The Other Seventy Concerning the Other Seventy, Lk 10:1-4 Jesus appointed the other seventy, plus the original 12, Lk 6:13.  He sent them out two and two, like he did Barnabas and Saul, Acts 13.  They went before his face to prepare the way before him. Jesus asked the seventy...

I Will Follow Thee In Lk 9:57-62, two men came to Jesus and said, “I will follow thee”.  To a third man, Jesus said, “Follow me”.  And the conversations he had with these three men tell us much about our decision to follow Jesus.  When we say to Jesus, “I...

What the disciples lacked Jesus had just come down from the mount of Transfiguration with Peter, John, and James. Awaiting him were a multitude of people.  One man among them cried out to Jesus to cast the devil out of his son.  The surprising thing is that he had brought...

The Transfiguration Lk 9:27-36 is the passage we typically call the Transfiguration. See Matt 17:2.  To see all that’s connected with this event, we’ll check the cross references in the other gospels.  We’re going to study what Peter, John, and James saw and what they heard. Peter, John, and James...

Come After Jesus In the context of Lk 9:23-26, Jesus had just fed 5,000, Lk 9:14, and they would have made him king, Jn 6:15. So, he left, and the next day they came seeking him, Jn 6:24.  They showed up for more food, Jn 6:26. Before they showed up...

What about Predestination? Ephesians 1:3-14 In this lesson we will focus on the word predestination. It is only used four times in a King James Bible but yet there is a lot of controversy concerning this word. As we will see by looking at the context and getting a proper...

Who Is This? The reason God directed Luke to write Lk 9:1-22 was to answer the question that Herod raised in Lk 9:9, “Who is this”?  By the time we get to verse 22, you’ll know who this is.  How would they have known the answer to “Who is this”?...

How to Study the Bible (Part 3) 2 Timothy 2:15 In the second lesson of this series we focused on the Holy Spirit being the interpreter of God’s word. The Holy Spirit as the interpreter of God’s word show us the true meaning of God’s word by comparing spiritual things...

How to Study the Bible (Part 2) 2 Timothy 2:15 In the first part of this series we saw that the first step toward studying and learning the word of God was to consistently read the word of God. Once we have a regular pattern of getting the word of...

How to Study the Bible (Part 1) 2 Timothy 2:15 Here we see a command for us in regard to studying the Bible. Studying the Bible should be one of our greatest passions as children of God, but for many it not such an easy task. In these lesson we...