Wiersbe's Expository Outline on the New TestamentAuthor: Warren W. Wiersbe |
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| No matter how you have studied the Bible in the past, you are in for an exciting time as you let Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe lead you CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER THOUGH THE NEW TESTAMENT Wiersbe's Expository Outlines on the New Testament will help you: • Understand the "big picture" of what the New Testament teaches • Grasp the significance of each individual book • Discover the life-changing truths of each chapter • Learn how to share the truth of God's Word with others If you have used Dr. Wiersbe's popular BE series, you know how simple and practical his Bible studies are, with outlines that almost teach themselves. If not, you can now discover a wonderful new resource. This work is a unique commentary on every book of the New Testament. It contains new material not to be found in the BE series. Physical Info: 1.55" H x 9.44" L x 6.42" W (2.42 lbs) 858 pages Carton Quantity: 10 Publisher: Victor US SRP: $ 42.99 US Binding: Hardcover Pub Date: July 1992 This book helps readers to understand the "big picture" of what the New Testament teaches. Grasp the significance of each book, discover the life-changing truths of each chapter, and learn how to share the truth of God's Word, contains material not found in the "Be" series. MATTHEW 1 In the first ten chapters of Matthew, we have "The Revelation of the King." He reveals Himself to the Jews as to His Person (1-4), His principles (5-7), and His power (8-10). Remember that Matthew is seeking to prove that Jesus Christ is the King, "the Son of David." In this first chapter, he gives the human ancestry of Christ (vv. 1-17), then describes the birth of Christ (vv. 18-25). Thus, Jesus is the "root and the offspring of David" (Rev. 22:16). He is "the root" in that He is eternal God and brought David into being; He is the "offspring" in that His humanity is linked to David in His birth (Rom. 1:1-4). I. The Faithful Providence of God (1:1-17) Providence is God's control of circumstances so that His will prevails and His purposes are fulfilled. Think of Satan's attacks against Israel and how he sought to prevent Christ from coming! Because of Abraham's disobedience, Sarah was almost lost and the promised seed ruined (Gen. 12:10-20). At one time, the royal seed was all slain, except for young Joash (2 Kings 11). This genealogy is not a dull list of names. It is a record of the faithfulness of God in preserving the children of Abraham as a channel through whom Christ could come into the world. Matthew's genealogy is of Joseph, Jesus' father in the eyes of the law. Luke gives Mary's genealogy. Mary and Joseph were both descendants of David. You can see the grace of God in this list of names. Note the four women mentioned: Tamar (v. 3, see Gen. 38); Rahab (v. 5, see Josh. 2; Heb. 11:31); Ruth (v. 5, see the Book of Ruth); and Bathsheba (v. 6, see 2 Sam. 12). Mary is also mentioned. These women illustrate the grace of God. Tamar was guilty of whoredom, yet God permitted her to be listed in the ancestry of Christ. Rahab was both a harlot and a foreigner. She was saved by her faith. Ruth was a Moabitess; and according to Deut. 23:3-6, she was excluded from the nation of Israel. Bathsheba was partner to David's awful sin, yet God forgave her and permitted her to be one of Christ's ancestors through Solomon. "Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound" (Rom. 5:20). This genealogy is not complete, of course. Several names are left out. It was common among the Jews to leave out unimportant 15 Testament Outlines names to help the children remember the lists. Three sets of fourteen names would be easy to remember. In 1:8, Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah are omitted, probably because of their relationship to Ahab's wicked daughter, Athaliah. No Jew today has his legal genealogy. All the records were destroyed in A.D. 70 when the temple was ruined. Jesus Christ is the only Jew alive today who can prove His rights to the throne of David. II. The Fulfilled Promise of God (1:18-25) "Betrothal" (engagement) among the Jews was as binding as marriage. When Joseph discovered Mary's condition, he naturally assumed she had been unfaithful to him. Note his prudence: "While he thought on these things" (v. 20). How important it is to be "slow to wrath" and to consider matters thoughtfully! (see Prov. 21:5) According to Deut. 22:23-24, Mary could have been stoned. Indications are that the Jews did not obey this law but rather allowed the innocent party to divorce the unfaithful mate. It took great faith for Joseph to believe God's message in the dream. His love for God and for Mary made him willing to "bear reproach" for Christ. Imagine how the neighbors must have talked! In John 8:41, there is a suggestion that the Jews slandered Christ's birth, intimating that He was born of fornication. Satan has always attacked the truth of the Virgin Birth, for when he does, he denies the Person and work of Christ and the truth of the Bible. The name Jesus means "Savior" and is a Gk. version of the Heb. name "Joshua." In the OT, there are two well-known Joshuas: the soldier who led Israel into Canaan (see the Book of Joshua), and the high priest mentioned in Zech. 3. Christ is our Captain of Salvation, leading us to victory. He is our Great High Priest, representing us before the throne of God. Christ's birth fulfills the prophecy of Isa. 7:14. Read Isa. 7 very carefully. Ahaz was about to be attacked by Rezin, King of Syria, and Pekah, King of Israel. The Lord sent Isaiah to encourage Ahaz (7:1-9) and to give Ahaz a sign. Ahaz acted very pious and refused the sign. So, God gave the sign to the whole house of David, not just to Ahaz (see 7:13). The sign is the birth of Immanuel ("God with us") to the virgin mother. This sign had nothing to do with Ahaz at that time. In Isa. 8, God gave Ahaz His sign, using the child of Isaiah to do this. (Note: the Heb. word in Isa. 7:14, and the Gk. word in Matt. 1:23, can only mean virgin.) 16 Matthew We must admire Joseph's immediate obedience (v. 24). He was careful to keep his relationship with Mary pure. In the Bible, only four ways are noted to get a body: (1) without a man or a woman — as Adam did, made from the dust of the earth; (2) with a man, but no woman —as Eve did, made from Adam's side; (3) with a man and a woman —as all humans are born; or (4) with a woman, but no man —as Jesus was born, having an earthly mother but no biological father. It was important that Jesus be born of a virgin that He might have a sinless human nature, conceived by the Holy Spirit (see Luke 1). Since He existed before the creation of man, how could He ever be born of a human father and mother? Every new baby is a being that has never existed before. The modernist who denies Christ's virgin birth denies His eternal Godhead and deity. Either He is God, or He is an imposter. "Fulfilled" (v. 22) is a favorite word of Matthew's. He uses it at least twelve times to show that Jesus completed the prophecies given in the OT Scriptures. |
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