Recent Commentaries

The following is the outline of a message for this passage of Scripture I read from Brian Bill: 1. Keep faith with others: Don’t allow your relationships to rupture (v. 10). 2. Keep faith with God: Don’t unite with an unbeliever (vv. 11-12). 3. Keep faith with your spouse: Don’t get divorced (vv. 13- 16).

Jeroboam was the most idolatrous king in Israel’s history, the worst of the lot because of his powerful influence. Jeroboam’s son Abijah became sick. We are not told what ailed the lad. Prompted by this sickness, Jeroboam told his wife to disguise herself and go to Shiloh and v …

Moses promised Israel that the severe judgement of God would come to them because of their disobedience. Each of the following judgements had one goal: to turn Israel from disobedience…

Rehoboam was installed as king in Shechem after his father died (v. 1). Shechem was a very fitting spot for the coronation of a king of Israel as it was the first place God appeared to Abraham (Gen. 12:6-7), Jacob settled there and (Gen. 33:18-20) and Joseph was buried there (J …

“Witness” is a key word in the book of Acts, and is used 29 times as either a verb or a noun. Instead of knowing the times or dates, the Apostles were to be Christ’s witnesses to the ends of the earth (v. 8). A witness is someone who tells what he has seen and h …

1.     Plea (vv. 1-2). This opening section of Psalm 4 is divided in two: a.     A Plea directed to God (v. 1).b.     A Rebuke directed to the writers of people (v. 2). 2.   &nbs …

Children are important to God. To demonstrate the importance God attaches to them, the Lord gave the disciples the following illustration (v. 10). Suppose a man who owns one hundred sheep suddenly discovers that one is missing (vv. 11-12). Will he not leave them and search for the one …

In our text today, John points out three categories of believers. We see in these categories three stages of spiritual development in our quest for spiritual maturity. The three stages of Christian growth are children, fathers, and young men (vv. 12-14). I do not believe these ca …

This chapter can be described as the hopelessness of the godless, apart from forgiveness; Job takes an oath (vv. 1-6). He repeated his charge that God was not treating him fairly (v. 2). He asked God to declare the charges against him, but the heavens had been silent. Job declared …

The attention is now turned from the Jews to the Greeks as a group of them approach Philip and ask for an interview with Christ (vv. 20-21). It is thought that these Greeks were wanderers of the ancient world that came to the Jewish feast seeking truth. We have already seen how important the …