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0:00 he דָּת הִיא אוֹפִּיוּם להֲמוֹנִי	0:00 en Religion is the opium of the people
0:02 he אֶפְשָׁרוּת לְאֲנָשִׁים פִּשׁוּט לְהִתְחַבֵּר לְמַשֶׁהוּ	0:02 en Something for people to connect with
0:06 he אֵיפֹה הַזֶהוּת הַאִישִׁית שֶׁלִי	0:06 en Where is my identity as an individual
0:08 he אִם הַכֹּל כְּבָר יחלִיטו בִּשְׁבִילי	0:08 en if everything has already been decided for me?
0:11 he הֵם יחלִיטו בִּשְׁבִילי מָתַי לָצֵאת ומָתַי לַחֲזוֹר	0:11 en They decide when you can leave and when to return
0:13 he מָתַי לְהַדלִיק אוֹר ומָתַי אָסוּר לְהַדלִיק אוֹר	0:13 en When you can or cannot turn on a light
0:16 he מַה אַתָה לֶאֱכוֹל ומַה אִסוּר לֶאֱכוֹל	0:16 en What you can or cannot eat
0:19 he ולפַּעֲמַיִם זֶה מַגִיעַ ל	0:19 en And sometimes it gets
0:22 he דְבָרִים כֹּל כָּך הָזוּים ואֶזוֹטֶרִים	0:22 en so absurd and obscure
0:28 he ואֲנִי חוֹשֵׁב עַצמִי	0:28 en And I think to myself
0:30 he אָז מַה נִשׁאַר	0:30 en What is left?
0:35 he עִברִית	0:35 en Where is the freedom
0:37 he עִברִית	0:37 en to express yourself, to be creative
0:38 he עִברִית	0:38 en What room is left for me ...
0:39 he עִברִית	0:39 en to be me?
0:42 he עִברִית	0:42 en One day I came to help a friend paint his home
0:45 he עִברִית	0:45 en and their I met Kirsten
0:48 he עִברִית	0:48 en We started talking
0:53 he עִברִית	0:53 en And I found out that she believes in God
0:58 he עִברִית	0:58 en And she is not Jewish
1:00 he עִברִית	1:00 en It was very interesting to me
1:03 he עִברִית	1:03 en How does that work?
1:05 he עִברִית	1:05 en What does it mean?
1:08 he עִברִית	1:08 en For the first time I had
1:10 he עִברִית	1:10 en A deep conversation about these topics
1:13 he עִברִית	1:13 en With someone that is so different from me
1:18 he עִברִית	1:18 en Very quickly I realized that Kirsten is unlinke
1:23 he עִברִית	1:23 en Other people I know
1:24 he עִברִית	1:24 en The first thing I noticed is her inner peace
1:26 he עִברִית	1:26 en She was always willing
1:30 he עִברִית	1:30 en to help, to be there, to give of herself
1:33 he עִברִית	1:33 en to say a kind word
1:34 he עִברִית	1:34 en even when she did not have to
1:44 he עִברִית	1:44 en and even when it was not convenient
1:45 he עִברִית	1:45 en And it made me think ... why?
1:49 he עִברִית	1:49 en I visited her in the United States
1:49 he עִברִית	1:49 en And I remember her asking me one question
1:54 he עִברִית	1:54 en Or, how do you decide what is the right thing to do?
1:58 he עִברִית	1:58 en And it started a journey within
1:59 he עִברִית	1:59 en of thought and self-reflection
2:04 he עִברִית	2:04 en Suddenly it jars ... twenty years of identity
2:07 he עִברִית	2:07 en I suddenly realized that I do not know who I am
2:09 he עִברִית	2:09 en I never considered it
2:12 he עִברִית	1:52 en I never thought about it
2:17 he עִברִית	1:53 en I simply am who I am
2:18 he עִברִית	1:55 en because of who I am
2:21 he עִברִית	1:57 en And I never took the time ... to think
2:23 he עִברִית	2:03 en She gave me a book
2:26 he עִברִית	2:04 en that talks about what it is like to be a Messianic Jew
2:29 he עִברִית	2:07 en How one can even
2:34 he עִברִית	2:09 en be Jewish and believe in Yeshua
2:36 he עִברִית	2:11 en Do not make up words here "Messianic Jew"
2:38 he עִברִית	2:14 en You are talking about converting your religion
2:40 he עִברִית	2:18 en I really was not interested in reading this book
2:46 he עִברִית	2:21 en And I felt bad
2:48 he עִברִית	2:23 en telling here I did not really want the book
2:50 he עִברִית	2:28 en Alright I will sit and read a little
2:55 he עִברִית	2:30 en I sat with the book curled up into myself
2:58 he עִברִית	2:32 en barely opened it
3:04 he עִברִית	2:34 en Trying not to be noticed
3:04 he עִברִית	2:37 en So no one will see what I am reading
3:10 he עִברִית	2:39 en I covered both sides with my hands
3:13 he עִברִית	2:40 en and held it
3:15 he עִברִית	2:41 en I was sitting next to a girl about my age
3:17 he עִברִית	2:45 en And after a few minutes of me reading
3:19 he עִברִית	2:47 en she turns to me and says
3:22 he עִברִית	2:50 en Hello, what are you reading?
3:25 he עִברִית	2:52 en Uh ... no ... what?
3:27 he עִברִית	2:54 en It is not mine. It is a book.
3:30 he עִברִית	2:56 en I got it. I do not even know what it is.
3:36 he עִברִית	2:59 en It talks about Christians and, uh ... Jews
3:39 he עִברִית	3:02 en And I do not know. I am just reading it.
3:42 he עִברִית	3:05 en And then she says
3:44 he עִברִית	3:07 en I am a Jew who
3:47 he עִברִית	3:09 en believes in Yeshua. I am a Messianic Jew.
3:51 he עִברִית	3:12 en The first thing that came to mind was
3:53 he עִברִית	3:14 en How could this be?
3:56 he עִברִית	3:17 en You look ...
3:59 he עִברִית	3:18 en normal. You look like me.
4:01 he עִברִית	3:20 en In my mind I envisioned something else
4:06 he עִברִית	3:24 en I was still not convinced
4:12 he עִברִית	3:26 en since I thought of myself as someone
4:18 he עִברִית	3:29 en who does not need salvation
4:23 he עִברִית	3:33 en does not need a savior
4:31 he עִברִית	3:34 en does not need forgiveness for their sins
4:36 he עִברִית	3:36 en I said to myself I am an honest guy
4:39 he עִברִית	3:38 en I make good choices overall
4:42 he עִברִית	3:42 en I have not killed anyone
0:00 he עִברִית	3:42 en I have not hurt anyone
0:00 he עִברִית	3:45 en And then everything changed
0:00 he עִברִית	3:47 en I did something I am not very proud of
0:00 he עִברִית	3:50 en Something that in the past I would simply
0:00 he עִברִית	3:52 en feel bad about for a day or two and then move on
0:00 he עִברִית	3:55 en But this time I felt different
0:00 he עִברִית	3:57 en I was disappointed in myself
0:00 he עִברִית	4:00 en Suddenly I understood that
0:00 he עִברִית	4:03 en I do need salvation
0:00 he עִברִית	4:04 en I realized I believe
0:00 he עִברִית	4:07 en that Yeshua came
0:00 he עִברִית	4:09 en and died
0:00 he עִברִית	4:11 en for my sins.
0:00 he עִברִית	4:13 en That evening I found myself praying
0:00 he עִברִית	4:15 en I did not really know what to say
0:00 he עִברִית	4:17 en And I asked for forgiveness
0:00 he עִברִית	4:19 en Suddenly I felt
0:00 he עִברִית	4:22 en my heart beating very hard
0:00 he עִברִית	4:23 en I felt
0:00 he עִברִית	4:25 en butterflies in my stomach. I felt
0:00 he עִברִית	4:27 en warm all over
0:00 he עִברִית	4:28 en like my blood is speeding through my body
0:00 he עִברִית	4:32 en I believe in Yeshua
0:00 he עִברִית	4:35 en I did not really know what would come next
0:00 he עִברִית	4:38 en My parents had a really difficult time
0:00 he עִברִית	4:39 en They asked not to know
0:00 he עִברִית	4:41 en not to hear
0:00 he עִברִית	4:42 en not to talk to them about it
0:00 he עִברִית	4:44 en Why dont they want to learn about
0:00 he עִברִית	4:47 en Other things other worlds
0:00 he עִברִית	4:48 en I suddenly realized that they think
0:00 he עִברִית	4:50 en I am harming myself
0:00 he עִברִית	4:52 en that I no longer value myself as a
0:00 he עִברִית	4:56 en human being
0:00 he עִברִית	4:58 en who has grown and learned and developed
0:00 he עִברִית	5:01 en intellectually and socially
0:00 he עִברִית	5:04 en and now thinks of himself
0:00 he עִברִית	5:07 en as a lesser being
0:00 he עִברִית	5:08 en Atheism wants to create a distance
0:00 he עִברִית	5:11 en to put aside this issue of faith
0:00 he עִברִית	5:14 en and God.
0:00 he עִברִית	5:15 en What is it that people are afraid of?
0:00 he עִברִית	5:19 en I realized I did not lose any part of my identity
0:00 he עִברִית	5:23 en On the contrary
0:00 he עִברִית	5:24 en not only has my self-expression
0:00 he עִברִית	5:26 en not been limited
0:00 he עִברִית	5:28 en But it has grown
0:00 he עִברִית	5:30 en I gained confidence. It is ok to make mistakes.
0:00 he עִברִית	5:32 en This is why He came.
0:00 he עִברִית	5:34 en Yeshua came and sacrificed Himself for me.
0:00 he עִברִית	5:36 en He came for us
0:00 he עִברִית	5:38 en He came to encourage us
0:00 he עִברִית	5:40 en He came to help us.
0:00 he עִברִית	5:42 en He came to give us tools for a better life
0:00 he עִברִית	5:45 en God wants us to succeed
0:00 he עִברִית	5:48 en with Him
0:00 he עִברִית	5:49 en He wants to be part of our lives
0:00 he עִברִית	5:51 en Who I am is still me
0:00 he עִברִית	5:54 en I am just a better version of myself
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