Thematic Bible: Lessons of
Thematic Bible
Life » Lessons of » Out of death
I have been crucified with Christ [that is, in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith [by adhering to, relying on, and completely trusting] in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
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We have therefore been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory and power of the Father, we too might walk habitually in newness of life [abandoning our old ways].
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You fool! Every time you plant seed you sow something that does not come to life [germinating, springing up and growing] unless it first dies.
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For we who live are constantly [experiencing] being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, that the [ resurrection] life of Jesus also may be evidenced through our flesh which is liable to death. Thus death is actively at work in us, but [it is in order that our] life [may be actively at work] in you.
For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, Who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in [the splendor of His] glory.
Life » Lessons of » Probation, a
Then in the fourth generation your descendants shall return here [to Canaan, the land of promise], for the wickedness and guilt of the Amorites is not yet complete (finished).”
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but [only] from the tree of the knowledge (recognition) of good and evil you shall not eat, otherwise on the day that you eat from it, you shall most certainly die [because of your disobedience].”
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And you shall remember [always] all the ways which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart (mind), whether you would keep His commandments or not.
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These men must first be tested; then if they are found to be blameless and beyond reproach [in their Christian lives], let them serve as deacons.
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Now these are the nations which the Lord left [in order] to test Israel by them (that is, all [the people of Israel] who had not [previously] experienced any of the wars in Canaan;
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If you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and My commandments, as your father David did, then I will lengthen your days.”
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But He said this to test Philip, because He knew what He was about to do.
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Life » Lessons of » Pilgrimage, a
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires] that wage war against the soul.
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For here we have no lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.
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I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as strangers (temporary residents, foreigners).
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All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
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“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and listen to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am Your temporary guest,
A sojourner like all my fathers.
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. Few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, and they have not reached the years that my fathers lived during the days of their pilgrimage.”
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For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope [of remaining].
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I am a stranger on the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
Life » Lessons of » Old, the
For the time already past is [more than] enough for doing what the [unsaved] Gentiles like to do—living [unrestrained as you have done] in a course of [shameless] sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries.
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We know that our old self [our human nature without the Holy Spirit] was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin.
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For whoever lacks these qualities is blind—shortsighted [closing his spiritual eyes to the truth], having become oblivious to the fact that he was cleansed from his old sins.
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that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self [completely discard your former nature], which is being corrupted through deceitful desires,
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Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its evil practices,
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Life » Lessons of » Manifested
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are clearly identified: anyone who does not practice righteousness [who does not seek God’s will in thought, action, and purpose] is not of God, nor is the one who does not [unselfishly] love his [believing] brother.
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But they will not get very far, for their meaningless nonsense and ignorance will become obvious to everyone, as was that of Jannes and Jambres.
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This, the first of His signs (attesting miracles), Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed His glory [displaying His deity and His great power openly], and His disciples believed [confidently] in Him [as the Messiah—they adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Him].
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Life » Lessons of » Precious, regarded by Christ as
Life » Lessons of » Result in perfect contentment
But if a widow has children or grandchildren [who are adults], see to it that these first learn to show great respect to their own family [as their religious duty and natural obligation], and to compensate their parents or grandparents [for their upbringing]; for this is acceptable and pleasing in the sight of God.
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Not that I speak from [any personal] need, for I have learned to be content [and self-sufficient through Christ, satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or uneasy] regardless of my circumstances.
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Life » Lessons of » Truly learned, purify the soul
But you did not so learn Christ! Assuming that you have really heard Him and been taught by Him, as [all] Truth is in Jesus [embodied and personified in Him], Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion; read more.
And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude],
And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude],
Life » Lessons of » Practical, every day
Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes! Cease to do evil, Learn to do right! Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Life » Lessons of » The great teacher of says
Life » Lessons of » Learned in the school of affliction
It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
Life » Lessons of » All lead to Christ
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- Aliens
- Being A Pilgrim
- Being Content
- Commitment, to the world
- Death To Self
- Death of
- Foreigners
- God's Things Concealed
- Life, Human
- Losing One's Life
- Loss
- Love, Abuse Of
- Lust
- Mortification
- Not Worrying
- Old Nature
- Pilgrims
- Pilgrims, Examples Of
- Reckoned As Foreigners
- Saints, As Pilgrims
- Selfishness
- Sin Produces Death
- Sin, Avoidance Of
- Tests
- The Sin Nature
- Unselfishness
- Worth
- Discipleship, nature of
- Exams
- Rebirth