Category Archives: Commentary

Luke

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE GOSPEL OF LUKE   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 – Background, Birth, and Childhood of Jesus Luke 1 – 3 – Greeting and Preface Luke […]

Philippians 4

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Christ Our Strength: Joy in Relying on Christ in the Path Philippians 4   Philippians 4. In the final chapter of Philippians we have the believer’s strength to rise above and endure through difficult circumstances.1 In chapter 1 we had Christ presented as our life. In chapter 4 we find that because Christ is […]

1 John

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN, CALLED FIRST JOHN   1 2 3 4 5   O U T L I N E – Introduction: Eternal Life and its Manifestation 1 John 1:1 – 2:11 – Eternal Life: Its Manifestation and Fellowship 1 John 1:1-4 – Light: God’s Nature and Our Fellowship in It […]

Judges 13

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Cycle #7: Oppressed by Philistia – Delivered by Samson Judges 13 – 16     Samson’s Birth Judges 13     ContentsThe Lord Visits Manoah’s Wife – Promise of a Nazarite Deliverer (13:1-7)The Angel’s Second Visit, Manoah’ Offering (13:8-23)The Birth of Samson (13:24-25) The Lord Visits Manoah’s Wife – Promise of a Nazarite Deliverer […]

Acts 7

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Stephen: Completion of the Testimony to the Nation Acts 7   Acts 7. In this fascinating chapter we have the record of the Spirit of God as to the final witness to the nation of Israel before the door of pardon was closed. Up to this time the preaching of Peter had this […]

Acts 21:18-40

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Paul the Prisoner Acts 21:18 – 28:31   Acts 21:18 – 28:31. In the final section of the book of Acts, we have a history of Paul as a prisoner. The leading proponent of the glad tidings was now in chains, not free to go forth and preach the gospel. This section covers […]

Psalm 18

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 18 Christ in Association with Israel from Egypt to the Millennium   Psalm 18. In this Psalm, which is a Psalm of David, we have Jehovah’s deliverance of Christ in association with Israel from all their enemies. It covers the whole history of the nation, but does not detail the failure and […]

Psalm 34

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 34 Redeemed Israel Celebrates the Deliverance of Christ   Psalm 34. This is a Psalm of David, and the inspired heading of Psalm tells us it was composed “when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed” (1 Sam. 21:13). It was a very dark time in David’s […]

Psalm 50

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 50 Israel Summoned to be Judged   Psalm 50. The preceding Psalms were written by the sons of Korah, but now we get a Psalm of Asaph. Asaph was a singer and leader of the temple choir in the time of David, along with Heman and Ethan (1 Chron. 15:19), and he […]

Psalm 66

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 66 Israel Calls on the Nations to Bless Their God   Psalm 66. This Psalm is not officially credited to David, but perhaps it was written by him. Notice that Psalms 66 – 68 are all titled, “A Song: a Psalm”, and Psalm 68 is accredited to David. In this Psalm we […]

Psalm 82

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 82 The Failure of Israel’s Judges, and the Call for God to Judge the Earth   Psalm 82. In this Psalm of Asaph, we have God judging in the assembly of Israel, examining those He set up to judge His people. The review shows that, while the judges were invested with the […]

Psalm 98

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 98 Israel Celebrating the Return of Christ   Psalm 98. In Psalm 97 we have the appearing of Christ, and in this Psalm we have the results of it. Israel is called on to sing a new song in celebration of the results of the return of Christ. The praise begins in […]

Psalm 114

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 114 The Past and Present Deliverance of Israel by Jehovah   Psalm 114. In this orphan Psalm we have a review of Jehovah’s deliverance of Israel from Egypt, and this is followed by a call for present deliverance by the same Jehovah. Prophetically, this Psalm speaks of the regathering of Israel from […]

Psalm 130

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 130 Israel Confident in Jehovah’s Mercy and Forgiveness   Psalm 130. This is a Psalm of repentance: Israel (the ten tribes especially) repenting and finding forgiveness. This answers to the Day of Atonement in Leviticus 23.   PSALM 130 A Song of degrees. 1 Out of the depths do I call upon […]

Psalm 146

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 146 Israel Praises Jehovah as Creator and Sustainer of All, and Israel’s Great Deliverer   Psalm 146. The last five Psalms are called the “Great Hallel”, and they give us the crescendo of praise to Jehovah from restored Israel in the Millennium. All of them are double-Hallelujah Psalms. These are also orphan […]

1 Samuel 16

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   David God’s Chosen Man: Persecuted by Saul 1 Samuel 16 – 31     The Annointing of David: A Contrast with Saul 1 Samuel 16     CHAPTER 16 1 And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy […]

Ephesians 4:1-16

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   1st Sphere: Walking Worthy in the Assembly: Unity and Ministry Ephesians 4:1-16   Walking Worthy. In v.1 Paul exhorts the Ephesians to walk worthy of the position, the hopes, and the relationships into which we have been called. There are three spheres that we need to “walk worthy” in, […]

Romans 5:1-11

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Great Results of Justification Romans 5:1-11   Typical teaching in Israel’s Journey from Egypt to Canaan as found in Romans. In the journey of the children of Israel from Egypt to Canaan we have illustrated the experience of an individual believer in all that God has done for our salvation (in the broadest sense of the […]

Genesis 3

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Adam & Eve: The Fall of Man Genesis 3   The Fall. How long did Adam and Eve continue in the garden before the fall? We are not told. The important point is that the very first historical act recorded of man is his fall. This has immense moral significance. Everything committed to […]