I listened to the first 4 minutes of this hoping for an intelligent response from Rabbi Manis Friedman, all that became clear is that neither he nor his "christian" friend understand Christianity all all.
The 613 commandments which can't be fulfilled were given to prove that we can't be saved on our own. But when you only believe in an 11 month hell, it's a moot point.
@@nomorecensoringme I accept your non belief but have a correct non belief about things understood correctly, not based on errors. Communicating erroneous information doesn't help anyone.
What you don't understand is he's not putting down Christianity, he's enlightening areas that are missed in loving God & following his path of goodness here on earth if I'm not mistaken.
Men have trouble accepting that God does not have the same needs or emotional design as human beings. He needs nothing, because he lacks nothing. We NEED him because we lack alot.
God needs our worship, in return he gives us what we need including Salvation. It's a very basic formula in the Bible. God created both Good and Evil in order to receive true worship rather than to be worshipped by a bunch of robots.
@@solomonstolberg4383 God is the Creator of all that exists, including animals, plants, fish, etc., but does not NEED them. The word Need, as a verb, means to be in want, or under necessity. King David said that he could give nothing to the Lord that the Lord did not first give him. All things are from Him, for Him and to Him. He is not dependent on mankind, who is frail, impure and fleshly in every manner and can do nothing that God does not permit. He is in control of everything in heaven and earth. He knows what is in man, and had eliminated all mankind by a flood due to their wicked ways, and even repented from creating them. All perished but 8 people and the animals that God selected to live. We can do nothing without the Lord, not even pray. He puts the prayer in our heart to seek Him so that He can give it to us. All things come from Him. He hears the cries of the poor and needy. Those of a contrite heart, He will not deny. He is God and there is no other. Nothing in the heavens or on earth compares to Him. If there is not one person to cry out to Him, He will cause even the rocks to cry out on His behalf.
I've been reading the book of Kings and Chronicles and what is evident is that Israel didn't want the one God but kept on going back to the pagan idols of other nations.
Makes you wonder why. The lifeless idols didn't have to do anything, Yahweh did everything for them, but they kept going back to the stones... Imagine being the all-powerful creator of the universe and you kept losing your people to stones figurines... You got to be kidding me.
@@flameone4705 It's an illustration for us today. Our idols are movies, pop stars, sex, partying, frivolous shopping, etc. Although these sins seem like so much more, the stone figurines somehow possessed the same allure and distraction.
Well, that says it all, Johannes 5 43 I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
@@anameichose8854you aren’t from the linage of David. You didn’t perform miracles. You didn’t keep the law perfectly, die on the cross for the sins of men, and resurrect on the third day.
Bardzo ciekawy wykład. I widzę w nim odpowiedź na pytanie tytułowe. Otóż. Bóg nie dlatego posłał na ziemię Jezusa Chrystusa że nie mógłby czegoś wykonać sam ale dlatego, że samemu będąc przepełniony miłością, stworzył nas ludzi i pragnął się z nami tą nieskończoną miłością podzielić. Dlatego dla nas stworzył TEN wszechświat i wszystkie PRZYSZŁE światy. Jezus przyszedł na ziemię po to, aby nam to oznajmić. Dlatego KAŻDY kto wierzy w Jezusa Chrystusa, otrzyma ten najwspanialszy dar miłości od samego Boga i dlatego mamy prawo nazywać się jego dziećmi amen. A jeżeli rabbi nie może tego zrozumieć to dlatego, że nie wierzy w miłość Boga do ludzi amen.
Why would you put yourself greater than God. Those that exalt themselves will be abased. Don't forget why you wear that skull cap, a sign of humility before God. God does not need you otherwise he would not be omnipotent (which he is). God does use, love and care for his creations. God said in the Bible that he didn't need the Jews. If they would not worship him, he would just have the rocks of the earth do it. He doesn't need you, he will use you and care for you and all his creations though. To think otherwise is pure arrogance.
@@wechosenfew7622 Depends. Do you believe God is Omnipotent? If so your statement answered itself. The whole premise contradicts God's character. He loves us, but certainly doesn't need us. God himself said it best here speaking to Job. Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. 5 Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 "Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb; 9 When I made the clouds its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling band; 10 When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors; 11 When I said, 'This far you may come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!' 12 "Have you commanded the morning since your days began, And caused the dawn to know its place, 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? 14 It takes on form like clay under a seal, And stands out like a garment. 15 From the wicked their light is withheld, And the upraised arm is broken. 16 "Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths? 17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death? 18 Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. 19 "Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place, 20 That you may take it to its territory, That you may know the paths to its home? 21 Do you know it, because you were born then, Or because the number of your days is great? 22 "Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail, 23 Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war? 24 By what way is light diffused, Or the east wind scattered over the earth?
@@dogegamer3288 To be certain your religion is best is pure arrogance. Judaism, on the other hand, teaches that good people of any belief go to heaven. Now that's genuine humility. Humility and confidence; an excellent combination for doing one's part for bringing heaven to Earth.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
Please let me correct you. Yoshke is not God’s son, Israel is. Exodus 4:22 “This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son”. This proves that the xian scriptures are a lie. Because how many firstborn sons does God have?
@@truenorth2977 God’s Servant in Isaiah is always directly identified as Israel. Never once as the second person of a polytheistic three person deity. Isaiah 41:8 “But thou, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham My friend;” Isaiah 44:1 “Yet now hear, O Jacob My servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen” Isaiah 44:2 “Fear not, O Jacob My servant,...” Isaiah 44:21 “Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art My servant; I have formed thee, thou art Mine own servant; O Israel, thou shouldest not forget Me.” Isaiah 45:4 “For the sake of Jacob My servant, and Israel Mine elect, I have called thee by thy name, I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known Me” Isaiah 49:3 “And He said unto me: 'Thou art My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. I do believe in THE God who is writen in the holy Bible with all my heart with all my soul and all my strenght!
He uses the phrase "practicing Christianity " rather than "was a Christian " because according to Jewish law, in the eyes of G-d a Jew remains a Jew even if he "converts". The 613 commandments were not given to prove they can't be kept. They were given with precise instruction and with the promise of reward and punishment. G-d does not lie, nor does he play games. He means what He says. We don't need to be "saved"; we need to live up to our mission in life, which is to seek out G-d in our lives and connect with Him with Him with live and awe by fulfilling His will. For Jews this is the 613 commandments, for non-Jews this is the 7 Noachide Laws. Unlike other religions, Judaism teaches that you have a place in Heaven even if you are not Jewish, as long as you keep the 7 Noachide Laws. Judaism is not for everybody, but G-d's love is there for all who love Him. G-d's "vulnerability" is that He leaves it up to us to excersize our free will (a gift from Him) to decide whether we want to pursue a relationship with Him (which He wants). Certainly G-d showers us with love and compassion all the time, even when in hard times, but it's up to us to recognize it. He wants a connection with us, it's why He made us, but He doesn't force it on us. This chosen vulnerability does not detract one iota from His Supremacy. Only the Almighty Timeless Master of all has the ability to be so vulnerable with the assurance to ultimately have what He seeks.
@TheSeptuagint Talmud is the oral part of the Torah. As an emergency measure at the beginning of our current exile, it was written in an abbreviated way, so as to retain it while still requiring the personal, teacher student mode of transmission. Without the Oral Law, the meaning and intent of the Written Law (what Christians call the "Old" Testament) cannot be properly understood. For example, in the Written Law, there is a commandment to use phylacteries, but the Oral Law is where there is a description of what they are.
According to your book, j-man says, all those who know the only true G-d are one with Him. He also recites Shema Israel, and says there is no other but He. If he said, he was one with G-d, This isn’t a declaration of divinity. It’s a declaration of unity, and every Jewish person can identify with it, because every Jewish person has a spark of G-d in them, and the Jewish people are connected and married to G-d and are 1 with Him. All of Israel is the son of G-d. “Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says HASHEM: “Israel is My son, My firstborn.” Exodus 4:22
My reaction was exactly the same as the comment below. The God we believe in grieves when we reject Him but is not ‘vulnerable’ as a human is vulnerable.
It saddens him that's all he wants the best for us it saddens him when men ignore him and it angers him when they do terrible things as a result of that
well, synagogues and rabinic judaism are derived from the the pharisees tradition, so that shouldnt surprise you. The official jewish priesthood died out when the 2nd temple was destroyed.
There are still Jewish preists. Their role is just much smaller now as there is no more animal sacrifice. Also some of the twelve tribes have been recovered in places like India ans Ethiopia. And they have nearly indentical values and traditions.
@@grampsONeill All you have is lies. You have no idea what you’re talking about because you have no idea who Rabbi Manis Friedman is. The projection coming from you is strong indeed. 😅
😂😂 Why computer scientists invest the firs Computer? Well the Christians will answer that Computer Scientist loves PC. We designed computers so that we can interact and use it to make our lives easier. I think need always comes first, love is a second choice. You might see a very beautiful lady on the street, you don’t love her of course, but you need her attractiveness to pleasure your needs. Well if you find out she’s a good person, instead of gold digger. Obviously you’ll gradually starting to love her.
We need each hother. He needs us to take care of his creation, and we need him to have a life on the creation. Just like an investor needs people to take care of his investment and those people need the investor to provide them what was promised. It is just like when artists create their art - after the creation there is many people who take care of the art: people who protect copyrights, conservators, agents, other artists reacreating it to keep the memory alive and so on. This is actually a very simple and basic concept of life. Hope this makes sense :)
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ” Matthew 23
We don't need God. We need each other because we were created in his image. The best way to serve God is to treat your fellow human being the vest way possible. You can't do anything for God. Even the thought that God is in his creation is nonsense. It's like a baker being in his baked bread.
Catholic christianity, a life of authentic Christian prayer and sacramental worship, works for me. I had traumatic abuse as a child, a horrific "Catholic" marriage to a narcissist psychopath for 33 years, deaths of young loved ones including a beloved son, my living children have lost their faith, all of which had given me a life sentence of feeling crushed and unloved. But this Easter (on Good Friday evening, to be exact) all that pain left. Have been praying St. Therese's novena to never forget God's love for me. Praise God!
Shalom, "God needs", rabbi, what could God possibly need? No, God doesn't need but wants you (us) to know what we need! We need God, we need His commandments to save man and to have the life God created for us. Amen
Judaism: The Massiah has not come yet Christianity: The Massiah has come and will come again. The core beliefs are diametrically opposed, that is why jews don't believe in Christianity.
@@dawnheer6831 We need Him to put an end of evilness and sin. We need Him to live in peace and enjoy the truly life, to restore the earth and all creation.
I have just recently read something like that. Many years ago I also read that they will be brought back in at the end. It is hard to imagine what that is going to look like at first but I would think it would get very obvious after a short time.
This man is deceived. He is holding on to his traditions with pride. That's Satanic. Sometimes people listen to senior citizens and their old demeanor and not what they're saying. I see you caught it, but it's not everyone. I hope someone can get through to him and God opens his eyes.
If I limit myself to the Torah alone, will it be enough for me to know God as He has described Himself? The integrity and reliability of the Bible is a vitally important issue for every living person.
I am looking at the comments from both Jews and Christians. Some of them are uplifting, but some are not and it makes me sad. I do not agree with every little thing Rabbi Friedman says, but I have got so much from his videos I cannot express how helpful they have been. I am Christian and can only speak from that point-of-view, but to me G-d would not want us to be rude to each other. In the New Text, it says to respect the Jewish people because they are the roots and Christians are the branches. And, that the branches cannot survive without the roots. The Jewish nation was anointed to bring the knowledge of G-d into this world and everyone should respect them for that. David said that anyone G-d anoints, no man has the right to judge, 1 Samuel 26:9
Anlysis Mira arriba los menzajes en Espanol ahi esta la VERDAD =JESUCRISTO si los lees Entenderas TODO y para salvacion y vida ETERNA ver (HECHOS 2:37-39)
G- d anointed the Jews not to bring anything to the world but rather he anointed the Jews because he favored Abraham. He allows the goy to live under the Noahide laws…Muslim and ,Christian. Jew were HIS choice. The covenant can never be broken. That would make G-d a liar, negating the covenant and création itself. Jews are here because Adonai loves them.
I would listen to a strong Jewish argument against Christianity. This is not one. This is similar to the endless Christian speeches that discredit jewdaism. As an agnostic, I would like to see religions comparing their resources for greater wisdom and comparison
“For God so loved the earth...” You know the rest. God loves us. God does not need us, he wants us to love him without compelling us. For without choice love does not exist.
I have Jewish heritage in my lineage, I am a Christian and raised as such, I believe in G*d's vulnerability. He said you will have no other gods before me, He gets jealous, he can be grieved, provoked to anger slow or not, we can move the hand of god and minister to his spirit... We are created in his image, and the many aspects of God, we are the reflection of Him. He is a family man, He needs people to participate, and when we don't he looks for a willing vessels. Shalom
You seriously think you need to quote pieces of the Torah to us? To a rabbi? What does that prove for you? We've spent over 3335 years studying it, dissecting it, to know intimate levels of G-d's words, not the simplicity of them. No, G-d does not 'look for other vessels'. A relationship with G-d is complex, sometimes distant, sometimes intimately close. It is never, never, "abandoned". He has not "given up" on us, Jews, either. Moshiach is coming to finish the preparation for this world to be perfected for G-d to dwell here with us. Here. Not in heaven.
I'm a Jew who likes your post. In Judaism beliefs don't matter as much as your actions as part of your community. I was raised atheist Jewish. My dad was devout till the Holocaust. He would be 110 if he were alive today. Since some parts of Judaism see history as an expression of G-d's will, a lot of Jews who were adult during WW2 became atheist from that trauma. Ironically my return to Kabbalic beliefs started with participation in Native American ceremonies in my 30s. My atheism began cracking when I became a camping nut in my 20s & I had mystical experiences in nature. My own belief is that if your religion gives you compassion & courage & a sense of responsibility, you please G-d, no matter what religion you believe in.
Hopefully, one day, you will turn away from the idolatry of xtianity and return to G.d. and his Instructions. I have a complicated history, converting is not an option for me, but keeping the Noachide Laws allows me to love, fear and obey HaShem as a Non-Jew (Father Jewish, mother a convert, so i am not a B'nei Ysrael). Best wishes in your studies. If you have not done so yet, read Torah from beginning to end, it takes one year. We are on parasha " Naso" in the book of Numbers this week. Prepare for Truth !!
God doesn’t need us. He made us out of an abundance of love as a unnecessary gift, freely given, which we neither earned nor deserved. If he needs us, then he would not be already perfect and therefore not God, properly understood.
To my brothers and sisters on both sides of this discussion, may we all be blessed by the grace of God. Choose wisely...............eternity is a long time to be wrong.
Proverbs 30:4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
What could be more vulnerable than to be stripped and nailed to a cross? As a Christian I feel a great connection with Jews; we worship the same God of Abraham, the one true God. Your friend the psychiatrist’s view of Christianity does not seem in alignment with what I have been taught, and I do believe we will still meet in heaven.
@@nomorecensoringme "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." 1 Corinthians 1:18
What I find amazing is the person who could not be a Christian because God is not vulnerable because you go to hell when you deny him in Christianity, is that not the same in Judaism? Isn't that exactly what happened when Moses came down from the mountain and found the golden calf. Isn't that what happened when God sent the plagues to hurt the Egyptians who were also God's children?
This guy is very wise according to the world. He doesn't understand that we believe in 1 God. Just as man is body, soul, and spirit (3 in 1) so is God.
@@DLaBreck I never said you believed in partialism, I said your allegory allegory sounds like partialism. I apologise for unintentionally implying you're a heretic
I have to say I’m quite disappointed. I have been struggling for a very long time on my intertwined faith between Judaism and Christianity. I grew up, messianic, Hebrew. Normally I love hearing Rabbi Friedman‘s messages. However, this time I can’t be on board with the idea of “God’s vulnerability” a god whom is vulnerable, must be capable of being flawed. Seeing how God and God alone determines what is good bad flawed or perfect . God in and of himself is quite incapable of being flawed or vulnerable. A God that is flawed is not worth worshiping. Therefore, the God of Abraham can only be an all powerful all-knowing and an invulnerable God. I still love hearing your voice, Rabbi. I hope that I may gain some kind of better understanding as I rediscover my faith.
@josephmcclanahan6339 1 month ago I have to say I’m quite disappointed. I have been struggling for a very long time on my intertwined faith between Judaism and Christianity. I grew up, messianic, Hebrew. Normally I love hearing Rabbi Friedman‘s messages. However, this time I can’t be on board with the idea of “God’s vulnerability” a god whom is vulnerable, must be capable of being flawed. ---------I suppose that depends on what you mean by “flawed”. Because many would consider God’s being both loving and compassionate towards others as vulnerabilities and flaws. Entering into a loving relationship with someone else comes with very real risks. They might turn on you and reject you at any time. You might show compassion, and someone might take advantage of you for doing that. But, the alternative is for God to become a cold, heartless robot to shut out any perceivable vulnerabilities.
a complete nonsense what he said. God needs us? He needs us for what? To lift his throne? To shine his crown? To pull his kingdom carriage? Does this mean when the humanity doesn't exist anymore God will cease to exist? he imagines a God similar to Steve Jobs, he created his mac computer because he needs it, doesn't make any sense just like the Christian concept three in one, go and try to make a sense of it. If God loves us this means he is vulnerable, imagine a vulnerable God? vulnerability is the quality of being easily hurt or attacked. for how long the humanity has bee hostile and transgressed since the existence of the earth. God has a lot of patience and he doesn't get hurt easily otherwise he would have buried alive George Bush, Tony Blair and their clan when they went caused destruction and death in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Lybia...etc Again, this Rabbi is comparing the love of God toward his creation, to the love of humans toward others or objects they create or already created by God, God is self-sufficient, all-knowing, all-hearing and all-powerful therefore he doesn't need us, we need him badly especially these horrible times we live in where the wrong became right and the right became wrong. God loves the one who loves him, he loves the one who wants to sincerely connect with him, who doesn't associate any partner with him, who doesn't abuse his other creation. God loves the one who struggles to perfect his character, the one who serves other creation of god. God knows humanity he created like the back of his hand[metaphorically], he knows who is the sincere and who is the insincere so he won't get shocked when the insincere turns his back on God.
God is beyond infinite and can do anything but lie; He had to break himself into an uncountable infinity just to make the universe. Where do you think the matter came from? But he's a greater quantity of infinite so he can be both broken and whole at once.
I agree 100% with you. Nobody's perfect, only God is perfect in every way possible. Some Rabbi's know so much detail that they miss the big picture. God will never be flawed. Amen
@@Joe-bh4vz so anyone who sacrifices their life to save another life is immoral? So the person who jumps on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers is doing something immoral? What about a parent sacrificing themself for their child. What about animal sacrifice? What does it represent? Are you religious?
God doesn’t NEED us. He WANTS us. His love is not like human love, His love is PERFECT, COMPLETE and WHOLE. He can ‘feel’ vulnerability without literally being vulnerable. Remember he made us in his image. He gave us feelings. They are useful, but should not be blindly ‘followed’ as he warns us plenty. If we experience the “feeling” of vulnerability as images of Him, then He clearly experiences vulnerability Himself, yes? We are human, sinful and fallen, but He is whole and perfect and complete. His vulnerability is not the same.
Nah, being emotional is a deception of Satan. Gods love and anger are dispassionate and logical. Scripture says mans anger does not produce Gods righteousness and love is patient and kind.
@@nomorecensoringme That's too bad. Without listening to rabbis quote from the Bible itself to demonstrate exactly why and where the New Testament is wrong, I wouldn't be able to talk about it intelligently.
@@journeyintothebible how would rabbis quote from the NT without reading it? They don't. Frankly I'd be horrified if they did. It's wrong because it's from men not from G-d, as the Torah is. That's it. No reading necessary. See how easy that was?
There are some very questionable sayings hidden in the Talmudic writings which are massive in volume. We can form no opinions without a wealth of knowledge that would take years to amass. These are Rabbinical opinions formed and written during the Babylonian captivity. (The Babylonian Talmud). What is their significance to today's Judaic practices and belief system? This is a complicated subject whereas Christianity is mostly a matter of dogma and faith. Can Judaic faith be stated simply?
Yes, even today when they read Moses’ writings, their hearts are covered with that veil, and they do not understand. But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 2 Corinthians 3:15-16
רבנים יקרים, אני מקווה שהמכתב הזה ימצא אותך בבריאות טובה, ואני מתפלל שאלוהי אברהם, יצחק ויעקב וחכמה יהיו על לבבך. אני כותב לך בלב מלא אהבה ויראת כבוד עמוקה לעם היהודי. בתור חסיד של ישוע המשיח, אני רוצה לחלוק איתך מידע משמעותי מהברית הישנה שמוביל לגאולה ולהתגלותו של ישוע כמשיח. גילויים אלו נחשפים כעת על ידי חלומות לעם היהודי בכללותו. הברית הישנה, עם השטיח העשיר של חזיונות אלוהיים, מספקת תובנות עמוקות לגבי תוכנית הישועה של אלוהים. נבואות אלו, שנמסרו במשך דורות, משמשות עדות להתאמה המדהימה בין כתבי הקודש היהודיים לחייו של ישוע. נבואה: ישעיהו ז' 14 "על כן ה' בכבודו ובעצמו יתן לכם אות: הנה הבתולה הרה ותלד בן ותקרא את שמו עמנואל". הגשמה: מתי א' 22-23 "וכך נעשה כל זה למען יתקיים אשר נאמר על ידי ה' באמצעות הנביא לאמר: 'הנה הבתולה הרה וילדה בן ויקראו'. שמו עמנואל', שמתורגם ל'אלוהים איתנו'". נבואה: מיכה ה:2 "אבל אתה, בית לחם אפרתה, אף על פי שאתה קטן בין אלפי יהודה, אך ממך ייצא אלי המושל בישראל אשר יציאתו מימי קדם ומעולם. ." הגשמה: מתי ב' 1-2 "ועכשיו אחרי שישוע נולד בבית לחם יהודה בימי הורדוס המלך, הנה, חכמים מהמזרח באו לירושלים, ואמרו, 'היכן הוא שנולד מלך הקודש'. יהודים? כי ראינו את כוכבו במזרח ובאנו לעבוד אותו'". נבואה: ישעיהו 53:5 "אבל על פשעינו הוא נפצע, על עוונותינו הוא נפגע; ייסור לשלום שלנו היה עליו, ובפסיו נרפאנו". הגשמה: פטרוס א' 2:24 "אשר נשא בעצמו את חטאינו בגופו על העץ, כדי שאנו, לאחר שמתנו מהחטאים, נחיה למען הצדק - אשר בפסים שלו נרפאת." נבואה: ישעיהו ט:6 "כי ילד נולד לנו, בן ניתן לנו, והממשלה תהיה על כתפו. ושמו ייקרא נפלא, יועץ, אלוהים אדירים, אב נצח, נסיך השלום. ." הגשמה: לוקס ב':11 "כי נולד לכם היום בעיר דוד מושיע שהוא המשיח ה'". נבואות אלו, בין רבות אחרות, מדגישות את ההתאמה המדהימה בין הברית הישנה לחייו של ישוע. אנו מוצאים בו את התגשמות הבטחותיו של אלוהים ואת הגשר המאחד את האמונה היהודית עם תקווה לישועה לכל האנושות. בזמן שאתה חושב על הנבואות האלה, אני ממליץ לך לחקור את הקשר בין הברית הישנה והחדשה, תוך הכרה בישוע כמשיח המיוחל. יהי רצון שאלוהים של אברהם, יצחק ויעקב יגלה לך את האמת הזו לגבי המשיח המיוחל. בברכה, יעקב
Wow! I don't know a drop of Hebrew but Google Translate appears to have done an excellent job. And I fully agree with your comment. I pray your fellow Jews will read it and see for themselves when they search the Scriptures.
Watched some of his other videos and I'll admit, this guy Has some good wisdom for life issues and getting over certain challenges but certainly wouldn't trust him with Information about salvation.. Grandmother always said "chew up the meat but spit out the bones" There were so many bones on this plate..
I agree. He has some good outlooks on life and I stayed to hear a more sensible side to life’s problems. But people like this are too stuck in their ways to adapt with the world. It’s like checking up on a brick wall to remind myself what a brick wall is
@@TheStoicPath_ interestingly enough were the group from Torah times that's still here, despite our adherence to the Torah. And our complex history. Go figure.
Why you want to save yourself from? If you do bad you do it right if you do good you keep doing good,thats what God wants from us not worship a man nailed on a fucking cross
Maybe God needed us so much and loved us so much that He became flesh and sacrificed Himself on the cross for us? Talk about being vulnerable right? He loved/loves us so much! I love the Rabbi’s videos. Thank you and Shalom. We serve the one True God.
Not possible, read the Torah. More specifically The book of Numbers where Hashem says " I am your male nor female, I have no shape or form!". The almighty does not change his mind. He transcends time so if that is what he was going to do he would have let us know that. At the end of Deuteronomy it's specifically outlines for the Jewish people to not follow prophets that speak against his word. It goes on further to say that that prophet Shall surely die. The idea that God became man is nothing more than a pagan invention created by Roman and Greek mythology. I'm sorry I do not mean to offend you I am only offering you God's word
@@CHAZZANELKINS01 Rabboni, I took your words in love. How does one explain when God is described as speaking with Moses and Aaron in Numbers 12? How does one explain The Lord speaking to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend in Exodus 33? What about the story of the Tower of Babel that is found in the book of Genesis in the Torah, specifically in Genesis 11:1-9. According to the story, the people of the earth, who all spoke one language, gathered in the land of Shinar (Babylonia) and decided to build a city with a tower that would reach the heavens. They wanted to make a name for themselves and prevent their dispersal across the earth. Did The Lord come down to see the city and the tower the people were building? In Isaiah 53, who is referred to as the "Suffering Servant"? In Genesis 18, three men (understood to be angels) visit Abraham, and he extends hospitality to them. Similarly, in Genesis 32, Jacob wrestles with a man who is later revealed to be an angel. Were they in human form and were they angels ? Please point me to the Torah version (English but I will learn Hebrew if needed) you want me to read. I would like to learn. Baruch Shalom! With Love and Peace. Sri
You're only considering the idea that you're right, and not the possibility that you're wrong. If you're wrong, it's bad news for you. If a Jew believes you and you're wrong, it's even worse news for him. This of course only works on a situation where Judaism is perfect and Christianity has an insane number of flaws, as pointed by the free eternal hell tickets. Because this because an unfavourable Russian Roulette ( and one that Christianity started, because if only Judaism exists, there is no Russian Roulette )
@@CHAZZANELKINS01 I'm gonna need a source on "shape or form" part. It's in the Talmud and Siddur, but I cannot find something along the lines in a Torah.
God is not vulnerable? Even submitting to death on a cross, and He's not vulnerable?? Christian teaching says of redemption at Parousia, when all will be before God... Under-developed argument here.
I have always loved god since I can remember. I am a Christian and yes you are right, there is only one god. I need god more than god needs me! God the father, god the son and god the holy spirit amen!!
As a christian answer about vulnerability.... For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16
@@jessedylan6162 What is greater love than dying for those you love? Zechariah 12:10 Mourning for the One They Pierced 10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son. Isaiah 53 53 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. 4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. 9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
No man but one man did and He is the one who saved me and covered me with his precious blood so that I and many like me could be make perfect and spotless in my Father's eyes.
Well then why does Judaism and Christianity is similar to each other then? And you can’t claim that Christianity is the true religion either because one is older than the other.
Daniel 7:13-14 The son of man comes to the ancient of days and receives all power and authority to establish His Kingdom(The church) in the earth. Matthew 28:18 All power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth
LADY .Salvacion y vida Eterna .Por la ley de moises =SACRIFICIOS APEDREAR (muerte) o POR la ley del mesias Jesucristo MISERICORDIA vida Eterna .EXPLICO Nadie puede cumplir la LEY de moises Jesucristo lo dijo a los fariceos (lideres Religiosos de su tiempo ver (Juan 7:19) PERO La LEY de Jesucristo solo son dos los mandamientos (uno Amaras al senor tu Dios y dos Amar al progimo (A TODOS) DIOS PADRE HABLO a los judios (MISERICORDIA QUIERO =A JESUCRISTO y no mas a moises =SACRIFICIOS Apedrear y lo pruebo ver (JUAN 8:1-11) ver (OSEAS 6:6) pon estos versiculos en you tube) consejo a TODOS (HECHOS 2:37-39).
Retired=tired again. It's not a choice. It's like R&R. You rest or you fail to function well. I'm 80 and still trying to retire but there's too much wrong out there. Love your messages!
I’m sorry, but I don’t know anything more vulnerable than giving your son as a sacrifice, to be beaten beyond recognition, nailed to a cross and left to die. All the while having insults are thrown at you and soldiers gambling for your clothing. If that’s not vulnerable, then you explain to me what is. I think this friend you speak of, is a figment of your wild imagination and maybe you should take the time to understand Christianity before spouting lies from within the walls of your echo chamber
I don’t understand why he is saying no one cares if you are perfect. The whole point of the law was to call humanity toward perfection and holiness so that we can be with him once again instead of separated from him by sin. God cares about us being perfected because if we aren’t we can not be with him, we will die in his presence without being purified in perfection, through atonement, through a heart that is for him and his law. I’m not Jewish but I thought this is a basic understanding of the function of the law, and he seems to be undermining it with his statements
stop being deluded once and for all,no one is perfect ...to be perfect it means make no mistakes in life at all which is impossible,we all have bad thoughts sometimes we all fall victim sometimes to anger and etcc,if you think you can be perfect then You have serious mental issues .
Monotheism stemmed from Judaism within the Abrahamic world. Before Abraham, monotheistic culture (but with diversity, not an impersonal abstraction) was extent and highly developed within ancient Bharata (Vedic India). The pride of the rabbis is malodorous.
If the all poweful God became the pale carpenter who suffered all the pain a human can suffer for his loved ones is not vulnerability. Then, I don't know what vulnerability is. Even limited to only the old Testament. He doesn't feel hurt when being rejected? He even said He is a jealous God. Most of the old Testament is God accusation of being rejected by you, the Israelites. However, this 30+ year of Psychiatrist and Christian cannot see it.
No one can ever be perfect. There is no true benchmark for perfection living as a human. Just trying to be better than the day before is all one can do. ✌️❤️🇨🇦
As a ex Christian and now Jewish man this video explains it!!!! For sure couldn't have had a better live and couldn't be happier if i didn't convert to Judaism my life hasn't ever been better in my 39 years.And the message that who care that your not perfect is what I needed to hear tonight st this moment
@@Orm-zn6fl Catholic but I also explored other denominations in the Christian faith as well as other religions before I learned about Judaism which changed my life completely it really helped me finally get clean and sober got me out of a life of hanging out with homeless people in the city of my areas getting high and lieing and just living not a great life but I couldn't escape I didn't have the power to I tryed 12 times over and over till after I found Judaism and found a certain rabbi nachman who really turned my outlook on my life and how I was handling my self as a man and in seen people living and acting how I wanted to and after reading and further exploration of the Jewish faith I fell in love with it.
@@filthism1659 It's very good to hear you are doing well right now, my best wishes to you.) Did you happen to explore something about orthodox christianity?
@@Orm-zn6fl I did do some reading on the differences and what Orthodox christians beloved and such but there wasn't that space Rk of interest in me for it at that moment but I always say it shouldn't be about what's true or right it should be about what works for each person what works for you and person Judaism works for me I hope and wish that more people will find just something to believe in something good and kind.
@@filthism1659 There is a difference between being Jewish and believing in Judaism. You will never be Jewish unless your mother was Jewish. The Jewish people are an insular culture with it's own cultural norms and traditions. You can't just outvoice their prerogative because you believe in something. I'm sorry to tell you, but you don't get to decide. None of us do.
Genesis answers the Question. Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was astonishingly empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the water. בוְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָֽיְתָ֥ה תֹ֨הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְח֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם: 1:26 And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and they shall rule over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the heaven and over the animals and over all the earth and over all the creeping things that creep upon the earth."
כווַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֛ם בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּ וְיִרְדּוּ֩ בִדְגַ֨ת הַיָּ֜ם וּבְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙ וּבְכָל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ: Genesis showed God in singular, both spirit and Body. And yet singular. Daniel 12: 2 And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awaken-these for eternal life, and those for disgrace, for eternal abhorrence.
בוְרַבִּ֕ים מִיְּשֵׁנֵ֥י אַדְמַת־עָפָ֖ר יָקִ֑יצוּ אֵלֶּה לְחַיֵּ֣י עוֹלָ֔ם וְאֵ֥לֶּה לַֽחֲרָפ֖וֹת לְדִרְא֥וֹן עוֹלָֽם: 3. And the wise will shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who bring the multitudes to righteousness like the stars forever and ever. גוְהַ֨מַּשְׂכִּילִ֔ים יַזְהִ֖רוּ כְּזֹ֣הַר הָֽרָקִ֑יעַ וּמַצְדִּיקֵי֙ הָֽרַבִּ֔ים כַּכּֽוֹכָבִ֖ים לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד: f we are not forgiven how can anyone be saved.
Welcome home ! If you study and make your conversion, great, but if you do not, that is great also. Whatever is HaShem 's Will. I was on same path as you, and honestly, since i am older and will not be raising a family, studying and observing the Noachide Laws with Orthodox Rabbanim seems to be exactly where i need to be. Better that i have some 70 Mitzvot done well than botch up the many more Mitzvot given to tbe B'nei Ysrael. I would cause the Rabbanim who followed my conversion to sin, when i sinned.
@@avalerie4467 Thanks for your reply. My biggest issues have been that the tanakh says different from what the rabbi have been saying, and when this is pointed out they just say well it does not mean that. . This is from Chabad. None of this makes any sense. The Word of God is the Word of God.
@@thomasmattson2389 how long have you been studying under your Rabbi's tutelage ? For conversion, or as a Noachide? Your questions will easily be answered in your study group. If there has been deviation from Torah and you feel the group you are studying with is not keeping Torah, i would definitely not hang out there anymore. Still give some tzedaka for the schul, but maybe it's not the right one for you. Caveat - if, heaven forbid, this is a messianic church you've found yourself in, RUN !!!!!! Edit. Sorry, you stated Chabad. Chabad does not do conversions. Answered my own question.
@@avalerie4467 What I mean is stuff like this. Moses saw God. Exodus 33:18 Moses said: "Show me, now, Your glory!" 19He said: "I will let all My goodness pass before you; I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you, and I will favor when I wish to favor, and I will have compassion when I wish to have compassion." 20And He said, "You will not be able to see My face, for man shall not see Me and live." 21And the Lord said: "Behold, there is a place with Me, and you shall stand on the rock. 22And it shall be that when My glory passes by, I will place you into the cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with My hand until I have passed by. 23Then I will remove My hand, and you will see My back but My face shall not be seen." And Abraham saw and talked with God. Genesis 18:1-15 " 13And the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Is it really true that I will give birth, although I am old?'14Is anything hidden from the Lord? At the appointed time, I will return to you, at this time next year and Sarah will have a son."17And the Lord said, "Shall I conceal from Abraham what I am doing?19For I have known him because he commands his sons and his household after him, that they should keep the way of the Lord to perform righteousness and justice, in order that the Lord bring upon Abraham that which He spoke concerning him."20And the Lord said, "Since the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has become great, and since their sin has become very grave,26And the Lord said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous men within the city, I will forgive the entire place for their sake."32And he said, "Please, let the Lord's wrath not be kindled, and I will speak yet this time, perhaps ten will be found there." And He said, "I will not destroy for the sake of the ten."33And the Lord departed when He finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.” The tanakh is clear, so why isn't it understood as written. Nothing makes sense.
The love between a parent and a child is diffrent than that between a couple. Any good parent will put themself in harms way to protect their children. That's what God did. You just don't want to see things as they are.
1:22 "christianity does not work" true for those who only profess it but do not base their belief in what god has declared in the tanakh and the brit hadasha. most professed christians do not know god. i do not call it christianity. i call it christianism. please prayerfully read, study, meditate on what the tanakh writes about the meshiach: what was the purpose of his being.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever shall believe in Him should not perish but have everlasting life John 3:16
God's love for us must not be misinterpreted as His vulnerability. I love my children very much and I always want them to be safe and successful. Most of the times they do not want to do things that will make them good persons in their lives because they don't understand the life since they haven't experienced it. So, I had to tell them things with good degree of sternness. All because of my profound love for them. God also loves us and want us to LIVE.
I guarantee you that this video will be going viral, and this Rabbi will be getting a lot of backlash from the Christian world because of his ignorant comments about Christians and Christianity.
'Ignorant comments'? We don't believe what you do. That's it. We don't want to either. Make you happier? The truth is not a power play, or a manipulation, or politically correct, a popularity contest, and shouldn't be adjusted to make the audience "happy". Do you agree? The rabbi isn't giving a lecture on christianity. He's giving it on G-d. Do you ever hear him preach, as non-Jewish preachers do, that you all have to convert, or suffer the consequences? Maybe look at what is and isn't being said. No "commercial" for christianity will come out of a rabbi's mouth. Should it?
How much more vulnerable can He get than being paraded around naked. Shamed. Ridiculed and then hung on a cross for all to see? That’s pretty vulnerable to me.
John 7:18 He who is speaking for himself is seeking his own glory, but he who is seeking his glory that sent him the same is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Before some of you might jump on me and calling me a ''bible thumping madman''... no, im not christian and no im not atheist. I consider myself to be agnostic. That being said, didnt god in christianity put himself into vulnerable position by taking human form, endured great torture and slowly died on the cross to demonstrate how much he loves us? Just a philosophical question, nothing more, nothing less!
The reason love hurts is that it is SUPPOSED to hurt. If it DOESN’T hurt, it was never love in the first place. It’s not about alchemy, to make it all ‘doable’. It’s really about ‘transmuting’ the inevitable pain into real power, which makes God very proud of you. You are my son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him. ~ Gomtuu
As a Christian I do believe that God needs something from me. Love. Love can not be forced. He gave us free will, it was a sacrifice on his part knowing that some of his children would turn away. But the ones who do not turn away will be spending eternity worshiping in his presence and loving him because they chose to. Not because they were forced to. Love is not love if you have to be convinced or coerced into it. God came to earth in the flesh, offered us the gift of paying off all our spiritual debts, and left us 100% in control of whether we accept that gift or not.
While I love hearing Rabbi Friedman speak and he has very deep wisdom to impart, if you are posting a video explaining why Jews don't believe in Christianity then this isn't really it. As an ex-Christian myself who came home to Judaism with a great deal of amazing help from Hashem, I can tell you briefly that for any Jew to worship a created human being, including an orthodox Jew of his time born 2000 years ago in Judea who would have kept kosher, Shabbat and the holidays according to both the written and the oral Torah, is idol worship. We are commanded as Jews to worship G-d alone (eg read Isaiah chapters 43 to 45). And G-d is more than capable of forgiving sins directly when people repent, as he did the people of Nineveh in the time of Jonah, no sacrifices necessary. If you are Jewish and considering embracing Christianity, or a truth seeker who wants to understand why Jews do not accept Christianity, check out Jews for Judaism, Rabbi Tovia Singer, Shannon Nuszen, an ex-Christian missionary who set up the organization Beyneynu, or even my own channel. Or all of these if you have time.
Thank you Gilarina, this video has a title that is like clickbait. That psychiatrist had the same emptiness men have when they come to the end of themselves. Judaism is exclusively reserved for direct descendants of Jacob. Consequently, it implies that converts are living a futile life, contradicting the teachings of the Torah.
Why are you telling this rabbi, born into Judaism, a kohen, that he doesn't know why Jews aren't christians? Your perspective is not invalid though it's hardly universal. Advocating Singer is predictable since he caters more towards christians than towards Jews. Rabbi Friedman shares knowledge with us that is useful and even important for non-Jews. Sometimes directed to them specifically like when he talks to visiting groups that he shares. Also for the edification of Jews. Not all of us are scholars. He is a rabbi, after all.
@@lillianortiz4541 that's not true about converts, wherever your knowledge comes from, it's inaccurate. There are multiple laws about converts being accepted and treated as a fellow Jew by birth.
@@lillianortiz4541I'm not sure why you think Judaism is exclusive, as no one needs to convert in order to live a good life a be a servant to G-d. An example is Job. Unlike any other religion who claims that non follower of their religion will go to hell. Judaism is the opposite of that.
@@anti_missionary_mission being a Jew is 'exclusive', like it or not. It's not a "club" to join or to "think" they're part of, as people see fit. Being a Jew isn't part of the "make everyone feel good by being "inclusive" nonsense". There are requirements of us that we take seriously. It's not up to you to trivialize it either. It's a relationship with G-d that He designated as such. Argue with Him if you're unhappy with that reality.
God says that we should not lean on our own understanding but to have faith in him, trust him and the fact that he wants us all to come to him as he is patient and wants that none of us shall perish
Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.
I'm glad that people of peace exist in this modern era (not saying this because of your religion) we seem to forget that Israel Islam and Christianity are all Abrahaic brothers
Rabbi no offense. I like your sermons, but they make me ask difficult questions like this. Why would you put yourself greater than God? Don't forget why you wear that skull cap, a sign of humility before God. God does not need you otherwise he would not be omnipotent (which he is). God does use, love and care for his creations. God said in the Bible that he didn't need the Jews. If they would not worship him, he would just have the rocks of the earth do it. He doesn't need you, he will use you and care for you and all his creations though. To think otherwise is pure arrogance.
You can't possibly believe that there is a punishment system for not doing the things that G-d DOESN'T need.... That's just cruel. If they're not essential to the very core of creation, then how can He possibly punish us for not doing them?
Feel so sorry for you. You're missing out on so much. Fyi, rabbi doesn't give 'sermons'. He teaches, hence one meaning for the word 'rabbi'. Teaching makes us uncomfortable. It's supposed to.
When did Rabbi Friedman even "hint" at being 'greater than G-d', which is blasphemous? It's not nice to put words in someone else's mouth. Especially blasphemous ones.
@@nomorecensoringme When he said God needs him and us. God has no need for anything. The very fact that the Bible/Torah teaches the omnipotence of God contradicts the statement. God lacks nothing, needs nothing, wants for nothing, is totally sovereign and omnipotent. Read the conversation God had with Job and understand your own Bible. Its extremely clear his words contradict those in scripture on this point. To say God is not omnipotent and needs us or our help or our being is a form of blaspheme because it denies God and his omnipotent character. His theory on this point simply is wrong and not aligned with all of scripture.
It’s funny that one of the predictions of the “messiah” is that his own people would reject him and guess what? Well… also he would come before the destruction of the second temple? Well guess who? The second temple was destroyed in 70 AD. So many other signs but I’d be writing a novel. You guys are missing out on your own messiah.
Rabbi, please forgive me. I am a Christian Orthodox from America and I am truly enjoying and learning from your videos. However, if it's at all possible, when you mention a Yiddish word, would you follow it up with the translation in English? It would be very helpful. May GOD continue to bless all that you do.
Please be sure to read the New Testament, unlike Rb. Friedman, so that you can identify all of his errors such as the ideas that God needs humans, that the Trinity are multiple rather than One God in 3 Persons, and that God callously feels no pain nor shows any vulnerability when humans reject him. ~C
The rabbi has a tendency to get things backwards. God did not need to take the Jews out of Egypt, the Jews "needed" God to deliver them. It is obvious the psychiatrist was a Protestant and allowed his profession to confuse him. The rabbi's example of Christianity is as bad as the psychiatrist. Imagine if I said I knew a man who was a professor of economics, and he claimed to practice Judaism for 30 years. He believed Judaism was devoted to God and earthly wealth: the more money you have, the more favor you have in God's eyes. He prayed for money and wealth for thirty years... did not get it, so he left Judaism. This faux definition of Judaism is as bad as the rabbi's definition of Christianity. God is not vulnerable; God has no needs; at least as we humans understand this. A Psychiatrist is not a good source for understanding theology.
why did god create the world if not for a need or a desire? doesnt make sense to think he created us just for no reason, he had and still has a need, not our tiny needs indeed, but still it makes him much closer to us.
If a man risked his own life to save a woman's life and she still mocked him and doubted his love and who he said he was, what would that woman be? What if the woman was the one who tried to take his life even?
But there's still sin in you that God must judge and condemn no matter the worship!.. It's not about you my friend, it's about God who's willing to help you. Just give up on your pride and accept the Saviour, the only Name of the Salvation who paid it all 🙌
In your life, what is more important, more meaningful; what you want, or what you need? If your house was on fire and you could grab only one thing as you rushed out, would it be what you want, or what you need? If your spouse wants you, you can wonder why, and for how long, but if your spouse needs you, then your spouse recognizes and acknowledges that the two of you are really inseparable. We are not just wanted yet unnecessary playthings for G-d; we are a vital component of what He created this world to achieve. He created us because to fullfill His plan He needs us to perform that function. You can walk somewhere or you can drive your car. If its closeby and you can walk, your motor is unimportant. But if you choose a distant location to drive, you NEED the motor. Vulnerability is a strength, not a flaw. The 613 commandments were not given to prove they can't be kept. They were given with precise instruction and with the promise of reward and punishment. G-d does not lie, nor does he play games. He means what He says. We don't need to be "saved"; we need to live up to our mission in life, which is to seek out G-d in our lives and connect with Him with Him with love and awe by fulfilling His will. For Jews this is the 613 commandments, for non-Jews this is the 7 Noachide Laws. Unlike other religions, Judaism teaches that you have a place in Heaven even if you are not Jewish, as long as you keep the 7 Noachide Laws. (If you are born to a Jewish mother, according to the Torah you remain a Jew, even if you convert.) Judaism is not for everybody, but G-d's love is there for all who love Him. G-d's "vulnerability" is that He leaves it up to us to excersize our free will (a gift from Him) to decide whether we want to pursue a relationship with Him (which He wants). Certainly G-d showers us with love and compassion all the time, even when in hard times, but it's up to us to recognize it. He wants a connection with us, it's why He made us, but He doesn't force it on us. This chosen vulnerability does not detract one iota from His Supremacy. Only the Almighty Timeless Master of all has the ability to be so vulnerable with the assurance to ultimately have what He seeks. G-d has no need to incarnate Himself to suffer for us. He already suffers with us because He is always with us, we are a part of Him.
Sir, what you're saying about love and vulnerability is absolutely convincing and I appreciate it. These are absolute truths that are true, I agree fully, to ALL relationships. That said, though I would not even think of trying to convert you, or any Jewish rabbi, whose lectures I enjoy, to Christianity, I still would like to add that this does not hold as an argument against Christianity. This concerns the Trinity, that may be understood, experienced or not. But those who have experienced -, reflected it in light of personal experience know that the Trinity is Unity, that is One and NOT three,- but Three IN One. That much a statement I felt your lecture was sure worth, Rabbi Friedman, no offense meant, in respect and appreciation of a statement that moved me deeply.
The rabbi isn't offering an 'argument against christianity'. He offered a few reasons. That's it. Never is enough though is it, respectful as you're trying to be? There has to be a back and forth for hours, days, years, centuries, yet you still won't "get it". We have to get it all "right" and convince you which isn't going to happen. We don't believe as you do. We won't ever. We also don't have to justify our beliefs. Nor explain them. It is the Torah. Who'd give up all that beauty and content for less? Not us.
@@nomorecensoringme My post was a REPLY to a statement made in public concerning something that I cherish. If you do not, no problem. It does not matter to me what you believe or think. I don‘t know you at all, less even than the rabbi, of whom I know at least the videos. But somebody that I don‘t know, of no concern for me - in that I totally agree with the psychological logic in the video- is nobody that I would want to convince of anything or feel the desire to discuss or share anything with. End of reply.
Christian Scripture says the Jews have a veil over their understanding that prevents them from seeing that Catholicism is the fulfillment of Judaism. It can only be removed if a Jew wants it to be removed.
According to the scripture the have no arguments or excuses. ✝ Romans 1:19 "because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them." ✝ Romans 1:20 "For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuses In other words there's no logical or scientific reason to reject YHWH. They do it because they don't want to be told what to do. If there's a God he's the Creator in order to be GOD he at the very least has to know more than anyone else and be more powerful than anyone or anything else. To tic off another box he is also everywhere. He's before between and at the end of time. If he made everything that means it's his and he gets to make the rules. It was said by a famous atheist once said eather there's a GOD or there isn't and both possibilities are equally frightening.
Genesis answers the Question. Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was astonishingly empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the water. בוְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָֽיְתָ֥ה תֹ֨הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְח֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם: 1:26 And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and they shall rule over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the heaven and over the animals and over all the earth and over all the creeping things that creep upon the earth."
כווַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֛ם בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּ וְיִרְדּוּ֩ בִדְגַ֨ת הַיָּ֜ם וּבְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙ וּבְכָל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ: Genesis showed God in singular, both spirit and Body. And yet singular. Daniel 12: 2 And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awaken-these for eternal life, and those for disgrace, for eternal abhorrence.
בוְרַבִּ֕ים מִיְּשֵׁנֵ֥י אַדְמַת־עָפָ֖ר יָקִ֑יצוּ אֵלֶּה לְחַיֵּ֣י עוֹלָ֔ם וְאֵ֥לֶּה לַֽחֲרָפ֖וֹת לְדִרְא֥וֹן עוֹלָֽם: 3. And the wise will shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who bring the multitudes to righteousness like the stars forever and ever. גוְהַ֨מַּשְׂכִּילִ֔ים יַזְהִ֖רוּ כְּזֹ֣הַר הָֽרָקִ֑יעַ וּמַצְדִּיקֵי֙ הָֽרַבִּ֔ים כַּכּֽוֹכָבִ֖ים לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד: f we are not forgiven how can anyone be saved.
hashem …😂 Proverbs 30:4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
@@thomasmattson2389 Israel’s blindness or “hardening” is found in Romans 11:25-”For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits-, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.” The passage seems to reveal that a blindness or hardening has befallen Israel at the present time, that this blindness will terminate at the time designated as the “fulness of the Gentiles.” The verse following which constitutes a part of the same sentence goes on, “And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn ungodliness from Jacob.” In other words, there seems to be a definite time sequence: first, Israel is blind, then Israel’s blindness is ended and “all Israel shall be saved.”
@@jfender8023 The nt is a pagan book, full of Greek and Roman mythology. It was written as an attempt to promote hatred of Hashem, His Holy Torah, and His Holy Nation Yisrael. It calls us blind because we saw through the lies and did not accept their false god. Prove your claims from Torah. Quoting from a debunked nt is pathetic.
It is not a matter of belief or disbelief in Christianity. How you practice Judaism also determines how you see your Messiah. As a very small verse says... Christians do not stand alone but are grafted onto the vine by his love and mercy we are not meant to replace it.
That’s too simplistic an argument. What you leave out is that we ALL are not worthy and should be condemned now. It’s through GRACE that we get to choose for ourselves.
@@strwman5 That is a common argument and I understand where it comes from. However, none of us understand the true nature of God and we tend to anthropomorphize things. If I understand it correctly, God wants to save us all, but we have to want to be saved.
@@robertholt5297 So why not create people that ultimately would want to be saved? And why should my "salvation" be based on something I can't understand? Maybe that is the way it is but seems odd.
@@strwman5 I do understand where you’re coming from and I wish I had the answers for us both. I am not an expert by any stretch of the imagination. Maybe it’s because it wouldn’t truly be love, honor and respect if people were already programmed to be that way. By giving us the choice makes it more meaningful.
@@robertholt5297 I think I don't know/understand is honest position in theological circles. I like it better than forcing a bad answer that creates more problems.
I listened to the first 4 minutes of this hoping for an intelligent response from Rabbi Manis Friedman, all that became clear is that neither he nor his "christian" friend understand Christianity all all.
What should we 'understand' that will cause you "accept" our non belief?
The 613 commandments which can't be fulfilled were given to prove that we can't be saved on our own. But when you only believe in an 11 month hell, it's a moot point.
@@nomorecensoringme I accept your non belief but have a correct non belief about things understood correctly, not based on errors. Communicating erroneous information doesn't help anyone.
What you don't understand is he's not putting down Christianity, he's enlightening areas that are missed in loving God & following his path of goodness here on earth if I'm not mistaken.
Ok Ewa, so answer me this: what happens to the soul of a person that rejects God and spends his life proving to everyone that He cannot exist?
The Stone they rejected has become the chief cornerstone
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Men have trouble accepting that God does not have the same needs or emotional design as human beings. He needs nothing, because he lacks nothing. We NEED him because we lack alot.
Amen!
I don't think either of you listened to the whole clip
And I mean LISTENED
@@NIF18 i did.
@@michemiche1764 yet you possibly didn't get it.
Vulnerability = needs = love
No other way it can happen.
God does not need us, we need Him. He can do all things without us, but we can't do anything without Him.
God needs our worship, in return he gives us what we need including Salvation. It's a very basic formula in the Bible. God created both Good and Evil in order to receive true worship rather than to be worshipped by a bunch of robots.
So why did He create us then? What’s the point?
@@solomonstolberg4383 God is the Creator of all that exists, including animals, plants, fish, etc., but does not NEED them. The word Need, as a verb, means to be in want, or under necessity. King David said that he could give nothing to the Lord that the Lord did not first give him. All things are from Him, for Him and to Him. He is not dependent on mankind, who is frail, impure and fleshly in every manner and can do nothing that God does not permit. He is in control of everything in heaven and earth. He knows what is in man, and had eliminated all mankind by a flood due to their wicked ways, and even repented from creating them. All perished but 8 people and the animals that God selected to live. We can do nothing without the Lord, not even pray. He puts the prayer in our heart to seek Him so that He can give it to us. All things come from Him. He hears the cries of the poor and needy. Those of a contrite heart, He will not deny. He is God and there is no other. Nothing in the heavens or on earth compares to Him. If there is not one person to cry out to Him, He will cause even the rocks to cry out on His behalf.
Are you guys sure god is real?
Humans always think they "need" something. Do it yourself
I've been reading the book of Kings and Chronicles and what is evident is that Israel didn't want the one God but kept on going back to the pagan idols of other nations.
Makes you wonder why.
The lifeless idols didn't have to do anything, Yahweh did everything for them, but they kept going back to the stones...
Imagine being the all-powerful creator of the universe and you kept losing your people to stones figurines...
You got to be kidding me.
After the introduction of 99% of the kings….”and he did evil in the sight the Lord”. Josiah is the only one I remember since David that pleased him.
@@flameone4705 It's an illustration for us today. Our idols are movies, pop stars, sex, partying, frivolous shopping, etc. Although these sins seem like so much more, the stone figurines somehow possessed the same allure and distraction.
@@eekatikaclick You’re seriously comparing the mind candy that are the pleasures of modern society to a bunch of lifeless stones?
@@flameone4705stones were made of Gold and Silver like the Golden Calf lol
" The stone the builders rejected has become the corner stone....." 😇
They all reject me but on the 3rd day after they kill me I'll be resurrected with eagle wings and all eyes will see me coming on the clouds
He will see one day
Amen. So many have & are rejecting him to their Eternal chagrin.
Ameen❤🎉
Well, that says it all,
Johannes 5
43 I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
He isn't good only his God is.
More christian lies.
truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, he wasn't - why believe him and not me?
What are you quoting, the bull shite New Testament?
@@anameichose8854you aren’t from the linage of David. You didn’t perform miracles. You didn’t keep the law perfectly, die on the cross for the sins of men, and resurrect on the third day.
Bardzo ciekawy wykład. I widzę w nim odpowiedź na pytanie tytułowe. Otóż. Bóg nie dlatego posłał na ziemię Jezusa Chrystusa że nie mógłby czegoś wykonać sam ale dlatego, że samemu będąc przepełniony miłością, stworzył nas ludzi i pragnął się z nami tą nieskończoną miłością podzielić. Dlatego dla nas stworzył TEN wszechświat i wszystkie PRZYSZŁE światy. Jezus przyszedł na ziemię po to, aby nam to oznajmić. Dlatego KAŻDY kto wierzy w Jezusa Chrystusa, otrzyma ten najwspanialszy dar miłości od samego Boga i dlatego mamy prawo nazywać się jego dziećmi amen. A jeżeli rabbi nie może tego zrozumieć to dlatego, że nie wierzy w miłość Boga do ludzi amen.
Bredzisz.
Judaism : God needs us.
Christianity : we need God.
😊
Why would you put yourself greater than God. Those that exalt themselves will be abased. Don't forget why you wear that skull cap, a sign of humility before God. God does not need you otherwise he would not be omnipotent (which he is). God does use, love and care for his creations. God said in the Bible that he didn't need the Jews. If they would not worship him, he would just have the rocks of the earth do it. He doesn't need you, he will use you and care for you and all his creations though. To think otherwise is pure arrogance.
@@dogegamer3288 Am I better than those who need me?
@@wechosenfew7622 Depends. Do you believe God is Omnipotent? If so your statement answered itself. The whole premise contradicts God's character. He loves us, but certainly doesn't need us. God himself said it best here speaking to Job. Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. 5 Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 "Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb; 9 When I made the clouds its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling band; 10 When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors; 11 When I said, 'This far you may come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!'
12 "Have you commanded the morning since your days began, And caused the dawn to know its place, 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? 14 It takes on form like clay under a seal, And stands out like a garment. 15 From the wicked their light is withheld, And the upraised arm is broken. 16 "Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths? 17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death? 18 Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. 19 "Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place, 20 That you may take it to its territory, That you may know the paths to its home? 21 Do you know it, because you were born then, Or because the number of your days is great? 22 "Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail, 23 Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war? 24 By what way is light diffused, Or the east wind scattered over the earth?
@@dogegamer3288 To be certain your religion is best is pure arrogance.
Judaism, on the other hand, teaches that good people of any belief go to heaven. Now that's genuine humility.
Humility and confidence; an excellent combination for doing one's part for bringing heaven to Earth.
@@dogegamer3288 it depends on nothing. You are not better than anyone DogeGamer. Even G-d
"For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life."
John 3:16
Please let me correct you. Yoshke is not God’s son, Israel is.
Exodus 4:22 “This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son”.
This proves that the xian scriptures are a lie. Because how many firstborn sons does God have?
@@pljanes4443 but Israel didn't keep the covenant, so God had to send His Son to do it, and He did..read the gospels:)
@@truenorth2977
God’s Servant in Isaiah is always directly identified as Israel. Never once as the second person of a polytheistic three person deity.
Isaiah 41:8 “But thou, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham My friend;”
Isaiah 44:1 “Yet now hear, O Jacob My servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen”
Isaiah 44:2 “Fear not, O Jacob My servant,...”
Isaiah 44:21 “Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art My servant; I have formed thee, thou art Mine own servant; O Israel, thou shouldest not forget Me.”
Isaiah 45:4 “For the sake of Jacob My servant, and Israel Mine elect, I have called thee by thy name, I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known Me”
Isaiah 49:3 “And He said unto me: 'Thou art My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'
With all due respect, blah blah blah. Not buying here. No conversion, forced or otherwise. Sell elsewhere for a better outcome, possibly.
GD never gave any "begotten son".Nowhere in Tanakh is that stated so. Only in the new testament will you find it;@alexzicker
God is not vulnerable and His love is not like ours
False. His love is exactly like ours, only it’s perfect.
I reject them and everything they have to offer.
@@Joe-bh4vz
And you support these Rebellious Cult to k Their Neighbours ....
No his love is highly abusive and narcissistic
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. I do believe in THE God who is writen in the holy Bible with all my heart with all my soul and all my strenght!
I knew when he said “practicing Christianity” that this probably wasn’t about true Christianity. “God needed us!” Wow!
He uses the phrase "practicing Christianity " rather than "was a Christian " because according to Jewish law, in the eyes of G-d a Jew remains a Jew even if he "converts".
The 613 commandments were not given to prove they can't be kept. They were given with precise instruction and with the promise of reward and punishment. G-d does not lie, nor does he play games. He means what He says. We don't need to be "saved"; we need to live up to our mission in life, which is to seek out G-d in our lives and connect with Him with Him with live and awe by fulfilling His will. For Jews this is the 613 commandments, for non-Jews this is the 7 Noachide Laws. Unlike other religions, Judaism teaches that you have a place in Heaven even if you are not Jewish, as long as you keep the 7 Noachide Laws. Judaism is not for everybody, but G-d's love is there for all who love Him. G-d's "vulnerability" is that He leaves it up to us to excersize our free will (a gift from Him) to decide whether we want to pursue a relationship with Him (which He wants). Certainly G-d showers us with love and compassion all the time, even when in hard times, but it's up to us to recognize it. He wants a connection with us, it's why He made us, but He doesn't force it on us. This chosen vulnerability does not detract one iota from His Supremacy. Only the Almighty Timeless Master of all has the ability to be so vulnerable with the assurance to ultimately have what He seeks.
By Jewish law do you mean the Torah or the Talmud
@TheSeptuagint Talmud is the oral part of the Torah. As an emergency measure at the beginning of our current exile, it was written in an abbreviated way, so as to retain it while still requiring the personal, teacher student mode of transmission. Without the Oral Law, the meaning and intent of the Written Law (what Christians call the "Old" Testament) cannot be properly understood. For example, in the Written Law, there is a commandment to use phylacteries, but the Oral Law is where there is a description of what they are.
Our creator doesn t need anything or anyone. He who needs something or others is not a god
@@peninagreenspan9878
Can you name the transmitters in the teacher - student mode of transmissions (the chain)?
Were those transmitters trustworthy?
The Father the Son and the Holy spirit is one!!
Three is not equal to one. Wait, the Greeks and Romans do.
You follow roman/Greek mythology.God is only one,doesn’t have a son
@@ZairatulIshaak
But Allah has three daughters Al-Lat, Al-Uzza & Manat 🤭
According to your book, j-man says, all those who know the only true G-d are one with Him.
He also recites Shema Israel, and says there is no other but He.
If he said, he was one with G-d, This isn’t a declaration of divinity. It’s a declaration of unity, and every Jewish person can identify with it, because every Jewish person has a spark of
G-d in them, and the Jewish people are connected and married to
G-d and are 1 with Him.
All of Israel is the son of G-d.
“Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says HASHEM: “Israel is My son, My firstborn.”
Exodus 4:22
There is only one god , not a trinity .
My reaction was exactly the same as the comment below. The God we believe in grieves when we reject Him but is not ‘vulnerable’ as a human is vulnerable.
You are crazy if you think something you do can affect the creator
but it does affect him... @@Hawaiianiceman808
@@Hawaiianiceman808or that the creator is only ‘male’ 💯
They think they can understand him if they are smart enough.
It saddens him that's all he wants the best for us it saddens him when men ignore him and it angers him when they do terrible things as a result of that
This man acts like a modern day Pharisee
well, synagogues and rabinic judaism are derived from the the pharisees tradition, so that shouldnt surprise you. The official jewish priesthood died out when the 2nd temple was destroyed.
HEIs just that with a smile
His quotes on the Gazan slaughters proves how wicked he actually is.
That's cos he is one lol
There are still Jewish preists. Their role is just much smaller now as there is no more animal sacrifice.
Also some of the twelve tribes have been recovered in places like India ans Ethiopia. And they have nearly indentical values and traditions.
@@grampsONeill All you have is lies. You have no idea what you’re talking about because you have no idea who Rabbi Manis Friedman is. The projection coming from you is strong indeed. 😅
God doesn't need you, its you who needs him.
So why did He create us?
@@solomonstolberg4383 no one can answer.
😂😂 Why computer scientists invest the firs Computer? Well the Christians will answer that Computer Scientist loves PC.
We designed computers so that we can interact and use it to make our lives easier.
I think need always comes first, love is a second choice.
You might see a very beautiful lady on the street, you don’t love her of course, but you need her attractiveness to pleasure your needs.
Well if you find out she’s a good person, instead of gold digger. Obviously you’ll gradually starting to love her.
@@solomonstolberg4383 'Handbook of Existence' on Kindle is just one take on it.
We need each hother. He needs us to take care of his creation, and we need him to have a life on the creation. Just like an investor needs people to take care of his investment and those people need the investor to provide them what was promised. It is just like when artists create their art - after the creation there is many people who take care of the art: people who protect copyrights, conservators, agents, other artists reacreating it to keep the memory alive and so on. This is actually a very simple and basic concept of life. Hope this makes sense :)
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ” Matthew 23
New Testament is fiction
Amen.
Whose Jerusalem?
@@PLJ95. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
fake israel unfortunately where gay parades happen, not biblical israel @@MJ1ROX
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If he doesn't need us, why he created us? On a whim?
😅 God need us and he loved us
Who’s going to stroke his ego?
We don't need God. We need each other because we were created in his image. The best way to serve God is to treat your fellow human being the vest way possible. You can't do anything for God. Even the thought that God is in his creation is nonsense. It's like a baker being in his baked bread.
@@roginyappl7158How do you know what God needs?
Catholic christianity, a life of authentic Christian prayer and sacramental worship, works for me.
I had traumatic abuse as a child, a horrific "Catholic" marriage to a narcissist psychopath for 33 years, deaths of young loved ones including a beloved son, my living children have lost their faith, all of which had given me a life sentence of feeling crushed and unloved. But this Easter (on Good Friday evening, to be exact) all that pain left. Have been praying St. Therese's novena to never forget God's love for me. Praise God!
God bless you. 💖🙏✝
@a6a34007 Thank you. God bless you, as well. IN NOMINE PATRIS ET FILII ET SPIRITUS SANCTI, +AMEN
@@wms72 Thank you, Amen
Shalom, "God needs", rabbi, what could God possibly need? No, God doesn't need but wants you (us) to know what we need! We need God, we need His commandments to save man and to have the life God created for us. Amen
ERIC solo Atravez del mesias yahsua ha masiyah =jesucristo hay salvacion y vida Eterna (Lo Explico arriba)puedes leer y entender PORQUE (Hechos 4:12).
We need him like tree roots need the water and like a drop needs to get back to the ocean or dry away.
@@CIA.2024-u9b,,and,, we need Him like we need the very air we breathe. Well spoken ♥️
Thank you I was thinking exactly that. God doesn't need anything.
Then why create us? Why would God do a useless thing, as would be the case in creating something He did not need?
Judaism: The Massiah has not come yet
Christianity: The Massiah has come and will come again.
The core beliefs are diametrically opposed, that is why jews don't believe in Christianity.
He is coming back to JUDGE the earth at the END of the Age
Is He coming back because He needs us or do e Need Him to come back❤
@@dawnheer6831 We need Him to put an end of evilness and sin. We need Him to live in peace and enjoy the truly life, to restore the earth and all creation.
@@sefaeugene2146 Wrong! He never came in the first place.
@@jessedylan6162How do you know? What if He came and you weren’t around on earth at that time?
It's a special kind of narcissism to project one's humanity on to God, and then to proclaim that he needs you.
😂 - now you and I need forgiveness me for laughing you for calling your brother "Raka" (Mat 5;2). Forgive us our trespasses by your great Mercy!
You know, that was very well worded.
God doesn’t need us He chooses to love us
So, please answer first, what is humanity?
@@ytbsxkytbsxk that’s the wrong question we should be asking who is our Creator and are we aligned with Him
They were blinded by God so nothing we can do. Hes going to open their eyes Himself, none of us can do this.
I have just recently read something like that. Many years ago I also read that they will be brought back in at the end. It is hard to imagine what that is going to look like at first but I would think it would get very obvious after a short time.
I'm not sure I heard you right but if I heard you say that God needs US 🤯
No He DOES NOT but WE NEED HIM 🙌🏼
This man is deceived. He is holding on to his traditions with pride. That's Satanic. Sometimes people listen to senior citizens and their old demeanor and not what they're saying. I see you caught it, but it's not everyone. I hope someone can get through to him and God opens his eyes.
Exactly!n we hv to be with HIM or the devil gonna claim the empty vessels!!
Its a mutual relationship. God needs us to fulfill his commandments. If we do not do so, who will? Centipedes?
@@tchkvsky I mean God can make it so if he wanted to 🤷🏽♂️
A relationship goes both ways, it's pull and push.
If I limit myself to the Torah alone, will it be enough for me to know God as He has described Himself? The integrity and reliability of the Bible is a vitally important issue for every living person.
Read the Quran.. And you won’t be wronged!
They barely hold the Torah that high today, they always go for the tanah, that's why many just make insane claims like Isiah 53 isn't old testament
I am looking at the comments from both Jews and Christians. Some of them are uplifting, but some are not and it makes me sad. I do not agree with every little thing Rabbi Friedman says, but I have got so much from his videos I cannot express how helpful they have been. I am Christian and can only speak from that point-of-view, but to me G-d would not want us to be rude to each other. In the New Text, it says to respect the Jewish people because they are the roots and Christians are the branches. And, that the branches cannot survive without the roots. The Jewish nation was anointed to bring the knowledge of G-d into this world and everyone should respect them for that. David said that anyone G-d anoints, no man has the right to judge, 1 Samuel 26:9
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Anlysis Mira arriba los menzajes en Espanol ahi esta la VERDAD =JESUCRISTO si los lees Entenderas TODO y para salvacion y vida ETERNA ver (HECHOS 2:37-39)
@dormiebasne3578 Maybe because we were given free will?
G- d anointed the Jews not to bring anything to the world but rather he anointed the Jews because he favored Abraham. He allows the goy to live under the Noahide laws…Muslim and ,Christian. Jew were HIS choice. The covenant can never be broken. That would make G-d a liar, negating the covenant and création itself. Jews are here because Adonai loves them.
I would listen to a strong Jewish argument against Christianity. This is not one. This is similar to the endless Christian speeches that discredit jewdaism. As an agnostic, I would like to see religions comparing their resources for greater wisdom and comparison
“For God so loved the earth...” You know the rest.
God loves us. God does not need us, he wants us to love him without compelling us. For without choice love does not exist.
Lol i believe in adi parashakthi she is the supreme the creator the sustainer and destroyer she is our divine mother!! people have lost the creator
2:33 Psychiatrists manipulate so much themselves, and they are so prone to "detect" manipulation.
I have Jewish heritage in my lineage, I am a Christian and raised as such, I believe in G*d's vulnerability. He said you will have no other gods before me, He gets jealous, he can be grieved, provoked to anger slow or not, we can move the hand of god and minister to his spirit... We are created in his image, and the many aspects of God, we are the reflection of Him. He is a family man, He needs people to participate, and when we don't he looks for a willing vessels. Shalom
It's horribly sad if you have Jewish women, how lineage is traced, and they turned their backs on it. If you're talking DNA it's irrelevant.
You seriously think you need to quote pieces of the Torah to us? To a rabbi? What does that prove for you?
We've spent over 3335 years studying it, dissecting it, to know intimate levels of G-d's words, not the simplicity of them.
No, G-d does not 'look for other vessels'. A relationship with G-d is complex, sometimes distant, sometimes intimately close. It is never, never, "abandoned". He has not "given up" on us, Jews, either. Moshiach is coming to finish the preparation for this world to be perfected for G-d to dwell here with us. Here. Not in heaven.
I'm a Jew who likes your post. In Judaism beliefs don't matter as much as your actions as part of your community. I was raised atheist Jewish. My dad was devout till the Holocaust. He would be 110 if he were alive today. Since some parts of Judaism see history as an expression of G-d's will, a lot of Jews who were adult during WW2 became atheist from that trauma. Ironically my return to Kabbalic beliefs started with participation in Native American ceremonies in my 30s. My atheism began cracking when I became a camping nut in my 20s & I had mystical experiences in nature.
My own belief is that if your religion gives you compassion & courage & a sense of responsibility, you please G-d, no matter what religion you believe in.
Hopefully, one day, you will turn away from the idolatry of xtianity and return to G.d. and his Instructions.
I have a complicated history, converting is not an option for me, but keeping the Noachide Laws allows me to love, fear and obey HaShem as a Non-Jew
(Father Jewish, mother a convert, so i am not a B'nei Ysrael).
Best wishes in your studies. If you have not done so yet, read Torah from beginning to end, it takes one year. We are on parasha " Naso" in the book of Numbers this week.
Prepare for Truth !!
@@nomorecensoringme well said.
God doesn’t need us. He made us out of an abundance of love as a unnecessary gift, freely given, which we neither earned nor deserved. If he needs us, then he would not be already perfect and therefore not God, properly understood.
To my brothers and sisters on both sides of this discussion, may we all be blessed by the grace of God. Choose wisely...............eternity is a long time to be wrong.
Eternity is long time for a "loving" god to torture you for making a decision that is clearly "not clear".
@@brianfandl2143 exactly, that's insane
@ambrechristos8295 it's what the religions of conquest use to control their populations.
@@brianfandl2143 Seek the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
@@ambrechristos8295 Whether it seems insane to us or not, God's thoughts are not ours.
Proverbs 30:4
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
beautiful scripture
New Testament not Oniginal Testament. There is no "Son" in the Original Teatament.
@@MM-lu2zk hey ding dong Proverbs is the Tanakh
It's me!
What could be more vulnerable than to be stripped and nailed to a cross? As a Christian I feel a great connection with Jews; we worship the same God of Abraham, the one true God. Your friend the psychiatrist’s view of Christianity does not seem in alignment with what I have been taught, and I do believe we will still meet in heaven.
That's nonsense.
@@nomorecensoringme "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." 1 Corinthians 1:18
What I find amazing is the person who could not be a Christian because God is not vulnerable because you go to hell when you deny him in Christianity, is that not the same in Judaism? Isn't that exactly what happened when Moses came down from the mountain and found the golden calf. Isn't that what happened when God sent the plagues to hurt the Egyptians who were also God's children?
This guy is very wise according to the world. He doesn't understand that we believe in 1 God. Just as man is body, soul, and spirit (3 in 1) so is God.
Spirt and soul are the same.
Not to be that guy but your allegory is a heresy known as partialism
@@Zygomatic_Bolt you assume too much. I didn't give you enough info for you to know if I believe in partialism or not.
@@Joe-bh4vz soul and spirit are not the same. Hebrews 4:12
@@DLaBreck I never said you believed in partialism, I said your allegory allegory sounds like partialism.
I apologise for unintentionally implying you're a heretic
I have to say I’m quite disappointed. I have been struggling for a very long time on my intertwined faith between Judaism and Christianity. I grew up, messianic, Hebrew. Normally I love hearing Rabbi Friedman‘s messages. However, this time I can’t be on board with the idea of “God’s vulnerability” a god whom is vulnerable, must be capable of being flawed. Seeing how God and God alone determines what is good bad flawed or perfect . God in and of himself is quite incapable of being flawed or vulnerable. A God that is flawed is not worth worshiping. Therefore, the God of Abraham can only be an all powerful all-knowing and an invulnerable God.
I still love hearing your voice, Rabbi. I hope that I may gain some kind of better understanding as I rediscover my faith.
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I have to say I’m quite disappointed. I have been struggling for a very long time on my intertwined faith between Judaism and Christianity. I grew up, messianic, Hebrew. Normally I love hearing Rabbi Friedman‘s messages. However, this time I can’t be on board with the idea of “God’s vulnerability” a god whom is vulnerable, must be capable of being flawed.
---------I suppose that depends on what you mean by “flawed”. Because many would consider God’s being both loving and compassionate towards others as vulnerabilities and flaws. Entering into a loving relationship with someone else comes with very real risks. They might turn on you and reject you at any time. You might show compassion, and someone might take advantage of you for doing that. But, the alternative is for God to become a cold, heartless robot to shut out any perceivable vulnerabilities.
a complete nonsense what he said. God needs us? He needs us for what? To lift his throne? To shine his crown? To pull his kingdom carriage? Does this mean when the humanity doesn't exist anymore God will cease to exist? he imagines a God similar to Steve Jobs, he created his mac computer because he needs it, doesn't make any sense just like the Christian concept three in one, go and try to make a sense of it.
If God loves us this means he is vulnerable, imagine a vulnerable God? vulnerability is the quality of being easily hurt or attacked. for how long the humanity has bee hostile and transgressed since the existence of the earth. God has a lot of patience and he doesn't get hurt easily otherwise he would have buried alive George Bush, Tony Blair and their clan when they went caused destruction and death in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Lybia...etc
Again, this Rabbi is comparing the love of God toward his creation, to the love of humans toward others or objects they create or already created by God,
God is self-sufficient, all-knowing, all-hearing and all-powerful therefore he doesn't need us, we need him badly especially these horrible times we live in where the wrong became right and the right became wrong.
God loves the one who loves him, he loves the one who wants to sincerely connect with him, who doesn't associate any partner with him, who doesn't abuse his other creation. God loves the one who struggles to perfect his character, the one who serves other creation of god. God knows humanity he created like the back of his hand[metaphorically], he knows who is the sincere and who is the insincere so he won't get shocked when the insincere turns his back on God.
I agree. I love the Rabbi's teachings but agree. If you haven't, you should read (or watch) Michael S. Heiser.
God is beyond infinite and can do anything but lie; He had to break himself into an uncountable infinity just to make the universe. Where do you think the matter came from? But he's a greater quantity of infinite so he can be both broken and whole at once.
I agree 100% with you. Nobody's perfect, only God is perfect in every way possible. Some Rabbi's know so much detail that they miss the big picture. God will never be flawed. Amen
I'd say suffering & dying on the cross shows how much He cares
People have suffered greater thannon the cross.
Amen to that!
@@MM-lu2zkBut God is Greatest there is no one like him. Pure , holy, righteous.
No it doesn’t. Because it is wrong to accept responsibility for something someone else did.
Human sacrifice is absolutely immoral.
@@Joe-bh4vz so anyone who sacrifices their life to save another life is immoral? So the person who jumps on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers is doing something immoral? What about a parent sacrificing themself for their child.
What about animal sacrifice? What does it represent? Are you religious?
God doesn’t NEED us. He WANTS us. His love is not like human love, His love is PERFECT, COMPLETE and WHOLE. He can ‘feel’ vulnerability without literally being vulnerable. Remember he made us in his image. He gave us feelings. They are useful, but should not be blindly ‘followed’ as he warns us plenty. If we experience the “feeling” of vulnerability as images of Him, then He clearly experiences vulnerability Himself, yes? We are human, sinful and fallen, but He is whole and perfect and complete. His vulnerability is not the same.
Nah, being emotional is a deception of Satan.
Gods love and anger are dispassionate and logical.
Scripture says mans anger does not produce Gods righteousness and love is patient and kind.
If you love someone, set them free. Love is not obsession or attachment.
A very often quoted misaligned idiom. I once suffered the consequence. She later said. "If you loved me why did you let me leave?"
"Who the Son sets free is free indeed."
Christianity was never meant to be independent from Judaism for its founder was born raised and died a Jew
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Correct. Which is why Eastern Orthodox Christians are the true church
He's the only one that answers this question without even quoting from the Bible.
Rabbis, as a general rule, don't 'bible quote' like that. They may quote from the Talmud, the Tanya, or the Rebbe, Baal Shem Tov, etc.
@@nomorecensoringme That's too bad. Without listening to rabbis quote from the Bible itself to demonstrate exactly why and where the New Testament is wrong, I wouldn't be able to talk about it intelligently.
@@journeyintothebible how would rabbis quote from the NT without reading it? They don't. Frankly I'd be horrified if they did.
It's wrong because it's from men not from G-d, as the Torah is. That's it. No reading necessary. See how easy that was?
Is that a good thing?
There are some very questionable sayings hidden in the Talmudic writings which are massive in volume. We can form no opinions without a wealth of knowledge that would take years to amass. These are Rabbinical opinions formed and written during the Babylonian captivity. (The Babylonian Talmud). What is their significance to today's Judaic practices and belief system? This is a complicated subject whereas Christianity is mostly a matter of dogma and faith. Can Judaic faith be stated simply?
Yes, even today when they read Moses’ writings, their hearts are covered with that veil, and they do not understand.
But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
2 Corinthians 3:15-16
רבנים יקרים,
אני מקווה שהמכתב הזה ימצא אותך בבריאות טובה, ואני מתפלל שאלוהי אברהם, יצחק ויעקב וחכמה יהיו על לבבך. אני כותב לך בלב מלא אהבה ויראת כבוד עמוקה לעם היהודי. בתור חסיד של ישוע המשיח, אני רוצה לחלוק איתך מידע משמעותי מהברית הישנה שמוביל לגאולה ולהתגלותו של ישוע כמשיח. גילויים אלו נחשפים כעת על ידי חלומות לעם היהודי בכללותו.
הברית הישנה, עם השטיח העשיר של חזיונות אלוהיים, מספקת תובנות עמוקות לגבי תוכנית הישועה של אלוהים. נבואות אלו, שנמסרו במשך דורות, משמשות עדות להתאמה המדהימה בין כתבי הקודש היהודיים לחייו של ישוע.
נבואה: ישעיהו ז' 14 "על כן ה' בכבודו ובעצמו יתן לכם אות: הנה הבתולה הרה ותלד בן ותקרא את שמו עמנואל". הגשמה: מתי א' 22-23 "וכך נעשה כל זה למען יתקיים אשר נאמר על ידי ה' באמצעות הנביא לאמר: 'הנה הבתולה הרה וילדה בן ויקראו'. שמו עמנואל', שמתורגם ל'אלוהים איתנו'".
נבואה: מיכה ה:2 "אבל אתה, בית לחם אפרתה, אף על פי שאתה קטן בין אלפי יהודה, אך ממך ייצא אלי המושל בישראל אשר יציאתו מימי קדם ומעולם. ." הגשמה: מתי ב' 1-2 "ועכשיו אחרי שישוע נולד בבית לחם יהודה בימי הורדוס המלך, הנה, חכמים מהמזרח באו לירושלים, ואמרו, 'היכן הוא שנולד מלך הקודש'. יהודים? כי ראינו את כוכבו במזרח ובאנו לעבוד אותו'".
נבואה: ישעיהו 53:5 "אבל על פשעינו הוא נפצע, על עוונותינו הוא נפגע; ייסור לשלום שלנו היה עליו, ובפסיו נרפאנו". הגשמה: פטרוס א' 2:24 "אשר נשא בעצמו את חטאינו בגופו על העץ, כדי שאנו, לאחר שמתנו מהחטאים, נחיה למען הצדק - אשר בפסים שלו נרפאת."
נבואה: ישעיהו ט:6 "כי ילד נולד לנו, בן ניתן לנו, והממשלה תהיה על כתפו. ושמו ייקרא נפלא, יועץ, אלוהים אדירים, אב נצח, נסיך השלום. ." הגשמה: לוקס ב':11 "כי נולד לכם היום בעיר דוד מושיע שהוא המשיח ה'".
נבואות אלו, בין רבות אחרות, מדגישות את ההתאמה המדהימה בין הברית הישנה לחייו של ישוע. אנו מוצאים בו את התגשמות הבטחותיו של אלוהים ואת הגשר המאחד את האמונה היהודית עם תקווה לישועה לכל האנושות.
בזמן שאתה חושב על הנבואות האלה, אני ממליץ לך לחקור את הקשר בין הברית הישנה והחדשה, תוך הכרה בישוע כמשיח המיוחל. יהי רצון שאלוהים של אברהם, יצחק ויעקב יגלה לך את האמת הזו לגבי המשיח המיוחל.
בברכה, יעקב
Wow! I don't know a drop of Hebrew but Google Translate appears to have done an excellent job. And I fully agree with your comment. I pray your fellow Jews will read it and see for themselves when they search the Scriptures.
Beautifully said. It’s all one book. He did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it.
Isaiah 53
जय श्री राम 😊
Watched some of his other videos and I'll admit, this guy Has some good wisdom for life issues and getting over certain challenges but certainly wouldn't trust him with Information about salvation.. Grandmother always said "chew up the meat but spit out the bones" There were so many bones on this plate..
I agree. He has some good outlooks on life and I stayed to hear a more sensible side to life’s problems. But people like this are too stuck in their ways to adapt with the world. It’s like checking up on a brick wall to remind myself what a brick wall is
Good, Jews aren't about 'salvation'. Wrong channel. Redial. If you're looking for intimate knowledge of G-d, here's your spot.
@@TheStoicPath_ interestingly enough were the group from Torah times that's still here, despite our adherence to the Torah. And our complex history. Go figure.
That is why the word says we must examine ourselves if we are in the faith 2Corinthians 13v5
Why you want to save yourself from? If you do bad you do it right if you do good you keep doing good,thats what God wants from us not worship a man nailed on a fucking cross
Maybe God needed us so much and loved us so much that He became flesh and sacrificed Himself on the cross for us? Talk about being vulnerable right? He loved/loves us so much! I love the Rabbi’s videos. Thank you and Shalom. We serve the one True God.
Not possible, read the Torah. More specifically The book of Numbers where Hashem says " I am your male nor female, I have no shape or form!". The almighty does not change his mind. He transcends time so if that is what he was going to do he would have let us know that. At the end of Deuteronomy it's specifically outlines for the Jewish people to not follow prophets that speak against his word. It goes on further to say that that prophet Shall surely die. The idea that God became man is nothing more than a pagan invention created by Roman and Greek mythology. I'm sorry I do not mean to offend you I am only offering you God's word
@@CHAZZANELKINS01 Rabboni, I took your words in love.
How does one explain when God is described as speaking with Moses and Aaron in Numbers 12?
How does one explain The Lord speaking to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend in Exodus 33?
What about the story of the Tower of Babel that is found in the book of Genesis in the Torah, specifically in Genesis 11:1-9. According to the story, the people of the earth, who all spoke one language, gathered in the land of Shinar (Babylonia) and decided to build a city with a tower that would reach the heavens. They wanted to make a name for themselves and prevent their dispersal across the earth. Did The Lord come down to see the city and the tower the people were building?
In Isaiah 53, who is referred to as the "Suffering Servant"?
In Genesis 18, three men (understood to be angels) visit Abraham, and he extends hospitality to them. Similarly, in Genesis 32, Jacob wrestles with a man who is later revealed to be an angel. Were they in human form and were they angels ?
Please point me to the Torah version (English but I will learn Hebrew if needed) you want me to read. I would like to learn. Baruch Shalom! With Love and Peace. Sri
@@CHAZZANELKINS01 So how do you think the image got onto the Shroud of Turin?
You're only considering the idea that you're right, and not the possibility that you're wrong.
If you're wrong, it's bad news for you.
If a Jew believes you and you're wrong, it's even worse news for him.
This of course only works on a situation where Judaism is perfect and Christianity has an insane number of flaws, as pointed by the free eternal hell tickets. Because this because an unfavourable Russian Roulette ( and one that Christianity started, because if only Judaism exists, there is no Russian Roulette )
@@CHAZZANELKINS01 I'm gonna need a source on "shape or form" part. It's in the Talmud and Siddur, but I cannot find something along the lines in a Torah.
God is not vulnerable? Even submitting to death on a cross, and He's not vulnerable?? Christian teaching says of redemption at Parousia, when all will be before God... Under-developed argument here.
Me either, I believe in a personal relationship with the Father and Word
Whatever you believe, it's good to do good.
Adolf and Mao believed they are doing good too.
I have always loved god since I can remember. I am a Christian and yes you are right, there is only one god. I need god more than god needs me! God the father, god the son and god the holy spirit amen!!
Agree. He doesn’t understand the true meaning of Christianity which is only love and more love ! That is all to Christianity- LOVE!
There is no love in christianity .
@@אדםהרוש-ס4ב you are probably looking for love in all the wrong places … I wish you lots of love!
I reckon "kindness" is a better word. Being kind does not require love but it is the way to peace and happiness.
Love is not part of christian theology .
@@אדםהרוש-ס4בSure thing bruh...
As a christian answer about vulnerability....
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16
This means nothing to the rabbi.
How much more love than dying crucified.
no man dies for another mans sins@danlorge3470
@@jessedylan6162 What is greater love than dying for those you love?
Zechariah 12:10
Mourning for the One They Pierced
10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
Isaiah 53
53 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
No man but one man did and He is the one who saved me and covered me with his precious blood so that I and many like me could be make perfect and spotless in my Father's eyes.
Karma matters not god the seed or fruit giving of karma is god
Well then why does Judaism and Christianity is similar to each other then? And you can’t claim that Christianity is the true religion either because one is older than the other.
How can we try to rationalize God's infinite wisdom with psychology a man made subject that isn't fully understood.
Daniel 7:13-14
The son of man comes to the ancient of days and receives all power and authority to establish His Kingdom(The church) in the earth.
Matthew 28:18
All power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth
The Church and Christianity have nothing in common with the G-d of Israel, the original Hebrew Tanach or Judaism.
@@stinkeye460Catholicism is the fulfillment of Judaism
Am Yisrael Chai! We belong to Hashem, performing a mitzvah is the source of my joy ❤ L’ Chaim, To Life!!
LADY .Salvacion y vida Eterna .Por la ley de moises =SACRIFICIOS APEDREAR (muerte) o POR la ley del mesias Jesucristo MISERICORDIA vida Eterna .EXPLICO Nadie puede cumplir la LEY de moises Jesucristo lo dijo a los fariceos (lideres Religiosos de su tiempo ver (Juan 7:19) PERO La LEY de Jesucristo solo son dos los mandamientos (uno Amaras al senor tu Dios y dos Amar al progimo (A TODOS) DIOS PADRE HABLO a los judios (MISERICORDIA QUIERO =A JESUCRISTO y no mas a moises =SACRIFICIOS Apedrear y lo pruebo ver (JUAN 8:1-11) ver (OSEAS 6:6) pon estos versiculos en you tube) consejo a TODOS (HECHOS 2:37-39).
A TODA Buena persona y sabio de corazon TRADUCIR los menzajes de ESPANOL a TODO idioma posible son la verdad y es para Dios g:lo hara.Gracias.
Retired=tired again. It's not a choice. It's like R&R. You rest or you fail to function well. I'm 80 and still trying to retire but there's too much wrong out there. Love your messages!
And here I thought retired meant putting a new tire on it.
@@thermalreboot in a way it is. If you're lucky you're re newed and ready for another 1000. God Bless and stay strong
I’m sorry, but I don’t know anything more vulnerable than giving your son as a sacrifice, to be beaten beyond recognition, nailed to a cross and left to die. All the while having insults are thrown at you and soldiers gambling for your clothing. If that’s not vulnerable, then you explain to me what is. I think this friend you speak of, is a figment of your wild imagination and maybe you should take the time to understand Christianity before spouting lies from within the walls of your echo chamber
its a Horrible Thing when Evil Leads the Temples and Churches
Your sense of humor is fantastic Rabbi Friedman.
Sense of humor or not, some of what he's saying is blasphemy.
I don’t understand why he is saying no one cares if you are perfect.
The whole point of the law was to call humanity toward perfection and holiness so that we can be with him once again instead of separated from him by sin.
God cares about us being perfected because if we aren’t we can not be with him, we will die in his presence without being purified in perfection, through atonement, through a heart that is for him and his law.
I’m not Jewish but I thought this is a basic understanding of the function of the law, and he seems to be undermining it with his statements
Exactly
stop being deluded once and for all,no one is perfect ...to be perfect it means make no mistakes in life at all which is impossible,we all have bad thoughts sometimes we all fall victim sometimes to anger and etcc,if you think you can be perfect then You have serious mental issues .
He’s basically saying it’s okay to sin and you shouldn’t be judged
Monotheism stemmed from Judaism within the Abrahamic world. Before Abraham, monotheistic culture (but with diversity, not an impersonal abstraction) was extent and highly developed within ancient Bharata (Vedic India).
The pride of the rabbis is malodorous.
To generalize from on Rabbi to all Rabbis -- is that also a vedic tradition or just your inability think logically.
@@CaesarRenasci Indeed it is a generalization. Something necessary to avoid constant mental masturbation.
Pajee t fantasies
If the all poweful God became the pale carpenter who suffered all the pain a human can suffer for his loved ones is not vulnerability. Then, I don't know what vulnerability is.
Even limited to only the old Testament. He doesn't feel hurt when being rejected? He even said He is a jealous God. Most of the old Testament is God accusation of being rejected by you, the Israelites.
However, this 30+ year of Psychiatrist and Christian cannot see it.
This is why God's People don't believe in any kind of Religion ! " God , please protect me from your followers "
No one can ever be perfect. There is no true benchmark for perfection living as a human. Just trying to be better than the day before is all one can do. ✌️❤️🇨🇦
As a ex Christian and now Jewish man this video explains it!!!! For sure couldn't have had a better live and couldn't be happier if i didn't convert to Judaism my life hasn't ever been better in my 39 years.And the message that who care that your not perfect is what I needed to hear tonight st this moment
What branch of christianity did you leave , may I ask?
@@Orm-zn6fl Catholic but I also explored other denominations in the Christian faith as well as other religions before I learned about Judaism which changed my life completely it really helped me finally get clean and sober got me out of a life of hanging out with homeless people in the city of my areas getting high and lieing and just living not a great life but I couldn't escape I didn't have the power to I tryed 12 times over and over till after I found Judaism and found a certain rabbi nachman who really turned my outlook on my life and how I was handling my self as a man and in seen people living and acting how I wanted to and after reading and further exploration of the Jewish faith I fell in love with it.
@@filthism1659 It's very good to hear you are doing well right now, my best wishes to you.) Did you happen to explore something about orthodox christianity?
@@Orm-zn6fl I did do some reading on the differences and what Orthodox christians beloved and such but there wasn't that space
Rk of interest in me for it at that moment but I always say it shouldn't be about what's true or right it should be about what works for each person what works for you and person Judaism works for me I hope and wish that more people will find just something to believe in something good and kind.
@@filthism1659 There is a difference between being Jewish and believing in Judaism. You will never be Jewish unless your mother was Jewish. The Jewish people are an insular culture with it's own cultural norms and traditions. You can't just outvoice their prerogative because you believe in something. I'm sorry to tell you, but you don't get to decide. None of us do.
Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.
I also was a Christian 30 years. I’ve left and at present a Noahide and hope to convert
Genesis answers the Question.
Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was astonishingly empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the water.
בוְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָֽיְתָ֥ה תֹ֨הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְח֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם:
1:26 And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and they shall rule over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the heaven and over the animals and over all the earth and over all the creeping things that creep upon the earth."
כווַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֛ם בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּ וְיִרְדּוּ֩ בִדְגַ֨ת הַיָּ֜ם וּבְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙ וּבְכָל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ:
Genesis showed God in singular, both spirit and Body. And yet singular.
Daniel 12: 2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awaken-these for eternal life, and those for disgrace, for eternal abhorrence.
בוְרַבִּ֕ים מִיְּשֵׁנֵ֥י אַדְמַת־עָפָ֖ר יָקִ֑יצוּ אֵלֶּה לְחַיֵּ֣י עוֹלָ֔ם וְאֵ֥לֶּה לַֽחֲרָפ֖וֹת לְדִרְא֥וֹן עוֹלָֽם:
3. And the wise will shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who bring the multitudes to righteousness like the stars forever and ever. גוְהַ֨מַּשְׂכִּילִ֔ים יַזְהִ֖רוּ כְּזֹ֣הַר הָֽרָקִ֑יעַ וּמַצְדִּיקֵי֙ הָֽרַבִּ֔ים כַּכּֽוֹכָבִ֖ים לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד:
f we are not forgiven how can anyone be saved.
Welcome home !
If you study and make your conversion, great, but if you do not, that is great also. Whatever is HaShem 's Will.
I was on same path as you, and honestly, since i am older and will not be raising a family, studying and observing the Noachide Laws with Orthodox Rabbanim seems to be exactly where i need to be. Better that i have some 70 Mitzvot done well than botch up the many more Mitzvot given to tbe B'nei Ysrael.
I would cause the Rabbanim who followed my conversion to sin, when i sinned.
@@avalerie4467 Thanks for your reply. My biggest issues have been that the tanakh says different from what the rabbi have been saying, and when this is pointed out they just say well it does not mean that. . This is from Chabad. None of this makes any sense. The Word of God is the Word of God.
@@thomasmattson2389 how long have you been studying under your Rabbi's tutelage ? For conversion, or as a Noachide?
Your questions will easily be answered in your study group. If there has been deviation from Torah and you feel the group you are studying with is not keeping Torah, i would definitely not hang out there anymore. Still give some tzedaka for the schul, but maybe it's not the right one for you.
Caveat - if, heaven forbid, this is a messianic church you've found yourself in, RUN !!!!!!
Edit. Sorry, you stated Chabad. Chabad does not do conversions. Answered my own question.
@@avalerie4467 What I mean is stuff like this. Moses saw God. Exodus 33:18 Moses said: "Show me, now, Your glory!" 19He said: "I will let all My goodness pass before you; I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you, and I will favor when I wish to favor, and I will have compassion when I wish to have compassion." 20And He said, "You will not be able to see My face, for man shall not see Me and live." 21And the Lord said: "Behold, there is a place with Me, and you shall stand on the rock. 22And it shall be that when My glory passes by, I will place you into the cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with My hand until I have passed by. 23Then I will remove My hand, and you will see My back but My face shall not be seen." And Abraham saw and talked with God. Genesis 18:1-15 " 13And the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Is it really true that I will give birth, although I am old?'14Is anything hidden from the Lord? At the appointed time, I will return to you, at this time next year and Sarah will have a son."17And the Lord said, "Shall I conceal from Abraham what I am doing?19For I have known him because he commands his sons and his household after him, that they should keep the way of the Lord to perform righteousness and justice, in order that the Lord bring upon Abraham that which He spoke concerning him."20And the Lord said, "Since the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has become great, and since their sin has become very grave,26And the Lord said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous men within the city, I will forgive the entire place for their sake."32And he said, "Please, let the Lord's wrath not be kindled, and I will speak yet this time, perhaps ten will be found there." And He said, "I will not destroy for the sake of the ten."33And the Lord departed when He finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.” The tanakh is clear, so why isn't it understood as written. Nothing makes sense.
The love between a parent and a child is diffrent than that between a couple.
Any good parent will put themself in harms way to protect their children.
That's what God did.
You just don't want to see things as they are.
O mankind, you are those in need of Allah , while Allah is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.
Quran 35:15
What?
@@BNK2006 🤣🤣🤣
. O mankind! it is you who stand in need of Allâh. But Allâh is Rich (Free of all needs), Worthy of all praise.
@@ahmadghanem2414 nothing to care about your Allah 🤣
nothing to care about your Allah 🤣
1:22 "christianity does not work" true for those who only profess it but do not base their belief in what god has declared in the tanakh and the brit hadasha. most professed christians do not know god. i do not call it christianity. i call it christianism. please prayerfully read, study, meditate on what the tanakh writes about the meshiach: what was the purpose of his being.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever shall believe in Him should not perish but have everlasting life John 3:16
God's love for us must not be misinterpreted as His vulnerability.
I love my children very much and I always want them to be safe and successful. Most of the times they do not want to do things that will make them good persons in their lives because they don't understand the life since they haven't experienced it. So, I had to tell them things with good degree of sternness. All because of my profound love for them.
God also loves us and want us to LIVE.
You're not vulnerable with those you 'love'? That's sad.
I guarantee you that this video will be going viral, and this Rabbi will be getting a lot of backlash from the Christian world because of his ignorant comments about Christians and Christianity.
'Ignorant comments'? We don't believe what you do. That's it. We don't want to either. Make you happier?
The truth is not a power play, or a manipulation, or politically correct, a popularity contest, and shouldn't be adjusted to make the audience "happy". Do you agree?
The rabbi isn't giving a lecture on christianity. He's giving it on G-d. Do you ever hear him preach, as non-Jewish preachers do, that you all have to convert, or suffer the consequences?
Maybe look at what is and isn't being said. No "commercial" for christianity will come out of a rabbi's mouth. Should it?
@@nomorecensoringme Yes ignorant comment, He misrepresented to his listeners what Christiany really is.
OUTREACH JUDAISM 🎀 JEWS FOR JUDAISM 🎀
How much more vulnerable can He get than being paraded around naked. Shamed. Ridiculed and then hung on a cross for all to see?
That’s pretty vulnerable to me.
John 7:18
He who is speaking for himself is seeking his own glory, but he who is seeking his glory that sent him the same is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
It's sad that people know about God and they call themselves Christians but have not encounter the true God who wants intimacy with us 😢
Before some of you might jump on me and calling me a ''bible thumping madman''... no, im not christian and no im not atheist. I consider myself to be agnostic.
That being said, didnt god in christianity put himself into vulnerable position by taking human form, endured great torture and slowly died on the cross to demonstrate how much he loves us?
Just a philosophical question, nothing more, nothing less!
No I'm not Christian either
yes he did and you’re correct
I’m still confused……..I need his Psychiatrist friend because of the voices ☎️
The reason love hurts is that it is SUPPOSED to hurt. If it DOESN’T hurt, it was never love in the first place.
It’s not about alchemy, to make it all ‘doable’. It’s really about ‘transmuting’ the inevitable pain into real power, which makes God very proud of you. You are my son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.
~ Gomtuu
As a Christian I do believe that God needs something from me. Love. Love can not be forced. He gave us free will, it was a sacrifice on his part knowing that some of his children would turn away. But the ones who do not turn away will be spending eternity worshiping in his presence and loving him because they chose to. Not because they were forced to. Love is not love if you have to be convinced or coerced into it. God came to earth in the flesh, offered us the gift of paying off all our spiritual debts, and left us 100% in control of whether we accept that gift or not.
Thank you to the IGTK team for all you do to share the teachings of Rabbi Friedman with us.
While I love hearing Rabbi Friedman speak and he has very deep wisdom to impart, if you are posting a video explaining why Jews don't believe in Christianity then this isn't really it. As an ex-Christian myself who came home to Judaism with a great deal of amazing help from Hashem, I can tell you briefly that for any Jew to worship a created human being, including an orthodox Jew of his time born 2000 years ago in Judea who would have kept kosher, Shabbat and the holidays according to both the written and the oral Torah, is idol worship. We are commanded as Jews to worship G-d alone (eg read Isaiah chapters 43 to 45). And G-d is more than capable of forgiving sins directly when people repent, as he did the people of Nineveh in the time of Jonah, no sacrifices necessary. If you are Jewish and considering embracing Christianity, or a truth seeker who wants to understand why Jews do not accept Christianity, check out Jews for Judaism, Rabbi Tovia Singer, Shannon Nuszen, an ex-Christian missionary who set up the organization Beyneynu, or even my own channel. Or all of these if you have time.
Thank you Gilarina, this video has a title that is like clickbait. That psychiatrist had the same emptiness men have when they come to the end of themselves. Judaism is exclusively reserved for direct descendants of Jacob. Consequently, it implies that converts are living a futile life, contradicting the teachings of the Torah.
Why are you telling this rabbi, born into Judaism, a kohen, that he doesn't know why Jews aren't christians?
Your perspective is not invalid though it's hardly universal. Advocating Singer is predictable since he caters more towards christians than towards Jews. Rabbi Friedman shares knowledge with us that is useful and even important for non-Jews. Sometimes directed to them specifically like when he talks to visiting groups that he shares. Also for the edification of Jews. Not all of us are scholars. He is a rabbi, after all.
@@lillianortiz4541 that's not true about converts, wherever your knowledge comes from, it's inaccurate. There are multiple laws about converts being accepted and treated as a fellow Jew by birth.
@@lillianortiz4541I'm not sure why you think Judaism is exclusive, as no one needs to convert in order to live a good life a be a servant to G-d. An example is Job. Unlike any other religion who claims that non follower of their religion will go to hell. Judaism is the opposite of that.
@@anti_missionary_mission being a Jew is 'exclusive', like it or not. It's not a "club" to join or to "think" they're part of, as people see fit. Being a Jew isn't part of the "make everyone feel good by being "inclusive" nonsense". There are requirements of us that we take seriously. It's not up to you to trivialize it either. It's a relationship with G-d that He designated as such. Argue with Him if you're unhappy with that reality.
God says that we should not lean on our own understanding but to have faith in him, trust him and the fact that he wants us all to come to him as he is patient and wants that none of us shall perish
Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the duty of all mankind.
For God will bring every deed into judgment,
including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil.
Isn't that part of the "how", not why?
@@nomorecensoringme words to live by
have you kept the entire law? are you saved?
@@havefaith4382 saved from what? Please explain using the original Hebrew…
@@AsherSolomon777 hell god's wrath
proud to be muslim and respect others 😊
(edit) but i am very sorry the genocide of Isr@el colonialization😔
I'm glad that people of peace exist in this modern era (not saying this because of your religion) we seem to forget that Israel Islam and Christianity are all Abrahaic brothers
Respect brother. God bless.
Muslims believe in hell aswell
Your books don't respect other religions
@@Pope.The.Conquer pardon me?
Rabbi no offense. I like your sermons, but they make me ask difficult questions like this. Why would you put yourself greater than God? Don't forget why you wear that skull cap, a sign of humility before God. God does not need you otherwise he would not be omnipotent (which he is). God does use, love and care for his creations. God said in the Bible that he didn't need the Jews. If they would not worship him, he would just have the rocks of the earth do it. He doesn't need you, he will use you and care for you and all his creations though. To think otherwise is pure arrogance.
Am I better than those who need me?
You can't possibly believe that there is a punishment system for not doing the things that G-d DOESN'T need.... That's just cruel. If they're not essential to the very core of creation, then how can He possibly punish us for not doing them?
Feel so sorry for you. You're missing out on so much.
Fyi, rabbi doesn't give 'sermons'. He teaches, hence one meaning for the word 'rabbi'. Teaching makes us uncomfortable. It's supposed to.
When did Rabbi Friedman even "hint" at being 'greater than G-d', which is blasphemous?
It's not nice to put words in someone else's mouth. Especially blasphemous ones.
@@nomorecensoringme When he said God needs him and us. God has no need for anything. The very fact that the Bible/Torah teaches the omnipotence of God contradicts the statement. God lacks nothing, needs nothing, wants for nothing, is totally sovereign and omnipotent. Read the conversation God had with Job and understand your own Bible. Its extremely clear his words contradict those in scripture on this point. To say God is not omnipotent and needs us or our help or our being is a form of blaspheme because it denies God and his omnipotent character. His theory on this point simply is wrong and not aligned with all of scripture.
It’s funny that one of the predictions of the “messiah” is that his own people would reject him and guess what? Well… also he would come before the destruction of the second temple? Well guess who? The second temple was destroyed in 70 AD. So many other signs but I’d be writing a novel. You guys are missing out on your own messiah.
Rabbi, please forgive me. I am a Christian Orthodox from America and I am truly enjoying and learning from your videos. However, if it's at all possible, when you mention a Yiddish word, would you follow it up with the translation in English? It would be very helpful. May GOD continue to bless all that you do.
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Are You a personal christian or do you by orthodox christian mean that you belong to a national group that are refered to as orthodox?
@@svenerikjohansson8130 A Orthodox Christian religion.
Please be sure to read the New Testament, unlike Rb. Friedman, so that you can identify all of his errors such as the ideas that God needs humans, that the Trinity are multiple rather than One God in 3 Persons, and that God callously feels no pain nor shows any vulnerability when humans reject him. ~C
@@Jesus2di4U I also felt that the description given of my christian faith was not fully fair. I didn´t recognize what he described as my faith at all.
Thank you for confirming my Christianity
The rabbi has a tendency to get things backwards. God did not need to take the Jews out of Egypt, the Jews "needed" God to deliver them. It is obvious the psychiatrist was a Protestant and allowed his profession to confuse him. The rabbi's example of Christianity is as bad as the psychiatrist. Imagine if I said I knew a man who was a professor of economics, and he claimed to practice Judaism for 30 years. He believed Judaism was devoted to God and earthly wealth: the more money you have, the more favor you have in God's eyes. He prayed for money and wealth for thirty years... did not get it, so he left Judaism. This faux definition of Judaism is as bad as the rabbi's definition of Christianity. God is not vulnerable; God has no needs; at least as we humans understand this. A Psychiatrist is not a good source for understanding theology.
Dispensationalism is Racist
why did god create the world if not for a need or a desire?
doesnt make sense to think he created us just for no reason, he had and still has a need, not our tiny needs indeed, but still it makes him much closer to us.
@@Soothing432 Because after "life" God is love. But what is use is love if you have no one to give or receive love from?
If a man risked his own life to save a woman's life and she still mocked him and doubted his love and who he said he was, what would that woman be? What if the woman was the one who tried to take his life even?
Your right Rabbi Friedman God does need us especially in a ego world we live in today it needs fixing !
God is free of all wants, worthy of all praise
G-d does not need us. Talk about blasphemy and human narrcicism.
But there's still sin in you that God must judge and condemn no matter the worship!.. It's not about you my friend, it's about God who's willing to help you. Just give up on your pride and accept the Saviour, the only Name of the Salvation who paid it all 🙌
In your life, what is more important, more meaningful; what you want, or what you need? If your house was on fire and you could grab only one thing as you rushed out, would it be what you want, or what you need? If your spouse wants you, you can wonder why, and for how long, but if your spouse needs you, then your spouse recognizes and acknowledges that the two of you are really inseparable. We are not just wanted yet unnecessary playthings for G-d; we are a vital component of what He created this world to achieve. He created us because to fullfill His plan He needs us to perform that function. You can walk somewhere or you can drive your car. If its closeby and you can walk, your motor is unimportant. But if you choose a distant location to drive, you NEED the motor.
Vulnerability is a strength, not a flaw.
The 613 commandments were not given to prove they can't be kept. They were given with precise instruction and with the promise of reward and punishment. G-d does not lie, nor does he play games. He means what He says. We don't need to be "saved"; we need to live up to our mission in life, which is to seek out G-d in our lives and connect with Him with Him with love and awe by fulfilling His will. For Jews this is the 613 commandments, for non-Jews this is the 7 Noachide Laws. Unlike other religions, Judaism teaches that you have a place in Heaven even if you are not Jewish, as long as you keep the 7 Noachide Laws. (If you are born to a Jewish mother, according to the Torah you remain a Jew, even if you convert.) Judaism is not for everybody, but G-d's love is there for all who love Him. G-d's "vulnerability" is that He leaves it up to us to excersize our free will (a gift from Him) to decide whether we want to pursue a relationship with Him (which He wants). Certainly G-d showers us with love and compassion all the time, even when in hard times, but it's up to us to recognize it. He wants a connection with us, it's why He made us, but He doesn't force it on us. This chosen vulnerability does not detract one iota from His Supremacy. Only the Almighty Timeless Master of all has the ability to be so vulnerable with the assurance to ultimately have what He seeks.
G-d has no need to incarnate Himself to suffer for us. He already suffers with us because He is always with us, we are a part of Him.
You are you, we are we. Mutual respect is a prime. We must focus on what we have in common and not that which divides us . B
God wants a family, and he wants us to grow up, so we can know him more and more ❤ I am finding your talks at such the perfect time 🌠🙏 thank you.
Yes yes yes somebody got it
@@ValentinaKajcinovska yeeeeeeee 😁🙏💙💖love you!
@Master-mh9vm light, air, and water... and peace 🍄🌱🌷
I will pray for you Rabbi.
Sir, what you're saying about love and vulnerability is absolutely convincing and I appreciate it.
These are absolute truths that are true, I agree fully, to ALL relationships. That said, though
I would not even think of trying to convert you, or any Jewish rabbi, whose lectures I enjoy,
to Christianity, I still would like to add that this does not hold as an argument against Christianity.
This concerns the Trinity, that may be understood, experienced or not. But those who have
experienced -, reflected it in light of personal experience know that the Trinity is Unity, that is
One and NOT three,- but Three IN One. That much a statement I felt your lecture was sure worth,
Rabbi Friedman, no offense meant, in respect and appreciation of a statement that moved me
deeply.
The rabbi isn't offering an 'argument against christianity'. He offered a few reasons. That's it. Never is enough though is it, respectful as you're trying to be? There has to be a back and forth for hours, days, years, centuries, yet you still won't "get it". We have to get it all "right" and convince you which isn't going to happen. We don't believe as you do. We won't ever. We also don't have to justify our beliefs. Nor explain them. It is the Torah. Who'd give up all that beauty and content for less? Not us.
@@nomorecensoringme My post was a REPLY to a statement made in public concerning something that I cherish.
If you do not, no problem. It does not matter to me what you believe or think. I don‘t know you at all, less even than the rabbi, of whom I know at least the videos. But somebody that I don‘t know, of no concern for me - in that I totally agree with the psychological logic in the video- is nobody that I would want to convince of anything or feel the desire to discuss or share anything with. End of reply.
@@A.SimonsensKanal you enjoy cherishing yours. We enjoy ours.
@@nomorecensoringme Nothing to add
to that. Have a great week！
Christian Scripture says the Jews have a veil over their understanding that prevents them from seeing that Catholicism is the fulfillment of Judaism. It can only be removed if a Jew wants it to be removed.
Discussions like this are an atheist's best argument. Shame.
According to the scripture the have no arguments or excuses.
✝ Romans 1:19
"because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them."
✝ Romans 1:20
"For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuses
In other words there's no logical or scientific reason to reject YHWH. They do it because they don't want to be told what to do.
If there's a God he's the Creator in order to be GOD he at the very least has to know more than anyone else and be more powerful than anyone or anything else. To tic off another box he is also everywhere. He's before between and at the end of time.
If he made everything that means it's his and he gets to make the rules.
It was said by a famous atheist once said eather there's a GOD or there isn't and both possibilities are equally frightening.
Rabbi Friedman ,may you always go from strength to strength, and Hashem bless you manifold.!
Genesis answers the Question.
Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was astonishingly empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the water.
בוְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָֽיְתָ֥ה תֹ֨הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְח֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם:
1:26 And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and they shall rule over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the heaven and over the animals and over all the earth and over all the creeping things that creep upon the earth."
כווַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֛ם בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּ וְיִרְדּוּ֩ בִדְגַ֨ת הַיָּ֜ם וּבְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙ וּבְכָל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ:
Genesis showed God in singular, both spirit and Body. And yet singular.
Daniel 12: 2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awaken-these for eternal life, and those for disgrace, for eternal abhorrence.
בוְרַבִּ֕ים מִיְּשֵׁנֵ֥י אַדְמַת־עָפָ֖ר יָקִ֑יצוּ אֵלֶּה לְחַיֵּ֣י עוֹלָ֔ם וְאֵ֥לֶּה לַֽחֲרָפ֖וֹת לְדִרְא֥וֹן עוֹלָֽם:
3. And the wise will shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who bring the multitudes to righteousness like the stars forever and ever. גוְהַ֨מַּשְׂכִּילִ֔ים יַזְהִ֖רוּ כְּזֹ֣הַר הָֽרָקִ֑יעַ וּמַצְדִּיקֵי֙ הָֽרַבִּ֔ים כַּכּֽוֹכָבִ֖ים לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד:
f we are not forgiven how can anyone be saved.
hashem …😂
Proverbs 30:4
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
@@jfender8023 Why isn't this understood.
@@thomasmattson2389 Israel’s blindness or “hardening” is found in Romans 11:25-”For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits-, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.” The passage seems to reveal that a blindness or hardening has befallen Israel at the present time, that this blindness will terminate at the time designated as the “fulness of the Gentiles.” The verse following which constitutes a part of the same sentence goes on, “And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn ungodliness from Jacob.” In other words, there seems to be a definite time sequence: first, Israel is blind, then Israel’s blindness is ended and “all Israel shall be saved.”
@@jfender8023 The nt is a pagan book, full of Greek and Roman mythology. It was written as an attempt to promote hatred of Hashem, His Holy Torah, and His Holy Nation Yisrael. It calls us blind because we saw through the lies and did not accept their false god. Prove your claims from Torah. Quoting from a debunked nt is pathetic.
It is not a matter of belief or disbelief in Christianity. How you practice Judaism also determines how you see your Messiah. As a very small verse says... Christians do not stand alone but are grafted onto the vine by his love and mercy we are not meant to replace it.
That’s too simplistic an argument. What you leave out is that we ALL are not worthy and should be condemned now. It’s through GRACE that we get to choose for ourselves.
But if god already knows who is going to be "worthy" or not why bother creating the "condemned"?
@@strwman5 That is a common argument and I understand where it comes from. However, none of us understand the true nature of God and we tend to anthropomorphize things. If I understand it correctly, God wants to save us all, but we have to want to be saved.
@@robertholt5297 So why not create people that ultimately would want to be saved? And why should my "salvation" be based on something I can't understand? Maybe that is the way it is but seems odd.
@@strwman5 I do understand where you’re coming from and I wish I had the answers for us both. I am not an expert by any stretch of the imagination. Maybe it’s because it wouldn’t truly be love, honor and respect if people were already programmed to be that way. By giving us the choice makes it more meaningful.
@@robertholt5297 I think I don't know/understand is honest position in theological circles. I like it better than forcing a bad answer that creates more problems.