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The second in the series of three double books. Originally one book, they were divided by the Septuagint translators.
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Although the writer is unknown, it was written while the first temple was still standing (1 Kings 8:8). Jeremiah is the traditional writer. Modern scholarship assigns the authorship to “the prophets.”
THEME:
Standard of the kingdom: […]

WRITER: Paul
Just a word concerning the apostle Paul. Paul made this statement:
Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering […]

FOUNDER OF THE CHURCH AT ROME:
Paul had not visited Rome when he wrote this epistle. In this respect it is different from all others, with the possible exception of the Epistle to the Colossians. No apostle had preceded Paul to Rome; obviously, Simon Peter had not. The Roman church was largely a gentile church, […]

The righteousness of God Deissmann, in his study of the Greek papyri found at Oxyrhynchus, makes a distinction between literary and non-literary documents. He places the epistles of Paul in the latter, including the Epistle to the Romans, thereby making them letters rather than epistles. There is a personal note running through all the […]

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For in it is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, The just shall live by faith. […]

Cunninghame:
Under law God required righteousness from man; under grace He gives righteousness to man. The righteousness of God is that righteousness which God’s righteousness requires Him to require.
Hodge:
That righteousness of which God is the Author; which is of avail before God; which meets and secures His approval.
Brooks:
That righteousness which the Father requires, the Son became, […]

The reading of Romans is one of the most rewarding experiences in the life of a Christian. This is not to say that it should be read as a magazine article that is put aside and dismissed from the mind. The continual reading of this epistle brings a stream of benefits […]

WRITER: John the Apostle
DATE: A.D. 90-100
John evidently wrote his Gospel first, then his epistles, and finally the Book of Revelation before his death about A.D. 100.
PURPOSE:
John expressed the purpose for his writing in each of the three types of revelation:
His Gospel in John 20:30, 31:
And many other signs truly did Jesus in the […]

WRITER: John the Apostle
DATE: A.D. 90 — 100
PERSONALITIES:
This is a letter similar to John’s second epistle, in that it is personal in character, and it carries the same theme of truth.
owever, this letter deals with personalities, which will be noted in the outline. In his second epistle, John says that truth is worth standing for; […]

WRITER: John the Apostle
DATE: A.D. 90 — 100
PERSONAL LETTER:
This epistle is like Philemon in that it is a personal letter written by John to “the elect lady.” Is the Greek word electa a title, or does it refer to a Christian lady in the early church by the name of Electa? It would seem that […]

WRITER: Solomon (1:1)
Solomon was the author of 1,005 songs (1 Kings 4:32), but we have only one (Song of Songs); as the name would indicate, it is the best.
KEY WORDS:
“Beloved,” the name for Him; “love,” the name for her.
KEY VERSES:
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine; he feedeth among the lilies. […]

WRITER: Paul
DATE: A.D. 52-53 (The second epistle followed shortly after the first)
OCCASION:
The first letter to the Thessalonians gave rise to further questions, and Paul is attempting to answer these. There was circulating in the Thessalonian church a letter or report, purported to have come from Paul, which was inclined to disturb the Christians. […]

WRITER: Paul
DATE: A.D. 52-53
PLACE:
Thessalonica was a Roman colony and very important in the life of the Roman Empire. It was located 100 miles west of Philippi and about 200 miles north of Athens. It was the chief city of Macedonia. Cicero said, “Thessalonica is in the bosom of the Empire.”
It […]

I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. (Hosea 13:11)
The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel give us the origin of the kingdom. The two Books of Samuel were classified as one in the Jewish canon. They are the first two of four Books of Kings in the […]

WRITER: Micah
His name means Who is like Jehovah? The word has the same derivation as Michael, which means Who is like God? There are many Micahs in Scripture, but this one is identified as a Morasthite (Micah 1:1) since he was an inhabitant of Moresheth-gath (Micah 1:14), a place about twenty miles southwest of Jerusalem, […]

WRITER: Solomon
The book is the “dramatic autobiography of his life when he got away from God.”
TITLE:
Ecclesiastes means “preacher” or “philosopher.”
PURPOSE:
The purpose of any book of the Bible is important to the correctunderstanding of it; this is no more evident than here. Human philosophy,apart from God, must inevitably reach the conclusions in thisbook; therefore, there are […]

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(Sometimes called the 5th Gospel, it is a continuation of the Gospel of Luke.)
Last recorded fact about Jesus in the Gospels:

Matthew — Resurrection
Mark — Ascension
Luke — Promise of the Holy Spirit
John — Promise of the Second Coming

Acts 1 brings all 4 together.

The great missionary commission given in the 4 Gospels is confirmed in Acts.
Acts furnishes […]

(Called Arithmoi in the Septuagint, meaning “Arithmetic”)
WRITER: Moses
THEME: “PILGRIM’S PROGRESS”
walking, wandering, working, warring, witnessing, and worshiping. It is a handbookfor pilgrims. “Chart and compass come from Thee.” It is a road map for the wilderness of this world. For whatever things were written in earlier times were written for our learning, that we, through patience […]

WRITER: Moses
PLACE:
In the Book of Leviticus the children of Israel were marking time at Mount Sinai. The book opens and concludes at the same geographical spot, Mount Sinai, where God gave the Law.
Exodus concludes with the tabernacle constructed and the glory of the Lord filling it. Leviticus gives the order and rules of worship in […]