Come, follow me! (Matt. 4:19) These three words changed the trajectory of the religious climate of the 1st-century Messianic community. They transformed the customary approach in how leaders would forever engage people. Yeshua was a masterful leader of people, first engaging them for a life of discipleship and following, then eventually propelling them into germinating…
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Honey and pomegranates, dried fruit and all kinds of presents for the kitchen are flooding the stores as Israel enters into the Feasts of Tishri which began two Friday nights ago with Rosh Hashanah. Traditionally, the nation celebrates this day as the start of the New Year, 5784. It is a very happy few days…
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John 15:18-19 If the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. But you are not of the world, since I have chosen you out of the world; therefore the world hates you. Did you ever leave a…
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John 15:17 These things I command you, so that you may love one another. What we are reading here in John 15, is a continuation of the dialogue that began in John 13, in the upper room at the last supper. Yeshua is speaking the truth urgently, because He is well aware that time is…
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In these uncertain times in which we live, it is very easy for life’s circumstances to become overwhelming and rob us of our peace. With so many things to distract us, it’s easy to lose focus of the One who brings us life and the peace we so desperately need. What and to whom do…
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John 15:16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I selected you so that you would go and produce fruit, and your fruit would remain. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name. Last time, we experienced being chosen by God. Today, let’s deal with what Yeshua said about…
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John 15:16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I selected you so that you would go and produce fruit, and your fruit would remain. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name. What a treasure Yeshua spoke in His last hours on earth. He, Himself, was the first…
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Once we are saved by grace through faith (Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:8; 1 Peter 1:3), how do we cooperate by faith with God’s power in the journey of growing up into our salvation (Titus 2:11-14; Philippians 2:12-13; 1 Peter 1:9; 2:2) until that Day when our salvation journey will be completed at the 2nd coming…
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John 15:15 I am no longer calling you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing. Now I have called you friends, because everything I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. Last time, we discussed the blessings and benefits of being a friend of God, Yedidiya…
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John 15:13-14 No one has greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. I couldn’t resist putting these two verses together. Yeshua’s profession of love for His friends, coupled with a serious definition of who His friends are. This…
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