Grace in Action: Gospel Parables (#1099)
As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20241027. All rights reserved.
Verse Listing and Notes
Luke 6:39-45 The mote and the beam
Luke 6:46-49 The rock and the sand
Luke 7:36-50 The two debtors
Luke 14:15-24 The great supper
Luke 15:1-7 The lost sheep
Luke 15:11-32 The forgiving father
Luke 18:1-8 The unjust judge
Luke 18:9-14 The Pharisee and the publican
Teaching
Grace in Action: Fellowship (#1098)
As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20241013. All rights reserved.
Verse Listing and Notes
Genesis 39-40 Joseph and Pharoah
Number 33:55 Thorns in your sides
I Samuel 21:10 David fled to the king of Gath
Daniel 1:6-21 Daniel with the king of Babylon
Matthew 2:13-15 Joseph fleeing to Egypt with mother and child
Matthew 9:10-12 Jesus eating with publicans and sinners – need of a physician
Luke 16:1-9 Mammon of unrighteousness
“Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.” – NLT
Acts 9:11-16 To bear my name before the gentiles
Acts 10:9-16 What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common
Acts 18:5-6 From henceforth I will go to the gentiles
I Corinthians 9:19-24 All things to all men
II Corinthians 6:14 Be not unequally yoked
Teaching
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: 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: 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)
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
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
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
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
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
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