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Happy Happy! Happy!. Norman Willis Nazarene Israel Ministry focus: “Fivefold Unity” “Establishing Right Relationships in the body.”. Nazarene Israel: The original faith of the apostles.
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Norman WillisNazarene IsraelMinistry focus:“Fivefold Unity”“EstablishingRight Relationshipsin the body.”
Ma’asei (Acts) 24:55 “For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.”
Our vision:Re-establish the original faith of the apostles.Measure ourselves by Scripture.
Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 20:35-3835 “And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will plead My case with you face to face. 36 Just as I pleaded My case with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will plead My case with you," says Yahweh Elohim.
Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 20:35-3837 "I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; 38 I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am Yahweh."
Four Acts 15 Principles:1. No idolatry (including denial of Yeshua's deity)2. No sexual immorality (including wrongful divorce)3. No strangled (or unclean) meats4. No consuming blood.
Fall on the right side of Acts 15:Then we can love each other,and learn and grow together.
I felt Yahweh telling me to move to Joseph, Oregon.I am glad to be here.I look forward to getting to know you all.
“Yahweh, what do you want me to teach?”“Fivefold Unity.”“Establishing Right Relationships.”
HAIR:Before the Messiah, believers had hair.After the Messiah, you can’t havehair anymore?
Called to repentance 1999.“I’m giving you one last chance. You had better take the ball, and run with it.”Gave the rest of my life to serving Yahweh and His people.
In 2001 I felt convicted to take a Celibate vow (Matthew 19:10)and a Nazirite vow, (Numbers 6)
Bemidbar (Numbers) 6:1-21Then Yahweh spoke to Moshe (Moses), saying, 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When either a man or woman consecrates an offering to take the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself (set himself apart) unto Yahweh….”
Numbers 6:33 “he shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from similar drink; neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins….”
Numbers 6:44 “All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin….”
Numbers 6:55 “All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to YHWH, he shall be separated (set apart).”
Specifics of the Nazirite Vow:-Don’t eat grapes-Don’t cut hair-(Avoid Delilah)
Many of Israel’s prophets and judges were also Nazirites:Samson, Elijah, Elisha,John the Baptist, Yeshua, Shaul (Paul),Samuel, Moshe
Two House Theory Simplified:- Twelve tribes of Israel-Divided in two “houses.”-Two tribes in the South, Judah (the Jews)- Ten tribes in the northHouse of Ephraim (the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel)
Two House Theory- The secret is that the Lost Ten Tribes of Israelare lost inside the Church
Two House Theory- Our heavenly Father is calling us back to Israel, and to our identities as Israelites (Ephraimites).- “Come Out Of Her, My People.”
Two House Theory- Some of the Christianswill return back to theLand of Israel(with their faith in Messiah,and with the Laws of Moses)
-In that day we will be re-united with our brothers in Judah.-And we will need a common doctrine,- So we can have unity.
In 2003 I moved to Israel-I wanted to see how our • Jewish brethren lived
-3500 years of Torah-Judah lives in a totally different culture.-Judah lives inTorah-based communities.- If they are our brothers,what do we need to learn?
Why is Judah united,And we are not?Everyone talks about unity,so why don’t we have it,like Judah has it?How can we have unity also?
2 Timothy 3:16-17 NKJV16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of Elohim, and is profitable for doctrine,for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,17 that the man of Elohim may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Qorintim Aleph (1 Corinthians) 1:1010 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Adon Yeshua Messiah, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Messianic Movement 1999-“Commandments and Teachings of Men”-A lot of Rabbinical Teachings-A lot of Christian Teachings-“Well I thought….”
Deuteronomy 12:3232 "Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.”
If we all agree on what Yahweh asks us to do,and we all do ittogether,will we have unity?
Amos 3:33 Can two walk togetherunless they be agreed?(Show of hands)
To walk together with Yahweh,do we need to agree with Him?(Show of hands)
Mishle (Proverbs) 29:1818 Where there is no vision, the people perish….
If we all have the same goal, Will we all come to the same place? JerusalemTemple Mount Me Another You If we have the same goals, what happens?
Goal B Goal C Goal A Me Someone else You How can there be unity?
Our goal is true unity.(“One-ity.)- True unity isn’t easy- Unity has a cost- But it’s worth it
Yahweh cares not just about what we think,but also what we do.
“Captain, the solution for unity of vision isSystematic Theology.”
“SystematicTheology”MethodicalLine Upon Line(Systematically Rule Things Out)
“SystematicTheology”Discover His truthChange is OK.“Living Studies” (v1.2, v3.6, etc.)
If we all agree as to what Yahweh asksus to do,and we all do it,will we have unity?