Summary of Every New Testatment Chapter

Brief overviews capturing the key messages and events within each chapter of the 27 New Testament books.

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Book: Matthew
Chapter: 1
Summary: Generations of Jesus Christ. His conception and birth.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Joseph, Mary, generations of Christ from Abraham to David.
Striking Facts: v. 10. See Gen. 3:15; Isa. 7:14, 8:8, 10; Mic. 5:2, 3. Jesus was not begotten of natural generation. Note v. 16, "Mary, of whom was born Jesus." A feminine form for the word "born" being used, indicates that Jesus was born of Mary, not of man. He was without a sinful nature, for the reason that He had the Holy Spirit for His Father.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 2
Summary: Visit of the Magi, flight into Egypt, Herod's slaughter of the innocents. Return of Joseph and Mary to Nazareth.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, Herod, chief priests, scribes, wise men, Archelaus.
Striking Facts: v. 12. This is the first of 21 unsuccessful attempts on the life of Jesus which mark the enmity of Satan and his desire to cut Him off before His appointed work could be done. That enmity was manifested in O. T. times against the royal line, and now that Christ's sacrifice has been made, it is shown in the blinding of the hearts of men lest they see Him as their Savior, and against Christians that their testimony for Him might be hindered.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 3
Summary: Ministry of John the Baptist and baptism of Jesus
Main Characters: God, Jesus, John
Striking Facts: When John announced (v. 2) the "kingdom of the heavens at hand," he announced that the Christian dispensation was the next thing

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 4
Summary: Temptation of Jesus. Jesus' public ministry begun. Call of first disciples.
Main Characters: Jesus, Satan, John the Baptist, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Isaiah
Striking Facts: v. 1. It is sometimes asked "If Jesus was without a sinful nature, how could He be tempted?" May not a city be besieged, though impregnable? Acid will corrode some metals others it will not. The devil applied his test to Christ it did not corrode. Note comparison of Jesus' temptations with those of the first Adam. (1). Gen. 3:6 lust of the flesh (tree good for food); Jesus to turn stones into bread. (2). Lust of the eyes (tree pleasant to the eyes); Jesus glory of kingdoms of the earth to take them in a way not appointed by the Father. (3). Pride of the life (desiied to make one wise); Jesus to throw Himself from pinnacle to be hailed by crowds below as the long expected Messiah.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 5
Summary: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light. Christ's relation to the law. Divorce
Main Characters: God, Jesus
Striking Facts: v. 3. Some teach that the teachings of the sermon on the mount are applicable only to the future earthly kingdom of Christ, not the present age, and as such are postponed until Christ's second coming. However we think of the "kingdom of the heavens" as the church age, during which Christ, through regeneration, is peopling the heavens, and these principles seem to have clearer application to the present age than to that time when righteousness shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 6
Summary: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Formalism condemned. The new revelation of prayer (disciples prayer). The law of riches. Cure of anxiety.
Main Characters: God, Jesus
Striking Facts: Facts: vv. 8-13. Rather than the "Lord's prayer," this should be designated as "the diciple's prayer," for Jesus could not pray this prayer as the expression of His own needs.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 7
Summary: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Encouragement to prayer. The two ways. Warnings against false teachers. Danger of profession without faith. The two foundations.
Main Characters: God, Jesus
Striking Facts: v. 22 shows that there will be among those rejected by Christ in the last days, many preachers, so-called soul winners and good moral men, simply because devoid of true faith in Christ who alone is the foundation of salvation. Beware of mere lip-devotion which signifies nothing, either here or hereafter.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 8
Summary: Jesus heals a leper, the centurion's servant and Peter's wife's mother. Professed disciples tested. Stilling of the waves. Casting-out demons at Gadara.
Main Characters: Jesus, leper, centurion and his servant, Peter's mother-in-law, two men of Gadara, disciples.
Striking Facts: v. 29. Men may deny the deity of Christ, but demons know better. His divine Sonship is proven amply by the demonstration of His power in all spheres. He was not only Son of God, but Son of Man (vv. 20, 24) and having been subjected to all human testings, He became a perfect sacrifice and substitute for the believer on the Cross.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 9
Summary: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Answering the Pharisees. Healing of woman with issue of blood. Daughter of a ruler raised from the dead. Two blind men healed. A demon cast out. Preaching and healing in Galilee.
Main Characters: Jesus, palsied man, sick woman, Jairus, his daughter, Matthew.
Striking Facts: v. 3. Either Christ was the Son of God with power to forgive sins and those who claim He is a mere man with no such power, are themselves blasphemers or else He was, as they charged, a blasphemer. His deity is fully established by His deliverances from sin, and the consciousness of forgiveness which He has given to millions of people throughout the age.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 10
Summary: The twelve instructed and sent out.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Thaddaeus, Simon, Judas.
Striking Facts: v. 32. Confession of Christ is the normal answer of a new born soul to God. "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speak eth." To evidence the sincerety of our faith by boldly witnessing for Him gives us One in heaven who speaks a good word to the Father for us.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 11
Summary: Answer to questions sent Jesus by John the Baptist. Judgment predicted as result of rejection of Christ. Rest for individuals who put their trust in Him.
Main Characters: Jesus, John the Baptist
Striking Facts: v. 28. This is a pivotal point in the ministry of Jesus. The Savior-King being spurned by the Jews, now offers rest and service to all who are conscious of their need. To these He will GIVE rest (peace with God, Rom. 5:1, the rest of salvation), and in His service they shall continually FIND rest (the peace of God, Phil. 4:7).

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 12
Summary: Jesus announces Himself Lord of Sabbath Controversy with Pharisees. Healing of the withered hand. A demoniac healed. The unpardonable sin. Death and resurrection foretold. Deficiency of self-reformation. Jesus' new relationships.
Main Characters: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Pharisees, disciples, man with withered hand, Satan, David, Jonah, Queen of the South.
Striking Facts: The Sabbath (v. 1) commemorates a finished creation. The Lord's day (see v. 40) commemorates a finished redemption, for Christ arose from the grave on the first day. The seventh day was a day of legal obligation. The first day is a day of voluntary worship.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 13
Summary: Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven. The sower, tares and wheat, grain of mustard seed, leaven, hid treasure, pearl, drag net.
Main Characters: Jesus, disciples, Satan, Isaiah.
Striking Facts: Some make the parables of the mustard seed and the leaven to teach the conversion of the whole world in this age by the preaching of the gospel. This view is explicitly contradicted by Jesus' interpretation of the parables of the wheat and tares and the drag net therefore there is something wrong with the popular interpretation of the leaven and mustard seed. Leaven means "corruption" and is always used in Scripture as a symbol of evil. The mustard seed parable pictures an abnormal and unsubstantial growth of the outward church. See Dan. 4:20-22.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 14
Summary: Herod's troubled conscience and the murder of John the Baptist.The 5000 fed. Jesus walks on the water.
Main Characters: Jesus, John the Baptist, Herod, Herodias, and her daughter, disciples.
Striking Facts: Note v. 33. The sure cure for the Unitarian belief about Christ, is to be out on a boisterous sea where no human power can help, and then see Him come forth to quiet the boisterous winds and save the sinking soul.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 15
Summary: Scribes and Pharisees rebuked. Syrophoenician's daughter healed.The multitude healed. 4000 fed.
Main Characters: Jesus, Peter, (disciples), Syrophoenician woman, her daughter.
Striking Facts: v. 28. This was the first time the rejected Christ ministered to a Gentile (cf. Matt. 12:18). When a Gentile addressed Him as "Son of David" (v. 22) He made no reply, but when she acknowledged Him as "Lord," He answered immediately (v. 25). The Gentile has no claim under the covenant rights and promises of Israel.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 16
Summary: Jesus' rebuke of blind Pharisees. The symbol of leaven interpreted. Peter's confession of the deity of Jesus. Jesus foretells His death and resurrection.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Peter, Satan, disciples, John the Baptist, Elias, Jeremiah.
Striking Facts: Note vv. 17, 18. Jesus does not here infer that the church was to be built upon Peter but upon Himself, as just confessed by Peter (v. 16) (Cf. 1 Peter 2:4-9). In the Greek, the word "Petra" is in feminine form, denoting that the reference was not to Peter, but to his confession. The deity of Christ is the foundation doctrine of Christianity.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 17
Summary: The transfiguration of Jesus Christ. The powerless disciples, unable to heal a lunatic, and the mighty Christ. Resurrection again foretold. Miracle of the tribute money.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Moses, Elijah, Peter, James, John, a father and his lunatic son, John the Baptist, disciples.
Striking Facts: The transfiguration is the answer to v. 28 of the preceding chapter. In it, we see in miniature, the elements of the coming earthly Kingdom of Christ. Jesus in His glory (v. 2); Moses standing for believers who have passed on through death (v. 3) ; Elijah representing those who will be translated (v. 3. Cf. 1 Thess. 4:14-17); Three disciples representing Israel in the flesh at His coming; Gentiles at foot of mountain for the living nations. It was given just following the announcement which disappointed the disciples, His rejection and death, and was for their encouragement.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 18
Summary: Sermon on the child text. Discipline in the church. Unity in prayer. Law of forgiveness.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Peter.
Striking Facts: v. 20. Where His saints are, there is the sanctuary of Christ. While as to His person He is in heaven, His Spirit is with our spirits, and He is the central figure in every gathering for prayer in His name. Not a multitude, but faith and sincere devotion on the part of worshippers, even though there be but two or three, invites His presence and the manifestation of His power among them.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 19
Summary: Christ and the divorce question. Little children blessed. The rich young ruler. Apostles' future place in the Kingdom.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Peter, rich young ruler.
Striking Facts: vv. 16, 17. It is not implied that Jesus was not good (John 8:46; 14:30), but that He would not be called "good" by one who did not accept His deity, but looked upon Him merely as a man (Master "teacher") and put himself on the same level (v. 20). As God (v. 17) He is the expression of all good.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 20
Summary: Parables of laborers in the vineyard. Jesus' death and resurrection again foretold. Ambitious requests of James and John. Healing of the two blind men.
Main Characters: Jesus, wife of Zebedee, James, John, two blind men.
Striking Facts: vv. 18, 19. The death of Jesus Christ was not, as some say, the result of His being the victim of circumstances too strong for Him, but was the result of His own program. He came (v. 28) to give His life a ransom. He did not die as a martyr, but as a Victor. He never foretold His death without adding that He would be resurrected.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 21
Summary: The triumphant entry. Jesus' second purification of the temple. Barren fig tree cursed. Jesus' authority questioned. Parable of the two sons in the vineyard. Parable of the house-holder demanding fruit from his vineyard.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, John, disciples.
Striking Facts: v. 2. A colt is a symbol of peace. In Jesus' second coming He will come upon a war horse (Rev. 19). Cf. v. 44. The flippant attitude of the people toward Jesus in His first presentation was due to their conception of Him as expressed in v. 11. When He comes in power, there will be no room for doubt of the fact that He is both King and Judge.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 22
Summary: Parable of the marriage feast. Jesus' answer to the Herodians. Sadducees and Pharisees.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, lawyer.
Striking Facts: The invitation to the marriage feast first extended to Israel (v. 7), was greeted with violence and the King fulfilled the latter part of the verse in A. D. 70. The world-wide call then went forth (Matt. 28:16-20; v. 9) to "as many as would receive" (John 1:12). The man without a wedding garment pictures those who think to be accepted in their own righteousness rather than the righteousness of Jesus Christ Rom 10:1-3; Isa. 64:6; Phil. 3:9.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 23
Summary: Jesus denounces woes upon the Pharisees for their hypocrisy. His lament over Jerusalem.
Main Characters: Jesus
Striking Facts: v. 39. There are three "untils" to be accomplished before Israel can have full blessing. 1. v. 39. 2. Luke 21: 24. Gentile world power must run its course Dan. 2:34-35. 3. Rom. 11:25-27. The elect of the Gentiles must be brought in.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 24
Summary: Destruction of the temple foretold. The course of the present age outlined; its culmination in the great tribulation and followed by the return of Christ in power and glory. Parable of the fig tree and exhortation to watchfulness.
Main Characters: Jesus.
Striking Facts: The signs of the near return of Jesus are national (v. 6), religious (v. 11), missionary (v. 14), and Jewish (v. 32). (Pig tree a type of Israel.)

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 25
Summary: Parables of the wise and foolish virgins. Testing of the servants in the Lord's absence. Future testing of the Gentile nations at the Lord's return.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, disciples.
Striking Facts: vv. 1-13. The strict application is Jewish and refers to the "Revelation" when Christ comes "with His saints" to set up His Kingdom and punish the nations. Virgins are attendants of a bride. "Bridegroom" in some translations is "bride and groom" and "marriage" in v. 10 is "marriage-feast." The virgins are professing Jewish disciples (Rev. 14:4; Psa. 45:14). In the midst of the great Tribulation, the mid-night cry will be raised. As applied to Christians the parable is a warning of the "Rapture" which precedes the "Revelation." The lamp is a type of God's Word and the oil of the Holy Spirit. The two classes distinguish between Possessors of Christianity and Professors of it.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 26
Summary: Authorities plot Christ's death. Jesus anointed by Mary of Bethany. Judas sells Jesus. The last Passover. Lord's supper instituted. Gethsemane experience. Jesus before Caiaphas and Sanhedrin. Peter's denial.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Judas, Peter, James, John, Caiaphas, disciples.
Striking Facts: v. 26. This verse marks the end of the Mosaic dispensation.The true Paschal Lamb was Christ, and He was now ready for the sacrifice. Yet at the very hour He was offered unbelieving Jews were sacrificing useless blood in the temple. The Lord's supper which takes the place of the O. T. ceremonies is a memorial of Christ as a gift and sacrifice, a parable of the true nature of Christianity Christ becoming a part of us, and a prophecy of His future coming and glory.

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 27
Summary: Jesus delivered to Pilate. Judas' remorse. Barabbas released in Jesus' place. The crucifixion of Christ. The entombment and sealing of the tomb.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Pilate, Judas, Jeremiah, Simon, 3 Marys (v. 56), Elijah, Joseph, two malefactors.
Striking Facts: Calvary's cross was the main point in the coming of Jesus into the world. His death was the object of His incarnation. He was the "Lamb of God who beareth away the sin of the world." No man took His life from Him (John 10:17-18). He whose blood was more precious than all human blood together (v. 54-b) gave His life (Matt. 28:26). The glory of heaven is not Jesus as a great ethical teacher, but Jesus, the "slain lamb." (Rev. 5:6-12; 7:10; 21:23.)

Book: Matthew
Chapter: 28
Summary: Resurrection of Jesus. Jesus in Galilee and the great commission.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, 2 Marys, disciples.
Striking Facts: The resurrection is the centre of all miraculous narratives the sun which keeps them in their orbit. It is the Waterloo of infidelity. If He did not literally rise from the grave, not only is His veracity at stake, but (1 Cor. 15) preaching is vain (v. 14); faith is vain (vv. 14, 17); the witness of the disciples is false (v. 15); we are yet in our sins (v. 17); the dead are perished (v. 18), and our state is most miserable (v 19) BUT "HE IS RISEN."

Book: Mark
Chapter: 1
Summary: Ministry of John the Baptist. Baptism and temptation of Jesus and His first Galilean ministry. Demons cast out, sickness healed, leprosy cured.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Satan, Simon, James, man with demons, Simon's mother-in-law, leper.
Striking Facts: v. 35. There is no conflict between the fact of the deity of Christ and His dependence upon the Father in prayer. His prayer life on earth was the manifestation of His perfect communion with the Father before He came into the world. The fact that Jesus never asked anyone to pray FOR Him, is a further proof of His deity. He was superior to all human intercession.

Book: Mark
Chapter: 2
Summary: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Parable of the cloth and bottles. Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath.
Main Characters: Jesus, Paralytic, Matthew, David, Alphaeus.
Striking Facts: v. 7. (Cf. John 10:33.) Jesus was logically either a blasphemer or "God manifest in the flesh." The miracle He performed immediately proved that it was not He who was the blasphemer, but His accusers.

Book: Mark
Chapter: 3
Summary: Jesus heals a withered hand on the Sabbath. Multitudes healed. The twelve chosen. The unpardonable sin.
Main Characters: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Satan, disciples, man with the withered hand, Mary, Jesus' brothers.
Striking Facts: Blaspheming the Holy Ghost is attributing to the devil the work which Christ did by the power of the Holy Ghost. Many of those who reviled Christ on the cross found mercy and Christ Himself prayed for them, but to blaspheme the Holy Ghost is unpardonable.

Book: Mark
Chapter: 4
Summary: Parable of the sower. Parable of the candle. Parable of the mustard seed. Jesus stills the storm.
Main Characters: Jesus, Satan, disciples.
Striking Facts: vv. 38, 39. He who slept the sleep of human exhaustion arises and rebukes the elements. What manner of man is this? It is the Godman truly man, but God manifest in the flesh.

Book: Mark
Chapter: 5
Summary: The maniac of Gadara. Woman with issue of blood healed. Daughter of Jairus raised from the dead.
Main Characters: Jesus, disciples, demoniac, sick woman, Jairus, his daughter.
Striking Facts: v. 7. Even devils believe in the deity of Christ and tremble before Him. Demons know that by His Word they will ultimately be sent to chains of eternal darkness.

Book: Mark
Chapter: 6
Summary: The twelve sent out to preach. Murder of John the Baptist. The 5000 fed. Jesus walks on the sea. Jesus heals many at Gennesaret.
Main Characters: Jesus, disciples, Herod, Herodias, her daughter, John the Baptist, Mary, Joses, Judah, Simon, Elias.
Striking Facts: vv. 3, 7, 41, 48. Jesus the carpenter was the Controller of the universe. Jesus the son of Mary was Jesus the Son of God.

Book: Mark
Chapter: 7
Summary: Jesus rebukes Pharisees. Healing of daughter of Syrophenician woman and a deaf and dumb man.
Main Characters: Jesus, Pharisees, scribes, disciples, Syrophenician woman, her daughter, deaf man, Isaiah.
Striking Facts: v. 37. This verse shows what the whole world will say when Christ's mediation is completed and He comes to receive His own.

Book: Mark
Chapter: 8
Summary: 4000 fed. Meaning of leaven explained. Blind man outside Bethsaida healed. Peter's confession of faith. The value of a soul.
Main Characters: Jesus, Peter, disciples, Satan, blind man, Pharisees.
Striking Facts: v. 31. The death of Jesus was clearly not one of defeat, but of victory. He was not a martyr but a divinely appointed sacrifice. "Christ that died" would make no gospel if we could not add "And is risen again." His resurrection proves that He was "the Christ" (v. 29) and that His atoning work is accepted of God and sufficient for all who believe.

Book: Mark
Chapter: 9
Summary: The transfiguration. The powerless disciples and the mighty Christ casting out a demon. The dispute over who should be greatest. Jesus' rebuke of sectarianism. Solemn warning of hell.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Moses, Elijah, Peter, James, John, disciples, a father, his son.
Striking Facts: The transfiguration fulfills the promise of Jesus to reveal Himself in His coming kingdom (v. 1) ; teaches us that He was exalted far above Moses (law) and Elijah (prophets) (v. 4); was intended to raise the hopes of the disciples in view of His coming death (v. 30), and warns us against seeking to any other than the Son of God (v. 7).

Book: Mark
Chapter: 10
Summary: Jesus' law of divorce. The blessing of little children. The rich young ruler. The desire of James and John to be first. Bartimaeus receives his sight.
Main Characters: Jesus, James, John, Peter, disciples, rich young ruler, Bartimaeus, Moses, Pharisees.
Striking Facts: v. 18. Jesus' object was not to infer that He was not good, for the Scriptures plainly teach His goodness, above all men, but to raise the man's view of His person. The ruler had called Him "Master" (teacher) and looked upon Him merely as a great man, on the same plane with himself (v. 20). Jesus was God, but until His divinity was acknowledged He could not accept the title "good."

Book: Mark
Chapter: 11
Summary: Official presentation of Jesus as King. The barren fig tree. Purifying of the temple. The prayer of faith. Jesus' authority questioned.
Main Characters: Jesus, Peter, disciples, John the Baptist, David.
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Book: Mark
Chapter: 12
Summary: Parable of householder demanding fruit from his vineyards. The tribute question. Jesus answers the Sadducees. The great commandments. The widow's mite.
Main Characters: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Caesar, David, widow, disciples, Sadducees, Herodians, Pharisees, Moses, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob.
Striking Facts: Jesus knew there could be no obstruction to His exaltation. He is the foundation stone of the Church, will be the smiting stone destroying the Gentile world powers at His coming and will yet be set as heaven's King the headstone of the corner.

Book: Mark
Chapter: 13
Summary: The course of the present age its culmination in the great tribulation and the Second coming of Christ. Parable of the fig tree.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Daniel, Peter, James, John, Andrew.
Striking Facts: vv. 28-30. The fig tree is a type of Israel. When Israel again starts to bud as a nation, after hundreds of years in dispersion, we may be sure Christ's coming is near. The word "generation" in v. 30 is literally "race." The nation of Israel has a promise here that it will be preserved until these things are fulfilled. Israel is even now budding His coming is therefore "even at the doors."

Book: Mark
Chapter: 14
Summary: The plot against Jesus. Jesus anointed by Mary. The last Passover. The Lord's supper instituted. The Gethsemane experience. Peter's denial. Jesus delivered to the authorities.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Mary, Judas, Peter, James, John, disciples, Caiaphas, Chief Priest, maid.
Striking Facts: vv. 32-35. What "hour" and "cup" was He seeking to be delivered from? Does He pray for deliverance from the cross the very purpose for which He had come into the world? (John 12:27.) Heb. 5:7 states that His prayer was heard and answered. Luke 22:44. Mark 14:34 shows that Satan was attempting to kill Him before He could accomplish His purpose and Luke 22:43 gives the answer. He was saved from death in Gethsemane. When the hour of the cross comes, He wants no angels or defenders and rebukes Peter for trying to defeat God's plan. Matt. 26:52, 53, 56.

Book: Mark
Chapter: 15
Summary: Jesus before Pilate. Barabbas set free instead of Christ. The crucifixion.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Pilate, Simon, Barabbas, Centurion, Joseph, 2 thieves, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Joses.
Striking Facts: v. 38. Why was the veil rent from the top down? It was rent from heaven, not earth. Christ having made atonement and glorified God, the way into the holy of holies was now made manifest. Heb. 9:8, 24; 10:19-22.

Book: Mark
Chapter: 16
Summary: Resurrection and ascension of Jesus.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Peter, disciples, Mary the mother of James and Joses, young man (an angel).
Striking Facts: v. 7. "And Peter." Peter denied Jesus just before He died. Jesus owned Peter just after His resurrection. Peter's grasp of Christ relaxed. Christ's grasp of Peter was still tight. Peter lost consciousness of Jesus' love but that did not change Jesus. "Nothing shall be able to separate you from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus."

Book: Luke
Chapter: 1
Summary: Birth of John the Baptist foretold. Virgin birth of Jesus foretold. Mary's visit to Elizabeth. Mary's praise because of Jehovah's favor. Birth of John the Baptist.
Main Characters: Holy Spirit, Luke, Theophilus, Herod, Zecharias, Elizabeth, Gabriel, Elias, Joseph, Mary, Abraham, John.
Striking Facts: vv. 31-32. The name "Jesus" (Savior) links Him to humanity and suggests His career as Prophet. He is conspicuous as "Jesus" up to His resurrection. "Christ" (anointed One) links Him to Prophecy which He came to fulfill and suggests His work as Priest atoning for sin. "Lord" (the Jehovah name applied to Him) links Him with Deity and suggests His Kingship. He is coming again to rule.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 2
Summary: Birth of Jesus. His adoration by the shepherds. Adoration and prophecy of Simon and Anna. Return to Nazareth. Jesus and His parents at the Passover.
Main Characters: Jesus, Caesar, Augustus, Cyrenius, Joseph, Mary, Moses, Simeon, Anna.
Striking Facts: v. 52. In the perfections of His divine nature there could be no increase. But as Son of Man, in His human nature, His body increased and He grew in all the endowments of a human soul. Christ accommodated Himself as Son of God, to His state of humiliation in human flesh.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 3
Summary: Ministry of John the Baptist. Baptism of Jesus. Genealogy of Mary.
Main Characters: Holy Spirit, God, John Baptist, Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate, Herod, Philip, Annas, Caiaphas, Zacharias, Abraham.
Striking Facts: v. 23. Matthew gives Joseph's genealogy Luke gives Mary's. Luke does not say Heli "begat" Joseph. Joseph was his soninlaw. If Jesus was the son of Joseph, as some claim, He is forever barred from the throne, being a descendant of Coniah who was cursed, that none of his line might have the throne. Jesus was accordingly conceived by the Holy Ghost in Mary, Mary's father being a descendant of David through another line.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 4
Summary: Temptation of Jesus. Jesus in the synagogue at Nazareth. Casting of demons out of man at Capernaum. Healing of Peter's wife's mother and others.
Main Characters: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Satan, Joseph, Elias, Eliseus, Naaman.
Striking Facts: vv. 17-19. It is interesting to notice that Jesus stopped His quotation in the middle of a passage from Isaiah. He stopped with "the acceptable year of the Lord" which is His first advent, but He knew His coming rejection. "The day of vengeance of our God" has to do with His second advent, and He therefore omitted it at the time.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 5
Summary: Miraculous draught of fishes. Healing of a leper and a paralytic. Call of Matthew. The scribes and Pharisees answered. Parables of the garment and bottles.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Simon, James, John, leper, Moses, Pharisees, scribes, Levi, John the Baptist.
Striking Facts: v. 21. The doctrine that Jesus Christ has power to forgive sin has been fully attested, proving that He is God. He appears to be so by what He does in this chapter alone, and human experience through, the centuries witnesses to His deity. Those who charge Him with blasphemy are themselves proven to be blasphemers.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 6
Summary: Jesus and the Sabbath. Healing of a withered hand. Choosing of the twelve. Sermon on the Mount. Parable of the house built on a rock.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, disciples, Pharisees, David, man with withered hand.
Striking Facts: Jesus as a human being in perfect subjection to the Father walked in constant communion with Him through prayer. In those days when His enemies were filled with madness against Him, He gave much time to prayer. If He, the Son of God, needed to pray, how much more business should we have at the throne of grace?

Book: Luke
Chapter: 7
Summary: Centurion's servant healed. Widow's son raised. Questions from John the Baptist in prison and Jesus' testimony. Jesus anointed in the Pharisee's house. Parable of the creditor and two debtors.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, centurion's servant, centurion, man who was raised, his mother, John the Baptist, Pharisees, sinful woman, Simon.
Striking Facts: v. 28. This is usually taken to mean that the "least" of those who preach the Gospel of the risen Lord, being employed under a more excellent dispensation, are in a more honorable office than John the Baptist, who merely announced His birth and ministry. The meanest of those who follow the Lamb, excel the greatest of those, in position, who proclaim His advent. Those living under the Gospel dispensation have therefore a greater responsibility.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 8
Summary: Jesus preaching and healing in Galilee. Parable of the sower, the lighted candle. Stilling of the waves. Demons cast out of man of Gadara. Healing of a woman. Raising of Jairus' daughter.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna, Jesus' mother and brothers, disciples, the Gadarene, Jairus, woman with issue of blood, Peter, servant of Jairus, James, John, daughter of Jairus.
Striking Facts: v. 28. Demon-possessed men never have expectation to receive benefit from Jesus Christ, nor inclination to do Him service, a fact which alone proves His deity. Demons know Him to be the Son of God who is ultimately to execute vengeance. They express only dread of Him.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 9
Summary: The twelve sent forth to preach and their return. 5000 fed. Peter's confession of Christ. The transfiguration. The powerless disciples and the demon ridden boy. Jesus' rebuke of sectarianism. Tests of discipleship
Main Characters: Jesus, God, disciples, Herod, John the Baptist, Peter, Elijah, John, James, Moses, man and his demon ridden son.
Striking Facts: vv. 22. 44. When men had a fond conceit of a temporal kingdom in which Christ, the miracle worker, should reign to supply all their needs, He would have one truth "sink down into their ears" the absolute necessity of His atonement. All His miracles and the interest He had gotten by them, could not prevent His sacrifice on the cross. "Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin" nevertheless those who carried out the plan were "wicked men," inspired with evil motives.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 10
Summary: The 70 sent out. Jesus denounces judgment on cities. Parable of the good Samaritan. Martha and Mary entertain Jesus.
Main Characters: Jesus, 70 witnesses, Satan, lawyer, Martha, Mary.
Striking Facts: v. 21. Jesus rejoiced (only time recorded) to perfect strength out of weakness for His own glory. He is pleased to reveal His counsels in those whose extraction and education have nothing in them promising until He, by the Holy Spirit, elevates their faculties and furnishes them with this knowledge. The believer need not therefore be disturbed if some of the "wise and prudent" of the world would crucify Him afresh. Vital experience of Christ in the soul over-balances all human reasonings about Christ.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 11
Summary: Jesus' doctrine of prayer. Jesus charged with casting out demons by Beelzebub, and His answer. Woes denounced upon the Pharisees and lawyers.
Main Characters: Jesus, disciples, Satan, Jonah, Solomon, Queen of the South, Pharisees, lawyers, scribes, Abel, Zacharias.
Striking Facts: v. 29. The sign from God for the confirmation of our faith is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is the greatest and most convincing proof that He was sent from God.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 12
Summary: Jesus warns of leaven of the Pharisees. Parable of the rich fool. Parable of the second coming. Parable of the steward and his servants. Christ, the divider of men.
Main Characters: Jesus, disciples, Pharisees, rich man, Peter.
Striking Facts: v. 40. Jesus is certainly coming back to earth in power and great glory and His people are now to live in a state of expectation, doing everything with that hope and to that end. The theology of v. 45 is characterized as the theology of unfaithful stewards who will be caught unawares to their shame.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 13
Summary: Parable of barren fig tree. Woman loosed from her infirmity. Parable of mustard seed and leaven. Jesus teaching on way to Jerusalem.
Main Characters: Jesus, Galileans, Pilate, infirm woman, ruler of synagogue, Abraham, Satan, Isaac, Jacob, Pharisees, Herod.
Striking Facts: vv. 6-9. The fig tree symbolizes Israel in Christ's time (Psa. 80:8-16). Three years and more Jesus sought fruit of this tree and found none. Having produced all His credentials as Messiah, He made His triumphal entry with multitudes shouting "Hosanna," but He knew they would shortly shout "crucify." The next day He saw a fig tree and finding nothing but leaves, He cursed it. (Mark 11:12-14.) See v. 34. This is Israel's condition "until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled."

Book: Luke
Chapter: 14
Summary: Jesus heals on the Sabbath. Parable of the ambitious guest. Parable of the great supper. Parable of the tower, of the king going to war, and of the savorless salt.
Main Characters: Jesus, Pharisees, lawyers, man with dropsy.
Striking Facts: In the two parables of Luke 14:16-24 and Matt. 22:1-14 we see the historical development of the plan of salvation. (1) Prophetic announcement represented by the first invitation. (2) Second epoch, complete preparation followed by acts of violence. (3) Extension of the invitation to the hitherto uninvited guests, the Gentiles. The key note is Matt. 22:14.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 15
Summary: Parables of the lost sheep, lost coin and lost son.
Main Characters: Jesus, Pharisees, scribes.
Striking Facts: v. 18. If one has been in the Father's house as a son, he, like the prodigal is still a son and will be constantly constrained by the Holy Spirit and the intercessory work of Christ to "arise and go to the Father."

Book: Luke
Chapter: 16
Summary: Parable of the unjust steward. Jesus answers Pharisees. Rich man -and Lazarus in the spirit world.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, disciples, John the Baptist, rich man, Lazarus, Abraham, five brothers of rich man, Moses.
Striking Facts: v. 23. "Hell" is lit, "hades," the prison place of departed unsaved spirits until the time of the Great White Throne judgment, when these spirits shall be resurrected for judgment and sent into the final hell forever. This is not a parable, for Jesus never names the characters in parables, with definite statements of things that took place.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 17
Summary: Instruction in forgiveness. Parable of service. Ten lepers healed. Second coming of Jesus foretold.
Main Characters: Jesus, disciples, ten lepers, Pharisees, Noah, Lot, Lot's wife.
Striking Facts: v. 21. Jesus did not teach these wicked men that the "kingdom of the heavens was "within" them, but "among" them. It was then in their midst in the person of the Savior and His disciples. He has a kingdom which is yet to come with outward show (v. 24) and with such suddenness that men will not be able to point here and there and say "the kingdom is coming." This is exactly what men are now trying to do, thinking the earthly kingdom can be set up without the King present.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 18
Summary: Parable of the unjust judge. Parable of Pharisee and publican. Little children blessed. Rich young ruler. Death and resurrection foretold. Blind man healed near Jericho.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Pharisee, publican, Peter, disciples, blind man.
Striking Facts: vv. 31-34. Christ ever speaks of His sufferings as necessary to the fulfillment of Scripture. (1 Pet. 1:11.) His death on Calvary was absolutely essential and would have taken place in any case. He came to give His life a ransom, and therefore did not die as a martyr.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 19
Summary: Conversion of Zaccheus. Parable of the pounds. Triumphal entry. Jesus weeps over Jerusalem. Purification of the temple.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Zacchaeus, Abraham, disciples.
Striking Facts: v. 38. The great honor paid to Christ by multitudes makes the ignominy of His death to appear the greater. He could have influenced all men as easily as those to whom the ass and colt belonged, but the Great Ambassador of heaven knew He was entering Jerusalem to be rejected and crucified according to the divine purpose. The great song of rejoicing will yet be taken up by innumerable multitudes when He returns to receive the Church and set up His Kingdom.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 20
Summary: Jesus' authority questioned. Parable of the vineyard. Question of the tribute money. Answer to Sadducees about resurrection. Jesus questions Scribes.
Main Characters: Jesus, priests, Scribes, John the Baptist, Caesar, Sadducees, Moses, Abraham.
Striking Facts: v. 44. Christ as God was David's Lord, but Christ as man was David's son.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 21
Summary: The widow's mite. Discourse on the course of the age and return of the Lord.
Main Characters: Jesus, widow, disciples.
Striking Facts: vv. 20-24. Two sieges of Jerusalem are in view in this chapter. These verses refer to the siege of Titus, A. D. 70, when v. 24 was fulfilled. Christ did not come then. Jerusalem has been trodden down throughout the present dispensation and will ever be disputed about until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled and He comes who is rightful King.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 22
Summary: Judas covenants to betray Jesus. Last passover. Lord's supper instituted. Peter's denial predicted. Jesus' arrest. Peter's denial.
Main Characters: Jesus, priests, scribes, disciples, Judas, Peter, Satan, captains, maid.
Striking Facts: vv. 19-20. The Lord's supper itself is an evidence of Christ's deity, for no man could institute a memorial of himself of this character. It is a memorial of His finished work (v. 19; 1 Cor. 11:26), a symbol of the impartation of His life to us (vv. 19, 20; 1 Cor. 11:29), a vehicle of the impartation of Himself (vv. 19-20), a prophecy of His return and the marriage supper. (1 Cor. 11:26; Luke 22:16, 18.)

Book: Luke
Chapter: 23
Summary: Jesus before Pilate and Herod. Barabbas released and Jesus condemned. The crucifixion and entombment.
Main Characters: Jesus, Pilate, Caesar, Herod, Barabbas, Simon, two thieves, Joseph.
Striking Facts: vv. 4, 14, 43. The holiness of Jesus is attested by adverse witnesses. Centurion, v. 47. Thief, v. 41. Pilate, vv. 4, 14. Pilate's wife, Matt. 27:19. Judas, Matt. 27:3-4.

Book: Luke
Chapter: 24
Summary: Resurrection of Christ. Ministry of the risen Christ. His commission to evangelization. The ascension.
Main Characters: Jesus, angels, Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary mother of James, Peter, disciples, Cleopas.
Striking Facts: v. 49. Those who are to proclaim this supernatural Gospel need to be endued with power from on high. The church of Christ could never have been set up by any human power, neither can its message prosper without the same baptism of the Spirit. As the disciples tarried for Pentecost, so let none venture today upon their embassy until they have received power from on high.

Book: John
Chapter: 1
Summary: Deity of Christ. Ministry of John the Baptist. Jesus announced as the Lamb of God, and the first converts to Him
Main Characters: God, Jesus, John the Baptist, Moses, Elias, Isaiah, Pharisees, Andrew, Simon, Philip, Nathaniel.
Striking Facts: v. 12. To teach "believing on Christ" for salvation proves His deity. If He was a created or finite being, to teach eternal salvation by believing on Him is blasphemy. Only God can bring eternal life by belief in Himself. To experience new life by believing proves that Jesus was God manifest in the flesh. (See Jer. 17:5.)

Book: John
Chapter: 2
Summary: The marriage at Cana and the first miracle of Jesus. The passover and the purification of the temple.
Main Characters: Jesus, mother, disciples.
Striking Facts: v. 19. The ability of Christ to drive this crowd from their posts without opposition was in itself proof of His authority, but if that does not convince, the great sign, His resurrection, will settle the question. His resurrection is the Waterloo of infidelity.

Book: John
Chapter: 3
Summary: Nicodemus and the new birth. The last testimony of John the Baptist.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Nicodemus, John the Baptist, Moses, John's disciples.
Striking Facts: v. 14. The bitten Israelite was healed by simply looking to the brazen serpent, not by looking at his wound, although he must of course be conscious of his condition. One look healed the bite. So one look of faith to Jesus saves. It is not the way we look, but the object we look at that heals.

Book: John
Chapter: 4
Summary: Jesus and the Samaritan woman. The indwelling Spirit. The nobleman's son healed.
Main Characters: Jesus, Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Pharisees, Jacob, Joseph, woman of Samaria, her husband, nobleman, his son.
Striking Facts: v. 29. The divine knowledge of Jesus proves His omniscience. Jesus knows the thoughts, words and actions of all the children of men, and by the power of His Words is still revealing to men the secret sins of their hearts.

Book: John
Chapter: 5
Summary: Healing of the man at the pool of Bethesda. Jesus answers the Jews. The four-fold witness to Jesus.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, infirm man, John the Baptist, Moses.
Striking Facts: v. 18. Jesus was killed because of His claims to deity. If He was not what He claimed to be (v. 23), He was a blasphemer, but this is out of the question, since He was raised from the dead. Therefore, those who deny His deity take their stand with His murderers.

Book: John
Chapter: 6
Summary: Feeding the 5000. Walking on the sea. Discourse on the Bread of Life. Peter's confession of faith.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, disciples, boy, Moses, Joseph.
Striking Facts: v. 27. Jesus is sealed by God the Father as the Savior of the world. By His anointing 1:32-34. By the voice from heaven 12: 28-30. By His protection 7:28-30. By the character of His teaching 7:16-17. By the resurrection 20:19.

Book: John
Chapter: 7
Summary: Jesus urged to go to the feast. His final departure from Galilee at the feast of tabernacles. Prophecy concerning the Holy Spirit
Main Characters: God. Jesus, Holy Spirit, disciples, brothers of Jesus, Moses. Pharisees, David. Nicodemus.
Striking Facts: v. 12. Either Jesus was merely "a good man," a "deceiver" or what He claimed the divine Son of God. If He is not what He claimed, He cannot be a good man. Those who deny His deity therefore put Him on a level with the devil (Rev. 20:10).

Book: John
Chapter: 8
Summary: The woman taken in adultery. Discourse after the feast on Jesus as Light of the world. Satan, the original liar and murderer, and the Satanic brotherhood.
Main Characters: Jesus, adulterous woman, Moses, Pharisees, scribes, Abraham, Satan.
Striking Facts: v. 18. Jesus Christ was witnessed to by the Father. He was taught by the Father v. 28. Attended by the Father v. 38. Sent by the Father v. 42. Honored by the Father v. 54. Known by the Father v. 55. The power of Christ over the lives of men throughout the centuries demonstrates to a conclusion that He is the one sealed by the Father as the Light of the world.

Book: John
Chapter: 9
Summary: Healing of the man born blind. The fault finding of unbelievers.
Main Characters: Jesus, blind man, disciples, Pharisees, neighbors, Moses.
Striking Facts: v. 39. Christ came into the world designedly to give sight to those that were spiritually blind, by His Word and Spirit to turn many from darkness to light. He came also that those who had a high conceit of their own wisdom, in contradiction to the divine revelation, might be sealed up in their infidelity. The Gospel is a savor of life unto life, or of death unto death. Blindness has happened to Israel. The Gentiles have seen a great light.

Book: John
Chapter: 10
Summary: Discourse on the Good Shepherd. Jesus' deity asserted.
Main Characters: Jesus, God.
Striking Facts: v. 11. Jesus as our "Good Shepherd" died to save us. As our "Great Shepherd" He lives to guide us. Heb. 13:20. As the "Chief Shepherd" He is coming back to glorify us. 1 Peter 5:3.

Book: John
Chapter: 11
Summary: Raising of Lazarus. Enmity of the Pharisees against Jesus.
Main Characters: Jesus, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, disciples, Pharisees, Thomas, Caiaphas.
Striking Facts: vv. 5-6. Jesus' delays in answer to prayer are not necessarily denials. He may delay because He loves us, and always for His own glory. Let us not, therefore, complain because we cannot understand His dealings, but trust in Him, knowing we shall see the glory of God. (v. 40.)

Book: John
Chapter: 12
Summary: The supper at Bethany. The triumphal entry. Jesus' answer to Greeks.
Main Characters: Jesus, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, disciples, Judas, Philip, Andrew, Isaiah, Pharisees.
Striking Facts: v. 32. The cross of Jesus is the mightiest magnet in the universe. It is Christ that draws and Christ crucified. The increase of the church was after His death. While He lived we read of thousands miraculously fed, but after His death we read of thousands added to the church through a single sermon. Is there a greater proof of His divine authority today?

Book: John
Chapter: 13
Summary: Last Passover. Jesus washes disciples' feet. Betrayal foretold, also Peter's denial.
Main Characters: Jesus, God, Judas, disciples, Peter, Satan.
Striking Facts: vv. 3, 4, 5, 12, 16. Jesus "arose" from His place in glory, laid aside the garments of divine majesty. (Phil. 2:6-7.) Took the form of a "servant" (Phil. 2:7). Provides "cleansing" (John 15:3). Applies the cleansing water (Eph. 5:26). "Took His garments" again (John 17:5), and is seated. (Heb. 10:12.)

Book: John
Chapter: 14
Summary: Jesus foretells His second coming and promises the Holy Spirit to believers.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Thomas, disciples, Philip, Judas.
Striking Facts: v. 16. The word "Comforter" means "one called alongside to help." The Holy Spirit is the indwelling representative of Christ on the earth. It is He who guides us into the truth concerning Christ, forms Christ's purposes in our hearts, and even prays through us. (Rom. 8:26.)

Book: John
Chapter: 15
Summary: Jesus' discourse on the vine and the branches. The believer and the world.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, disciples.
Striking Facts: Christ proved His love to the world by laying down His life for it (1 John 3:16) in redemption work. His love to us should ever be the standard of measure of our love to others in service for Him.

Book: John
Chapter: 16
Summary: Warning of persecutions. The promise of the Spirit and His three-fold work. Jesus talks of His death, resurrection and second coming.
Main Characters: Jesus, Holy Spirit, God, disciples.
Striking Facts:

Book: John
Chapter: 17
Summary: Jesus' prayer of intercession.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, disciples, Judas.
Striking Facts: This prayer, to which there is no "Amen" attached, is believed to be typical of that perfect intercession of our High Priest in heaven. (Heb. 7:25.) One who has the support of this prayer, as a true child of God, cannot be lost. Peter, when he fell, was kept by the intercession of Jesus. Judas (v. 12), when he fell, fell eternally, not being a true believer (John 6:70-71).

Book: John
Chapter: 18
Summary: Jesus' betrayal and arrest. Peter's denial. Jesus condemned and Barabbas released.
Main Characters: Jesus, Judas, priests, officers, Pharisees, Peter, Malchus, Annas, Caiaphas, Pilate, Barabbas, a damsel.
Striking Facts: v. 1. In Eden's garden, the first Adam sinned. In Gethsemane's garden, the second Adam suffered and prayed. In Eden all was delightful and bright here all was painful and dark. In Eden there was disobedience and the first Adam hid. Here there was perfect obedience, and the second Adam presented Himself as the spotless Lamb of God, ready for sacrifice.

Book: John
Chapter: 19
Summary: Pilate brings Jesus before the multitude. The rejection of the Savior and the crucifixion. His entombment.
Main Characters: Jesus, Pilate, soldiers, Jesus' mother, His aunt, wife of Cleophas, Mary Magdalene, Joseph, Nicodemus.
Striking Facts: The death of Jesus fulfilled every sacrificial ceremony of the Old Testament. He was the "passover lamb." As the blood of the Old Testament sacrifice was sprinkled seven times (Num. 19:1-10), so there was a seven-fold sprinkling of the blood of Jesus in His crucifixion. 1. Scourged 19:1. 2. Thorns 19:2; 3-4. Each hand pierced. 5-6. Each foot pierced. 7. The spear thrust v. 34.

Book: John
Chapter: 20
Summary: Resurrection of Christ
Main Characters: Mary Magdalene, Peter, John, two angels, Jesus, disciples, Thomas.
Striking Facts: v. 31. This verse defines the purpose of God's Word the demonstrating of the deity of Jesus Christ and the efficacy of His salvation.

Book: John
Chapter: 21
Summary: The risen Christ surprises the disciples and directs their fishing. Peter given opportunity to reaffirm His allegiance to Christ.
Main Characters: Jesus, disciples, Peter, Thomas, John.
Striking Facts: v. 25. The truth about Jesus Christ could never be exhausted. Jesus never spoke an idle word nor did an idle thing. He wrought probably thousands of miracles of which we have no record. All that is needful for our salvation is written. The ages of eternity will reveal the wonders of the life of the Son of God.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 1
Summary: Resurrection ministry of Christ. The apostolic commission. Promise of the Lord's second coming. Waiting for the coming of the Spirit.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Spirit, Luke, Theophilus, John the Baptist, disciples, Mary, Peter, David, Judas, Joseph, Matthias.
Striking Facts: v. 11. This is one of the most definite promises of the second coming in the Scriptures. This "same Jesus" not another (John 14:16), is coming "in like manner" as He went up in the clouds visibly. This could not have been fulfilled in the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 2
Summary: Holy Spirit's coming on day of Pentecost. The gospel given to the Jews. Peter's great sermon on the resurrected Christ, and the conviction of the people.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, disciples, Peter, Joel, David.
Striking Facts: vv. 32-34. Three conclusive proofs are here given that Jesus Christ arose from the dead. 1. He was seen by the disciples. 2. The Holy Spirit has come upon men, and this promise was conditioned by Jesus upon His resurrection. 3. The prophecies declared He must not see corruption.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 3
Summary: The lame man healed at the temple gate.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Peter, John, lame man, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Pilate, Moses, Samuel.
Striking Facts: v. 15. They preserved a murderer, a destroyer of life, and thought to destroy the Saviour, the author of life. But God raised Him from the dead, proving that in fighting against Jesus, they were fighting against God. The doctrine of Jesus Christ was thereby confirmed, and the reproach of His sufferings was rolled away.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 4
Summary: The first persecution. Peter's address to the Sanhedrin. Preaching in Jesus' name forbidden. Christians again filled with the Spirit. State of the Church at Jerusalem.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Peter, priests, captain, Sadducees, elders, scribes, Annas, Alexander, lame man, John, David, Herod, Pilate, Moses.
Striking Facts: v. 12. Those are eternally undone who do not take shelter in the name of Jesus Christ and make it their refuge and strong tower. Only by embracing Him and Him only, receiving His doctrine, is there salvation for any.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 5
Summary: Sin and death of Ananias and Sapphira. The second persecution and answer of apostles to their persecutors. Warning of Gamaliel. Apostles beaten.
Main Characters: God, Holy Spirit, Ananias, Sapphira, apostles, Satan, Peter, priest, Sadducees, officers, Gamaliel, Theudas.
Striking Facts: v. 31. God has invested Christ with the highest dignity and entrusted Him with the highest authority. It is He alone who is authorized to give repentance and remission to men. The new heart is His work, the broken spirit a sacrifice of His providing, the putting away of sin His task alone

Book: Acts
Chapter: 6
Summary: The first deacons. Third persecution. Stephen before the council.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, apostles, Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, Nicolas, priests, Moses, elders, scribes.
Striking Facts:

Book: Acts
Chapter: 7
Summary: Address of Stephen before the council. Stephen martyred.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Stephen, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Pharaoh, Moses, Pharaoh's daughter, Aaron, Solomon, Saul.
Striking Facts: v. 56. Col. 3:1 tells us when Jesus ascended, He sat down in heaven. Stephen sees Him standing. He stood to welcome to heaven the first martyr. He will stand again when the hour of the rapture of the Church is at hand.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 8
Summary: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon, apostles, Peter, John, angels, Ethiopian, Isaiah.
Striking Facts: v. 37. A short but comprehensive confession of faith. The deity of Jesus Christ is the principal doctrine of Christianity, and those who believe it with all their hearts and confess it are to be baptized and only those.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 9
Summary: Conversion of Saul of Tarsus. Paul preaches and visits Jerusalem and returns to Tarsus. Peter heals Aeneas. Tabitha raised from the dead.
Main Characters: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Saul, disciples, high priest, Ananias, Judas, Barnabas, Peter, Aeneas, Dorcas, Simon.
Striking Facts: v. 20. One who has been filled with the Holy Ghost is sure to preach Christ, that He is the Son of God.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 10
Summary: Peter opens the gospel door to the Gentiles. Cornelius sends for Peter and Peter goes to Caesarea. Peter's sermon to Gentiles in Cornelius' house. Holy Spirit comes upon Gentile believers.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Cornelius, angel, Peter, Simon, 3 messengers, John.
Striking Facts: vv. 42-43. All men shall be accountable to Jesus Christ as Judge if they will not receive Him as Savior. He alone determines the everlasting condition of all men at the great day. Those who believe in His Name may rest assured that there will be no condemnation for them.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 11
Summary: Peter vindicates his ministry to the Gentiles. Name "Christians" first applied at Antioch.
Main Characters: Jesus, Spirit, Peter, angel, John, Stephen, Barnabas, Saul, Agabus, Caesar.
Striking Facts: v. 26. The name "Christians" cannot be, as some claim, a nickname. The Holy Spirit would not draw attention to the epithets of a jeering crowd and let it pass down the centuries as their accredited name. The name was certainly divinely chosen, for it puts emphasis on "Christ" (anointed One) rather than the human name of our Lord, in which case we would have been called "Jesuits."

Book: Acts
Chapter: 12
Summary: Persecutions of the church and arrest of Peter. Prayer for his deliverance and his miraculous release. Death of Herod.
Main Characters: Jesus, Herod, James, Peter, 2 soldiers, angel, Mary, Mark, Rhoda, Blastus, Barnabas, Saul.
Striking Facts:

Book: Acts
Chapter: 13
Summary: Paul and Barnabas called. Satanic opposition from a sorcerer. Paul's sermon in the synagogue at Antioch. Opposition from Jews. Paul and Barnabas turn to Gentiles.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Barnabas, Simeon, Lucius, Manaen, Herod, Paul, Bar-jesus, Sergius Paulus, Satan, Mark, Saul, David, John the Baptist, Abraham, Pilate.
Striking Facts: v. 33. The resurrection of Jesus Christ was the great proof of His being the Son of God with power, and was the confirmation of all that was prophesied about Him, and the ratification of His divine commissions. His resurrection is proven v. 31.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 14
Summary: Work of the Gospel at Iconium, Derbe, Lystra. An impotent man at Lystra healed. Paul stoned. Elders appointed in the churches.
Main Characters: God, Paul, Barnabas, impotent man, priest of Jupiter.
Striking Facts: v. 15. There is only one man who can, without idolatry, be worshiped Jesus, the Christ who was "God manifest in the flesh." "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and Him only."

Book: Acts
Chapter: 15
Summary: The council at Jerusalem and the question of circumcision. Paul's second missionary journey. Silas chosen.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Moses, Paul, Barnabas, apostles, elders, Pharisees, Peter, James, Simeon, David, Judas, Silas, Mark.
Striking Facts: v. 14. This is one of the most important passages in the New Testament, stating the divine program for the church in this dispensation. It is not the conversion of the world through the different agencies of reform, but the taking out of the world of an elect people who shall make up the Body or Bride of Christ. The Gospel everywhere calls out some, but it never, in any place, has been known to convert all, and nothing of this order is to be expected in this age. The work of the church is soul winning.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 16
Summary: Paul finds Timothy. Paul's Macedonian vision. The first convert in Europe. Demons cast out of a damsel. Paul and Silas beaten. Conversion of the Philippian jailer.
Main Characters: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Lydia, a damsel, Silas, prison keeper, magistrates, sergeants.
Striking Facts: v. 31. Here is the sum of the whole Gospel, the covenant of grace in a nutshell. It is the only way to salvation. Admit the record that God has given in His Gospel concerning His Son, assent to it as faithful and worthy of acceptation, receive Jesus Christ as He is offered to us in the Gospel, and give up yourself to be saved and ruled by Him.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 17
Summary: Founding of church at Thessalonica and the Jewish opposition. Paul and Silas at Berea. Paul at Athens and the sermon from Mars' hill.
Main Characters: Christ, Paul, Silas, Jason, Caesar, philosophers, Dionysius, Damaris.
Striking Facts: v. 3. The scope of all preaching is to point to Jesus Christ as the One who made atonement and was resurrected for the justification of all who will believe. Jesus must be the subject of all preaching, and our business is to bring people to acquaintance with Him.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 18
Summary: Paul at Corinth. The careless Gallio. Paul takes a Jewish vow. Apollos at Ephesus.
Main Characters: Jesus, Paul, Aquila, Priscilla, Claudius, Silas, Timothy, Justus, Crispus, Gallio, Sosthenes, Apollos, John the Baptist.
Striking Facts: Facts: vv. 5, 28. Too much cannot be said of the necessity, in our preaching or witnessing, of preaching "not ourselves, but Christ Jesus, the Lord," teaching men from the Scriptures the great fundamental doctrine of His deity.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 19
Summary: Paul at Ephesus. Disciples of John the Baptist become Christians. Paul in the synagogue and in the school of Tyrannus. Paul's miracles. Uproar of the silversmiths.
Main Characters: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Apollos, Paul, John the Baptist, Tyrannus, Sceva, his seven sons, Timothy, Erastus, Demetrius, Gaius, Aristarchus.
Striking Facts: vv. 10, 20. The Gospel is Christ's Word. To preach from the Scriptures without preaching Christ is to miss the result in v. 20, the prevailing mightily in the hearts of men. It is Christ in our preaching Who goes on conquering and to conquer.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 20
Summary: Paul goes to Macedonia and Greece. His visits at Troas, Miletus. Paul's conference with the Ephesian elders.
Main Characters: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Timothy, Tychicus, Trophimus, Eutychus, elders.
Striking Facts: v. 28. The priceless cost of redemption is here seen the blood of God. See 1 Tim. 3:16. Christ's deity is thereby asserted. His blood was of infinite value being God's blood.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 21
Summary: Holy Spirit forbids Paul to go to Jerusalem. Paul goes to Jerusalem. Paul takes a Jewish vow. Seized in the temple by the Jews and bound with chains.
Main Characters: Paul, Holy Spirit, Philip, his four daughters, Manson, James, Moses, Trophimus, police captain.
Striking Facts: v. 36. As men cried "Crucify Him" and "away with Him" at Christ Himself, though they could not say what evil He had done, so they will often treat His ambassadors and -desire to chase them out of the world.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 22
Summary: Paul's defense before the multitude. Recounts his conversion.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Paul, Ananias, chief captain.
Striking Facts: v. 14. There is a three-fold preparation for the service of Christ. 1. To know His will. 2. To have a vision of Christ, the Just One, crucified. 3. To hear His voice.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 23
Summary: Paul before the Sanhedrin. The conspiracy to kill Paul and its defeat. Paul sent to Felix.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Paul, Ananias, Pharisees, Sadducees, Paul's sister's son, centurion, chief captain, Lysias, Felix.
Striking Facts: It is the will of Christ that His servants should often suffer with Him, but in their trials He would have them to be "cheerful," and in the consciousness of His presence, how can one be otherwise? If He is with us, all secular events will be ordered to give opportunity to witness for Christ.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 24
Summary: Paul accused before Felix, and his defense.
Main Characters: Ananias, elders, Tertullus, Felix, Paul, Lysias, Drusilla, Festus.
Striking Facts: v. 14. It is nothing new for the Scriptural and right way to worship to be called "heresy." Jesus Christ Himself was called a heretic.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 25
Summary: Paul before Festus. His appeal to Caesar.
Main Characters: Jesus, Festus, high priest, Paul, Caesar, Agrippa, Bernice.
Striking Facts: v. 19. What Paul affirmed concerning Jesus Christ, that He is alive, is a matter of such vast importance, that if it be not true, we are all undone. Yet many men today treat the subject slightly as did this Roman.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 26
Summary: Paul's defense before Agrippa.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Paul, Agrippa, Satan, Festus, Bernice, Caesar.
Striking Facts: v. 23. Three great Gospel fundamentals to be continually emphasized. 1. That Jesus Christ was appointed to suffering and the cross. 2. That He should be the chief of the resurrection, making way for the resurrection of the saints. 3. That He arose to show a light to those in darkness, and by the power of His resurrection to give convincing proof of the truth of His doctrine.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 27
Summary: Paul sent to Rome. The hurricane. God's assurance to Paul in the storm, and his safe landing.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Paul, Julius, centurion, angel, Caesar.
Striking Facts: What Paul was in the ship, Christians should be in the world. If Christ is the senior member of our firm, we shall be able in the midst of the storms of earth to take upon ourselves great responsibilities, and by the power of prayer to save many a situation to the glory of God.

Book: Acts
Chapter: 28
Summary: The landing at Melita. Miracle of the viper's bite. Healing of Publius' father. Paul's arrival at Rome and his ministry there to the Jews. Paul turns to the Gentiles.
Main Characters: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Publius, Captain, Centurion, soldier, Caesar, Moses.
Striking Facts: v. 31. Paul stuck to his text "Jesus Christ" to the end. Let those who are tempted to diverge from that which is their main business to "preach not ourselves but Christ" ask themselves of what concern it is to Jesus Christ and His kingdom, to preach anything but HIM.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 1
Summary: Words of comfort to the church at Rome. The universe a revelation of the power and deity of God. The deplorable condition of a lost world.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 4. The demonstration of the deity of Jesus Christ is His resurrection from the dead. The sign of the prophet Jonah (Matt. 12:39) was intended for the last conviction. Those who will not be convinced by that will not be convinced by anything.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 2
Summary: The equal standing of Jew and Gentile before the justice of God. Morality apart from Christ useless as means of salvation. Jews knowing the law condemned by the law.
Main Characters: God.
Striking Facts: v. 4. The riches of His goodness are described in Eph, 1:7 "redemption through the blood of Christ and forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace." However moral or religious a man be, if he has despised this divine plan he is lost.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 3
Summary: The common guilt of both Jew and Gentile. Justification by faith, not by the law.
Main Characters: God, Jesus.
Striking Facts: v. 22. The gospel excludes none that do not exclude themselves by refusing to appropriate the finished work of Jesus Christ. The best brand of self-righteousness will not stand before God. We must wear the righteousness which God has ordained and which is brought in by His Son. All men alike are welcome to God through Jesus Christ. He has but one plan of salvation.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 4
Summary: Abraham justified by faith, not works. Justifying faith defined.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Abraham, David, Sarah.
Striking Facts: vv. 24-25. Christ's death and resurrection are the two main hinges on which the door of salvation turns. He was delivered as our sacrifice for sin. He was raised for the perfecting and completing of our justification.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 5
Summary: The results of justification. Life and righteousness through Jesus Christ.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Adam, Moses.
Striking Facts: v. 10. The dying Jesus laid the foundation, satisfying for sin, but it is the living Jesus that perfects the work He lives to make intercession. By His death He saves from penalty by His life from the power of sin.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 6
Summary: Deliverance from the power of indwelling sin by counting the old life dead, and yielding to the new life.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul
Striking Facts: vv. 3-6. The manner of Christ's baptism is a figure of the believer's spiritual burial and resurrection. Immersion symbolizes the entrance by the gateway of Christ's death into the domain of His righteousness and resurrection life, and is the expression of the baptized one's faith that God has taken him from among the dead and given him newness of life.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 7
Summary: The conflict of the flesh with the spiritual nature. Impossibility of victory through the law.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul
Striking Facts: The believer upon acceptance of Christ receives a spiritual nature which begins at once strife with the Adamic nature, which is not eradicated until we stand in Christ's presence. The strife is effectually taken up on the believer's behalf by the Holy Spirit, and if the believer will but yield to Him in the hour of conflict, He will take the victory (8:2; Gal. 5:16-17).

Book: Romans
Chapter: 8
Summary: The new law of the Holy Spirit in the believer, giving deliverance from sinful nature. The full result of the Gospel in the believer and his security.
Main Characters: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts: vv. 26, 34. The security of the believer as to the Denalty of sin rests upon the one foundation of Christ's finished work (v. 32) and His intercession in heaven for the believer. The believer's security against the power of sin is the present work of the Holy Spirit within him and His intercession for us. Notice the two intercessors.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 9
Summary: Covenants of Israel not set aside by Gospel. The seven-fold privilege of Israel. The blinding of Israel and God's mercy to the Gentiles.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Moses, Pharaoh, Paul, Rebecca, Isaiah.
Striking Facts: v. 33. It is sad that the foundation stone should be to any a stone of stumbling, and the rock of salvation a rock of offense, but so He was to the Jews, and is still to multitudes. Those who do believe, however, shall not be ashamed, for their expectations in Him shall never be disappointed.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 10
Summary: Israel's failure explained by unbelief. The plan of salvation.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Moses, Isaiah, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 4. The law is not destroyed by the Gospel, but full satisfaction being made to the law by Jesus Christ (no one else could), for our breach of the law, the end is attained, and we are put in another way of justification, even faith in His finished work.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 11
Summary: A spiritual Israel finding salvation. National Israel blinded. Warning to Gentiles. Israel yet to be saved nationally.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Paul, Elijah, David, Abraham.
Striking Facts: vv. 25-26. The Church is a people taken from the Gentiles (Acts 15:14) and is a "full destined number" (Rev. 7:9). When the "fullness of the Gentiles" (not world conversion) is brought in, Christ is coming again, and will be soon manifested as Israel's long looked-for Deliverer.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 12
Summary: Christian life and service. Consecration to Christ.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 1. The reference to "sacrifice" no doubt connects Lev. 1:6-9. The burnt offering typifies Christ offering Himself to God in perfect devotion to the Father's will. The offerer or the Priest got nothing of it it was all devoted to God. So the believer is to live a life completely dedicated to Him in which He has absolute right of way.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 13
Summary: Believer's attitude toward civil government. Law of love toward neighbors.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 14. Victory over the flesh may be always ours through personal dealings with Christ. To "put on Christ" is not imitation of Christ, but appropriation of Him. "Christ liveth in me" is the victory and if He has the right of way in us, we will make no provisions for satisfying the flesh.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 14
Summary: Law of love concerning doubtful things.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts: vv. 8-9. To the Lord Jesus Christ, to Whom all judgment is committed, we are to do everything. To this end, He both died and arose, that He might be Lord of those who are living to rule them, and Lord of the dead to raise them up. We are therefore, answerable to Him in everything. Let us not intrench upon His right by arraigning our brothers at our own bar.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 15
Summary: Jewish and Gentile believers under one salvation. Paul speaks of His ministry and coming journey.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Isaiah.
Striking Facts: v. 5. "According to Christ Jesus." Let Jesus Christ be the center of your unity. If in tune with Him, we will surely be in tune with each other, and we shall agree in truth rather than in error.

Book: Romans
Chapter: 16
Summary: The outflow of Christian love. Closing salutations and benediction.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Paul, many of the gospel helpers, Satan.
Striking Facts: vv. 17-18. Mark the believers attitude toward men who bring in doctrines contrary to Jesus Christ. We are to MARK them (See Isa. 8:20). We are to AVOID them (2 Tim. 3:5; 2 John 10). We are not to go to listen to them, nor admit them into the house to argue with them. This is the Scriptural plan for resisting their teachings.

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 1
Summary: Christians' position in grace. The unspiritual condition of the Corinthian saints. Danger of following human leaders and exulting in human wisdom.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Paul, Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Chloe, Crispus, Gaius, Stephanas.
Striking Facts: v. 23. The plain preaching of a crucified Jesus is more powerful than all the oratory and philosophy of an unbelieving world. All the boasted science of the world cannot do -for souls what "Christ crucified" does. All one needs, or can desire, they may have in Him (vv. 30-31). He is made wisdom to the foolish, righteousness to the guilty, sanctification to the corrupt, and redemption to those who are in bonds.

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 2
Summary: Christian revelation not indebted to human wisdom. Spiritual verities not discoverable to human wisdom.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 2. "Christ and Him crucified" is the sum and substance of the Gospel. To display the banner of the cross and invite people under it should be the principal business of the ministers.

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 3
Summary: Hindrance of a carnal state to spiritual growth. Christian service and its reward.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Apollos, Cephas.
Striking Facts: v. 11. The doctrine of Jesus Christ and His mediation is the principal doctrine of Christianity. Those who build hopes of heaven on any other foundation build upon sinking sands, v. 23. Those who would be safe for time and happy for eternity, must be Christ's.

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 4
Summary: Judgment of Christ's servants not committed to man. Apostolic example of patience and humility.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Apollos, Timothy.
Striking Facts:

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 5
Summary: Immorality rebuked and discipline enjoined.
Main Characters: Christ, Paul, Satan.
Striking Facts: vv. 7-8. Christ was the fulfillment of the Jewish Passover. After the lamb was killed they kept the feast of unleavened bread. So must we, not only seven days, but all our days. The world life of the Christian must be one of "unleavened bread" sincerity and truth.

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 6
Summary: Saints forbidden to go to law with each other. Sanctity of the body. The body the Lord's temple.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit.
Striking Facts: v. 20. Christ has purchased the believer, body, soul and spirit by His own blood. Let, us therefore, be careful what we do with another's property. Let our bodies be kept as His whose they are and fit for His use and residence.

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 7
Summary: Sanctity of marriage. Regulation of marriage among Gentile believers.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts:

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 8
Summary: Meats offered to idols, and the limitations of Christians' liberty.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 12. Injuries done to Christians are injuries done to Christ especially to babes in Christ weak Christians.

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 9
Summary: Paul vindicates his apostleship. The method and reward of true ministry and the support of the ministry.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Cephas, Barnabas, Moses.
Striking Facts: v. 27. The word "castaway" is literally "disapproved," and so translated in other places. He is not expressing fear that he may fail of salvation but is speaking of service, and the possibility through unfaithfulness, of being laid on the shelf.

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 10
Summary: Israel in the wilderness, a warning example. Fellowship of the Lord's table demands separation. Law of love in relation to eating and drinking.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Moses.
Striking Facts: v. 16. The ceremony of the Lord's supper is a token whereby we professedly hold communion with Him whose body was broken and blood shed to procure remission of our sins and the favor of God. vv. 3, 4. He is that Bread which came down from heaven. He is the Rock out of which refreshing streams come to the believer. It is impossible to be in alliance with Him without being devoted to Him.

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 11
Summary: Christian order and the Lord's supper. Meaning of the Lord's table.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 25. New covenant. These outward signs express the new covenant in Christ His body broken, His blood shed, the benefits which flow from His death and sacrifice. His blood is the seal and sanction of all the privileges of the new covenant.

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 12
Summary: Spiritual gifts in the Body of Christ, for ministry and worship.
Main Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 13. The baptism with the Spirit forms the Body by uniting believers to Christ, the risen and glorified Head, and to each other. Regeneration is a participation in the baptism of Pentecost when the Body of Christ was first organized.

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 13
Summary: Love, the supreme gift of the Spirit, and its governing power over other gifts.
Main Characters: Paul.
Striking Facts: Jesus Christ was the supreme expression of the love of God and His divine love and compassion is the gift of the Spirit to believers who will be yielded to Him. Thinking of Jesus as "love" (for God is love) substitute the name Jesus in place of "charity" and notice the force of the text. Can you say "Christ liveth in me?"

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 14
Summary: Prophecy and speaking in tongues. The order of the ministry of this gift in the church.
Main Characters: God, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts: All believers have the Holy Spirit 1 Cor. 6:19-20, not all were to have tongues 12:28-30. All public display of the gift, if it is given by the Spirit, is for edification, 14:5-28, always accompanied by interpretation, 14:13, 23-26, 28, always under control, 14:27. If accompanied by confusion, it is not of the Spirit, 14:33-40.

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 15
Summary: The resurrection of Christ and the resurrection of believers resulting from it.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Cephas, James, Adam.
Striking Facts: If Christ's body lies in some nameless grave, there is no hope for the believer, and the Gospel is nothing but emptiness. How do we know His sacrifice for sin was accepted? How can we hope for our own resurrection and immortality? "In Christ shall all be made alive" (v. 22), but notice that the word "all" is defined "they that are Christ's" (v. 23).

Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: 16
Summary: Closing instructions and greetings of Paul.
Main Characters: Christ, Paul, Timothy, Apollos, Aquila, Priscilla, Stephanas, Fortunatus, Achaicus.
Striking Facts:

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: 1
Summary: Paul's interest in the Corinthian Christians and his encouragement to them in Christ.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Silvanus.
Striking Facts: v. 5. When we truly share the sufferings of Christ, we have in Him peace in the midst of it all, and grace to bear it. The sufferings of the Christian are the sufferings of Christ. He sympathizes with His members when they suffer for His sake.

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: 2
Summary: Forgiving those who have fallen into sin. The ministry of the Christian.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Titus, an erring brother, Satan.
Striking Facts: vv. 15-16. Unto some Christ becomes a savour of death unto death. Because they are willfully obstinate, they are finally blinded and hardened by it. They have rejected it to eternal spiritual death. To the humble and gracious, His Gospel becomes the savour of life unto life, quickening them who were "dead in trespasses and sins."

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: 3
Summary: The ministry of Christ accredited. Its spiritual and glorious character.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Moses.
Striking Facts: v. 18. Those who yield to the working of the Holy Spirit may be made more and more into the image of Christ (Rom. 8:29). TheHoly Spirit longs to bring us into conformity to the "family likeness" even before the hour when we shall see Him face to face and be made like Him.

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: 4
Summary: Truth taught, commended by the life. The preaching of the Lordship of Christ. The suffering of true ministers with Christ.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul.
Striking Facts: vv. 13-14. A great sustaining power for the persecuted servant of Christ is the hope of resurrection through Him. This hope will save us from sinking. We know that Christ was raised and His resurrection is an earnest and assurance of ours. What reason has a Christian to fear death who dies in hope of being raised by the Lord Jesus?

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: 5
Summary: Why death has no terrors for the Lord's servant. The motive and object of ministry for Christ.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 21. Christ was "made sin" not a sinner, but sin a sinoffering or sacrifice. As He Who knew no sin was made sin for us, so we who have no righteousness of our own are made the righteousness of God in Him.

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: 6
Summary: Paul's ministry to the . Corinthians. Appeal to separation and cleansing.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts:

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: 7
Summary: Paul opens his heart to the Corinthians concerning purpose of his former letter.
Main Characters: God, Paul, Titus.
Striking Facts:

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: 8
Summary: Collection for the poor. Exhortation concerning the grace of giving.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Titus.
Striking Facts: v. 9. Our Lord Jesus, equal in power and glory with the Father, rich in all the glory and blessedness of the upper world, yet for our sakes became, literally, "a beggar." We are thereby made rich in the blessings and promises of the new covenant and the hopes of eternal life. Shall we hold on to our dollars when they are needed for His cause? The best arguments for Christian duties are those taken from the love Christ has manifested to us.

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: 9
Summary: Offering for the Jerusalem saints. Encouragement for givers.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 15. The one Gift, Christ, outshines all others and draws all other divine gifts after it (Rom. 8:32). How can one who is in possession of the "unspeakable gift" grudge money for His service?

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: 10
Summary: Vindication of Paul's apostleship, and his appeal to Corinthians as brethren in Christ.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul.
Striking Facts:

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: 11
Summary: Paul's godly jealousy for Christ's cause. Warning against false teachers. Paul's enforced boasting.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Satan, Eve, Abraham, Aretas, governor of Damascus.
Striking Facts: v. 2. The Church is the Bride of Christ, Eph. 5:25-32; Rev. 19:6-8; affianced, yet not married, yet as a Body. The espoused Bride is often found flirting with old lovers of the world, a source of grief to the true Bridegroom.

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: 12
Summary: God's dealing with Paul.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Titus, Satan.
Striking Facts: vv. 7, 9. The thorns Christ wore for us and with which He was crowned, sanctify and make easy all the thorns in the flesh we may ever be afflicted with. His grace is sufficient and what is health if His grace is not possessed?

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: 13
Summary: Closing exhortations of Paul to the Corinthians.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 4. As Christ was crucified in weakness, or appeared to be weak to men, but lives by the power of God, so His representatives, however contemptible they may seem to some, yet are instruments manifesting the power of God, as proven by the souls regenerated, and will yet be vindicated before all men, by their resurrection unto life eternal in Christ.

Book: Galatians
Chapter: 1
Summary: The Gospel Paul preached, a revelation not tradition.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Peter, James.
Striking Facts: v. 4. The cross of the Lord Jesus was designed not only to separate us from the penalty of our sins, but to separate us from the power of them. Shall we who have been saved by His grace deny Him by plunging again into that from which His cross has forever delivered us?

Book: Galatians
Chapter: 2
Summary: Paul's journey to Jerusalem and His contest for the truth. Justification by faith in Christ without works.
Main Characters: Christ, Paul, Barnabas, Titus, Peter, James, Cephas, John.
Striking Facts: v. 20. The present aspect of our salvation is Christ living in us by His Holy Spirit. God does not ask us to live the Christian life, but wants us, by yieldedness to Him to let Christ live it in us.

Book: Galatians
Chapter: 3
Summary: Gift of Spirit by faith apart from law-works. Man under lawworks is under the law curse. Christ bears the law curse that we might have the faith blessing. The true intent of the law.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Abraham.
Striking Facts: v. 13. What Christ suffered FROM men (the cross) was nothing to what He suffered FOR men. The CURSE of the law was more than the CROSS of human suffering. He bore that curse to the full as the divine Son of God, redeeming the believer, both from the curse and the dominion of the law. Law therefore can neither justify a sinner nor sanctify a believer.

Book: Galatians
Chapter: 4
Summary: Believers full redemption from the law. Sonship through the Spirit. Dangers of lapsing into legality. Impossibility of mixing law and grace.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Abraham, Hagar, Isaac.
Striking Facts: v. 4. Jesus, who was truly God, for our sakes became man. He Who was Lord of all took upon Himself the state of subjection and the form of a servant. The one end of all this was to redeem those under the law. He, the perfect One, took what we deserve, that we, the sinners, might get what He deserved.

Book: Galatians
Chapter: 5
Summary: Liberty of the believer in Christ, apart from the law. Conflict of flesh and the Spirit. Christian character the result of the Spirit's work not self-effort.
Main Characters: Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 4. To "fall from grace" is to fall back on legal ordinances and mix law and grace. One who is fallen from grace is not a believer who has lost his salvation by failure to do good works (the popular Methodist explanation), but one who is doing good works and trusting in them as a means of salvation and sanctification.

Book: Galatians
Chapter: 6
Summary: The regenerated life as a brotherhood of believers.
Main Characters: Holy Spirit, God, Christ, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 14. The cross which connects us with God separates us from the world. Having died with Christ we should therefore be done with the world. Having risen with Christ, we are connected with God in a new life. We cannot glory in the benefits Christ's cross secures if we refuse the rejection which His cross involves.

Book: Ephesians
Chapter: 1
Summary: Believer's position in grace. The prayer for knowledge and power.
Main Characters: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts: vv. 22-23. Jesus is Head of the Church which is His Body and His Bride. As Eve was of Adam's body, yet was his bride, so the Church born out of His opened side, is both the Body and the Bride. This gives Him complete disposal of all the affairs of the true Church to the designs of His grace.

Book: Ephesians
Chapter: 2
Summary: Method of Gentile salvation. Jew and Gentile made one body in Christ, a habitation of God through the Spirit.
Main Characters: God, Christ.
Striking Facts: v. 7. One great purpose of Christ's salvation is to reveal in ages to come the exceeding riches of God's grace. If all men were saved, it could never be made to appear that we did really deserve to die. In spite of the cross, we, angels, and universe would doubt it. The loss of some men through rejection of Christ sets that doubt at rest and proves to all eternity that those who are saved were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Book: Ephesians
Chapter: 3
Summary: Church, a mystery hidden in past ages. Prayer for inner fullness and knowledge.
Main Characters: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts: vv. 9, 10. The marvelous redemption of men by grace through faith, on the ground of Christ's atonement is to be a lesson eternally to Satan and his hosts, of the power of God. Angels are made to see how His glory can he displayed in His dealings with sin.

Book: Ephesians
Chapter: 4
Summary: Walk and service of the believer in Christ. Ministry of gifts of Christ to His Body.
Main Characters: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 8. When Christ's body was laid in the grave, His spirit descended into Hades (the abode of departed spirits), and proclaimed the victory of the cross. At His ascension to the Father after three days He delivered from Hades the spirits of the justified and took them to Paradise above, leaving the unsaved spirits in Hades. The spirit of the Christian at death now goes to be with Him above. Phil. 1:23; 2 Cor. 5:9,

Book: Ephesians
Chapter: 5
Summary: Walk of the believer as God's child. The believer's warfare as filled with the Spirit.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 32. Concerning life, the Church is the Body of Christ (1:22, 23). Concerning love, the Church is His Bride. Notice it is the "man" who is said to leave his home to be joined unto a wife. Christ left the glory and His Father, and later parted with His earthly mother (Luke 2:35; John 19:26-27) for the redemptive work whereby He could take out from the world a spiritual Bride, of which all true believers are members.

Book: Ephesians
Chapter: 6
Summary: Domestic life of Spirit-filled believers. Warfare of the believer.
Main Characters: Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Satan, Tychicus.
Striking Facts: v. 10. The Lord Jesus has met Satan at every point and defeated him. It is therefore dangerous for us to be strong except in Him Who is the Victor. Our natural courage is perfect cowardice; our natural strength is perfect weakness, but our sufficiency is always in Him.

Book: Philippians
Chapter: 1
Summary: Triumph of the believer over suffering and persecution.
Main Characters: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul, Timothy, Epaphroditus.
Striking Facts: v. 6. It is Christ Who begins the good work in us; it is Christ Who carries it on in us 2:12-13; it is Christ Who will ultimately complete that work by transforming us into His own likeness 3:21.

Book: Philippians
Chapter: 2
Summary: Christ, the believer's pattern, rejoicing in lowly service. The outworking of inworked salvation. The apostolic example.
Main Characters: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul, Timothy, Epaphroditus.
Striking Facts: vv. 7-8. Jesus was absolutely divine, yet absolutely human. In coming into the world He did not empty Himself of His divine nature or attributes, but only of the outward and visible manifestation of the Godhead the insignia of majesty, He had to empty Himself of His glory or He would have paralyzed the men He came to save. Although equal with God, He took upon Himself the form of a servant for our sakes, that He might meet, as God manifest in the flesh, the death of the cross.

Book: Philippians
Chapter: 3
Summary: Christ, the object of the believer's faith, desire and expectation.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 10. Christ's resurrection is the evidence of our justification (Rom. 4:24-25); the assurance of our resurrection (1 Cor. 15:14-18); the source of our spiritual power for He was thus constituted the giver of the Holy Spirit (John 7:39; 20:22). Knowing Him, therefore, involves not only justification through His death but sanctification through His life, feeling the transforming efficacy and virtue of His life, through the Holy Spirit.

Book: Philippians
Chapter: 4
Summary: Christ the believer's strength and source of joy and peace. Giver of victory over anxiety.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Euodias, Syntyche, Clement.
Striking Facts: Seven things the believer is here said to have through Jesus Christ: 1. Privilege of prayer to help us v. 6. 2. Peace to keep us v. 7. 3. Presence to accompany us v. 9. 4. Pattern before us v. 8. 5. Policy to calm us v. 11. 6. Power to strengthen us v. 13. 7. Promise to provide for us v. 19.

Book: Colossians
Chapter: 1
Summary: Apostolic greeting and prayer. The superiority of Christ. His reconciling work. The mystery of His indwelling.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Epaphras.
Striking Facts: vv. 15-17. Jesus was the visible representation of the visible God, born before anything was created. Creation was bound up with Him as its secret, and by Him, all things earthly, angelic, celestial and infernal were created and do exist. It pleased the Father that all divine perfections should be summed up in Him. Such a One redeemed us and is Head of the Body, the Church.

Book: Colossians
Chapter: 2
Summary: Godhead incarnate in Christ. Danger of those who would entice away from Christ. Philosophy and legality, mysticism and asceticism.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul.
Striking Facts: vv. 3, 9. Christ is the wisdom of God, and is of God made wisdom to the humble. The treasures of wisdom are not hidden from us in Christ, but for us. Supposed supplies of spiritual wisdom from any other source are a delusion. The fullness of the Godhead dwells in Christ, not figuratively, but literally, for He is both God and man, the manifestation of the Father to us.

Book: Colossians
Chapter: 3
Summary: Believer's union with Christ here and hereafter, and the fruit of such union.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul.
Striking Facts: vv. 1, 3. The believer's eternal standing is in Christ. If by regeneration, we were united to Him, we are reckoned as having died when He died, having risen when He ascended, having been seated in heaven when He was seated, and as yet to appear with Him when He comes forth in glory. Our true life is therefore hid with Him. It is our part to make our state conform as nearly as possible with our standing.

Book: Colossians
Chapter: 4
Summary: Consistent Christian living and fellowship of believers.
Main Characters: God, Paul, Christ, Tychicus, Onesimus, Aristarchus, Marcus, Barnabas, Justus, Epaphras, Luke, Demas, Archippus.
Striking Facts:

Book: 1 Thessalonians
Chapter: 1
Summary: The model church. Three tenses of the Christian life.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Silvanus, Timothy.
Striking Facts: vv. 9-10. Past, present and future salvation in Christ is seen here. Note that the hope of Christ's return is made an integral part of the Gospel and Christian faith. If conscious of a lack of steadiness in the life or power in the testimony, make sure you possess these three aspects of salvation.

Book: 1 Thessalonians
Chapter: 2
Summary: The model servant and his reward.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Satan.
Striking Facts: vv. 19-20. At the second coming of Christ, there will be gathered all those won by the preaching of the Gospel. It is the soul-winner's joy that he will, at that time, meet all those he has won to Christ.

Book: 1 Thessalonians
Chapter: 3
Summary: The model Christian brotherhood. The sanctification of the believer.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy.
Striking Facts: Each chapter ends with reference to Christ's second coming. Chap. 1: linked with salvation (v. 10); Chap. 2: linked with service (19-20); Chap. 3: linked with sanctification (13); Chap. 4: linked with solace (13-18); Chap. 5: linked with separation (23).

Book: 1 Thessalonians
Chapter: 4
Summary: The model walk of the believer. The hope of Christ's return.
Main Characters: God, Christ.
Striking Facts: v. 16. The Lord Jesus HIMSELF, not the Holy Spirit, not the destruction of Jerusalem, not the diffusion of Christianity, not the death of the believer this is the blessed hope. He is coming bringing with Him the spirits of those who have died in Him. Their bodies shall be raised and united then with their spirits. At the same time, living believers will be instantly changed and caught up in clouds to be with Him.

Book: 1 Thessalonians
Chapter: 5
Summary: The model walk for the believer. The day of Jehovah. Exhortations to believers.
Main Characters: Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 2. As the thief usually comes in the dead of the night, so the coming of Christ will surprise the ungodly. It is the happy condition, however, of those who believe God's Word, that they live in momentary expectation of His return, and whether times be troublesome or peaceful, they cannot be surprised if He should come.

Book: 2 Thessalonians
Chapter: 1
Summary: Believer's comfort in persecution.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Silvanus, Timothy.
Striking Facts: v. 10. As the coming of Christ will reveal His wrath and power upon His enemies, so His grace and power will be magnified in the complete salvation of His saints. This is an evidence that the Church will not pass through the Great Tribulation, the time of God's wrath.

Book: 2 Thessalonians
Chapter: 2
Summary: Day of the Lord and the man of sin. Exhortation and instruction.
Main Characters: Christ, Holy Spirit, anti-christ, Satan, Paul.
Striking Facts: vv. 7, 8. The word "letteth" is lit. "restraineth" or "hindereth." The Holy Spirit is the restraining influence now in the world. He will hinder the progress of Satan's gospel until the coming of Christ when He, whose present mission is the formation of the Body of Christ will be taken out of the way with the Body. This will leave Satan unrestrained and will precipitate the Great Tribulation period.

Book: 2 Thessalonians
Chapter: 3
Summary: Paul's encouragements and exhortations to the Thessalonians.
Main Characters: Christ, Paul.
Striking Facts: v. 5. Patient waiting for Christ is to be joined with the love of God. The hope of His return is the great incentive to a busy life and a life of loving deeds to others.

Book: 1 Timothy
Chapter: 1
Summary: Legalism and unsound teaching rebuked.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Timothy, Alexander, Satan, Hymenaeus.
Striking Facts: v. 15. The errand of Jesus Christ in the world was not to be a great teacher and reformer, but to die as a ransom for sinners of whom there are two classes the sinner who thinks himself righteous (as did Paul before converted) and the sinner who feels himself a sinner.

Book: 1 Timothy
Chapter: 2
Summary: Exhortation to prayer. Divine order for the sexes.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Adam, Eve, Timothy.
Striking Facts: vv. 5-6. A Mediator supposes a controversy. Sin had made a quarrel between God and man. Jesus Christ, a Mediator, undertook to make peace. He gave Himself a ransom voluntarily so that all mankind might partake of the common salvation.

Book: 1 Timothy
Chapter: 3
Summary: Qualifications of elders and deacons.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Satan.
Striking Facts: v. 16. The mystery of Godliness is Christ. He was God manifest in the flesh (John 1:14). Being reproached as a sinner, He was raised by the Spirit and so justified. He was attended by and worshipped by angels. He is offered to the Gentiles as Savior and Redeemer. He is believed on by millions. He is exalted in glory.

Book: 1 Timothy
Chapter: 4
Summary: Walk of a good minister of Christ.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy.
Striking Facts: vv. 1-3. Satan is a theologian and makes use of demons in the last days to lead many away into apostasy. Spiritualism clearly presented here. Two prominent points of its doctrine are seen in v. 3. Abstinence from meat is considered a condition of mediumistic power. Spiritual affinities are taught as against marriage.

Book: 1 Timothy
Chapter: 5
Summary: Work of a good minister of Christ.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy, Satan.
Striking Facts:

Book: 1 Timothy
Chapter: 6
Summary: Work of the minister continued.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy, Pilate.
Striking Facts: v. 16. Jesus Christ only as yet has triumphed over death. Immortality has to do with the body, not the soul. The believer will be given immortality at His coming, being given a body like unto His glorious body.

Book: 2 Timothy
Chapter: 1
Summary: Apostolic greetings and exhortations to Timothy.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Eunice, Phygelus, Hermogenes, Onesiphorus.
Striking Facts: v. 10. The threefold purpose of Christ's coming is here stated. 1. To abolish death which is the result of sin. 2. To bring to light salvation through His finished work. 3. To illumine the subject of immortality, which believers are to have through Him at His return. If Jesus had not arisen in a glorified body, immortality would not have been brought to light.

Book: 2 Timothy
Chapter: 2
Summary: Walk of a good soldier of Christ in times of apostasy.
Main Characters: Christ, Paul, Timothy, David, Hymenaeus, Philetus, Satan.
Striking Facts: v. 8. "Remember Jesus Christ" raised from the dead. This is the great proof of the Christian mission, and confirmation of the truth of the Gospel. Let suffering saints remember this. His incarnation and resurrection, heartily believed, will support the Christian under all testings of the present life.

Book: 2 Timothy
Chapter: 3
Summary: Apostasy predicted. The believer's resource, the Scriptures.
Main Characters: Christ, Paul, Timothy, Jannes, Jambres, Moses.
Striking Facts: v. 5. The Gospel of Christ is the power of godliness (Rom. 1:16). Ihe tendency of the apostasy of the last times will be to accept the ethical teachings of Christ, rejecting the doctrine of regeneration by the Spirit of Christ. It is no marvel that those who cling to. Christ, instead of form, will in those days, be the object of bitter persecution, (v. 12).

Book: 2 Timothy
Chapter: 4
Summary: Christ's faithful servant and the faithfulness of Christ to His own.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Demas, Timothy, Luke, Mark, Tychicus, Carpus, Alexander, Prisca, Aquila, Onesiphorus, Erastus, Trephines, Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia.
Striking Facts: v. 8. "Crown" is a symbol of reward in N. T. Here is a special reward promised to those who love the truth of Christ's second coming and work and long for it. It is a crown the "post-millennarian" will not receive, for He hopes to set up the millennium without the presence of the King.

Book: Titus
Chapter: 1
Summary: Divine order for local churches.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Titus.
Striking Facts:

Book: Titus
Chapter: 2
Summary: Pastoral work of a true minister.
Main Characters: Christ, Paul, Titus.
Striking Facts: vv. 11-13. We have in vv. 12, 13, the A B C's of the school of grace. The Gospel of grace teaches us (1) to leave the old life (2) to live the new life (3) to look for that blessed hope, the glorious appearing of Christ.

Book: Titus
Chapter: 3
Summary: Further instructions concerning pastoral work of a true minister.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Titus, Artemas, Tychicus, Zenas, Apollos.
Striking Facts: vv. 5, 8. We cannot serve to get saved. Our salvation is based alone on Christ's finished work which cancels guilt, and the regenerating work of the Spirit which washes the fallen nature, (v. 5) While we are not saved by service, we are saved to serve (vv. 8, 14) which is the manifestation of the salvation wrought in us by the Spirit.

Book: Philemon
Chapter: 1
Summary: Greeting to Philemon. Intercession for Onesimus.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Timothy, Philemon, Apphia, Archippus, Paul, Epaphras, Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas.
Striking Facts: vv. 17, 18. These verses furnish a perfect illustration of the doctrine of "imputation" whereby guilty sinners believing on Christ are received by the Father as identified with the Son, and the sins of the believing one are reckoned to the account of Christ who paid the price on Calvary.

Book: Hebrews
Chapter: 1
Summary: The great salvation provided through Jesus Christ who is above prophets and better than angels.
Main Characters: God, Christ.
Striking Facts: v. 3. The person of the Son was the true image and character of the Person of the Father. He is not said to be the "likeness" of God (implying resemblance) but "image," which means that He reveals God. In beholding His power, wisdom and goodness, men were beholding the Father, for He was God manifest in the flesh, having all the perfections of God in Him.

Book: Hebrews
Chapter: 2
Summary: Warning against neglecting so great a salvation. Earth to be put under Christ. Jesus temporarily lower than angels to work out salvation for man.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Satan, Abraham.
Striking Facts: vv. 17, 18. Christ became man that He might die, for as God He could not die, therefore He assumed another nature and state. To be a perfect Savior of mankind, He must in every way take man's place being proven perfect under all conditions, and then, as the perfect One, bear our sins. Because of His sufferings as a man, He is made a merciful High Priest, in every way qualified to succor His people.

Book: Hebrews
Chapter: 3
Summary: Christ the Son better than Moses the servant. Warning against unbelief.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Moses.
Striking Facts: v. 1. Jesus Christ as Apostle, spoke from God to men: as High Priest of our profession, He is the Head of the Church, upon whose satisfaction and intercession we profess to depend for acceptance with God. It was necessary to remind the Jews who held Moses in such esteem and were bent on mixing law with grace, that Christ as Son of God was above Moses, therefore His Word was final and His sacrifice sufficient.

Book: Hebrews
Chapter: 4
Summary: The better rest for the believer. The perfect work of redemption.
Main Characters: God, Christ, David.
Striking Facts: vv. 14-16. The believer should encourage himself, by the excellency and finished work of his Great High Priest, to come boldly to the throne of grace which has taken the place of the throne of inexorable justice. Through Christ's sacrifice, a way is instituted by which God may with honor meet poor sinners and treat with them, no earthly priest being necessary.

Book: Hebrews
Chapter: 5
Summary: Christ, our Great High Priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Aaron, Melchisedec.
Striking Facts: v. 10. Melchisedec was a type of Christ as High Priest, being both a King and a Priest (Gen. 14:18, Zech. 6:12, 13). Melchisedec has no recorded beginning nor end of life, and the very absence of these facts makes him a type of Him who was from eternity. Christ is the Only One in whom universal Kingship and Priesthood may center.

Book: Hebrews
Chapter: 6
Summary: Warning against mixture of law and grace. Danger of tasting the Spirit's work in grace and then going back to ceremonies.
Main Characters: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Abraham, Melchisedec.
Striking Facts: vv. 4-6. These verses do not apply to backsliders, for it states that there is no restoration possible after having once fallen away. The reference is to Hebrews fully enlightened in the prophecies about Christ, and having seen Him and having been carried along by the evident work of the Holy Spirit following His resurrection, yet rejecting all this light. For such there was no further conviction, v. 9 shows that this cannot occur to a true believer, who has "received" not merely "tasted" and is "sealed by the Spirit," not merely a "partaker" in His illuminating work.

Book: Hebrews
Chapter: 7
Summary: Melchisedec as a type of Christ. Comparison of. Melchisedec and Aaronic priesthoods.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Melchisedec, Abraham, Levi, Aaron, Moses.
Striking Facts: v. 26. No priest could be suitable or sufficient for our reconciliation to God, but One who could meet the conditions hero laid down, and our Lord Jesus alone could meet them. He was free from all habits or principles of sin, never did the least wrong to God or man, was absolutely undefiled in His own life, and was never accessory to other man's sins. Those who come to God by Him are saved, not only PROM the uttermost, but TO the uttermost, (v. 25).

Book: Hebrews
Chapter: 8
Summary: Aaronic priests a shadow of Christ who mediates a better covenant.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Moses.
Striking Facts: v. 4. There are no earthly successors to the priestly tribe of Aaron, for the reason that it is now a heavenly office centered in Jesus Christ. The earthly priesthood is out of commission, for with the atoning death of Christ the vail was rent.

Book: Hebrews
Chapter: 9
Summary: Ordinances and sanctuary of the old covenant as types of the new. The realities of the new covenant which is sealed by the blood of Christ.
Main Characters: God, Holy Spirit, Aaron, High Priest, Moses.
Striking Facts: vv. 24-28. We have here three great aspects of the work of Christ, v. 26 atonement the past tense of His work for our salvation, v. 24 advocacy the present tense of His work for us. v. 28. advent when He will return to complete our salvation from the very presence of sin.

Book: Hebrews
Chapter: 10
Summary: Law only a shadow of things to come. Through Christ a way made into the Holiest for all believers. Warning to the Hebrews who were wavering between Jewish sacrifices and Christ's finished work.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Moses.
Striking Facts: vv. 26-29. In v. 26, "more sacrifice" should be "other sacrifice." If this "judgment and fiery indignation" were the penalty of every sin, what Christian could escape for there is none who has not since converted given way to sin by consent of the will. These verses must be taken with the context, which contrasts the inefficacious and oft-repeated sacrifices of the law with the one sacrifice of Christ. There were many Hebrews perfectly enlightened, having witnessed the works of Christ and the Holy Spirit, but who deliberately put themselves under the law, trusting to "other sacrifices," thereby treading under foot the blood of Christ.

Book: Hebrews
Chapter: 11
Summary: Superiority of the way of faith. Instances of faith.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Abel, Cain, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sara, Joseph, Moses, Pharaoh's daughter, Rahab, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthae, David, Samuel.
Striking Facts: vv. 2, 39. The effect of faith with God is "good reputation." Is it any wonder that God cannot be pleased when men are devoid of that trust in His Word and in Jesus Christ whom He has sent, which receives Him as Savior and Lord and impels to obedience and good works?

Book: Hebrews
Chapter: 12
Summary: The Father's chastening of believers and its purpose. The difference between living under law and under grace.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Esau, Moses, Abel.
Striking Facts: vv. 1, 2. Christ is not only the object, but the Author of our faith. He is the purchaser of the Spirit of faith and the publisher of the rule 'of faith and the cause of the grace of faith. He is also the finisher of our faith the fulfilling of all Scripture promises and prophecies, the finisher of grace, the rewarder of faith and will eventually bring faith to an end by bringing us to Himself.

Book: Hebrews
Chapter: 13
Summary: Exhortations to the Christian. Separation and worship. Apostolic benediction.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Timothy.
Striking Facts: vv. 12, 13. Our Lord Jesus was the perfect anti-type of the sin offering, being offered "without the gate," a striking illustration of His humiliation as a sin bearer. The believer is therefore exhorted to go forth from the ceremonial law, from sin, from the world, and identify himself with Christ, being willing to bear His reproach in gratitude for the salvation He has provided.

Book: James
Chapter: 1
Summary: Testing of faith. Solicitation to evil not of God. Obedience as a test of true faith.
Main Characters: God, Christ, James.
Striking Facts:

Book: James
Chapter: 2
Summary: The tests of brotherly love and good words. Justification before men by our works.
Main Characters: Christ, James, Abraham, Isaac, Rahab.
Striking Facts: There is perfect harmony between James and Paul on justification. Paul is considering man in relation to God, in which he is "justified by faith apart from works." James is considering man in relation to his fellowman, in which case works are the visible evidence of faith. We have a right to believe that a profession of faith which bears no fruit, is an empty profession.

Book: James
Chapter: 3
Summary: Control of the tongue.
Main Characters: James
Striking Facts:

Book: James
Chapter: 4
Summary: Rebuke of worldliness and exhortation to humility before God.
Main Characters: God, Satan.
Striking Facts:

Book: James
Chapter: 5
Summary: Warning to the rich. Exhortations in view of Christ's second coming.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Job, Elias, James.
Striking Facts: vv. 7, 8. Here we see Christ's waiting for the precious fruit of the earth, the gathering in of the elect. In 2 Thess. 3:5 we have the saint's waiting for Him. The hope of His coming is the only solution of the complicated problems that will arise in the last days between capital and labor, (vv. 1-6.)

Book: 1 Peter
Chapter: 1
Summary: Christian's conduct under suffering in the light of full salvation.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Peter.
Striking Facts: vv. 18, 19. The blood of Christ is precious because it redeems (v. 19). Brings us nigh to God (Eph. 2:13). Blots out our sins (Rev. 1:5). Brings peace (Col. 1:20). (Justifies) (Rom. 5:9). Cleanses (1 John 1:7).

Book: 1 Peter
Chapter: 2
Summary: Exhortation to holiness and growth in view of Christ's great sacrifice. Christ's vicarious sufferings.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Peter.
Striking Facts: v. 8. Christ crucified is the Rock. To the church He is the foundation and chief corner stone (Eph. 2:20). To the Jews, at His first advent, a stumbling stone (Rom. 9:32, 33; 1 Cor. 1:23). To Israel at His second advent he will be made headstone of the corner (Zech. 6:7). To the Gentile world powers at His second coming, He will become the smiting stone (Dan. 2:34).

Book: 1 Peter
Chapter: 3
Summary: Duties of husbands and wives toward one another. Exhortations to Christian consistency. Christ's vicarious sacrifice.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Sara, Abraham.
Striking Facts: vv. 18-20. The word "preached" is lit. "Heralded." Christ's spirit at His death heralded the triumph of the cross in the spirit world. There is no indication of any chance for repentance either of angel or man. The saved spirits who awaited Him in Paradise, upon the announcement of the finished work of the cross went with Him above, whence He then removed Paradise, and they will appear with Him at His second advent to receive their glorified bodies.

Book: 1 Peter
Chapter: 4
Summary: Exhortations to mortification of sin and living unto God. Suffering with Christ.
Main Characters: God, Christ.
Striking Facts: v. 1. Some of the strongest arguments against sin are taken from the suffering of Christ. He died to destroy sin, and having submitted to such sufferings on account of sin, why should we grieve Him by continuing in sin? All sympathy with Christ is lost if we do not put away sin.

Book: 1 Peter
Chapter: 5
Summary: Christian service in view of Christ's soon coming.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Peter, Satan, Silvanus, Marcus.
Striking Facts: v. 6. The best definition of humility is found in John 13:4, 5. Our Lord Jesus was the perfect embodiment of humility.

Book: 2 Peter
Chapter: 1
Summary: The great Christian virtues. God's Word exalted.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Peter.
Striking Facts: v. 16. The plan of salvation by Jesus Christ is eminently the council of the infinitely wise Jehovah, for certainly man could not have invented it. He is the Messiah promised by the prophecies and publicly owned by the Father from the opened heavens.

Book: 2 Peter
Chapter: 2
Summary: Warnings concerning apostate teachers.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Noah, Lot, Balaam.
Striking Facts: v. 1. Smooth-tongued false teachers seldom deny Jesus Christ "who TAUGHT" but they do deny Jesus "who BOUGHT." The devil hates the doctrine of the CROSS of Christ, and hence all the conflicting theories as to His death.

Book: 2 Peter
Chapter: 3
Summary: Return of the Lord and the Day of Jehovah. Christ's return to be generally denied.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Peter.
Striking Facts: v. 3. Men may talk about the stability of natural laws and the foolishness of the doctrine of Christ's second coming, but the Christian faith signifies little without it. It is the finishing stroke which must complete all the great doctrines of the Gospel and is therefore a day for which the Christian is to look (v. 12) and strive to hasten, by the bringing in of souls for the completion of the church.

Book: 1 John
Chapter: 1
Summary: Fellowship with God made possible through the incarnation. Conditions of perpetual fellowship walking in the light and confessing sins.
Main Characters: God, Christ, John.
Striking Facts: v. 9. Our sins were judicially dealt with at the cross (1 Pet. 2:24) which results in eternal life, but unconfessed and unforsaken sin in the believer brings the loss of fellowship with God and chastisement. (1 Cor. 11:31-33) Confession of sin would not bring fellowship with God, unless the sinner had accepted the finished work of Christ on the cross.

Book: 1 John
Chapter: 2
Summary: Christ's advocacy for the believer. Tests of fellowship, obedience and love. Warning against worldliness and apostates.
Main Characters: God, Christ, John, Satan, anti-christ.
Striking Facts: v. 1. Even the most advanced believers have their sins, but there is a distinction between them and the sinners of the world, for the former have an Advocate in heaven. As they have had Christ's blood applied to them upon their acceptance of Him, so they have an Advocate to procure their continued forgiveness as they confess their sins.

Book: 1 John
Chapter: 3
Summary: God's love magnified and the believer exhorted to holiness. Brotherly love urged. How our hearts may be assured before God.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Satan, Cain, John.
Striking Facts: vv. 2-3. The time of the revelation of the sons of God in their proper state and in bodies like unto His glorious body, awaits the second coming of Christ. This is the purifying hope of the church which engages all believers to the prosecution of holy living that they might be in readiness to meet Him unashamed at His coming.

Book: 1 John
Chapter: 4
Summary: Christians warned of false doctrines concerning Christ's person and work. Tests of the true.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, anti-christ, John.
Striking Facts: Facts: Seven tests of true doctrine are given here. Does it confess Christ's true humanity? vv. 9, 15. His vicarious atonement? vv. 10, 14. Does it tend to worldliness? vv. 4, 5. Do spiritually minded people agree with it? v. 6. Does it witness to the spirit of divine love? vv. 7, 8. Does it accord with the teaching of the Holy Spirit? v. 13.

Book: 1 John
Chapter: 5
Summary: Faith the overcoming principle. The advantages of faith in salvation, prayer, preservation from sin.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Satan, John.
Striking Facts: v. 6. Jesus in His death had a double purpose, not only to save us from hell but to cleanse us. We are denied inwardly by the pollution of sin. Through Him we have "the washing of regeneration." We are denied outwardly by the guilt of sin, and by His blood we are separated from sin's condemnation. (Heb. 9:22. See Jn. 19:34-35.)

Book: 2 John
Chapter: 1
Summary: Truth and love inseparable in the Christian life. Doctrine the test of reality.
Main Characters: God, Christ, John, elect lady, anti-christ.
Striking Facts: v. 9. The most important doctrine in the Word is the doctrine concerning the person and work of Jesus Christ. If one is unsound in this, they are bound to be wrong everywhere. All turns on "what think ye of Christ?" He that denieth the Son hath not the Father.

Book: 3 John
Chapter: 1
Summary: Exhortation concerning ministering brethren. The domineering Diotrephes and the good Demetrius.
Main Characters: John, Gaius, Diotrephes, Demetrius.
Striking Facts:

Book: Jude
Chapter: 1
Summary: The apostasy and apostate teachers described. Assurance and comfort for true believers.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Jude, James, Michael, Moses, Cain, Balaam, Enoch, Adam.
Striking Facts: v. 21. We can be kept in the perpetual consciousness of God's love only as we depend upon the mercy of the Lord Jesus that is His mercy, not our merit being our constant plea. He has merited for us what we could never, otherwise, lay claim to. The only way to stand before Him flawless is to rest in His merits and walk in His love.

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 1
Summary: The Patmos vision of John and the command to write.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, John.
Striking Facts: This book is the only book having the Lord Jesus Himself as Author (v. 1). It is a "revelation," which means "an unveiling" or "disclosure," not a mystery, and the Lord Jesus has attached His benediction to it to encourage us to read, hear and keep (v. 3). Notice in v. 5 that He Who speaks from heaven is He Who "washed us from our sins in His own blood." Heaven's anthem magnifies the blood of Christ above everything else.

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 2
Summary: Message to Ephesus concerning things "which are." Their first love left. Message to Pergamos concerning false doctrines. Message to Smyrna concerning persecutions. Message to Thyatira concerning Balaamism and Nicolaitanism.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Messengers of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, and Thyatira, John, Satan, Antipas, Balaam, Balak, Jezebel.
Striking Facts: The letters to the Churches are Epistles of Christ dictated before the throne (v. 1) and with holy awe we should therefore read, then obey them. While these letters deal with Churches existing in John's time, it is believed that they are also symbolical of seven stages of the Church during the present Church age, because Jesus speaks of the "mystery" connected with them; because of the number "seven" connected with them, and always symbolical in this book; because the promises and warnings are continuous and because the prophetic view corresponds exactly with events thus far in the history of the Church.

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 3
Summary: Message to Sardis concerning their hypocrisy. Message to Philadelphia on hollow profession. Message to Laodicea on apostasy. Christ's attitude to the Church in its final stage in the world.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Messengers of Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea, David, John, Satan.
Striking Facts: v. 20. Supper is the evening meal, the last taken before the morning breaks and the day dawns. This verse is a picture of Christ seeking entrance to the Church of the final state, and calling for individuals out of it who will sup with Him. "The night is far spent; the day is at hand." To sup with Him before the morning breaks is the foretaste of coming glory.

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 4
Summary: Things which shall be. Vision of the throne in heaven, the enthroned elders, the four living creatures and their worship with the elders because of creation.
Main Characters: Christ, Holy Spirit, John, 24 elders.
Striking Facts: Christ is not seen here upon the throne, but as having risen for the execution of other purposes which effect the establishment of His Messianic Kingdom. Heaven is preparing to execute judgment prior to Christ's coming with His saints to reign. The elders are seen identified with Him in the judgment about to be executed. May they not be the united royal priesthood, redeemed and glorified? The answer as to how they got there is not given here, but will be found answered as we proceed.

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 5
Summary: Vision of the seven sealed books. Christ seen in His Kingly character. Angels, elders and living creatures exalt the Lamb who is King.
Main Characters: God, Christ, John, strong angel, elders, four creatures.
Striking Facts: The Lion and the Lamb are One (v. 5). The sacrifice of the Lamb made Him the Saviour of the redeemed, but He is yet to assume power as the Lion, for the execution of judgment when His purpose in the Church is perfected. Notice in v. 9 that it is the blood that the saints are still singing about.

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 6
Summary: The opening of the seals.
Main Characters: Christ, John.
Striking Facts: vv. 16-17. This will be the last great prayer meeting of earth, when men that have rejected Christ shall discover that the Lamb Whom they have slaughtered and insulted is the Judge of all.

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 7
Summary: A parenthetical chapter on the saved of the tribulation period. The remnant of Israel sealed.
Main Characters: God, John, -four angels.
Striking Facts: vv. 10. 14. The cry of these who come up out of the Great Tribulation is not the same as the cry of redemption (5:9). It is the cry of salvation from judgment. While it is the blood of Christ which has purchased them this release, yet they are not members of the Body of Christ, the Church which is to be completed by the Holy Spirit before the Tribulation begins. They are a separate company.

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 8
Summary: Opening of the seventh seal from which seven trumpets come. Four of the trumpet judgments announced.
Main Characters: John, seven angels, angel with censor.
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Book: Revelation
Chapter: 9
Summary: Judgments of the fifth and sixth trumpets.
Main Characters: God, angels, John, Abaddon.
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Book: Revelation
Chapter: 10
Summary: Parenthetical explanation (to 11:14). The angel and the little book. The book eaten.
Main Characters: John, mighty angel.
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Book: Revelation
Chapter: 11
Summary: Times of the Gentiles to end in a period of forty-two months. Two heavenly witnesses will prophecy on the earth. The seventh trumpet judgment.
Main Characters: God, Holy Spirit, Christ, John, two witnesses, beast, elders.
Striking Facts: vv. 3, 15. As the days of Christ's reign approach there will be increased announcement of the apocalyptic truths which will be scoffed at by the majority. (2 Pet. 3:3-4) The final announcement will be made in the midst of the great Tribulation by heaven-prepared witnesses, as His first advent was announced by John the Baptist. With this testimony rejected and the witnesses killed, men will be abandoned to the terrible days of the last half of the Tribulation, after which Christ will come to reign forever.

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 12
Summary: The woman clothed with the sun (Israel). Satan drawing the stars. The man-child (Christ) caught up to the throne. The arch-angel and his angels fighting Satan. Satan and Israel in the great Tribulation.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Michael, Satan.
Striking Facts: vv. 9-10. In the midst of the great Tribulation, Satan will be cast out of the heavenlies and will be free in the earth. This will be a happy time for those who are in heaven by the blood of the Lamb, but a time of terrible trial for Israel and eternal woe for the Gentiles who submit to the mark of the beast. The only salvation in those days will be bold confession of faith in the blood of the Lamb, which will mean martyrdom to all except those sealed for physical preservation.

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 13
Summary: The beast out of the sea and the beast out of the earth.
Main Characters: God, Christ, John, false prophet, anti-christ, Satan.
Striking Facts: v. 8. Salvation in the great Tribulation is still based on the blood of Jesus Christ. Those who are then saved, however, must boldly confess their faith before a world of hostile witnesses, which will mean nothing short of martyrdom, except to those few sealed in Israel. May God help every reader of these words to make sure their calling and election while the days of grace are still lasting!

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 14
Summary: Vision of the Lamb and the 144,000 sealed Israelites. The angel with the everlasting gospel. Fall of Babylon. The doom of the beast worshippers. Blessedness of the holy dead. Vision of Armageddon.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, John, angels, anti-christ.
Striking Facts: vv. 14-15. He who bears the golden crown is none other than the Lord Jesus, who will a short time after this be found wearing the crown of universal sovereignty (Rev. 19:12). At the close of the great Tribulation He will thrust in the sickle to cut down the earth's harvest of evil (this will be at Armageddon) which will then have come to its culmination (see Mk. 4:29).

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 15
Summary: Vision of the angels of the seven last plagues and the bowls of the wrath of God.
Main Characters: Christ, John, 7 angels, Moses, 4 beasts.
Striking Facts: v. 3. "King of saints" is literally "King of ages, or nations." Jesus is never represented as King of the saints, or the Church, but as their Lord. The relationship of the Church saints in the present age is a nearer relationship than that of subjects of a King. He is the Bridegroom. These Tribulation saints, however, will be related to Him as subjects and they exalt Him as "King of Nations."

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 16
Summary: Vials of God's wrath poured out.
Main Characters: God, Christ, John, 7 angels, beast, 3 demons.
Striking Facts: v. 15. Even in the great Tribulation there is an advent hope held out to keep the remnant looking up. Before Christ's first advent believers in the promises were inspired and kept by the expectation of His coming. Until the rapture of the Church, His second coming is held out as the "blessed hope." In the great Tribulation, the one and only hope of relief will be His return in glory with the saints to cleanse the earth and to reign.

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 17
Summary: The doom of Babylon, the last great ecclesiastical order.
Main Characters: Christ, John, 7 angels, beast.
Striking Facts: Many Bible students believe that we have here the Roman Catholic system headed up in a fearfully apostate state. A woman is symbolical of "church" (2 Cor. 11:12). This woman (v. 5) stands in contrast to the Church of Christ, which is a "chaste virgin." The true Church is "espoused to one husband;" this one is given up to the kings of the earth. The Church is the "mystery of godliness;" this one is "mystery Babylon." The Church offers "the cup of Salvation;" this one offers "cup full of abominations." Mystery Babylon is rich, and it has its seat on seven hills (Rome).

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 18
Summary: Last form of apostate Christendom and the warning to God's people. The human and the angelic views of Babylon.
Main Characters: God, John, angels.
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Book: Revelation
Chapter: 19
Summary: Parenthetical chapter on what is taking place in heaven while the Tribulation rages. The alleluias, marriage of the Lamb, second coming in glory, Armageddon, doom of the beast, False Prophet, and kings.
Main Characters: God, Christ, John, 24 elders, 4 beasts, angel, beast, False Prophet.
Striking Facts: vv. 11-16. We have here a vision of the departure from heaven of Christ with His saints (previously caught up to be with Him 1 Thes. 4:13-18) and with His angels preparatory to the catastrophe in which all world powers shall be smitten (Dan. 2:34-35). On Christ's head here we see many crowns ("diadems") (cf. 14:14) for the hour is now at hand when He is to be exalted and enthroned in His Kingdom, to "sit upon the throne of His father David."

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 20
Summary: Satan bound for the Kingdom age. The first resurrection. Satan loosed at the end of the millennium, and his final doom. Judgment of the great White Throne.
Main Characters: God, Christ, John, angel, Satan.
Striking Facts: vv. 4, 6. Christ is seen in this chapter as the Judge and then as the millenial King. Those who are associated with Him in this Kingdom are the Church and the Tribulation saints. Those who are now being called unto Christ are therefore appointed, not to be subjects of the Kingdom, but co-rulers, priests of God and of Christ, and will have their specific work in connection with the work of His universal empire.

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 21
Summary: The seven new things of the Kingdom age earth, peoples, Jerusalem, temple, light, Paradise (Chap. 22).
Main Characters: God, Christ, John, 7 angels.
Striking Facts: vv. 9, 23. The peculiar glory of the Lord Jesus to all eternity is as the "Lamb" which will ever remind of His sacrificial act upon the cross. This title is applied to Him 27 times in Revelation. In the presence of "the Lamb," there will be no need of sun nor moon, any more than here we need to light candles at noon-day, for "the Lamb is the light thereof."

Book: Revelation
Chapter: 22
Summary: The New Paradise and its river of the water of life. The last exhortation of Christ to be ready for His second coming.
Main Characters: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, John, angel, David.
Striking Facts: The Bible closes with emphasis on the fidelity of the Scriptures (v. 6) on salvation by grace the free gift of the Lord Jesus (v. 17) and on the doctrine of the pre-millennial return of Christ (vv. 7, 12, 20). The great "peace prayer" of the Bible, and the last prayer of the Bible, is "Come, Lord Jesus," and Jesus' last recorded words are, "Surely, I come quickly. Amen." This is the thought He would leave with us. May God open the eyes of every reader to the "blessed hope, the glorious appearing of the Great God and our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ." Tit. 2:13.