Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Overcoming Evil in Various Forms James 4 James 4. As in the previous chapters, James now draws on another thread that he touched on in chapter 1. The temptations to sin that we face are really a result of being drawn away by our own lusts. Particularly it centers around the exhortation […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Practical: Exhortations Based on Liberty Galatians 5 – 6 Galatians 5 – 6. The two main sections of ch.5 can be correlated to the two exhortations at the end of the allegory in the previous chapter. First, how to deal with the bondwoman (vv.1-12); i.e. liberty as a result of understanding our […]
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 […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Psalm 37 The Path of the Wicked and of the Righteous Psalm 37. This is a Psalm of David, and it presents the comfort to the faithful that the government of God is, in considering the contrasting paths of the wicked and the righteous. If the saints did not apprehend the government […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Psalm 69 Christ Suffering Reproach Because of Israel’s Trespasses Psalm 69. This is a Psalm of David, written to the tune of ‘Shoshannim’, meaning “Lilies” (Psalms 45). It is a Messianic Psalm that gives us the expressions of the suffering Savior on the cross (v.21), although it does not exactly focus on […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Conduct Suited to Natural Relationships 1 Peter 2:18 – 3:12 1 Peter 2:18 – 3:12. Peter next addresses the various natural relationships that believers find themselves in. Previously, we had the conduct suited to our new blessings and position through Christ, but there is also conduct that is suited to natural relationships. […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Conduct Suited to Christian Position and Relationships 1 Peter 1:13 – 2:17 1 Peter 1:13 – 2:17. Having established and encouraged the saints in their heavenly calling, the apostle Peter next exhorts the saints to the proper conduct that is suitable to them in their new relationships and position. The exhortations continue from […]