Biblical Elucidation

Continuing in the Lord Teach Us How to Pray Series (PART FOUR) we now journey to take a deeper look at one of the most intimate moments in Jesus’ life. In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus prays, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.  What does His prayer mean, what clues have we overlooked, and what are we to learn from Jesus’ prayers? We will discover the significance of the words that Jesus uses and each clause of His prayer just before being betrayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. Would you like to discover even more? Start reading Elucidations for free https://a.co/aYgra1I   Order Elucidations (Book): * Amazon Kindle https://a.co/aYgra1I * Amazon Paperback https://amzn.to/2R1C8fR * Amazon Author’s page https://amzn.to/35K5ogI * Barnes & Noble paperback https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/elucidations-gerald-lewis/1136649702?ean=9781078786065

Continuing in the Lord Teach Us How to Pray Series we now journey to a very intriguing observation made by the Apostle Paul. The Apostle states, "We know not what we should pray for as we ought." In, Teach Us How We Ought to Pray: we will discover the significance of the word infirmities and how it's intended meaning affects our understanding of prayer. Would you like to discover even more? Start reading Elucidations for free https://a.co/aYgra1I Order Elucidations (Book): * Amazon Paperback https://amzn.to/2R1C8fR * Amazon Kindle https://a.co/aYgra1I * Amazon Author’s page https://amzn.to/35K5ogI * Barnes & Noble paperback https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/elucidations-gerald-lewis/1136649702?ean=9781078786065

One of the disciples said to Jesus, "Lord, teach us to pray!" This request led to arguably the most well known prayer in the Bible, believed by many to be the Lord’s Prayer. But, contrary to popular belief this prayer should be seen as the exemplary prayer, a prayer that models prayer to us all. But, what is hiding just beneath the surface of Jesus' teaching of this model prayer? And, what are we to learn from it? Would you like to discover even more? Start reading Elucidations for free https://a.co/aYgra1I   Order Elucidations (Book): * Amazon Paperback https://amzn.to/2R1C8fR * Amazon Kindle https://amzn.to/39XuA6E * Amazon Author’s page https://amzn.to/35K5ogI * Barnes & Noble paperback https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/elucidations-gerald-lewis/1136649702?ean=9781078786065  

Lord Teach Us to Pray Series: How Not to Pray What exactly is prayer? And, how are we to pray? The Scriptures reveal that the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. But, why? When the first mention of prayer is found in the book of Genesis. Discover exactly what Jesus intended to be understood when He said not to pray like the hypocrites or the heathen. Would you like to discover even more? Start reading Elucidations for free https://a.co/aYgra1I Order Elucidations (Book): * Amazon Paperback https://amzn.to/2R1C8fR * Amazon Kindle https://amzn.to/39XuA6E * Amazon Author’s page https://amzn.to/35K5ogI * Barnes & Noble paperback https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/elucidations-gerald-lewis/1136649702?ean=9781078786065  

What does it mean to be Holy? Yes, to be Holy, is to be like God! But, is to be like God... simply to be separated and set apart for a special purpose? Is to be Holy to be...Super spiritual?  Sinless? Or awe-striking? Does to be Holy mean that we must live a life devoted to seclusion, prayer, piousness, or righteousness… does any of those things make us holy? What makes us Holy? And, Is it even possible to be Holy if we do not have an objective definition of what being Holy is? 

What day of the week did Jesus resurrect from the grave? Could He have risen on a Monday? No! What is the sign of the Prophet Jonah? What does it have to do with Jesus? And, how are we to count the three days and three nights that Jesus prophesied He would be in the "heart of the earth?" Find the answers to these questions and many more... as we search through the pages of the scriptures to discovery the clues revealed in the Bible concerning the details of our Lord's death and resurrection.

Have you ever heard that Jesus commands, you and I, His Believers to be passive, defenseless, push overs, who allow our persecutors to slap us and then to turn and give them the other? What does it mean to turn the other cheek? And, what is Jesus teaching us through this hard to understand expression? Let us journey through the pages of the Bible and other Hebrew resources to discover what it means to "Turn the Other Cheek!"

The mark set upon Cain is one of the strangest and earliest events in Bible. For centuries people have wondered, speculated, and propagated untruths that have left many Believers misinformed and with more questions than answers. What was the mark that was set upon Cain? Whose mark was it? And, what does the Bible say is the reason for this mark? Find out these answers and more as we search through the pages of the Bible and examine the depths of the Hebrew language to discover “The Mark Upon Cain.”

What is the Greatest Commandment? Is any one of the commandments greater than any of the others? Are the commandments to “Love God and to Love Neighbor” new commandments? Find out these answers and a whole lot more as we search through the pages of the Bible to discover what deeper message Jesus is conveying for those of us the Father seeks.     http://pastorglewis.wixsite.com/biblicalelucidation

Have you been taught that forgiving someone, who has wronged you, frees you from the bondage and weight of them and the unwanted offense? Or, that God will not forgive you unless you forgive those who have wronged you? And, is repentance just feeling sorry about something done wrong? Let us explore the scriptures and into ancient Hebrew culture to discover what the Bible says about Repentance and Forgiveness.   Click here if you would like to help support Biblical Elucidation

Have you ever heard that God forsook Jesus on the cross because He could not bear the sight of His Son suffering? Or, that God could not watch Jesus become sin, because He could not look upon Sin? Or, maybe you’ve heard that it wasn't Jesus at all who cried out from the cross; but that it was His flesh that cried out? His human side! Let’s take a journey through the pages of the Bible to search and discover what the scriptures reveal to us about Jesus' cry... Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?   Click here if you would like to help support Biblical Elucidation

Each year during Christmas Season, Nativity scenes, traditionally depict Joseph, Mary, with baby Jesus laying in a manger, various domesticated animals, 2 shepherds, 3 wise men and a heralding Angel. But, what picture does the Bible paint of this miraculous event? Were Joseph and Mary married or just engaged? Why was there no room in the inn for them? Why is so much emphasis put on baby Jesus being wrapped in swaddling clothes? Why was Jesus placed in a manger? And, who was actually present at the birth of Christ? Discover the answers to these popular Nativity questions and more... Click here to "Help" us continue to expand, advance, and reach others around the Globe.

Do you believe that there is a Hell? And, most important of all, what have you been taught about Hell?  Let’s take a journey through the pages of the Bible to discover if what you’ve heard about Hell is actually what is presented in Scripture! Hell? Yeah!

Jonah is one of the most famous and well known stories of the Bible. If, you have attended Sunday school you have heard this story and colored pictures of Jonah being swallowed up by a happy huge whale. But... why? Out of the hundreds of stories in the Bible why is the story of Jonah etched so deeply within our minds? Why is his story so important?  Ancient 1st Century Christian Ossuary engraving

Q&A: Answering the question, Why do my prayers go unanswered? Have you ever felt like your prayers were not being answered or that God was not hearing your prayers. In this episode we will search the scriptures to discover what might be hindering the response from God that you've been hoping and waiting for.

Answering one of the most controversial questions in Christendom... Should Women Preach? What does the Bible actually teach Believers about it? In order to answer this question, we will examine only the Pauline epistles to see what hides just beneath the surface, just waiting to be discovered. 1Timothy 2:11 & 12  Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.   2 Peter 3:14-16 (Peters Warning) Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Q&A: What are the Heavenly Crowns? And, what must be done in order for Believers to receive them? For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.  (Romans 8:29-30, KJV) Revelation 3:11  Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Revelation 22:7  Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. Revelation 22:12  And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.    "And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible."  (1 Corinthians 9:25, KJV) "For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord

Answering the question: Out of all the men in the Bible why was David a man after God’s own heart? And, How could this be when he committed so many sins?

Taking a deeper look at the biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis Ch. 19 to discover what lies just beneath the surface.

Taking a deeper look at the biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis Ch. 18 to discover what lies just beneath the surface.   facebook.com/biblicalelucidation