Also on Rumble – Watch our August 21, 2022 Worship service. It includes prayers, singing, announcements, special music and a sermon by Tom Cantor from Ezra chapter 3.
The Chapel emphasizes the Lord Jesus Christ through Missions, Prayer, and the Word of God.
Mission Valley Community Chapel a small multigenerational Bible believing Christian church, an Open Plymouth Brethren (Christian Brethren) assembly. All leadership is volunteer, enabling the majority of our giving to go to evangelists and missionaries worldwide. There are opportunities to serve for those interested in participating, including outreach, hospitality, and music.
Watch our August 21, 2022 Worship service. It includes prayers, singing, announcements, special music and a sermon by Tom Cantor from Ezra 3. Pat did the special music playing “How great thou art“ on a mini tuba.
Tom taught on Ezra 3. First, he did a review comparing the first chapter with Romans 11. He also connected Ezra 2 with revelation 21:27. He then connected with Ezra 3:1 with Psalm 133.
Tom made the point “Begin with God!” He brought examples from his life including his Scantibodies facility in Ethiopia and his experience of antisemitism in a Swiss boarding school during the Six Day war.
Tom then connected Ezra 2:2 with Hebrews 10:19. From 2:4, he made the point “Have a tabernacle life.” He also made the point to “Meet God in the morning” and reference to him “This world is not my home…”
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Watch our August 7, 2022 Worship/Communion service (Ezra 1). It includes prayers, singing, announcements, special music and a sermon by Tom Cantor from Ezra 1.
Tom Cantor started a new series giving a sermon on Ezra 1. He gave the theme, “Doing the will of God will be met with great opposition.” He pointed out that only a small number of jews return to build the temple.
Tom also gave background about Babylon‘s treatment of Israel (Psalm 137). Next, he pthe prophecies of the prophet Jeremiah about their return (Jeremiah 25:12).
He noted king Cyrus‘s respect for Jehovah and connected this to the importance of us understanding that Jesus is Jehovah, Jesus is God (exodus 3:13–15; John 8:59–9; Deuteronomy 6:4).
Tom then pointed out that Cyrus was fulfilling prophecy (Isaiah 44:28) by having the Jews return. He then gave the application that like Cyrus, we need to ask God what he wants us to do.
Tom gave the application that Cyrus is called for Israel to return his like gods call to the Jews today. God calls to the Jewish people, and all of us, to turn to him and believe in him. But like Cyrus, he doesn’t force anyone to. Tom connected this message with our missionary giving calling are giving box our “Cyrus box.” He also gave a critique of Calvinism and its TULIP theology on limiting God’s desire and call for all to be saved.
He concluded with an application of Ezra 1:3 that we may all go up and go higher in following the Lord.
You can watch more of our worship services on our Website, YouTube channel, or more of Tom Cantor’s sermons on his YouTube Israel Restoration.
Watch our July 24, 2022 adult Sunday school class taught by Tom Cantor (Matthew 24).
The Chapel emphasizes the Lord Jesus Christ through Missions, Prayer, and the Word of God.
Mission Valley Community Chapel a small multigenerational Bible believing Christian church, an Open Plymouth Brethren (Christian Brethren) assembly. All leadership is volunteer, enabling the majority of our giving to go to evangelists and missionaries worldwide. There are opportunities to serve for those interested in participating, including outreach, hospitality, and music.
Watch our July, 10 2022 adult Sunday school class taught by Tom Cantor from Matthew 23:34–39.
Tom taught from this passage and connected it to Jewish evangelism, the restoration of Israel, and a non-Calvinist (Provisionist like) understanding of salvation.
Watch our June 19, 2022 adult Sunday school class taught by Tom Cantor (Matthew 23:14).
Widows
Tom Cantor started by reading Matthew 23:14. Then Tom covered three main points. First, he spoke of the prayers and promises to widows in the Bible. Tom reference passages like psalm 68:5, Luke 7:11, Deuteronomy 14:28, and the widows mite.
Prayer
Next, he spoke of pretense in prayer. He noted that there are good and bad ways of praying. We shouldn’t pray to show off or use vain reputations. He gave the rosary as an example of vain repetitions. Tom compared prayers like the way his wife would write letters. She would take great care in what she said. He gave three points from her letter writing that might help prayer. First, be clear. Second, be to the point. Third, use the best words. He referenced passages of people who believed what they would receive (Matthew 20:29–34; Matthew 9:27–30) and those who struggled with belief (Mark 9: 20–24).
Judgement
Finally, Tom addressed the last part of the verse about the “greater damnation.” He gave some biblical descriptions of hell, and pointed out no one needed to go there. He critiqued “fatalistic predestination” (Calvinism) as being not true and that everyone has a chance to go to heaven. Tom pointed out that hell was not created for us but for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41). Next, he stressed how Christ died for everyone and there is provision for everyone. He used to do an Old Testament passages including those about Jesus being “the Lamb of God” for the world (John 1:29) and the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:21). Why hell? They choose to hold onto their sins. He critiqued Calvinism and TULIP using passages like Isaiah 53:4 and Romans 5:8, talking on “the unbelievable love of God.”
Tom closed referring to the Gopsel, “A person has to fight his way into Hell”, and God‘s will that all be saved.
Watch our May 22, 2022 adult Sunday school class taught by Tom Cantor (Matthew 23:13).
This Sunday, Tom Cantor taughtfrom Matthew 23:13. Tom started by reading Matthew 23:13–33 to get the context. He then looked back at the previous background. He noted that the Lord cleanse the temple of thieves of property, and now he was cleansing it of the thieves of souls.
Tom Cantor also made the important point that the Lord Jesus Christ was having compassion on them for scribes and Pharisees even in his criticism of them. The Lord Jesus his criticism was like the warning of a trumpet (Amos 3:6). Tom noted that their problem was that they were playing religion, being hypocrites. He then went on to contrast the way of works versus the way of Christ – the gospel. He pointed out that the scribes and Pharisees were in a position to be a great blessing (Matthew 23:2–3). This is something they should’ve taken advantage of.
Tom Cantor connected this passage with Jewish evangelism. Tom gave an example from his personal life when interacting with a rabbi. He said there are now two ways that the kingdom of God is “shut up“ to the Jewish community. The first is the pressure of the wall along with the “oral law.” The second is the nourishing of a prejudice against Christ. He said he calls his Israel Restoration Ministries “prejudice counselors.”
Tom also emphasize that some of the Jewish leaders did believe on Jesus (John 7:47–48). He concluded with five reasons people resist Jesus whether Jews or gentiles.
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