Witnessing the Gospel in the Hebrew Scriptures

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Witnessing the Gospel in the Hebrew Scriptures

• Presented by Rev. Kevin Parviz

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• If you were going to share your faith with a
  Jewish family member or friend, what verse would
  you pick?

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Why use the Hebrew scriptures?

• Context for sharing
• Relationship building
• My practice and promise

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What are the Hebrew Scriptures ?

• Tanakh
• Torah First Five Books
• Nvaiim Prophetic Writings
• Kethuvim Chronological/ Historical Writings

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What are the Hebrew Scriptures ?
Tanakh
Torah
Prophetic Writings
First Five Books
Nvaiim
Kethuvim
Chronological/ Historical Writings
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There is a God

• What do you believe about God?
• Isaiah 591-2
• For those who dont believe in God, it is no
  wonder because there is a barrier between God and
  us (sin) We cannot see Him and He will not hear
  us.

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There is a God

• 3. That barrier exists even for those who believe
  in God. Sin has destroyed our relationship with
  God.

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WE are accountable to God

• Ezekiel 181-4
• Because of that sin, we are destined to die.

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WE are accountable to God

• 2. Daniel 122
• What happens to us when we die?
• a. Resurrection
• b. Judgment
• How will God judge us when we die?
• Why?

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WE are accountable to God

• Isaiah 646
• In America, we are taught to rely upon ourselves
  and our good works to prosper.

a. For those who rely upon their good works,
what does God think about all our good works
with regard to overcoming the barrier of sin?
c. There is nothing we can do to appease God and
earn the judgment of everlasting life. All we
can earn is shame and everlasting contempt.
b. How does God feel about one sin in our life,
with regard to judgment?
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God has the solution

• Leviticus 1710-11
• God Himself has given us the way to atone for
  sins. Are there still blood sacrifices being
  made in the temple?

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God has the solution

• Jeremiah 3131-34
• 800 years before the destruction of the temple,
  God spoke through Jeremiah, and foretold the
  coming of a new covenant to replace this Sinaitic
  covenant (that under which the temple sacrifices
  were made).

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God has the solution

• God is both
• just demanding a penalty (blood sacrifice)
  for sin, and
• merciful desiring to forgive sins and remember
  wickedness no more

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God has the solution

• How can He satisfy both His nature and His
  desire?
• Isaiah 531-6
• God sacrifices for us.
• Who does this sound like?

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Witnessing the Gospel in the Hebrew Scriptures

• Presented by Rev. Kevin Parviz