Tree of Life Messianic Congregation

By Rabbi Dr. Joel LibermanReligion & Spirituality Christianity Judaism

Tree of Life Messianic Congregation episodes

August 08 Ma'aseh ha Sh'lichim (The Acts of the Apostles): A Paradigm of Messianic Judaism 4

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?
56 min
August 01 Ma'aseh ha Sh'lichim (The Acts of the Apostles): A Paradigm of Messianic Judaism 3

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?
1 hr 5 min
July 25 Ma'aseh ha Sh'lichim (The Acts of the Apostles): A Paradigm of Messianic Judaism 2

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
1 hr 7 min
July 18 Ma'aseh ha Sh'lichim (The Acts of the Apostles): A Paradigm of Messianic Judaism

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
48 min
July 11 Being Prepared for Renewed Intimacy with G-D: A Sermon Series Through the Book of Job 7

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)
47 min
June 27 Being Prepared for Renewed Intimacy with G-D: A Sermon Series Through the Book of Job 6

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!
36 min
June 20 Being Prepared for Renewed Intimacy with G-D: A Sermon Series Through the Book of Job 5

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)
46 min
June 13 Being Prepared for Renewed Intimacy with G-D: A Sermon Series Through the Book of Job 4

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"
52 min
June 06 Being Prepared for Renewed Intimacy with G-D: A Sermon Series Through the Book of Job 3

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
57 min
May 30 Being Prepared for Renewed Intimacy with G-D: A Sermon Series Through the Book of Job 2

I. The Ultimate Model of Extravagant Worship
a. Job 1:18-21 (TLV)
II. Don't Miss Out on Your Spiritual Inheritance!
a. Job 2:7-10
III. The Inability to Exercise Accurate Discernment
a. Job 2:11-13
b. Job 3:3-5,11-13,20-26
c. Job 6:21b
d. Job 27:5
e. Job 17:4
f. Eliphaz
1. Job 4:3-5
2. Job 4:8
3. Job 4:12-19
4. Job 5:3,4
5. Job 5:8
6. Job 5:17-19
7. Job 15:9,10
g. Bildad
1. Job 8:4
2. Job 8:6
3. Job 18:3
4. Job 18:13a
5. Job 18:19a
h. Zophar
1. Job 11:6b
2. Job 20:15,18-20,28,29
49 min

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Messianic Judaism is a biblically based movement of Jewish people who have come to believe in Yeshua as the promised Jewish Messiah of Israel. Yeshua is the Hebrew name for Jesus, which means…