Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Jacob’s Troubled Stay in Shechem Genesis 34 Genesis 34. This is one of the darkest chapters, not only in Genesis, but in Jacob’s life. He was now living in the land of promise, but he had neither dealt with the idols in his house, nor gone up to Bethel. It is as […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau Genesis 32 Genesis 32. In this chapter Jacob prepares to meet Esau. All the memories of what Jacob had done to his brother came before him, as well as the anger of Esau, and Jacob was terrified. He sends messengers, divides his company, and schemes to avoid […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Things Which Are: Church History Revelation 2 – 3 The Seven Churches of Asia. There are a number of ways these seven letters can be applied: Historically: as seven literal churches in Asia Minor with their respective vices and virtues. Allegorically: as moral principles from each letter that can be applied to […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Marriages, Family Trouble, and Commercial Success Genesis 29 – 30 Genesis 29 – 30. In these chapters, Jacob begins to reap what he has sown. As he deceived his father and brother, now he is deceived by his uncle Laban. Nevertheless, God remains with Jacob, caring for him providentially, as that ladder from […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Trials of Christ Matthew 26:57 – 27:26 The Trials of Jesus before Men. Historically, there were a number of trials or “hearings” of our Lord before various councils and governors. There were actually six different hearings, three before the Jews, and three before the Gentiles. One remarkable feature of the trials of […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Parables & Questions: The Hardness of the Jewish Leaders Exposed Matthew 21:23 – 22:46 Christ’s Authority Questioned by the Jewish Leaders (21:23-27) The Sanhedrin Question the Lord’s Authority to Cleanse the Temple (21:23) 23 And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Lot Visited and the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah Genesis 19 Genesis 19. This chapter is a complete contrast to the previous chapter. In chapter 18, three men visit Abraham and have fellowship with him, one of them being identified as Jehovah Himself. In chapter 19, two men visit Lot, and both […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Abraham Visited in the Plains of Mamre Genesis 18 Genesis 18. The Lord having entered into a covenant relationship with Abraham (ch.17), He now comes to Abraham’s dwelling to commune with him. Ch.18 is a direct contrast with ch.19. In chapter 18, three men visit Abraham and spend time with him, and […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Presentation of the King: The Son of David and Son of Man Matthew 20:29 – 25:46 This section records the final presentation of Christ as Son of David and true King of Israel. We might wonder, why is a final presentation needed? Hadn’t the Lord already been rejected in ch.11-12, and hadn’t […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Cure for Division: Get God’s Perspective on Things 1 Corinthians 3:18 – 4:21 What the Scriptures Say About Worldly Wisdom (3:18-23) Three reasons not to imbibe the world’s wisdom. Paul gives a word now to those who were using the world’s wisdom in their teaching and preaching. He gives three reasons not to do […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The History of Faith: Calling and Promise Genesis 12 – 50 This section, from chapter 12 to 50, takes up the dispensational principles of Calling and Promise. This is done by way of four men: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, as follows: O U T L I N E- The History […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Separation of Abram & Lot Genesis 13 What Lot Represents. Lot is a picture of a believer who, walked from the very beginning in another’s faith, and not his own. For a time he maintained an outward path of separation, but did not have the personal conviction to continue in it. […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Cause of Division: the Intrusion of Man’s Wisdom 1 Corinthians 1:17 – 3:17 The Cause of Division. The strife and division in Corinth had a root. Paul gets down to what that is in ch.3. The Corinthians were carnal (or, fleshly), and as a result of their carnality, they had modeled their Christianity after […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Coming Changes: the Assembly and the Millennium Matthew 16 – 17 Another Dispensational Outline. In ch.16-17 we have another dispensational outline. Ch.16, vv.1-12 Israel’s Rejection of the Messiah, the Sign of the Prophet Jonas Ch.16, vv.13-28 The Church to be built, the necessity of the death and resurrection of Christ Ch.17, vv.1-27 A […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Introduction to the Person of the Son John 1 – 2 John 1 – 2. These two chapters form the introduction to the Gospel of John. They introduce us to the glorious Person of Christ. Suitably, John’s Gospel begins with the infinitude of Christ’s Person and ends with […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Prevention of the Kingdom: Christ Rejected by Israel Matthew 11 – 12 Christ’s rejection by Israel. In Isa. 49:3-13 we find that all of the Lord’s efforts in sending out the messengers of the Kingdom was unsuccessful in turning Israel to the Lord; “I have laboured in vain, I have spent […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Class #3: The Privileged Jew Romans 2:17 – 3:8 The Privileged Jew. Now Paul turns to the Jew and proceeds to show him that he is even more responsible than the Gentile because he has more light. The Jews were the caretakers of the law (vv.17-24), they bore the outward sign of God’s covenant […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Warnings Concerning Obedience Deuteronomy 4 The Importance of Obedience to Commandments (4:1-24) CHAPTER 4 1 And now, Israel, hearken to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Claims of God in Government Leviticus 24 – 27 The Golden Candlesticks to Burn Continually (24:1-4) CHAPTER 24 1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to light the lamp continually. 3 Outside the […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Conduct That Flows From a Right Understanding of Grace Romans 14:1 – 15:13 Christian liberty is an important subject in the New Testament. The basic principle is this: the Christian has been set completely free from every kind of bondage in order to do the will of God. The believer has been […]