The Way of This Life
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...
THE BEATITUDES (with thanks to Spiro Zodhiates, The Beatitudes)
Mt. 5:1-12; Lk 6:20-26 Blessed . . .
Gen. 17:1 I am El-Shaddai; walk before Me and be blameless
What are we pursuing in life?: a...
THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME – 11 Mar 2000
Unless I am mistaken, there are not many who are rich amongst us. Most of us are rather poor, but, bless the Name of...
THE TIME OF VISITATION – 22 Jan 2000
Lk 19:42-44 - judgment
1 Pet 2:11-12 - blessing
I am sure that if someone were to ask us, "Do we want more of Christ in...
VISION OF THE GLORY: THE PRESENCE AND KINGDOM OF GOD
(Israel Conference at Langensteinbacherhohe, Karlsruhe, Germany: “Radicalism and The Testimony of Christ in Israel”, 22-28 Oct 1999)
Hebrews 9:27-28
Radicalism is sustained by a utopian spirit...
SUFFERING OUTSIDE THE CAMP
(Israel Conference at Langensteinbacherhohe, Karlsruhe, Germany: “Radicalism and The Testimony of Christ in Israel”, 22-28 Oct 1999)
Mark 8:34-38; Hebrews 11:24-26; 13:13-14
In Israel the Supreme...
THREAT TO THE STATUS QUO: RADICAL NEW COVENANT CULTURE-CRUCIFIXION
(Israel Conference at Langensteinbacherhohe, Karlsruhe, Germany: “Radicalism and The Testimony of Christ in Israel”, 22-28 Oct 1999)
Galatians 6:14-16; 1Corinthians 9:19-23
As light is different from...
GOD’S WILL: OUR CONFORMITY TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON (Rom 8:29)
(Israel Conference at Langensteinbacherhohe, Karlsruhe, Germany: "Radicalism and The Testimony of Christ in Israel", 22-28 Oct 1999)
God has a vision for us: to change us and...
The Holocaust and the Salvation of Israel: “Be Reconciled to YHVH GOD”
Lev. 26: 40-45 - Israel and Jewish people confessing personal and historic collective guilt for breaking YHVH's covenants
There is a biblical principle whereby God...
Being Reconciled to God and to One Another
Matt. 23:16-21 The altar is greater than the gift
Matt. 5: 21-24 First be reconciled to your brother, and then offer your gift upon the...
CLOGGED WELLS: UNPAID TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Last week I spoke about digging up our stopped-up wells so that the spiritual life in Messiah can flow through us more freely. We...
UNITY — WE AND OUR FATHERS – 18 Apr 1998
Mt 1:1-16; Lk 3:23-38 Genealogy of Yeshua
Ezek 16:3; Dt 26:5 My father was an Aramean (Syrian)
YHVH promised Abraham, our father in the faith, that...
OUR BROTHER YESHUA
John 17:17-26 sanctify by truth; the Father's love for us is as His love for Jesus
Heb. 2:10-12 Jesus (Yeshua) not ashamed to call us His...
OUR GUILT OFFERING
Recently I was walking down the street and singing the chorus to the song, "Peace Like A River" – 'it is well with my...
BETROTHED TO YESHUA – 2 Mar 1991
2Cor 11:2 Engaged to the Lord
2Pt 1:4 Promises of God to escape worldly corruption and to partake of divine nature
Gen 24:50-58 Rebecca’s betrothal (engagement)...
SOVEREIGNTY AND WISDOM OF GOD – 8 Apr 1989
It is joy to speak of Him who is perfect and harmless, and also of His Kingdom. It is amazing, given the state of...