The Way of This Life
ISSUE OF THE HEART: ” As if”
Have you ever listened to Israelis speaking in Hebrew and noticed that some of them us the word “k’ilu”? It’s become a word that is...
GOD’S FAMILY: A GREAT NATION
Gen 4:1-2, 8-10 personal responsibility for individual members of our family
Gen 12:1-3 Now YHVH said to Abram, “Get out of your country, from your...
THE DISCIPLINE AND ENDURANCE FOR THE PRIZE
1 Cor 9:24-27 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such...
GOD’S PURPOSE FOR BELIEVERS IN YESHUA
Rom 8:26-30 The Spirit intercedes for us according to the will of God. . .
And we know that all things work together for good...
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...
HATED FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE
We previously looked at striving together in prayer for the sake of the gospel; zeal for the sake of God’s covenant; regathering and salvation...
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: ...
THE FIRST PARABLE: KEY TO ALL THE PARABLES – 27 Aug 2005
Last week we spoke about vision and seeing the Kingdom of God and His call and purpose for this congregation, Nachalat Yeshua. It was...
EVANGELISM AND THE GOSPEL – 5 Aug 2005
Jn 6:47-71 The Bread of Life; Living Bread; Eat My Flesh – Drink My Blood; Many Jews, including Yeshua’s disciples, offended; Not all who are...
PREPARING FOR THE INHERITANCE – 23 Oct 2004
Ezek 20:33-44 in the "desert/wilderness of the peoples"
Is 43:1-7 God will give other nations for a ransom in order to have Israel
Rom 11:25-27 God will take away...
HE OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH – 6 Aug 2004
Is 53:7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, but He opened not His mouth; as a lamb to the slaughter He was led,...
SOWING AND REAPING – 31 July 2004
1Cor 15:12-20, 31-37, 42-44
Two weeks ago Horque (Rodriguez) spoke to us about the law of sowing and reaping. We will reap what we...
Unity Through Love – 26 May 2004
Jn 17: 11-26
The Scroll of Ruth is read in the synagogues this holiday. It is a story of love and mercy: of someone “outside”...
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...
RECONCILIATION: SEEING GOD’S FACE IN THE SON OF MAN – 25 Aug 2003
(Taught at Musalaha Youth Leaders' Conference in Odenwald, Germany)
Gen 49:18 I wait with hope for Your salvation, YHVH! יהוה לישועתך קיויתי
The key...
LOVE THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW – 29 Mar 2003
(Presented at Arab Open Brethren Conference in Nazareth)
Rom 13:8-10 owe no one anything except to love one another
This passage is sandwiched between the instruction...
FAILING FROM THE GRACE OF GOD – 15 Mar 2003
Gen 4:3-15 Cain murdered his brother Abel in jealous anger, and despised the goodness and grace of God
Gen 21:5-10 the son of the bondwoman...
JUDGMENT OF BELIEVER’S WORKS – 22 June 2002
Ecc. 12:13-14 -- . . .God will bring every work into judgment. . .whether good or evil
2Cor 5:9-11a -- . . .we must all...
SELF-JUDGMENT IN LIGHT OF PROPHECY – 1 June 2002
All believers in Jesus as Lord and Messiah are anointed by the Spirit of God. According to the Tenach, the anointing was for prophets,...
FLEE FROM IDOLATRY, IDOLS, AND IDOLATORS – 19 Oct 2001
Definition: a vain thing; false gods; worship of false gods; unacceptable access or worship of the true God; those who practice such vanity
Ex. 20:1-3; Deut....
THE BEATITUDES: THE MERCIFUL; THE PURE IN HEART; THE PEACEMAKERS
In His sermon on the mount (and on the plain), Jesus begins by teaching His disciples firstly -- and any others who would take...
THE BEATITUDES: THE MEEK AND HUNGRY
Mt. 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Meekness is a fruit of the Spirit of God in the believer, which...
THE BEATITUDES: THE POOR AND SORROWFUL
Blessedness is the spiritual state of the person who fears the God and does His will, and who puts his trust in Jesus. It...