Tom Cantor

Watch our October 30, 2022 adult Sunday school class taught by Tom Cantor (Matthew 26:36-46)

Watch our October 30, 2022 adult Sunday school class taught by Tom Cantor from Matthew 26:31-46.

First, Tom read Matthew 26:34-46. He connected this passage to Isaiah 53 and Zechariah 13:7. He noted that the amount of olives was a place where there were not only olive trees but Gethsemane means all of the mail in Hebrew. This was a place where all of us were oppressed. He made this comparison as a sort of parable as to what Jesus was going through and would go through. He also connected it to Romans 11:17.

Tom also compared and contrasted this experience on the mount of olives with the mount of transfiguration.

As an analogy to what Jesus was going through, Tom spoke of some cancer victims in his family and compared this experience to a lethal dose of chemotherapy. Another analogy Tom used was the Halloween celebrators in South Korea Who were crushed by the crowd. Tom also connected this passage to New testament passages Luke 22:53, Matthew 27:46, and John 12:31. He also connected it to Old Testament passages like Psalm 16:3, 18:4-5, 42:7, 55:5, 69:1-3, 88:3, and Jonah (specifically 2:4-5).

Tom also use the comparison of David and Goliath and noted how this would culminate in the fulfillment of Genesis 3:15, the prophecy about the seed of the woman crushing the head of the serpent while being bruised in his heel.

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Also on Rumble – Watch our October 16, 2022 Worship service, sermon by Tom Cantor (Nehemiah one)

Also on Rumble – Watch our October 16, 2022 Worship service, sermon by Tom Cantor (Nehemiah one)

Also on Rumble – Watch on October 16, 2022 Worship service. It includes prayers, singing, a missionary spotlight short video, announcements, special music and a sermon by Tom Cantor from Nehemiah one.

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Watch our October 16, 2022 Worship service, sermon by Tom Cantor (Nehemiah 1)

Watch on October 16, 2022 Worship service. It includes prayers, singing, a missionary spotlight (short video), announcements, special music and a sermon by Tom Cantor from Nehemiah 1.

Our missionary spotlight this week was a short video from Tim Sandvall of Awana. He is one of the missionaries and evangelist that we help support. What a special music was by Jose H. He played hymn on the harmonica. (I always enjoy and I’m impressed at how well he does this.)

Tom first read Nehemiah 1. Then he connected it with II Peter 1:21 as being the word of God, not only Nehemiah‘s words. He applied Nehemiah‘s concern for his fellow Jews to, “We are OK in Christ, but not OK because those outside of Christ are not OK.” He gave examples from his experiences in Jewish evangelism.

Tom likened Nehemiah‘s attitude to that of Moses and his concern for his brethren, the children of Israel (Hebrews 11:24-26). He next pointed out that after mourning for certain days (1:4), he prayed for Israel. This is the rest of the chapter.

Tom broke the prayer down into different sections. Nehemiah started with praise (1:5). Next, he confessed his and their sinfulness (1:6-7). Then he appealed to the Lord’s sayings to Moses (8–9). Nehemiah finished with his request.

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Watch our October 16, 2022 adult Sunday school class taught by Tom Cantor (Matthew 26:26-30)

Watch our October 16, 2022 adult Sunday school class taught by Tom Cantor from Matthew 26:26-30.

Tom read Matthew 26:26-30 and gave a review of what came before the last supper, Jesus is betrayal. He gave this as an example of going from despair to joy. Also, he gave a parable of this from the Padres versus Dodgers game you’ve been at the previous night. After a poor start, the Padres ended up winning.

Tom compared how Jesus spoke with the Lord speaking to Elijah in the still, small voice (1 kings 19). Next, He compared the matzo/matza which was bruised to Jesus (Isaiah 28:28; Isaiah 53:5, the same word is used in both passages. He then compare the stripes in the matzo to what would happen to Jesus (Isaiah 53:5) and the piercing (Zechariah 12:10). He then pointed out that Jesus is the bread of life John 6:35,48. Next, he made a point that Jesus voluntarily gave his life (Matthew 26:51–53) like he chose to break the bread (Matthew 26:26).

Tom then compared Jesus is call to “take and eat“ as analogous to us needing to take Jesus as our savior (Psalm 34:8). Then he said that knowing that Jesus is the savior is not enough. We must receive (take) And as our savior to become a child of God (John 1:11–13). He made application to Jewish evangelism.

Tom told gospel as it told to him when he believed. They were three steps, tell, believe, and receive. That is, tell God you are a sinner, believe the gospel facts, and receive Jesus Christ. He emphasized the importance of Jesus‘s blood being shed for us (Leviticus 17:11; Hebrews 9:12–15). Also, he compared the giving of the blood for atonement in Leviticus 17:11 with God giving his Son in John 3:16. He concluded with the significance of Jesus using the present tense of this event, even though it hadn’t happened yet.

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Also on Rumble – October 9, 2022 Worship service, sermon by Tom Cantor (Ezra chapter 10)

Also on Rumble – Watch on October 9, 2022 Worship service. It includes prayers, singing, announcements, special music and a sermon by Tom Cantor from Ezra chapter 10.

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Watch our October 9, 2022 Worship service, sermon by Tom Cantor (Ezra 10)

Watch on October 9, 2022 Worship/Communion service. It includes prayers, singing, announcements, special music and a sermon by Tom Cantor from Ezra 10.

Tom Ezra 10 and then reviewed chapter 9. He pointed out that all sorts of people, men, women, children, joined Ezra in his mourning. Then he showed Shechaniah stood up and speaks, we have sinned (trespassed), and called out the specific sin. Shechaniah then added “yet now there is hope in Israel.“ An interesting point Tom made was that Shechaniah was the son of one of the men who had taken a foreign women who practiced idolatry for a wife. Ezra 10:2, 26

Tom pointed out this is a model of sin and hope for the world through the atonement of Messiah Jesus (John 1:29). The sad event pivoted at the time of the evening sacrifice (Ezra 9:4). He made the point that salvation is from the Jews, but there is no hope in the traditions of the rabbis as there is no hope in the Roman Catholic traditions. The hope is in the Jewish Messiah – Jesus. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the truth for all, Jews and gentiles. He connected the hope here with Hosea 2:15 “door of hope“ and noted that Jesus is “the door“ (John 10:9). Tom then made a connection of this hope in Jewish evangelism and gave an example from Japanese evangelism, too.

Finally, he addressed the difficult situation in this chapter regarding divorce, noting this was not the norm (I Corinthians 7:12).

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Watch our October 9, 2022 adult Sunday school class taught by Tom Cantor (Matthew 26:17-25)

Watch our October 9, 2022 adult Sunday school class taught by Tom Cantor from Matthew 26:17-25.

Tom read Matthew 26:17-25. Then he went over the background of Passover and how Jesus is the Passover lamb (John 1:29). He pointed out that Jesus is our “hope to live.“

Tom then compared Passover in the Bible verses how the rabbis have said it is to be held. He made the point that Passover is a memorial of Israel‘s deliverance and that Jesus fulfills the Passover.

Tom then pointed out that Jesus told them that one of them would be betray him so that they “may believe I am” (John 13:19). He gave the applications that we should examine ourselves and our job is to overcome the prejudice of unbelievers about Christ.

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Watch our October 2, 2022 adult Sunday school class taught by Tom Cantor (Matthew 26:14-16)

Watch our September 18, 2022 adult Sunday school class taught by Tom Cantor from Matthew 26:14-16.

Tom Cantor taught from Matthew 26:14–16. In this passage, Judas Iscariot betrays Jesus. Tom first gave the background on how important the twelve apostles were and how close they were to Jesus. This emphasized how much of a betrayal and painful this was for Jesus. He also noted there wereTo Judy says among the apostles. Only Judas Iscariot was a bad one. He took this to be a type of Jews who follow Jesus and those who do not.

Tom also pointed out that Jesus had a choice and betraying Jesus. He strongly critiqued Calvinism and I noticed the biblical passages that point out God’s desire for all to be saved. He emphasized it was Judas’s choice ultimately that led him to betray Jesus.

Tom gave personal applications including dealing with dealing with “the Judas to each of our hearts.”

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