Category Archives: Commentary

Mark 1

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Ministry in Galilee: Teaching the Disciples By Example Mark 1 – 6   O U T L I N E – Ministry in Galilee: Teaching the Disciples By Example Mark 1 – 6 – Preparation and Early Ministry Mark 1 – Second Visit to Capernaum: Overview of the Lord’s Service (Four P’s) Mark […]

1 Samuel 9:25 – 10:27

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Anointing and Inauguration of Saul 1 Samuel 9:25 – 10:27     25 And they came down from the high place into the city, and he spoke with Saul upon the roof. 26 And they arose early; and when it was about the dawning of the day, Samuel called to Saul on […]

1 Samuel 26

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 […]

Romans 10

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 […]

Genesis 16

 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 Abram1, 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 […]

Matthew 4:1-11

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 […]

Matthew 19

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 […]

Job

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 […]

1 Corinthians 6:1-11

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 […]

Isaiah 65

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 out my hands all […]

1 Kings 14

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, there is Ahijah […]

Daniel 4

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 wonders that the […]

Habakkuk

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE PROPHET HABAKKUK   1 2 3…   O U T L I N E – Habakkuk’s Complaint (or Burden): Faith Grappling with a Problem Habakkuk 1 – 2:1 – First Question: Is God indifferent to the wickedness and violence? Habakkuk 1:1-4 – Jehovah’s Response: God is not indifferent, He will raise up […]

2 Corinthians 11

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Apostleship Established by Christian Conduct 2 Corinthians 11   2 Corinthians 11. In ch.10 Paul defended his apostleship on the grounds of his effectiveness in ministry. But in ch.11 he establishes it by his Christian conduct. This is important from a practical standpoint. How we serve is every bit as important as what […]

Titus

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO TITUS   1 2 3   O U T L I N E – Salutation Titus 1:1-4 – The Writer and His Apostleship Titus 1:1-3 – The Recipient and His Relationship to Paul Titus 1:4 – The Need for Order and Good Behavior Titus 1:5-16 – Titus’ Mission […]

Judges 7

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Gideon’s Victory over Midian Judges 7   Judges 7. This chapter gives to us the deliverance of Midian into the hand of Gideon. It begins with how God deliberately reduced Gideon’s force to three hundred so that the victory would be plainly His work and not man’s (vv.1-8). Before the battle, the Lord […]

Acts 17

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Work in Greece: Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens Acts 17   Acts 17. This chapter records the gospel’s progress through Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens, three cities representing three kinds of hearers. In Thessalonica, Paul reasoned from Scripture, proving that the Messiah must suffer and rise again; some believed, but jealous Jews stirred up […]

Psalm 12

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 12 A Cry for Salvation in Time of Great Peril   Psalm 12. This is also a Psalm of David, and to be played “Upon Sheminith”, or “an octave”, like Psalm 6. It is characterized by deep expressions and movings of heart. The setting prophetically is of the faithful remnant in the […]

Psalm 28

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 28 A Prayer to Be Preserved From Being Drawn Away With the Wicked   Psalm 28. This is another Psalm of David, and it expresses the prayer of the faithful in the midst of an evil generation. The first half of the Psalm (vv.1-5) is the cry for help, and the second […]