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Commentaries,
Word Studies, Devotionals, Sermons, Illustrations
Old and New Testament. |
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New -
What
are you clinging to? See study of the picturesque verb
kollao
New -
What does it mean to be a diakonos
(servant,
minister, deacon)
in the NT?
New -
Word Study on Greek Verb Kaleo = to
call - and its interesting nuances
New -
John Resources Updated - All of
Spurgeon's sermons on John by chapter and verse
(Also
new
- Charles Simeon's sermons on John >500 pp)
New -
John 19:30 Commentary - some
overlap with discussion "It is Finished" below
New -
"It
is finished" (Jn 19:30)
Click discussion
of the incredible picture of our Savior's cry of Victory
which secured our Victory over
the
world,
the
flesh
and
the
devil !
New -
Revised study on
Charis
=
Gk for Grace - Why is it so "amazing?"
New -
What is Sin? - A Short Study of the Greek Word Hamartia
New -
2 Corinthians 5:17
Commentary - A New Creature in Christ
New -
What
Does It Mean to Be "In Christ"?
What Does the Bible say about the
"World" aka the "Kosmos"?
Proverbs 29:18 Comments on a Commonly Misinterpreted Verse -
"Where there is no vision the people perish"
Judges Commentaries - Updated with many additions
Topical Discussion: The Deceitfulness of
Sin
Sermons by Charles Simeon - Hebrews, 1Peter,
2 Peter,
Judges
(NOTE:
If you are not
familiar with the great saint Charles Simeon see Dr John
Piper's discussion of Simeon's life - you will want to read
Simeon's sermons
after meeting him! - click
Brothers We Must Not Mind a Little Suffering (Mp3
even better)
The name of God is
Adonai - My Lord, My Master
Isaiah 5 Commentary - "Parable" of the
Vineyard
Integrity - A Few Thoughts
Daniel 1 Commentary
Daniel 2 Commentary
-- Daniel 2:1-23
Daniel 2 Commentary --
Daniel 2:24-49
Daniel 3 Commentary
Daniel 4 Commentary
Daniel 5 Commentary
Daniel 6 Commentary
Daniel 7 Commentary
-- Daniel 7:1-6
Daniel 7 Commentary
-- Daniel
7:7-14
Daniel 7 Commentary
-- Daniel
7:15-28
Jesus Teaches on the Principle of Prophetic "Time Gaps"
The Judgment Seat of
Christ - How to live with a "Bema Seat" Mentality (Commentary
on 2Corinthians 5:10)
Goel - Our Kinsman
Redeemer - In Shadow (Type) & Substance
Blood
Avenger - Avenges Man's "Murder", Reclaims Title Deed of
Earth
Isaiah Devotionals - from
a friend of mine
John 3:30 Commentary "He
must increase, but I must decrease"
Memory Verses by Topic -
memorize so you can fight the good fight
(Mt 4:4, Job 23:12-note)
Mark Commentaries,
Sermons, Devotionals - completely revised 8/2/09
Beginning to see signs of
"spiritual burnout"? - Study the concept of "Rest" in the
Bible
Old Testament Passages in
the NT
#1 problem in churches in
America =
Unforgiveness, resentment,
bitterness - see
revisions of expositions on-Forgiveness
in Col 3:13,
Forgiveness in Mt 6:12;
Forgiveness" in Eph 4:32
Commentary on
Isaiah 4:1
Isaiah 4:2-6 The Branch of Jehovah
Commentary on
Galatians 6:14 In What Do You Boast?
Commentary on
1 Corinthians 6:18;
1 Corinthians 6:19;
1 Corinthians 6:20
Commentary on
1John 3:1
1John 3:2
1John 3:3
- April 9
Commentary on
1John 2:15
1John 2:16
1John 2:17
Kosmos
= Greek word for the World
- In Depth Word Study
Commentary on
James 4:4
and
Commentary on
James 4:5
- a difficult passage to interpret
Commentary on
James 4:6
4:7
4:8
4:9
4:10
- God gives grace to the humble
Commentary 2Corinthians 12:9,
12:10 His grace made perfect in our
weakness
Isaiah 40:31 - How to "Fly Like An Eagle" -
1/31/09
Isaiah Verse by Verse Commentary - Isaiah 1-3 are
completed
Jehovah Shammah - The LORD is There
- 12/08
A Brief Excursus on Idolatry and Immorality
Philippians 4:13 - completely revised - I
can do all things through Him...
David and Goliath -revised/updated
Revised/updated
- Ecclesiastes Resources
Isaiah Commentary - Isaiah 1:1 - just beginning (long
project)
James 1:1-25 Commentary
1Corinthians 10:13 No Temptation or Test Too Great -
Commentary
Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-14; 5:15-23;
6:20-35;
7:1-27
Proverbs 4:23 Commentary - Guard Your Heart
Daniel 9:24-27 Commentary on the Greatest
Messianic Prophecy
Timeline of Daniel's Seventieth Week Updated
1Corinthians 13:4-7 Commentary - Christian Love
2Corinthians 10:3-5 Commentary - Taking Every Thought
Captive
2Corinthians 7:1 Commentary Perfecting Holiness
James 2:14-26 Commentary - Faith and Works
Psalm 1 Commentary
Job 23:12 the "Secret" of his
perseverance
Table comparing the Rapture and the
Second Coming
Ezra 7:10 Principle - "secret" of Spirit empowered,
God Glorifying Preaching
Romans 6:11 The Believer's Emancipation Proclamation -
Updated
Suffering and trials 1Peter 1:6;
1:7
Commentary on
Proverbs 13:13
Galatians 5:16-26 - in depth commentary - What does it
means to Walk by the Spirit?
Do you know Him as your El Shaddai - God
Almighty? - new study 10/26/07
Jehovah - I Am
Study of
Types - Typology - Overview, Guidelines, Warnings
The Fruit of the
Spirit...Exposition of
Galatians 5:22
and
Galatians
5:23
Hundreds of
illustrations on Proverbs 1-31...
Proverbs Sermon Illustrations 1
(Proverbs 1-12)
Proverbs Sermon Illustrations 2
(Proverbs 13-19)
Proverbs Sermon Illustrations 3
(Proverbs 20-31)
Acts 16 Commentary
Acts 17 Commentary
Ephesians Commentary - Verse by Verse Notes, Ephesians
1-6
In Depth Commentary on
Covenant:
Covenant of Marriage;
Covenant: Abrahamic vs
Old vs New;
Covenant: Why the New is
Better;
Covenant: New Covenant in the Old
Testament;
Covenant: Abrahamic
versus Mosaic;
Covenant: Withholding
Nothing from God
1 Timothy 4:7-11
Commentary
Commentary on Ruth
(kinsman-redeemer) - updated & revised
Galatians 2:20 commentary
The Incredible Prophecy
of Isaiah 61:1-3
The Millennium 1-Why
did the Early Church drift from literal interpretation of
Rev 20?
The Millennium 2-What
is the context? What events lead up to the Millennium?
The Millennium 3-How
does the OT describe the 1000 year Messianic Age?
Messianic Prophecies
Jehovah Jireh - God our Provider
The Power of God's Word -
A Simple Inductive Study for your class
"Israel of God" - Is God
"Finished" with Israel in His prophetic plan?
Psalms - over 400 Devotionals from Our Daily Bread
Indexed by Scripture
Jehovah Nissi the LORD our Banner
(Exposition
of Exodus 17:8-16)
What is Christian Hope? = A Blessed Hope
How to Handle Fear
Spiritual Gifts Chart
Day of the LORD - What? When?
How Do I Respond?
Covenant of Marriage
Jehovah 'Ezer = the LORD my Help
Inductive Bible Study
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Observation
Interpretation
Application
How to Do Greek Word Study on the Web
revised
In Need of Help? Lift up your eyes. See
notes on Ps 121
Name of the LORD studies
-Name
of the LORD a strong tower
Precept Ministries
40-Minute
Studies -
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What is Salvation?
See what God says:
Part
1,
Part 2,
Part 3
Hover pointer over
blue
links
Why do I need
salvation?
Take a walk down the...
Romans Road
(in both the Old and the New Testament)
Would you go to heaven if you died tonight?
Do you want to go to heaven?
Do you want to know the way?
Read the 2 short pamphlets below by D L Moody
The Way to God & How to Find It
Heaven: Where It Is, Its Inhabitants & How To Get
There
Are you skeptical?
Click Here
for booklet:
Can
I Really Trust The Bible?
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WORDS
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Words Worth Hearing study on Walking by the Spirit? See
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March 19,
Morning |
March 19,
Evening |
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God raised up His Servant, and sent Him to bless
you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways |
BLESSED be the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy
has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead --Saved by his life.
Our great God and Savior, Christ
Jesus who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless
deed and purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for
good deeds. -- Like the Holy One Who called you, be holy yourselves also in
all your behavior because it is written, YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has
blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ --
In Him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form and in Him you have
been made complete.-- Of His fulness we have all received, and grace upon
grace.
He who did not spare His
own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him
freely give us all things?
Acts 3.26.--1 Pe. 1.3.--Ro.
5.10.
Tit. 2.13, 14.--1 Pe. 1.15, 16. Ep. 1.3.-- Col. 2.9,10 - Jn 1.16. Ro. 8.32
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Strengthen me according to Thy word |
REMEMBER
the word to Thy servant, in which Thou hast made me hope.-- O Lord, I am
oppressed, be my security.
Heaven and earth will pass away,
but My words will not pass away.-- You know in all your hearts and in all
your souls that not one word of all the good words which the LORD your God
spoke concerning you has failed; all have been fulfilled for you, not one of
them has failed.
Do not be afraid. Peace
be with you; take courage and be courageous! Now as soon as he spoke to me,
I received strength and said, May my lord speak, for you have strengthened
me.- Take courage, declares the LORD, and work for I am with you, says the
LORD of hosts.-- Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD
of hosts.
Be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His
might.
Ps. 119.28. Ps.
119.49.--Is. 38.14. Lk. 21.33.--Jos. 23.14. Da. 10.19.-- Hag. 2.4.--Zec.
4.6. Ep. 6.10.
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OUR
DAILY WALK
by F. B. Meyer |
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March
19 RISEN WITH
CHRIST
"If then ye were raised together with
Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right
hand of God."--
Col 3:1 (R.V.).
IF! SOME one will say, "He, there's the rub! I'm
afraid that is not true of me; my life is sinful and sorrowful; there are no
Easter chimes in my soul, no glad fellowship with the Risen Lord; no victory
over dark and hostile powers." But if you are Christ's disciple, you may
affirm that you are risen in Him! With Christ you lay in the grave, and with
Christ you have gone forth, according to the thought and purpose of God, if
not in your feelings and experience. This is distinctly taught in
Eph 2:1-10
and Rom. 6. The whole Church (including all who believe in our Lord Jesus)
has passed into the light of the Easter dawn; and the one thing for you and
me, and all of us, is to begin from this moment to act as if it were a
conscious experience, and as we dare to do so we shall have the experience.
Notice how the Apostle insists on
this: "You died, you were raised with Christ, your life is hid with Christ.
Give yourself time to think about it and realize it."
The Cross of Jesus stands between you
and the constant appeal of the world, as when the neighbours of Christian
tried to induce him to return to the City of Destruction. This does not mean
that we are to be indifferent to all that is fair and lovely in the life
which God has given us, but that the Cross is to separate us from all that
is selfish, sensual, and savouring of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life ( 1Jo 2:15-17).
Set your mind on things above ( Col 3:2).
"As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." With many of us there is little
attempt to guard our thoughts. The door of our heart stands open, with none
to control the ingress or egress of the tumultuous throng of thoughts that
wander in and out. If only we would ask the Holy Spirit to control our
thoughts, so that we might think only the things that are true and of good
report, a wonderful change would pass over our life (Phi 4:7-8).
Realize that Christ is your life--He
is in you! See to it that nothing hinders the output of His glorious
indwelling. Never mind if the world of men misunderstand you. Some day your
motives and reasons Hill be manifested ( Col 3:4).
PRAYER
Grant, most gracious God, that we may
love and seek Thee always and everywhere, and may at length find Thee and
for ever hold Thee fast in the life to come. AMEN. |
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FAITH'S CHECKBOOK
by C H Spurgeon
(Read C H Spurgeon's testimony - It is
miraculous as
is EVERY testimony of the new birth) |
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March 19
Becoming Fit for Glory
"The LORD will give grace and glory" (Psalm
84:11).
Grace is what we need just now, and it is to be had freely. What can be
freer than a gift? Today we shall receive sustaining, strengthening,
sanctifying, satisfying grace. He has given daily grace until now, and as
for the future, that grace is still sufficient. If we have but little
grace the fault most lie in ourselves; for the LORD is not straitened,
neither is He slow to bestow it in abundance. We may ask for as much as we
will and never fear a refusal. He giveth liberally and upbraideth not. The
LORD may not give gold, but He will give grace: He may not give gain, but
He will give grace. He will certainly send us trial, but He will give
grace in proportion thereto. We may be called to labor and to suffer, but
with the call there will come all the grace required; What an "end" is
that in the text -- "and glory!" We do not need glory yet, and we are not
yet fit for it; but we shall have it in due order. After we have eaten the
bread of grace, we shall drink the wine of glory. We must go through the
holy, which is grace, to the holiest of all, which is glory. These words
and glory are enough to make a man dance for joy. A little while -- a
little while, and then glory forever!
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John H
Jowett
Daily Devotional
MARCH 19
DEATH AS MY SERVANT
Revelation 20:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
EVEN now I would rise from the dead. Even now I would know “the power of
His resurrection.” Even now I would taste the rapture of the deathless
life. And this is my glorious prerogative in grace. Yes, even now I can be
“risen with Christ,” and “death shall no more have dominion over me!”
And yet I must die! Yes, but the old enemy shall now be my friend. He will
not be my master, but my servant. He shall just be the porter, to open the
door into my Father’s house, into the home of unspeakable blessedness and
glory. Death shall not hurt me!
I have seen a little child fall asleep while out in the streets of the
city, and the kind nurse has taken charge of the sleeper, and when the
little one awaked she was at home, and she opened her eyes upon her
mother’s face.
So shall it be with all who are alive in Christ, and who have risen from a
spiritual grave. They shall just fall into a brief sweet sleep, and gentle
death shall usher them into the glory of the endless day.
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See these
other
Daily Devotionals...
Store up
(present
imperative
= command to make this privilege our practice!) for
yourselves treasure in heaven (cp Mt 6:20-note,
1Th 2:19, 20-note,
Lk 10:2, Col 4:2,3-note,
2Th 3:1, Rev 7:9-note)
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Pray for the unreached people groups.
Read the background
information on this month's Global Prayer Digest to
stimulate your faithfulness to pray for the unreached
peoples in the Caucasus Mountain Region - this article
describes the region and lists 10 reasons why it is so
difficult to reach and therefore is in such great need
of the prayers of the saints - under grace it is our
privileged position to intercede, not our onerous
obligation! You can also download the complete March
issue in pdf!
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GLOBAL PRAYER
DIGEST - March 19 Tsez People...
At 15 years old, Shamil already understands three
languages. He used the Avar language in the first five
years of school. Then the system switched to Russian for
the remaining years. His parents and grandparents speak
Tsez at home, and this is his heart language. That
language has not been converted to written form yet. At
this point in time, all Tsez history and legends come to
him orally.
Census counts indicate more than 20,000 Tsez people live
in southern Dagestan, in the Russian Federation. They
live among steep rugged mountains that isolate them from
outsiders. They practice Sunni Islam and share many
cultural practices with neighboring groups.
Among the nearby groups, the Bezhtas have a similar
language in a written form. They received a copy of the
Gospel of Luke in their own language in 2000. Shamil has
seen this special book. Now he wants one in his own
language. The Institute for Bible Translating indicates
that this project is already underway.
Pray that the translation of the Tsez language will
progress smoothly. Pray that gospel portions into Tsez
will accurately reveal the saving message of Jesus. Pray
that the Holy Spirit will prepare Tsez people to receive
the Word when His story is told in their language.-GC
Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is flawless; He is a
shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Small people groups like the Tsezs must learn many other
languages to communicate with their more numerous
neighbors. None of the peoples of this diverse region
have the entire Bible in their own language. They cannot
read or hear the "flawless" words of the Lord. How can
they take refuge in Him without His Word? ĮPray that
the flawless word of God will soon come to the Tsez
people and their neighbors..
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OUR DAILY BREAD
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- One of the best daily devotionals but use it to prompt not
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Periodic Quotes...
God addressed
Israel in the following famous passage but the timeless principle
is apropos to believers in America ...
If I shut up the heavens so
that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the
land, or if I send pestilence among My people,
and 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, will forgive their sin, and will heal
their land. (2Chr 7:13, 14)
J. Barton Payne in the
Wycliffe Bible Commentary writes that...
This great verse, the best
known in all Chronicles, expresses as does no other in Scripture
God’s requirement for national blessing, whether in Solomon’s
land, in Ezra’s, or in our own. Those who believe must forsake
their sins, turn from the life that is centered in self, and yield
to God’s word and will. Then, and only then, will heaven send
revival.
A Prayer
For Our Nation
May
the Spirit of holiness prompt all who read it to join in solemn,
earnest intercession on behalf of America (cp Joel 1:14, 2:15)...
Heavenly Father, we
come before you today to ask Your forgiveness and to seek Your
direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who
call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have
lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have
exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded
laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and
called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it
justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and
called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called
it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called
it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and
pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have
ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it
enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today;
cleanse us from every sin and set us free (in Christ Jesus our
Lord). Amen!
Note:
Some have attributed
this prayer to Billy Graham, but others attribute it (or a similar
prayer) to Joe Wright and still others to a prayer by Bob Russell
before the Kansas House of Representatives in 1996 - God knows who
prayed it, so that is not the real issue...Our Father desires to
hear all of His children crying out with similar contrition and
brokenness over our sins against His holy Name...
First of all, then, I urge
that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made
on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, in
order that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness
and dignity. (1Ti 2:1,2, cp Daniel's great prayer in Da
9:3-19) |
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