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I.  Greeting (1:1-2)

II.  God in his Grace is raising you out of your sin to salvation (1:3-12)

            1.  God has given us new birth to a greater inheritance (1:3-5)

            2.  God will keep that inheritance while you are being sanctified through

persecutions (1:6-7)

            3.  The joy of that salvation in your hearts and in the hearts of those who have

pointed to Christ from old (1:8-12)

III.  Therefore, be holy for God is holy (1:13-25)

            1.  Live your life obediently and in anticipation of what is coming (1:13-16)

            2.  God has redeemed you by the blood of Jesus Christ (1:17-21)

            3.  God has purified you through his imperishable word (1:22-25)

IV.  Therefore, live your lives to reflect God’s good work in you (2:1-3:22)

            1.  Rid yourself of sinful ways and nourish yourself on spiritual things (2: 1-3)

            2.  God has made you a holy nation, built on the Living foundation stone of Jesus

Christ (2:4-12)

            3.  Live in submission to authorities outside of the home (2:13-25)

            4.  Live in submission to authorities inside of the home (3:1-7)

            5.  Living submissively in spite of persecution brings you blessing and the

persecutor shame (3:8-17)

            6.  Look to your baptism as a reminder of Christ’s past work and its eventual

completion (3:18-22)

V.  Therefore, since Christ was persecuted, expect to be persecuted yourselves (4:1-19)

            1.  Misery loves company and will seek to drag you down into their sin (4:1-6)

            2.  Yet, judgment is coming, so be prepared (4:7-11)

            3.  Do not be surprised by your sufferings, but take joy in them (4:12-19)

VI.  Closing remarks to church leaders (5:1-11)

            1.  Be good shepherds, modeling your service on Christ, the Chief Shepherd

(5:1-4)

            2.  Live humble lives (5:5-7)

            3.  Resist the enemy in faith and persevere until the end (5:8-11)

VII.  Personal remarks and closing blessing (5:12-14)

I.  Greeting (1:1-2)

II.  God’s Call on the life of a Christian and the Christian’s response (1:3-11)

            1.  God’s calling His people to glory (1:3-4)

            2.  The Christian’s response to God’s call (1:5-11)

                        a.  progression of faith to love (1:5-7)

                        b.  work to grow in grace (1:8-11)

III.  Purpose (1:12-15)

IV.  Defense of Apostolic and Scriptural authority (1:16-21)

            1.  Defense of Apostolic authority (1:16-1

            2.  Defense of Scriptural authority (1:19-21)

VI.  Warnings against false teachers (2:1-22)

            1.  Warning of their imminent arrival (2:1-3)

            2.  Warnings from history and God’s Faithfulness through history (2:4-10)

                        a.  the fall of the angels (2:4)

                        b.  the fall of the ancient world and salvation of Noah’s family (2:5)

                        c.  the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah and salvation of Lot’s family (2:6-

                        d.  reminder of God’s competence in saving his people from trial (2:9-10)

            3.  Description of the false teachers (2:11-17)

            4.  Warning about the road these teachers travel along (2:18-22)

V.  The second coming of Christ, the imminent judgment of ungodly, and the new

                        heavens and the new earth (3:1-13)

            1.  Have confidence in Christ’s promise to return (3:1-9)

            2.  Have confidence that Judgment is coming (3:10-12)

            3.  Have confidence in the remaking of heaven and earth (3:13)

VI.  Closing exhortation (3:14-1

          I.     Outline of Leviticus

a.     Manual for Sacrifice (1:1-7:3

                                               i.     Manual for Sacrifice for All Israel (1:1-6:7)

1.     Burnt Offerings (1:1-17)

2.     Grain Offerings (2:1-16)

3.     Peace Offerings (3:1-17)

4.     Sin Offerings (4:1-5:13)

5.     Guilt Offerings (5:14-6:7)

                                             ii.     Manual for Sacrifice for the Priests (6:8-7:3

1.     Burnt Offerings (6:8-13)

2.     Grain Offerings (6:14-23)

3.     Sin Offerings (6:24-30)

4.     Guilt Offerings (7:1-10)

5.     Peace Offerings (7:11-27)

6.     Food Offerings (7:28-37)

7.     Summary statement (7:37-3

b.     Narrative One (8:1-10:20)

                                               i.     The Ordination of Aaron and his sons (8:1-9:24)

1.     Cleansing and Anointing to service (8:1-13)

2.     Sacrifice (8:14-32)

3.     Seven day Ordination (8:33-36)

4.     Offering of Aaron on the eighth day (9:1-14)

5.     Offering for the people by Aaron and Sons (9:15-21)

6.     Aaron’s blessing on the people (9:22-24)

                                             ii.     The execution of two of Aaron’s sons (10:1-20)

1.     Nadab and Abihu’s indescretion (10:1)

2.     Nadab and Abihu’s execution (10:2-5)

3.     Moses’ Command to Aaron (10:6-15)

4.     Moses’ anger with Aaron (10:16-20)

c.     Manual of the Cleanliness Code (11:1-15:33)

                                               i.     Clean and Unclean Animals (11:1-47)

                                             ii.     Purification after Childbirth (12:1-

                                            iii.     Laws about Leprosy (13:1-59)

                                            iv.     Laws for cleansing Lepers (14:1-56)

                                             v.     Laws about bodily discharges (15:1-33)

d.     Manual for the Day of Atonement (16:1-34)

e.     Manual of the Holiness Code, part I (17:1-23:44)

                                               i.     Sacrifices must be brought to the Lord (17:1-9)

                                             ii.     Do not eat food with blood still in it (17:10-16)

                                            iii.     Laws against immoral sexual behavior (18:1-30)

                                            iv.     Command to respect parents (19:1-

                                             v.     Laws against abusing the poor and travelers (19:9-16)

                                            vi.     Laws against vengeance (19:17-1

                                          vii.     Justice laws (19:19-37)

                                         viii.     Judgment against Child Sacrifice (20:1-5)

                                            ix.     Judgment against using mediums (20:6-9)

                                             x.     Judgment against adulterers (20:10-21)

                                            xi.     The People’s call to be Holy before the Lord (20:22-27)

                                          xii.     The Priests’ call to be Holy before the Lord (21:1-22:16)

                                         xiii.     Sacrifices to be Holy before the Lord (22:17-33)

                                         xiv.     Feasts as Holy before the Lord (23:1-24:9)

1.     Sabbath (23:1-3)

2.     Passover (23:4-

3.     Firstfruits (23:9-14)

4.     Weeks or Pentecost (23:15-22)

5.     Trumpets (23:23-25)

6.     Atonement (23:26-32)

7.     Booths or Tabernacles (23:33-44)

                                          xv.     The Tabernacle as Holy before the Lord (24:1-9)

1.     The Lamp (24:1-4)

2.     The Shewbread (24:5-9)

f.      Narrative Two (24:10-23)

                                               i.     The blasphemy of Shelomith’s son

g.     Manual for the Practice of Redemption (25:1-26:46)

                                               i.     Sabbath Year (25:1-7)

                                             ii.     Year of Jubilee (25:8-22)

                                            iii.     Kinsman Redeemer (25:23-34)

                                            iv.     Redemption for poor brothers (25:35-46)

                                             v.     Redemption for poverty-stricken (25:47-55)

                                            vi.     Promises connected with the Redemption laws

1.     Blessing for Obedience (26:1-13)

2.     Cursing for Disobedience (26:14-33)

3.     Promise of God’s redemption for humble repentance (26:34-46)

h.     Manual for Devoting things to the Lord (27:1-34)

            There is a great deal of debate as to the dating of the Exodus.  Some scholars, based on archaeological evidence, place the Exodus in the 13^th century BC.  Others, citing both Biblical and extra-Biblical evidence, place it in the 15^th century BC.  To support the later dating, scholars like John Currid cite the massive building projects that took place in the 13^th and 14^th centuries BC.  They also note that one of the greatest of the builders was Rameses II, who reigned between 1290 and 1224 BC, who built a new capitol city in his honor, named Pi-Ramesse (“Domain of Rameses”).  Exodus 1:11 records that the Jews were used to build the cities of Pithom and Raamses.  It is also important to note that it was not until the 13^th century that Egypt lost its control over Canaan as a province.  There are also Egyptian reliefs that depict the Israelite conquest of Canaan that date between 1224 and 1214 BC.

            The most convincing evidence, though, places the Exodus in the 15^th century BC.  Scholars like Keil and Delitzsch begin with the termination of the 70 year exile, which took place in the first year of Cyrus’ sole reign (536 BC).  Thus, dating backwards, the captivity began in 606 BC.  According to the chronologies in the book of Kings, Judah was carried into captivity 406 years after the year the building of Solomon’s temple began, placing its beginning in 1012 BC.  1 Kings 6:1 also tells us that the building of Solomon’s temple began 480 years after the Exodus from Egypt, placing it at the year 1492 BC.  Their dating concurs with the traditional Christian and Jewish chronologies which date the Exodus.  This also concurs with archaeological evidence which shows that the likely date of the destruction of Jericho was in the early 1400s BC.

            How do we understand this earlier dating of the Exodus in light of modern archaeology?  First, archaeology is not an exacting science, but a lens through which to view history.  Archaeological facts are largely the result of educated deductions and scientific hypotheses, not divine revelation.  In terms of the specific evidence, Exodus 1:11 speaks of the building of tAnK.s.mi yrE[’ (store cities), not capitol cities.  There was likely a store city of Rameses already in existence when Rameses II build Pi-Ramesse.  With respect to Egyptian influence over Canaan, Israel would not have been considered a kingdom by the Egyptians until the enthronement of Saul.  Given the upheaval in the land during the time of Joshua’s conquest and the time of Judges, the point where Egypt would have lost all of it’s influence in the land would coincide with the later accounts of the judges or that of Samuel, where some sense of identity was firmly established in the land.

            To set this event in its larger context, it is worth recognizing what is going on in the world surrounding Egypt and the wilderness at the point of the Exodus.  Assuming an early date of 1492 for the Exodus to have begun, the city of Sparta would be formed two years into the Israelite wilderness wanderings.  In addition, the nations of Athens (1556 BC), Troy (1546), and Thebes (1493) had been founded at this point.  What would later become the Olympian Games (then called the Panathenaean Games) also had its beginnings during this era (1495).  The Areopagus was established in 1504 BC, and in 1493 Cadmus is credited with bringing the 15 Phoenician letters into Greece, which gradually changed in form to become the Romans letters used predominantly in Europe and America today.  Though these events may not seem to bear very heavily upon the Biblical text, it is important to note that this era was a time when civilizations were being born and establishing themselves.  Growing up in the Pharaoh’s household, Moses would have been aware, particularly of the politics of these (largely Greek) new nations.  Who better than one trained in such legal codes to receive and teach the Law of God to God’s people?  Who better to organize God’s people into a nation than one who had watched nations form?

Outline of Jude:

I.  Greeting and Purpose (1-4)

1.  Greeting (1-2)

2.  Purpose & Problem (3-4)

a.  purpose (3)

b.  problem (4)

II.  Warnings (5-16)

1.     Warnings from Israel’s past (5-7)

a.     Egypt (Idolatry) (5)

b.     Angels (Pride) (6)

c.     Sodom and Gomorrah (Sexual Immorality) (7)

2.     Warning about the church’s present (8-13)

a.     Sin leading to blasphemy (8-10)

                                                        i.     They are dreamers

                                                      ii.     They speak in arrogance

                                                     iii.     They speak without knowledge

b.     The three woes (11)

                                                        i.     Cain

                                                      ii.     Balaam

                                                     iii.     Korah

c.     The nature of these men (12-13)

                                                        i.     Eating without fear

                                                      ii.     Shepherding themselves

                                                     iii.     Waterless clouds

                                                     iv.     Unfruitful trees

                                                      v.     Wild Waves

                                                     vi.     Wandering Stars

3.  Warning of coming judgment (14-16)

III.  Exhortation (17-23)

1.     Remember (17-19)

2.     Stand Firm (20-21)

3.     Evangelize (22-23)

IV.  Doxology (24-25)

The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)

I.      The Setting  (Matthew 5: 1-2)

II.    Opening (Matthew 5: 3-16)

a.     The Beatitudes (Matthew 5: 3-12)

                                               i.     Blessings for those broken coming to salvation (Matthew 5: 3-5)

                                             ii.     Blessings for those who respond, hungering for the Gospel (Matthew 5: 6)

                                            iii.     Blessings for those receiving attributes of God in faith

   (Matthew 5: 7-9)

                                            iv.     Blessings for those as the world responds to their faith

    (Matthew 5: 10-12)

b.     Commission to serve in Faith (Matthew 5: 13-16)

III.  Jesus’ Exposition of the Law (Matthew 5:17 - 6: 34)

a.     Relationship of the Son to the Law (Matthew 5: 17-20)

b.     The Law in Man’s Obligation regarding Man (Matthew 5: 21-4

                                               i.     Exposition of 6^th Commandment (Matthew 5: 21-26)

                                             ii.     Exposition of the 10^th Commandment (Matthew 5: 27-30)

                                            iii.     Exposition of the 7^th Commandment (Matthew 5: 31-32)

                                            iv.     Exposition of the 3^rd and 9^th Commandments (Matthew 5: 33-37)

                                             v.     Exposition of the 8^th Commandment (Matthew 5: 38-42)

                                            vi.     Summation of the Law regarding Man’s obligation to Man (Matthew 5: 43-4

c.     Exposition of the 4^th Commandment (Matthew 6: 1-1

                                               i.     The Heart behind serving the poor (Matthew 6: 1-4)

                                             ii.     The Heart behind prayer (Matthew 6: 5-15)

1.     Praying with humility (Matthew 6: 5-

2.     Praying the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6: 9-13)

3.     Praying for Forgiveness (Matthew 6: 14-15)

                                            iii.     The Heart behind Fasting (Matthew 6: 16-1

d.     Exposition of the 2^nd Commandment (Matthew 6:  19-24)

e.     Exposition of the 1^st Commandment (Matthew 6: 25-34)

IV. Application of the Law to the life of the Faithful (Matthew 7: 1-14)

a.     Judging Others (Matthew 7: 1-6)

b.     Asking God in Faith (Matthew 7: 7-11)

c.     The Golden Rule (Matthew 7: 12)

V.   Warnings against the Snares of the Devil (Matthew 7: 13-27)

a.     Straight Gate and Narrow Way (Matthew 7: 13-14)

b.     False Prophets (7: 15-27)

                                               i.     Recognized by their fruit (Matthew 7: 15-20)

                                             ii.     Recognized by Christ’s rejection of them (Matthew 7: 21-23)

                                            iii.     Recognized by their shifting foundation (Matthew 7: 24-27)

VI. The Response of the People to Jesus’ Teaching (Matthew 7: 28-29)