Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Details of the Law Exodus 21 – 23 Exodus 21 – 23. Here we have the “judgments” that accompany the ten commandments. If ch.20 gives the basics of the law, then ch.21-23 gives the details. These judgments cover a wide variety of relationships and circumstances that Israelites would find themselves in, […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Joseph’s Faithfulness in the Face of Temptation Genesis 39 Genesis 39. This chapter brings out two things preeminently: Joseph’s godliness in the face of temptation, and the prosperity given to him from the Lord. “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly… whatsoever he doeth shall prosper” (Psa. […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Judging Moral Evil in the Assembly 1 Corinthians 5 1 Corinthians 5 – 7. In the first four chapters Paul addresses the divisions among the Corinthians, and he had pointed to carnality as the cause of division. Now we find that carnality had manifested itself again in great laxity with regard to morals. Therefore, Paul […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Christian Liberty and Its Corresponding Responsibility 1 Corinthians 6:12 – 11:1 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 set free from the […]
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 […]