Thematic Bible: Decision


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He said to another, "Follow me." But he said, "Let me first go and bury my father." Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you must go and spread the news of the Kingdom of God!" Yet another man said to him, "Master, I am going to follow you, but let me first say goodbye to my people at home." read more.
Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plough, and then looks back, is fitted for the Kingdom of God."




And another of his disciples said to him, "Let me first go, sir, and bury my father." But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead!"

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Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not join me in gathering, scatters. Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToNot MeChrist With People In SpiritNo Helpgathering

Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not join me in gathering, scatters. Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToCooperationDissensiongathering

Remember Lot's wife! Verse ConceptsHesitationWifeluck

So just as you once accepted the Christ, Jesus, as your Lord, you must live in vital union with him. You must be rooted and built up in him and made strong in faith, just as you were taught to be, overflowing with it in your gratitude.

But you, man of God, must fly from these things. Strive for uprightness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Enter the great contest of faith! Take hold of eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the great profession of faith. Before God who maintains all life, and before Christ Jesus who in testifying before Pontius Pilate made his great profession, I charge you read more.
to keep his command stainless and irreproachable until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,





So when they gathered to ask this, Pilate said to them, "Which one do you want me to release for you, Barabbas, or Jesus, the so-called Christ?" Verse ConceptsBarabbasRight DesiresPeople Releasing Othersfree



So Jesus said to the Twelve, "Do you mean to go away too?" Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithLonelinessLeavingTwelve DisciplesSchoolwill

I have had a part in the great contest, I have run my race, I have preserved my faith. Now the crown of uprightness awaits me, which the Lord, the upright judge, will award me on that Day, and not only me but also all who have loved and hoped for his appearing.

for I eagerly and confidently hope that I shall never disgrace myself but that this time as always hitherto, living or dying, I shall do Christ credit by my unfailing courage. For, as I see it, living means Christ and dying something even better.


and spoke boldly for the Lord's cause, talking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews. But they tried to kill him. Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofGreeksHatredSuffering, Of BelieversDisputesPersecution Of The Apostle PaulReasoned ArgumentAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleBoldness



Simon Peter answered, "To whom can we go, sir? You have a message of eternal life, and we believe and are satisfied that you are the Holy One of God."

Peter said, "Here we have left home and followed you." Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleSelf DenialNever Giving Upfollowingimpossible

Even now it is for my hope in the promise that God made to our forefathers that I stand here on trial, Verse ConceptsHope, In GodMinistry, Qualifications ForAncestorsGod's Promise To Abraham














Faith made Moses, when he was grown up, refuse to be known as a son of Pharaoh's daughter, for he preferred sharing the hardships of God's people to a short-lived enjoyment of sin, and thought such contempt as the Christ endured was truer wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking forward to the coming reward.

























Faith enabled Abraham, when he was put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had accepted God's promises was ready to sacrifice his only son, of whom he had been told, "Your posterity is to arise through Isaac!" For he believed that God was able to raise men even from the dead, and from the dead he did indeed, to speak figuratively, receive him back.

Faith enabled Abraham to obey when God summoned him to leave his home for a region which he was to have for his own, and to leave home without knowing where he was going. Verse ConceptsAbrahamFaith, Nature OfExamples Of FaithCommitment, to GodReceiving An InheritanceHistoryAbraham, New Testament ReferencesAbraham, Calling And LifeCalling, Of IndividualsDestinationsExploits Of FaithNot Knowing Where










Yet you have a few at Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me clad in white, for they deserve to. Verse ConceptsRest, EternalWalkingWorthinessWhite And Bright ClothesClothed With RighteousnessWhite ClothsClean ClothesFew PeopleFew In The KingdomWorthy PeopleThe Environment











Joseph of Arimathea, a highly respected member of the council, who was himself living in expectation of the reign of God, made bold to go to Pilate and ask for Jesus' body. Verse ConceptsBoldness, To PeopleKingdom Of God, Coming OfSanhedrinWaitingWaiting On GodBoldness Examples OfMessianic HopeJesus CorpseNot DiscouragedThose Who Wait For Godrisk


Faith caused Enoch to be taken up from the earth without experiencing death; he could not be found, because God had taken him up. For before he was taken up there is evidence that he pleased God, but without faith it is impossible to please him; for whoever would approach God must have faith in his existence and in his willingness to reward those who try to find him.




Simon Peter answered, "To whom can we go, sir? You have a message of eternal life, Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleLife By God's WordWho Is The One?Eternal lifeEverlastingThe Power Of Wordseternity





I know what you have done; your hard work and your endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, and that you have tested those who claimed to be apostles when they were not, and have found them to be impostors. You show endurance; you have undergone much for my sake, and you have not grown weary.


Faith made Abel's sacrifice greater in the sight of God than Cain's; through faith he gained God's approval as an upright man, for God himself approved his offering, and through faith even when he was dead he still spoke. Verse ConceptsAbelAbel and CainFaith, As Basis Of SalvationCommendationExamples Of FaithAtonement, Types OfRighteousness, As FaithWorship, Acceptable AttitudesThe Witness Of GodRighteous By ObedienceSacrificeExcellence




They are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women; they are celibates. It is they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been ransomed from among men as the first-fruits for God and the Lamb, Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus Christdiscipleship, nature ofDefilement, By SinCommitment, to Jesus ChristAsceticism, TypesMarketsCelibacyMetaphorical Firstfruits144,000UniversalismDefilementFirst fruitsSexual PurityThe Rapturerevelationredeemedvirginity