Category: Writings by Daniel C Snaddon
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The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 10, by Daniel C Snaddon
Verses 1-16 The mission of the seventy. In Chapter 9 the twelve were sent forth to preach. This is the only account in the Gospels of the Lord sending forth seventy disciples. These seventy disciples were sent along the route the Lord would traverse on His way to Jerusalem. He…
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The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 9, by Daniel C Snaddon
Verses 1-6 The twelve disciples sent forth. The disciples were invested with awesome power. Verses1-2. At this point they would have the opportunity to practice the principles the Lord had taught them. They were to trust Him for the supply of their material needs. 1. They were to take nothing…
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The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 8, by Daniel C Snaddon
Verse 1. Notice the busy itinerary the Lord had. The disciples accompanied Him. As He ministered to others there were those who ministered to Him. Several women are mentioned—they had at least one thing in common: they had been delivered from demons and disease. · Mary Magdalene, she may have…
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The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 7, by Daniel C Snaddon
At the conclusion of His discourse Jesus went into Capernaum. While there, some Jewish elders came to the Lord to ask help for a Roman centurion. This centurion was kind to the Jews, even building a synagogue for them. Like all centurions in the New Testament he is presented in…
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The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 6, by Daniel C Snaddon
Verse 1-11 Disputes over the Sabbath. One Sabbath day the Lord and His disciples were walking through some grain fields. The disciples plucked some grains, rubbed them in their hands and ate them. This was permitted. Deuteronomy 23:25. The Pharisees objected to this because it was done on the Sabbath.…
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The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 5 by Daniel C Snaddon
Verses 1-11 describe the call of Simon, Peter, James, and John. There are several important lessons in this portion. 1. The Lord used Peter’s boat as a pulpit from which to teach the people. Then He rewarded him with a great catch of fish. 2. Peter and his partners had…
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The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 4, by Daniel C Snaddon
The temptation of Jesus. Verses 1-13. Notice the phrases. · And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit. (Verse1) · And was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. (Verse 1) · And returned in the power of the Spirit. (Verse 14) Our Lord was always filled with the Holy…
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The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 3, by Daniel C Snaddon
In the first 20 verses we have a birds-eye view of the life of John the Baptist. In the first six verses the beginning of his ministry is mentioned. The nation was in a mess politically and religiously. Politically, Israel was strangled by having one emperor, one governor, and three…
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The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2, by Daniel C Snaddon
In the previous chapter we learn of our Lord’s conception. In Verses 1-7 of Chapter 2 we are told of the circumstances surrounding the birth, and the actual birth itself. While Caesar Augustus was demonstrating his sovereign superiority over the Greek-Roman world, in reality he was really a puppet in…
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The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 1, by Daniel C Snaddon
Luke is the longest of the Gospels and was written principally for the Greeks. Each Gospel presents the Lord Jesus from a different viewpoint. Matthew as King of Israel. Mark as the perfect Servant. John as the Son of God. Luke as the Son of Man. The human divine One.…
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The Gospel of John, Judas & Felix, by Daniel C Snaddon
John 13:18-30 The story of Judas as it unfolds in the Gospels is interesting but tragic. It ends in total disaster. He was probably the only Judean in the little band of Galilean disciples that followed Jesus. We do not know when he became a follower of Jesus—there is no…
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The Gospel of John, The Application, Forsaking All, I Take Him, Jesus in John’s Gospel, by Daniel C Snaddon
Lesson #1 – Judgment is coming For God hath appointed a day (Acts 17:31) John 3:36 – “He that believeth not the son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on Him.” Romans 3:23 – “For all have sinned […]” Romans 6:23 – “The wages of sin…
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The Gospel of John, The Abundant Life, by Daniel C Snaddon
The principle of glorifying Christ. Jesus said “I came that they might have (eternal) life and that they might have it more abundantly.” John 10:10. The only way a person can obtain “eternal life” is through faith in Jesus Christ. Many of God’s dear children do not progress beyond this…
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The Gospel of John, The Two Resurrections, by Daniel C Snaddon
John 5:28-29 Verse 29 Marvel not at this—at what? Verse 25 The dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, etc. Examples Physically dead. 1. Jairus’ daughter. 2. Widow of Nain’s Son. See Verse 21. 3. Lazarus. This could also mean the spiritually dead. Christ is ushering in…
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The Gospel of John, The Person of Christ, by Daniel C Snaddon
John 1:1-18 The Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is a divine mystery, beyond the comprehension of the human mind. Matt. 11:27 says, “No man knoweth the Son but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and He to whomsoever the Son…
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The Gospel of John, Rivers of Living Water, by Daniel C Snaddon
John 7:38-39 “He that believeth on Me, as the scripture hath said, out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water. But this spake he of the Spirit, which they which believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet…
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The Gospel of John, Chapters 11-21, by Daniel C Snaddon
John 11 7th sign in the realm of works. 5th sign in the realm of words. I am the Resurrection and the life, Verse 25. Verse 4 This sickness is for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified. This is the greatest demonstration of Christ’s…
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The Gospel of John, Chapters 5-10, by Daniel C Snaddon
John 5 This chapter is divided into two parts. Verse 1-16 The miracle or Sign. Verse 17-47 The discussion. Christ returns to Jerusalem for the “feast of the Jews.” If this was the Passover—it was no longer Jehovah’s feast. Sign No.1 Was in the realm of creation and joy. Sign…
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The Gospel of John, 2, 3, 3:16, & 4, by Daniel C Snaddon
John 3, and 2 John 3:16 John 4 John 2 The marriage in Cana. The home of Nathaniel. The first miracle is “Sign.” John wrote n A.D. 90. This was the last of the Gospels to be written. The Synoptic Gospels wrote the life story of Christ, although its events…
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Romans 14, Judgment, by Daniel C Snaddon
In Romans 14:11-12, Paul records, “As I live, says the Lord, Every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.” One day everyone on Earth will face the Lord in judgment and will give…
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