THE BOOK OF JOHN CHAPTER 1:35-51 THE FIRST SIX DISCIPLES VERSES: Psalm 139:1-8; Genesis 28:12-15; Mark 10:37-39; Isaiah 53:7 John the Baptist, when he was probed and challenged by the Priests and Levites was being tempted unto self-assertion (notable that it corresponded with the culminating of Christ’s Wilderness Temptation 40th day) as to [...]
THE BOOK OF JOHN CHAPTER 1:29-34 VERSES: Hebrews 9:6-15; Isaiah 11:2, 42:1, 61:1; Leviticus 17:11 On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is [...]
THE BOOK OF JOHN CHAPTER 1:24-28 VERSES: Isaiah 40; Daniel 9:26-27; 1st Peter 1:17-2:11; Luke 1:17 “And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that prophet? John answered them, saying, I [...]
THE BOOK OF JOHN CHAPTER 1:15-23 VERSES: Daniel 9:20-27; Luke 1:80; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mathew 3:2,4:17, 10:7 This lesson lays down the foundational understanding that we will build upon as we look at the rest of the Book of John. VERSE 15 “John (the Baptist) bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was [...]
THE BOOK OF JOHN CHAPTER 1:6-14 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN THE EVANGELIST (2ND LESSON) VERSES: Psalm 36:9; Luke 12; Malachi 3:1; John 17:11,21; 1st John 3:16 Verses 6-8 “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John (John the Baptist, the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth). The same came for [...]
THE BOOK OF JOHN CHAPTER 1:1-5 INTRODUCTION The Gospel/Book of John was written by the Apostle John probably from the city of Ephesus between 70-80 AD. That date being the general consensus, which would put this Book after the fall of Jerusalem to Rome. John was the son of Zebedee, and was the [...]
THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER 11:1-21 THE MYSTERY OF THE BLINDNESS OF ISRAEL Paul has reached the critical point of his Letter. The Mystery of which Paul refers to in verse 25 of this Chapter is that Israel the nation and its people are set aside in judgment as God’s witnesses in the [...]
THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER 11 LAYING THE GROUNDWORK The Book of Romans, for clearer understanding, may be divided into these 6 topics: Chapters 1-2… Condemnation……. (both Jews and Gentiles) Chapters 3-5… Justification……. (imputed righteousness of God for both) Chapters 6-8… Sanctification…… (imparted through struggle; spirit with flesh) Chapters 9-11…Prophetic……(the blindness of Israel, [...]
THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER 11 PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS - DEATH UNTO LIFE DEATH unto Life is the revelation of the principle of God’s maturing method for His eternal purposes for mankind. The Life of the Messiah Jesus Christ and His soulical death requirement sets forth this principle. It is seen historically that Israel, [...]
THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER 10:1-21 ISRAEL’S PRESENT CONDITION “What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they [...]
