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Numbers 4:21 - 7:89
June 6th, 2020
Pastor Curtis Taylor
Exodus 32:26 And Mosheh stood in the entrance of the camp, and said, “Who is for יהוה ?Come to me.” NASO!!
Why we should Stand UP & Know “WHY ARE WE BELIEVERS IN OUR FAITH”??
It’s called Apologetics?
Many are not familiar with the word “apologetics” and some wonder if it has anything to do with apologizing. It’s really quite the opposite. Apologetics is a defense of your beliefs in HIM! It explains WHY you believe!! It’s giving answers and reasons for what we believe.
Two things are essential for effective apologetics:
Knowledge of facts in our faith as well as an ability to present the facts.
An ability to give a defense when challenged.
Yeshua bore witness to HIS apologetic ministry.
My mission has been to: the perfecting of the set-apart ones, to the work of service to a building up of the body of the Messiah, Ephesians 4:12
We should fulfill the command given by Peter in 1 Peter 3:15. “Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer * to every man that asks you a reason** of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.”
In this verse are two important words that define apologetics: answer and reason. Let’s now understand what Peter directed and why he used these two words. Then we’ll address why we should care about apologetics. The word answer* is a translation of the Greek word apologia, from which we get the word apologetics.
Strong’s Dictionary defines apologia as: Apologia; G627, ἀπολογία, Total KJV Occurrences: 8 , ap-ol-og-ee’-ah; from the same as G626; (used 11 times) a plea (“apology”):–answer (for self), clearing of self, defense.
So, from the word apologia, we learn that we are instructed to defend the Word of God.
Simply put, we are to stand firm, NASO, on the truths of the Bible & be ready to declare & defend God’s Word with facts & the Truth!!.
The second noteworthy word in 1 Peter 3:15 is reason**. We are told to give a reason for the hope we have in us. “Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer [apologia] to every man that asks you a reason [logos] of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.”
“Reason” is the Greek word logos, which is also translated as “word.”
Strong’s Dictionary defines logos as: Logos; from G3004; something said or thought; by impl. a topic, also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive!
This definition tells us that reasoning (logos) is thoughtful study and mental evaluation of subject matter and discourses. This denotes sharing information (defined by Strong’s as tidings) by communication through speaking (defined: speech, talk, utterance, word), writing (defined: treatise) and/or showing (defined: show, work).
One more word of greatest significance in 1 Peter 3:15 is the word HOPE! We are to give answers and reasons for the hope that we have. No one defines this “hope” better than Paul when he says, “…Meshiach in you, the hope of glory.”
Naso: You are still standing, stand firm, steadfast, after all that has been set against you, You are HIS Anointed, Be Steadfast. Stand up!!! Naso!!!
We are called to be one, not to cause division, not to be the Accuser, not to have a Critical Spirit, but to Love and Encourage one another!!
Paul tells us in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way, because the falling away is to come first, and the man of lawlessness1 is to be revealed, the son of destruction.
Is there a “falling away” going on right now?
This is a strong picture and prophecy that is happening NOW of the remnant being returned! It’s time to shout!
God chose you. God chose me. God loved you and me, and decided that we were worth saving. He sanctified us, saved us, called us, and gave us the glorious inheritance of Heaven!
2 Thessalonians 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
Hold on to the truths of the Word of God. Hold on to the traditions of the gospel that taught you about Yeshua. Let no man deceive you. Don’t be fooled by every little wind of doctrine that may come by!
Galatians 5:1 What the Messiah has freed us for is freedom! Therefore, stand firm, and don't let yourselves be tied up again to a yoke of slavery.
Acts 26:16 But get up, and stand on your feet! I have appeared to you to appoint you to serve and bear witness to what you have already seen of me, and to what you will see when I appear to you in the future.
Joshua 7:10 ADONAI said to Y'hoshua, "Stand up! Why are you lying there face down?”
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Don't let anyone deceive you in any way.
1 John 3:7 Children, don't let anyone deceive you - it is the person that keeps on doing what is right who is righteous, just as God is righteous.
God will comfort you, he will give you a Spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind and he will establish you on the Rock.
And that Rock is Yeshua haMeshiach....
Stay strong in the Lord, Bear Witness and Keep Watching!!
—Pastor Curtis
Three Questions:
How can we “STAND UP” MORE FOR OUR Faith??
Do we know how to “BEAR WITNESS” in Our Daily Life?
Can you explain your “BELIEF SYSTEM”??
Keep the Faith and Spread the Fire!
Are you progressing?
Are you overcoming?
Don't go through the same sins Year after Year, Stand up and take authority, You have the Power!
Say this:
“I am Overcoming!”
I am walking in a constant Self-Examination.
Forgiveness sets me Free! Mercy and Compassion is Messiah.
It is sometimes missed in the Messianic Movement.
It is all About Mashiach.
The Torah should point us to Messiah, Yeshua!
Revelation 17 tells us the enemy will search out and test those who have 2 criteria, not just one!
The understanding of Yah’s Commandments, Torah! …and…
The Testimony of the Lamb.
Which ones do you have??
We are being tested to Humble us and Prove what is IN our Hearts!
Out of the Abundance of our Hearts, comes Clean or Unclean. Tahor or Tamei L‘Chaim or Metzora. Life or Death.
Choose Life and Give Life
Keep the Faith and Spread the Fire… By Giving it Away!
Week #24 - The Walking Dead
Metzora - Infected Ones
Leviticus 14:1 - 15:33
April 25th, 2020
Pastor Curtis Taylor
Leviticus 15:31 “You must keep the children of Yisra'el separate (Niddah) from their uncleanness, (the things of the world that defile them) that makes them unclean…”
Week #23 - His New Beginning in Us
Shemini
Pastor Wendi Wood
April 18th, 2020
Are you carrying the load Yahweh gave you (or your own)?
Why have we deemed regular study of the Torah so important?
In Leviticus 8:33-36, Aharon and his sons were told not to go outside the Door of the Tent of Appointment for 7 days, until the days of their ordination were completed. What do you think was happening during that time?
What does ordination mean?
How is ordination different than consecration?
Nadab and Abihu were just consecrated and ordained; what was in them that when they were put into service, they brought something to Yahweh that was not prescribed?
What does it mean in Leviticus 10:7 that the anointing oil is upon you and we are not supposed to go out of the door of the Tent of appointment?
What fruit has Yahweh produced in us prior to this “Stay at Home” time that has prepared us for this time?
Week #22 - Tsav - Commands of Messiah
Leviticus 6:1(6:8) – 8:36
April 4th, 2020
Pastors Curtis Taylor and Wendi Wood
Yahweh instructs Moses to Command Aaron and his sons regarding their duties and rights as kohanim (“priests”) who offer the korbanot (animal and meal offerings) in the Sanctuary. More instructions to the 5 offerings in Leviticus 1-5.