Category Archives: Commentary

1 Samuel 14

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Saul’s 2nd Step: Recklessness – Jonathan and his Armorbearer 1 Samuel 14     CHAPTER 14 1 Now it came to pass one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man that bore his armour, Come and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison which is on the […]

1 Samuel 30

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Burning of Ziklag and David’s Victory over Amalek 1 Samuel 30     CHAPTER 30 1 And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the south, and upon Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag and burned it with […]

Ephesians 2

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   God’s Work of Forming the Church Ephesians 2   Ephesians 2. The same power which raised up Christ and set Him at the right hand of God (ch.1) “from the graveyard to the glory” is now put forth on behalf of (and working in) those that believe in Him (ch.2). In ch.1 we […]

Romans 3:9-20

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The World Under Sin: God’s Courtroom Romans 3:9-20   God’s Courtroom. Romans 3:9-20 gives us the conclusion to the opening section of Romans. These verses read very much like a courtroom scene. We have heard all the evidence in Rom. 1:19 – 3:8. The charge is given in v.9; “all under sin”. The indictment is read in vv.10-18 […]

Romans 13

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Conduct That Flows From Understanding Our Place in the World Romans 13   Romans 13. It is very fitting that this chapter be found in this epistle. The Roman Empire was in power, and these believers were in the very capitol where that power was concentrated. The Jews did not want to accept the idea that […]

Genesis 21

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Isaac & Ishmael: The Rightful Heir of Promise Genesis 21   Genesis 21. In ch.15 the Lord promised Abraham a son from his own body. In ch.16, Abraham and Sarah seek to obtain an heir through Abraham’s union with Hagar, producing Ishmael. In ch.17 the Lord tells Abraham that he would have a […]

Genesis 40

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Butler and the Baker Genesis 40   Genesis 40. The role of the butler and baker in the story of Joseph primarily becomes a link in a chain of providential events that leads to Joseph’s own dreams being fulfilled. Joseph would never have been remembered before Pharah if he had remained in Canaan […]

Deuteronomy

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED DEUTERONOMY   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   O U T L I N E – A Backward […]

Matthew 5:17-48

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Principles of the Kingdom in Connection with the Law Matthew 5:17-48   Fulfilling the Law. In this section (vv.17-48) the Lord Jesus establishes the authority of the law, which the Jews ought to have kept until the kingdom was introduced. They should have kept, not only the law, but also the words […]

Matthew 23

The Pharisees stood in the highest public place as far as their religious knowledge and practices. The Lord knew that from a religious standpoint, the Pharisees were driving the nation. The most severe pronouncements in the Lord’s public ministry are reserved for this class… the most privileged.

John 4

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Woman at the Well: Satisfaction, Worship and Service John 4     ContentsJesus Makes Room for John in Judea (4:1-3)The Woman at the Well: Christian Satisfaction and Worship (4:4-30)Service to the Father’s Will & It’s Connection with Satisfaction (4:31-38)A Third Day in Cana – the Restoration of Israel (4:43-54) Jesus Makes Room […]

1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Principle and Sign of Headship 1 Corinthians 11:2-16     Disorder with respect to headship. Apparently, in Corinth there were both men and women that had gotten out of their place with respect to headship. Men were retiring from their place of headship, and women were taking a place of headship not given to […]

Isaiah 39

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Captivity of Babylon Foretold Isaiah 39       CHAPTER 39 1 At that time Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah; for he had heard that he had been sick and had recovered. 2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed […]

1 Kings 4

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Glory of the Kingdom 1 Kings 4       CHAPTER 4 1 And king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these are the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok was priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, chronicler; […]

1 Kings 19

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Elijah before Jezebel, His Discouragement & the Still Small Voice 1 Kings 19       CHAPTER 19 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and in detail how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do the gods […]

Mark

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE GOSPEL OF MARK    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16   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 […]

Philippians 3

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Christ Our Object: Joy is a Result of Having Christ as Our Object Philippians 3   Philippians 3. In the previous chapter we had the danger of strife warned of. Christ was set before us as our pattern in humility, and this as the secret to unity among believers. Now in ch.3, the apostle […]

2 Peter 3

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Scoffers and Materialism 2 Peter 3   2 Peter 3. In the final chapter Peter addresses the second of two evils. Having covered the false teachers in ch.2, he now deals with the materialistic and skeptical world around, characterized by denying the return of the Lord in judgment, an influence which can impact […]

Judges 12:8-15

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Judgeships of Ibzan, Elon, Abdon Judges 12:8-15   Judges 12:8-15. In this passage we have three more judges of Israel raised up by God: one came from the tribe of Judah, another from Zebulon, and the third from Ephraim. Its doesn’t appear that these judges delivered Israel from any great threat. Rather, they lived […]