Beth Simcha Messianic Congregation

Beth Simcha Messianic Congregation A place where we worship the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob in a Messianic Jewish setting and we believe that Yeshua/Jesus is the Messiah

Beth Simcha is a group of people that believe Yeshua, (Jesus), is the Messiah. We believe that the whole word of God applies to us today, and we take it seriously. We worship the living God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We try to help people become talmidim, (disciples), of Messiah Yeshua. Our services are held on Shabbat mornings, Saturday mornings at 10:07

09/06/2026

Sunday September 6, 2026 24th day of the 6th month Elul 5786
Galatians 6:9–10 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
I hope we all take these verses to heart and do good to those around us. We will be blessed as we do these good deeds, but the blessing may not come right away. As we do these things we are being obedient to God’s word.
In Leviticus 19:18 we read, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” We are to freely open our hand to others. (Deut 15:7-8).
In Jewish thought this is closely related to gemilut chasadim; acts/deeds of lovingkindness. The Hebrew thought of chesed goes beyond an emotion. It is loyal, active kindness.
Yeshua told us the same thing. We are to love God, and love our neighbor as ourselves. Yeshua is drawing from the Torah.
Also, let’s remember, good works or deeds do not earn salvation. Redemption comes through God’s grace and the work of Messiah. But a redeemed person; a disciple of Yeshua should naturally produce righteous deeds.
I read the following and it summarized a biblical progression.
Torah commands chesed. The prophets demand justice and mercy. Yeshua embodies them. The Ruach (Spirit), empowers us to live them, and our good deeds bring honor to the Father.

09/05/2026

Shabbat morning service

09/04/2026

Friday September 4, 2026 22nd day of the 6th month Elul 5786
Galatians 5:16–17 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
You get up in the morning, and you want to read the bible, but all of a sudden, other things come up, and it is the middle of the afternoon, and you never read your bible. Ok, I’ll read it after dinner, and then it is time for bed, and you never read your bible.
This is a clear and perfect example of the flesh getting in the way of the Spirit. As Paul wrote, the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, so the flesh will try to rise up to keep you from behaving like a disciple of Yeshua. I could give you many examples of how this happens, but as Paul wrote, the flesh and the Spirit are opposed to each other.
You are trying to be at peace with others, but jealousy and envy sneak in and all of a sudden, you don’t trust others; you think others are out to get you in one way or another.
Walk by the Spirit and remember that when you came to know the Lord, the old nature in you died. Don’t allow it to rise again.

09/03/2026

Thursday September 3, 2026 21st day of the 6th month Elul 5786
Galatians 4:9–11 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? You observe days and months and seasons and years! I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain.
I don’t think I ever chose these verses as my verse of the day before, but today is the day, and this will be a long one, for these verses are some of the most misunderstood verses in the Bible. These verses get used a lot to tell us that we should not keep Shabbat, or any of biblical feast days that we read about in Leviticus. Let’s remember who this letter was written to.
The believers in Yeshua in Galatia were primarily gentiles, people who previously lived in paganism. They would not be going back to the Feast Days in the Bible, for they never kept them.
The key word is again, for Torah observance had never been part of their former religion.
What are these days, months, seasons and years that Paul is writing about? It is a good chance that Paul is referring to pagan or astrological observances connected with their former way of life. This would fit with Paul was writing about in verses 8-9, and their former service to “those which by nature are not gods.”
The other interpretation, and probably the most important one in the larger argument of Galatians is that the Galatians were beginning to observe the Jewish calendar, (which is the calendar God gave us in Leviticus 23), as part of a system that they believed was necessary for covenant status or justification.
Paul is not coming against God’s appointed times; He is not coming against the Sabbath or the calendar; he is attacking bo***ge.
All through the scriptures and we see it clearly in Paul’s writings, believers must not allow calendar observance, circumcision, dietary practice, or any other identity marker, to become the basis of justification or belonging to Messiah.
We are saved by grace through faith. Eph 2:8
For Jewish believers, continuing in Jewish covenantal life is entirely compatible with faith in Yeshua. For Gentile believers, like me, participation in Israel’s biblical festivals is meaningful and Messiah-centered.
It must never become a means of earning justification or transforming oneself into a Jew in order to obtain a supposedly higher covenant status.
Does Paul every tell us to keep a biblical feast day? Yes!
1 Corinthians 5:6–8 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Messiah, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

09/01/2026

Isaiah 53:7

08/31/2026

Monday August 31, 2026 18th day of the 6th month Elul 5786
Galatians 1:3–4 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.
I chose these two verses as my verse of the day because of the simple message of what Yeshua did for us; He gave himself for our sins. Yes, a simple, but as we look at it from a Messianic Jewish perspective, we see Paul use Jewish apocalyptic language.
Jewish thought commonly distinguished between Ha’loam hazeh, “ this age” and Ha’olam haba, “the age to come.”
Paul says Yeshua has rescued us from this present evil age. This doesn’t mean that believers in Yeshua have physically left the world. Rather, through Messiah they have already begun participating in the life and power of the age to come.
This goes along the words of Yeshua in Mark 1:15 saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Oh, we don’t live in the completed of kingdom of God, that’s for sure, but the power of the coming age has broken into the present age. We have experienced and seen the power of God in our lives through Yeshua.
Yes, Yeshua saved us from our sins; saved us from the penalty and consequences of our sins, and delivered us from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. Rejoice and be thankful for that.

08/30/2026

Nitzavim
“You Are Standing”

The name of the fifty-first reading from the Torah is Nitzavim, which means “standing.” The name is derived from the first verse of the portion in which Moses says, “You shall stand [nitzavim] today, all of you, before the LORD your God” (Deut 29:10).
In this portion, Moses invites the entire assembly of Israel to take on the covenant. He warns them that if they sin, they will go into exile, but he also predicts that, in the future, they will repent and God will return them to the land of Israel. In some years Nitzavim is read together with the next Torah portion, Vayelech on the same Shabbat.
Deut 29:10-30:20
Isaiah 61:10:63:9
Romans 16:10; Romans 11:25-29; Luke 15:17-24

Vayelech “And He Went”
The name of the fifty-second reading from the Torah is Vayelech which means “and he went.” The name is derived from the first word of the first verse in the portion: “So Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel”
In this short portion, Moses commands an assembly for a public Torah reading and covenant renewal once every seven years. He then finished writing the scroll of the Torah and has it deposited in the holy of holies next to the Ark of the Covenant.
Deuteronomy 31:1-30

08/30/2026

Sunday August 30, 2026 17th day of Elul 5786
James 5:13–14 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
I chose these two verses because in them we see three basic instructions. Frist, if you are suffering, pray. Don’t mess around, just get to prayer. This should be our first and quick response, pray.
Then if you are cheerful, sing praises to the Lord, and rejoice. We can do this throughout the day as we do the various things we do. Sing and rejoice and let the joy of the Lord be seen in your life.
And then if you are sick, reach out and get people to pray for you. Notice, if you are sick, you are the one who is to call and ask for prayer. It is not up to those who hear about you being sick and just come and pray for you; you are to ask for prayer.

08/29/2026

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Riverside, CA
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