Author Archives: bedundon

Grace in Action: Food, the Law, and Grace (#1097)

Grace in Action: Food, the Law, and Grace (#1097)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20240929.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Leviticus 11                 Dietary Laws – prohibition about eating many things

Matthew 15:1-20        Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which goeth out of his mouth

Acts 10:9-15                What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common [cf. Acts 10:28; 11:9]

Acts 15:1-20                Abstain from meats offered to idols… (vs. 29)

[Acts 21:20 – zealous for the law]

I Corinthians 8            Meat commendeth us not to God (vs. 8)

[we can’t win God’s approval by what we eat – NIV]

NOTE which brother is “weak”

I Samuel 21:1-6         David and the shewbread [consecrated bread]

Matthew 12:1-8         Jesus Christ and the shewbread

Teaching

Grace in Action: Food, the Law, and Grace (#1097)

Grace in Action: Answering the Pharisees (#1096)

Grace in Action: Answering the Pharisees (#1096)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20240915, all rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Matthew 5:20                     Except your righteousness exceed the scribes and Pharisees…

Matthew 9:9-17                  Eating with tax collectors, not fasting

Matthew 12:1-8                  Picking grain on the sabbath

Matthew 15:1-9:                 It is a gift, in vain do they worship me

Matthew 16:5-12                The leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees

Matthew 22:15-22              Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites….render unto Caesar

Matthew 23:1-12                Pharisees for a pretence made long prayer

Mark 7:1-23                         Making the Word of God of none effect through your tradition

Luke 7:36-50                       To whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little

Luke 11:37-44                     These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone

Luke 14:1-11                       He that humbleth himself shall be exalted

(Luke 16:19-31)                   Lazarus in Abraham’s Bosom [cf. Judges 9:7-16; Mat. 5:13-16. Some early Greek and Aramaic sources add, “And he said also another parable” to the beginning of Luke 16:19. Pharisees:“They also believe that souls have an immortal vigour in them, and that under the earth there will be rewards or punishments , according as they have lived virtuously or viciously in this life, and the latter are to be detained in an everlasting prison, but that the former shall have power to revive and live again” –  Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews XVIII, i, 3.  See also Luke 16:14-15; Acts 23:6-11.]

Luke 18:10-14                      He that humbleth himself shall be exalted

Teaching

Grace in Action: Answering the Pharisees (#1096)

Grace in Action: God Looks at The Heart (#1095)

Grace in Action: God Looks at The Heart (#1095)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20240901. All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Genesis 20:1-6      I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart (vs. 6)

I Samuel 16:1-7     The Lord looketh on the heart (vs. 7)

I Kings 3:5-14        Solomon asks for an understanding heart, and receives it

I Kings 21:24-29    Because he (Ahab) humbleth himself before me (vs. 29)

II Kings 5:17-19     He said unto him, Go in peace (vs. 19)

II Kings 22:8-20     Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself (vs. 19)

Psalms 44:20-21   He knoweth the secrets of the heart

Isaiah 1:10-17       To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices? (vs. 11)

Matthew 23:23      These ye ought to have done

I John 3:13-24        God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things (vs. 20)

Teaching

Grace in Action: God Looks at The Heart (#1095)

 

Trust God (#1094)

Trust God (#1094)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20240804.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Psalms 5:11                       Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice

Psalms 18:2                       The Lord is my rock, in whom I will trust

Psalms 28:6-7                    My heart trusted in the Lord, and I am helped

Psalms 34:22                     None of them that trust in him shall be desolate

Psalms 37:3-5, 35-40        So thou shalt dwell in the land and be fed

Psalms 44:4-8                    I will not trust in my bow – in God we boast

Psalms 56:11                     In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid of what man can do unto me

Psalms 112:1-8                  His heart is fixed, trusting in God

Psalms 115                        Trust God, rather than idols which talk not

Psalms 118:5-9                  It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man

Proverbs 3:5,6                   Trust in the Lord with all thine heart

Proverbs 11:28                  He that trusteth in his riches shall fall

Proverbs 16:20                  Whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he

Proverbs 22:17-21             That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee

Proverbs 28:25,26             He that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.  He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool

Proverbs 29:25                   Fear of man – snare; trust in the Lord – safe

Proverbs 30:5                     He is a shield to them that trust him

Isaiah 26:3,4                        Perfect peace, trusting God

Jeremaih 17:5-8                  Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord

Teaching

Trust God (#1094)

Expecting our Hope (#1093)

Expecting our Hope (#1093)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 202240721.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Psalms 27:14                  Wait (qawah – expect, look for) on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.

Psalms 37:1-9, 34-38    Vs. 5: Commit thy way – “roll thy way upon” the Lord (vss. 9, 34: qawah – wait with expectation) The end of the perfect man is peace.

Psalms 40:1                   I waited (qawah – with expectation) [patiently and expectantly] and he heard

Psalms 62:5-8               My expectation [tiqvah] is from him (God), vs. 5

Psalms 71:1-6               Thou art my hope [tiqvah]

Psalms 130                    There is forgiveness with God (vs. 4), that he may be feared (revered).  I wait (qawah) for the Lord (vs. 5).  Watch for the morning – would include guards, keepers

Proverbs 23:17-18        Surely there is an end [reward]; and thine expectation [tiqvah] shall not be cut off

Isaiah 40:28-31              They that wait (qawah – with expectation) upon the LORD shall renew their strength (vs. 31)

Jeremiah 29:10-11         To give you an expected [tiqvah] end [an expectation and an end; a future and a hope]

Ephesians 2:4-8            That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus (vs. 7)

Colossians 1:3-5           For the hope which is laid up (NIV: stored up) for you in heaven – vs. 5

I Timothy 1:1                 Lord Jesus Christ which is our hope

Titus 1:2                         In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised

Titus 3:5-7                      Heirs according to the hope of eternal life

I Peter 1:3-5                   Begotten (born into it!) us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead – vs. 3. Big S – vs. 5

I John 3:1-3                    And we are!

Teaching

Expecting our Hope (#1093)

 

With What or Whom? (#1092)

With What or Whom? (#1092)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20240707.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Psalms 103:4                     Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies

Psalms 130:4                     There is forgiveness with God, that he may be feared (revered)

Proverbs 3:5, 6                  Trust in the Lord with all thine heart

Proverbs 17:1                    Better is a dry morsel with quietness

I Samuel 12                        Serve the Lord with all your heart (vs. 20)

II Chronicles 32:1-8           Hezekiah: with us is the Lord our God to help us (vs. 8)

Isaiah. 41:10-13                 I will help thee and uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness (vss. 10, 13)

Jeremiah 31:3                    With lovingkindness He drew us.

Luke 8:15                            Fruit with patience (steadfast perseverance) [by persevering]

Acts 4:29-31                       Grant that with all boldness they may speak thy word

I Corinthians 14:15            I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also.

II Corinthians 2:1-11          We must forgive, lest one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

Romans 5:1, 2                     Peace with God, justified by believing (cf. Rom. 4:17-25 – believing imputed for righteousness).  Righteousness – being right with God, so that you can stand before him with no consciousness of shortcoming.  Justification – freedom from guilt, “just as if…”

Ephesians 3:12                   In Christ we have boldness and access with confidence

Colossians 1:9-11               Strengthened unto all patience with joyfulness

Hebrews 12:1                     Let us run with patience [patient endurance] the race before us

Hebrews 13:5-6                  So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear: what shall man do unto me? (ASV)

Teaching

With What or Whom? (#1092)

 

Let Him Do His Job (#1091)

Let Him Do His Job (#1091)

 

As Taught by Bruce Mahone, 20240526.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Ruth 3-4                              Sit still my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall

I Kings 17:1-16                   The ravens, then the barrel of meal fed Elijah

II Kings 4:18-37                  Elisha and the son of the Shunammite

II Chronicles 20:5-18         Jehoshaphat’s prayer when being attacked

Acts 16:6-15                       The Macedonian Call

Teaching

Let Him Do His Job (#1091)

Enjoy with Expectation (#1090)

Enjoy with Expectation (#1090)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20240512, All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Psalms 27:14                   Wait (qawah – expect, look for) on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.

Psalms 37:1-9, 34-37      Vs. 5: Commit thy way – “roll thy way upon” the Lord (vss. 9, 34: qawah – wait with expectation) The end of the perfect man is peace

Vs. 7: Rest in the Lord [be still, silent before the Lord]; Wait patiently for him

Psalms 40                         I waited (qawah – vs. 1) patiently (intently – waiting I waited) for the Lord, and he heard

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit (vs. 2).

5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you. Were I to proclaim and tell of them, they would be more than can be counted. (NRSV)

Psalms 62:5-8                  My expectation is from him (God), vs. 5

(Psalms 130)                    Forgiveness with God (vs. 4), that he may be feared (revered). I wait (with expectation) for the Lord (vs. 5). Watch for the morning – includes guards, keepers

Ecclesiastes 7:8-10          Better is the patient than proud in spirit (disposition). [patience better than pride]

Isaish 40:28-31                They that wait (with expectation) upon the LORD shall renew their strength

Lamentations 3:22-26    It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD (vs. 26)

II Thessalians 3:1-5         The Lord direct into patient waiting for [patience of] Christ

Teaching

Enjoy with Expectation (#1090)

Lighten Up Part 2 (#1089)

Lighten Up Part 2 (#1089)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20240428.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Psalm 4:6-8                       Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us

Psalm 18:28-33 (34-50)   Thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness

Psalm 119:105                 God’s Word brings light where there was only darkness.

Isaiah 50:11-12                Walking in your own sparks brings only sorrow

Proverbs 4:14-19            The path of the just is as the shining light (light of dawn), that shineth more and more unto the perfect day (vs. 18 – full day)

Luke 11:29-35                   If thine eye be single (if thy spiritual understanding is clear), thy whole body shall be full of light

II Corinthians 4:1-7 (ff)    God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts (vs. 6)

Philippians 2:14-16          Do all things without murmurings and disputings (arguing, complaining, grumbling, questioning): that ye may be blameless and harmless (pure, innocent), without rebuke (without fault, blameless, above reproach), in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation (generation), among whom ye shine as lights in the world, holding forth (or holding fast – paying attention to) the word of life.

Teaching

Lighten Up Part 2 (#1089)

Lighten Up (#1088)

Lighten Up (#1088)

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20240414. All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Genesis 1:3,14-18            God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Exodus 10:23-24              The Israelites had light in their dwellings

Exodus 13:21                    God led them by a pillar of fire at night

Psalms 27:1-5                   The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

Psalms 36:7-9                   In thy light shall we see light.

Psalms 112:1-4                 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness

Psalms 119:105, 130       Thy word is a lamp unto my feet; giveth understanding

Proverbs 6:20-23             The commandment is a lamp; and the law is light

Ecclesiastes 2:13              Wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness

(Micah 7:7-8                      The Lord shall be a light unto me)

Matthew 4:12-16              The people which sat in darkness saw great light

Luke 2:29-32                     A light to lighten the gentiles

John 12:46                         I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

I Peter 2:9                          God has called us out of darkness into his marvellous light

Teaching

Lighten Up (#1088)