The Way of This Life
Who I Am In Messiah – 14 Jan 2015
Who are you? Has anyone ever asked you that question? Were they genuinely interested in knowing who you are, or were they challenging you? ...
Religious War?
The recent terrorist attack in a synagogue in West Jerusalem by Arab Muslims from East Jerusalem, in which rifles, knives, and meat cleavers were among the...
A SEASONAL WORD
In God's prophetic and redemptive calendar given to Israel, the appointed times of the Memorial of Blowing of Trumpets, of the Day of Atonements, and of...
Evidence of Holy Spirit Baptism
Last week I spoke about repentance which leads to conversion, to real change in our thinking and in our character. And that this is...
Clogged Wells: Religiosity vs Living Faith — 27 Apr 2013
We have spoken about clogged wells earlier, and about how not giving tithes and offerings can be a cause of stoppage of the living...
Priests Are Burden-Carriers of God’s Glory: Merciful
As we begin a new year it is good to consider what we are looking forward to. In Messiah all believers are priests, and...
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”...
SUBMIT TO GOD, RESIST THE DEVIL, FOR THE KINGDOM IS THE LORD’S- 10 Nov 2012
(Delivered in essence at The Negev Conference in Beer Sheva)
Ja 4:4-8 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that the friendship of the world...
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,...
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...
ISRAEL 2015: THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE MESSIANIC BODY
(Shared at opening of new TOS church center in Tubingen, Germany, Sept 9, 2011)
It is difficult to know what will be tomorrow, so I...
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...
Under Law Contrasted to Under Grace: As a Candle to the Sun
1Tim 1:8-11
--The Law is good, if used lawfully.
--It is for sinners
--No need for law until there is enough transgressions to warrant it to...
PARABLE OF THE NET (AND OF THE INSTRUCTED SCRIBE)
Updated Mar 9, 2018
Mt 13:47-52 “ Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some...
PARABLES OF THE HIDDEN TREASURE AND OF THE PEARL
Mt 13:44-45 Yeshua’s explanation of the field, the good seed, the tares, the enemy, the harvest, the reapers; “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure...
PARABLES OF A MUSTARD SEED AND OF LEAVEN
Mt 13:31-35; Mk 4:31; Lk 13:19; Mk 8:15; Lk 13:21 . . . The kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed, which a...
PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND TARES
Mt 13:24-30, 13:36-43 Jesus spoke this parable to the multitudes; He explained it to His disciples:
--The devil is at work within the world...
PARABLE OF THE SOWER AND THE SEED
Last week we spoke about the mystery of lawlessness that has been already at work from the Garden of Eden. We mentioned, too, that...