Category Archives: Expository Teaching

Scripture Reference: Exodus 8:20-10:29 God is gracious and long-suffering, but there comes a time when He will no longer tolerate the disobedience and arrogance of defiant sinners. “To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Doing Good (verses 9-10). Growth in our relationships does not happen automatically; growth takes effort and with that effort it becomes more complete through practice. Hard work is required if broken relationships are to be rebuilt. … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Reaping What You Sow (verses 7-8) – Continued Those who are sowing to please the sinful nature are destroying relationships with others. As we’ve shown before, they are biting, devouring, provoking and envying others, thereby consuming … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Reaping What You Sow (verses 7-8). The responsibilities listed so far present two opposite ways of life: the way of the Spirit and the way of the sinful nature or the flesh. The absolute contrast between … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Supporting Teachers of the Word (verse 6). Paul’s challenge to fulfill one’s God-given mission in life (to carry one’s own load) is now balanced by a recognition that some who are fulfilling their God-given mission in … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Evaluating Your Work (verses 3-5) – Continued From Last Lesson: Christians should celebrate that they can love because of their experience of the cross of Christ and the power of the Spirit. When we engage in … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Evaluating Your Work (verses 3-5) – Continued If a Christian’s careful examination of his life indicates that at least to some extent the love of Christ is being expressed through his actions, then his reason to … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Evaluating Your Work (verses 3-5). Paul turns back again to the need for personal evaluation. Self-evaluation is necessary since there is always the danger of self-deception. Personal evaluation must be made on the basis of a … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Carrying Burdens (verse 2) – Continued In contrast to this attitude, Paul says that the law of Christ is fulfilled when His people carry the burdens of sinners! Serving sinners in the church, not separating sinners … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Carrying Burdens (verse 2). Paul turns again to the corporate responsibility of all Spirit-led Christians: Bear one another’s burdens. “Through love serve one another” (Galatians 5:13) means to bear each other’s burdens. After all, bearing burdens … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Restoring Sinners, Examining Yourself (verse 1) – Continued However, you will notice that the exact methods of restoration are not described by Paul. They will vary according to the individual circumstances. But Paul does specify the … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Restoring Sinners, Examining Yourself (verse 1) – Continued In order to bring healing to the sinner, we must have a compassionate view of the one who has sinned. Paul doesn’t define the kind of sin, he … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 In previous chapters of Galatians Paul has led the Galatian believers to understand the historical and theological background for the crisis in their churches and given them general principles about life in the Spirit. Now he … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: 1 Peter 1:13-2:3 The New Birth – Continued Because they are partakers of the divine life, Peter states some practicalities that Christians should put away once for all, namely the following unloving acts: Malice—the harboring of evil thoughts … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: 1 Peter 1:13-2:3 The New Birth Once again Peter takes his readers back to their new birth, and this time he expounds on the source of our new birth, the seed being the Word of God. The exhortations … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: 1 Peter 1:13-2:3 Love One Another Now the Apostle Peter urges his readers to have a mind suited for loving others (1 Peter 1:22-2:3). First, he describes the new birth and points out that one of the changes … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: 1 Peter 1:13-2:3 Breaking With the World – Continued Christ’s work for us was no afterthought on God’s part. “He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: 1 Peter 1:13-2:3 A Heart of Reverence Peter continues on and exhorts believers in the fact that we are not only commanded to holiness but also to a reverent mind. This means a respectful fear, one based in … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: 1 Peter 1:13-2:3 In previous verses before our text, Peter had been dealing with the glories of our salvation. At this point, he launches into a series of exhortations based on what is to follow. At the outset, … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Philippians 3:12-16 Discipline Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained. – … Continue reading →