March 26 Reading

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The Back to the Bible OT and NT Together Reading Plan

Index of OT + NT Together

Joshua 22-24; Luke 3

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia links: Joshua 22;Joshua 23;Joshua 24;Luke 3

Joshua 22
Joshua addresses the Trans-Jordan Tribes, The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half tribe of Mannaseh and praise them for keeping their word. God had granted their vow,now they could return and inherit their land (1-9). The tribes returned to Gilead (7-9). They built an alar on the border of Canaan (v. 10-12) at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side, the whole assembly wanted to declare war on them!
The western tribes were angry (13-20), they sent Phineas and ten men, one from each tribe. The dispute was about building the altar which the ten tribes saw as an altar of rebellion. The eastern tribe explain in detail why they built the altar as a witness between all the tribes that they would all worship and sacrifice to the Lord together. They were thus united.(30-34). This chapter shows us before we jump to conclusion about an issue and go off the deep end, we need to COMMUNICATE with each other to clear the air and avoid a confrontation.

Joshua 23
Joshua now address the western tribes and gave his farewell. What does someone say when he knows that he will die soon? Obviously, the most important priorities he wants to pass on his family and friends. In a similar way, Joshua encourage the people to obey and follow Him wholeheartedly and warned them not to turn away frim God. He also reminded them what God has done for them.

Joshua 24
He addressed them at Shechem, and encouraged them to commit to God (14-15). The famous verse 'But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord' was said here. Israel's third covenant was agreed upon (16-18). Joshua tested the commitment of the people, by warning them them that they were a sinful people and He is a holy and jealous God. He told them them that they were witnesses to serve the Lord. if that was the case then they must throw away foreign Gods and give their hearts to the Lord. Joshua set up a monument to the covenant that they just made. This was a large stone and set it under the oak tree near the holy place of God which was to be a witness against them if they were unfaithful to Him.

Division of the Land
Tribal Lands

Joshua 22, with Commentaries, verse by verse
Joshua 23, with Commentaries, verse by verse
Joshua 24, with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links
Arthur Pink-Gleanings in Joshua
OT Gateway Links on Joshua
Introduction to Joshua by Malik
Malik Argument of Joshua
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Calvin on Joshua 1-18
Calvin on Joshua 19-24
Doug Goins on Joshua, scroll down
Spurgeon's Sermons on Joshua
Biblebb.com Website
Studies in the Life of Joshua by J. Hampton Keathley III

With the Word Commentary-Warren Wiersbe
Wycliffe Bible Commentary
Keil & Delitzsch Commentaries on the Old Teatament
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Pulpit Bible Commentary
J. Vernon McGee Commentaries
Evangelical Commentary on the Old Testament
The Commentary Page

Luke 3 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Luke 3 speaks about John the Baptist. Some passages related to John the Baptist are: (Luke 3.2-10; Matthew 3.1-10; Mark 1.3-5). Isaiah spoke of John some 700 years before (Luke 3.3-6; Isaiah 40.3-5). Isaiah announce John was the forerunner, that is, he prepared the way for the Messiah to make his arrival go smoothly. It is the same way, in the Washington, D.C. area, when the President goes somewhere, he has an escort and police on motorcycles way ahead, stopping traffic and making sure that he arrives at his destination as expeditious and safe. John was the forerunner for Christ in the First Coming, when He came as a Lamb (John 1.29), as Christians, we should be like John and be forerunners to announce that the Kingdom of heaven is at hand because He is coming back as a King and as a Judge. We must do the Great Commission.
We need to be bold like John as Gabriel told his father Zechariah in Luke 1:17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous–to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” We must be fearless like John and tell people to produce fruit in keeping with repentance. What we need more than anything in the Evangelical Christian circles is for people to produce fruit that leads to repentance. If we do, the fruits of the Spirit will follow as well. Repentance is 180 degree turn from the direction from which we were going. So if we are in sin we are now going in the direction of righteousness.
Finally we must be humble like John, he said that he was not worthy even to untie the thongs of Jesus' sandals See (Mark 3.16-17; Matthew 3.11-12; Mark 1.7-8).

John the Baptist, the One Who Goes Before

Luke 3.23-38: This section speaks about the genealogy of Jesus. There is also a genealogy also mentioned in Matthew 1.2-16). Here is an excellent link discussing both genealogies.

More Links in Luke
IVP Commentary on Luke
Introduction to Luke-Malik
Argument for the Gospel of Luke-Malik
Deffinbaugh on Luke
Lightfoot on Luke
Ritchie on Luke
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Sermons on Luke by Ryle, Spurgeon, and Whitefield
John Piper Sermons on Luke

More Commentary Links for the New Testament
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Pulpit Bible Commentary on the New Testament
With the Word Commentary NT-Warren Wiersbe
The New Commentary
Through the Bible-Matt-Acts-J. Vernon McGee
Benson's Commentary on the NT-Matt-Acts
Evangelical Commentary on the New Testament

Jesus Saves
This Posting is NOT a commentary of the passages read today but it is a devotional. Please send a comment if something spoke to you today from the passages, links or thoughts that I have shared with you.