Messianic Torah Observant Israel

Some of the topics covered are:
• Bringing the Torah to life?
• In Matthew 7:23, why did Yeshua say, “I never knew you”?
• Yeshua was just a vessel?
• How does one relinquish self-sovereignty? What actions make this happen?
• When sovereignties clash with each other
• If atonement for sin a “burnt offering,” why wasn’t Yeshua burnt on the cross?
• Is the command “fresh” or not? (1 John 2:7-8)
• Is it a good idea that our spouse be our “accountability partner” in the faith?

… and much more!

Related Teachings can be found here:
• INfocus: That’s Not Submission https://youtu.be/a73Wn6jCz_E
• Are You Saved? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9HOA0P9oX-XDS4JdFkY0WuOGluQm7_Y
• The Millennium & the Kingdom https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9HOA0P9oX9UNbkpvbCaWQXijbyGCLVK

Afterburn: also known in the world of fitness as the “afterburn effect”, simply put; The more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward.

The same could be true as you build up your spiritual self. After an intense teaching session, you need answers as more thoughts and questions consume you in your spiritual growth.

Rabbi Steve Berkson, director of MTOI, provides an opportunity for the Afterburn to take place by additional thoughts and insight about what he just taught as well as answering questions from the local congregation and those watching the live stream.

Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this podcast has been a blessing to you.

For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org

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We are located in Cleveland TN. If you would like to know more about us, we would love to hear from you! Feel free to visit us on our website wwww.mtoi.org, email us at [email protected] or call us at 423-250-3020.

Join us for Shabbat Services & Torah Study LIVE Streamed on our Main YouTube Channel every Shabbat at 1pm (EST) and every Tuesday for Torah Study Live Stream at 8pm (EST)!

As he begins the text for this teaching in 1 John 1:1, Rabbi Steve Berkson points out that the apostle John confirms all the scriptures that refer to Messiah Yeshua as the Word, and from the mouth of Yeshua as He refers to Himself as the Life, when he says he has looked upon and handled the Word of Life–he was there as the Messiah walked on this earth.

As Rabbi Berkson points out, the apostle John emphasizes in the first part of his letter the vertical and horizontal relationships–with our Father and with each other. Note also how much he uses the light and darkness references–walking in the light means guarding His commands, or doing the truth.

• What did Rabbi Steve mean when he talked about how Yeshua “took the bullet for us.”
• How do we know that we know Him? (1 John 2:3)
• Who was the “perfect disciple”? Hint: it wasn’t one of the twelve.
• What is it that demonstrates our being one with Yeshua and the Father?
• Can one say something that is a lie, but not be a liar?

Once again, at the end of this series, Rabbi Steve Berkson delves deeper into scripture to uncover even more dimensions of Darkness and Light.

Related Teachings can be found here:
• Are You Covenanted? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9HOA0P9oX_OEhd7K84LBs_jp6579C6U
• Repentance https://youtu.be/SFXaoqjCjO4
• The Heart of the Matter https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9HOA0P9oX_O_DuSxpxaOIPKqKENGP0s
• Do You Know the Father and the Son? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9HOA0P9oX85eE0WcFyzM6xquyz7r_RC
• Honor & Shame https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9HOA0P9oX-lexk1G6zrYxLqCMZv4Wzf
• Understanding the Ruach/Spirit https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9HOA0P9oX_0Mi7M6VeNIqg8eu1f_QBm
• INfocus: The Delusion Bubble https://youtu.be/cEgeS8NIBtM
• The Millennium & the Kingdom https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9HOA0P9oX9UNbkpvbCaWQXijbyGCLVK
• The Armor of Elohim https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9HOA0P9oX8dWvXnu5lScQDt1YW2soUB

Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this podcast has been a blessing to you.

For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org

Join us on Social media!
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mtoiworldwide/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mtoiworldwide

We are located in Cleveland TN. If you would like to know more about us, we would love to hear from you! Feel free to visit us on our website wwww.mtoi.org, email us at [email protected] or call us at 423-250-3020.

Join us for Shabbat Services & Torah Study LIVE Streamed on our Main YouTube Channel every Shabbat at 1pm (EST) and every Tuesday for Torah Study Live Stream at 8pm (EST)!

Some of the topics covered are:
• Thoughts from her time at the gym...
• Is 1 Peter 1:3 a factory reset?
• What is the “inheritance” for which we have a “living expectation”?
• Can 1 Peter 1:7 be connected to Daniel 3:16-18?
• Who is it that has a life without trials?
• DNA/Generational Curses/Mindsets are learned...

… and much more!

Afterburn: also known in the world of fitness as the “afterburn effect”, simply put; The more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward.

The same could be true as you build up your spiritual self. After an intense teaching session, you need answers as more thoughts and questions consume you in your spiritual growth.

Rabbi Steve Berkson, director of MTOI, provides an opportunity for the Afterburn to take place by additional thoughts and insight about what he just taught as well as answering questions from the local congregation and those watching the live stream.

Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this podcast has been a blessing to you.

For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org

Join us on Social media!
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mtoiworldwide/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mtoiworldwide

We are located in Cleveland TN. If you would like to know more about us, we would love to hear from you! Feel free to visit us on our website wwww.mtoi.org, email us at [email protected] or call us at 423-250-3020.

Join us for Shabbat Services & Torah Study LIVE Streamed on our Main YouTube Channel every Shabbat at 1pm (EST) and every Tuesday for Torah Study Live Stream at 8pm (EST)!

“One thing that is vital, but missing in a lot of the teachings that you’ve learned from all of your life, is the strength of context.” –Rabbi Steve Berkson

The topic of this episode of Darkness & Light is, “being called out of darkness, into His marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9), one of the few real status changes–coming into Light beyond human comprehension.

• How does one come out of darkness? How does one know if he/she is in the light?

Beginning his text in 1 Peter 1:2, Rabbi Berkson stops to point out to whom the writer was addressing this letter, “those who are…set-apart (Holy) by the Spirit unto obedience…” Obedient to what?

• If the Torah became no longer relevant at the time Yeshua Messiah was killed on a cross, as certain majority faith groups teach, then what is to be obeyed?

Once again, redefining our lexicon, terms and words, Rabbi Berkson makes us look at the term ‘born again’ as the writer uses it to describe those who are walking toward the Kingdom with a “living expectation.”

• What is Peter talking about when he uses the term ‘born again’? (1 Peter 1:3) Does he mean it in the same way as Yeshua did in His conversation with Nicodemus? (John 3)
• What is the “living expectation”? (1 Peter 1:3)
• What is the “inheritance incorruptible”? (1 Peter 1:4)
• What is the condition that applies to the “protection of Elohim”? (1 Peter 1:5)
• If I am living as a set-apart one, why am I “grieved by manifold trials”? (1 Peter 1:6-7)
• Why would you receive praise, respect and honor from Messiah Yeshua? (1 Peter 1:7)
• What if this life is all there is?

You need to hear Rabbi Berkson as he uses his Gym Membership as an analogy to illustrate real belief.

• Did he really say, salvation is nothing?
• How does one set themselves apart in their behavior?

Once again, Rabbi Steve Berkson delves deeper into scripture to uncover even more dimensions of Darkness and Light.

Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this podcast has been a blessing to you.

For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org

Join us on Social media!
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Instagram: @mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Twitter: @mtoiworldwide

We are located in Cleveland TN. If you would like to know more about us, we would love to hear from you! Feel free to visit us on our website wwww.mtoi.org, email us at [email protected] or call us at 423-250-3020.

Join us for Shabbat Services & Torah Study LIVE Streamed on our Main YouTube Channel every Shabbat at 1pm (EST) and every Tuesday for Torah Study Live Stream at 8pm (EST)!

Some of the topics covered are:
• What is “Spiritual Slaughter”? (1 Peter 2:5)
• Kidney testing?
• Letting go and becoming as a newborn babe
• Why was the YouTube Chat shut down?
• Ideas for teachings that are coming soon
• Triggering your trauma?

… and much more!

Afterburn: also known in the world of fitness as the “afterburn effect”, simply put; The more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward.

The same could be true as you build up your spiritual self. After an intense teaching session, you need answers as more thoughts and questions consume you in your spiritual growth.

Rabbi Steve Berkson, director of MTOI, provides an opportunity for the Afterburn to take place by additional thoughts and insight about what he just taught as well as answering questions from the local congregation and those watching the live stream.

Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this podcast has been a blessing to you.

For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org

Join us on Social media!
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Instagram: @mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Twitter: @mtoiworldwide

We are located in Cleveland TN. If you would like to know more about us, we would love to hear from you! Feel free to visit us on our website wwww.mtoi.org, email us at [email protected] or call us at 423-250-3020.

Join us for Shabbat Services & Torah Study LIVE Streamed on our Main YouTube Channel every Shabbat at 1pm (EST) and every Tuesday for Torah Study Live Stream at 8pm (EST)!

How does your behavior relate to Darkness and Light? This is the theme as Rabbi Steve Berkson takes you into 1 Peter chapter two, the letter from Peter to the “Strangers of the Dispersion.”

• Who are these “Strangers of the Dispersion”? (1 Peter 1:1-2)
• What did the apostle mean when he called them, “set apart by the Spirit unto obedience”, and “newborn babes”?
• What is the “unadulterated milk of the Word by which we grow”? Does this imply that there is also “adulterated” milk of the Word that can stunt your growth?
• What does it look like to become “as a newborn babe”?

In 1 Peter 2:9-10, is the writer saying that we have already become these things? Rabbi Berkson clarifies this passage, because sadly, some readers could, and do, interpret it incorrectly.

• Do you really, fully care what is acceptable to the Creator? (1 Peter 2:5)
• How do the Gentiles come into the Covenant, into Light?

Once again, Rabbi Steve Berkson delves deeper into scripture to uncover even more dimensions of Darkness and Light.

Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this podcast has been a blessing to you.

For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org

Join us on Social media!
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Instagram: @mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Twitter: @mtoiworldwide

We are located in Cleveland TN. If you would like to know more about us, we would love to hear from you! Feel free to visit us on our website wwww.mtoi.org, email us at [email protected] or call us at 423-250-3020.

Join us for Shabbat Services & Torah Study LIVE Streamed on our Main YouTube Channel every Shabbat at 1pm (EST) and every Tuesday for Torah Study Live Stream at 8pm (EST)!

Some of the topics covered are:
• Learning how to respond and not react to people or situations
• Love Languages
• Opinion Poll or counsel – dealing with leadership
• Why doesn’t MTOI have a Statement of Faith on their website?
• My emotional state is my choice?!
• Don’t push the button!
• How do I know if I’m holding my leadership in “the highest regard”?

… and much more!

Afterburn: also known in the world of fitness as the “afterburn effect”, simply put; The more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward.

The same could be true as you build up your spiritual self. After an intense teaching session, you need answers as more thoughts and questions consume you in your spiritual growth.

Rabbi Steve Berkson, director of MTOI, provides an opportunity for the Afterburn to take place by additional thoughts and insight about what he just taught as well as answering questions from the local congregation and those watching the live stream.

Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this podcast has been a blessing to you.

For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org

Join us on Social media!
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Instagram: @mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Twitter: @mtoiworldwide

We are located in Cleveland TN. If you would like to know more about us, we would love to hear from you! Feel free to visit us on our website wwww.mtoi.org, email us at [email protected] or call us at 423-250-3020.

Join us for Shabbat Services & Torah Study LIVE Streamed on our Main YouTube Channel every Shabbat at 1pm (EST) and every Tuesday for Torah Study Live Stream at 8pm (EST)!

• Is there anything bad or wrong about eschatology or being concerned about the end time?
• What does the concern about the end time have to do with darkness and light?

As we read what the apostle Shaul, or Paul, wrote to the congregation of Messianic believers in his letter to the Thessalonians, in chapter five, Rabbi Steve Berkson points out that Shaul was doing some damage control regarding the erroneous teaching about the return of Messiah even back then.

• What was the prayer Rabbi Berkson prayed when it came to teaching about the end time?
• How does one “prepare” for the return of Messiah?

As this teaching was done during the 2020 election year, Rabbi Berkson imparts wisdom about what our mindset should be toward our nation’s politics and Elohim’s role in them.

• Does being drunk only pertain to alcohol? What does being sober look like?

Moving on into Thessalonians chapter five, we read as the apostle gives direction as to how the believers should be living their lives as they look forward to Messiah’s return. Rabbi Berkson unpacks what ‘sober’ looks like, and what is meant by putting on the breastplate of belief and love, and the helmet of the expectation of deliverance.

In verse 12-13, Shaul writes that he begs the believers to “know” those who labor among you and are over you in the Master and admonish you, and to hold them in the highest regard in love. Rabbi Berkson relates what it’s like to be one of those in leadership and then explains how you should treat those in leadership with whom you interact.

• Should your relationship with leadership be based on someone else’s experience with that leadership?

Once again, Rabbi Steve Berkson delves deeper into scripture to uncover even more dimensions of Darkness and Light.

Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.

For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org

Join us on Social media!
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Instagram: @mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Twitter: @mtoiworldwide

We are located in Cleveland TN. If you would like to know more about us, we would love to hear from you! Feel free to visit us on our website wwww.mtoi.org, email us at [email protected] or call us at 423-250-3020.

Join us for Shabbat Services & Torah Study LIVE Streamed on our Main YouTube Channel every Shabbat at 1pm (EST) and every Tuesday for Torah Study Live Stream at 8pm (EST)!

Some of the topics covered are:
• Managing the chaos of life
• What is it that needs to be “restored” in Heaven?
• Who’s mind is in you? By who or what are you influenced?
• Are apostles and prophets for today?
• Was the Law/Torah nailed to the cross?

… and much more!

Related Teachings can be found here:
• INfocus: You’re Still Wrong https://youtu.be/V9SU20AM5B8
• Discovering Your Identity https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9HOA0P9oX9sYCl1svmfxY2AfKCmf8H4
• INfocus: A Thought About Psalm 119 https://youtu.be/fkSxvsVXMkE
• The Armor of Elohim https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9HOA0P9oX8dWvXnu5lScQDt1YW2soUB

Afterburn: also known in the world of fitness as the “afterburn effect”, simply put; The more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward.

The same could be true as you build up your spiritual self. After an intense teaching session, you need answers as more thoughts and questions consume you in your spiritual growth.

Rabbi Steve Berkson, director of MTOI, provides an opportunity for the Afterburn to take place by additional thoughts and insight about what he just taught as well as answering questions from the local congregation and those watching the live stream.

Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.

For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org

Join us on Social media!
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Instagram: @mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Twitter: @mtoiworldwide

We are located in Cleveland TN. If you would like to know more about us, we would love to hear from you! Feel free to visit us on our website wwww.mtoi.org, email us at [email protected] or call us at 423-250-3020.

Join us for Shabbat Services & Torah Study LIVE Streamed on our Main YouTube Channel every Shabbat at 1pm (EST) and every Tuesday for Torah Study Live Stream at 8pm (EST)!

In the 1970’s the singer Bob Dylan sang “you gotta serve somebody.” He pretty much echoed the words from the Bible which has the same message from cover to cover and it’s your choice as to whom you will serve.

In this teaching, Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us to another of the apostle Paul’s writings, known as the Book of Colossians. Beginning in chapter one, Paul addresses his letter to the “set-apart ones”, and “true brothers in Messiah.” From that greeting Rabbi Berkson has the context for the instruction that follows and the key text that deals with Darkness & Light.

• Is there a wrong way to seek the favor of Elohim?
• What is it we are to be filled with and how are we to walk in this life?
• Does darkness have authority in the earth?
• How does Christianity use verses 12 and 13 to promote the idea of “once saved, always saved”?
• What was the purpose of the blood of Messiah that we see in verse 20?
• Do you know what a “Rap Sheet” is? Did you know that we all had one?
• What was it in Colossians 2:14 that was nailed to the stake of Messiah? Is this verse misinterpreted by some?
• Can you “sin” against another person?
• What is the greatest, if not the only problem in the Bible?
• How do you become an enemy of God?
• Why is the word ‘if’ the most awful word to some people?
• What is the correct interpretation of Colossians 2:16-17?

Once again, Rabbi Steve Berkson delves deeper into scripture to uncover even more dimensions of Darkness and Light.

Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.

For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org

Join us on Social media!
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Instagram: @mtoiworldwide
Follow us on Twitter: @mtoiworldwide

We are located in Cleveland TN. If you would like to know more about us, we would love to hear from you! Feel free to visit us on our website wwww.mtoi.org, email us at [email protected] or call us at 423-250-3020.

Join us for Shabbat Services & Torah Study LIVE Streamed on our Main YouTube Channel every Shabbat at 1pm (EST) and every Tuesday for Torah Study Live Stream at 8pm (EST)!