Tree of Life Messianic Congregation

Sermon Title: ADONAI's Pattern for Preaching & Strengthening Kehilot

Exegesis & Application:

1. Acts 14:1-7 (TLV) - Iconium: Seven Steps in Proclamation/Witnessing
2. Acts 14:8-20a - Lystra: Preaching to a Heathen & Superstitious People
3. Acts 14:20b-28 - Derbe & the Return Journey: How Kehilot are Made Strong

Sermon Title: 'Preach it, Achi!' - A Timely Lesson for the Messianic Jewish Movement

Exegesis & Application:

1. What makes for an effective 'witness'?
2. Acts 13:14-16 (TLV)
3. Acts 13:17-22 (summarized rather than read)
4. Acts 13:23 - The promised Messiah had come!
5. Acts 13:24-26 - The Messiah was proclaimed by a forerunner, Yochanan the Immerser
6. Acts 13:27-29 - The Messiah was rejected and crucified
7. Acts 13:30-37- The Messiah was raised from the dead by ADONAI
a. Psalm 2:7
b. Isaiah 55:3
c. Psalm 16:10
8. Acts 13:38,39 - The Messiah forgives sins and justifies all who believe
9. Acts 13:40,41 - The Messiah brings judgment upon men
10. Acts 13:42-45
11. Acts 13:46-52 - Sha'ul & Barnabas' bold responses and what resulted
a. They turned away from the Jewish rejectors of the Good News
b. They turned to willing hearers
c. They were persecuted and forcibly expelled from the city and surrounding areas
d. They dramatically turned away from their persecutors
e. They were sustained by ADONAI, filled with joy and with Ruach Hakodesh - despite terrible rejection and persecution

Sermon Title: The First 'Tour Guides,' Barnabas and Sha'ul: The Most Challenging Call Ever Given

Exegesis & Application:

1. Acts 13:1 (TLV)
2. Acts 13:2
3. Acts 13:3
4. Acts 13:4
a. Being led by the Ruach will fill us with the greatest encouragement (Rom. 8:14; Yochanan 14:16,17; Yochanan 16:13; Yochanan 14:26)
5. Acts 13:5,6a
6. Acts 13:6b,7
7. Acts 13:8-11
8. Acts 13:12
9. Acts 13:13
10. 2 Corinthians 11:26

Sermon Title: The Incredible Power of Besorah (Evangelism), Talmidut (Discipleship), Tzedakah (Charity), & T'filah (Prayer)

Exegesis & Application:

1. Acts 11:19-21
2. Acts 11:22-24
a. Three different words used for sharing the Word as we see the Good News spreading into the Gentile world
3. Acts 11:25,26
4. Acts 11:27-30
5. Acts 12:1-4
6. Acts 12:5-11
a. A pattern for deliverance through or from persecution
7. Acts 12:12-17
8. Acts 12:18-23
9. Acts 12:24

Sermon Title: Acts chapter 10: Striking a Fatal Blow Against Prejudice

I. Introduction
1. Two factors which made Jewish prejudice run deeper than most:
a. The Jewish people had always been mistreated, enslaved, and persecuted much
more than the other people of the world
b. The Jewish people misread and misinterpreted G-D's Word and purpose for them

II. Chapter Exegesis & Application
1. Acts 10:1-8
2. Acts 10:9-16
a. Permitted & Forbidden Foods from Leviticus chapter 11
b. Mark 7:19 properly understood
c. 1 Timothy 4:4 properly understood
d. 1 Timothy 4:1-3
3. Acts 10:17-23a
4. Acts 10:23b-26
5. Acts 10:27-29a
6. Acts 10:34,35
7. Acts 10:44,45
8. Acts 10:46a
9. Acts 10:46b,47
10. Acts 10:48

I. Sha'ul: The Lead Persecutor of the Early Messianic Jews
1. Acts 8:1
2. Acts 8:2
3. Acts 8:3

II. The Confrontation Between Sha'ul and the LORD: A Life-Changing Experience
1. Acts 9:1,2
2. Acts 9:3
3. Acts 9:4,5
4. Acts 9:6
5. Acts 9:7
6. Acts 9:8,9

III. Sha'ul's Preparation: The Needs of a New Messianic Jew
1. Acts 9:10-14
a. Ananias' traits that Sha'ul needed:
Sensitive to G-D's call
Willing to face difficult assignments
Willing to be the answer to a prayer
Understood inadequacy
Willing to obey when ADONAI said, 'Go.'
2. Acts 9:15,16
a. Two things new believers need to know:
That ADONAI has chosen them to bear His name in their heart, behavior and actions
That ADONAI has chosen them to suffer for the sake of His name
3. Acts 9:17,18

IV. The Beginning of Sha'ul's Witness: A Believer's Life & Testimony
1. Acts 9:19
2. Acts 9:20
3. Acts 9:21
4. Acts 9:22

I. Chosen to Serve: A Lightning Rod for Opposition

1. Acts 6:1 (TLV)
2. Acts 6:2-4
3. Acts 6:5
4. Acts 6:6
5. Acts 6:7
6. Acts 6:8
7. Acts 6:9,10
8. Acts 6:11-14
a. Three False Charges Against Stephen: Speaking Against the Temple, the Torah, and Changing Jewish Customs
9. Acts 6:15

II. Stephen: An Ambassador for Messiah Unto Death

1. Acts 7:1-8
2. Acts 7:30-41
3. Charges Against Israel: Worshipped false gods, Went Beyond the Dwelling Place Authorized, Resisted Ruach Hakodesh, Persecuted the Prophets, Disregarded Torah
4. Acts 7:54
5. Acts 7:55,56
6. Acts 7:57,58
7. Acts 7:59
8. Acts 7:60

Sermon Title:
Purity, Power, Persecution & Proclamation - Ingredients that Enable the Body of the Messiah to Grow

1. Acts 4:32,34 (TLV)
2. Acts 4:36,37
3. Acts 5:1-4
4. Acts 5:5,6
5. Acts 5:7-10
6. Acts 5:11
7. Acts 5:12-16
8. Acts 5:17,18
9. Acts 5:19-21a
10. Acts 5:21b-25
11. Acts 5:26-29
12. Acts 5:30,31
13. Acts 5:32
14. Acts 5:33-40
a. Gamaliel's Rabbinic Legacy
b. Gamaliel's Interaction & Influence on Believers
15. Acts 5:41,42

The First Miracle Leads to the First Persecution of the Newly Birthed Messianic Jewish Community

I. The First Miracle (Acts 3:1-11)
1. Acts 3:1-5 (TLV)
2. Acts 3:6-8
3. Acts 3:9-11

II. The First Persecution (Acts 4:1-31)
1. Acts 4:1-4
2. Acts 4:5-10
3. Acts 4:11,12
4. Acts 4:13,14
5. Acts 4:15-18
6. Acts 4:19,20
7. Acts 4:21,22
8. Acts 4:23,24
9. Acts 4:25-28
10. Acts 4:29,30
11. Acts 4:31
12. Two biblical complementary relational models:
1) Acceptance, Social Change, and Real Dialogue
2) Rejection, Resistance and Confrontation
13. Based on either model, what should we expect or not expect?

I. Messianic Jewish Apologetics That Results in Messianic Jewish Community (Acts 2:22-47)
1. Acts 2:22,23 (TLV)
2. Acts 2:24
3. Acts 2:25-28
4. Acts 2:29-31
5. Acts 2:32-36
6. Acts 2:37
7. Acts 2:38
8. Acts 2:39
9. Acts 2:40
10. Acts 2:41-47
a. What Core Values & Convictions are Found in this first Messianic Jewish community?
b. What Characteristics are Found in Individuals who make up a Messianic Jewish community?

I. Yeshua's Last Day on Earth
1. Acts 1:6,7 (TLV)
2. Acts 1:8
3. Acts 1:9
4. Acts 1:10,11

II. Y'hudah's/Judas' Fate & Replacement: Choosing Leaders in the Kehilah
1. Acts 1:12
2. Zechariah 14:3-5
3. Acts 1:13-15
a. Essentials for choosing leaders: continuing in one accord; pray steadfastly; the leader must lead and must be someone who people are willing to follow
4. Acts 1:16-20
5. Acts 1:21-26

III. Recipe for a New Messianic Awakening: The Shake Up & Wake Up
1. Acts 2:1-4
2. Acts 2:5-13
3. Acts 2:14
4. Acts 2:15-21
a. How to biblically receive a similar infilling:
1. Rest on the "tree of sacrifice" as the way ADONAI pardons and forgives you
2. Put away every known sin
3. Openly confess the Messiah
4. Absolutely surrender your life to ADONAI
5. Definitely ask (Luke 11:9-13)
6. Take ADONAI at His Word by faith

I. Overview & Background of Acts

II. Characteristics of First Century C.E. Messianic Judaism
1. They had signs, wonders and miracles (Mark 16:15,17,18 TLV)
2. They had favor and had the respect of all the people
3. They had great numbers
4. It touched every strata of Jewish society
5. They remained Jewish
6. It was a worldwide movement

III. How & Why Did the Messianic Jewish Movement Initially Disappear?
1. Because of Two Historical Forces:
a. Gentile Christian Dynamic (Isaiah 42:6)
b. Jewish Religious Dynamic

IV. The Prologue & the Resurrected Messiah Yeshua's Promise
1. Acts 1:1
2. Acts 1:2
3. Acts 1:3
4. Acts 1:4,5; Isaiah 32:15; 44:3

Sermon Title: Looking Deeper at Job's Daughters and Job's Glorious Attainments

I. Introduction/Final Book Overview
a. Play the video linked below from the 00:50 mark up to the 5:59 mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GswSg2ohqmA&t=50s

II. Job's Three Daughters: A Portrait of the End-Time Bride

1. Job 42:13-15 (TLV)
2. Jemimah (Ephesians 4:11,12)
3. Keziah
4. Keren-huppach

III. Job's Attainments at the End of His Crucible
1. Wealth and Honor (Job 1:3; 42:12; 42:11)
2. Character Change (1 Kefa/Peter 1:7; Job 42:1-6)
3. Healing
4. A Revelation of G-D (Job 42:5; 1 Yochanan/John 2:13; Job 42:6)
5. Scaling the Mountain (Psalm 18:34)

Job's 'If...Then' Innocence Catalog: Making a Commitment to Integrity

I. Introduction
a. The three-fold purpose of Job chapter 31:
1. Job is going to validate his integrity beyond all doubt by listing his personal standards of holiness and good works.
2. Job is going to delineate the high-water mark of true holiness, defining godliness for all generations.
3. Job is going to articulate the major themes that ought to pervade the end-time bride's heart as she prepares for her Bridegroom.

II. Job's Denial and our Personal Exhortation

1. Guard the window to our thought life (Job 31:1-4 TLV)
2. Walk the narrow path of righteousness (Job 31:5-8)
3. Flee fornication (Job 31:9-12; 2 Cor. 5:11)
4. Treat others without discrimination (Job 31:13-15)
5. Help the poor, the widow, the fatherless (Job 31:16-23)
6. Guard against the love of money (Job 31:24,25)
7. Cultivate an exclusive passion for G-D (Job 31:26-28)
8. Forsake bitterness; bless your enemies (Job 31:29,30)
9. Be hospitable to strangers (Job 31:31,32)
10. Refuse to hide secret sin (Job 31:33,34)
11. Be ethical in business practices (Job 31:38-40)

III. Conclusion
1. 'The defense rests'
2. The two most powerful combination of ingredients on earth
3. Don't allow hasatan a foothold - commit to integrity!

How ADONAI Renewed Job's Wineskin & Transformed His Fathering Paradigm

a. Job 12:4 (TLV) - What did Job ask for?
b. Methods ADONAI used to renew Job's wineskin and transform his fathering paradigm:
1. The Pain of Grief (Job 6:2)
2. The Pain of Perplexity (Luke 21:25)
3. The Pain of Reproach
4. The Pain of Shattered Vision (Job 17:11b)
5. The Pain of Theological Crisis (Job 42:5,6)
6. The Pain of Absolute Brokenness & Weakness (Job 16:7a)
7. The Pain of G-D-Forsakenness (Job 23:8,9)
8. The Pain of Isolation
9. The Pain of Waiting
10. The Pain of the Terror of the LORD (Job 23:15,16)
11. The Pain of Ruined Success
12. The Pain of Songlessness (Job 30:31)
13. The Pain of False Accusation
14. The Pain of Constant Transition (Job 10:17)

I. Embracing ADONAI's Refining Fire with an Open Spirit
a. Yochanan/John 9:2,3 (TLV)
b. Two ways we close our spirit (Job 23:15)
c. Revealing of purpose enables Job to slowly open his spirit - the progression:
a. Job's first speech
b. Job's second speech (Job 7:17-21)
c. Job's third speech
d. Job's fourth speech (Job 13:15; 13:16;14:14)
e. Job's fifth speech
f. Job's sixth speech (Job 19:25-27)
g. Job's seventh speech (Job 21:9)
h. Job's eighth speech (Job 23:10; 23:15,16)
i. Job's final speech (2 Cor. 12:10)

II. Ye'ush Kodesh (A Holy Desperation)
1. Job 6:26,27
2. Job 19:26,27

III. Seeking G-D Passionately - What this Looks Like
1. You are driven into the secret place of solitude where you seek His face (Job 2:8)
2. You devour the Scriptures as food for a dying person
3. You spend chunks of time waiting upon Him in prayer and vigilant contemplation
4. You gratefully utilize spiritual disciplines as vehicles to intensify your pursuit
5. It comes with a theological tension (Job 19:25-27)
a. Extreme #1 - "Microwave theology"
b. Extreme #2 - "Martha theology"
c. Option #3 - "Jacob theology"

I. Controversial Elihu
a. Elihu has a temper problem (Job 32:1-5 TLV)
b. Elihu is arrogant (Job 32:9-14)
c. Elihu is a Chatty Cathy (Job 32:18; 34:36,37; 36:21; 33:6,7)

II. Uncanny Parallels to the Tree of Sacrifice
1. The most righteous man on earth suffered the most of any man on earth.
2. Job did nothing wrong to deserve his suffering.
3. Job suffered so profoundly so that people everywhere would be able to identify with him (Colossians 1:24).
4. It was ADONAI's will for Job to suffer.
5. Suffering was ADONAI's pathway for Job to enter his highest.
6. Job asked why (Job 7:20,21; 10:2; 13:24)
7. In his darkest hour, Job's friends failed him.
8. Job's sufferings had three sources: ADONAI's (seeming) abandonment, hasatan's assaults, and people's reproaches.
9. Job was falsely accused (Job 22:6-10).
10. Job was challenged by others to save himself.
11. Job was resurrected from his sufferings to a ministry of intercession for his friends.

III. Grappling with Job's Missteps
a. Luke 18:1-8