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Keep pushing the message of the Gospel. He will make good of his promises to you.

Great, now treat that "mission" confidential and your religion like your privat parts: bice that you have them but keep them to your self and stop waving them around in public.

Is that a Xmas tree in the CHURCH???

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Glad to see you have fun and make the kid comfortable, You seem like a very good man and I appreciate you giving that to the world.

As new creations in Christ, we all have the same DNA. A DNA that is feed by the Word, not the traditions of men.

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Amen!!! King Jesus Christ is Lord Eternal Savior!!!

Thanks Jonathan for the powerful and inspiring message. I'm going through a season right now where the Lord has let me 2 bringing a co-worker to know the Lord and make a disciple. A person at John Deere where I work, with no basis for doing other than the Holy Spirit's leading me to give him a kingdoms comic book 3 volume Bible as a Christmas present. He's an angry bitter young 21 year old with autism. I'm no longer in the same department, but last Friday I was chastised at work by leaders for doing this because he and his dad who also works there complained because I crossed a line. But he's one person who I will continue to pray for every day. Was it and is it worth the trials? ABSOLUTELY YESSSSSS!!! I can't wait for the day when the heavens will be rejoicing after his name is written into the Book of Life! Praise God! Thank you for your inspiration and ministry!

Thank you for sharing this

Amen, Jonathan. May you continue to walk closely with the Lord Jesus. He will never leave you or forsake you brother. Thank you for sharing your testimony of what He has done and what He is doing in your life. I am happy your Dad has come to faith in Christ too.

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Dear Brother Jonathan, Thank you for sharing your testimony of what Jesus has done and is doing in your life.

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I have three degrees in Education and think we need to develop curricula that has degrees of development just like a school. Courses in Truth, Fruit, Gifts/Talents and Personal Life like marriage, Parenting, work, etc.

Excellent. Barnabas was the most effective Equipper in New T. But the key is preparation of Equippers. I think it is futile to urge Preachers to Equip. They preach. Hire Adult Educators to Coach and let Preachers preach. Preachers cannot Equip. No gift to take people with them to Do Ministry. We started Equipping in 70’s and now have Centers in 80 nations. What contemporary religious groups has 40% growth per decade? Mormons. Why? They equip and send.

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Brother Jonathan, Thank you for reminding us of the cost of truly following Christ Jesus our Lord. For when we truly allow Jesus to be our Lord and Savior of our lives do find life. May Jesus live His life through us. See Galatians 2:20

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Jonathan, thank you for drawing us back to the scriptures.

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Wonderful! Continue your walk in Christ.

Jonathan, thank you so much for your testimony. This is the beauty of watching Christ Jesus working in and through our lives for His glory.

Jonathan, may you continue to yield to Christ Jesus our Lord, that He may shine through you and receive the glory. I am glad that the Lord allow me to meet you at Latin School as I was on my way to work.

I know I'm late, but I'll share a couple of thoughts, already touched on by some. Great exposition, but very academic. That's not necessarily a bad thing. I know you only had 5 minutes here, and I'd love to hear the rest of the message worked out. Word study and deep exegesis is good, but don't shoot too far over your audiences head. You would help this by answering the "so what" that Mitchell mentioned. First, how does this text point us to the Gospel. You touched on it with the comment about our "longing for a Savior". In a longer message, always point clearly to the cross no matter where you are in the Book. Second, I have a habit once I've dealt with a text and all my points and illustrations and such. I come to a point were I ask, with the listeners, "so what do we do with this?" Almost every single time, because we've pointed to the Gospel clearly, the first point of response is repentance. Then progress to more specific application. That's just how I tend to get there, but you must come to that point where you help us see what this means in my life right now. Again, you were very much limited in time here, and I would love to hear the full version of this sermon. Just a few thoughts. Good job.

God exegesis but poor or unclear application. Perhaps if you had more time you could give more clear personal life application. Looking forward to hearing you this Sunday...praying for you.

Sermon Critique: Nahum 3:8-9 by Jonathan Hayashi Critique 1: Literary Context When I critique/evaluate a sermon, the first question I ask is, “Which passages have the preacher chosen to exposit from.” Intrinsically this question asks two questions, 1) where did he choose to begin with? And 2) which verse did he choose as a final verse. It is crucial to ask these questions in any sermon preparation for it will reveal if the preacher/exegete chose to honor the grammatical and structural breakdown as communicated by the text and its author. If this is not taken into consideration, the inevitable consequence which it results in is the common mistake of taking the verse out of its literary context. Below is an English example which will illustrate my point. In 1941, the geographically small country of Japan won a decisive victory over the powerful United States with its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. However, as General Isoroku Yamamoto has stated, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." This incident led to the demise of Japan as well as its ultimate defeat. If someone were to ‘exegete’ the first sentence, “In 1941, the geographically small country of Japan won a decisive victory over the powerful United States with its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.” This quote at first impression will seem to be indicating to the positive account of the attack. However, it becomes apparent that when the entire paragraph is taken into consideration, it is clear that the speech is intended to communicate the downfall and defeat which the attack on Pearl Harbor has led to. This illustration is all a preface to point to the fact that although you have chosen a good starting verse with 3:8, by choosing vs 9 as a final verse you have ignored the connection vs 10 has with 8-9 indicated by the Hebrew adverb גַּם which is translated aversively here as “However/But/Yet”. In fact, the Hebrew text uses a chain of these adverbs between v10-11 to strongly indicate its grammatical connection as indicated below: *it should be noted that translation is mine. 3:10 גַּם־הִיא לַגֹּלָה הָלְכָה בַשֶּׁבִי גַּם עֹלָלֶיהָ יְרֻטְּשׁוּ בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל־חוּצֹות וְעַל־נִכְבַּדֶּיהָ יַדּוּ גֹורָל וְכָל־גְּדֹולֶיהָ רֻתְּקוּ בַזִּקִּֽים׃ Yet she became exiles, she went in amongst the captives also her children they were dashed at the head, every street. And concerning her glorified ones, they casted lots And all her great ones, they were bound in/with fetters 3:11 גַּם־אַתְּ תִּשְׁכְּרִי תְּהִי נַֽעֲלָמָה גַּם־אַתְּ תְּבַקְשִׁי מָעֹוז מֵאֹויֵֽב׃ Also you, you will indeed become drunk, you will be hidden Also you, you will indeed seek refuge from an enemy When this structural cohesion is noted, one will note the striking shift from second person in v 8 line 1 (Are you better than Thebes) to third person singular feminine (She was situated besides the great Nile, water surrounding her)*This is more apparent in the Hebrew. And the shift back to the second person in v 11. (Also you, you will indeed become drunk, you will be hidden, Also you, you will indeed seek refuge from an enemy) In the Hebrew structure the second feminine singular independent pronoun is followed by a second feminine singular verb which functions emphatically focusing on the grammatical subject of “you”, this is indicated by my translation “Also you, you will indeed”. This detailed discussion of the grammatical analysis of the text has been done in order to point that the text is focused on the Ninevites and its upcoming judgment. Also just as a side note, another question when identifying the exegeted text is noting where the passage is quoted from within the structure of the entire book. Does the passage come in the beginning, middle or end of the book? If in the beginning, important questions to ask may be “what is the text setting up?” or “is the author establishing something paradigmatic for latter interpretation?”. If the passage appears at the end an important questions to ask is, “Is this passage alluding back to anything within the text?” or “How has the author built up his argument until this moment?” Although I understand this is difficult to do with big books as Isaiah and Genesis, with short books as Nahum, it is imperative to read the entire book (3 chapters) numerous times as well as consult the introductions of commentaries. (In preparation of this critique, it took me about 2 hours to read the book numerous times, read introduction of couple of commentaries as well as translated Ch 3 from Hebrew to English). Critique 2: Historical Context. It is admirable that you have made some surface level historical and geographical survey. Historical and geographical context can not only enhance one’ interpretation of scripture but also limit one’ exegesis. However, there are some crucial mistakes which you have made which affected your exegesis in a negative way. When commenting on the opening verb of verse 8 “are you better than Thebes” you have stated, that the “secret and hidden” message which spans throughout the text is the question “are better in having better qualities than Thebes?” There clearly is a simile made here between Thebes and Nineveh, however, the text clearly lacks in any language which depicts the “quality” or “ethical” character of either cities. Instead the text is filled with geographical imagery in verse 8, and verse 9 is concerned with depicting the geopolitical strength of Egypt. The point that is made here is not to build an ethical connection between Thebes and Egypt, but instead, it is concerned with make a connection between the strength of each country as well as the same historical fate which awaits Nineveh; that is the fall and defeat of a mighty empire. Concerning the geographical notes of the water surrounding the city as well as the metaphoric language of water being the wall Thebes you assert, “Thebes like Nineveh the river was its defense and water as their wall.” However, Nineveh was not known for using water as their defense. Instead the city was noted for their massive wall which was impenetrable: “The ruins of Nineveh are surrounded by the remains of a massive stone and mud brick wall dating from about 700 BC. About 12 km in length, the wall system consisted of an ashlar stone retaining wall about 6 meters (20 ft) high surmounted by a mud brick wall about 10 meters (33 ft) high and 15 meters (49 ft) thick.” A cursory over Nahum will soon attest to the intentional incorporation of rich water imagery throughout the book. (Cf. 1:3, 4, 8, 2:6, 8; 3:8) This use of water imagery is most likely an intentional rhetorical technique employed by Nahum to emphasize the coming destruction of Nineveh prophesized (Nah 1:8) and the striking historical truth that this actually came to past. (The only way which the impenetrable city wall was breached was by the use of a flood by the Babylonians) Furthermore, when commenting on the alliance between Cush, Put, Libya Egypt, you have connected it to the notion of human strength. However, the description of verse 9 of their alliance is likely a rhetorical technique employed by the author to further draw an analogy between Assyria and Egypt. By alluding back to Nahum 1:12 where Nineveh is described as, “Although they have allies and are numerous, they will be destroyed and pass away.” The point is to drive the inevitable judgment that will come upon a powerful and mighty empire. When commenting on the downfall of Egypt, you have attributed this to God being the primary agent in the defeat of a powerful empire. Although this is true as God is the one who controls history and is depicted as one who will destroy Nineveh, this ignores the historical story of the Assyrians defeating Egypt[1] and the great irony implied by the author in comparing Assyria to the very country which they defeated (i.e. Egypt). One of the weakest points in this sermon is your thesis, “Human strength is nothing before God”. This point is true, as our analysis of the passage so far does seem to point to the strength of Egypt which Nineveh is compared to. However, this main point is too broad and does not take into consideration the unique message and theological emphasis of Nahum. For example, both in your introduction and conclusion you depict God’s judgment upon Nineveh as a response to arrays of hypothetical human questions, doubts and prayer for help. However within the entire book of Nahum, rarely does it attribute God’ judgment as response to human faithlessness or prayer. Instead, it over and over again portray the basis of judgment rooted in the character of God. The opening verse of Nahum states, The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his foes and vents his wrath against his enemies. 3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. (Nahum 1:2-3a NIV) Furthermore, in the passage which directly prophesizes Nineveh’ destruction it states, 7 The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him, 8 but with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness. (Nahum 1:7-8 NIV). Both passage is concerned with YHWH’ character .Therefore, instead of rooting God’ judgment as a response to human prayer and doubt, it is more appropriate in light of the theological emphasis within the text to root the basis of judgment to God’ character. I hope this critique/evaluation will help you in your future exegesis and preaching. P.S. You are pronouncing Thebes wrongly. The latter “e” is silenced. [1]Although the following source is from Wikipedia and not the most reliable source of information, it has been quoted here to give and idea of the historical backdrop of Assyria’ defeat of Egypt, “Ashurbanipal inherited from Esarhaddon not only the throne but also the ongoing war with Egypt and Kush/Nubia. Ashurbanipal sent an army against them in 667 BC that defeated the Nubian king of Egypt Taharqa, near Memphis, … At the same time the Egyptian vassals rebelled and were also defeated. All of the vanquished leaders save one were sent to Nineveh. Only Necho I, the native Egyptian Prince of Sais, convinced the Assyrians of his loyalty and was sent back to become the Assyrian puppet Pharaoh of Egypt. After the death of Taharqa in 664 BC his nephew and successor Tantamani invaded Upper Egypt and made Thebes his capital. In Memphis he defeated the other Egyptian princes and Necho may have died in the battle. Another army was sent by Ashurbanipal and again it succeeded in defeating the Kushites/Nubians. Tantamani was driven back to his homeland in Nubia and stayed there. The Assyrians plundered Thebes and took much booty home with them.”

Exegesis, perfectly on par. Very well thought out, and extremely well explained in context. However, my only "criticism" would be one I gave myself when I started preaching regularly. Always approach your message with the question, "So what?" Why does your audience need to know what you are about to say. If it is merely subjective, how can we expect them to apply truth to their life. Messages need to be personal and must challenge people to respond to the Word of God. For example: Ask yourself what you want your audience to think, know, and most importantly do. If pastors preach subjectively and give no imperatives...then, often times, there will be no life change. Yet, life change is the entire point of preaching. The Bible says for itself that it is, "Profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." Thus preaching from the Word must be centered around life change. Inspire people to live out the reality of the scripture. All I got from this message was that God is bigger than any enemy. So the question then becomes, how do I live within this reality and how does this directly impact my day to day struggles. That question has not been answered. Other than that, Jonathan, I think you are on the right track. Certainly a way better exegete than me. Great work! May God continue to bless you and keep you in His care.

Good message but in some sections, you need to slow down or maybe shorten some of your sentences. Also, in the beginning, maybe you can show a map of the locations or put the themes up before the text: “With God all things are possible.” “No power in earth can protect us from God’s judgment.” “Put your trust in God above all else.” Love the message. Great job!

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