26/05/2026
Good on you Tin!
My friend was searching the ‘Hebrew roots of Christianity’ back in 1995 when she would come to me and say “Do you know that Christmas is not in the Bible”. Or another time “Easter is not in the Bible” to then say it’s “Passover”.
What’s Passover?
Slowly I needed to pack away things I thought were Truth which was not ‘truth’ and start from the beginning. (HalleluYah for my friend Carol). I’m still learning and praise Elohim every day for opening my eyes.
What’s your story?
January 2019 was a turning point for me. For the first time, I was confronted with the idea of Torah observance.
As someone attending a Sunday church with a Baptist background, I didn't receive it well. I pushed back, I called it legalism and the people teaching it Pharisees. Sound familiar?
Yet at the same time, I couldn't shake the question: what if they're right? More than defending my position, I wanted to know the truth, not the traditions I had inherited, but His truth.
And as I began searching the Scriptures for myself, I slowly realized that what I had always been taught did not always align with what the text actually says. I was made aware of contracitions that I never realized before, despite reading some of the passages many times before.
I prayed constantly, asking Yehovah to teach me and correct me wherever I was wrong.
I also listened to different perspectives. I spent time learning from Torah-observant ministries like 119 Ministries ~ Test Everything, Passion For Truth, and others. But I tried not to simply accept what anyone said. I opened my Bible and compared everything against the Scriptures for myself.
And something unexpected happened.
The more I searched, the more things began to fit together. Passages that seemed contradicting suddenly made sense. Tensions I could never resolve started finding their place. I was learning to let Scripture speak for itself and it dawned on me that I had to let go of what I thought I knew about Scriptures and to become willing... willing to learn, willing to be corrected, willing to follow wherever His Word leads.
The reason I chose 1 John 2:6 for this image is simple. In the end, discipleship is not about admiring the Messiah from a distance. It is about following Him. One step at a time. Learning to walk the way He walked.
I encourage you to do the same, keep seeking, keep praying, and keep testing everything against Scripture. Yehovah is faithful to guide those who genuinely desire His truth.
In brotherly love, Tin