of the books of the New Testament, the epistles or even the letters that were
written to the churches or to individuals were written to Gentiles.
These are the people that are being addressed in the New Testament.
Two of the books, Jude and Mark, not very clear who it's being written to.
And then three of the books, yeah for sure, were written to Jews.
How do you know?
Because you have the book of Matthew, which has a Jewish audience.
How do we know that?
Because the book of Matthew is the book that has the most references to that old covenant.
And a lot of what you see in the book of Matthew is very much obvious that it's being addressed
to a Jewish-speaking audience.
Then you have James written to the 12 tribes scattered abroad, okay.
And then you have the book of Hebrews, which obviously is written to who?
The Hebrews.
And then the Hebrew rootsman is saying, there you go, see, Hebrews.
Okay.
Just because the title is Hebrews doesn't mean, it doesn't prove your point at all.
You know why?
Because actually the book of Hebrews is the book that actually demolishes your stupid
doctrine that much the more.
Because you would think that if it's called the book of Hebrews and it's propping up the
Hebrew roots movement, that you would find, keep the Sabbath, do the dietary laws, make
sure you keep the old covenant.
It's all about Moses.
It's all about the...
You don't find any of that.
In fact, you find the exact opposite.
Every chapter, and in fact, the first couple of chapters, it tells you how Jesus Christ
is better than Moses, better than angels, better than any prophet.
Not only that, Hebrews is where you find Hebrews chapter eight, where it talks about
the better covenant.
13 chapters dedicated to just completely demolishing the Hebrew roots movement.
It's the book where you find, where it talks about that meats and drinks and diverse washings
were imposed upon them until the time of reformation.
So you would think, oh yeah, we got one book, see, it's written in Hebrew.
Well no, you have a book called Hebrews, but it's actually telling you the exact opposite
of what you believe.
It's spanning 13 entire chapters, just demolishing your false doctrine.
Not a good argument, okay?
The New Testament is filled with Greek names of people being addressed.
Onesimus, Philemon, Diotrephes, Demetrius, these aren't necessarily Hebrew names.
And you're trying to tell me that these people spoke Hebrew?
No, they spoke Greek, okay?
Go to John chapter 12, John chapter 12, Jesus spoke Greek, okay?
John chapter 12 verse 20 says, and there were certain Greeks among them that came up to
worship at the feast.
The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee and desired him, saying,
sir, we would see Jesus.
Philip cometh and telleth Andrew, and again, Andrew and Philip tell Jesus, and Jesus answered
them saying, the hours come that the Son of Man should be glorified.
Let me ask you, was this done in Hebrew?
It says specifically that the Greeks came.
You think they came with the Hebrew language or even in Aramaic to address Andrew and Philip?
No, they came speaking their own language.
Go to Mark chapter seven, Mark chapter number seven.
Look at verse number 24, Mark chapter seven, it says, and from thence he arose and went
into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man known
it, excuse me, would have no man know it, but he could not be hid.
For a certain woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and
fell at his feet.
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation, and she besought him that he would
cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
But Jesus said unto her, let the children first be filled, for it is not meet to take
the children's bread and cast it into the dogs.
And she answered and said unto him, yes, Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's
crumbs.
And he said unto her, for this saying, go thy way, the devil's gone out of thy daughter.
And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid
upon the bed.
So let me ask you, do you think this entire discourse that we just saw, this dialogue
that we just observed was all done in Hebrew?
You think it's any accident or any coincidence that verse 26 specifically tells us that the
Syrophoenician woman by nature was a Greek?
No, these things are purposely put in the Bible to let us know that, yes, Jesus Christ,
obviously he spoke Hebrew because he read from the Hebrew scriptures.
Obviously he spoke Aramaic, which is a bastardized form of Hebrew.
But you know what?
The woman was a Greek because of the fact that you have Syrophoenicians, you have Greeks,
you have different people from different regions who are not of Israel coming to him.
So the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation.
Go to Acts chapter 21.
Phoenicia was a part of the Roman province in Syria.
It'd be ridiculous to think that they spoke Hebrew there, okay?
But you know what?
That YouTube channel, that YouTube clip, that YouTube video on the Hebrew Roots movement,
they make a great argument.
No, they don't.
You're just simple is what you are, and you believe every word.
You know, I find it funny when we talk to people about these subjects, they're like,
well, I've studied.
Like what book have you opened to study?
Well, not a book, it was a YouTube channel.
You got to watch this one YouTube video.
That's their studying today.
Look at Acts 21.
Look, by the way, Paul spoke Greek, okay?
And Paul is responsible for the majority of the New Testament.
Look at Acts 21 verse 35, and when he came up, excuse me, when he came upon the stairs,
so it was that he was born to the soldiers for the violence of the people, for the multitude
of the people followed after crying away with him.
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, may I speak
unto thee, who said, canst thou speak Greek?
Are not thou that Egyptian, which before these days made us an uproar and led us out
into the wilderness, 4,000 men that were murderers?
But Paul said, I am a man, which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of
no mean city, no average city.
And I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
Now in the coming chapter, he begins to speak in Hebrew, but what is the question that he
states here?
May I, in verse 37, may I speak unto thee who said, canst thou speak Greek?
And what happens, we see them having a dialogue after that, which basically we could safely
assume that they're talking Greek.
And the Bible's telling us that he's a Jew of Tarsus, a city of Cilicia.
Where's that?
In Turkey.
That's not in Israel, that's in Turkey.
That's an area where there's a majority, a vast majority of people speak Greek, okay?
Go to Revelation chapter one.
It's a province of the Roman empire.
Look at Revelation chapter one and verse number eight.
That's not enough evidence, okay?
Look at verse number eight.
I am Alpha and Omega.
I don't know what the last letter is in Hebrew, but I know the first letter is Aleph because
that's my son's middle name, okay?
It doesn't say Aleph, it says Alpha and Omega.
So let me just let you know, that's the beginning and the end of the Greek alphabet.
Thank you Lord for putting that in there.
And by the way, thank you King James translators for not putting it, I am A to Z, right?
They left that as it was.
That means as they were translating the Greek New Testament, it said Alpha and Omega and
guess what they did?
They just left it as is.
Why is that?
Because they knew, they didn't know, obviously the English language was still being kind
of refined during that time and they maybe understood that it was possibly subject to
change within the coming years, whereas Greek was basically set in stone, the rules were
already set in stone, so they said let's just keep it that way, that way it cannot be perverted
later on or something, you know?
But we do know this, he's Alpha and Omega.
The beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is and which was and which is to come
the Almighty, look at verse 11, saying I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last,
and what thou seest, write in a book and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia.
Now keep in mind, what is one of the main beliefs of the Hebrew Roots movement?
They want us to foolishly believe that the New Testament, which Revelation is part of
the New Testament, is written in Hebrew.
And yet we have Revelation chapter one that specifically states that Jesus Christ is saying
I am Alpha and Omega and then he says take this and send it unto the seven churches in
Jerusalem, no, in Asia, unto Ephesus and unto Smyrna, unto Pergamos, unto Thyatira, unto
Sardis and unto Philadelphia and unto Laodicea, all Greek speaking places.
Can you expect me to believe that he wrote all this in Hebrew?
Oh, it's just that Alpha and Omega part that he just left in Greek.
Go to Revelation nine, Revelation nine.
Look, you know, it could offend you, but the reality is God is placing a greater emphasis
on the New Testament.
He's placing a greater emphasis on reaching the Gentiles.
That's who he wants to save because God is not willing that any should perish, but that
all should come to repentance.
Does he want Jews to be saved?
Absolutely.
But you know what?
If they reject him, then guess what?
It's time to move on and reach the nations.
Okay.
Look at Revelation nine verse 11.
This is written in Hebrew.
I'm just kidding.
It says here in verse 11, and they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless
pit whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon.
Bam!
There you go.
Comma.
But in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
One woe is past and behold there come two woes more hereafter.
Now this is, this is the funny thing about the Hebrew roots movement is that if you look
up some sites and what they believe and coming out of their own mouths, they basically state
that the reason you can't understand the New Testament is because much of the New Testament
is quoting the Old Testament.
And to that we say, amen, right?
They quote the Old Testament.
The prophets quote the Old Testament and they say, there's a lot of idioms in the Old Testament
that cannot be understood unless you understand Jewish culture, right?
But here's the thing is God always defines these things and look, if you don't understand
it and if you can never understand it, then you know what it means?
It means that God doesn't want you to understand it.
But if he does want you to understand it, he'll always do something like this and explain
it for you.
You know, if this is written to a Hebrew audience, there'd be no reason for, but in the Greek
tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Because of the fact that it's written Abaddon in Hebrew, yes, Greek speaking people would
be like, I don't know what that means.
Therefore the Lord sought to put after that in Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Why?
So it would be defined.
It could be understood.
Okay.
So this whole thing of, you know, it can't be understood because there's a lot of Hebrew
idioms and you can't understand unless you know, Jewish culture, that's, that's a farce.
Okay.
It's false.
It's not true.
God always defines the word of God for us.
And the parts that we can't understand is because God doesn't want us to understand
it.
And there are things in the Bible that we're not going to be able to understand this side
of eternity.
Okay.
Go to second Corinthians chapter number three.
So the first route that we're plucking up is this false doctrine that the new Testament
was written in Hebrew.
That is so false.
It's so dumb because there's so much evidence that contradicts that.
Okay.
The second route is what they say is this is we need to observe the Sabbath.
All right.
Now look, many religions are not many, but there are a few religions out there that teach
this that are not Hebrew roots movement, like the seventh day Adventists.
Okay.
But at the end of the day, all of these sects of religions, all these sects of Christianity,
what they're trying to do is to get us back to, to basically Judaism is what they're trying
to do.
So they have a cloak of being the Hebrew roots movement.
They have this cloak of seven day Adventists or seven day Baptists.
Okay.
But their main agenda, they exist.
It's out there.
Okay.
How many of you ever heard of the seven day Baptists?
Okay.
It's weird, but it's to get Baptists to basically get caught up in this stuff.
And what they want is, is for us to basically reject the new Testament and completely adhere
to the Old Testament, which the Bible says is done away with.
And this is one of the biggest things.
I mean, this is there.
They love this part right here.
We need to observe the Sabbath.
Why are you meeting on Sundays?
You know, the Sabbath, Sabbath, Sabbath, right?
And they come up with all these arguments.
Look at second Corinthians chapter three and verse number six and look, what will they
say?
Like, Hey, do you believe in the 10 commandments and obviously we're going to say yes, of course.
Well, you know, it's one of the 10 commandments is to remember the Sabbath day, to keep it
holy.
So if you believe that thou shall not kill, thou shall not commit adultery, thou shall
not covet, then you also have to remember the Sabbath to keep it holy.
What they don't understand is the fact that the Old Testament is not just 10 commandments.
The Old Testament is not made up of only 10 commandments.
Exodus 20 is not the only place where you're going to find commandments.
You say, what is Exodus 20?
It's a synopsis of all the commandments.
And that's not the only time that God does that.
He does that even in Romans chapter 13 and elsewhere where it talks about love your neighbor
as yourself.
What is that?
It is a synopsis of fulfilling the entire law because when you love your neighbor as
yourself, what do you do?
You fulfill the whole law.
If you love your neighbor, you won't kill him.
If you love your neighbor, you won't commit adultery with his wife or their husband, right?
You fulfill the entire law when you love your neighbor as yourself.
So Exodus chapter 20, the 10 commandments is simply a synopsis of all the commandments.
But here's the thing, the 10 commandments found in Exodus 20 is referred to as the old
covenant.
It's referred to as the old covenant.
That is done away with.
Now let me explain to you, look at 2 Corinthians chapter 3 verse number 6, who also have made
us able ministers of the new Testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit for the letter
killeth but the spirit giveth life.
But it's the ministration of death.
Now by the way, when it's talking about the letter, was that referred to the old covenant?
Why is it?
Because it kills you.
It's administration of death.
Why?
You see, you look at the law, you see that you cannot fulfill it.
And as the Bible says in Romans chapter number seven, Paul speaking by the inspiration of
the Holy Ghost says that the law slew him.
It's referring to the fact that it's administration of death.
It's not going to give you life.
That's why it's ridiculous to think that the law can save you by keeping the commandments.
Oh, if you just keep the commandments, you can be saved.
That's ridiculous.
Written and engraven in stone was glorious so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly
behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance, which glory was done, was
to be done away.
So what is this saying?
This is basically stating because the 10 commandments was written in stone.
And if you remember what happened to those stones, what did Moses do to those stones?
He broke them.
In his rage, he broke them.
What have we done in the New Testament?
We broke them.
So that's symbolic of us breaking the 10 commandments.
He broke them, but the Bible tells us in verse number seven, the latter end, which glory
was to be done away.
How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious for the ministration of
condemnation be glory much more that the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory for even
that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect by reason of the glory that
excels for if that which was done away was glorious, much more that which remained it
is glorious.
What do we see?
What is a common phrase that we see here?
Much more.
The New Testament is so much more than the old covenant.
The new covenant is much more the ministration of spirit is much more than ministration of
death.
Now, go to Exodus chapter 34.
I'm sorry, go to Ezekiel.
Go to Ezekiel chapter 20.
Ezekiel chapter 20.
I'm gonna read to you from Exodus chapter 20 verse eight says, remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work.
But the seven days of Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it, thou shalt not do any work
thou nor thy son nor thy daughter, thy manservant nor thy maidservant nor thy cattle nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is and rest of
the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
Exodus 34 refers to those same commandments as those that were written in tables of words
of the covenant, the 10 commandments Deuteronomy 4 13 says, and he declared unto
you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform even 10 commandments.
And he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
So what are the 10 commandments?
It's a covenant.
It was an agreement.
And the agreement was this, keep these commandments and you'll remain my people.
Don't keep them.
I'm not going to regard you.
Now, let me ask you, did Israel keep those commandments?
No.
Thou shall have no other gods before me.
Because they're making a golden calf.
They're taking up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of their God, Rem-fan.
You know, you read through the book of Jeremiah, the prophets and priests were guilty of covetousness.
I mean, they're breaking that law left and right.
They're breaking their agreement.
Look what the Bible says in Ezekiel 20 verse 16, because they despised my judgments and
walked not in my statutes, but polluted my Sabbaths for their heart went after their
idols.
So we see here that the reason that God had to make institutionalize a new covenant was
because of the fact that they, these people did not regard the old covenant.
In fact, the Bible says they polluted it.
And isn't it funny that the same people who pollute the Sabbath are trying to tell you
to keep the Sabbath?
The self-righteous, pompous, holier than now Jews.
Keep the Sabbath, even though they polluted it.
You know, thou shall not covet, even though they're the ones guilty of it.
Hey, read Romans chapter number two.
You know, where the Bible talks about that even though these Jews are claimed to be the
light of the world, a teacher of them, of babes, an instructor of them that are in darkness,
they're the ones who are actually breaking the law.
Thou that teaches thou shall not commit adultery, does thou commit adultery?
Thou that teaches, you know, not to have any idols, does thou commit sacrilege?
What are they doing?
They're blaspheming the name of God because they're trying to impose the old covenant
on people, even though they themselves are polluting it.
Now you say, well, what is the Sabbath about?
Well, the Sabbath is simply this, in a nutshell, it's a picture of our salvation.
That's all it is.
Did I have you turn?
Go to, go to first Corinthians, actually go to Colossians chapter number two, Colossians
chapter two.
I'm going to skip some things here.
You see, when Jesus died, he died for how many days?
Three days.
If you go according to the days that we see in the Bible, this would include Thursday,
Friday, Saturday, and on the third day, according to the Bible, that would include Sunday, Friday,
being the third day.
On the third day would be referred to Sunday, if it happened on Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Now here's the interesting thing is that he was slain on the Passover, which was that
Thursday.
And the law said that on the Passover, that no man can do any work.
So the 14th day of the month, Abib, the Bible says that they could do no work on the Passover.
Isn't it interesting that he was sacrificed?
He was crucified on the cross on the Passover.
What was that Friday?
Well, the 15th month of the month, Abib, was actually considered the Feast of Unleavened
Bread, which guess what?
No man can do any work.
And then what you have is the seventh day, or excuse me, the third day, which is a Saturday,
was the Sabbath, which no man can do any work.
So people couldn't work on Thursday, they couldn't work on Friday, and they couldn't
work on Saturday.
Okay, why?
Because during that time, you have the Passover, you have the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and
then you have the Sabbath.
But what was also happening simultaneously during that time, Jesus Christ was paying
for our sins.
Just as in the New Testament, because that's a foreshadowing of today, to get saved, we
do no work.
We do zero work to go to heaven, not by works of righteousness, which we have done, but
according to his mercy, he saved us.
For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift
of God, not of works, lest any man should boast.
So we see that Thursday no man was supposed to do any work, Friday he was supposed to
do no work, Saturday no work, and then on the Sunday, he resurrected, okay?
Look at Colossians chapter number two.
Just in case there's still doubt, look at verse 13, and you being dead in your sins
and the uncircumcision of your flesh hath he quickened together with them, having forgiven
you all trespasses, blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was
contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross, and having spoiled
principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly triumphing over them in it.
So the Bible's telling us that these ordinances, such as the Sabbath, that Jesus Christ nailed
them to the cross.
So when he was crucified on the cross, and the Bible tells us here that he made a show
of them openly, what does that mean?
He was the culmination of the Sabbath.
He was the culmination of the meats, drinks, and diverse washings.
He was the culmination of the Lamb of God, right?
The Lamb of God who was slain from the foundation of the world, the lambs, the animals that
were sacrificed in the Old Testament, he was the culmination of that.
He made a show of them openly, made a show of the ordinances openly.
Go to Hebrews chapter number four.
Hebrews chapter number four.
So the reason we don't keep the Sabbath today is because of the fact that we don't need
to.
We're saved.
It was simply a, it's the same reason why we don't sacrifice animals.
Because Jesus Christ has already been slain.
It's the same reason why we don't keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Why?
Because he's the bread of life.
And once we believed on him, that shadow has been fulfilled in our lives.
Look at Hebrews chapter four, verse number one.
Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of
you should seem to come short of it.
For unto us the gospel was preached as well as unto them, but the word preached did not
profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
For we which have believed do enter into rest.
As he said, as I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest, although the
works were finished from the foundation of the world, for he spake in a certain place
of the seventh day on this wise, and God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
And in this place again, if they shall enter into my rest, seeing therefore there remain
that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in
because of unbelief.
And he limited the certain day, saying in David, today, after so long a time, as it
is said, today, if you will hear his voice, harden out your hearts, for if Jesus had given
them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
There remain therefore a rest to the people of God.
For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did
from his.
So what is the picture?
If you believe on Jesus Christ, you're basically saying, it's not by my works.
It's from dead works and faith toward God.
Verse 11, let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the
same example of unbelief.
What does that mean?
Because we think of work, we think of labor.
Why is it saying that?
He's basically saying, hey, if you think you need a work, this is what you need to work
on.
Just believe on Jesus Christ.
This is the work of God.
You know, if that's what you want to use, okay, then this is what you have to do.
You have to believe on Jesus Christ.
Okay.
It's like when people say, you know, oh, you got to keep the commandments to be saved.
No, there's only one commandment you have to keep to be saved.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved, okay.
Go to Hebrews chapter 13 and we're basically done.
So the first root is what?
That the New Testament is supposedly written in Hebrew and not in Greek.
That was easily debunked.
The Sabbath is the second root that we see there.
This foolishness that we're to observe these things, even though the Bible clearly tells
us in Romans chapter 14 and Colossians chapter number two and elsewhere that we're not supposed
to be judged at these things.
Let no man judge you, right, in respect of a holy day.
So don't let anybody come to you and say, hey, you're not keeping the Sabbath.
Give them Colossians two.
Say, hey, read this and take two of these and call me in the morning.
You know, before you come at me with your, you know, Sabbath observing days, Torah observing
days, why don't you quote to me the rest of the Bible?
I remember I got a phone call one time when we first started the church about this very
subject and I was kind of naive during that time.
I felt like anybody who would call is just a righteous person, you know, not knowing
that like infiltrators also call and this person called me and he just wanted to talk
about the Sabbath.
Wanted to talk about the Sabbath and I was just like, hey, I was quoting to him Colossians
two, I was getting to Romans chapter 14 and then he's just like, well, you know, the Old
Testament says this and I'm like, have you read the whole Bible?
No, I haven't really read the entire Bible.
Have you read the New Testament?
No, I'm not done with that yet.
First of all, if you're going to call me and try to debate that, you know, have the decency
to lie to me at least and at least claim that you've read it.
He like told me, he's like, I haven't read it.
I'm like, where are you getting your information from?
He's like, Wikipedia.
You're coming at me with Wikipedia and I'm coming at you with the word of God?
Click.
I'm not going to waste my time with that, but that's exactly how these people operate.
Okay.
The third root and this, we won't spend a lot of time on this because it's pretty self
explanatory that we need to be circumcised and abstained from certain meats is what they
want to teach.
Okay.
Look at Hebrews 13 verse seven.
Remember them.
By the way, have you noticed that the majority of these scriptures just completely demolishing
this is found in Hebrews?
No coincidence.
Remember them which have the rule over you who have spoken unto you the word of God,
whose faith follow considering the end of their conversation.
Jesus Christ is same yesterday and today and forever.
Be not carried about with diverse and strange doctrines for it is good.
It is a good thing that the heart be established with grace, not with meats, which have not
profited them that have been occupied therein.
So people who occupy themselves in the abstaining of meats, the Bible tells us here that has
not profited them at all.
Okay.
Now go to Hebrews chapter number nine.
Don't be carried away with these things.
Eat shrimp.
Eat pork.
Men say Amen.
Hey, Dr. Rita.
Right?
Pork's good.
Amen.
We got a doctor in the house who can vouch for this.
Hebrews chapter number nine.
Look what the Bible says here in verse number seven.
But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which
he offered for himself and for the heirs of the people.
The Holy Ghost is signifying that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest,
which as the first tabernacle was yet standing, which was a figure for the time then present.
Figure means it was symbolic in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices that could
not make him that did the service perfect as pertaining to the conscience, which stood
only in meats and drinks and divers washings and carnal ordinances imposed on them until
the time of reformation.
And that's not referring to Martin Luther.
So the Bible is saying here, the Bible is telling us here that meats, drinks and divers
washings, these Old Testament practices were imposed upon God's people.
What does that mean?
They had to do it.
So if someone did not keep the Sabbath in the Old Testament, you know what happened
to them?
They were put to death.
You know why?
Because in the New Testament, if you try to work your way to heaven, the wages of sin
is death.
And in fact, the second death, that's what it was symbolic of, okay?
So these things were imposed upon them until when?
Until the millennial reign?
No, because we see in the millennial reign, we're still eating, amen?
Imposed on them until the time of reformation.
What is the reformation?
Verse 11, but Christ being come and high priest of good things to come by greater and more
perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building, neither by
the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
When was the time of reformation?
When Jesus Christ came, okay?
And reformation means this, when you make something better, which is the better covenant,
okay?
Well, I don't know, I just think that, you know, you shouldn't eat shrimp and, you know,
I'm not gonna keep the Sabbath, but we should adhere to these dietary laws.
Actually, you know what the Bible calls that?
A doctrine of devils.
The Bible tells us now the spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times, some shall
depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.
And it tells us that they speak lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with the hot
iron, forbidding to marry, God forbid, forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats,
which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know
the truth.
So the Bible says that a doctrine of devil is when someone tells you, don't get married.
You know, Catholic church, hello.
You shouldn't get married, you know, and to abstain from meats.
I mean, God is all for meat eating, amen.
He says that some shall depart from the faith.
Hey, you wanna stay in the faith, eat meat.
Receive it with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
And by the way, later on in the same chapter, he says, you know, that if we as preachers
remind people of this, he's like, you're doing a great job of saying, that's important to
God.
Why?
Because this doctrine of abstaining from meats has been so perverted and misused by the Judaizers
to represent a false gospel that he's telling you, hey, that's a doctrine of devils, okay.
This is a root that we're not supposed to partake of.
So what's the sermon today?
The sermon is simply this.
Hey, let's root up those Hebrew roots movement, amen, that Hebrew roots movement.
This foolish teaching that the New Testament was written in Hebrew, not Greek, eh, wrong.
The word we're supposed to observe the Sabbath days today, eh, wrong.
That we're supposed to abstain from meats and drinks and diverse washings, eh, wrong.
Because Jesus Christ already came 2,000 years ago.
He's already fulfilled that.
He was the culmination of it.
He made a show of them openly.
It's open game, amen.
You know, we need to make sure that we stick to the Bible.
And at the end of the day, you know what this is?
This is just an attack on the word of God is what it is.
They want people to stray away from their clear teachings of scripture and adhere to
YouTube videos that make zero sense and have zero evidence in the Bible for their teachings.
We need to reject that, amen.
Spry our heads and have a word of prayer.
Father, we thank you so much for your word.
We're thankful for the better covenant established upon better promises.
And we're thankful that although we are not Jews according to the flesh, we're Gentiles,
that we could be the people of God because we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ.
I pray, God, that you'd help us to be vigilant, to never allow these false doctrines to ever
come into our church, that we would be vigilant and keep our ears to the ground and remain
well versed in the Bible so we can combat these false teachings and doctrines that seek
to cause us to stray from the faith.
I pray, God, that you'd help us to do so.
We love you so much.
And we thank you.
We pray these things in Jesus' name.
Amen.