Category Archives: Expository Teaching

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 Why Is He Breaking the Rules? – Continued Please read Mark 2:23-3:6 for the background to this section. The last two stories in this group are about Jesus and the Sabbath, and again we find people … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 What Does He Think He Is Doing? – Continued Please read Mark 2:13-22 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: Obviously, Jesus is not giving us His top ten household tips here! He is … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 What Does He Think He Is Doing? – Continued Please read Mark 2:13-22 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: So here is the Messiah, hosting a party not for the elite, but for … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 What Does He Think He Is Doing? – Continued Please read Mark 2:13-22 for the background to this section. In the next instance, Jesus is having dinner at Levi’s house. It seems likely that he has … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 What Does He Think He Is Doing? – Continued Please read Mark 2:13-22 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: We have seen Jesus meeting outcasts before. We saw that Jesus is not bothered … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 Who Is He to Forgive Sins? – Continued Please read Mark 2:1-12 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: The fact that Jesus has healed the man with a word excludes the possibility that … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 Who Is He to Forgive Sins? – Continued Please read Mark 2:1-12 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: The Jews were very clear on this: one God; one authority; one place to deal … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 Who Is He to Forgive Sins? – Continued Please read Mark 2:1-12 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: Jesus is not actually healing today. Time and again He makes it clear that His … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 Imagine that you are inside your local prison. You have just been sent down for a long sentence, the gates have clanged shut behind you, and it dawns on you that you will have many years … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Titus 2:11-15 Until He Comes . . . – Continued From Last Lesson: Since Christ has given Himself for us to redeem and purify us, it is for each of us to fall in with that purpose and … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Titus 2:11-15 Redemption Imagine you were back in the first century, the slave-world of Paul’s day. There are a number of slaves in your congregation. They have heard the gospel, believed in Jesus, and are now saved. Among … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Titus 2:11-15 Something Wonderful As we have seen, the Apostle emphasizes this grace, this appearing of Christ’s glory as our “blessed hope.” How will things be when our hope is realized? Immeasurably the better! It is often said … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Titus 2:11-15 What Grace Does – Continued It has often been said that these three words: self-controlled, upright, and godly, each look in a different direction. Self-control has reference to ourselves; uprightness to our fellow men; and godliness … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Titus 2:11-15 One day this present age will have run its course. When it has, our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will come again and introduce a whole new order of things. But how are to we … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Exodus 8:20-10:29 5. Threatening Please read Exodus 10:21-29 for the background to this section. We don’t know how long after the locusts left Egypt that God sent the ninth plague, but the darkness over the land for three … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Exodus 8:20-10:29 4. Appealing – Continued Please read Exodus 10:1-20 for the background to this section. In Pharoah’s angry response to Moses’ and Aaron’s rejection of the leaders third demand, Pharaoh blasphemed the name of God. Literally, he … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Exodus 8:20-10:29 4. Appealing Please read Exodus 10:1-20 for the background to this section. When God gave Moses the instructions for his next meeting with Pharaoh, He added another reason for the great display of His wonders in … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Exodus 8:20-10:29 3. Deceiving Please read Exodus 9:13-35 for the background to this section. It didn’t look like Moses was achieving his purpose, for each new plague only made the situation worse. But God was in control and … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Exodus 8:20-10:29 2. Resisting Please read Exodus 9:1-12 for the background to this section. As you study the account of the plagues of Egypt, keep in mind the purposes God was fulfilling through these momentous events. First of … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Exodus 8:20-10:29 1. Bargaining – Continued Please read Exodus 8:20-32 for the background to this section. God’s wrath (verse 24). Just as God promised, the next day great swarms of flies invaded the land, entering the homes of … Continue reading →