Hebrew Selection

Reporter:
LUCILLE GACUTAN ARAMBURO

Historical Background
Israel is the very embodiment of Jewish
continuity: It is the only nation on earth that
inhabits the same land, bears the same
name, speaks the same language, and
worships the same God that it did 3,000
years ago. You dig the soil and you find
pottery from Davidic times, coins from Bar
Kokhba, and 2,000-year-old scrolls written in
a script remarkably like the one that today
advertises ice cream at the comer candy
store.

Historical Background
The people of Israel Jewish People
trace their origin to Abraham, who
establish the belief that there is
only one God in three (3) persons
God the Father, God the Son, and
God the Holy Spirit, the creator of
the universe.

Historical Background
Abraham, his son Isaac, and
grandson Jacob (Israel), are referred
to as the patriarchs of the
Israelites. All three patriarchs live
in the Land of Canaan, that later
came to be known as the Land of
Israel.

Historical Background
The descendants of Abraham
crystalized into a nation at about 1300
BC after their Exodus from Egypt under
the leadership of Moses. Soon after
the Exodus, Moses transmitted to the
people of this new emerging nation,
and the Ten Commandments. After 40
years in the Sinai desert, Moses led
them to the Land of Israel.

Historical Background
The people of modern day Israel
share the same language and
culture shaped by the Jewish
heritage and religion passed
through generations starting with
the founding father Abraham. Thus,
Jews have had continuous presence
in the land of Israel for the past
3,300 years.

Historical Background
The rule of Israelites in the land of
Israel starts with the conquests of
Joshua. The period from 1000-587
BC is known as the Period of the
Kings. The most noteworthy kings
were King David, who made
Jerusalem the Capital of Israel, and
his son Solomon, who built the first
Temple in Jerusalem.

Historical Background
In 587 BC, Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar's army
captured Jerusalem, destroyed the Temple,
and exiled the Jews to Babylonian (Iraq). It
marks a turning point in the history of the
region. From this year onwards, the region
was ruled and controlled by a succession of
superpower empires of the time in the
following order: Babylonian, Persian, Greek
Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Empires,
Islamic and Christian crusaders, Ottoman
Empire and the British Empire.

Historical Background
After the exile by the Romans at 70
CE, the Jewish people migrated to
Europe and North Africa. In the
scattered outside of the Land of
Israel, they established rich cultural
and economic lives, and
contributed greatly to the societies
where they lived.

Historical Background
The Jews continued their national
culture and prayed to return to
Israel through centuries. In the first
half of the 20th century there were
major waves of immigration of Jews
back to Israel from Arab countries
and form Europe.

Historical Background
During the British rule in Palestine,
the Jewish people were subject to
great violence and massacres
directed by Arab civilians or forces
of the neighboring Arab states.
During World War II, the Nazi regime
in Germany decimated about 6
million Jews creating the great
tragedy of the Holocaust.

Historical Background
In 1948, Jewish Community in Israel
under the leadership of David BenGurion reestablished sovereignty
over their ancient homeland.
Declaration of independence of the
modern State of Israel was
announced on the day that the last
British forces left Israel (May 14,
1948)

Historical Background
A day after the declaration of
independence of the State of Israeel,
armies of five Arab countries, Egypt,
Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon and Iraq
invaded Israel. This marked the
beginning of the War of Independence.
Arab states have jointly waged four full
scale wars against Israel: 1948 War of
Independence, 1956 Sinai War, 1967 Six
Day War, and 1973 Yom Kippur War

Historical Background
Despite the numerical superiority of
the Arab armies, Israel defended itself
each time and won. After each war
Israeli army withdrew from most of the
areas it captured. This is
unprecedented in World history and
shows Israels willingness to reach to
reach peace even at the risk of fighting
for its very existence each time anew.

Historical Background
Israel is 40 miles wide, it can be
crossed from the Mediterranean
coast to the Eastern border at
Jordan river within two hours of
driving.

The Bible
How the Bible came
into being?
God used three
wonderful methods as he
carefully carved out that
most blessed of all
books, the Bible. These
Three tools of the
Trinity are referred to as
revelation, inspiration,
and illumination.

The Bible
How did we received our Bible?
Around 1400Bc God began to quietly call
some forty men and women into his
presence. It took God nearly fifteen
centuries to complete the job. He spoke
the burden of his great heart in simple
but sublime language to those chosen
forty. With a holy hush they heard him
tell of creation and corruption, of
condemnation, justification,
sanctification and glorification.

The Almighty author quickly and

carefully guides each chosen
human vessel in his assigned
writing task. Each of the forty is
dealt with individually. Job, a rich
farmer, will write differently than
will Amos, a poor farmer. The
words of the educated Paul will be
more complicated on occasion than
those of the uneducated John or
Peter. But all will carry with them
the divine approval of heaven
itself.

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tools
1. Revelation: from God to man.
Man hears that which God wants
written.
2. Inspiration: from man to paper.
Man writes that which God wants
written.
3. Illumination: From paper to
heart. Man receives the light of
that which God had written.

Revelation:
God spoke to the fathers and prophets in eight (8)
ways:
God often spoke to men through angels.
Angels reassured Abraham of the birth of Isaac and
informed him of Gods decision to destroy Sodom
(Gen 18)
Angel Gabriel informed Mary that God had chosen
her as his vessel for Christs birth (Lk 2)
An angel announced the resurrection of Christ to
some women (Mt. 28)
God spoke to men through a loud voice.
God directly to Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses,
Joshua, Samuel, Elijah, Jeremiah

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God spoke to men through a still, small voice. Ps. 32:8
God spoke to men through nature. Ps. 19:1-3
God spoke to one man through the mouth of an ass.
Num. 22:28
God spoke to men through dreams.
Jacob received the confirmation of the Abrahamic
Covenant in a dream
Solomon received both wisdom and warning in a
dream
Joseph received messages assuring him of Marys
purity, commanding him to flee to Egypt and ordering
him to return to Palestine.
The wise men were warned of Herod evil intentions in
a dream
God spoke to men through visions

O VISION is a supernatural

presentation of certain scenery or

circumstances to the mind of a
person while awake
O God spoke to men through
Christophanies.
O CHRISTOPHANIES is a pre-Bethlehem
appearance of Christ. Angel of the
Lord is actually another name of
Christ.

Theopneustos = God-breathed
All (plenary) the very words (verbal) of the Bible are inspired by
God.
Mat. 4:4. man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Jn. 6:63. the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and
they are life

Implications of inspiration

Plenary-verbal inspiration does not teach that all parts of the bible
are equally important, but only that they are equally inspired.
Plenary-verbal inspiration does not guarantee the inspiration of any
modern or ancient translation of the Bible, but deals only with the
original Hebrew and Greek languages.
Plenary-verbal inspiration does not allow for any false teaching, but
it does on occasion record the lie of someone.
Plenary-verbal inspiration does not permit any historical, scientific,
or prophetical error whatsoever.

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Every scientific statement in the Scriptures is absolutely true.

Plenary-verbal inspiration does not prohibits personal

research.
Plenary-verbal inspiration does not deny the use of extrabiblical sources.
Plenary-verbal inspiration does not overwhelm the personality
of the human authors.
Plenary-verbal inspiration does not exclude the usage of
pictorial and symbolic language.
Plenary-verbal inspiration does not mean uniformity in all
details given in describing the same event.
Plenary-verbal inspiration ensures us that God included all the
necessary things he wanted us to know, and excluded
everything else.

Importance of Inspiration:
One may have inspiration without
revelation
Luke carefully checked out certain facts
concerning the life of Christ and was then
led to write them on paper.
One may have inspiration without
illumination.
Peter tells us the Old Testament prophets did
not always understand everything they
wrote about. But without inspiration, the
Bible falls.

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Completion of inspiration.
Is inspiration still going on today? Bible
believing Christians believe that when
John the apostle wrote Revelation 22:21
and wiped his pen, inspiration stopped.
His warning in Rev. 22:18, 19 not to add
to or subtract from his book included not
only the book of Revelation,, but the
entire Bible.

Illumination:

Without illumination, no sinner ever would

have been saved! Illumination is that
method used by the Holy Spirit to shed
divine light upon all seeking men as they
look into the Word of God. Illumination is
from the written word to the human heart.

Illumination is necessary because of

natural, satanic, carnal blindness

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Result of Illumination.
Sinners are saved. The Lord openeth the eyes
of the blind; the entrance of thy word giveth
light
Christians are strengthened.
Implications of illumination
The Holy Spirit looks for a certain amount of
sincerity before he illuminates any human heart. It
is impossible for an insincere person to be saved.
The Holy spirit often seeks out the aid of a believer
in performing his task of illuminating the hearts of
others.

The writing materials of the Bible.

The Spirit of God moved upon the authors of
the Bible to record their precious messages
upon whatever object was in current use at the
time of the writing. Thus once again we see the
marvelous condescension of God. This writing
materials would include:
Clay
Stone
Papyrus, made by pressing and gluing two
layers of split papyrus reeds together in order to
form a sheet
Vellum (calfskin), parchment (lamb skin), leather
(cowhide)
Metal

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The preservation of the Bible

Ps. 12:6,7 The words of the Lord are pure words; as silver
tried in afurnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt
keep them, O Lord, thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt
preserve them from this generation for ever.

Preservation is as full and complete as inspiration. God has

kept his Word!

The marvelous unity of the Bible can be explainable on no

other ground than that of divine authorship. It is confessedly
one book yet it is made up of sixty-six books, composed by not
less than forty writers, spread over a period of sixteen hundred
years.

The writers moved in widely separated spheres of life.

Some were kings and scholars with the best education
that their day afforded; others were herdsmen and
fishermen with no formal education. It is impossible that
there should have been a collusion (conspiracy, a secret
agreement) between the writers. Yet there is but one type
of doctrine and morality unfoldedthe marvelous system
of truth that is begun by Moses in the book of Genesis is
brought to completion by John in the Book of Revelation.
In the development of no other book in the history of the
world has there ever been anything that even remotely
approaches this phenomenon that we find in the Bible.

The preservation of the Bible as a Book. We have the

bible 3,500 to 1,900 years after it was written down. Many
other writings have been lost forever and are known only
through the references made to them by other works.

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Symbols for the Bible
Mirror, reflects the mind of God and the true condition
of man.
Seed, once properly planted, it brings forth life, growth,
and fruit
Water, because of its cleansing, quenching and
refreshing qualities
Lamp, because it shows us where we are now, it guides
us in the next step, and it keeps us from failing.
Sword, because of its piercing ability, operating with
equal effectiveness upon sinners, saints, and Satan.
The only offensive piece of armor is the sword of the
Spirit, which is the word of God.

OPrecious metals: (gold and silver). It is

referred to as precious metals because

of its desirability, its preciousness, its
beauty, and its value.
ONourishing food; (Milk, Meat, bread,
honey), it is referred to as nourishing
food because of the strength it imparts.
OHammer, it is referred to as a hammer
because of its ability to both tear down
and build up.
OFire, it is called a fire because of its
judging, purifying, and consuming
abilities.

The bible is profitable for:

Learning- that is, it must be used as the
perfect textbook to present the systematic
teachings of the great truths relating to God
himself.
Reproof- that is, the Bible is to be used to
convict us of the wrong in our lives.
Instruction in righteousness- that is, Gods
Word provides all the necessary details which
will allow a Christian to become fully equipped
for every good work. Because of all this, the
Bible rightly demands absolute and sole
authority over any other source in the life of
the child of God. This authority would exceed
that of the following:

O Authority over human reason. God gave

us our minds and desires that we should

use them. However, there are times
when God desires us to submit our
human reasoning to him. Often our
reasoning is as the thinking of Naaman,
who when asked to take a sevenfold bath
in Jordans muddy waters, angrily replied.
O Isa. 55:8,9 For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,
saith the Lord. For as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways, and my thoughts
than your thoughts.

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The Original language of the Bible
The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, with the following
exceptions appearing in Aramaic. Why did God choose Hebrew?

Hebrew is a pictorial language, with vivid, bold metaphors which

challenge and dramatize the story. The Hebrew language
possesses a facility to present pictures of the events narrated.
The Hebrew thought in pictures, and consequently his nouns are
concrete and vivid. There is no such thing as neuter gender, for
the Semite everything is alive. Compound words are lacking
there is no wealth of adjectiveThe language shows vast powers
of association and, therefore, of imagination. Some of this is lost
in the English translation, but even so, much of the vivid,
concrete, and forthright character of our English Old Testament is
really a carrying over into English of something of the genius of
the Hebrew tongue.

As a pictorial language, Hebrew presents a vivid

picture of the acts of God among a people who
became examples or illustrations for future
generations. The Old Testament was intended to be
graphically presented in a picture language.

Hebrew is a personal language. It addresses itself to

the heart and emotions rather than merely to the
mind or reason. Sometimes even nations are given
personalities.

Hebrew is a language through which the message is

felt rather than thought. As such, the language was
highly qualified to convey to the individual believers
as well as to the worshipping community the
personal relation of the living God in the events of
the Jewish nation.

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The entire New Testament was written in Greek.
Greek was an intellectual language. It was more a
language of the mind than of the heat, a fact to which
the great Greek philosophers gave abundant
evidence. Greek was more suited to codifying a
communication or reflection on a revelation of God in
order to put it into simple communicable form. It was
a language that could more easily render the credible
into the intelligible than could Hebrew. It was for this
reason that New Testament Greek was a most useful
medium for expressing the propositional truth of the
New Testament, as Hebrew was for expressing the
biographical truth of the Old Testament.

O Since Greek possesses a technical precision

not found in Hebrew, the theological truths

which were more generally expressed in the
Hebrew of the Old Testament were more
precisely formulated in the Greek of the
New Testament.
O Greek was nearly universal language. The

truth of God in the Old Testament, which

was initially revealed to one nation (Israel),
was appropriately recorded in the language
of the nation (Hebrew). But the fuller
revelation given by God in the New
Testament was not restricted in that way.

In the words of Lukes gospel, the message of Christ

was to be preached in his name to all nations. The
language most appropriate for the propagation of
this message was naturally the one that was most
widely spoken throughout the world. Such was the
common Greek, a thoroughly international language
of the first century Mediterrean world.

God chose the very languages to communicate His

truth which had, in His providence, been prepared to
express most effectively the kind of truth He desired
at that particular time, in the unfolding of His overall
plan, Hebrew, with its pictorial and personal
vividness, expressed well the biographical truth of
the Old Testament. Greek with its intellectual and
universal potentialities, served well for the doctrinal
and evangelical demands of the New Testament.

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Reason for the Writing of the Bible
The best way to communicate with all men of all ages is
through the written record. Advantages of the written method
are the following:
Precision, ones thoughts must be somewhat precise to be
written.
Propagation, the most accurate way to communicate a message
is usually through writing.
Preservation, men die, and memories fail, but the written record
remains. It may be said that the New testament especially was
written for the following reasons
Demand of the early church
To counteract false doctrines
Because of persecution and politics

Order of the books of the Hebrew Old

Testament are arranged in a three fold
division:
The law (Torah): Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
Deuteronomy
The Prophets (Nebhiim)
Former prophets-four books: (Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings)
Latter prophets (Major): (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel)
Latter prophets (Minor): Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah,
Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
The writings.

The poetical books: Psalms, Proverbs, Job

The Scrolls: Song of Solomon, Ruth,
Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther
Prophetic-historical: Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah,
Chronicles

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The New Testament

The New Testament was written over a period of about

fifty years (approximately A.D. 50-100), by eight
separate human authors.
Chronological order and dating of the New Testament
books
James AD 49 written from Jerusalem
1 & 2 Thessalonians AD 52 written from Corinth
1 & 2 Corinthians AD 56 written from Macedonia
Galatians AD 57 written from Corinth
Luke AD 58 written from Caesarea
Acts AD 60 written from Rome

Philippians, Colossians, Ephesians,

Philemon, AD 61, 62 written from Rome
Matthew AD 63 written from Rome
Mark AD 63 written from Rome
Hebrews AD 64 written from Jerusalem
1 & 2 Timothy AD 65 written from
Macedonia
1& 2 Peter AD 66 written from Babylon
Titus AD 66 written from Greece
Jude AD 67 unknown
1, 2 & 3 John AD 90-95 written from
Ephesus
Revelation AD 90-95 written from the Isle of
Patmos

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The human writers of the New Testament
Matthew writer of Matthew
Mark writer of Mark
Luke writer of Luke and Acts
John writer of John, 123 John and Revelation
James writer of James
Jude writer of Jude
Peter writer of 1 and 2 Peter
Paul writer of the fourteen remaining New
Testament epistles

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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW

THE FIRST BOOK OF THE New Testament lies open

before us- the Gospel according to Matthew. Those
who know it best will praise it most. Even at a first
reading, esecially if read right through at one sitting,
it will yield much; but if we read it 3 or 4 or a down of
times, it becomes more revealing and rewarding each
time.

What Jesus taught the tenfold message

Beatitudes, morals, motives, mammons, cares,
discernment, encouragement, summary, alternatives,
warnings

O What Jesus Wrought the Ten Mighty

Works
O Leper cleansed, palsied healed, fever

calmed, demoniacs, palsy cured,

hemorrhage, girl raised, sight given,
demoniac
O What people thought the ten

reactions
O John Baptist - undecided, this

generations - unresponsive, galilean

cities - unrepentant, pharisees unreasonable, multitudes - undiscerning,
nazarethites- unbelieving, herod unintelligent, scribes - unconciliatory,
sadducees - unrelenting, the twelve
apostles glad recognition

Beautiful Attitudes (beatitude)

Rewards

1.

The kingdom of heaven

Those poor in spirit

1.

Those that mourn

1.

The meek

1.

To be comforted

To inherit the earth

The sermon on the Mount:
Those who hunger and thirst for To be filled
righteousness sake

1.

The merciful

To obtain mercy

1.

The pure in heart

To see God

1.

The peacemakers

To be called the sons of God

1.

Those persecuted for righteousness The kingdom of heaven

sake

O Rules for the Redeemed:

O The money rule: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon

earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves
break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust that corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through and steal.
O The golden rule: Therefore all things whatsoever ye would
that men should to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the
law and the prophets.
O The judgment rule: Judge not, that ye be not judge
O The worry rule: Therefore take no thought, saying What
shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, Wherewithal shall we
be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: for
your heavenly Father knoweth that you have need of all thesse
things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
O The prayer rule: Ask, and it shall be given you, seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every
one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to
him that knoketh it shall be opened.

O Rules for the Redeemed:

O The money rule: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon

earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves
break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust that corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through and steal.
O The golden rule: Therefore all things whatsoever ye would
that men should to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the
law and the prophets.
O The judgment rule: Judge not, that ye be not judge
O The worry rule: Therefore take no thought, saying What
shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, Wherewithal shall we
be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: for
your heavenly Father knoweth that you have need of all thesse
things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
O The prayer rule: Ask, and it shall be given you, seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every
one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to
him that knoketh it shall be opened.

Two Metaphors

Ye are the salt of the earth

Ye are the light of the world

Two gates

The wide gate:

leads to The narrow gat:
lead to
destruction many take this salvation, few take this way
way

Two tree

The good tree: bears much The bad tree: bears no fruitfruit:
the type of a true a type of the false teacher
teacher
professing
and professing only
possessing
The Duets

Two builders

The wise builder: built his The foolish builder: built his
house upon a rock survived house upon the sand was
the storm
destroyed by the storm

Development in the Gospel of Matthew:

The presentation: the Lords public presentation of
himself at Jerusalem as Israels messiah-King
The journey to the city: the Lord foreknew the
outcome of His timed appearance at Jerusalem
before he ever entered its gates.

THE PSALMS
O We will undetake a study of the literature that was written during the years of
the kingdom of Israel was still united.
O These are the Poetic books of the Bible, and include Psalms (mostly written by
David), Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon (written by Solomon and Job).
O The Psalms
O There are three basic ways to study the Psalms
O By book division
O By authorship
O By subject matter
O By book division, each end with doxology
O Chapters 1-41, key word is man
O Psalms 1:1 blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
O Chapter 42-72, key word is deliverance
O Psalms 50:51 I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify me.
O 73-89, key word is sanctuary
O Psalms 77:31 Thy way, O God, is in the santuary: who is so great a God as
our God
O 90-106, key words are unrest, wanderings
O 107-150, key phrase is Word of god

O
O
O
O

By authorship
David as the shepherd, sinner, sufferer, the sanctified
Subject matter of Psalms
Devotional: contain precious and personal promises which all believers can
feed upon. In dealing with these, sometimes only the promise itself will be
quoted with no comment. On other occasions, a word or so may be added.
These Pslams includes sobbing and singing. The author will at times pout,
doubt, and shout. They review the past and preview the future. Here the
naked sould of man is manifested.
O Ps. 4:3 But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for
himself; the Lord will hear when I call unto him.
Reflection: Here Davids praying brought him peace and sleep. One of the
sweetest fringe benefits of the Christian life is peace. Ps. 29:11 The Lord
will bless his people peace
O Ps. 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that
forget God
Reflection: This will someday become a horrible reality.
O Ps. 14:1 The foll hath said in his heart, there is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth
good.
Reflection: Fool is a person with heart trouble, not head trouble.
O Ps. 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of
thy wings
Here, David uses two tender terms depicting Gods affection for the beleiver:
apple of the eye and shadow of thy wings.
O Ps. 18:16 he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

O Ps. 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

O Reflection: The most famous prayer of all times, with the possible

exception of Lords Prayer. David says the Lord is his

Shepherd, thus:
O When his soul needed spiritual refreshment, the Shepherd
jprovided green pastures.
O When his soul was weary, the Shephered provided still waters.
O When his soul needed revival, the Shepherd restored him.
O When his soul was confronted with death, the Shephered went
with him.
O When his soul was confronted with enemies, the Shepherd
provided his victory table.
O When his soul was wounded, the Shepherd anointed his head
with oil.
O When his soul needed companionship, the Shepherd appointed
goodness and mercy to accompany him.
O When David leave this temporary earthly dwelling place, the
Shepherd would provide a permanent heavenly dwelling place.

The penitential Psalms

O Ps. 32 Describes Davids emotions as he confesses his sins of adultery
and murder, while this Psalms depicts his feelings before such
confession was made whn the awful burden of guilt still bore heavy
upon him.
O Ps. 51. David begins this great confessional by doing what God expects
every sinning saint to do freely acknowledging his sin. The Father will
accept our tears, but not our excuses. David refuses to blame his
failure on society, heredity, poverty, or environment. David had sinned
against himself, against Bathseba, against Uriah, and against all Israel
who looked up to their beloved king. But his sin against God was so
serious and stupendous that all other parties involved faded away. The
confession Psalms brings out many precious truths, but. The reason is
that, there existed no sacrifice for the sin of adultery was to be taken
out and stoned to death, So then, David by passes the Levitical
offerings and throws himself completely pon the mercy ad grace of God.
O Ps. 38. Surely this must rank among the most remarkable passages in
the entire Bible, if for no other reason, because of it, absolute
frankness. This pitiful prayer ought to demonstrate that the Bible is not
only a Book that man could not write if he would, but would not write if
he could!. Here is David, the sweet singer of Israel, the anointed of the
Lord, the man after Goda own heart. Yet as one carefulyy studies the
language of this prayer, it becomes impossible to escape the shocking
possibility that
O David was plagued with that kind of disease which oftenccompanies
immoral living and activites.

O The imprecatory Psalms. To imprecate is to pray against, or to

invoke evil upon someone or something. David calls down

judgement upon his enemies, asking God to:
O Fight against them, bring them unto confusion, scatter then as
chaff, allow the Lords angel to chase and persecute them, cause
their way to be dark and slippery, allow death to seize upon
them, pull them down into hell, break their teeth, cut up their
defense withhold all mercy to them, consume them in wrath,
set a trap for them, darken their eyes, make their lions to shake,
let their habitation be sesolate, blot them out of the book of the
living, make them as the dung of the earth, persecute them,
give them over to Satan, let their days be few, let their chidlren
be beggars, let burning coals fall upon them, cast them into a
deep pit
O The Psalms are inspired and the Holy spirit has a right to
denounce sin and sinners. The Bible pronounce maledictions
against the Israelites also for falling into sin and idolatry. David
in the Psalms, he makes Gods cause his cause. Psalms are
prayers for success on the battlefield. Psalms look forward to
the final earthly judgements against the wicked.

O Historical Psalms.
O The sins of Israel: They refused to walk in Gods law, they

spoke against God, they didnt trust his salvation, they lied to
him, they grieved him, they limited him, they worshipped
graven images, they envied his leader Moses, they promised
land, they murmured in their tents, they ate the sacrifices of
the dead, they mingled among the heathens, they sacrificed
their sons and daughters to devils, they shed innocent blood.
O The grace of God: God remembered the covenant they creid
for help, He divided the sea, they led them with a cloud by
dat, he led them with a fire by night, he provide water for
them out of rocks, he rained down manna for them, he was
full of compassion and forgave their iniquity, he wrought
signs for them in Egypt, he brought them to the border of the
promised land, he cast out the heathen before them, he
chose David to led them, he allowed no man to hurt them, He
fed them, he reprove kings for their sake, He gave them the
riches of Egypt, He kept them all strong, He continually
forgave them, He continually heard their cry.

O THE BOOK OF PROVERBS

O A proverb is a short sentences drawn from long experience.
O Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and composed over

one thousand songs.

O The books tells a story. It is a picture of a young man starting
out in life
O Two (2) schools:
O 1. School of wisdom
O 2. School of fools
O The key word of Proverbs is WISDOM:
O
Wisdom will protect her students, wisdom will direct her
students, wisdom will perfect her students
O Classics passages of Proverbs
O The warning of wisdom
O The energy of wisdom
O The godless whore
O The godly wife
O The sovereign Savior
O Fifteen famous facts
O The riotous rebel

O Main subjects of Proverbs:

O A good name: Prov.22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great

riches; Prov. 10:7 but the name of the wicked shall rot.
O Youth and discipline: Prov. 19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let
not thy soul spare for his crying.; Prov. 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart
of a hild, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him,; Prov. 23:13
Withhold not correction form the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he
shall not die
O Business matters:
O God hates a dishonest scale and delights in honesty.
O Dont withhold repayment of your debts.
O God will not let a good man starve to death.
O Lazy men are soon poor, hard workers have an abundant supply.
O A lazy fellow is a pain to his employer-like smoke in his eyes or vinegar that
sets the teeth on edge.
O He that trust in his riches shall fall
O It is wrong to accept a bribe to twist justice
O Develop your business first before building your house.
O Riches can disappear fast. And the kings crown doesnt stay in his family
foreverso watch your business interests closely. Know the state of you
flocks and your herds; then there will be lambs wool enough for clothing, and
goats milk enough for food for all your household after the hay is harvested,
and the new crop appears, and the mountain grasses are gathered in.

O Marriage: Rejoice of the wife of your youth, a virtous woman is

a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashemed is as

rotten in his bones.
Every wise woman builds her house; but the foolish one plucks
it down with her hands, whoever finds a wife finds a good
thing, and obtains favor of the Lord, it is better to dwell in the
wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman, who can
find a virtuous woman?
Evil companions: refuse them for they eat the bread of
wickedness and drink the wine of violence, refuse them, for
their kindness is a trick, they want to use you as their pawn,
refuse them, for a mans true character is reflected by the
friends he chooses.
Wisdom: the fear of the Lord is the root of wisdom, it will gain
many honors, it will give one renewal, health and vitality, it will
fill ones barns with wheata nd barley and overflow the wine
vats with the finest wines, it is better than silver, gold and
precious rubies, it gives long life, riches, honor, pleasure and
peace, it is the principal thing, it brings the favor of God.
Self-control: an uncontrolled man often begins something he
cant finish, a man without self-control is as defenseless as a
city with broken down walls.

O Strong drink: it fills the heart with anguish and

sorrow, it causes bloodshot eyes and many

wounds, it bites like a poisonous serpent and
strings like an adder, it leads to hallucinations and
delirium tremens, it make one say silly and
stuped things, it cause one to stagger like a sailor
tossed at sea, It allows one to be beat up without
even being aware of it, and it cause leaders to
forget their duties and thus pervert justice.
O Friendship: a truefrined is always loyal and is
born to help in time of need, woulds from a friend
are better than kisses form an enemy, never
abandon a friendeither yours or your
fathers,friendly suggestions are a s pleasant as
perfume, a friendly discussion is as stimulating as
the sparks that fly when iron strikes iron, a man
who would have friends must himself be friendly,
and a true friend sticks closer than a brother.

Words and the tongue: the tongue of the just is as choice silver, he that
refrain from speaking is wise, the lips of the righteous feed many, a hypocrite
with his mouth destroys his neighbor, a talebearer reveals secrets; but one of
a faithful spirit conceals the matter, some speak like a piercings of a sword;
but the tongue of ht wise is health, he who keeps his mouth keeps his life;
but he who open wide his lops shall have destruction; a true witness delivers
sould, a soft answer turns away wrath; but a grievous words stir up anger, a
wholesome tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness is a breach in the spirit,
word spoken in due season is good, the heart of the righteous studies to
answer, pleasant words are like a honeycomb; sweet to the soul, and health
to the bones, a froward man sows strife; and a whisper separates chief
friends. The beginning of strife is like letting out water.
Therefore, leave off contention, before it is meddled with, he who has
knowledge spares his words, the words of a talebearer are wounds, he who
anasers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame unto him, death
and life are in the power of the tongue, he that speaks lies shall not escape,
a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver, by long
forebearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the hard bone,
he who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him, is like one
who takes a dog by the ears, where no wood is, there the fire goes out; so
where thre is no talebearer, strife ceses, and let another man praiseyou, and
not your own mouth.

O 5Grouping in the Book of Proverbs:

O

O
O

Seven things that God hates: A proud look, a lying tongue,

hand that shed innocent blood, a wicked, plotting heart,
eagerness to do wrong, a false witness, and sowing discord
among brothers.
Four things which are never satisfied: the grave, the barren
womb, a barren desert and fire
Four wonderful and mysterious things: how an eagle glides
through the sky, how a serpent crawls upon a rock, how a ship
finds its way across the ocean, the growth of love between a
man and woman
Four things which the earth finds unbearable: a slave who
becomes a king, a fool when he is filled with meat, a bitter
woman when she finally marries, a servant girl who marries
her mistress husband
Four small but wise things
O Ants they arent strong, but store up food for the winter
O Cliff badgers- conies- delicate little animals who protect themselves

by living among the rocks

O The locust- though they have no leader, they stay together in
swarms
O Spiders they are casy to catch and kill, yet are found even in kings
palaces.