114 Bible Verses about Spiritual
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However, the spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.
The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.
If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?
The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
For we know that the law is spiritual -- but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.
With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.
Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
From Thematic Bible
Adorning » Spiritual » General references
The princess looks absolutely magnificent, decked out in pearls and clothed in a brocade trimmed with gold.
For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.
She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you."
Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments; your neck is lovely with strings of jewels.
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
Adorning » Spiritual » White raiment, the heavenly garment
And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands."
The one who conquers will be dressed like them in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, but will declare his name before my Father and before his angels.
take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see!
In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns on their heads.
After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.
Adorning » Spiritual » The robe of righteousness, the saint's adorning
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;
I will protect her priests, and her godly people will shout exuberantly.
Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you.
The angel spoke up to those standing all around, "Remove his filthy clothes." Then he said to Joshua, "I have freely forgiven your iniquity and will dress you in fine clothing."
Armour » Spiritual » Weapons and armour of the saints
Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.
The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
by truthful teaching, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left,
Assurance » Spiritual
Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.
let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).
Beauty » Spiritual
I have asked the Lord for one thing -- this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.
Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his presence! Worship the Lord in holy attire!
Then the king will be attracted by your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit to him!
May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! Make our endeavors successful! Yes, make them successful!
Boasting » Spiritual
For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul: "David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech." Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God's loyal love protects me all day long!
They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price (the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny), read more.
so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.
They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.
Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and participated in the richness of the olive root, do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. Then you will say, "The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in." read more.
Granted! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear! For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you.
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel -- and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless. For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent." read more.
Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish? For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching. For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom, but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position. But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong. God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something, so that no one can boast in his presence. He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."
Body » Resurrection of » Spiritual
who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself.
it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.
For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,
When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him.
Brethren » Spiritual » The family of God
because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
So I threw myself down at his feet to worship him, but he said, "Do not do this! I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.
And the king will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.'
Christ » Words of characteristics of » Spiritual
The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
Circumcision » Spiritual
In him you also were circumcised -- not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.
Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!
The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.
Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment, you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to the Lord and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you do not, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done."
but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the written code. This person's praise is not from people but from God.
Clothing » Spiritual » White raiment, the heavenly garment
And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands."
The one who conquers will be dressed like them in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, but will declare his name before my Father and before his angels.
take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see!
In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns on their heads.
After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.
Clothing » Spiritual » The robe of righteousness, the saint's adorning
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;
I will protect her priests, and her godly people will shout exuberantly.
Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you.
The angel spoke up to those standing all around, "Remove his filthy clothes." Then he said to Joshua, "I have freely forgiven your iniquity and will dress you in fine clothing."
Consequences of sin » death » Physical » Spiritual » Separation from God
But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.
Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way."
Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions. The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. I will no longer be with you, unless you destroy what has contaminated you.
If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.
Darkness » Spiritual
The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light --
Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
Deafness » Spiritual
And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.
Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed."
I answered, "Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.
"Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.
"But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.
Dearth » Spiritual
The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink.
God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.
A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
For you will be like a tree whose leaves wither, like an orchard that is unwatered.
death » Spiritual
So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned --
They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'
They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.
Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign Lord? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?
But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.
He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.
Debtors » Spiritual
I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.
Diligence » Spiritual
Don't you say, 'There are four more months and then comes the harvest?' I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest!
For I could wish that I myself were accursed -- cut off from Christ -- for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen,
Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.
Enlightenment » Spiritual
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
For God, who said "Let light shine out of darkness," is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.
The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the Lord gives light to the eyes of them both.
Feasts » Of new moons » Spiritual
Then the angel said to me, "Write the following: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet at the wedding celebration of the Lamb!" He also said to me, "These are the true words of God."
While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take it. This is my body."
Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet."'
The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine -- tender meat and choicest wine.
Fulness » Spiritual » Warnings against worldly fulness
Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
"'See here -- this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy.
That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.
But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.
They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of blessing
"Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter," says the Lord who rules over all, "to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of joy
I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.
and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of Christ's blessing.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of the spirit
And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of wisdom
For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of God
and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
Fulness » Spiritual » The overflowing cup
You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Christ, the saviour
Jesus answered her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, 'Give me some water to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
"I, the Lord, officially commission you; I take hold of your hand. I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, and a light to the nations,
For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Then Jesus told them, "I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Faith
For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Wisdom
But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Repentance
When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles."
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Grace
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble."
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Christ the chief of
Jesus answered her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, 'Give me some water to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
"I, the Lord, officially commission you; I take hold of your hand. I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, and a light to the nations,
For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Then Jesus told them, "I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Rest
and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Faith
For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Are through Christ
You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the Lord God lives there!
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Therefore it says, "When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men."
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Pray for
If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Wisdom
But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Glory
For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
The glory you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one --
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Grace
For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble."
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » The holy ghost
If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God's gift with money!
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Righteousness
And the gift is not like the one who sinned. For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, led to condemnation, but the gracious gift from the many failures led to justification. For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ!
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » A new heart
I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies and I will give them tender hearts,
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » To be used for mutual profit
Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Not repented of by him
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Strength and power
You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! It is the God of Israel who gives the people power and strength. God deserves praise!
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Eternal life
For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Peace
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Repentance
When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles."
Glory » Spiritual » Is the work of the holy ghost
And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Glory » Spiritual » Is given by God
For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
Glory » Spiritual » Is given by Christ
The glory you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one --
Glory » Spiritual » Is the work of the holy spirit
And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Good » Tidings » Spiritual
The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"
The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don't be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!"
Look! A herald is running on the mountains! A messenger is proclaiming deliverance: "Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah! Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God! For never again will the wicked Assyrians invade you, they have been completely destroyed."
Healing » Spiritual
Lord, grant me relief from my suffering so that I may have some relief. Rescue me from those who persecute me so that I may be rescued.
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
Come back to me, you wayward people. I want to cure your waywardness. Say, 'Here we are. We come to you because you are the Lord our God.
"Come on! Let's return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!
He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.
Heirs » Spiritual » Spiritual
For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to the promise.
And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.
So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Heritage » Spiritual
In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will
to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,
And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.
Hope » Spiritual » Abides forever
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Hope » Spiritual » Enabled abraham to become the father of the faithful
And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement, "so will your descendants be."
Hope » Spiritual » Believers called to testify concerning
But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.
Hope » Spiritual » The scriptures the source of
For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
Hope » Spiritual » The saving element in life
For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?
Hope » Spiritual » Inspires to clean living
Hunger » Spiritual
And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
"Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
indeed, if you call out for discernment -- raise your voice for understanding -- if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure, then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.
"Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!
Ignorance » Spiritual » General references to
An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand."
They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,
"They do not know how to do what is right." (The Lord is speaking.) "They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.
But they do not know what the Lord is planning; they do not understand his strategy. He has gathered them like stalks of grain to be threshed at the threshing floor.
Imitation » Of worldly people and customs condemned » Spiritual
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.
Remember your leaders, who spoke God's message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.
It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.
Inheritance » Earthly » Spiritual
In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will
to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,
And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.
The law of God » Described as » Spiritual
For we know that the law is spiritual -- but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.
Life » Spiritual
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Jesus replied, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.
But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Life » Spiritual » Spotless, general references to
so that he may present the church to himself as glorious -- not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence.
Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.
Life » Spiritual » Necessitates death to sin and self
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.
For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.
Life » Spiritual » Secured through faith
"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.
But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is your life because of righteousness.
Life » Spiritual » Christ the supreme object of
Now it was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to those who are now dead, so that though they were judged in the flesh by human standards they may live spiritually by God's standards.
For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
Life » Spiritual » Sustained by the word of God
Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.
So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord's mouth.
Life » Spiritual » Love the demonstration of
We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.
Men » Spiritual » Evil men put to silence
But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.
When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.
Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent when I make atonement for all you have done, declares the sovereign Lord.'"
Mind » Spiritual
You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,
For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ.
For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,
Nation » Spiritual » Sins of
Then the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord that he would take away the snakes from us." So Moses prayed for the people.
Then I said, "O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you.
I prayed, "O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.
The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord: "We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals."
After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They fasted on that day, and they confessed there, "We have sinned against the Lord." So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah.
Nation » Spiritual » The righteous cultivate the spirit of
If the anger of the ruler flares up against you, do not resign from your position, for a calm response can undo great offenses.
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.
An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.
Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
Nation » Spiritual » Rebellion against
Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison."
Yet these men, as a result of their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and insult the glorious ones.
Everyone who did not come within three days would thereby forfeit all his property, in keeping with the counsel of the officials and the elders. Furthermore, he himself would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.
The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict -- that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.
So the person who resists such authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment
Preparation » Spiritual » Abandonment of idols
Samuel said to all the people of Israel, "If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."
Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord."
Preparation » Spiritual » Cleansing of God's temple
They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the Lord's temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word of the Lord.
Preparation » Spiritual » Personal purification
So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
Preparation » Spiritual » Returning unto the lord
And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."
Reputation » Spiritual
Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.
First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God. Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. read more.
By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going. By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God. By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy. So in fact children were fathered by one man -- and this one as good as dead -- like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore. These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth. For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son. God had told him, "Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name," and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there. By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future. By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff. By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial. By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king's edict. By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin's fleeting pleasure. He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward. By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king's anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them. By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up. By faith the walls of Jericho fell after the people marched around them for seven days. By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace. And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets. Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight, and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life. And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth. And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
Rest » Spiritual
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it. For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith. For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, 'They will never enter my rest!'" And yet God's works were accomplished from the foundation of the world. read more.
For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works," but to repeat the text cited earlier: "They will never enter my rest!" Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience. So God again ordains a certain day, "Today," speaking through David after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, "O, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts." For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken afterward about another day. Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. For the one who enters God's rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works. Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
Rivers » Jordan » Spiritual
They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.
The river's channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life -- water as clear as crystal -- pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.
Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.
Sleep » Spiritual » Symbol of death
When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.
so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.
Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he died.
Sleep » Spiritual » General references to natural
He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger touched him and said, "Get up and eat."
Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, "So, couldn't you stay awake with me for one hour?
The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own god and they flung the ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold below deck, had lain down, and was sound asleep.
And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.
Sleep » Spiritual » Warnings against
as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day."
For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: "Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!"
All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.
Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return -- whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn -- or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Radiant lives, of the saints
But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world
He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.
And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
"For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch."
Spiritual » Blindness » Examples of
We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.
But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit."
You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.
Spiritual » Adoption » Adultery
But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the Lord's commands, but they did not.
Gideon used all this to make an ephod, which he put in his hometown of Ophrah. All the Israelites prostituted themselves to it by worshiping it there. It became a snare to Gideon and his family.
But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and worshiped instead the gods of the native peoples whom God had destroyed before them.
They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions.
Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize how I was crushed by their unfaithful heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.
Spiritual » Hunger select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
I have asked the Lord for one thing -- this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.
I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.
And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
I have asked the Lord for one thing -- this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.
I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.
And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Destitution of the truth
and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.
Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land -- not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Of God
(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children -- and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you are saved! --
But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
In a far-off land the Lord will manifest himself to them. He will say to them, 'I have loved you with an everlasting love. That is why I have continued to be faithful to you.
The Lord gives sight to the blind. The Lord lifts up all who are bent over. The Lord loves the godly.
Spiritual » Instruction » Examples of spiritual
Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah -- all of whom were Levites -- were teaching the people the law, as the people remained standing.
He began to speak out fearlessly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.
In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah.
So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.
Spiritual » Quickening » General references to spiritual quickening
Lord, I have heard the report of what you did; I am awed, Lord, by what you accomplished. In our time repeat those deeds; in our time reveal them again. But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy!
O Lord, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!
(Dalet) I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word!
Spiritual » Poverty » Destitution of the truth
and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.
Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land -- not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Food
I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.
The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give him some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name that no one can understand except the one who receives it.'
The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will permit him to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.'
Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Enlightenment, spiritual
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
For God, who said "Let light shine out of darkness," is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.
The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the Lord gives light to the eyes of them both.
Spiritual » Enlargement » Enlightenment
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
For God, who said "Let light shine out of darkness," is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.
The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the Lord gives light to the eyes of them both.
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Brethren
because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
So I threw myself down at his feet to worship him, but he said, "Do not do this! I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.
And the king will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.'
Spiritual » Hearing » Heritage
In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will
to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,
And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » To God encouraged
Love the Lord, all you faithful followers of his! The Lord protects those who have integrity, but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly.
You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.
But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord's servant gave you. Love the Lord your God, follow all his instructions, obey his commands, be loyal to him, and serve him with all your heart and being!"
maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.
Jesus said to him, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Exhortations to those engaged in
But as for you, be strong and don't get discouraged, for your work will be rewarded."
Tell those who panic, "Be strong! Do not fear! Look, your God comes to avenge! With divine retribution he comes to deliver you."
Even so, take heart, Zerubbabel,' says the Lord. 'Take heart, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you citizens of the land,' says the Lord, 'and begin to work. For I am with you,' says the Lord who rules over all.
"The Lord who rules over all also says, 'Gather strength, you who are listening to these words today from the mouths of the prophets who were there at the founding of the house of the Lord who rules over all, so that the temple might be built.
Spiritual » Foundation » General references to
For it says in scripture, "Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame."
Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says: "Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.
"Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.
because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Spiritual » Hearing » Heirs of God
For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to the promise.
And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.
So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Spiritual » Of God's word sins of » Imitation
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.
Remember your leaders, who spoke God's message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.
It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Healing of spiritual disease
Lord, grant me relief from my suffering so that I may have some relief. Rescue me from those who persecute me so that I may be rescued.
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
Come back to me, you wayward people. I want to cure your waywardness. Say, 'Here we are. We come to you because you are the Lord our God.
"Come on! Let's return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!
He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"
I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag.
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.
Spiritual » Light » God a light
The Lord is God and he has delivered us. Tie the offering with ropes to the horns of the altar!
For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
By David. The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!
Spiritual » Light » Reflected from believers
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world
for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light --
"For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch."
May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest!" And the land had rest for forty years.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Coming with power
Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting: "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the All-Powerful, reigns!
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down.
In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.
And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Kingdom of Christ
They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful."
I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom."
Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."
Spiritual » Resurrection » Man, raised from spiritual death
And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.
and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
Spiritual » Cleansing » Spiritual encouraged
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'
So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
Spiritual » Renewal » Man, strengthened and renewed by the holy spirit
Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.
Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!
Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
Spiritual » Crowns » Darkness
The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light --
Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
Spiritual » Adoption » Adorning
The princess looks absolutely magnificent, decked out in pearls and clothed in a brocade trimmed with gold.
For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.
She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you."
Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments; your neck is lovely with strings of jewels.
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Treasures
take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see!
Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things -- indeed, I regard them as dung! -- that I may gain Christ,
In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life.
"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.
Spiritual » Of children encouraged » Investments
take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see!
Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things -- indeed, I regard them as dung! -- that I may gain Christ,
In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life.
"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.
Spiritual » Ignorance » General references to
An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand."
They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,
"They do not know how to do what is right." (The Lord is speaking.) "They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.
But they do not know what the Lord is planning; they do not understand his strategy. He has gathered them like stalks of grain to be threshed at the threshing floor.
Spiritual » Cleansing » Composure
"Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.
and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.
But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken.
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.
Spiritual » Temple » General references to
And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Spiritual » Sowing » Surgery
(for if you live according to the flesh, you will die), but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.
So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
In him you also were circumcised -- not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.
The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.
Spiritual » Hearing » Spiritual of believers
Lord, I have heard the report of what you did; I am awed, Lord, by what you accomplished. In our time repeat those deeds; in our time reveal them again. But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy!
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.
But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.
Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Kingdom of heaven
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
"At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
"The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.
"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.
He presented them with another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.
Spiritual » Crowns » Deafness
And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.
Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed."
I answered, "Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.
"Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.
"But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Preaching of
To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.
But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.
But Jesus said to them, "I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that is what I was sent to do."
Now after John was imprisoned, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.
Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,
Spiritual » Sowing » Striving
"Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that -- whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent -- I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.
Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Walking with God
This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God.
Though all the nations follow their respective gods, we will follow the Lord our God forever.
The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant.
But you have a few individuals in Sardis who have not stained their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed in white, because they are worthy.
Spiritual » Battles » Beauty
And I saw the holy city -- the new Jerusalem -- descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.
"Who is this who appears like the dawn? Beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as the stars in procession?"
Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the sovereign Lord.
so that he may present the church to himself as glorious -- not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
Let your beauty not be external -- the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes -- but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God's sight.
Spiritual » Crowns » Debtors
I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » New Birth
Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
Jesus answered, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved."
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Weapons
But David replied to the Philistine, "You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel's armies, whom you have defied!
for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Moses' fellowship with God
Moses alone may come near the Lord, but the others must not come near, nor may the people go up with him."
I will meet with you there, and from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites.
And whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses.
The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.
Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, "Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people of Israel:
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Body
who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself.
it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.
For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,
When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him.
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Bondage
But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.
The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.
Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?
Spiritual » Sleep » Warnings against
as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day."
For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: "Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!"
All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.
Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return -- whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn -- or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Dawn, spiritual, the coming of Christ ushers in the
The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.
Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Harvest
So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.
He said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.
Spiritual » Crowns » Dawn
The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.
Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Shining faces, general references to
And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.
But if the ministry that produced death -- carved in letters on stone tablets -- came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (a glory which was made ineffective),
When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to approach him.
Who is a wise person? Who knows the solution to a problem? A person's wisdom brightens his appearance, and softens his harsh countenance.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Dullness, condemned
No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves: 'I burned half of it in the fire -- yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?'
"Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.
The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.
You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Drought
The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink.
God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.
A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
For you will be like a tree whose leaves wither, like an orchard that is unwatered.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Examples of love to God
For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.
I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
Spiritual » Kingdom » General references to
Jesus answered, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."
Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Spiritual » Progress » A characteristic of the righteous
And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.
Spiritual » Power » Fills life with healing influences
in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).
For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.
I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul's hands, so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Sanity
and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.
They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind -- the one who had the "Legion" -- and they were afraid.
For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.
But when he came to his senses he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
Spiritual » Feasts » Prepared in abundance for believers (select reading pr 91-6)
Then the angel said to me, "Write the following: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet at the wedding celebration of the Lamb!" He also said to me, "These are the true words of God."
While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take it. This is my body."
Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet."'
The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine -- tender meat and choicest wine.
Spiritual » Sowing » The blessings of
Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest. The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.
you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.
Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.
The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
Spiritual » Future rest of the saints restoration » Spiritual, of the penitent
Come back to me, you wayward people. I want to cure your waywardness. Say, 'Here we are. We come to you because you are the Lord our God.
"I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger will turn away from them.
You will once again have mercy on us; you will conquer our evil deeds; you will hurl our sins into the depths of the sea.
I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them and give them rest, and I will once again console those who mourn.
Yes, I will restore you to health. I will heal your wounds. I, the Lord, affirm it! For you have been called an outcast, Zion, whom no one cares for."
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Circumcision
In him you also were circumcised -- not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.
Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!
The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.
Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment, you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to the Lord and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you do not, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done."
but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the written code. This person's praise is not from people but from God.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Utterance
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.
At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
But as you excel in everything -- in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you -- make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.
Pray for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak -- that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,
For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge --
Spiritual » Traffic » Exhortations to men to engage in
take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see!
"Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.
No,' they replied. 'There won't be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.'
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Examples of
as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge --
Spiritual » Enlargement » failure
Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.
If someone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.
The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!"
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Discernment
The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
So give your servant a discerning mind so he can make judicial decisions for your people and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours."
He will take delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.
He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right.
But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.
Spiritual » Hearing » Highway
Come through! Come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it! Build the roadway! Remove the stones! Lift a signal flag for the nations!
A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it.
"Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness.
The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.
I will say, 'My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours.
Spiritual » Adoption » Attraction
Draw me after you; let us hurry! May the king bring me into his bedroom chambers! The Maidens to the Lover: We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. The Beloved to Her Lover: How rightly the young women adore you!
In a far-off land the Lord will manifest himself to them. He will say to them, 'I have loved you with an everlasting love. That is why I have continued to be faithful to you.
I led them with leather cords, with leather ropes; I lifted the yoke from their neck, and gently fed them.
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Pride
Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.
Jesus replied, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains."
I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.
Spiritual » Adoption » Armour
Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.
The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
by truthful teaching, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left,
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Showers
Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.
So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land."
My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will drip like the dew, as rain drops upon the grass, and showers upon new growth.
I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Rivers
They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.
The river's channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life -- water as clear as crystal -- pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.
Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.
So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land, God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives.
One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream. God said, "Tell me what I should give you."
The Lord approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.
May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!
Spiritual » Renewal » Reputation
Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.
First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God. Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. read more.
By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going. By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God. By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy. So in fact children were fathered by one man -- and this one as good as dead -- like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore. These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth. For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son. God had told him, "Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name," and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there. By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future. By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff. By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial. By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king's edict. By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin's fleeting pleasure. He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward. By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king's anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them. By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up. By faith the walls of Jericho fell after the people marched around them for seven days. By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace. And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets. Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight, and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life. And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth. And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
Spiritual » Light » General references to
You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Disease
There is still medicinal ointment available in Gilead! There is still a physician there! Why then have my dear people not been restored to health?
Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak.
Moreover, the Lord says to the people of Zion, "Your injuries are incurable; your wounds are severe.
For Samaria's disease is incurable. It has infected Judah; it has spread to the leadership of my people and has even contaminated Jerusalem!
When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Times of spiritual refreshing
Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.
I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.
Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing.
Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them. The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » Thirst
A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
I thirst for God, for the living God. I say, "When will I be able to go and appear in God's presence?"
Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land -- not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Heirship with Christ entailed in
And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.
"And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother who was also a mother to me.
For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Heirship with Christ entailed in
And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.
"And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother who was also a mother to me.
For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
Spiritual » Receptivity » General references to
So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.
But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown."
These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.
And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe.
Spiritual » Hope » Abides forever
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Watchmen
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.
I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the Lord, don't be silent!
"Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.
The Lord said, "I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, saying: 'Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!'" But they said, "We will not pay attention!"
Spiritual » Life » Necessitates death to sin and self
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.
For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Near at hand
From that time Jesus began to preach this message: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."
So also you, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.
Spiritual » Mind » Mind of Christ
You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,
For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ.
So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,
Spiritual » Mind » Spiritual mind
You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,
For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ.
For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,
Spiritual » Life » Secured through faith
"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.
But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is your life because of righteousness.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Demands entire consecration
No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.
But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened.
So the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep God's commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus. And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Demands entire consecration
No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.
But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened.
So the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep God's commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus. And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore.
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Fidelity
For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ!
"You are the ones who have remained with me in my trials. Thus I grant to you a kingdom, just as my Father granted to me,
Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!
Spiritual » Enlargement » Exercise
The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more.
Because of this I remind you to rekindle God's gift that you possess through the laying on of my hands.
But reject those myths fit only for the godless and gullible, and train yourself for godliness.
Spiritual » Encouraged » In love
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,
Spiritual » Immaturity » Inability to receive strong doctrine
Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Abiding in Christ
"I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me -- and I in him -- bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.
Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.
But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.
Spiritual » Talk » Used in everyday life
and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.
Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the Lord your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Spiritual cleansing
and from Jesus Christ -- the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father -- to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen.
Spiritual » Liberty » The presence of the spirit secures
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.
Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Victory over satan
Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » A spiritual crown
Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give him some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name that no one can understand except the one who receives it.'
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Without defect
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Abandonment of idols
Samuel said to all the people of Israel, "If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."
Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord."
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Endurance
They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions."
This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Growth
On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing. For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God's utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food. For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant. read more.
But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.
Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God, teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And this is what we intend to do, if God permits. read more.
For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit, tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age, and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt. For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God. But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned. But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation. For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints. But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises. Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly." And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise. For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Into Christ
But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.
so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects -- bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
Spiritual » Labourers » Great opportunity afforded to
We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God's field, God's building.
Don't you say, 'There are four more months and then comes the harvest?' I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest! The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By striving after the Christ ideal
But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.
until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God -- a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ's full stature.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Necessity for tutelage
Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything. But he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father.
Spiritual » Labourers » Prayer for the increase of
When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.'
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest."
Spiritual » Knowledge » A cause for exultation
If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the Lord, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things," says the Lord.
"People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me," says the Lord. "For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done."
Spiritual » Life » Christ the supreme object of
Now it was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to those who are now dead, so that though they were judged in the flesh by human standards they may live spiritually by God's standards.
For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
Spiritual » Crowns » The crown of glory
Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
Then when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that never fades away.
Spiritual » Life » Sustained by the word of God
Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.
So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord's mouth.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Sympathetic service
Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
Moses said to the people, "Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin."
Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" Abraham replied.
Spiritual » Rest » Lost by stubbornness
In the past he said to them, "This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found." But they refused to listen.
For this is what the master, the Lord, the Holy One of Israel says: "If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, but you are unwilling.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Humility
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Dedication of God's house
And on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away.
They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the Lord had given them joy and had changed the opinion of the king of Assyria toward them, so that he assisted them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Continuance in the primary department
For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God's utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food.
And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of blessing
"Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter," says the Lord who rules over all, "to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over severest afflictions
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
But he replied to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Peter, the profane fisherman becomes a man whose very shadow heals
At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know the man!" At that moment a rooster crowed.
Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » John the vindictive jew becomes the apostle of love
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
but the villagers refused to welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem. Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
But he replied to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of joy
I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.
and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of Christ's blessing.
Spiritual » Rest » True response found in God
When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,
Rest once more, my soul, for the Lord has vindicated you.
Spiritual » Rest » The divine presence gives
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over evil influences of men
By your power we will drive back our enemies; by your strength we will trample down our foes!
You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing," says the Lord who rules over all.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » The woman of samaria of unsavoury reputation becomes an evangel of truth
The woman replied, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "Right you are when you said, 'I have no husband,' for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!"
"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can't be the Messiah, can he?"
Spiritual » Hope » Enabled abraham to become the father of the faithful
And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement, "so will your descendants be."
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » The cold-hearted philippian jailer becomes a sympathetic friend
At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.
Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Eternal life
All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The death of Christ
In the same way, he also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me." For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the followers of Christ
Then Jesus spoke out again, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the obedient
The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.
Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
Spiritual » Liberty » The mission of Christ to proclaim
The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
Spiritual » Liberty » The truth the instrumentality
Spiritual » Vision » Afflictions prepare for
At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.
Spiritual » Power » Source of spiritual power
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth."
But those who wait for the Lord's help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles' wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.
Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?" (Now Jesus said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.)
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Watching
For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness. So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Saul the bloodthirsty persecutor becomes paul, the tender-hearted brother
Then Paul replied, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord's disciples, went to the high priest
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Worshipping
The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing: "Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!" Then a cloud filled the Lord's temple. The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord's splendor filled God's temple.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The boy Christ
And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » The restless demoniac becomes a quiet disciple
Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind -- the one who had the "Legion" -- and they were afraid.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By cultivating the understanding
Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By putting away childish things
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The thessalonians
We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
Spiritual » Power » Enables men to speak with authority
With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.
Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Cleansing of God's temple
They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the Lord's temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word of the Lord.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Spiritual weapons
for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Spiritual weapons
for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments
Spiritual » Encouraged » In fruitfulness
Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.
Spiritual » Power » Accompanies the baptism of the holy spirit
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth."
Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Believers called to
God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant grace
And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work.
Spiritual » Perception » The wise man
The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.
Spiritual » Labourers » Worthy of reward
Elders who provide effective leadership must be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching. For the scripture says, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain," and, "The worker deserves his pay."
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Many varieties of
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The bankrupt servant
"For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him. Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The bankrupt servant
"For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him. Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Witnessing
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant supplies
And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Past mercies
Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.
Spiritual » Rest » Eternal
Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: 'Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "so they can rest from their hard work, because their deeds will follow them."
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over all satanic powers
Then I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name. They were standing by the sea of glass, holding harps given to them by God.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Spiritual receptivity the condition of
Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me.
Spiritual » Crowns » Cast at jesus' feet
the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns before his throne, saying:
Spiritual » Crowns » To be guarded
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The laodicean church
Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The laodicean church
Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Saints in heaven and earth united in
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » All barriers broken down
So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The gentiles
that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Saints in heaven and earth united in
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » All barriers broken down
So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The gentiles
that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Endurance
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Personal purification
So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Discovered by spiritual vision
-- since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened -- so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
Spiritual » Riches general references to » God's blessing the source of
The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Young soldiers enlisted
I put this charge before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, in order that with such encouragement you may fight the good fight.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » A fight of faith
Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Invisible foes
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Young soldiers enlisted
I put this charge before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, in order that with such encouragement you may fight the good fight.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » A fight of faith
Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Invisible foes
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant power
Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The delights of God's word
As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the inseparable love of God
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the divine keeping power
Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Instability of faith
So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of the spirit
And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of wisdom
For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of God
and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Produced in all periods of life
Planted in the Lord's house, they grow in the courts of our God. They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves.
Spiritual » Talk » Spiritual thoughts expressed in music
speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Found in spiritual assemblies
For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them."
Spiritual » Crowns » The crown of righteousness
Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day -- and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on his appearing.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Perennial
On both sides of the river's banks, every kind of tree will grow for food. Their leaves will not wither nor will their fruit fail, but they will bear fruit every month, because their water source flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing."
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting men to suffer when in the pathway of duty (paul and silas)
After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely. Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Walking
for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light --
Spiritual » Riches general references to » More precious than earthly
He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Unsearchable
To me -- less than the least of all the saints -- this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
Spiritual » Riches general references to » A paradox
There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Enduring
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Spiritual receptivity
But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown."
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » An everlasting name
For this is what the Lord says: "For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant, I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument that will be better than sons and daughters. I will set up a permanent monument for them that will remain.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Spiritual knowledge
I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am the Lord. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly return to me.'
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Spiritual rest
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » A new heart
I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies and I will give them tender hearts,
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The boy samuel
Now the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the Lord and with people.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the just
But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the certainty of the divine promises
These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Formation
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge; to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness;
Spiritual » Perception » Nehemiah
I recognized the fact that God had not sent him, for he had spoken the prophecy against me as a hired agent of Tobiah and Sanballat.
Spiritual » Perception » David
David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
Spiritual » Vision » The holy spirit the author of
He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.
Spiritual » Vision » Uses the telescope of faith
By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king's anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.
Spiritual » Power » Mightier than physical forces
Therefore he told me, "These signify the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord who rules over all."
Spiritual » Talk » Christ the topic of
Now that very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.
Spiritual » Rest » Found in Christ's service
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » Inward righteousness
For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » A childlike spirit
and said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Brotherhood of, recognized by Christ
For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » Inhabitants of jerusalem
I thought, "Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Brotherhood of, recognized by Christ
For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » Inhabitants of jerusalem
I thought, "Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Warring
The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant entrance
For thus an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be richly provided for you.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The blessings of a spiritual life
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By partaking of the deeper truths of the gospel
But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Brings joy in the night season
As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you, whenever I remember you on my bed, and think about you during the nighttime hours.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the church of the future
Your sun will no longer set; your moon will not disappear; the Lord will be your permanent source of light; your time of sorrow will be over.
Spiritual » Encouraged » In grace and knowledge
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Obedience, the condition of receiving
So Jesus replied, "My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me. If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Liberates the soul from all error
Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, "If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Spiritual » Vision » Given in answer to prayer
Then Elisha prayed, "O Lord, open his eyes so he can see." The Lord opened the servant's eyes and he saw that the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Grown only upon good ground
But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
Spiritual » Talk » Concerns the things of God
They will proclaim the splendor of your kingdom; they will tell about your power,
Spiritual » Talk » The habit of the saints
Then those who respected the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.
Spiritual » Hope » Believers called to testify concerning
But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » An inward battle
But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » An inward battle
But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The return from captivity
At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said, "The Lord has accomplished great things for these people."
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Love of Christ
You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » All the teachings of the gospel
I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The wonderful works of God
I will remember the works of the Lord. Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago!
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By overcoming temptation
I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the benevolent
Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the Lord's splendor will be your rear guard.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the upright
In the darkness a light shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the divine ability
Spiritual » Perception » The shunammite woman
She said to her husband, "Look, I'm sure that the man who regularly passes through here is a very special prophet.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Through "the word"
And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Spiritual » Encouraged » Unto perfection
Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,
Spiritual » Liberty » Spiritual, a mark of the new dispensation
to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.
Spiritual » Liberty » The bondage of sin broken
that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God's children.
Spiritual » Vision » Heart purity essential to
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Spiritual » Hope » The scriptures the source of
For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
Spiritual » Hope » The saving element in life
For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?
Spiritual » Life » Love the demonstration of
We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.
Spiritual » Rest » Appropriated by faith
For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, 'They will never enter my rest!'" And yet God's works were accomplished from the foundation of the world.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over malign spiritual forces
Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over worldly allurements
because This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Mary magdalene
But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » In the communion of saints
While they were talking and debating these things, Jesus himself approached and began to accompany them
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Testimony an aid to
What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us (and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Warms the heart
They said to each other, "Didn't our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?"
Spiritual » Crowns » The crown of life
Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The prodigal son
Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The prodigal son
Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Death of the old life
I tell you the solemn truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Thomas
So Thomas (called Didymus) said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go too, so that we may die with him."
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Peter
Jesus said a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus told him, "Shepherd my sheep."
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Paul
Then Paul replied, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » The holy spirit
If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant life
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant joys
They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The words of Christ concerning benevolence
By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Is quickened by the holy spirit
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
Spiritual » Receptivity » Martha received him into her house
Spiritual » Perception » Peter
Then Peter started speaking: "I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,
Spiritual » Liberty » A new law of life sets free
For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
Spiritual » Fulness » The overflowing cup
You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.
Spiritual » Vision » Believers alone possess
In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » The product of heavenly wisdom
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.
Spiritual » Talk » Tends to religious fervency
They said to each other, "Didn't our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?"
Spiritual » Rest » Vainly sought in escape from trouble
Spiritual » Hope » Inspires to clean living
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Leaves its impress upon the life
When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » John the baptist
And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Returning unto the lord
And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."
Spiritual » Riches general references to » The inheritance of God's elect
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Contact with living water
He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Chastening, or pruning
He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » The sinful women
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little loves little."
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Mary of bethany
Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair. (Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.)
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Faith and love
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Perseverance
Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The lord as a deliverer
When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the Lord, and my prayer came to your holy temple.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Paul
But Saul became more and more capable, and was causing consternation among the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
Spiritual » Perception » The samaritan woman
Spiritual » Perception » Jesus
When Jesus perceived their hostile thoughts, he said to them, "Why are you raising objections within yourselves?
Spiritual » Knowledge » Obtained by acquaintanceship with God
So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land."
Spiritual » Knowledge » Leads to eternal life
Now this is eternal life -- that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
Spiritual » Power » Gives men courage to rebuke sin
But I am full of the courage that the Lord's Spirit gives, and have a strong commitment to justice. This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion, and Israel with its sin.
Spiritual » Power » Jesus the supreme example of
Then Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and news about him spread throughout the surrounding countryside.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Working
We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » New Birth
Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
good Tidings » Spiritual
The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"
The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don't be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!"
Look! A herald is running on the mountains! A messenger is proclaiming deliverance: "Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah! Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God! For never again will the wicked Assyrians invade you, they have been completely destroyed."
Watchmen » Spiritual
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.
I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the Lord, don't be silent!
"Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.
The Lord said, "I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, saying: 'Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!'" But they said, "We will not pay attention!"
Way provided » Spiritual
Come through! Come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it! Build the roadway! Remove the stones! Lift a signal flag for the nations!
A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it.
"Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness.
The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.
I will say, 'My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours.
Weapons » Spiritual » Sword of the spirit
and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival.
"To the angel of the church in Pergamum write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has the sharp double-edged sword:
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.
He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.
Weapons » Spiritual » General references to weapons
But David replied to the Philistine, "You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel's armies, whom you have defied!
for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.
Weapons » Spiritual » Trust in weapons vain
But David replied to the Philistine, "You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel's armies, whom you have defied!
But I will have pity on the nation of Judah. I will deliver them by the Lord their God; I will not deliver them by the warrior's bow, by sword, by military victory, by chariot horses, or by chariots."
I will overthrow royal thrones and shatter the might of earthly kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and those who ride them, and horses and their riders will fall as people kill one another.
Words » Christ's, characteristics of » Spiritual
The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
Words of Christ » Characteristics of » Spiritual
The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
Topics on Spiritual
Abundance, Spiritual
Exodus 34:6The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,
Abuse, Of Spiritual Things
Numbers 20:10Then Moses and Aaron gathered the community together in front of the rock, and he said to them, "Listen, you rebels, must we bring water out of this rock for you?"
Adultery, Spiritual
1 John 2:15-17Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
Appetite, Spiritual
Isaiah 55:1"Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
Armor, Spiritual
Ephesians 6:11Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
Babies Used As A Spiritual Image
1 Corinthians 3:1-2So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
Beauty, Spiritual
Psalm 110:3Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.
Betrothal, Spiritual
2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
Birth, Spiritual
John 3:3Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Blessings, Spiritual
John 3:16For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Bondage, Spiritual
2 Timothy 2:26and they will come to their senses and escape the devil's trap where they are held captive to do his will.
Circumcision, spiritual
Deuteronomy 30:6The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.
Crowns, Spiritual Use
Isaiah 62:3You will be a majestic crown in the hand of the Lord, a royal turban in the hand of your God.
David, Spiritual Significance Of
Acts 2:29"Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Dividing Spiritual Blessings
Acts 1:17for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry."
drought, spiritual
Psalm 68:6God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.
equipping, spiritual
Isaiah 61:1-2The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
Escaping, Spiritual Things
Genesis 39:10-12Even though she continued to speak to Joseph day after day, he did not respond to her invitation to have sex with her.
Fruit, Spiritual
James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.
Fruitfulness, Spiritual
Galatians 5:22-23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gifts From God, Spiritual
John 6:32Then Jesus told them, "I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.
Inheritance, Spiritual
Hebrews 1:2in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.
Labor, Spiritual Aspects Of
John 4:38I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor."
Land, Spiritual Aspects Of
Genesis 2:8-9The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.
Leaders, Spiritual
Hebrews 5:4And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was.
Light, Spiritual
1 John 1:5Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
Many Spiritual Beings
Revelation 5:11Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand -- thousands times thousands --
Maturity, Spiritual
Ephesians 4:13-15until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God -- a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ's full stature.
Not Seeing Spiritual Things
Daniel 10:7Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. On the contrary, they were overcome with fright and ran away to hide.
Origins Of Spiritual Life
John 3:6-8What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Predestination, Spiritual Events
Exodus 33:19And the Lord said, "I will make all my goodness pass before your face, and I will proclaim the Lord by name before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy."
Purity, Moral And Spiritual
Habakkuk 1:13You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?
Rejection Of Spiritual Instruction
2 Chronicles 30:10The messengers journeyed from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but people mocked and ridiculed them.
Rest, Spiritual
Lamentations 5:19-22But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
Riches, Spiritual
Romans 11:33-36Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!
Slavery, Spiritual
John 8:33-36"We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been anyone's slaves! How can you say, 'You will become free'?"
Sleep, Spiritual
Isaiah 56:10All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
Spiritual Adoption
Exodus 4:22-23You must say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, "Israel is my son, my firstborn,
Spiritual Allegories
John 10:1-16"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
Spiritual Blindness, Consequences Of
Romans 1:20-22For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes -- his eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.
Spiritual Blindness, In Unbelievers
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.
Spiritual Blindness, Removal Of
2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said "Let light shine out of darkness," is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
Spiritual Blindness, Results Of Sin
Lamentations 4:14(Nun) They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments.
Spiritual crowns
Isaiah 61:3to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.
Spiritual Darkness
John 11:10But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."
Spiritual Dawn
2 Peter 1:19Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Spiritual Deafness
2 Timothy 4:4And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.
Spiritual Death
Romans 6:23For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Spiritual Depths
1 Corinthians 2:10God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
Spiritual Desires
Isaiah 26:9I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.
Spiritual Destitution
Matthew 5:3"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Spiritual Discernment
2 Kings 4:9She said to her husband, "Look, I'm sure that the man who regularly passes through here is a very special prophet.
Spiritual Failure
Matthew 7:27The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!"
Spiritual Famine,
Amos 8:11-12Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land -- not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!
Spiritual Famine, Relief Of
Psalm 107:9For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.
Spiritual Fathers
1 Corinthians 4:15For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Spiritual Foundations
1 Corinthians 3:11For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Fulness
Psalm 23:5You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.
Spiritual Gifts
1 Corinthians 12:1With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
Spiritual Gifts, Diversity Of
1 Corinthians 12:4-6Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
Spiritual Gifts, Given To Church
Ephesians 4:11It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
Spiritual Gifts, Importance Of Love
1 Corinthians 13:1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
Spiritual Gifts, Purpose Of
1 Corinthians 14:12It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.
Spiritual Gifts, Warnings About
1 Corinthians 14:39So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.
Spiritual Growth
2 Corinthians 9:10Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.
Spiritual Harlotry
Hosea 5:4Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God; because a spirit of idolatry controls their heart, and they do not acknowledge the Lord.
Spiritual Hunger
1 Peter 2:2And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Spiritual Ignorance
1 Corinthians 12:1With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
Spiritual Illumination
Daniel 5:14I have heard about you, how there is a spirit of the gods in you, and how you have insight, discernment, and extraordinary wisdom.
Spiritual Immaturity
1 Corinthians 3:1So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
Spiritual Investment
Matthew 6:20But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.
Spiritual life
John 6:63The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
Spiritual Life, Described By
Romans 6:11So you too consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Spiritual Life, Maintained By
John 6:57Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.
Spiritual Malnutrition
1 Corinthians 3:1-3So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
Spiritual Maturity
1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
Spiritual Mothers
1 Peter 3:6like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so.
Spiritual Night
1 Thessalonians 5:5For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.
Spiritual Offspring
Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to the promise.
Spiritual Perception
Mark 2:8Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them, "Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?
Spiritual Progress
Job 17:9But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
Spiritual Striving
Philippians 1:27Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that -- whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent -- I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
Spiritual Treasures
2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.
Spiritual Understanding
Hebrews 13:12-13Therefore, to sanctify the people by his own blood, Jesus also suffered outside the camp.
Spiritual Vitality
2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
Spiritual Warfare, Armour
Psalm 28:7-8The Lord strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude.
Spiritual Warfare, As Conflict
Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
Spiritual Warfare, Causes Of
2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment,
Spiritual Warfare, Enemies In
James 4:4Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.
Strength, Spiritual
Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.
That Which Is Spiritual
John 4:24God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
Victory, Over Spiritual Forces
Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.
Wardrobe, Spiritual
Romans 13:12The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
Weakness, Spiritual
2 Corinthians 12:10Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
