Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Having a Right Focus in Connection with Spiritual Things Matthew 6:1-18 The Importance of Having a Right Spirit. Perhaps the overarching lesson in the sermon on the mount is that the Lord wants the subjects of the kingdom to be real. Many would focus on the outward appearance, but God insists that the heart […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Principles of the Kingdom in Mystery Matthew 18:1 – 20:28 Having introduced the kingdom of heaven in its “mystery” form in ch.13-17, we now get the principles that belong specifically to the kingdom in mystery. If you recall the sermon on the mount, there the Lord gave principles of the kingdom of […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Psalm 32 Israel’s Transgressions Confessed and Forgiven, and Happy in Their Restoration Psalm 32. This is another Psalm of David, and the title indicates that it was a song intended to teach or instruct the people. It is one of the Asherite Psalms, which begin with the word “Blessed”; the Hebrew word […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk God’s Purpose for Christ and the Church Ephesians 1 Eternal ages shall declare The riches of Thy grace, To those who with Thy Son shall share A son’s eternal place.2 Ephesians 1 – 3. In the first part of Ephesians, we have God bringing us into His thoughts concerning Christ and the […]
Forgiveness: the foundation of our relationship with God and fellow-believers.
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Powers of the Kingdom: Demonstrated by Miracles Matthew 8 – 9 The Powers of the Kingdom. The Lord has just explained the principles that would characterize His coming kingdom in Matt. 5-7. Those principles might present to us what sounds like a very idealistic vision; i.e. a kingdom characterized by righteousness, humility, love for enemies, etc. […]