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I decided to answer some FAQ about Passover this year in preparation for the holydays. I look at the reason why Yahweh’s people stay up most of the night on Passover, and at what point we are allowed to exit our house (to fulfill the remaining ordinances). The lesson ends with an actual example in our local congregation of an emergency situation and how Yahweh’s mercy always forgives the repentant, obedient person.

This lesson calls us back to celebrating that which Yahweh sanctions. Modern Christianity celebrates just about every holiday with some kind of religious flare, except for the ones commanded in Holy Scripture. I do an overview of the Scriptural calendar here, and end with talking about how Yeshua is the great shadow-caster. Buckle up for a truck-load of information.

This wraps up this mini-series within a series on the Scriptural gift of tongues. Acts 2:11-13 is exegeted and then questions are answered. Towards the end 1 Corinthians 14 is examined in light of Acts 2; whether or not the languages therein are the same, and whether or not the gift the Apostles received can be or is experienced today. So many golden nuggets of teaching are given in this lesson. 

There is a debate (even in scholarship) as to whether the text at hand refers to a woman miscarrying or going into labor and having a live-birth. There’s also discussion as to whether the harm mentioned here is just to the woman or also to the child growing inside the woman. This lesson looks at all the variables, and pulls some interesting information from the Septuagint text as well as the writings of the ancient Jewish historian Philo. 

Before getting into the intricacies of this law, groundwork must be laid as to how Hebrews thought of conception and pregnancy. In this lesson I talk about some common sense arguments and then look at some key Scriptures from Genesis, Psalms, and Luke.

We can’t harm others and expect to not have to make it right by actual, tangible means. This lesson deals with physical altercations between friends (or people in general), and it also covers the proper understanding on ancient master-to-slave relationships in Hebrew culture. I talk about the prophet use of the “rod of correction” as well. 

Why did Yahweh give the Apostles of Yeshua the ability to speak in languages they had never learned? This lesson takes us all the way back to Genesis, and then walks through some key texts in the Law (Deuteronomy 28:49) and the Prophets (Isaiah 28:11; Jeremiah 15:5). It ends with an impactful look at the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

This sermon looks at 2 Timothy 3:1-5, Matthew 7:21-23, and Titus 1:15-16 in order to determine what power Paul is telling Timothy that some people deny. It’s so important that we always read and interpret Scripture in context, else we will come up with all sorts of fanciful doctrines. I critique the modern day Charismatic Church in this sermon, and I do not apologize for it. 

If you’ve never studied about Hanukkah you really should. I encourage you to start by reading 1 Maccabees 1-4 and 2 Maccabees 6, 7, and 10. This lesson centers in on the dedication some of the Israelites had towards Yahweh during a time of extreme persecution, calling us all to examine our own dedication to Yahweh.

What exactly happened in Acts 2 in regards to foreign tongues? Is the modern Pentecostal experience biblically affirmed? Listen carefully with an open bible to learn some things you rarely hear taught even though they are right there in a popular chapter in the New Testament.