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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!