Thematic Bible: Example of spiritual


Thematic Bible



We grope along a wall like the blind;
we grope like those without eyes.
We stumble at noon as though it were twilight;
we are like the dead among those who are healthy.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, Consequences OfGuidance, Need For God'sWallsTwilightPeople StumblingAfflicted To Death



Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? Verse ConceptsGreat ThingsOffering SacrificesHolier Than ThouSanctificationimportance




The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins. Verse ConceptsBacksliding, CausesLackPast, TheDefective VisionForgetting ThingsBeing Cleansed From SinThe Pastcleansingpastpeter

But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Verse ConceptsDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinBigotryRacismDarkness Of EvilNot Knowing WhereBlindingOther BlindingSibling Love

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