Bible Commentaries

Psalms 146:1-10 — Intro: The last 5 Hallelujah Songs/Hymns are marked by an opening & closing cry of Praise the Lord. [thus known as the Hallelujah Psalms] So 5 great doxologies bring the Hebrew Hymnbook to its close. The LXX attributes the authorship to the prophets Haggai &

Leviticus 17:1-16 — – I can’t just dial the number I want to, or I can’t be even 1 number off…they are so narrow minded! ONE PLACE! (1-9) There was only 1 Place in which all worship was to be observed. Only to His Altar! (3-5, 6,8,9) Bring it to the door! (4,5,9) (i.e.) No where else was acceptable! No Jew was ever allowed a sacrifice in the fields or at his tent. There was 1 Tabernacle, 1 Alter, & 1 sanctioned Priesthood. The reason why THE PLACE

Leviticus 19:19-37 — Self-love? Yes! If not how could Paul tell us “husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church”(Eph.5:28,29) 1] Better Self – Our duty to nourish & cherish(feed & care for). As we, in most cases, most certainly do care for ourselves…verywell. If not, the opposite would be true, it would make “radical asceticism”(giving

Leviticus 2:1-16 — devoted life couldn’t take away sins, …but a life poured out! “Meat offering”? in the KJV. Meat was synonymous for food, not only flesh. The Meal Offering could be presented at the altar in one of 5 ways: with Fine flour(1-3); backed in the oven(4); backed in a pan(griddle)(5,6); backed in a covered pan(7-10); or, roasted heads of new grain(14-16). These 5 ways were provided no doubt, to meet the needs of the people! Picture a pie crust,

Leviticus 21:1-24 — Intro: There is a price to pay if you want to be a spiritual leader! [1] Our Conduct [2] Our Physical Characteristics [3] Our Religious Duties. OUR CONDUCT! (1-15) ​​​​​​​Maintain a life that is above reproach! Col.1:21,22 “And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through

Jonah 4:1-11 — plant died??? I think some salt water got in Jonah’s open wound. But notice how tenderly God deals with His prophet w/a toxic heart. Title: Jonah and the Worm Outline: Reviled by Revival (1-4). Pining over a Plant (5-8). No Pity for a City (9-11). REVILED BY REVIVAL (1-4) DISPLEASED OR PLEASED ​​​​​​​(1) Jonah’s problem? – He was not completely yielded to God. His mind knew God’s truth.

Luke 13:1-17 — Intro: Outline: Is there Justice in this world? - Are you concerned with Human Needs? IS THERE JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD??? (1-9) Read 1-5 then add contemporary examples: “Do you suppose that those Amish girls in that little schoolhouse were worse sinners than all other Pennsylvanians, because they suffered such things?” “Or those 2,749 on whom the twin towers

Luke 13:1-17 — Intro: Outline: Is there Justice in this world? - Are you concerned with Human Needs? IS THERE JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD??? (1-9) Read 1-5 then add contemporary examples: “Do you suppose that those Amish girls in that little schoolhouse were worse sinners than all other Pennsylvanians, because they suffered such things?” “Or those 2,749 on whom the twin towers

Luke 17:11-19 — Intro: Outline: The Request of the Ten, & The Return of the One. Illustration: Andrew Carnegie, the multimillionaire, left $1 million for one of his relatives, who in return cursed Carnegie thoroughly because he had left $365 million to public charities and had cut him off with just one measly million. Q: How does that make you feel when you here a story of ungratefulness, ingratitude, unappreciativeness, thanklessness? Let’s hear how Jesus felt about it! HEALED

Luke 17:11-19 — Intro: Outline: The Request of the Ten, & The Return of the One. Illustration: Andrew Carnegie, the multimillionaire, left $1 million for one of his relatives, who in return cursed Carnegie thoroughly because he had left $365 million to public charities and had cut him off with just one measly million. Q: How does that make you feel when you here a story of ungratefulness, ingratitude, unappreciativeness, thanklessness? Let’s hear how Jesus felt about it! HEALED

John 5:16-47 — INTRO: What we have in chapter 5 is the courtroom drama of 3 episodes of, not L.A.Law, but Jerusalem Law! (Dun Dun) Episode #1 we had last week, w/Jesus healing a paralytic man, at the Pool of Bethesda, on the Sabbath. Today we’ll watch Episode 2 & 3, “Christ

John 5:16-47 — INTRO: What we have in chapter 5 is the courtroom drama of 3 episodes of, not L.A.Law, but Jerusalem Law! (Dun Dun) Episode #1 we had last week, w/Jesus healing a paralytic man, at the Pool of Bethesda, on the Sabbath. Today we’ll watch Episode 2 & 3, “Christ

Romans 6:1-14 — you eat it, you'll die?” HINT: The answer is 1 WORD and is 7 letters long. Give up? – “NOTHING!” Today’s Riddle: What is both dead & alive at the same time? [A: believers] OUR POSITION IN CHRIST! (1-5) DEATH! (1-4a) We need not "continue in sin that grace may abound." We are sinners and need only to confess, that grace may abound. Being a Christian is a matter of life or death? This question was stimulated from

Romans 6:1-14 — you eat it, you'll die?” HINT: The answer is 1 WORD and is 7 letters long. Give up? – “NOTHING!” Today’s Riddle: What is both dead & alive at the same time? [A: believers] OUR POSITION IN CHRIST! (1-5) DEATH! (1-4a) We need not "continue in sin that grace may abound." We are sinners and need only to confess, that grace may abound. Being a Christian is a matter of life or death? This question was stimulated from

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 — Victory. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The name of the city came from the name of a princess, Thessalonike of Macedon. So named because of her birth on the day of the Macedonian victory at the Battle of Crocus Field (353/352 BC). (Alex the Great’s ½ sister) Slide#5 Inscription, To Queen Thessalonike, (Daughter) of Philip (Alex the Great’s ½ sis) In Roman times population was over 200,000 in Thes. It was the largest city in Macedonia,

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 — Victory. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The name of the city came from the name of a princess, Thessalonike of Macedon. So named because of her birth on the day of the Macedonian victory at the Battle of Crocus Field (353/352 BC). (Alex the Great’s ½ sister) Slide#5 Inscription, To Queen Thessalonike, (Daughter) of Philip (Alex the Great’s ½ sis) In Roman times population was over 200,000 in Thes. It was the largest city in Macedonia,

1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 — complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. When His word is effectively working in you it is in the present continuous sense. Heb.4:12 says the word of God is living and powerful. Living - ζάω/zao and Active - ἐνεργέω/energeo (our words here, effectively works) Like a seed - the word bears life & power within itself. Like a fire & hammer - read Jer.23:28,29 (27) Humans love the sensational. It distracts

1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 — complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. When His word is effectively working in you it is in the present continuous sense. Heb.4:12 says the word of God is living and powerful. Living - ζάω/zao and Active - ἐνεργέω/energeo (our words here, effectively works) Like a seed - the word bears life & power within itself. Like a fire & hammer - read Jer.23:28,29 (27) Humans love the sensational. It distracts

1 Samuel 1 overview — later in Samuel, David, will show us God can use both women & men, who may be unappreciated or even rejected by others, to do great things for Him...If they possess great faith in Him. HANNAH’S PROBLEM! (1-7) GOD CLOSED THE WOMB! (1-5) (1) Elkanah - God has created, or taken possession. (2) 2 wives - Bible doesn’t condone that; bible is just honest with what was happening. Huge disgrace in the day to not have a son to pass on your name. Hannah(Grace) - And she

1 Samuel 23:1-13 — GUIDANCE! (23:1-5) Booker T Washington in his book Up From Slavery, wrote, “I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacle which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” (Shepherdʼs