Book - Ecclesiastes
Key Words - Vanity and "under the sun"
Key Verses - 2:24; 12:13-14
Key Phrase - "Vanity of vanities; all is vanity" (1:2; 12:8).
Messages - (1) Genuine happiness is not found in human wisdom, wealth, power, and pleasure; (2) Apart from God, life is futile, empty, and without meaning; (3) the supreme good is to "fear God and keep his commandments" (12:13).
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Key Words - Vanity and "under the sun"
Key Verses - 2:24; 12:13-14
Key Phrase - "Vanity of vanities; all is vanity" (1:2; 12:8).
Messages - (1) Genuine happiness is not found in human wisdom, wealth, power, and pleasure; (2) Apart from God, life is futile, empty, and without meaning; (3) the supreme good is to "fear God and keep his commandments" (12:13).
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Book - Song Of Solomon
Key Words - Love, or beloved
Key Verses - 2:16; 7:10; 8:6-7
Key Phrase - "His banner over me was love" (2:4).
Messages - The beauty, happiness and power of faithful love.
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Key Words - Love, or beloved
Key Verses - 2:16; 7:10; 8:6-7
Key Phrase - "His banner over me was love" (2:4).
Messages - The beauty, happiness and power of faithful love.
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Book - Isaiah
Key Words - Salvation
Key Verses - 1:18; 7:14; 9:6-7; 53:6
Key Phrase - "Holy One of Israel."
Messages - (1) God's judgment upon immoral and idolatrous men; (2) the grace of God in the promise of the Redeemer.
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Key Words - Salvation
Key Verses - 1:18; 7:14; 9:6-7; 53:6
Key Phrase - "Holy One of Israel."
Messages - (1) God's judgment upon immoral and idolatrous men; (2) the grace of God in the promise of the Redeemer.
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Book - Jeremiah
Key Words - Forsake and forsaken; backslider and backsliding; return.
Key Verses - 3:11-12; 3:25; 5:30-31; 6:13-16; 7:23-24; 7:28; 8:20-22; 9:23-24; 10:23; 13:23; 23:1-8; 31:3; 31:31-34
Key Phrase - (1) "Thus saith the Lord"; (2) "I have put my words in thy mouth"(1:9; 18:2, etc.).
Messages - God gives Jeremiah four messages to Judah (1) a note ofdenunciation; (2) a note of visitation; (3) a note of invitation; (4) a note ofconsolation. Judah will be restored from Babylonian captivity.
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Key Words - Forsake and forsaken; backslider and backsliding; return.
Key Verses - 3:11-12; 3:25; 5:30-31; 6:13-16; 7:23-24; 7:28; 8:20-22; 9:23-24; 10:23; 13:23; 23:1-8; 31:3; 31:31-34
Key Phrase - (1) "Thus saith the Lord"; (2) "I have put my words in thy mouth"(1:9; 18:2, etc.).
Messages - God gives Jeremiah four messages to Judah (1) a note ofdenunciation; (2) a note of visitation; (3) a note of invitation; (4) a note ofconsolation. Judah will be restored from Babylonian captivity.
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Book - Lamentations
Key Words - Sorrow and "how" (1:1; 2:1; 4:1).
Key Verses - 1:12; 2:5-6; 2:17; 3:25; 3:33; 3:40
Key Phrase - "Renew ouf days as of old" (5:21).
Messages - (1) Sin brings misery and judgment; (2) God still loves sinners, even when He must punish them, and He will show compassion upon all who repent.
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Key Words - Sorrow and "how" (1:1; 2:1; 4:1).
Key Verses - 1:12; 2:5-6; 2:17; 3:25; 3:33; 3:40
Key Phrase - "Renew ouf days as of old" (5:21).
Messages - (1) Sin brings misery and judgment; (2) God still loves sinners, even when He must punish them, and He will show compassion upon all who repent.
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Book - Ezekiel
Key Words - Glory
Key Verses - 18:4, 20; 33:11; 36:24-26; 36:33-35
Key Phrase - (1) "They shall know that I am the Lord"; (2) "The glory of the Lord."
Messages - (1) The rerrible nature of sin. It destroys both men and nations; (2) Individual responsibility (18:20). Men suffer for their own sins (18:1-4; 33:10f); (3) The necessity of repentance in obtaining forgiveness of sins (14:1-20; 18:20-32; 33:1-22).
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Key Words - Glory
Key Verses - 18:4, 20; 33:11; 36:24-26; 36:33-35
Key Phrase - (1) "They shall know that I am the Lord"; (2) "The glory of the Lord."
Messages - (1) The rerrible nature of sin. It destroys both men and nations; (2) Individual responsibility (18:20). Men suffer for their own sins (18:1-4; 33:10f); (3) The necessity of repentance in obtaining forgiveness of sins (14:1-20; 18:20-32; 33:1-22).
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Book - Daniel
Key Words - Dominion, sovereignty, and triumph
Key Verses - 2:20-22; 2:44; 2:47; 4:24-25; 4:37; 6:26
Key Phrase - "The Most High ruleth."
Messages - The universal sovereignty of God over the affairs of men and nations.
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Key Words - Dominion, sovereignty, and triumph
Key Verses - 2:20-22; 2:44; 2:47; 4:24-25; 4:37; 6:26
Key Phrase - "The Most High ruleth."
Messages - The universal sovereignty of God over the affairs of men and nations.
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Book - Hosea
Key Words - Return
Key Verses - 4:1; 4:6; 11:7-9
Key Phrase - "I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love"(11:4).
Messages - (1) To realize the nature and enormity of sin; (2) the necessity of divine judgment; (3) the triumph of loyalty and love.
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Key Words - Return
Key Verses - 4:1; 4:6; 11:7-9
Key Phrase - "I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love"(11:4).
Messages - (1) To realize the nature and enormity of sin; (2) the necessity of divine judgment; (3) the triumph of loyalty and love.
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Book - Joel
Key Words - Desolate or desolation
Key Verses - 2:11-13; 2:28-29; 2:32
Key Phrase - "The day of the Lord" (1:15; 2:1, 11, 31; 3:14).
Messages - A call to repentance and restoration.
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Key Words - Desolate or desolation
Key Verses - 2:11-13; 2:28-29; 2:32
Key Phrase - "The day of the Lord" (1:15; 2:1, 11, 31; 3:14).
Messages - A call to repentance and restoration.
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Book - Amos
Key Words - Judgment, punishment, captivity, and restoration
Key Verses - 3:1-2; 3:3; 4:12; 5:14-15; 6:1; 8:11-12
Key Phrase - (1)"Thus saith the Lord"; (2) "Seek ye the Lord."
Messages - (1) There is no possible way to escape the consequences of persistent sin; (2) Worship without truth and religion without morality are an insult to God.
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Key Words - Judgment, punishment, captivity, and restoration
Key Verses - 3:1-2; 3:3; 4:12; 5:14-15; 6:1; 8:11-12
Key Phrase - (1)"Thus saith the Lord"; (2) "Seek ye the Lord."
Messages - (1) There is no possible way to escape the consequences of persistent sin; (2) Worship without truth and religion without morality are an insult to God.
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Book - Obadiah
Key Words - Calamity
Key Verses - Verse 10; Verse 15; Verse 21
Key Phrase - "Thou shouldest not have"(vs. 12:14).
Messages - (1) The folly of pride, self-trust, and of the certainty of divine judgment; (2) God's judgments are right and His providence is over all nations and men.
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Key Words - Calamity
Key Verses - Verse 10; Verse 15; Verse 21
Key Phrase - "Thou shouldest not have"(vs. 12:14).
Messages - (1) The folly of pride, self-trust, and of the certainty of divine judgment; (2) God's judgments are right and His providence is over all nations and men.
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Book - Jonah
Key Words - Repentance
Key Verses - 2:7; 2:8-9; 4:2
Key Phrase - "Let them turn every one from his evil way"(3:8).
Messages - (1) God's universal, forgiving love for all men; (2) God's concern for the salvation of all mankind, both Jews and Gentiles. God wants all men to repent and be saved (1 Tim. 2:3-4).
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Key Words - Repentance
Key Verses - 2:7; 2:8-9; 4:2
Key Phrase - "Let them turn every one from his evil way"(3:8).
Messages - (1) God's universal, forgiving love for all men; (2) God's concern for the salvation of all mankind, both Jews and Gentiles. God wants all men to repent and be saved (1 Tim. 2:3-4).
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Book - Micah
Key Words - Hear, judgment, and restoration
Key Verses - 6:8; 7:18
Key Phrase - (1) "This time is evil"; (2) "when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me" (2:3; 7:8).
Messages - (1) The need for humility and repentance; (2) the wages of sin is death; (3) assurance of the ultimate triumph of truth and right; (4) God's pleading, punishing, and pardoning love for His people.
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Key Words - Hear, judgment, and restoration
Key Verses - 6:8; 7:18
Key Phrase - (1) "This time is evil"; (2) "when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me" (2:3; 7:8).
Messages - (1) The need for humility and repentance; (2) the wages of sin is death; (3) assurance of the ultimate triumph of truth and right; (4) God's pleading, punishing, and pardoning love for His people.
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Book - Nahum
Key Words - Divine judgment and vengeance
Key Verses - 1:7-8
Key Phrase - "An utter end."
Messages - (1) To comfort Judah and pronounce Nineveh's doom; (2) God's avenging love for His people. God's love for mankind demands that He punish sin and save the righteous (Rom. 6:23).
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Key Words - Divine judgment and vengeance
Key Verses - 1:7-8
Key Phrase - "An utter end."
Messages - (1) To comfort Judah and pronounce Nineveh's doom; (2) God's avenging love for His people. God's love for mankind demands that He punish sin and save the righteous (Rom. 6:23).
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Book - Habakkuk
Key Words - Justice and salvation
Key Verses - 2:4
Key Phrase - "O Lord, how long shall I cry...Why?" (1:2-3).
Messages - (1) The just shall live and the unjust shall die; (2) God reigns over all the nations and He will be glorified in all the earth; (3) God's providential, delivering love for His people.
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Key Words - Justice and salvation
Key Verses - 2:4
Key Phrase - "O Lord, how long shall I cry...Why?" (1:2-3).
Messages - (1) The just shall live and the unjust shall die; (2) God reigns over all the nations and He will be glorified in all the earth; (3) God's providential, delivering love for His people.
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Book - Zephaniah
Key Words - Divine jealousy and wrath
Key Verses - 1:14-16; 2:3; 3:9
Key Phrase - "The day of the Lord"
Messages - The certainty of God's wrath and love.
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Key Words - Divine jealousy and wrath
Key Verses - 1:14-16; 2:3; 3:9
Key Phrase - "The day of the Lord"
Messages - The certainty of God's wrath and love.
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Book - Haggai
Key Words - Build, consider, and hope
Key Verses - 1:7-8; 2:7-9
Key Phrase - (1) "Saith the Lord"; (2) "saith the Lord of hosts"; (3) "the word of the Lord."
Messages - (1) God's encouraging love for His people; (2) serve the Lord with unwavering faith and steady perseverance, in spite of opposition (2:4).
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Key Words - Build, consider, and hope
Key Verses - 1:7-8; 2:7-9
Key Phrase - (1) "Saith the Lord"; (2) "saith the Lord of hosts"; (3) "the word of the Lord."
Messages - (1) God's encouraging love for His people; (2) serve the Lord with unwavering faith and steady perseverance, in spite of opposition (2:4).
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Book - Zechariah
Key Words - Remember and obey
Key Verses - 1:3; 3:2; 4:6; 8:2-3; 9:9; 14:8-9
Key Phrase - "The Lord of hosts"
Messages - (1) The Lord rules in the kingdoms of men; (2) Only a remnant will remain faithful to God; (3) Men reap what they sow; (4) For the righteous, sorrow and calamity can become a blessing; (5) God's word will stand forever; (6) If we become worldly, we will be destroyed with the world; (7) A spirit of rebellion precludes a life blessed by God.
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Key Words - Remember and obey
Key Verses - 1:3; 3:2; 4:6; 8:2-3; 9:9; 14:8-9
Key Phrase - "The Lord of hosts"
Messages - (1) The Lord rules in the kingdoms of men; (2) Only a remnant will remain faithful to God; (3) Men reap what they sow; (4) For the righteous, sorrow and calamity can become a blessing; (5) God's word will stand forever; (6) If we become worldly, we will be destroyed with the world; (7) A spirit of rebellion precludes a life blessed by God.
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Book - Malachi
Key Words - Love (1:2) and rebuke (3:11).
Key Verses - 1:2; 2:17; 3:1; 3:7-8; 4:5-6
Key Phrase - "Ye say" (1:2, 6, 7, 12, 13; 2:14, 17; 3:7, 8, 13, 14).
Messages - (1) God's rebuke of His people for their spiritual indifference and moral laxity; (2) The assurance of God's constant and continuing love; (3) The certainty of the fulfillment of God's promises concerning the coming of the Messiah; (4) God must have the undivided devotion of His people; (5) Return to God so that God will return to you.
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Key Words - Love (1:2) and rebuke (3:11).
Key Verses - 1:2; 2:17; 3:1; 3:7-8; 4:5-6
Key Phrase - "Ye say" (1:2, 6, 7, 12, 13; 2:14, 17; 3:7, 8, 13, 14).
Messages - (1) God's rebuke of His people for their spiritual indifference and moral laxity; (2) The assurance of God's constant and continuing love; (3) The certainty of the fulfillment of God's promises concerning the coming of the Messiah; (4) God must have the undivided devotion of His people; (5) Return to God so that God will return to you.
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