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!Course!for!Talmidim'Meshichim!Foundations for Messianic Jewish Faith

By!Dr.!Raymond!Gannon!(Teaching!One:!!Who'is'God?)!

!!Introduction:!!!Foundational!to!everything!else!in!Messianic!Faith!and!discipleship!is!the!firm!understanding!of!who!God!is!and!what!His!claims!are!upon!our!lives.!!In!this!first!teaching,!we!observe!what!it!means!to!declare!that!God!is!the!Creator.!!We!will!also!see!what!some!of!His!main!attributes!or!personality!characteristics!are!and!as!well!as!some!of!the!names!and!titles!the!Hebrew!Bible!affords!Him.!!1A.! ! GOD'IS'THE'CREATOR'OF'ALL'THINGS!

!1B.! ! God!created!the!universe!!(Gen.!1:1)!

!Gen. 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.!

! ! !The!universe!is!to!be!the!stage!set!for!the!revelation!of!God’s!greatness;!It!is!the!ground!or!sphere!for!accomplishing!His!chief!purpose!of!SelfMRevelation.!All!creation!is!completely!owned!by!God!and!is!to!be!fully!dedicated!to!the!revelation!of!His!glory!and!majesty.!

!2B.! ! God!created!man!!(Gen.!1:26M27)!!Gen. 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps

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on the earth.” 27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

!Man!was!designed!to!perfectly!reflect!the!nature!and!character!of!God;!!he!was!created!to!manifest!the!beauty!and!holiness!of!the!Creator.!Adam!and!Eve,!the!first!man!and!woman,!were!created!to!generate!multitudes!of!human!beings!who!were!all!to!be!worshipful!toward!the!Creator.!!God!is!the!Source!of!All!Life.!

!3B.! When!man!sinned,!his!perfectly!mirrored!reflection!of!God!was!now!broken!and!shattered;!!sin!had!disrupted!God’s!purposes!for!man.!!!The!Good!News!for!us!and!all!mankind!is!that!God!did!not!simply!discard!the!broken!pieces!of!man!but!resolved!to!redeem!man,!reassemble!man,!and!determined!to!once!again!enjoy!man!as!he!would!be!reMcreated!in!God’s!image!and!again!accurate!bear!the!image!of!God’s!holy!character.!!!2A.! GOD'IS'THE'ONLY'ONE'WORTHY'OF'WORSHIP'AND'ALL'HONOR.!!

Deut.!6:4M9!!4 “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! 5 “And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 “And these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart; 7 and you shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. 8 “And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 9 “And you

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shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. !3A.! ! GOD'IS'THE'RIGHTEOUS'JUDGE'OF'ALL'MANKIND!!Ps. 7:11 God is a righteous judge, And a God who has indignation every day. Ps. 50:6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah. !Ezek. 24:14 “I, the LORD, have spoken; it is coming and I shall act. I shall not relent, and I shall not pity, and I shall not be sorry; according to your ways and according to your deeds I shall judge you,” declares the Lord GOD.’” !!!4A.! THE'BIBLE'DESCRIBES'GOD'IN'TERMS'OF'THOSE'ATTRIBUTES'WHICH'CHARACTERIZE'HIM:!!1B.! God!is!omniscient:!!God!knows!all!things;!!

nothing!is!hidden!from!Him.!!!1 Jn. 3:20b God is greater than our heart and knows all things. !God!knows!the!past,!present,!and!the!future.!!!!There!is!nothing!in!our!lives!that!He!does!not!know!about.!!!!He!knows!everything,!everything!about!you!(and!loves!you).!! ! !2B.! God!is!a!Person;!He!is!fully!awake,!He!never!sleeps!nor!slumbers.!!1C.! God!is!HOLY.!!Ps.!22:3;!Isa.!6:3!!

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Ps. 22:3 Yet You are holy, O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel. Isa. 6:3 And one called out to another and said, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts, The whole earth is full of His glory.” 2C. God is JUST. 2 Chron. 19:7; Ps. 19:9!!2 Chron. 19:7 “Now then let the fear of the LORD be upon you; be very careful what you do, for the LORD our God will have no part in unrighteousness, or partiality, or the taking of a bribe.” Ps. 19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true; they are righteous altogether. 3C. God is LOVING. “God is love.” 1 Jn. 4:8!!Jn. 3:16 !!“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. 4C. God is GOOD. Ps. 73:1 !!Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart!! !

!5C.! God!is!TRUE!!

Num. 23:19 “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

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Ps. 12:6 !!The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. Heb. 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;! !

!6C.! God!is!ONE!!(echad,!a!composite!unity).!

!Deut. 6:4 “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! Isa. 44:6 !!“Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel And his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: ‘I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me. 1Cor. 8:4 Therefore . . . we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one. !!!7C.! God!is!ETERNAL!!Deut. 33:27 “The eternal God is a dwelling place,

And underneath are the everlasting arms; !Isa. 9:6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. !8C.! God!is!THE!SOVEREIGN!MASTER!OF!THE!UNIVERSE!!1Chron. 29:11 “Thine, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed

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everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Thine is the dominion, O LORD, and Thou dost exalt Thyself as head over all. 12 “Both riches and honor come from Thee, and Thou dost rule over all, and in Thy hand is power and might; and it lies in Thy hand to make great, and to strengthen everyone. !!5A.! The!NAMES!of!God!!1B.! YHVH:!!The!SelfMexistent!One!who!reveals!Himself”!!

1C.! This!is!the!NAME!used!in!God’s!covenants!with!Israel.!!! Ex.!20:2;!Jer.!31:31M34!

!Ex. 20:2 !!“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. ! Jer. 31:31 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them, “declares the LORD. 33 “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the LORD, “I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 “And they shall not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the LORD, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

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!2C.! The!One!who!is!the!NAME!never!changes.!!!!

Mal.!3:6!!Mal. 3:6 “For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. !

3C.! The!One!who!is!the!NAME!is!the!Universal!Ruler.!!! Amos!5:8;!Ps.!68:4;!Jer.!32:27!

!Amos 5:8 !!He who . . . changes deep darkness into morning, Who also darkens day into night, Who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the surface of the earth, The LORD is His name. Ps. 68:4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts, Whose name is the LORD, and exult before Him. Jer. 32:27 “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?” !YHVH*yireh:!!! ! “The!LORD!will!provide”!!Gen.!22:14!YHVH*rapha:! ! “The!LORD!that!heals”!!Ex.!15:26!YHVH*nissi:! ! “The!LORD!our!banner”!!Ex.!17:15!YHVH*shalom:!! ! “The!LORD!our!peace”!!Judg.!6:23,24!YHVH*ra’ah:5 ! “The!LORD!my!shepherd”!!Ps.!23:1!YHVH*tsidkenu:!! “The!LORD!our!righteousness”!!Jer.!23:6!YHVH*shamma:!! “The!LORD!is!there”!!Ezek.!48:35!!2B.! ! EL!! or!! ELOHIM.!!!See!Ps.!86:15;!Gen.!1:1!! EL*Shaddai! ! “Almighty!God”!!Gen.!35:11!! EL*ELYON!! “Most!High!God”!!Gen.!14:18!! EL*Olam! ! “Everlasting!God”!!Gen.!21:33! !

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!3B.! ! Other!titles!given!for!God!in!the!Hebrew!Bible:!! ! King,!Lawgiver,!Judge,!Rock,!Fortress,!Tower,!!

Deliverer,!Shepherd,!Husband,!Father!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By!Dr.!Raymond!Gannon!!(Teaching!2:!!Who'is'Yeshua?)!

!INTRODUCTION:!!

!Who!is!Yeshua?!!!!We!realize!that!our!salvation!experience!

and!eternal!life!are!based!entirely!on!what!God!has!done!for!us!through!Yeshua,!the!author!of!our!salvation.!!But!who!is!Yeshua?!

!What!we!explore!now!is!the!fact!that!Yeshua!is!the!Son!of!

God,!the!Promised!Anointed!One,!the!Messiah,!the!Redeemer!of!!“All!Israel”!and!all!mankind.!!Yeshua!is!currently!seated!of!the!right!hand!of!God!in!heaven!making!intercession!for!us.!!But!He!is!coming!again!soon!to!rule!and!reign!over!the!entire!world!from!the!city!of!Jerusalem.!

!!1A.! YESHUA'IS'THE'SON'OF'GOD.!!!Ps.!2:6M8!!Ps. 2:6 “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.” 7 !!“I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘Thou art My Son, Today I have begotten Thee. 8 ‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Thine inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Thy possession.!! !! Yeshua!was!sent!from!heaven!by!the!Father!to!reveal!and!to!manifest!the!Glory!of!God!in!human!form.!!This!was!the!original!assignment!given!to!Adam,!the!first!man,!and!the!expectation!of!Adam’s!descendants.!!However,!sin!shattered!man’s!capacity!to!manifest!the!holiness,!purity,!righteousness!

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and!loving!character!of!God.!!Therefore!God!sent!His!Son!Yeshua!into!the!world!to!succeed!where!Adam!had!failed,!to!be!the!Second!Adam,!who!would!accurately!reveal!of!the!loving!and!holy!nature!of!the!real!Creator!God.!!! Jn.!1:9M13!!Jn. 1:9 !!There was the true light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, 13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.!!!2A.! YESHUA'IS'THE'PROMISED'MESSIAH!!!Isa.!7:14;!Mic.!5:2;!Isa.!9:6M7;!52:10M53:12!!

1B.! God!had!long!promised!Moses,!the!Hebrew!Kings,!and!the!Hebrew!Prophets,!that!God!would!send!to!the!world!the!Jewish!Messiah.!!Is. 7:14 “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. Mic. 5:2 “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.” Is. 9:6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

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Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. 7 There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this. !

2B.! Yeshua!is!that!promised!Messiah!sent!to!bring!Israel!into!a!greater!place!of!spiritual!relationship!with!God!and!more!meaningful!usefulness!as!agents!of!God’s!glory.!! !

Isa.!52:13M53:12!!Isa. 52:13 !!Behold, My servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up, and greatly exalted. 14 Just as many were astonished at you, My people, So His appearance was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men. 15 Thus He will sprinkle many nations, Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him; For what had not been told them they will see, And what they had not heard they will understand. Isa. 53:1 !!Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him. 3 He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face, He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Isa. 53:4 !!Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,

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And by His scourging we are healed. 6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him. Isa. 53:7 !!He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living, For the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due? 9 His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth. Isa. 53:10 !!But the LORD was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. 11 As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.!!3A.! YESHUA''IS'“THE'LAMB'OF'GOD'WHO'TAKES'AWAY'THE'SIN'OF'THE'WORLD”!!Rom.!3:23;!Jn.!3:16!!Rom. 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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Jn. 3:16 !!“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. !! God’s!justice!required!more!than!man!could!possibly!do!to!atone!for!sin.!!Therefore,!God!took!the!initiative!Himself!to!make!the!eternal!sacrifice!that!would!atone!for!all!human!sin,!past,!present!and!future.!!This!was!successfully!accomplished!with!the!crucifixion!of!Yeshua!at!the!hands!of!the!Romans.!!4A.! YESHUA'IS'THE'REDEEMER'AND'KING'OF'ISRAEL'AND'ALL'MANKIND'UNIVERSALLY!!1B.! Yeshua!is!certainly!the!Redeemer!and!Promised!

King/Messiah!of!Israel.!!But!Yeshua!has!also!been!divinely!appointed!and!anointed!as!the!Messiah!and!King!of!the!Universe.!!Not!only!Israel!but!all!nations!are!obliged!to!submit!to!Him!and!acknowledge!His!Lordship!and!Mastery.!

!2B.! Yeshua!sent!the!apostles!out!to!carry!the!Gospel!Good!

News!message!to!all!nations!that!the!Kingdom!of!God!has!arrived,!and!that!all!nations!and!persons!can!actively!participate!in!the!Kingdom!through!faith!in!God’s!appointed!and!anointed!Messiah!Yeshua.!!!!!Matt.!28:19M20;!Book!of!Acts!

!Matt. 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” !!

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3B.! Faith!that!God!has!sent!Yeshua!to!be!an!eternal!sacrifice!for!our!sins,!and!that!God!afterward!raised!Yeshua!from!the!dead!makes!one!a!living!candidate!to!receive!God’s!gift!of!eternal!life!in!Yeshua.!!!!!Rom.!10:9M10;!6:23.!

!!Rom. 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; 10 for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. Rom. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.!!5A.! YESHUA'IS'RETURNING'SOON'AS'THE'LION'OF'JUDAH'AND'WILL'RULE'AND'EXERCISE'HIS'UNIVERSAL'REIGN'OVER'THE'ENTIRE'EARTH.!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By!Dr.!Raymond!Gannon!!(Teaching!3:!!Who'is'the'Ruach'HaKodesh,'the'Holy'Spirit?)!

Teacher!Edition!!

Introduction:!!Who!is!the!Ruach5HaKodesh,!the!Holy!Spirit?!! The!Father’s!Agent!to!Bring!Order!out!of!Chaos!! The!Evidence!of!the!Coming!of!God’s!Kingdom!! The!Enabler!for!Kingdom!Enterprise!!1A.! BY'DEFINITION:''THE'SPIRIT'OF'GOD,'THE'RUACH'HAKODESH,'IS'THE'PERPETUALLY'EMANATING'DIVINE'PRESENCE'OF'GOD’S'REALITY.' !!We!see!that!the!Spirit!of!God,!the!Ruach5HaKodesh,!was!active!from!the!earliest!moments!of!creation.!!Gen. 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.!!2A.! THE'RUACH'HAKODESH'IS'GOD’S'AGENT'TO'BRING'DIVINELY'

CREATED'ORDER'OUT'OF'CHAOS.!!!!1B.! At!creation!itself!as!seen!in!Gen.!1:1M2!!Gen. 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.!!

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2B.! But!the!Ruach5HaKodesh5also!brings!divine!order,!structure,!and!discipline!into!our!personal!lives.!!This!begins!the!moment!we!receive!Yeshua.!!The!Ruach5HaKodesh5begins!the!process!of!working!with!us!daily!and!changing!us!to!progressively!become!more!like!Yeshua.!

!1C.! The!Spirit!of!God,!the!Ruach5HaKodesh,5has!been!

assigned!by!the!Father!to!transform!every!believer!into!the!very!image!and!likeness!of!Yeshua,!who!is!the!very!image!and!exact!representation!of!God’s!character!and!holiness.!

!Col. 1:15 And He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation.

!Heb. 1:3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high;!!

2C.! The!Ruach5HaKodesh5works!with!us!daily!to!convict!us!of!sin,!and!increase!our!desire!to!be!more!like!the!Lord!in!terms!of!His!holy!character!and!commitment!of!justice!and!righteousness.!!In!the!end,!we!finally!do!attain!to!what!God!is!determined!to!have!us!be:!!representatives!of!His!glory!in!the!earth.!

!!3B.! In!the!universe.!!!

!1C.! Announcement!of!Kingdom!of!God.!!!2C.! The!Evidence!of!the!Coming!of!God’s!Kingdom.!!3C.! Redemption!of!the!nations!and!reconciliation!to!the!

grand!purposes!of!God.!

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!4B.! Spiritual!giftings!to!manifest!God’s!presence!are!provided!

by!the!Ruach!to!manifest!God’s!presence!to!meet!the!needs!of!God’s!people!and!assure!that!all!worship!is!conducted!“decently!and!in!order”!1!Cor.!14:39M40!

!1 Cor. 14:39 !!Therefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak in tongues. 40 But let all things be done properly and in an orderly manner.!!3A.! THE'RUACH'HAKODESH'IS'THE'ENABLER'FOR'KINGDOM'ENTERPRISE!!1B.! Yeshua!told!His!talmidim!(disciples)!that!upon!His!

ascension!into!heaven,!He!would!send!them!a!Comforter,!One!who!would!lead!them!into!all!truth.!!!

!Matt. 3:11 “As for me, I immerse you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will immerse you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Jn. 14:26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. 2B.! That!Comforter,!the!Ruach5HaKodesh,5was!given!to!the!

Messianic!believers!on!Shavuot,!the!Day!of!Pentecost,!with!the!evidence!of!speaking!with!other!tongues.!!!

!Acts 2:1 !!And when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent, rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves,

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and they rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. !3B.! This!was!in!fulfillment!of!what!the!Hebrew!Prophet!Joel!

had!foretold!centuries!earlier.!!Joel!2:28M29!!Joel 2:28 !!“And it will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions. 29 “And even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.!!4B.! On!the!Day!of!Pentecost!and!throughout!the!Book!of!Acts,!and!over!the!twenty!centuries!since,!God!has!been!filling!Talmidim5Meshichim!with!the!Ruach5HaKodesh5as!evidenced!by!speaking!with!other!tongues.!!The!infilling!of!the!Ruach5HaKodesh5is!not!merely!to!provide!the!worshipper!a!prayer!language!but!to!empower!one!with!divine!boldness!to!be!a!witness!for!the!Jewish!Messiah!Yeshua!in!the!earth.!!If!you!are!a!bornMagain!believer,!remain!fully!repentant!of!sin!and!have!been!forgiven!by!God!on!the!basis!of!Yeshua’s!shed!blood,!then!you!are!a!candidate!to!receive!even!today,!even!now,!the!infilling!of!the!Ruach5HaKodesh5with!the!laying!on!of!hands.!!Luke 11:13 “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

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Jn. 20:22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By!Dr.!Raymond!Gannon!!(Teaching!4:!!What'is'Salvation?)!

Teacher!Edition!!

Introduction:!!!What!is!Salvation?!!What!does!it!mean!to!“be!saved?”!What!is!sin?!!And!why!does!sin!need!an!atonement?!!!What!is!the!“new!birth!or!regeneration?”!And!why!does!one!need!to!be!“born!again?”!!What!are!the!benefits!of!salvation?!!And!just!how!does!one!find!and!experience!salvation?!!1A.! WHAT'DOES'IT'MEANS'TO'EXPERIENCE'SALVATION?!!1B.! Salvation!suggests!a!“rescue!from!danger,”!like!the!

salvaging!the!life!of!one!who!is!hopelessly!on!the!brink!of!drowning,!or!snatching!someone!otherwise!trapped!in!a!burning!home!and!doomed!to!perish!in!the!flames.!!!

!2B.! Salvation!in!Yeshua!is!far!grander!and!eternally!more!

important!than!rescue!from!deep!waters!or!a!burning!home!since!Messiah’s!salvation!affords!us!rescue!from!our!sinking!into!the!quicksand!and!sinful!morass!of!our!world,!and!enables!us!to!escape!the!eternal!flames!of!punishment!for!evildoers,!and!receive!even!now!the!gift!of!eternal!life.! ! Rom.!3:23;!6:23!

!Rom. 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Rom. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Messiah Yeshua our Lord.!

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!2A.! SIN'AND'ATONEMENT!!!1B.! Sin!is!the!transgression!of!God’s!law;!doing,!thinking!and!

saying!anything!that!is!out!of!character!with!God’s!holiness;!representing!a!misuse!of!your!humanity!for!purposes!other!than!God!intended.!!Sin!is!any!violation!of!the!will!of!God.!

!2B.! When!Adam!and!Eve!sinned,!they!were!banished!from!

God’s!company!and!were!no!longer!privileged!to!enjoy!God’s!sweet!fellowship!in!the!cool!of!evening.!!No!longer!qualified!to!properly!represent!the!Lord,!they!lost!not!only!their!spiritual!lives!but!their!very!purpose!for!life!itself,!e.g.,!to!glorify!God,!to!manifest!Him.!!

!3B.! God!would!provide!a!way!for!man!to!be!redeemed!from!

his!slavery!to!sin!and!its!consequences.!!God!would!take!the!initiative!to!pay!the!full!price!for!man’s!sin!Himself!and!therefore!be!enabled!to!liberate!man!from!eternal!damnation,!salvage!man!from!the!wickedness!of!human!societies,!and!renew!man’s!ability!to!communicate!with!God.!!!

!4B.! That!atonement!for!human!sin!was!made!by!Yeshua!(at!

God’s!direction)!to!provide!the!complete!satisfaction!of!God’s!wrath!upon!sin!so!that!justice!was!fully!served.!

!!3A.! REGENERATION'AND'RIGHTEOUSNESS!!1B.! Yeshua!addressed!the!issue!of!the!need!for!regeneration!

or!spiritual!rebirth.!!Jn.!3:3,7!!

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Jn. 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Jn. 3:7 “Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 2B.! The!apostle!Peter!later!spoke!to!the!new!birth!experience.!!1!Pet.!1:23! 1 Pet. 1:23 for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and abiding word of God. 3B. When the Ruach HaKodesh, the Holy Spirit, touches our

spiritually dead souls, He makes us come alive to God again. Having now been “made alive” in Yeshua, we have access to God and freedom to communicate with Him. Becoming “born again” or being “regenerated” puts us back on speaking terms with God and begins the Ruach’s process of re-creating us into God’s proper image.

Jn. 3:5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 4A. AT THE MOMENT OF OUR GENUINE REPENTANCE AND FAITH IN MESSIAH YESHUA, WHEN WE CONFESS THAT YESHUA IS LORD AND BELIEVE IN OUR HEARTS THAT GOD HAS RAISED YESHUA FROM THE DEAD, WE EXPERIENCE SALVATION. Rom. 10:9-10.

1B. We are touched by the Ruach5HaKodesh5and!become!! “born!again.”

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2B. We escape all condemnation. Rom. 8:1 Rom. 8:1 !!There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Messiah Yeshua. 3B. We are declared righteous by God Himself.

Rom. 6:12-14 We exchange our sin for Yeshua’s righteousness. Sin has no more power or authority over us as we understand we are the blood-purchased possession of God and are at liberty only to pursue righteousness. Rom. 6:12 !!Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey its lusts, 13 and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. 4B. We recognize our own total lack of ability to attain to any measure of righteousness that would satisfy God. We rather submit to His righteousness which has now begun in us by the work of the Ruach HaKodesh and will find its completion with Yeshua’s Second Coming. Rom. 3:24; 5:1; 1 Jn. 3:2 !Rom. 3:24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Messiah Yeshua; Rom. 5:1 !!Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Messiah Yeshua, !

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1 Jn. 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is. !5B.! We!are!sanctified!or!made!holy!by!the!Ruach5HaKodesh.!!

! 1C.! First!the!Ruach5HaKodesh5washes!the!believer!clean!of!all!! the!impurities!in!our!lives!making!us!people!God!can!use!! for!His!glory.!!2!Thes.!2:13!!2 Thes. 2:13 !!But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.!!

! 2C.! Secondly,!the!Ruach5HaKodesh5marks!the!believer!as!the!! property!of!God;!that!is,!we!are!vessels!for!His!glory!that!! are!prohibited!from!any!kind!of!sinful!activities.!!We!are!! permitted!to!engage!in!all!actions,!thoughts!and!speech!! that!honor!God!and!His!divine!order!of!creation.!!!

! ! Rom.!6:19,22;!1!Thes.!4:3,7!!Rom. 6:19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification. Rom. 6:22 But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life. 1 Thes. 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each

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of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 1 Thes. 4:7 For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.!!

! 6B.! The!Ruach5HaKodesh5takes!permanent!residence!in!our!! lives,!working!with!us!daily!and!enabling!us!to!effectively!! serve!the!Lord.!!!!His!presence!and!activity!in!our!lives!! serves!as!the!divine!guarantee!that!we!have!received!life!! eternal.!!!5A.! GOD’S'GRACE'AND'OUR'FAITH!!

! 1B.! It!is!God!Himself!who!has!taken!the!initiative!to!find!us,!to!! come!after!us,!to!seek!to!redeem!us!and!make!us!His!! children!indeed.!!We!were!alienated!from!God!by!our!sin!! but!He!has!come!looking!for!us!to!make!us!part!of!His!new!! created!order!of!humanity!under!Yeshua.!!!! I!Jn.!4:19;!Jn.!3:16;!!!1 Jn. 4:19 We love, because He first loved us. Jn. 3:16 !!“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.!!

! 2B.! The!Ruach5HaKodesh5is!God’s!chief!Agent!in!speaking!to!! our!hearts!and!appealing!to!our!need!to!be!reconciled!! with!our!Creator.!!He!woos!us,!convicts!us!of!sin,!helps!to!! generate!faith!in!our!hearts!to!believe!God’s!message!of!! salvation,!and!then!performs!that!great!activities!of!! salvation!in!our!lives!mentioned!above.!!2!Cor.!5:19!!

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2 Cor. 5:19 . . . God was in Messiah reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.!!

! 3B.! We!cannot!reconcile!ourselves!to!God!by!any!other!means!! than!simply!yielding!to!receive!God’s!free!gift!of!salvation!! in!Yeshua.!!There!is!no!other!way.!!Eph.!2:8!!!Eph. 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By!Dr.!Raymond!Gannon!!(Teaching!5:!!What'are'the'Two'Messianic'Religious'Rites?)!

Teacher!Edition!!

Introduction:!!!!!Are!there!particular!Messianic!religious!rites!that!are!essential!to!Messianic!practice?!!The!answer!is!a!simple!yes;!there!are!two:!!(1)!The!Mikvah!and!(2)!the!Seudat5HaAdon5or!Lord’s!Seder.!!!1A. THE MIKVAH--WATER IMMERSION The Mikvah is one of the two ordinances practiced in the Messianic Jewish Movement. Like the Lord's Seder, the Mikvah is indispensable. 1B. Types from the Old Testament (Tenakh) Water immersion per se was not original with the Messiah Yeshua. It had several meanings was commonly practiced in the Hebrew Bible. For example: 1C. The Priestly cleansing for service/worship. Ex 30.17-21; 40.12; Lev. 16.23-26; 22.6 Ex. 30:17 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “You shall also make a laver of bronze, . . . 19 “And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it; 20 when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they may not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the

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LORD. 21 “So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they may not die; and it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations.” Ex. 40:12 “Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water. Lev. 16:23 !!“Then Aaron . . . 24 “ . . . shall bathe his body with water in a holy place . . . 2C. Ceremonial cleansing of the Leper. Lev. 14.1-9 Lev. 14:1 !!Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest, 3 and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper, 4 then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds . . . . 5 The priest shall also give orders to slay the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water. 6 As for the live bird, he shall take it, together with the cedar wood and the scarlet string and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slain over the running water. 7 He shall then sprinkle seven times the one who is to be cleansed from the leprosy, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the live bird go free over the open field. 8 The one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair, and bathe in water and be clean. Now afterward, he may enter the camp, but he shall stay outside his tent for seven days. 9 And it will be on the seventh day that he shall shave off all his hair: he shall shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair. He shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water and be clean.”

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3C. Part of the spiritual identification process for gentiles coming to faith in the God of Israel. 4C. Ritual cleansing after completion of the menstrual cycle to allow for resumption of normal conjugal rights.

5C. John's mivkah was of the Hebrew Bible order. It signified repentance and dependence on God for salvation in the midst of impending catastrophe and judgment. Matt. 3.1-8 Matt. 3:5-6 Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea, and all the district around the Jordan; 6 and they were being immersed by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins. 2B. Water immersion (the Mikvah) was prescribed for all new believers by the Messiah Yeshua Himself.

1C. The Messiah Yeshua has commanded that every believer follow His own example of being fully immersed in water. Matt. 28.19 Matt. 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, immersing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

2C. The Mikvah is to be undertaken in the Name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Matt. 28.19

3C. The Mikvah is to be accomplished by total immersion.

1D. Total immersion is the Biblical and traditional Jewish means of the mikvah purification ritual.

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2D. Circumstantial evidence would likewise indicate New Covenant mikvaot were by complete immersion. Acts 8.38 Acts 8:38 And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch; and he immersed him. 3D. The NT Greek word "baptidzo" signifies "immersion." 3B. The spiritual importance of the Mikvah.

1C. It indicates the washing away of the impurity of sin. Acts 22.16 Acts 22:16 ‘And now why do you delay? Arise, and be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.’ 2C. It heralds the believer's victory over sin; sin has no further dominion over him. Rom. 6.1-14 Rom. 6:1 !!What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin; 7 for he who has died is freed from

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sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin, once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Rom. 6:12 !!Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey its lusts, 13 and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.

3C. It declares the believer's total identification with the Messiah Yeshua in His death, burial, and resurrection. Rom. 6.3; Gal. 3.27; Col. 2.12-13; 1 Pt. 3.21-22 Rom. 6:3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Gal. 3:27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. Col. 2:12 having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13 And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 1 Pt. 3:21 And corresponding to that, baptism now saves you — not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to

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God for a good conscience — through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

4C. It espouses the believer's identification with the redeemed (spiritually circumcised) Messianic community of faith.

1 Cor. 12.13; Col. 2.11 1Cor. 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Col. 2:11 and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; 2A. THE LORD'S SEDER (Seudat HaAdon) 1B. The Hebrew Bible Background: 1C. Passover (Ex. 12)

1D. At the first Passover (Pesach), God delivered the children of Israel from enslavement to the Egyptian bondage. After some 400 years of servitude to harsh taskmasters, God set the people free to serve God.

2D. Among the rich symbolism of the Passover events and prescribed rituals are two particularly significant emblems.

1E. The Matzah, the unleavened bread, symbolizes the absence of sin. As the afikomen, it is broken

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ceremonially at the conclusion of the meal and distributed to all.

2E. The Wine symbolizes the joy associated with the accomplished redemption and liberty. The Cup of Redemption follows the breaking of the Matzah (the afikomen).

2C. The New Covenant to be divinely made with Israel and Judah was prophesied by Jer. 31:31-34.

Jer. 31:31 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD,

“when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them, “declares the LORD. 33 “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the LORD, “I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 “And they shall not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the LORD, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

3C. Biblical covenants were to be ratified and made

operational by the mutilation of flesh and the shedding of blood.

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2B. The Messiah Yeshua's Institution of the Lord's Seder. Matt. 26:26-28; 1 Cor. 11:23-32 Matt. 26:26 !!And while they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” 27 And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; 28 for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins. 1 Cor. 11:23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same way He took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. 27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he does not judge the body rightly. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord in order that we may not be condemned along with the world.

1C. Yeshua ratified and made effective the New Covenant that God had promised six centuries earlier.

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1D. After the Seder meal, Yeshua broke the matzah

(afikomen) to symbolize His soon-to-be mutilated flesh and instructed them to partake. (Matt. 26:26) Matt. 26:26 !!And while they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”

2D. After their eating of the matzah, Yeshua took the Cup of Redemption (the third cup) and instructed them to drink. The wine symbolized His soon-to-be shed blood. (Matt. 26:27-28) 27 And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; 28 for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.

2C. This Lord's Seder is to be enjoyed on a regular basis so as to perpetually acknowledge our Messiah's sacrifice on our behalf and so as to constantly celebrate its continuing effectiveness for our lives. (1 Cor. 11.24-26) 3B. Qualifications for partaking in the Lord's Seder

1C. One may partake as long as the believer is also exercising a vital faith in Yeshua and has been genuinely regenerated by the Spirit of God.

2C. One may partake who has repented of sin, i.e., one who is not living in a state of rebellion against the Lord. (The initial Biblical witness of this is water immersion)

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4B. The Spiritual Witness of the Lord's Seder to the

Believer. By partaking, the Believer:

1C. Acknowledges his confidence in and total dependence upon the atoning work of Messiah. (1 Cor. 11.24) 1 Cor. 11:24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

2C. Identifies with and is acknowledged as an integral part of the Messianic Faith Community (the Lord's Believing Body).

3C. Embraces his liberation from enslavement to sin and self and his freedom to pursue righteousness in his new life in God. Rom. 6:11-14 !Rom. 6:11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Rom. 6:12 !!Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey its lusts, 13 and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. !!!!

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!!Course!for!Talmidim'Meshichim!

Foundations for Messianic Jewish Faith By!Dr.!Raymond!Gannon!

!(Teaching!6:!!Who'are'the'Patriarchs'and'What'is'the'Torah?)!

Teacher!Edition!Introduction:!!

Who!are!the!Patriarchs!and!What!is!the!Torah?551A.! The!Hebrew!Bible!Patriarchs!are!Chiefly!Three:!!Abraham!(Gen.!11:27M25:11),!Isaac!(Gen.!21:1M25:11),!and!Jacob!(Gen.!25:19M35:29).!!1B.! They!functioned!primarily!in!Mesopotamia,!Egypt!and!the!

Promised!Land!of!Israel!during!the!18th!and!19th!centuries!before!Yeshua’s!coming,!nearly!four!thousand!years!ago.!

!2B.! God!made!major!promises!to!all!three!of!the!Patriarchs:!1C.! To!Abraham:!!15:5M21;!17:4M8;!18:18M19;!22:17M18!2C.! To!Isaac:!!26:2M4!3C.! To!Jacob!(Israel):!!28:13M15;!35:11M12;!46:3!

!3B.! God!promised!each!of!the!Patriarchs!three!essential!! things:!!1C.! Their!children!would!have!vast!real!estate!holdings!reaching!from!“the!river!of!Egypt”!in!the!southwest!to!the!Euphrates!in!the!northeast.!!2C.! Their!descendants!would!be!like!the!stars!of!the!night!sky!or!the!sand!of!the!seashore!for!number.!!

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3C.! Through!their!progeny,!the!children!of!Abraham,!Isaac,!and!Jacob!would!be!a!blessing!to!all!the!nations!of!the!world.!!2A.! The!Birth!of!National!of!Israel!!1B.! When!Jacob!followed!his!son!Joseph’s!guidelines!to!bring!the!extended!family!of!Israel!to!Egypt!to!avoid!starvation!from!drought!conditions,!all!70!souls!of!Israel!relocated!to!Egypt!where!Joseph!now!ruled!as!second!only!to!Pharaoh.!!2B.! Within!a!few!generations,!political!turmoil!in!Egypt!led!to!the!Egyptian!enslavement!of!the!children!of!Israel.!!3B.! Four!centuries!later,!God!used!Moses!to!liberate!Israel!from!their!Egyptian!masters!and!miraculously!brought!them!out.!!After!some!40!years!as!nomads,!God!instructed!Israel!to!receive!their!promised!land!and!establish!a!national!government.!!4B.! God!provided!the!new!nation!with!a!Constitution!and!ByMlaws!in!the!form!of!the!Torah,!or!the!writings!of!Moses.!!Hebrew!adherence!to!this!Law,!the!Torah,!would!protect!Israel’s!national!interests!and!preserve!Israel!in!perpetuity!as!Torah!was!obeyed.!!If!God!was!disregarded!or!His!Word!disrespected,!Israel!would!be!removed!from!the!Land!until!such!a!time!that!Israel!would!become!obedient!and!faithful!to!her!divine!assignment.!!5B.! This!constitution!and!byMlaws!is!contained!in!the!first!five!books!of!the!Bible:!!Genesis,!Exodus,!Leviticus,!Numbers!and!Deuteronomy.!!1C.! Genesis!deals!with!the!origins!of!the!universe,!man!and!the!patriarchs.!

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2C.! Exodus!focuses!upon!Israel’s!liberation!from!Egypt!and!early!directions!for!the!nation’s!worship!of!God.!3C.! Leviticus!provides!a!religious!calendar!for!the!nation!and!a!religious!priestly!system!for!operating!the!Sanctuary,!making!sacrifices,!and!priestly!codes!of!conduct.!!4C.! Numbers!is!so!named!due!to!the!divinely!called!for!census!of!Israel.!5C.! Deuteronomy,!or!Second!Law,!is!basically!Moses’!reiteration!of!the!Torah!for!the!benefit!of!Israel!as!they!prepared!to!settle!in!the!Promised!Land.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By!Dr.!Raymond!Gannon!!(Teaching!7:!Who'are'the'Hebrew'Prophets'and'What'is'the'

Hebrew'Bible?)!Teacher!Edition!

!Introduction:!!Who!are!the!Hebrew!Prophets!and!What!is!the!Hebrew!Bible?!!1A.! The!Hebrew!Bible!consists!of!three!chief!parts:!!1B.! The!Torah!(the!five!books!of!Moses!as!seen!last!lesson)!written!in!the!13th!BCE.!!2B.! The!Neviim!(the!prophetic!writings!of!the!Hebrew!Prophets)!!!!1C.! There!are!four!major!prophets!(e.g.,!their!books!are!longer).!!These!include!Isaiah,!Jeremiah!!(and!Lamentations),!Ezekiel,!and!Daniel,!written!between!the!8th!and!6th!centuries!BCE.!!2C.! There!are!12!minor!prophets!(e.g.,!those!with!shorter!books):!! Hosea,!Joel,!Amos,!Obadiah,!Jonah,!Micah,!Nahum,!Habakkuk,!Zephaniah,!Haggai,!Zechariah,!and!Malachi.!!These!were!written!between!the!8th!and!4th!centuries!BCE.!!!!!

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! 3B.! The!Ketuvim'(History!and!Wisdom!Literature)!!1C.! The!Historical!Books!include:!!Two!books!of!Samuel,!two!books!of!Chronicles,!two!books!of!Kings,!Joshua,!Judges,!Ruth,!Esther,!Nehemiah!and!Ezra.!!These!were!written!between!the!11th!and!6th!century!BCE.!

!2C.! The!Wisdom!Literature!includes:!!Job,!Psalms,!Proverbs,!!Ecclesiastes!and!the!Song!of!Solomon.!!These!were!composed!in!the!10th!and!11th!centuries!BCE.!!4B.! The!Torah,!Neviim,!and!Ketuvim!are!frequently!assigned!the!acronym:!!TeNaK!and!pronounced!Tenach.!!2A.! The!writers!of!the!Hebrew!Bible:!!1B.! Were!descendants!of!the!Patriarchs!!(Hebrews!of!either!Israel!or!Judah)!!2B.! Preached!and!wrote!under!the!inspiration!of!the!Ruach5HaKodesh53B.! Although!composed!over!nearly!a!thousand!years,!these!SpiritMinspired!writings!are!in!full!agreement!and!are!mutually!supportive.!!3A.! The!Hebrew!Bible!fully!anticipates!God’s!Later!Revelation!in!Yeshua:!!1B.! God’s!purposes!to!redeem!all!mankind!and!reconcile!the!nations!back!to!Himself!and!receive!their!worship!is!clear:!!1C.! In!God’s!promises!to!the!Patriarchs!!(See!Gen.)!2C.! In!the!call!for!universal!redemption!in!the!Ps.:!2;!33:10M12;!68:31M32;!72:11,17,19,!etc.!

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3C.! In!the!prophetic!complaint!that!Israel!was!presently!not!engaged!in!global!proclamation!of!God!but!would!undergo!chastening!to!get!on!God’s!track!prescribed!for!Israel.!4C.! In!the!Messianic!prophecies!proclaiming!Yeshua’s!mission.!!Isa.!11,!53,!etc.!5C.! The!graphic!portrayal!of!global!redemption!in!the!Last!Days,!Isa.!65:17M25,!Ezek.!48,!etc.!!5A.! The!Hebrew!Bible!anticipates!the!establishing!of!a!New!Covenant!between!God!and!Israel!and!Judah.!!!Jer.!31:31M34!!Jer. 31:31 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them, “declares the LORD. 33 “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the LORD, “I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 “And they shall not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the LORD, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”!!! This!finds!its!inauguration!at!the!Last!Passover!Yeshua!eats!with!His!disciples!where!He!ratifies!and!makes!fully!operational!God’s!long!awaited!New!Covenant!with!Israel!and!Judah!with!His!own!blood!and!mutilated!flesh.!!This!corresponds!to!the!covenant!making!procedures!in!Jewish!antiquity.!

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Matt. 26:26 !!And while they were eating, Yeshua took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” 27 And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; 28 for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By!Dr.!Raymond!Gannon!!(Teaching!8:!!Who!are!the!Apostles!and!What!is!the!Brit'

HeChadasha?)!Teacher!Edition!

!Introduction:!!Who!are!the!Apostles!and!What!is!the!Brit5HeChadasha?551A.! THE'HEBREW'PROPHETS'HAD'INDICATED'THAT'WHEN'THE'KINGDOM'OF'GOD'CAME'TO'THE'WORLD,'TWO'GREAT'REALITIES'WOULD'ACCOMPANY'THE'COMING'OF'THE'KINGDOM:!!1B.! The!Outpouring!of!the!Ruach5HaKadosh5upon!Israel!and!all!flesh,!e.g.,!Joel!2:28M29.!!(More5about5this5experience5in5our5final5lesson)!!Joel 2:28 !!“And it will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions. 29 “And even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. 2B. The Messiah would be sent by God the Father to lead the advancement of the Kingdom of God upon the earth, e.g., Isa. 9:6-7 Is. 9:6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

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Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. 7 There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this. !!2A.! WITH'THE'COMING'OF'YESHUA,'WE'SEE'INTENSIFIED'

MANIFESTATIONS'OF'THE'RUACH'HAKODESH'EVEN'AS'YESHUA'IS'PROCLAIMING'THE'COMING'OF'THE'KINGDOM'OF'GOD.!!The!!Ruach5HaKodesh5brings!a!heavy!anointing!upon!the!Messiah!as!He!is!Anointed!to!bring!redemption!to!Israel!and!the!world.!

!! Luke!1:30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary;

for you have found favor with God. 31 “And behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bear a son, and you shall name Him Yeshua. 32 “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; 33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and His kingdom will have no end.” 34 And Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” 35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy offspring shall be called the Son of God.

Luke 3:21 !!Now it came about when all the people were

baptized, that Jesus also was baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, “Thou art My beloved Son, in Thee I am well-pleased.”

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Jn. 1:32 And John bore witness saying, “I have beheld the

Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. 33 “And I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the one who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’

! Luke 4:1 !!And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from

the Jordan and was led about by the Spirit in the wilderness !

Luke 4:16 !!And He came to Nazareth, where He had been

brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. 17 And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book, and found the place where it was written, 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set free those who are downtrodden, 19 To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.” 20 And He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon Him. 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

! Mark 1:15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the

kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

! Luke 4:43 But He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom

of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.”

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3A.! YESHUA'LAUNCHES'THE'UNIVERSAL'KINGDOM'OF'GOD.!!1B.! After!Yeshua!had!Himself!proclaimed!the!coming!of!the!Kingdom!of!God!with!visible!evidences!of!the!Ruach5HaKodesh5in!His!own!life!and!ministry,!He!was!offered!up!as!the!sacrificial!Lamb!of!God!to!take!away!the!sin!of!the!world.!!Jn.!3:17!!John 3:17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him. !2B.! After!Yeshua’s!resurrection!from!the!dead!on!the!third!day,!and!after!40!days!of!ministry!to!His!original!talmidim5(disciples)!who!were!now!to!be!apostles,!they!were!sent!out!to!fully!represent!the!Kingdom!of!God.!!Matt. 28:18 “And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”” 3B. Yeshua!instructed!the!apostles!to!return!to!Jerusalem!to!await!the!outpouring!of!the5Ruach5HaKodesh5upon!them.!!4B. The promised Comforter was then sent upon them in Acts 2 to spiritually empower the apostles and all Messianic believers to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God to all men everywhere. Acts 2:1-4 !

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Acts 2:1 !!And when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent, rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. 5B. The empowering infilling of the Ruach HaKodesh then equipped them to do great exploits for the Kingdom of God recorded for us through the Book of Acts. 3A.! IN'THE'SAME'WAY'THAT'THE'RUACH'HAKODESH'INSPIRED'THE'HEBREW'PROPHETS'TO'WRITE'THE'39'BOOKS'OF'THE'HEBREW'BIBLE,'THE'RUACH'LIKEWISE'INSPIRED'THE'HEBREW'APOSTLES'TO'COMPOSE'THE'27'BOOKS'OF'THE'JEWISH'NEW'COVENANT'OR'NEW'TESTAMENT.!!1B.! There!are!four!Gospel!accounts:!!1C.! Matthew!emphasizes!Yeshua’s!Messiahship!in!fulfillment!of!the!prophecies!from!the!Hebrew!Bible.!2C.! Mark!makes!clear!the!radical!nature!of!the!Kingdom’s!coming!and!its!obedience!to!the!Master!of!the!Universe.!3C.! Luke!strongly!emphasizes!Yeshua!the!Jewish!Messiah!who!was!filled!with!compassion!and!good!works,!bringing!healing!and!a!Word!from!heaven!to!the!Jewish!masses.!4C.! John'points!up!the!divine!character!of!Yeshua!as!the!Son!of!God,!the!New!Adam,!the!One!perfectly!revealing!the!loving!and!holy!character!of!the!Creator!so!keen!to!reconcile!Israel!and!all!nations!to!Himself.!!2B.! The!Book!of!Acts!offers!an!historical!account!of!the!Ruach5HaKodesh’s5use!of!the!Jewish!apostolic!band!as!they!followed!the!direction!of!the!Spirit!in!spreading!the!Gospel!across!the!

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Mediterranean!world!and!Mesopotamia.!!The!28!chapters!of!the!Book!of!Acts!make!clear!the!powerful!anointing!the!Apostles!enjoyed!as!they!preached!the!resurrected!Yeshua!to!Israel!and!all!peoples!and!the!hope!for!reconciliation!to!God!that!comes!with!entry!into!the!Kingdom!of!God.!

!3B.! Rabbi!Shaul,!also!known!as!Paul!the!Apostle,!was!a!Jewish!rabbi!who!we!see!coming!to!faith!in!Yeshua!as!part!of!the!narrative!in!the!Book!of!Acts.!!He!became!a!RuachManointed!proclaimer!of!the!Kingdom!of!God!and!salvation!in!Yeshua.!!There!are!some!13!books!in!the!New!Covenant!that!are!letters!with!his!apostolic!instruction!to!local!congregations.!!These!letters!are!filled!with!the!richest!understanding!of!the!things!of!God!as!well!as!practical!guidelines!for!congregational!living.!!4B.! There!are!a!number!of!other!books!or!epistles!written!by!Peter,!James,!John,!and!Jude.!!5B.! The!Book!of!Hebrews!contains!the!wonderful!correspondence!between!God’s!earthly!Temple!and!His!heavenly!Temple.!!Yeshua’s!highMpriestly!action!of!making!the!blood!sacrifice!and!pouring!out!His!own!blood!upon!the!mercy!seat!before!God!are!highlighted.!!6B.! The!Book!of!the!Revelation,!or!the!Apocalypse,!(the5manifestation5of5something5that5had5been5hidden)5focuses!on!the!absolute!confidence!of!the!final!outcome!of!God’s!actions!in!the!earth.!!God!will!be!victorious!as!His!eternal!kingdom!is!established!under!the!glorious!banner!of!Yeshua,!the!Lamb!of!God!and!the!conquering!Lion!of!Judah.!!!!!!

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By!Dr.!Raymond!Gannon!!(Teaching!9:!!What'is'a'Messianic'Congregation?)!

Teacher!Edition!!

Introduction:!!!For!any!believer!to!be!a!real!Talmid5Meshichi!or!genuine!Messianic!disciple!of!Yeshua,!he!or!she!needs!to!be!committed!to!a!congregation!engaged!in!the!proclamation!of!the!Gospel!to!all!men!everywhere.!!This!raises!questions!like!what!is!a!Messianic!Congregation?!!What!is!the!role!of!Yeshua!and!the!Ruach!in!the!congregation?!!Is!accountability!to!a!pastor!useful?!!And!how!does!the!Messianic!Congregation!finance!its!ministries?!!Well,!let’s!answer!these!questions.!!1A.! WHAT'IS'A'MESSIANIC'CONGREGATION?!!! Every!Messianic!Jewish!Congregation!is!a!full!representation!of!Yeshua!to!the!surrounding!community.!!In!most!cases,!everything!the!community!knows!about!Yeshua!will!be!based!upon!their!exposure!to!the!teaching!and!loving!service!of!the!Messianic!community.!!!! !2A.! WHO'IS'THE'HEAD'OF'THE'CONGREGATION?!!

It!is!absolutely!important!for!us!to!remember!that!Yeshua!rose!from!the!dead!and!is!seated!at!the!right!hand!of!the!majesty!to!make!intercession!for!us!in!His!highMpriestly!role.!!But!just!as!important!is!it!for!us!to!realize!that!the!Living!Son!of!God!is!the!Active!Head!and!Master!of!the!local!Messianic!congregation.!!!Yeshua!is!always!and!everywhere!the!King!and!

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most!obviously!among!the!local!Messianic!congregational!ambassadors!of!Yeshua!Himself.!!3A.! SPIRITUAL'LEADERS!!1B.! The!Messiah!Yeshua,!the!Great!Shepherd!of!God’s!flock,!does!divinely!assign!underMshepherds!or!pastors!to!follow!His!personal!direction!and!properly!tend!to!the!spiritual!needs!of!God’s!people,!feeding!the!flock!the!full!counsel!of!God’s!Holy!Word.!!Yeshua!is!the!Living!Master!Builder!of!the!Kingdom!of!God.!!All!parties!are!to!be!attentive!to!what!Yeshua!is!saying!to!the!local!congregation.!!2B.! To!fully!equip!the!full!Messianic!community!to!do!Kingdom!work!and!thereby!engage!the!spiritual!energies!of!all!the!disciplined!believers!walking!in!holiness,!purity,!and!in!the!power!of!the!Ruach5HaKodesh,!Yeshua!has!gifted!the!congregation!with!RuachMappointed!leadership.!!These!will!then!fill!the!offices!of:!!1C.! Apostles—those!sent!by!divine!command!to!proclaim!the!Gospel!in!new!spheres!to!bring!God’s!light!into!darkened!corners.!!2C.! Prophets—those!who!serve!Kingdom!interests!in!the!local!congregations!or!in!the!public!sphere!to!proclaim!to!all!just!what!“Thus!saith!the!Lord.”!!Prophets,!like!all!officers!in!the!Body,!are!in!submission!to!the!spiritual!leadership.!!3C.! Evangelists—those!especially!gifted!with!abilities!and!drive!to!proclaim!the!Gospel!to!the!unbelieving!world!or!who!inspire!the!members!of!Messiah’s!local!body!of!believers!to!engage!more!fully!in!reaching!the!lost.!!

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4C.! Pastors/Teachers—those!knowledgeable!of!the!Word!of!God!who!are!able!to!feed!the!flock!of!God!the!full!counsel!of!God’s!revelation.!!Solid!pastoral!care!and!quality!teaching!will!prevent!spiritual!disease!or!even!starvation!among!God’s!people.!!Quality!and!substantive!teaching!are!vital!to!Kingdom!growth.!!See!Eph.!4:11M16.!!Eph. 4:11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. 14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; 15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. !!4A.! THE'RUACH!HAKODESH’S'MANIFESTATIONS'AND'SPIRITUAL'EQUIPPING'MINISTRIES!!1B.! We!find!in!1!Cor.!12!a!list!of!nine!spiritual!gifts!that!need!to!be!Ruach*activated!and!exercised!within!the!Messianic!Community!for!the!empowerment!so!vital!to!our!spiritual!and!Kingdom!successes:!!4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. 6 And

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there are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. 7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills. 2B. We also find in Romans 12 a set of Ruach-endowed gifts most useful in the proper functioning of the local Messianic congregation to most correctly exalt Yeshua in the Community. Rom. 12:1 !!I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Rom. 12:3 !!For through the grace given to me I say to every man among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. 4 For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 And since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let each exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; 7 if service, in his

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serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; 8 or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. 5A.! WHAT'IS'TITHING?''AND'HOW'IS'A'MESSIANIC'JEWISH'' CONGREGATION'TO'BE'FINANCIALLY'SUPPORTED?!!

The!Bible!makes!it!very!clear!that!God’s!people!are!to!bring!a!tithe!or!10%!of!all!their!income!into!the!local!storehouse!or!congregation!to!financially!undergird!the!local!expression!of!Yeshua!in!each!community.! Mal.!3:7M12!!!Mal. 3:7 !!“From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes, and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ 8 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed Thee?’ In tithes and offerings.” 9 “You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you! 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows. 11 Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it may not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes,” says the LORD of hosts. 12 “And all the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land,” says the LORD of hosts.!!2 Cor. 9:7 Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.!!

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!!Course!for!Talmidim'Meshichim!

Foundations for Messianic Jewish Faith By!Dr.!Raymond!Gannon!

!(Teaching!10:!!What!is!the!Infilling!of!the!Ruach'HaKodesh?)!

Teacher!Edition!!

Introduction:!!!What!is!the!Infilling!of!the!Ruach5HaKodesh?55And!why!is!it!essential!to!our!victorious!living!in!the!Kingdom!of!God?!!1A.! THE'INFILLING'OF'THE'SPIRIT'WAS'THE'LONG'PROPHESIED'SPIRITUAL'BLESSING'THAT'WOULD'ACCOMPANY'THE'COMING'OF'YESHUA'AND'THE'KINGDOM'OF'GOD.!!(Joel!2:28M29)!!Therefore!we!should!esteem!this!wonderful!experience!the!Lord!wants!to!bless!us!with!to!strengthen!and!embolden!us!for!His!witness!everywhere!we!go.!!Acts 2: 17 “‘And it shall be in the last days,’ God says, ‘That I will pour forth of My Spirit upon all mankind; And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams; 18 Even upon My bondslaves, both men and women, I will in those days pour forth of My Spirit And they shall prophesy.’” (Quoting Joel 2) !!2A.! YESHUA'INSTRUCTED'THE'MESSIANIC'JEWS'ON'MT'OLIVET'TO'“GO'PREACH'THE'GOSPEL'TO'EVERY'CREATURE”'BUT'FIRST'THEY'WERE'TO'RETURN'TO'JERUSALEM'UNTIL'THEY'WERE'ENDUED'WITH'THE'POWER'

COMING'WITH'THE'INFILLING'OF'THE'RUACH'HAKODESH.!!

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Acts 1:4 “And gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; Acts 1:5 for John immersed with water, but you shall be immersed with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” Acts 1:6 And so when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” Acts 1:7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; Acts 1:8 but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”” 3A.! THE'OBEDIENT'MESSIANIC'COMMUNITY'AWAITED'THE'OUTPOURING'OF'THE'RUACH'IN'JERUSALEM'AND'WERE'NOT'DISAPPOINTED.!!We!find!the!record!of!the!mighty!outpouring!that!the!Hebrew!Prophet!Joel!had!prophesied!and!the!Yeshua!had!commanded!His!talmidim5meshichim!to!wait!for.!!Acts 2:1 !!And when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent, rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. 4A. THE EMPOWERING INFILLING OF THE RUACH HAKODESH THEN EQUIPPED THEM TO DO GREAT EXPLOITS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD RECORDED FOR US THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS.

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1B. They were equipped to boldly preach.

Acts 2:38; 4:31; 5:32 Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, “Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the word of God with boldness. Acts 5:32 “And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.” 2B. They were ready to share this great blessing with others. Acts 8:17; 9:31 Acts 8:17 Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit. Acts 9:31 So the congregation throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and, going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

! 3B.! This!infilling!of!the!Spirit!is!for!all!Messianic!believers!in!! Yeshua.!!Acts!10:44M47! Acts 10:44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message. 45 And all the circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out upon the Gentiles also. 47 “Surely no

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one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

! 4B.! This!provided!spiritual!inspiration!in!all!their!hard!labors!! for!Messiah.!!Acts!13:52;!19:6! Acts 13:52 And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. Acts 19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying. !!

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Talmidim Meshichim Teacher Edition - Clover Sitesstorage.cloversites.com/israelsredemption/documents...4! Ps. 22:3 Yet You are holy, O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel