Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Epilogue and Conclusion Ecclesiastes 12:8-12 The Epilogue (12:8-12) 8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.9 And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Jehoiada: Judgment On Athaliah’s Dynasty 2 Kings 11 Ch.11 As there has been a Revival in the northern kingdom in ch. 9-10 the Lord begins a work in Judah triggered by the shock waves of jehu. Contrast the two revivals: one of a single man doing ostentatious Deeds of violence and […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Death and Resurrection with Christ Colossians 2:20 – 3:17 Our death and resurrection with Christ. Paul had already introduced the truth of our death and resurrection with Christ earlier in vv.11-12. Now he expands on that truth to show its practical implications in delivering us from the elements of the world; from […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Transition from Elijah to Elisha 2 Kings 2 The Ascension of Elijah (2:1-11) CHAPTER 2 1 And it came to pass when Jehovah would take up Elijah into the heavens by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said to Elisha, Abide here, I pray thee; […]
Matt. 5 is covered in vv.20-36, and Matt. 7 is covered in v.38-end. The contents of Matt. 6 are not covered here because it is specifically the purview of Matthew to bring out the relation of the Messiah to the law.
vv.17-19 Before the sermon, the Lord heals all who came. There was to be no distraction during His sermon. Similar to how the Lord made the disciples comfortable in Jn. 13 before teaching them.
vv.20-23 Some of the blesseds that touch on earthly blessing are left out in Luke, as it is more moral, whereas Matthew focuses more on the kingdom of heaven. He tells them at the get go how the path will be. The advice for blessedness here is opposite to the world’s advice. The blessed path is one of suffering, weeping, hunger, and reproach. What!?!? But there is a blessedness to walking in fellowship with the rejected Son of man, and there is a reward awaiting us, not on earth, but “in heaven”!
Each of the four blesseds are “Blessed are ye”… the disciples. The poverty, etc. were all because of their choice to associate with the Messiah who was rejected.
The rewards are a paradox… very counter intuitive (2 Cor. 6:1-10). Son of man is His title in rejection. He is preparing them for what is ahead.
The blesseds are connected with a loss from following the Son of man. The Woes are connected with a present advantage due to not following the Son of man. Something chosen instead of or at the expense of Him.
For those who choose to follow the Lord, the best is yet to come. For those who reject Him the best is now.
Taking the mote of our brothers eye might seem like an altruistic thing to do, but if you have a beam in your eye is does more harm than good. Same with leading a blind person… not helpful if you are blind!
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Birth and Childhood of Jesus Luke 2 The Birth of Jesus (2:1-7) CHAPTER 2 1 But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world. 2 The census itself first took place when […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk 3rd Entry into Jerusalem: Three Attempts from the Opposition Mark 11:27 – 12:44 1st Attempt: The Religious Leaders Concerning the Source of His Authority (11:27-33) 27 And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he walked about in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders come to […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Joash: King of Judah (Good – 40 Years) 2 Kings 12 Ch. 12 you can divide joash’s reign into two parts: before and after jehoiada’s death. 836 B.C. CHAPTER 12 1 In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Death of Jesus Luke 23:26-56 The Road to the Cross (23:26-31) 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold on a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, and put the cross upon him to bear it behind Jesus. 27 And a great multitude of the people, […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Ministry of John the Baptist Luke 3:1-22 John’s Baptism and the Baptism of Jesus on earth can be viewed as “Kingdom baptism” in contrast with “Christian Baptism”. Kingdom baptism is what disconnected the faithful Jews from the guilt of apostate Israel, while Christian baptism bring us into the Christian testimony. Kingdom baptism […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Incorrigibility Continued: Saul Spared Again in the Wilderness of Ziph 1 Samuel 26 CHAPTER 26 1 And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, facing the waste? 2 And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Man’s Responsibility, Israel’s Rejection of the Gospel Romans 10 Romans 10. Paul does not close out this subject before presenting the other side of the great dispensational change that had occurred. In chapter 9, Paul presented God’s sovereignty in the past with Israel, showing that blessing is owed to the sovereign mercy of God alone. He showed that […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Hagar: Attempt to Fulfill the Promises through the Flesh Genesis 16 Genesis 16. This chapter is like a parenthesis in the life of Abram7, in which Abram (and predominantly Sarai), knowing that the heir would come from Abram’s own body, tried to bring about the promise through human means. Abram gained a […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness Matthew 4:1-11 Sinless perfection of the Messiah. The moral fitness of the Messiah for the throne of Israel was something that all orthodox Jews knew would be a requirement for the true Christ. Prophecies such as Zeph. 3:5 required it; “the righteous lord is in the midst thereof, and […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Having God’s Mind in Our Views on Natural Things Matthew 19 Matthew 19. We have had the unfolding of a new dispensation in ch.13-17 (the kingdom of heaven). Then in ch.18 we had the gracious character that ought to be found in believers, and how the kingdom would co-exist with the assembly Christ would […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk THE BOOK OF JOB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 O U T L I […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Resolving Personal Disputes 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 vv.1-11 The Corinthians had imbibed worldly wisdom (ch.1-4) and it had resulted in worldly practices (ch.5-6). Not only had they fallen into fleshly lusts (ch.5), but into secular protocols (ch.6, v.1-11). The apostle had gotten word (probably through common report; 1 Cor. 5:1) that they were appealing to secular […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Jehovah’s Explanation of His Dealings Isaiah 65 CHAPTER 65 1 I am sought out of them that inquired not for me, I am found of them that sought me not; I have said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. 2 I have stretched […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Jeroboam and the Prophet Ahijah 1 Kings 14 CHAPTER 14 1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam was sick. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and go to Shiloh: behold, […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The King’s Pride: Gentile Powers are Given over to Exaltation of Man Daniel 4 CHAPTER 4 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied unto you. 2 It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and […]