Sermons & Devotionals by Robert Wurtz II
Robert Wurtz II
Rabbi Akiba's False Messiah
When it comes to understanding the significance of this particular segment, it is important to realize the impact that "one man" by the name of Rabbi Akiba Ben Joseph has had on modern Rabbinic Judaism and the Jews. I personally believe it would be next to impossible to overstate the negative impact... Read More
Robert Wurtz II
Ritual Immursion (The Origin of Christian Baptism)
Many thousands of people have died over the issue of water baptism. It is not my intent to further such strife within the Church. With great reluctance I wish to consider baptism as it was formerly known as 'ritual immersion'. The Innovation for Novation (the Origin of 'Clinical Baptism') Pope Corne... Read More
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SALVATION TO THE UTTERMOST (Part 1)
SALVATION TO THE UTTERMOST (Part 1) By Robert Wurtz II Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. (Hebrews 7:25) Salvation is an English word that is used to translate the Greek word soteria. The word means ... Read More
Robert Wurtz II
SALVATION TO THE UTTERMOST (Part 2)
SALVATION TO THE UTTERMOST (Part 2) Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. (Hebrews 7:25) The objective of Satan has always been to use sin to drive a wedge between man and God. God is holy and cannot to... Read More
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Sanctification in Shoe Leather (Is 'death' the savior?) Some Final Observations 1
The Total Sanctification defense of doctrine teachings, I found, were long ramblings of philosophical rhetoric that answered few questions from scripture and have done very little to make me any holier. Repentance teachings based upon the premise that men ought to live holy and get right with God ha... Read More
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SARX (the "flesh")
SARX (Various senses of the word commonly translated as "Flesh") Strongs Definition: NT:4561 sarx (sarx); probably from the base of NT:4563; flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul [or spirit], or as the sym... Read More
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SEVEN MYTHS OF REPENTANCE (Myth #1 & #2)
THE REPENTANCE GOD REQUIRES By Robert Wurtz II (Part I) A) DEFINING REPENTANCE 1) Walking With God The concept of repentance is found throughout scripture as God’s commandment to man to turn back to the path of walking with Him and in His ways. We read of the voice of God walking in the cool of the ... Read More
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SEVEN MYTHS OF REPENTANCE (Myth #3, #4, & #5)
7 Myths of Repentance” (Part III) By Robert Wurtz II C) MYTH #3 PENANCE IS REPENTANCE 1) Penance Penance is voluntary self-punishment to show repentance. Penance is not something generally found in Protestant circles in the west. Some may ‘afflict’ themselves for a time hoping to gain God’s approval... Read More
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SEVEN MYTHS OF REPENTANCE (MYTH #6 & 7)
MYTH #6 REPENTANCE CAN BE SELECTIVE In Richard Owens Roberts section on “Seven myths of Repentance” he states, “When anyone resorts to selective repentance, the tendency is to repent of the glaring matters, the things of which everyone knows he is guilty. There is no potential for selectivity in gen... Read More
Robert Wurtz II
Sowing to the Flesh
When it comes to having the Jews understand the reality of the Gospel, it is important to realize that the “light” of the law that would be their schoolmaster and lead them to Christ has been veiled by the Oral Law and the Talmud. What light may have seeped out is then governed by the Rabbi’s who ar... Read More
Robert Wurtz II
Talmudic Revisionism And The Struggle For Authority
Because of “Talmudic Revisionism,” little is left to be known of the various competing sects of Pharisees that struggled and ultimately lost to that elite group of Pharisees within the Pharisees under Yohannan ben Zakkai. Little is ever told about the many “Judaisms” that existed before the destruct... Read More
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TEN KEYS TO TOTAL VICTORY (Introduction)
TEN KEYS TO TOTAL VICTORY (By Robert Wurtz II) INTRODUCTION For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? (I John 5:4-5) It is God’s will ... Read More
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TEN KEYS TO TOTAL VICTORY (Key #1 LAY ASIDE YOUR WEIGHTS!)
TEN KEYS TO TOTAL VICTORY (Key #1) The Key to Laying Aside Your Weights… Hebrews 12:1 teaches us that there are weights that serve as an encumbrance in our spiritual lives, and sins also that easily beset us. The word beset could have been translated as compete. The Scripture would then read…the sin... Read More
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THE "ROBBERS"
The "Robbers" (Gk. les-tes) as we touched on in the previous study was the preferred term to describe participants in the Jewish Freedom Movement by Josephus. This sheds much light on the Gospels and the crucifixion of Jesus. When the temple guards came to get Jesus He asked them the question "48 "A... Read More
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The 613 Laws of the Old Testament
Paul said that if righteousness could have come by the law it would have; but it cannot. As it is written... Galatians 3:21 "Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law." All ... Read More
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The acts of the sinful nature are obvious (Galatians 5:19 NIV).
Obvious? Wherein could they not be known? In response to your question as to who I am referring to with the issue of pride and resistance by God- it is for ANY reader who may think they stand, or pretend to stand, and yet have secret sin in their life. Only you know if this is true; but knowing the ... Read More
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THE ASSASSINS (Sacarii)
In Matthew 24:2 Jesus asked... "Do you see all these things?" he asked. "I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down." (NIV) Jesus knew what was coming and it was total devastation. After the death and resurrection of Christ- the Zealots and the Ph... Read More
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The Birkat ha Minim
According to the Encyclopedia Judaica there were 7 different types of Pharisees (Perushim). Two of them were after the order of Abraham and Job and the other 5 were hypocrites (?). The Pharisee's that fled to Yavneh would likely have included no Nazarenes as they were deemed a heretical sect within ... Read More
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The Church Heads West An Introduction to the Issues (Part I)
Hellenism (A Few Issues) When Alexander the Great conquered the then known world the language of Greek spread throughout. This was convenient for the spread of the Gospel and was prophesied through Nebuchadnezars dream centuries before. Jews from the Diaspora were living in a Greek culture and were ... Read More
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The Church Heads West An Introduction To the Issues (Part II)
PHILO JUDAEUS “Philo of Alexandria” (20 BCE - 50CE) Philo Judaues was a Jew and a contemporary of both Jesus and Paul. He was a native of Alexandria, Egypt. He received the best Jewish education, and was trained also in gentile learning-grammar, rhetoric, philosophy, geometry, poetry, music. Having ... Read More
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Robert Wurtz II ( - )
For almost 20 years I have served as a author and teacher of advanced biblical studies. My interests are the New Covenant, apologetics and classical revival. Native of the Kansas City, Mo area and reside now in Independence, MO with wife Anna.He is the author of many books including the newest Televangelicalism. In this insightful and thought provoking book, Robert Wurtz II traces the history of Christian evangelism from the book of Acts to modern times. The contrast between pre-1900 and post-1900 evangelism is so sharp, that the book is divided into two sections: Part 1, the pre-Billy Sunday era and Part 2, the post-Billy Sunday evangelistic era. This book is a must-read for anyone that has concerns about issues such as "the sinner's prayer" or shallow concepts of conversion.