Bible Commentaries

Daniel 12:1-13 — the veil of the future. So far its looked dark & dismal, then finally ripped away & Hope shines through. God’s Delivering hand The End of the Prophecy (1-4) [& then, The End of the Tribulation] (1a) The Great trib - read Mt.24:15-21 (1b) Delivered – out of the Trib & into the mill. Slide10a Written in the book – Book of life. God has recorded the names of everyone He has redeemed since time began. Slide10b Who is not in the book – Rev.13:8 All who

Matthew 11:20-30 — seen. Chorazin - Town in Galilee, just 2 miles N/W of Capernaum. (still in ruins today) Bethsaida - Home of Peter, & Andrew, James, & John. (still in ruins today) Capernaum - Exalted to heaven in that...heaven came & dwelt there. Remember 5 out of 10 miracles in ch’s 8 & 9 were performed in Capernaum (including raising of Jairus’ daughter). [the brighter the light the greater the responsibility] Yet, her Greater Privileges brought Greater Responsibility, & thus Greater Judgment.

Matthew 16:17-28 — for there’s no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist for appointed by God. Rom.13:1. Folks, God’s not worried or fearful...especially in regards to our elections. What a reminder we have in Psalm 146 [Ps.146-150 Final Hallel. Begins/ends with Hallelujah] 1 Praise the Lord! Let all that I am praise the Lord. 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful

Matthew 16:17-28 — for there’s no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist for appointed by God. Rom.13:1. Folks, God’s not worried or fearful...especially in regards to our elections. What a reminder we have in Psalm 146 [Ps.146-150 Final Hallel. Begins/ends with Hallelujah] 1 Praise the Lord! Let all that I am praise the Lord. 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful

Matthew 20:1-16 — privilege to be allowed to begin holy service so early in the morning. Denarius - A Roman silver coin, worth a laborers days wage. (size/dime) Note: The 1st were under contract, the others not. The Hiring x’s were [6am, 9am, noon 3pm, 5pm] Our 1st Warning is… Beware of Making Bargains with God (2) So, there were actually 2 categories of workers: those who demanded a contract & those who had or needed no contract. The 2nd group we commend for sticking it out

Mark 2:1-12 — Style was simple, down-to-earth, an easy-to-understand conversational language! And right in the middle of Jesus teaching the word we are interrupted with a divine distraction(see vs.3)...Then they came! Who? What? GO IN OR GIVE UP? (3-5) ​​​​​​​A Paralytic – Life for him was pretty much reduced to a horizontal one. No Assisted Living like Murrieta Gardens down the street. No skilled nursing facility like Country Villa on the

Luke 16:1-13 — spread gossip about him, or spy on him so they could report it to their master. No longer be steward – you’re fired! Individual accountability to God: Rom.14:12 “each of us shall give account of himself to God.” 2 Cor.5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” All that we have comes from the Lord and must be used for the good

Luke 19:11-27 — judgments. ASSIGNMENTS! (11-14) The parable of the 10 Minas/Pounds. Also, it is similar to but different from “The parable of the Talents”. The shekel was the basic unit of weight in the Hebrew system. Talent = 3,000 Shekels; Mina = 50 Shekels. Multiples of the Shekel was: the Mina & the Talent. Parable of Talents dealt w/ability(diff amounts given); Parable of Minas deal w/Faithfulness! The talents represent opportunities to use ability; and since we all

Luke 2:1-7 — THE BETHLEHEM MIRACLE! (Lk.1:1-7) A LARGE GOD FOR LITTLE PEOPLE! (1-5) Getting registered – Not like most baby showers where you register at Robinsons May, or Target. This registration was God ordained beforehand, that the Messiah be born in Bethlehem. For this to happen, the ruler of the known world

John 5:1-15 — Jerusalem. (2) The Sheep Gate – Today St Stephan's gate [Located northern wall close to the N.E. Corner] Just outside of St. Anne’s church (acoustics). Found in 1960. 2 adjacent pools. W/an area that enclosed them between the 2 pools(5 porticos/covered colonnades). The sick would congregate there in its shade Believe it to be the place as they found a fresco there w/an angel stirring the water{from 1889} believing that the early Christian era believed it to be there. Bethesda

John 6:1-21 — INTRO: Armando - to San Bernadino - 3 Jn.1,2; 5-8. In this chapter, we’re going to see Jesus perform 2 more impressive miracles, impossible feats. We’ve already watched him make clear water blush(turn to wine!); heal a boy from 20 miles away; & make a lame man walk. Today, He’ll

Romans 4:1-25 — say…“hmmm, who could I pick that would best prove that God’s righteousness comes from faith not works?” Interesting, Abraham is one of the few individuals that Judaism, Islam, & Christianity esteem as their father! Rom.4:2-5 Message So how do we fit what we know of Abraham, our first father in the faith, into this new way of looking at things? If Abraham, by what he did for God, got God to approve him, he could certainly have taken credit for it. But the story we’re

1 Corinthians 6:1-20 — of lawsuits? No, maybe the Saint of Mediation? We as saints are to litigate, some matters! Saint Litigation not Secular Lawsuits! ​​​​​​​Note: 6 questions. Do you not know that…? (2,3,9; 15,16,19) Background: William Barclay tell us in his commentary “(The Greeks) were characteristically a litigious (li-tij-is) people. The law courts were one of their chief entertainment’s…In a Greek city, every man was more or less

2 Corinthians 10:1-18 — methods but spiritual one’s, he was seen as weak??? (2) Paul must again defend & vindicate his apostleship office, in these last 4 chapters. The attacks are coming from these self acclaimed “super-apostles” (11:5) in which he later identifies as “false apostles”(11:13). (3-6) We, like Paul, all walk in the flesh (i.e. we all have the weakness of the flesh) but he did not war after the flesh by depending on “fleshly wisdom, human abilities,

Ephesians 2:1-10 — Gogh, DaVinci, Rembrandt) we might say, it’s unique, timeless, one-of-a-kind, priceless, colorful, mysterious & that it beautifully communicates something. [we’ll see God thinks the same about us] Paul’s prayer (last week 15-23) refers to Gentiles (non-Jews) becoming part of God’s family. In this chapter, Paul discusses how that happens. Christ’s victory over evil powers makes reconciliation with God possible. This discussion has 2 parts: 1-10 and 11-22

Philemon 1:1-25 — week $31,000 came in. Overview: An appeal by Paul, to a godly friend Philemon, to graciously receive back his runaway slave Onesimus, who has become a Christian & whom Paul is now sending back to his master. CHRISTIANITY IN ACTION! (1-25) PAUL’S POSTCARD! (1-3) Though short in size(25 vs.), it’s long in truth! What makes up a Postcard? (show one) Whom it is from: Paul [A prisoner in Rome(under house arrest); wrote prob summer of 62ad, along w/Colossians] Whom

Hebrews 1:4-14 — there. Color blindness, or better yet, color vision deficiency (There is no actual blindness but there is a deficiency of color vision). In 2 Kings 6:8-23 Elisha was able to see the normally unseen beings but his servant couldn’t. (see vs.15-19) In Dothan. Elisha & servant. Syrian army surrounded them. Gods heavenly host surrounded them. Open his eyes that he may see. Why God gives some special glasses at times to be able to see them? so we’ll believe? We are going

James 5:1-12 — suicide. Ivar Kruegar - the head of the world’s greatest monopoly - committed suicide. All of these men had learned how to make money, but not one of them had learned how to live. (Paul Lee Tan; 7700 Illustrations p.824) Ch.5 answers, How should we live in the last days? - What does God want for our lives? James kicks into OT prophet mode as he denounces the very callous rich. He warns the rich & encourages the poor (i.e. the disenfranchised, the marginalized, those

1 Peter 2:13-17 — point at which it becomes sin to obey. Render to Caesar our civil obedience. When then is civil-disobedience? When its a sin against God. OT ex: Hebrew mid-wives asked to do genocide against lil Heb boys; NT ex: Peter, in Acts 5 was asked not to speak about Jesus, he responded, “We ought to obey God rather than man.” Come on Lord, why???...for the Lord’s sake… (13c) For the Lord sake - Our relation to Him affects everything! Col.3:17

Revelation 19:1-21 — for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.” Eph.5:25,26 Her wedding gown is…her “righteous acts”! We seem to get a white garment at salvation, which is from Him! Then we make a dress on top of it! The 1st salvation; the 2nd Sanctification. Every “good