Thematic Bible: Investments
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I counsel thee to purchase of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayst be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayst be cloathed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and an ointment for thine eyes to make you see clear.
Jesus said, if thou wilt be perfect, go sell your estate, give the value to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: then come and follow me.
Verse Concepts
Giving, Of PossessionsFollowing Jesus ChristCommitment, to Jesus Christethics, socialChristlikenessGenerosity, Humandiscipleship, nature ofChallengesBeggarsAlms, Good DeedsHeaven, Inheritance OfInvitationsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoverty, Remedies ForReligionRestitutionReward, For God's PeopleRich, TheSelf Denial
nay I think them disadvantages when put in competition with the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whose sake I abandon all these things, and count them as straw, that I may gain Christ,
securing to themselves a well-grounded expectation of obtaining hereafter an immortal life.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field: a man finds this treasure and buries it again, then goes in great joy, sells all that he hath, and purchases that field.
but lay up for your selves treasures in heaven, where there is neither moth, nor rust, nor corruption, nor thieves, nor violence to molest you.
the life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
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- Belonging To Heaven
- Benevolence
- Buying God's Gift
- Buying and selling
- Certainty
- Challenges
- Christlikeness
- Clarity
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- Death To Self
- Defecation
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- Giving, Of Oneself
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- Goals
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- Heaven, Inheritance Of
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- Holy Spirit, Types Of
- Insects
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- Parables Of Christ
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- Personal Consecration
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- Restitution
- Reward, For God's People
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- Rich, The
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- Rubbish
- Seeking Life
- Self Denial
- Self Sacrifice
- Spiritual Foundations
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- Stewardship
- Storing
- Storing Other Things
- Storing Treasure On Earth
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- The Body
- The Faculty Of Sight
- Thrift
- Treasure
- Treasure In Heaven
- Value
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