Thematic Bible: Christ, an example of


Thematic Bible







If I then, your Master and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet too. For I have set you an example, in order that you may do what I have done to you.




And although he was a son, he learned to obey, through what he suffered, Verse ConceptsLearningThe Submission Of ChristObedienceSuffering

Remember what I said to you: No slave is greater than his master. If they have persecuted me they will persecute you too. If they have observed my teaching, they will observe yours too. Verse ConceptsFate Of The GodlyFaith, As A Body Of Beliefsdiscipleship, cost ofHumiliationRememberingServanthood, In SocietySuffering, Causes OfPersecution, Nature OfPersecution, OriginPersecution PredictedInferioritySlavesThey Do Not Keep CommandsPersecution

Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he possessed the nature of God, he did not grasp at equality with God, but laid it aside to take on the nature of a slave and become like other men. read more.
When he had assumed human form, he still further humbled himself and carried his obedience so far as to die, and to die upon the cross.

But Jesus answered, "Let it be so this time, for it is right for us to do everything that God requires." Then John consented. Verse ConceptsNowGospel, Essence OfA Righteous People



This was the passage of Scripture that he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, And just as a lamb is dumb before its shearer, He does not open his mouth. Verse ConceptsLambsMutenessSilenceJesus Christ, Meekness OfSheep ShearingHumility Of ChristPatience, The Nature OfChrist Being SilentChrist Was KilledUse Of The Scriptures

When he went back to the disciples he found them asleep. And he said to Peter, "Then were you not able to watch with me for one hour? Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times



Jesus answered, "I have let you see many good things from the Father; which of them do you mean to stone me for?" Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfDoing God's WorksFear Of StoningThe Father