Can We Learn from People Who Reject Messiah?

This week we are going to divert from our trip through Matthew Chapter 1 to address a common concern – namely, can we learn from people with whom we do not see eye to eye? We are going to talk about the difference between listening to a scholar who is an expert in a certain field vs considering them a spiritual advisor. It is very important to understand the difference because the only reason we know anything about Yeshua/Jesus outside of what is written in the Bible is through reading the Jewish writings – without them, we would know nothing about the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Herodians or the political situation of the first century.