Category Archives: Commentary

Psalm 150

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 150 A Crescendo of Praise to Jehovah, For Everything, With Everything, and From Everything That Has Breath   Psalm 150. This final Psalm in the collection of Psalms is a grand finale of praise to Jehovah which will echo throughout the earth in the Millennium. God as Jah is praised for everything, […]

1 Samuel 4

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Glory of the Lord Departs from Israel 1 Samuel 4     CHAPTER 4 1 And what Samuel had said happened to all Israel. And Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. 2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against […]

1 Samuel 20

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   David Before Jonathan 1 Samuel 20     CHAPTER 20 1 And David fled from Naioth by Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity, and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeks my life? 2 And he said to him, God forbid; […]

Ephesians 6:10-24

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Conclusion Ephesians 6:10-24     The conflict addressed in the last part of Ephesians 6 is discussed popularly among Christians, but its strict interpretation is not often understood. The true meaning of this conflict is vastly important, and helpful in our Christian lives. What is the conflict in Ephesians […]

Romans 7:1-6

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Identification with Christ Frees Us From the Law’s Dominion Romans 7:1-6   Freedom from law. In the previous section, Paul showed that a Christian has freedom from sin because he is identified with Christ in death. The believer now lives unto God! Now Paul shows that one cannot live unto God in grace […]

Genesis 6

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Corruption of the Earth and Election of Grace Genesis 6     ContentsJehovah’s Reasons for Judging the Earth (6:1-8)The Corruption of Creation (vv.1-4)The Corruption of Man: Decision to Judge the World (vv.5-7)Noah: A Remnant According to God’s Sovereignty (v.8)The Ark: God’s Provision for Salvation (6:8-13)The History of Noah (vv.9-13)The Ark Constructed: Preparations for […]

Genesis 27

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk     Jacob: Trying to fulfill God’s Blessing through the Flesh Genesis 27 – 36   The next section in the book of Genesis concerns Jacob, who spent the majority of his life trying to fulfill God’s blessing through the flesh:   O U T L I N E – Jacob: Trying to Fulfill God’s […]

Genesis 50

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Burial of Jacob, Joseph’s Final Years and His Death Genesis 50   Genesis 50. In this chapter we have the death of Jacob, his funeral in Egypt, the procession to Canaan, and his burial in the cave of Machpelah. The we find the disposition of the brothers toward Joseph, and Joseph’s disposition toward his […]

1 Samuel

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE BOOK OF FIRST SAMUEL   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   O U T L I N E – Eli the Priest: The Corruption of the […]

Matthew 10

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Preaching of the Kingdom: Twelve Disciples Sent to Lost Sheep Matthew 10   Matthew 10 gives us the sending forth of the heralds of the kingdom to announce that the King was present, and to demonstrate through signs that He possessed the power to bring about the long anticipated time of millennial […]

2 Kings

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE BOOK OF SECOND KINGS   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   O U T L I N E – Elijah and Elisha 2 Kings 1 – 2 – Elijah and Ahaziah 2 […]

John 10

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Door & the Good Shepherd: Christ becomes the Gathering Center John 10   John 10. The events of this chapter took place in two parts; vv.1-18 took place in the fall, and vv.19-42 took place in the winter of the same year. The Spirit of God brings these two discourses of our […]

1 Corinthians

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS, CALLED FIRST CORINTHIANS   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16   O U T L I N E – Introduction 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 – Unity in the Assembly 1 Corinthians 1:10 – 4:21 – The Character of Division: Tendency to Form Schools of Thought 1 Corinthians 1:10-16 – The Cause […]

1 Corinthians 16

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Concluding Remarks 1 Corinthians 16   1 Corinthians 16 is a happy chapter. There are exhortations, even subtle warnings, but no serious errors to correct… quite a contrast to the previous chapter. It is touching to see that Paul does not end on a sharp note. He had discharged his weighty admonitions, concluding with the […]

1 Kings 9:10-28

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Solomon’s Economy 1 Kings 9:10-28       10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king’s house, 11 Hiram the king of Tyre having furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and cypress-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire, — […]

Ezekiel

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE PROPHET EZEKIEL   1 2 3 …   O U T L I N E – Testimonies from God against the Jews for sin and idolatry Ezekiel 1 – 24 – Vision of the Cherubim: God’s Sovereignty in Government Ezekiel 1 – Ezekiel is commissioned to speak and be a watchman Ezekiel 2 […]

Amos

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE PROPHET AMOS   1 2 3…   O U T L I N E – A Series of Judgments on Israel and Surrounding Nations Amos 1 – 2 – Introduction: All Judgments Proceeding from the Lord Amos 1:1-2 – Judgment on Damascus: for Their Cruelty Toward Gilead Amos 1:3-5 – Judgment on […]

Colossians 4:7-18

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Closing Salutations Colossians 4:7-18   Salutations. In the closing messages and salutations at the end of the epistle to Colossians, we see not only the personal affections of Paul and his companions, but certain characteristics of Christian conduct that are suitable to the new man that we have put on. It would be […]

James

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE EPISTLE OF JAMES   1 2 3 4 5   O U T L I N E – The Reality of Faith Proved in Trials and Temptations James 1 – Trials from Without James 1:2-12 – Temptations from Within James 1:13-18 – Receiving and Responding to the Word of God James 1:19-27 […]