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IN DEFENSE OF CHRISTMAS – 25 Dec 2012
As a Jew, I didn’t want to celebrate Christmas when I became a believer, partly because it wasn't "Jewish", and partly because it was too...
THE GREAT COMMISSION AND THE LORD’S PRAYERS
--Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (Mt 6:33)
--Great Commission (Mt 28:18-20)
--till end of age
--fullness of Gentiles towards Israel’s salvation
--“Lord’s Prayer”...
BIRTH, DEATH, AND GOOD FRIDAY OF MESSIAH YESHUA THE LORD – 12 Dec 2012
Rev: Apr 6, 2021
I just did a quick count-down and count-up and came to this conclusion on this fourth day of Hanukkah: if Jesus...
PRIESTS AND PRIESTHOOD
1Pt 2; Ex 19:6 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, so that you...
ARE BELIEVERS TO TAKE THE KINGDOM OF GOD BY VIOLENCE/FORCE? – Part 2
Mt 11:12-13 And from the days of John the Baptiser until now the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. ...
ARE BELIEVERS TO TAKE THE KINGDOM OF GOD BY VIOLENCE/FORCE? – Part 1
There are a number of passages in the Bible which are sources of controversy and even of division within the Body of Messiah: Israel,...
THE FAITH IN MESSIAH YESHUA DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHERS
Tit 1:1-3 truth according to godliness
It is by personal faith in YHVH God and His Word that we are saved and brought into a...
DO YOU LOVE JESUS?
I went to a website of someone who had written a book I had found very interesting and enlightening, and was shocked to see...
VISION: MESSIAH AND HIS KINGDOM
A leader is responsible to carry and direct those under his authority towards a goal. It may be to win a battle in a...
MATURITY UNTO GODLINESS: CHOOSING THE GOOD
We spoke last week that God intends for us to be judges. We should be wise and able to judge matters between believers; and...
MATURITY UNTO GODLINESS
Godliness is not only about morality, or a moral life. It has especially to do with the character of God: like Father, like Son. ...
VISION: PATIENCE TILL THE HARVEST
Lk 12:42-43 And the Lord said, ‘Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give...
A GREAT MYSTERY: MESSIAH AND THE CHURCH
Eph 5:30-32; Gen 2:20b-24 This is a great mystery (raz) (see also 1Tim 3:16), but I speak concerning Christ and the Church: for we are members...
RICHES OF THE GLORY OF THIS MYSTERY: MESSIAH IN YOU!
Col 1:24-28 . . .for the sake of His body, which is the Church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from...
SECRET THINGS WHICH BELONG TO GOD
In 1 Timothy, one of the qualifications for even a deacon is to hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. That...
DEITY vs DIVINITY: JESUS AND US
(Rev: Feb 6, 2018)
I received a question, which perhaps others of you have, about the distinction between 'divinity' and 'deity'. Even a good dictionary...
PRIESTS IN GOD’S TEMPLE
Rom 15:4; 1Cor 10:11 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we, through the patience and the comfort of the...
GOD’S TEMPLE IN MESSIAH: A DAY OF JOY
Zech 8:18-19 Then the word of YHVH of Hosts came to me, saying, 'Thus says YHVH of Hosts: the fast of the fourth month, the...
ADAM: HIS FALL AND RISING
I've heard some Christian preachers say they are going to show their sore displeasure to Adam when they see him because he did not...
IN THE LOVE OF THE FATHER
Mt 6:9-13 Our FATHER, who art in Heaven. . ..
Jesus begins to teach us about God our Father in the Sermon on the Mount. ...
ISSUE OF THE HEART: COVETOUSNESS
Dt 5:21; Ex 20:17 Thou shalt not covet anything that is someone else’s
Col 3:5; 1Tim 6:6-10 covetousness is idolatry; with godliness, be content...
THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST
(Revised July 22, 2019)
1Thes 1:2-10 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your...
OVERCOMING HATRED FOR THE SAKE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD
(Delivered at NEM Conference at the Baptist Village in Israel, April 23, 2006)
Mt 5:9-11 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the...
PURIM: SOME LESSONS FOR US
Rev Feb 9, 2021
The Scroll of Esther is read in the synagogues every year for Purim. This holiday is still being observed: it still has...