Thematic Bible: Lessons of


Thematic Bible



I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone [just one grain, never more]. But if it dies, it produces much grain and yields a harvest. Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualFruit, Spiritualevil, victory overGrainWheatGain Through LossDeath To SelfParables Of SowingIsolated PersonsThe Source Of FruitThe Effect Of Christ's DeathChrist Telling The TruthTruly Truly

and the Ever-living One [living in and beyond all time and space]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of [absolute control and victory over] death and of Hades (the realm of the dead). Verse ConceptsDeath, Of BelieversThe DeadAfterlifeJesus Christ, Eternity OfHadesKeysLast ThingsJesus Christ, ResurrectionDeath, DefeatedOvercoming DeathChrist Is RisenChrist's LifeThe Fact Of Christ's DeathDeathKeys Of Death And HadesDeath ofDeath Of Loved OneLife After DeathPurgatory



For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake, he is the one who will save it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God]. Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfLossMartyrdom, Qualities OfRestitutionSelf SacrificeKeeping Oneself AliveLosing One's LifeThe Surrendered life

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. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfSeedFoolish PeopleDeath Of God's PeopleLife And Deathnatural DeathFoolsReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsChange And Growthrebirth

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.


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).” Verse ConceptsForbearance Of GodAmoritesCompletionPunishment, DelayedForbearanceDivine DelaysFractions, One FourthFourthReturning to their landIncomplete WorksWaiting Till Marriage

So he called ten of his servants, and gave them ten minas [one apiece, each equal to about a hundred days’ wages] and said to them, ‘Do business [with this] until I return.’ Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsTradeAppropriationTen PeopleLarge DenominationsSpecific Sums Of MoneyEternal PerspectiveBusinessFinancesTalentsGifts And Talentsinvesting


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. Verse ConceptsAdversity, Purpose OfDivine LeadingGod, Patience OfGuardiansGuidance, Examples Of God'sTravelling With GodHumilityPast, TheBeneficial Afflictions For FaithAfflictions, Benefits Of40 To 50 YearsGod Testing PeopleGod Led Them Through The WildernessBeing HumbleHumble YourselfTestshumblenesshumbleexamsorderwanderingcommandments

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. Verse ConceptsBeing FirstCharacterPraising Specific PeopleTestsServing The Churchfitness

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; Verse ConceptsMilitarySurvivors Of The NationsBattleTestsisraeltrainingexams

If you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and My commandments, as your father David did, then I will lengthen your days.” Verse ConceptsAgingCommands, in OTKingship, HumanLife, HumanReward, DivineHow To Live LongKeep The Commandments!

But He said this to test Philip, because He knew what He was about to do. Verse ConceptsChrist Knowing About HimselfIdentityIdentity In ChristTestsexamstrying



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). Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftSojourningGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsAlienscovenant

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. Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithForeignersBeing A PilgrimBelieversAdventureGod's PromisesWaitingYear Of JubileeFaith, Object OfPilgrimsSaints, As PilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfSeeing At A DistanceExploits Of FaithReckoned As ForeignersPromises concerningKeeping FaithPromisesHaving FaithAliensdistanceheroesconfessingperformance


“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.
Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimSilenceWeepingPilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfSpiritual DeafnessTearsCryingReckoned As ForeignersHear Prayer!Pay Attention O God!Feelings Of Alienation

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.” Verse ConceptsAge, Span Of LifePhysical LifePilgrimagePilgrims, Examples OfFamily Problems

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]. Verse ConceptsForeignersBeing A PilgrimHope, Results Of Its AbsenceLife, HumanPhysical LifePessimismPassing ThroughShadowsYear Of JubileeLife, Brevity OfPilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfImmigrantsAliens


I am a stranger on the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
Verse ConceptsPilgrimsReckoned As ForeignersGod's Things Concealed


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. Verse ConceptsFruit, SpiritualAbolitionThe Sin NatureThe New Man In ChristPutting Off The Old ManSelfishnessUnselfishnessThe Human BodyDying With ChristCrucifying Our FleshOld NatureDestruction Of Satan's WorksDead To SinContinuing In SinOur CrucifixionSubject To EvilIdentityIdentity In Christrebirth

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. Verse ConceptsBacksliding, CausesLackPast, TheDefective VisionForgetting ThingsBeing Cleansed From SinThe Pastcleansingpastpeter



Therefore, by their fruit you will recognize them [as false prophets]. Verse ConceptsDistinguishing


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. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfManifesting (making Something Clear)Foolishness Of MenAspects Of People Made Knowncancer

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]. Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfFaith, Origins OfSpiritual Blindness, Consequences OfHow Disciples LearnManifesting (making Something Clear)Moses, Significance OfProof, As EvidenceSignsSigns Of The TimesUnion With Christ, Nature OfGod's Glory In Jesus ChristFirst ActionsThe Disciples ReactionsSigns Performed By ChristChrist's Own GloryThose Who Believed In Christ

For there is nothing hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come out into the open. Verse ConceptsCharacterSecret ThingsFrom Darkness To LightAcquiring KnowledgeHidden ThingsAvoiding SecrecyDisclosuressecretshiding






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. Verse ConceptsLearningResentment, Against PeopleSuffering, Encouragements InContentmentComplaintsShortagesCircumstancesAbasementRespectBeing Content

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],

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.



It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfAfflictions, Benefits OfEncouragement In LifePersonal GoodAfflictions

It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught of God.’ Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father, comes to Me. Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofLearning From GodComing To ChristHearing God's WordGod TeachingThe FatherWritten In The ProphetsThe Father's Activity Regarding Christ