isaiah-9:6

Young men (3495)(neaniskos a diminutive of neanias [from neos = new, young] = a youth, young man, Acts 7:58, 20:9) describes a youth in the prime of life (from 20 to 40 years of age) (Mt 19:20), an older boy (Acts 23:18) and possibly a young man functioning as a servant (Lxx of Ge 14:24, Ex 24:5) In... Read More

DISCOVERY OF THE FACTS 1. “If a Man Keep My Word He Shall Never Taste of Death,” vv. 48–52 What two slanders against our Lord did the Jews utter in v. 48? To what extent was the word “Samaritan” a term of opprobrium in that day? (4:9.) Did they accuse Him of being possessed of a demon on any other o... Read More

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." Isa. 9:6. THE prophet Isaiah with a mind illumined by the Holy Spirit, looked down 74... Read More

(Compare Mark 16:19, 20; Acts 1:1–14) DISCOVERY OF THE FACTS 1. Jesus’ Last Conversation with His Disciples in Jerusalem, vv. 44–49 Of what two things did Jesus say the events which had occurred were a fulfillment? Why did He say, “While I was yet with you”? Was He not “with them” still? Will He eve... Read More

(Compare Matthew 13:54–58) DISCOVERY OF THE FACTS 1. Our Lord’s Power Over Blindness, Matt. 9:27–31 What miracle had our Lord just performed? (Matt. 9:23–26.) Whither was He going? (Mark 5:43–6:1.) What occurred as He passed along the way? How did these blind men show their earnestness? How did they... Read More

"While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying, What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?..." Matthew 22:41,42 The question that our Lord Jesus puts here to the Pharisees is the most fundamental question concerning Christian thought and faith that can be put to anybody in any ... Read More

DISCOVERY OF FACTS 1. Jesus the Word of God, vv. 1–3 How far back does this lesson carry us? What do we find back in eternity? What is the noticeable difference between verse 1 and Genesis 1:1? Why is our Lord called “the WORD”? What three facts about the WORD does verse 1 teach us? Is this doctrine... Read More

The other day my youngest grandson and his mother dropped in for a visit. The two of them walked over after kindergarten, and as soon as they arrived, my grandson showed me something he had found along the way. It was a flat rock about the size of an Oreo cookie, and he gave it to me to hold in my h... Read More

Just about everybody, I suppose, wants peace, so they can do the things they want to do and live a happy untroubled life. But how many want righteousness? It’s interesting to note in the Bible how consistently peace and righteousness are linked together. In fact they are inseparable. According to th... Read More

A. Abraham meets some very important visitors. 1. (1-5) Abraham invites the Lord and two others to a meal. Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing b... Read More