Message 8
- 1. Title Slide
- 2. Ha-foke-ba
- 3. Direction, not intention, determines if you arrive at Hope’s destination.
- 4. Very smart and rational people don’t take alternative routes because it is the smart thing to do, they take alternative routes because it is the appealing thing to do.
- 5. • It is a Shortcut • It is a Pleasure I owe myself. • It is a Sacrifice I will make no more. • It is what I want to do versus what I should do. • It is Harmless. • It is important to me. Appealing Routes
- 6. We hope to arrive at the destination of financial growth and security… but we borrow against the future to satisfy the cravings of the present.
- 7. We hope to arrive at the destination of financial growth and security … but we borrow against the future to satisfy the cravings of the present.
- 8. Newlyweds determine to be financially secure by the time they reach their parents’ age …. . . then adopt a lifestyle sustained by debt and leveraged assets.
- 9. Newlyweds determine to be financially secure by the time they reach their parents’ age … then adopt a lifestyle sustained by debt and leveraged assets.
- 10. A high school freshman intends to graduate with a GPA that will afford him options as she selects a college … . . . but neglects her studies.
- 11. A high school freshman intends to graduate with a GPA that will afford her options as she selects a college … but she neglects her studies.
- 12. A young believer says, “I want to develop a deep and lasting intimacy with God and have a strong Messianic Jewish identity.” . . . so he gets up every morning and reads e-mails, checks social media, does a little yoga and goes about his day and repeats.
- 13. A young believer says, “I want to develop a deep and lasting intimacy with God and have a strong Messianic Jewish identity” . . . so he gets up every morning and reads e-mails, checks social media, does a little yoga and goes about his day and repeats.
- 14. A single woman says, “I want to meet and one day marry a disciple of Yeshua, a guy who’s really got his act together.”” . . . but then she dates whoever asks her out, as long as he’s cute or has money.
- 15. A single woman says, “I want to meet and one day marry a disciple of Yeshua, a guy who’s really got his act together” . . . but then she dates whomever asks her out, as long as he’s cute or has money.
- 16. A single guy says, “I want to have an intimate relationship with my wife when I’m married.”but he “practices” intimacy with every girl he dates along the way.
- 17. A single guy says, “I want to have an intimate relationship with my wife when I’m married” . . . but he “practices” intimacy with every girl he dates along the way.
- 18. A couple says, “We’d like our children to develop a personal relationship with God and choose friends who have done the same.” . . . but then they skip synagogue every weekend and head to the lake.
- 19. A couple says, “We’d like our children to develop a personal relationship with God and choose friends who have done the same” . . . but then they skip synagogue every weekend and head to the lake.
- 20. We may hope for all of these things, we may even pray like Eliyahu and stand on our soapboxes and tell others all about it, but the direction you are currently taking, nothing else, determines if you will arrive at Hope’s destination.
- 21. Shaul arrested in Jerusalem Shaul returns to Jerusalem for Shavuot Shaul addresses crowd in Jerusalem Shaul Roman citizenship saves him Shaul speaks to Sanhedrin Shaul’s life threatened Shaul appeals to Caesar Shaul speaks before Felix in Caesarea. King Agrippa asks to hear Shaul speak Acts 24 Shaul’s Hope
- 22. But this I confess to you, that according to the Way (which they call a sect), I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything written in the Torah and the Prophets. Acts 24:14
- 23. Worship - to live your life according to God’s Torah, Principles and Wisdom. Acts 24:14
- 24. But this I confess to you, that according to the Way (which they call a sect), I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything written in the Torah and the Prophets. Acts 24:14
- 25. In God I have a hope—which these men also wait for—that there will surely be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. Therefore I do my best always to have a clear conscience before both God and men. Acts 24:15-16
- 26. But when the Judean leaders protested, I was forced to appeal to Caesar—not that I had any charge to bring against my own nation. For this reason, therefore, I have requested to see you and to speak with you—since it is for the hope of Israel that I am bearing this chain. Acts 28:19-20
- 27. Direction, not intention, determines if you arrive at Hope’s destination.
- 28. You cannot expect to arrive at Hope’s destination by breaking the law of God, violating the principles of God, or ignoring the wisdom of God; nor, will you arrive there apart from the Way of the Messiah Yeshua.
- 29. You can fully expect that the Way of the Messiah will get you to Hope’s destination because He will direct you in God’s Torah, reveal His principles, and Ruach of God will give you wisdom at the right time.
- 30. Title Slide