The Listener’s Commentary

Mar 13 2025 561 ep. 23 mins 114
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The Listener’s Commentary provides clear, down-to-earth teaching through the books of the New Testament to help you learn and live the Bible. For notes, pictures, maps, and other details, visit listenerscommentary.com.

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Revelation 1:1-8

Mar 13 2025 20 mins  
Revelation 1:1-8 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, 2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw. 3 Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophe

Overview of Revelation

Mar 11 2025 25 mins  
Overview of Revelation In this recording, John gives a overview of the book of revelation to help provide a map for reading and understanding the book. For more details, download the free Revelation Study Guide at https://listenerscommentary.com/revelation/ BIBLE READING GUIDE - FREE EBOOK - Get the free eBook, Bible in Life, to help you learn how to read and apply the Bible wel

Why is Revelation so Weird? | Apocalyptic Literature

Mar 06 2025 24 mins  
Why is Revelation so Weird? | Apocalyptic Literature Revelation strikes us a very weird, and that's specifically we are unfamiliar with the type of literature it is. Revelation is a hybrid type of literature: letter, prophecy, and apocalyptic. So… It’s a letter of prophecy in the form of apocalyptic. And that means that to read it responsibly we must be aware of what apocalypti

Backstory to Revelation

Mar 04 2025 26 mins  
Backstory to Revelation John has been exiled to the island of Patmos because of his ministry for Jesus for serving and preaching. He had been living in Ephesus and overseeing several of the churches of western Asia Minor. The Christians within these churches are struggling to be faithful to Jesus as suspicion and hostility towards them increases. While on Patmos, John receives a

3 John 1-15

Feb 25 2025 26 mins  
3 John 1-15 1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. 2 Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. 3 For I was overjoyed when brothers came and testified to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth. 4 I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. 5 Beloved, you are a

2 John 1-13

Feb 20 2025 24 mins  
2 John 1-13 1 The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not only I, but also all who know the truth, 2 because of the truth which remains in us and will be with us forever: 3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 4 I was overjoyed to find some of your children wal

Backstory to 2 John

Feb 18 2025 11 mins  
Backstory to 2 John In 2 John , the church John is writing to is a church John is worried might be affected by some of the people spreading false ideas about Jesus. So he writes to head things off if possible. He tells them the key things they need to know to spot and resist their false ideas and he instructs them not to welcome any traveling teachers who don’t teach the truth t

1 John 5:13-21

Feb 11 2025 28 mins  
1 John 5:13-21 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him. 16 If

1 John 5:1-12

Feb 06 2025 23 mins  
1 John 5:1-12 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves the child born of Him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and follow His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. 4 For whoever has been born of God o

1 John 4:7-21

Feb 04 2025 28 mins  
1 John 4:7-21 7 Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 By this the love of God was revealed in us, that God has sent His only Son into the world so that we may live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He lov