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The Exegete
The Exegete is a biblical teaching podcast that walks you through books of the Bible verse-by-verse. With over 30 years of experience in ministry, and 40 years experience in studying the Word, Gary Livengood helps you discover the meaning and purpose of theology and how it fits into our daily lives. Livengood also walks you through practical ways of improving your walk with Christ and how to apply scripture to your relationships, your job, and your church community. Draw closer to Jesus and…
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Isaiah | Lesson 32: King Hezekiah's Faithful Response
Isaiah 37:14-20King Hezekiah responds to the frightening and terrible circumstances that Judah is in, and to Isaiah's words from the Lord, with an exemplary…
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Isaiah | Lesson 31: Isaiah's Response to Assyrian Threat
Isaiah 37:1-13The nation of Judah is in a state of crisis due to King Sennacherib and the Assyrian army. Foolishly, however, the Assyrian representative…
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Isaiah | Lesson 30: Fear Tactics of the Enemy, Part 2
Isaiah 36:14-22The representative of the Assyrian army continues to taunt and frighten the Jews and demean both King Hezekiah and the Lord God! We note several…
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Isaiah | Lesson 29: Fear Tactics of the Enemy, Part 1
Isaiah 36:1-17The Assyrians, the world power at that time, are threatening the nation of Judah and the city of Jerusalem. The Assyrian army had defeated every…
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Isaiah | Lesson 28: The Miracles of the Millennium
Isaiah 35:6-10When Christ returns at the Second Coming, the earth will be rejuvenated by the Lord to its Edenic state. Holiness will flood the earth. There…
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Isaiah | Lesson 27: Do Not Be Anxious, The Lord is Coming!
Isaiah 35:4-6Isaiah gives instruction to God’s people who may be anxious about the events and fearful developments in this world. He assures us with five…
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Isaiah | Lesson 26: End-Times Blessings for God’s People
Isaiah 35:1-3The entirety of Isaiah chapter thirty-five is about God’s blessings on His people concerning the Second Coming of Christ as well as the millennial…
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Isaiah | Lesson 25: The Results of Judgment
Isaiah 34:8-17Isaiah tells of the specific fearful manifestations of God’s wrath on the world. The nation of Edom, an Old Testament enemy of Israel, is used an…
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Isaiah | Lesson 24: God’s End-Times Judgment on all Nations.
Isaiah 34:1-7The Lord’s wrath, indignation, and judgment are poured out on all the nations and armies of the world, except Israel. This prophecy is clearly in…
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Isaiah | Lesson 23: The City of Destruction Versus the Desire of the Righteous.
Isaiah 26:5-10 Isaiah gives us a general description of the cities on which God brings judgment. These cities are marked by idolatry (crass or otherwise)…
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Isaiah | Lesson 22: The City of God
Isaiah 26:1-4 In the City God in the future, when Jesus is reigning on earth, only the righteous will be able to enter. God's people will enjoy perfect peace…
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Isaiah | Lesson 21: Satan's Five-Prong Defiance of God
Isaiah 14:13-19 In this lesson we look directly at Satan's five defiant statements of "I will." These are directed in rebellion at God's authority and…
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Isaiah | Lesson 20: Satan's Future Fall Into Sheol
Isaiah 14:9-12 After the return of Jesus Christ, Satan will be thrown into Sheol/Hades in defeat, possibly indicating here the millennial (1,000 year)…
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Isaiah | Lesson 19: The Story of Lucifer
Isaiah 14:1-8 Isaiah begins chapter fourteen with a prophecy of a still-future time of prosperity and peace for Israel; probably a millennial reference. The…
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Isaiah | Lesson 18: The Prescription of Messiah
Isaiah 11:11-16 The recovery of Israel to the Promised Land, “the second time,” initiates the rolling out of end-times events. God brings the Jews home from…
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Isaiah | Lesson 17: The Presiding of the Messiah
Isaiah 11:6-10Jesus will return in wrath and judgment, but His thousand-year reign on earth brings the phenomenal Edenic rejuvenation of the world. The very…
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Isaiah | Lesson 16: The Seven-Fold Blessing of the Spirit on Messiah
Isaiah 11:2-5The Holy Spirit will rest on the prophesied Messiah in a seven-fold sense. There is a permanence in the residing of the Spirit on Messiah. Out of…
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Isaiah | Lesson 15: The Coming Messiah is Revealed
Isaiah 11:1-2 We briefly look at prophetic passages in Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6-7. Those two passages speak of Messiah’s name, His origin, His divinity, and the…
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Isaiah | Lesson 14: God Calls, Isaiah Complies
Isaiah 6:8-13 In a classic and iconic scriptural passage, God (actually the whole Trinity is speaking) asks, “who will go for Us?” Isaiah’s willing response of…
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Isaiah | Lesson 13: The Redeemed and Reached
Isaiah 6: 6-8 Isaiah experiences God’s forgiveness and redemption on a profound level. We note that the Lord did not skip the matter of sin in his call to…
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Isaiah | Lesson 12: In The Presence of God’s Holiness, Isaiah is “Ruined.”
Isaiah 6: 3-7 The Seraphim thunderously proclaim that the whole earth is full of God’s glory, but Isaiah becomes painfully aware of his own uncleanness, his…
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Isaiah | Lesson 11: Isaiah’s Vision of God.
Chapter six contains one of the greatest visions of the living God in all of Scripture. God’s message to Isaiah, and to us, assures us that God is on the…
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Isaiah | Lesson 10: The Results of God’s Visitation.
Isaiah 2:17-22 Specific results are given by Isaiah in regard to God’s visitation; some positive and good, but some of a very judgmental nature against human…
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Isaiah | Lesson 9: The Wrathful Results of Sin
Isaiah begins to address the punishment of the sins seen in verses 6-8, but he quickly transitions to the Lord’s day of reckoning in the end-times. Verses…
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Isaiah | Lesson 8: The Actual Circumstances of Isaiah’s’ Era
Isaiah 2:1-3 In this session we begin chapter two which consists of three sections; the “ideal” (verses 1-4), the “actual” (verses 5-11), and the “eventual”…
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Isaiah | Lesson 7: The Glorious Millennium
Isaiah 2:1-3 In this session we begin chapter two which consists of three sections; the “ideal” (verses 1-4), the “actual” (verses 5-11), and the “eventual”…
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Isaiah | Lesson 6: Two Purposes of Judgment
Isaiah 1:16-20 Continuing in unbelief, rebellion, and hypocrisy will result in disaster for Israel. Their enemy will be enabled by God’s own hand! We see two…
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Isaiah | Lesson 5: The Solution to the Sanctimonious
Isaiah 1:16-19 Because of the people’s hypocritical and empty practice of the actually God-ordained rituals, the Lord gives nine practices that would represent…
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Isaiah | Lesson 4: Sanctimonious Hypocrisy
Isaiah 1:11-15 Isaiah describes five ritual practices that the Jews were performing that God had commanded them to do in the Law. Unfortunately, their hearts…
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Isaiah | Lesson 3: Four-Fold Judgment Pending
Isaiah 1:7-10 We begin this session with a brief discussion on four types of prophecy: prolepsis, futurism, the telescoping technique, and the issue of…
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Isaiah | Lession 2: Warning of Judgment Against Israel
Isaiah 1:1-6 The LORD God begins to warn the Jewish people, the north kingdom of Israel in particular, about coming judgment. The description of Israel…
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Isaiah | Lesson 1: Historical Context of the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah 1:1 We begin our study in selected chapters of Isaiah by looking at historical events in the Old Testament, starting at creation. How and when did the…
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Colossians | Lesson 32: Essentials of Biblical Prayer
We end our study in Colossians with this session. Paul gives specific “how-to” instruction about our prayers lives: be devoted, be alert, be thankful, be…
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Colossians | Lesson 31: Impartial Judgment and Biblical Management
Paul includes a very strong warning statement at the end of chapter three about God’s judgment on those who do evil. For those outside of Jesus Christ the…
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Colossians | Lesson 30: Essentials of Biblical Employment
Paul moves on to instruction regarding the master-slave relationship. Even in this difficult reality Paul teaches on what the godly response is to be. We also…
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Colossians | Lesson 29: Essentials of Biblical Parenting
Paul continues his instruction in the matter of the biblically-defined family. Children are to be obedient to parents. We note that the Scripture does not take…
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Colossians | Lesson 28: Essentials of A Biblical Marriage
Paul begins his teaching on relationships, starting with the family. In this session we focus on the husband-wife relationship, that is, submission and…
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Colossians | Lesson 27: Essentials of the Christian's Walk
Colossians 3:16-17 Paul gives us the several essentials of a Christian’s walk with Christ. The word of God, instruction from the Scripture, worship within the…
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Colossians | Lesson 26: Essentials of Biblical Relationships
Colossians 3:13-15 Paul mentions three essential relational components that must be practiced between Christians. First is the matter of forgiveness. We look…
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Colossians | Lesson 25: Five Qualities to "Put On"
Colossians 3:12 Paul begins to sum up what the “renewal” and the putting on of the new self mean. He begins with three words that are foundational to the…
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Colossians | Lesson 24: Being Renewed
Colossians 3:10-11 We look at the practical side of how we are able to be renewed, per Paul’s instruction. The renewal and what Paul calls “the true knowledge”…
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Colossians | Lesson 23: Five Things to Put Aside
Colossians 3:8-10 Paul exhorts believers to put aside five more sin categories in verse eight. These five are linked together and have much to do with attitude…
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Colossians | Lesson 22: The Cause of God's Wrath
Paul specifically names five sins in verse five, of which at least four address the matter of sexual sin. The fifth, greed, he relates to idolatry. The…
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Colossians | Lesson 21: A Radical Approach to Sin
Paul instructs us that our practice must parallel our position in Christ. He begins here, and continues throughout chapter three, to give the moral and ethical…
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Colossians | Lesson 20: Seeking the Things Above
Paul begins to give practical instruction on godliness, emphasizing the seeking of heavenly things. He especially addresses the issue of setting our minds on…
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Colossians | Lesson 19: The Danger of Aceticism
Paul speaks to the third of three deadly doctrines, that of asceticism, or extreme unbiblical self-denial, a type of legalism. Paul says that this asceticism…
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Colossians | Lesson 18: The Danger of Angel Worship
Paul addresses his readers about the second of three deadly doctrines in this section of chapter two. The problem at hand is that of angel worship which was…
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Colossians | Lesson 17: The Danger of Legalism
Paul begins here in Colossians 2:16, and continues to the end of the chapter, to address three deadly doctrines of legalism, angel worship, asceticism. In this…
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Colossians | Lesson 16: More Blessings "In Him"
Paul continues to address the four results of being made alive together with Christ. The third result is the canceling out of “certificate of debt” against us…
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Colossians | Lesson 15: The Blessings "In Him"
Paul addresses our spiritual burial with Christ through the work of the cross and also our spiritual resurrection as a result of faith in Jesus. Although we…
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Colossians | Lesson 14: Our Position in Christ
Paul continues to emphasize our position in Christ. We are “made complete” in Him. We take a look at the practical implications of that statement. We are also…
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Colossians | Lesson 13: Willing Captives
In this lesson Paul makes a strong and Irrefutable statement about the deity of Jesus Christ. Paul has talked previously about our willing captivity to Jesus…
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Colossians | Lesson 12: Be Devoted Not Deluded
In the session, Paul instructs his readers to be devoted, not deluded. Don’t be fooled by Satan’s deception or by persuasive worldly philosophies even though…
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Colossians | Lesson 11: Four Purposes of Paul's Struggle
In the lesson, Paul mentions four struggles that he faces on behalf of the Colossian church and must address for their edification. First, that their hearts…
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Colossians | Lesson 10: The Mystery of the Gospel
Verses 26-29. Paul teaches about the mystery of the gospel, hidden for ages, but now manifested. The mystery was Christ in us. Paul is careful to note that…
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Colossians | Lesson 9: Rejoicing in Suffering
In verses 23-25, Paul continues addressing the all-important matter of being firmly established and steadfast in our walk with Christ. He talks about his own…
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Colossians | Lesson 8: The Meaning of Reconciliation
The Apostle Paul closes out this great Christological passage by proclaiming Jesus Christ to be reconciler of all things in verses 20-23. Paul organized his…
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Colossians | Lesson 7: Seven More Truths About Jesus Christ
Paul continues in verses 16-20, to teach about the nature and the work of Christ. Not only is Jesus Christ the creator of all things, He is the purpose or goal…
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Colossians | Lesson 6: Six Truths About Jesus Christ
In verse thirteen, Paul begins what many consider to be the greatest christological passage in the entire New testament. Paul addresses the potential heresies…
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Colossians | Lesson 5: Paul's Intercessory Prayer
We continue in verses 9-12 in the study of Paul’s intercessory prayer for the Colossians. Paul prays that the believers at Colossi would not only increase in…