Category Archives: Commentary

Joshua

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE BOOK OF JOSHUA   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24   O U T L I N E – Coming Into the Land: A Believer Seated in the Heavenlies Joshua 1 – 4 – […]

Matthew 7:1-6

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Having a Right Focus in Connection with Social Things Matthew 7:1-6     ContentsAbuse of Judgment in Connection with Fellow Believers (7:1-5)Abuse of Grace in Connection with Unbelievers (7:6)  Abuse of Judgment in Connection with Fellow Believers (7:1-5) Offenses and perceived sin in our brethren (vv.1-5). Previously, the Lord had addressed persecution and offenses from the world, and with our enemies. […]

Matthew 27:27-66

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Crucifixion and Death of Christ Matthew 27:27-66      ContentsThe Mocking of the Soldiers (vv.27-31)The Actual Crucifixion of Jesus (vv.32-37)The Mocking of the Jews (vv.38-44)The Three Hours of Darkness (vv.45-49)The Death of Jesus and the Signs the Followed (vv.50-54)The Women Who Followed (vv.55-56)The Burial of Jesus (vv.57-66)Joseph’s Tomb (vv.57-61)The Attempt to Secure the Sepulchre […]

1 Corinthians 12

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Nature and Use of Gifts in the Assembly 1 Corinthians 12 – 14   1 Corinthians 12 – 14. In these three chapters of the epistle, Paul takes up the exercise of gift in the assembly, and the principles that ought to regulate it. It is a continuation, in a sense, of ch.11 where […]

1 Kings 6

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Temple 1 Kings 6       CHAPTER 6 1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, […]

1 Kings 21

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Ahab and Naboth: the King’s Treachery, and Judgment Promised 1 Kings 21       CHAPTER 21 1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jizreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jizreel, by the side of the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 And Ahab spoke to Naboth saying, Give me thy vineyard, […]

Daniel 11

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The King of the North, the King of the South, and the Antichrist Daniel 11     ContentsHistorical Events in Connection with the Land of Israel (11:2-35)The Succession of Persian Monarchs from Cyrus (v.2)Alexander the Great and the Division of His Empire (vv.3-4)The King of the North and the King of the South […]

Acts

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE BOOK OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES   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   O U T L I N E – The Formation of the Church & the […]

Colossians

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS   1 2 3 4   O U T L I N E – Introduction: Christ the Preeminent One Colossians 1 – Opening Salutation Colossians 1:1-2 – Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Colossians Colossians 1:3-14 – Expounding Christ’s Glory and Paul’s Ministry Colossians 1:15-29 – The Double […]

Hebrews 10:19-39

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Practical: The Results of Christ’s Superiority in the Believer’s Life Hebrews 10:19 – 13:17   Practical Section: “Let Us”. Now we come to the practical portion of the Epistle to the Hebrews. As with most epistles, the practical exhortations follow the doctrine, because right practice flows from right doctrine. Having considered the glories […]

2 John

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN, CALLED SECOND JOHN   O U T L I N E – Walking in Truth and Love and Refusing False Teachers 2 John 1:1-13 – Greeting 2 John 1:1-3 – Walking in Truth and Love 2 John 1:4-6 – Detecting and Rejecting False Teachers 2 John 1:7-11 – […]

Acts 8

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Early Persecution & Expansion of the Church to Incorporate Gentiles Acts 8 – 12   Acts 8 – 12. The Lord Jesus had told the disciples, “Ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and […]

Acts 22

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Paul’s Defenses Acts 22:1 – 23:30     Paul’s Defense before the Jewish Mob Acts 22       CHAPTER 22 1 Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you. 2 And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says, […]

Psalm 3

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 3 An Evening Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies   Psalm 3 – 7. These Psalms form a progression, illustrated by the various stages of a 24-hour day, from one morning to the next. The expressions get deeper as the series progresses. In Psalm 3, the psalmist is viewed in the morning; “I […]

Psalm 19

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 19 The Revelation of God in Creation and His Law   Psalm 19. This is a Psalm of David in which he reflects on two revelations of God: (1) the general revelation of God in creation, and (2) the special revelation of God through His Word, specifically to Israel. Prophetically, this Psalm describes […]

Psalm 35

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 35 Jehovah Called on to Deliver the Remnant   Psalm 35. This is a Psalm of David, and it really is a call for Jehovah to deliver the faithful in a time of extreme opposition and persecution. It is an agonized, beseeching cry for the Lord to act, to intervene on behalf […]

Psalm 51

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 51 A Confession of Sin and Blood-guiltiness   Psalm 51. This Psalm is an answer to Psalm 50:14; “sacrifice to God confession”. The confession is what we have in Psalm 51. This is the last of the penitential psalms, which contain the confession of sins (Psalms 25; 32; 38; 41; 51). There […]

Psalm 67

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 67 God Praised in the Millennium by Israel and the Nations   Psalm 67. This is a Psalm that was intended to be played “on stringed instruments”, and was likely written by David, although we cannot be sure. This Psalm gives us the expressions of restored Israel in the Millennium, as they […]

Psalm 83

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 83 The Ten-Nation Confederacy of the Assyrian   Psalm 83. In this Psalm of Asaph we have a prayer of the faithful remnant for the destruction of a great confederacy of Middle-Eastern nations in league with Ashur, or Assyria, which represents in prophecy the king of the north, or the little horn […]