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Themes

God’s view on David

Davidic Covenant

but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.’”

The prayer of Jabez

Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.

Themes

Correction

Divisions

I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.

Communion = Proclaimation

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

Communion Warning

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord.

Role

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

The cross

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Purpose of Spiritual Gifts

To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

Purpose of tongues

Thus tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign not for unbelievers but for believers.

Resurrection

And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

The gospel

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

Giving

Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.

Natural man

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Don’t sue

When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?

Self control

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

Flee immorality

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

Lordship

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

The purpose of singleness

I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.

Marriage is only in the Lord

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

Admit sin

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Confess sin

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Don’t love the world

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Endurance is Assurance

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

Propitiation for the whole world

He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

Real love gives

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?

God is the initiator in love

We love because he first loved us.

Love God, Love Brothers

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

The power in you

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Themes

United/Divided Kingdom

Solomon compromises

For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Solomon asks for wisdom

Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

Long for the word

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

Christ our example in suffering

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

The church is like Israel in purpose

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Spiritual Gifts

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:

Younger men submit to elders

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Themes

Judges to Kings

Not Fail to Pray for the Flock

Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

A man after God’s own heart

But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

Obey better than sacrifice

And Samuel said,
“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.

David Annointed.. The Lord looks at the heart

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Evil Spirit from the Lord on Saul

Then a harmful spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing the lyre.

Themes

The Growth of a Baby Church

Rapture

Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

Sexual Purity

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

Right Attitudes

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Discernment

but test everything; hold fast what is good.

Not wrath

For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Love goal of teaching

The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

God desires all saved

who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Mediator

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Strong desire to shepherd

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.

Priority of the home

He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,

Deacons

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.

Priority in Ministry

Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.

Pastors flee

But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

The Rich

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

Contentment

But godliness with contentment is great gain,

Themes

God’s view on Judah’s Kings

If my people

if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Themes

Defense of Apostleship

Every Thought Captive

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

My grace is sufficient

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

The Trinity Benediction

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Test of Assurance: Christ in You

Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

Giving

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Transformed

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Believer’s Judgement

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

Compels Us

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;

All New

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Ambassadors

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

To be sin on our behalf

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Genuine and False Repentance

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

Christ gave up riches

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

Giving

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

False Teacher - Type of Anti-Christ

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Themes

Captivities
(Israel then Judah fall)

The process of inspiration

knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Partakers of the Divine Nature

by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

Themes

David’s reign as king

Babies go to heaven

But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”

Cost me nothing

But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Themes

Work While You Wait

Discipline

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.

Spiritual Gifts Need Attention

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands,

Study and Cut the word Straight

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Training men

and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

Don’t Argue

And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,

Last days are difficult

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.

Inspiration

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Be ready to preach

preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

Ear tickling

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

Death is a departure

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

The greatest pastoral joy

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

The danger of seeking to be first

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.

Dates

2166 BC

Themes

The Birth and Growth of the Church

Second Coming Return

and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

Bereans

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Witnesses

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

The Whole Counsel of God

for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Repent and be baptized

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Church Priorities

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Salvation in no one else

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

God is sovereign over evil

for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.

Obey God rather than man

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

The Holy Spirit is God

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”

Immediate Baptism

And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

Themes

Social Injustice of Israel

God sovereign over calamity

Is a trumpet blown in a city,
and the people are not afraid?
Does disaster come to a city,
unless the Lord has done it?

Social Injustice

But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

A famine for the word

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“when I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the Lord.
They shall wander from sea to sea,
and from north to east;
they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord,
but they shall not find it.

Dates

722

Dates

605

Dates

597

Dates

586

Creator Sustainer

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

Christ in you

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Him we proclaim

Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.

Live by faith

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,

Beware of distraction

See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

Filled/Dwell

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Do all for Christ

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Focus on eternal things

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Prayer

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

Missions

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—

Themes

Destiny

OT Resirrection Predicted

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

God’s kingdom will be supreme

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,

No compromise

But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

Themes

Second Law

Against Witchcraft

There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.

Secret Things

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Sovereign over wounds and death

“‘See now that I, even I, am he,
and there is no god beside me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

Don’t Alter the Word

You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.

The Shema: God is One

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Biblical parenting

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Dates

931BC

Themes

Vanity

All is Vanity

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

Old Age

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Fear God and Keep his commandments

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

Salvation is sufficient

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

God choice for God’s glory

he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,

Dead in trespasses and sins

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins

Grace through faith to good works

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Beyond Expectations

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

Pastors equip the body to serve

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

Control your words

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Importance of time

making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

Controlled by the spirit

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Wives

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Husbands

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Children and Parenting

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Spiritual Warefare

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

Themes

Providence and Preservation

Providence of God

For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Themes

Redemption and Deliverance

Delegation advice from Jethro

Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

God’s special people

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;

The Ten Commandments

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
“You shall have no other gods before me.
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
“You shall not murder.
“You shall not commit adultery.
“You shall not steal.
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
“You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

Life in the Womb

“When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

God’s Name

God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”

God created the handicapped

Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

Themes

Restoration

The new covenant and the land

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Themes

Rebuild the temple

Priority of a Bible teacher

For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.

Themes

Freedom

Fear of Man

For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

False Gospel Warning

As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

Christian Living

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Equal Access

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Sufficiency of the Spirit

Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?

Overcoming the flesh

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Confrontation

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

Bearing one another’s burdens

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Themes

Beginnings

Overview of Creation

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Abrahamic Covenant

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Man in God’s Image

So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.

Man’s Purpose

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Creation was very good

And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Righteousness by faith

And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

A ram instead of Isaac

And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

Purpose of Marriage

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

First Gospel

I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”

God’s Sovereign Purposes

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

Themes

Judgement on Judah through Deportation

Live by faith

“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but the righteous shall live by his faith.

Themes

Construct the Temple

Gather with the church

not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Faith Is

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

God spoke through Christ

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

Without Faith

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Run the race

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hospitality

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Sex in marriage

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Jesus is God

But of the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.

Living Word

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Without sin

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Fallen away

For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,

Themes

Loyal Love

Prophecy of Christ out of Egypt

When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.

Loyalty over sacrifice

For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Themes

Salvation

Sins white as snow

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.

Origin of Evil

“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!

Greatness of God

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
and weighed the mountains in scales
and the hills in a balance?

Word of God Stands Forever

The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever.

Vision of God

And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”

Virgin Birth

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Christ is God

For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Themes

Faith that Works

Temptation not from God

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

All good from God

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Joy in trials

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,

Doer of the word

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Control your tongue

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

Lack Wisdom

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

No favoritism

My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.

Faith works

So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

Warning to teachers

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

Solving conflicts

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

If the Lord wills

Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

Friendship with the world

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Sick because of sin

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Confess to one another

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Themes

Warning

In the womb I knew you

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

The Heart

The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?

A New Covenant

“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

Themes

Suffering and Sovereignty

Hope of future glorification

If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my service I would wait,
till my renewal should come.

A redeemer and bodily resurrection

For I know that my Redeemer lives,
and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
yet in my flesh I shall see God,

Sovereign of Satan/Suffering

And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”

Job repents

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;
therefore I despise myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.”

Themes

The Day of the Lord

Repent in your heart, not externally

“Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
“return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
and rend your hearts and not your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
and he relents over disaster.

The Lord will pour out his spirit // Pentecost, Day of the Lord

“And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.

Themes

Jesus as the Son of God

Good Shepherd

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

Oneness

I and the Father are one.”

The Word

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Prepare a place

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

The Helper

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

Father is Greater than I

You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

I am the way

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

The Vine/Branches

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Spirit of Truth

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Written that you may believe

but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Do you love me?

He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

Born of water and the spirit

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

God is spirit

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Irresistible Grace

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

Themes

God's mercy on the repentant

Themes

Conquer and Divide

Be Strong, Courageous, Keep the Law

Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Choose whom you will serve

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Eternal security

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

The completed canon

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

Godly men don’t command demons

But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”

Themes

Cycles

Right in his own eyes

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Themes

Mourning

God is faithful

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

God is sovereign over calamity

Who has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?

Themes

Holiness and Worship

Blood Atonement

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.

Condemning improper sexual conduct

And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.

Live Holy

“Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

Themes

Jesus as Man

Disaster and Sovereignty

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?

99 and 1 Sheep

“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

Hades and Paradise

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

Came for sinners

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

Above his master

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Themes

True Worship of the Lord

Will a man rob God?

Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions.

Themes

Jesus as Servant

Come to Serve

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Themes

Jesus as King

Yoke

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Virgin Birth

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us).

Peter, Rock. Church - Future

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Church Discipline

“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Unforgiving Slave

And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

Sheep and Goats

Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.

Great commission

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Divorce Allowance

“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Lordship

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Themes

The Justice of God

Eternal Christ from Bethlehem

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose coming forth is from of old,
from ancient days.

God requires justice, walk humbly

He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?

Themes

Ninevah's Judgement

Themes

Rebuild the Walls

How OT Teachers practiced good exegesis

They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.

Themes

Wanderings

Defiant Sin

But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.

The serpents and look of faith

So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

God does not lie

God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Themes

Edom's Judgement

Live is Christ

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Complete

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

No complaining

Do all things without grumbling or disputing,

Selflessness

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Christs Selflessness

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

Don’t Look back

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

Christ Highest Value

Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

Contentment

Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.

No limits in Christ

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

All we need

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Attitudes

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

Control your thoughts

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Themes

Wisdom

Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath

A soft answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Pride

Pride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor
than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Wine

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Train up a child

Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Discipline with the rod

Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
If you strike him with the rod,
you will save his soul from Sheol.

Burning Coals

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.

Men Sharpening

Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.

Two tools of parenting

The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Excellent Wife

An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.

Trust in the Lord

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.
Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
It will be healing to your flesh
and refreshment to your bones.

Be Satisfied with your Wife

Drink water from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.
Should your springs be scattered abroad,
streams of water in the streets?
Let them be for yourself alone,
and not for strangers with you.
Let your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated always in her love.
Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman
and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?
For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord,
and he ponders all his paths.
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him,
and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
He dies for lack of discipline,
and because of his great folly he is led astray.

God is sovereign

Our God is in the heavens;
he does all that he pleases.

Purpose in affliction

It is good for me that I was afflicted,
that I might learn your statutes.

The Blessing of Children

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb a reward.

God’s Omniscience

You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.

God’s Omnipresence

If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

Total Depravity

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
there is none who does good.
The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand,
who seek after God.
They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.

Heavens Declare

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

General and special Revelation: Sufficiency of the word of God

The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;

Shepherd

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Forgiven

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.

Thirst for God

As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.

Confession

Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.

Total Depravity

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.

God’s glory in creation

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

Themes

Worship

Dates

536

Dates

457

Dates

445

Do not change God’s word

I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book,

Knock at the door

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Worship for creating us

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they existed and were created.”

Confess with your mouth

because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Live by Faith

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

For the wrath of God

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

Without Excuse

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

Present your bodies

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

We have gifts

Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;

Be in subjection to government

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

Not judge one another

Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

Cause dissensions

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.

None who seeks for God

no one understands;
no one seeks for God.

All have sinned

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Because all sinned

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—

Made sinners

For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.

Obedient from the heart

But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,

Wages of sin is death

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Old self was crucified

We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Bears witness with our spirit

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

Helps our weakness

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

All things to work together for good

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Conformed to the image of his son

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

Separate us

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

Does not have the spirit

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

Vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?

What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

Themes

Kinsman Redeemer

Ruth’s dedication

But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.

Themes

Romance

Speak romantic words to your wife

Behold, you are beautiful, my love,
behold, you are beautiful!
Your eyes are doves
behind your veil.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down the slopes of Gilead.

Get away alone with your wife

Come, my beloved,
let us go out into the fields
and lodge in the villages;

Dates

1446 BC

Fake Christians

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.

Elders establish a church

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—

Elders teach

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

Older men and women

Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

Young women

and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

Young men

Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

Holy Spirit Regenerates

he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

Themes

Preparation for the Messiah

By the Spirit Only

Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

Christ comes on a Donkey

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Themes

Future Global Judgement

Seek the Lord in Humility

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,
who do his just commands;
seek righteousness; seek humility;
perhaps you may be hidden
on the day of the anger of the Lord.