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 Chuck Smith (1927 - 2013)
Read freely text sermons and articles by the speaker Chuck Smith in text and pdf format. Pastor Chuck was used in the Jesus People revival where he was used along with others to minister to the hippy young people. They saw a work of the Spirit where many were added to the church and discipled. He has raised up many pastors who are a part of the Calvary Chapel movement now and where he pastors the large Costa Mesa church in California.
The Calvary Chapel movement is based of simple principles that Chuck Smith taught over the years such as: The priority of agape love, Simple fellowship amongst the saints, the breaking of bread, the teaching of God's word chapter by chapter and verse by verse. And lastly and most importantly the principle not by might nor by power but by my spirit saith the Lord.
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Commentary on 1 Samuel 11-16
Now in the study last we came to the place where Saul was anointed king over Israel. We remember at the time of his anointing that he was hiding in the stuff. So as Samuel got ready to present, you know, the trumpet fanfare and all, "And now you're king," ... read more
Commentary on 1 Samuel 17-25
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the seventeenth chapter of first Samuel? In the seventeenth chapter of first Samuel, we read where,
The Philistines had gathered their armies together [against the children of Israel, Of course] king Saul had gathered his ... read more
Commentary on 1 Samuel 26-31
Let's turn in our Bibles to first Samuel, twenty-six, and let's begin our study of these final five chapters, six chapters.
The wilderness of Ziph actually lies between Hebron and the area of the Dead Sea, a very vast, barren area.
And the Ziphites ... read more
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 1-3
Let's turn to first Thessalonians. Paul, the apostle, on his second missionary journey had taken Silas with him, who was commended by the church in Jerusalem as one of the leaders. When they got to Derbe, Timothy joined their evangelistic team. As they jo ... read more
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 4-5
Let's turn to first Thessalonians chapter four. Paul the apostle was called of God by the Spirit to go to Macedonia, as he saw in a vision a man from Macedonia saying, "Come over and help us." It was good that Paul did have a dramatic call of God, because ... read more
Commentary on 1 Timothy 1-2
First Timothy.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour (1Ti 1:1),
And the Greek word is "the royal commandment" of God; it's a word that is used when a king had made a decree. It is interesting that Paul so often intro ... read more
Commentary on 1 Timothy 3-4
Tonight we will be studying First Timothy three and four. It is interesting as Paul writes to Timothy on several occasions, he uses phrases that are interesting to me. He said, This is a faithful saying, it's worthy of all acceptation. Here he says, begin ... read more
Commentary on 1 Timothy 5-6
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to First Timothy chapter five? Paul is a spiritual father to Timothy, Timothy's mentor. He looks upon him as a son; in fact, he calls him his son in the faith. Timothy has been left in Ephesus to oversee the church that Pau ... read more
Commentary on 2 and 3 John
Tonight, we want to look at 2 John and 3 John and the book of Jude, all short little one-chapter epistles. The epistles of 2 John and 3 John were of course, written by the apostle John. A situation existed in the early church of itinerant prophets. There ... read more
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 1-9
Let's turn to II Chronicles chapter 1.
I Chronicles brought us up unto the death of David, and II Chronicles begins with the reign of Saul and it covers the remaining history of the kings of Judah. Now this is the chronicles of the kings of Judah. It d ... read more
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 10-13
Shall we turn in our Bibles to II Chronicles, chapter 10.
The children of Israel have been brought out of Egypt by Moses. Through the leadership of Joshua they were brought into the land that God had promised to their fathers, Abraham and Jacob. For a ... read more
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 14-18
In chapter 14 we find the death of Abijah listed and the son Asa coming to the throne.
and Asa his son reigned in his stead. The land was quiet for ten years. Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: he took away the altar ... read more
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 19-27
This time let's turn to II Chronicles, chapter 19.
We are dealing at the present time in this area of scripture with the reign of Jehoshaphat, king over Judah. For the most part, Jehoshaphat was a good king. He did develop many spiritual reforms. There ... read more
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 28-36
Shall we turn now to II Chronicles, chapter 28.
We are now moving into the final stages of the deterioration of this nation prior to its destruction. Ahaz is now the king.
He is twenty years old when he began to reign (2Ch 28:1),
And he is an ext ... read more
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 1-2
Tonight let's turn to 2 Corinthians, chapter 1.
The church of Corinth had been a divided church. There was a lot of carnality, a lot of problems in their doctrines that prompted Paul's first epistle, which is a rather stern epistle, and was a correctiv ... read more
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 11-13
Let's turn to II Corinthians, chapter eleven.
Paul's authority as an apostle has been challenged in the Corinthian church by certain Jewish teachers who had come in behind Paul, as they so often did, seeking to put the people under the bondage of legal ... read more
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3-4
Shall we turn tonight to the third chapter of II Corinthians.
Paul the apostle, it seemed, had the detractors to his ministry, men that followed him around seeking to discredit him. There are always those, it seems, who are ready to come in upon anothe ... read more
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5
This time, let's turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter five.
Paul talked about how he was constantly facing death for the cause of Jesus Christ. But though he was constantly facing death, various perils, it didn't really trouble him, for he had ... read more
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 6
We then, as workers together with him (2Cr 6:1),
And what a glorious way to view the ministry. I'm working with Jesus, working together with Him.
[We] beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in ... read more
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 7-8
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to II Corinthians, chapter seven.
The first verse of chapter seven immediately refers us back to chapter six. And so as we look at this, we realize that chapter seven more, verse one of chapter seven, more appropriately ... read more
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9-10
Shall we turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter nine.
Paul has been, in the last couple of chapters, talking to them about the collection that he wanted them to take for the poor in Jerusalem. The church in Jerusalem had gone through a lot of pr ... read more
Commentary on 2 Kings 1-4
Now as we finish First Kings, we were dealing with basically the northern kingdom under Ahab with his wicked wife Jezebel who had brought the northern kingdom of Israel into its lowest state morally and spiritually, as they led the people into idolatry an ... read more
Commentary on 2 Kings 17-25
Kings, chapter seventeen. In the seventeenth chapter, we come to the death of the northern kingdom, the nation of Israel.
In the twelfth year when Ahaz was the king in Judah (2Ki 17:1),
That's the king of the southern kingdom.
Hoshea began to rei ... read more
Commentary on 2 Kings 5-8
Now Naaman was the captain of the host of Syria, he was a great man with his master, he was honorable, because the LORD had actually helped him to subdue many nations. He was a mighty man and very brave, but he was a leper. And the Syrians had gone out by ... read more
Commentary on 2 Kings 9-16
Chapter nine.
Elisha is an extremely colorful character. And we are coming towards the end of the career of Elisha, a prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel. And Elisha commanded one of the young prophets to go to Jezreel and there to take a cruse o ... read more
Commentary on 2 Peter 1-3
Second Peter.
Simon Peter (2Pe 1:1),
The name Simon, of course, was the given name. Peter is the name that Jesus gave to him. He is,
a bondslave and an apostle (2Pe 1:1)
It seems that bondslave was first, apostle second.
of Jesus Christ, wr ... read more
Commentary on 2 Samuel 1-7
Second Samuel, chapter one.
First Samuel dealt with the reign of King Saul over Israel, and it ends with the death of Saul at the hands of the Philistines. Saul, the tragic story of a man who had many natural abilities, and many God-given opportunities ... read more
Commentary on 2 Samuel 17-24
Last week we left David in very sad shape. His son Absalom had rebelled against him, had gone down to Hebron and had gathered Israel to his support, who he had gradually been enticing away from his father. When he felt that he had enough strength, he anno ... read more
Commentary on 2 Samuel 8-16
In the eighth chapter of second Samuel there is chronicled for us certain of David's victories over their enemies round about, how that God was establishing David and his kingdom, and was subduing his enemies before him. So it tells about David's moves in ... read more
Commentary on 2 Thessalonians
Paul had come to Thessalonica with the gospel of Jesus Christ from Philippi where, as the result of his preaching, he had been imprisoned, beaten and really ordered out of the city. There in Thessalonica, he went into the synagogue for three Sabbath days ... read more
Commentary on 2 Timothy 1-2
Shall we turn now to second Timothy? This is the last epistle that Paul wrote. He is again in prison in Rome. It would seem that he was released from the first imprisonment and allowed a little more time of liberty to preach the Gospel. And putting togeth ... read more
Commentary on 2 Timothy 3-4
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Second Timothy chapter three? Paul said to Timothy,
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come (2Ti 3:1).
It is interesting that the Scriptures in many places speak of the last days and in ever ... read more
Commentary on Acts 1-2
Shall we turn to the book of Acts, chapter one, as we begin our study of the early church.
Luke, the author of the book of Acts, a companion of Paul the apostle, who was author also of the Gospel According to Luke, wrote these two treatises to a friend ... read more
Commentary on Acts 10-11
In the first chapter of Acts, Jesus said to His disciples, "But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the ... read more
Commentary on Acts 12-13
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Acts 12.
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church (Act 12:1).
There are just a lot of Herods in the Bible and it is a little difficult to keep them all straight. In ... read more
Commentary on Acts 14-15
Paul and Barnabas, in carrying the Gospel, have come into the uncharted territories as far as the Gospel is concerned into Asia Minor. They came from Cyprus to the area that is now known as Turkey. They did not remain in the coastal plains of Pamphylia. I ... read more
Commentary on Acts 16
We remember at the end of our study last week there arose a contention between Paul and Barnabas who had been close companions on the first missionary venture of the church. But because Barnabas was insisting on taking his nephew John Mark, who deserted P ... read more
Commentary on Acts 17
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews (Act 17:1):
Now Luke passes that off in one verse. From Philippi to Amphipolis was thirty miles. Another thirty miles on to Ap ... read more
Commentary on Acts 18-19
Let's turn now to the eighteenth chapter of Acts as we continue our study through the Bible. At the end of the study last week, the end of chapter seventeen, we found Paul speaking to the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers there on Mars Hills proclaiming to ... read more
Commentary on Acts 20-21
Last week we left Paul in Ephesus, in the midst of a near riot in town, as Demetrius the silversmith got together his companions in trade and pointed out how the preaching of Paul was about to put them out of business. Because these men made little likene ... read more
Commentary on Acts 22-23
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the twenty-second chapter of Acts. Pick up on Paul where we left him last week in that very dramatic moment. Paul in spite of repeated warnings from the Holy Spirit has returned to Jerusalem where he has received a very ... read more
Commentary on Acts 24-25
Shall we turn now to chapter twenty-four in the book of Acts.
Paul had been seen in the temple worshipping God by some of the Jews that were from Asia who were familiar with Paul's ministry among the Gentiles. They immediately began to cry out against ... read more
Commentary on Acts 26-27
Let's open our Bibles to the twenty-sixth chapter of Acts.
Paul was rescued by Lysias, the captain of the Roman guard from the mob that was attempting to beat him to death in Jerusalem on the temple mount. He was taken into protective custody by the Ro ... read more
Commentary on Acts 28
Tonight we'd like to just go through the twenty-eighth chapter of Acts and finish this book so that next Sunday night we move into the first two chapters of Romans. That's your reading assignment for next week, the first two chapters of Romans. But tonigh ... read more
Commentary on Acts 3-4
Shall we turn to Acts, the third chapter.
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour (Act 3:1).
The day started at six o'clock in the morning, sun up, so the ninth hour would be three o'clock in t ... read more
Commentary on Acts 5-6
Chapter 5, the book of Acts.
At the end of the fourth chapter we have the second mention of the early pure communism that was practiced in the first church. Where those who had possessions sold them, and they shared. As we made note last Sunday night, ... read more
Commentary on Acts 7-8
Let's turn tonight to Acts chapter 7.
In the early church when a dispute arose among the Grecians--that is, those Jews of the Grecian culture. They were actually Jews, but they had followed the Grecian culture, which was a universal culture as the resu ... read more
Commentary on Acts 9
When Alexander the Great conquered the world, he left pockets of Greek culture throughout the world. So these pockets of Greek culture became very influential. And even though the Roman Empire conquered the Grecian Empire, yet the Grecian culture remained ... read more
Commentary on Amos 1-5
Let's turn now to the book of Amos. In the first verse of Amos he introduces himself.
These are the words of Amos, who was among the herdmen [or a shepherd] at Tekoa (Amo 1:1),
Now Tekoa is a little valley going down toward the Dead Sea from the are ... read more
Commentary on Amos 6-9
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Amos chapter 6.
The Northern Kingdom of Israel has become apostate. They are living in luxury, carelessness, indifference towards God, when suddenly their peace is disturbed because of an unknown person to them who sudden ... read more
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