Thus Said the Lord: Study of the Bible, One Topic at a Time

By Robert L. Steele

Only through continual study, prayer, and meditation of Gods Word can we establish a foundation of absolute truth pertaining to the true meaning of Scripture.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Dec 12, 2012
• ISBN: 9781449745417

Robert L. Steele

Robert L. Steele lives in Huntsville, Alabama. His religious thirst stems from his childhood. Exposure to various religious settings made him realize the need to study. This is where his longing for absolute truth derived. He has never relinquished his desire for knowledge and wisdom of the Holy Scripture.

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A NEW BEGINNING

2 CORINTHIANS

2 Corinthians 5:13: For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.

14: For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

15: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

16: Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

17: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

FAITH

HABAKKUK

Habakkuk 2:4: Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

MATTHEW

Matthew 6:24: No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

25: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

26: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

27: Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

28: And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

29: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30: Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

31: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

32: (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Matthew 13:31: Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

32: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

Matthew 14:28: And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.

29: And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

30: But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

31: And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

32: And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.

33: Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

Matthew 17:13: Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

14: And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,

15: Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

16: And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

17: Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

18: And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

19: Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

20: And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

21: Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

MARK

Mark 4:1: And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

2: And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

3: Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

4: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

5: And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

6: But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

7: And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

8: And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

9: And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

10: And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

11: And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

12: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

13: And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

14: The sower soweth the word.

15: And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

16: And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

17: And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

18: And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

19: And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

20: And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

21: And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

22: For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

23: If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

24: And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

25: For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

26: And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

27: And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

28: For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

29: But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

30: And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

31: It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

32: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

33: And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

34: But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

LUKE

Luke 13:18: Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

19: It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

20: And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

21: It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Luke 17:3: Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

4: And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

5: And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

6: And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

ACTS

Acts 14:27: And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

Acts 16:4: And as they went through the cities, they delivered then the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the Apostles and Elders which were at Jerusalem.

5: And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

ROMANS

Romans 3:27: Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

28: Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

29: Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

30: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

31: Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Romans 10:14: How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

15: And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

16: But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

17: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

18: But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

Romans 14:22: Hast thou faith? Have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

23: And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

2 CORINTHIANS

2 Corinthians 5:6: Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

7: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

8: We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 13:5: Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

6: But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.

7: Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.

8: For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

9: For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

GALATIANS

Galatians 2:16: Knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Galatians 3:1: O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

2: This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

3: Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

4: Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

5: He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

6: Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

7: Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

8: And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

9: So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

10: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

11: But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

12: And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

13: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

14: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

15: Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

16: Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

17: And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

18: For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

19: Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

20: Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

21: Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

22: But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

23: But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

24: Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

25: But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

26: For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

27: For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

29: And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

EPHESIANS

Ephesians 4:4: There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

5: One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6: One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Ephesians 6:14: Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

15: And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

16: Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

2 TIMOTHY

2 Timothy 4:6: For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

7: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

HEBREWS

Hebrews 11:1: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

2: For by it the elders obtained a good report.

3: Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

4: By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

5: By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

6: But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

7: By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

8: By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

9: By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

10: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

11: Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

12: Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

13: These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

14: For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

15: And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

16: But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

17: By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

18: Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

19: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

20: By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

21: By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

22: By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

23: By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.

24: By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;

25: Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

26: Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

27: By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

28: Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

29: By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

30: By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

31: By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

32: And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

33: Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

34: Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

35: Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

36: And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

37: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

38: (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

39: And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

40: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Hebrews 12:1: Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great