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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...

THE UNCHANGING MESSAGE: REPENT, AND BE BAPTIZED!

Acts 2:22-41   Men of Israel, hear these words: . . .   The apostle Peter preached to the Jewish people/the children of Israel, in the power...

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...

THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE PROMISES

James 5:7-11   Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord.  See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting...

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. ...

BIBILICAL HEALTH AND GLUTTONY

Dt 21:18-21   . . .This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he a glutton and a drunkard....

BIBLICAL HEALING: A SOUND MIND

2Tim 1:7   God has given us a spirit of a sound mind (sanctified common sense) 1Tim 4:8   Bodily exercise profits a little Ps 127:2  ...

BIBLICAL HEALING: THANKFULNESS

Ps 100   A Psalm of Thanksgiving.  Serve YHVH with gladness; come before His presence with singing. ...Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, into His courts...

BIBLICAL HEALING: A RIGHT SPIRIT WITHIN US

It is a greater work of God to forgive us our sin than to heal our diseases!  It is a greater work of the...

BIBLICAL HEALING: FAMOUS EXCEPTIONS

Gal 4:13-15   , you know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first.  And my trial which was in...

BIBLICAL HEALING: THROUGH THE CROSS

Is 53:4-6   Surely He has borne our sicknesses and carried our pains; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.  But He was...

BIBLICAL HEALING

(inspired by www.christian-faith.com ) Mk 6:5-6   Now could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people...

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...

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...

THE INCENSE OF PRAYERS – Feb 2006

(Written for IsraelPrayer.com .  Slightly edited here.) Replacement Theology began a long time ago, when first Jews and then Christians went to the left or...

PHINEAS, AND GOD’S COVENANT OF PEACE

YHVH God makes and keeps covenants.  He is righteous and faithful to keep them all until they be completely fulfilled.  This makes them everlasting: ...

JESUS CHRIST IS COME

(Our celebratory service this Shabbat was interrupted by a mob of unruly ultra-orthodox religious Jewish people.) There was much messianic expectation around the time of...

LIVING BREAD OF REDEMPTIVE PROGRESS

The distinctiveness of Israel, even of its 12 tribes  -- 12 loaves of the showbread (Ex 25:30; Lev 24:5-9) —amongst the nations remains...

A BETTER INHERITANCE IN MESSIAH – 29 Apr 2005

(Delivered at Hephzibah Meeting in Marlow, Bucks, England) When I first became a believer in Jesus as Messiah, the Son of the Living God, my...

THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF THE MIGHTY GOD – 21 Aug 2004

Ps 19:1-7 (Heb)  To the Chief Musician; a Psalm of David:  The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His...

GOSPEL FOR JEWS AND GENTILES

(C&MA Great Commission Fund tour from Feb 27 – Mar 10, 2004, in Roanoke, Lynchburg, and Richmond, Virginia) 1Cor 11:23-26   we proclaim the Lord’s death...

FOR THE SAKE OF JESUS AND THE GOSPEL

(C&MA Great Commission Fund tour from Feb 27 - Mar 10, 2004, in Roanoke, Lynchburg, and Richmond, Virginia) Mk 10:28-31 (Mt 19:29; Lk 18:29-30)  Then Peter...

PAUL: BELOVED FOR THE SAKE OF THE FATHERS

(Israel Conference at Langensteinbacherhohe:  “The Redemption of Israel According to Ezekiel and Paul”, Jan 8-11, 2004) Gen 17:1-8      YHVH made an everlasting covenant to Abram...

EZEKIEL: A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT TO KNOW YHVH

(Israel Conference at Langensteinbacherhohe:  “The Redemption of Israel According to Ezekiel and Paul”, Jan 8-11, 2004) Ezek 20:41-44   I will accept you as a...