Thematic Bible: Lessons of


Thematic Bible



Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit. 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




For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it. Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfLossMartyrdom, Qualities OfRestitutionSelf SacrificeKeeping Oneself AliveLosing One's LifeThe Surrendered life

Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again: Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfSeedFoolish PeopleDeath Of God's PeopleLife And Deathnatural DeathFoolsReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsChange And Growthrebirth

For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death. So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God. At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.

And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile: Verse ConceptsArtificial Inseminationdung and manureLordship, Human And DivineLongsuffering Of GodDivine DelaysIncreasing FruitExcavationDefecationNot Being Aloneluckpoop


And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsTradeAppropriationTen PeopleLarge DenominationsSpecific Sums Of MoneyEternal PerspectiveBusinessFinancesTalentsGifts And Talentsinvesting


And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders 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

And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them. Verse ConceptsBeing FirstCharacterPraising Specific PeopleTestsServing The Churchfitness

Now these are the nations which the Lord kept in the land for the purpose of testing Israel by them, all those who had had no experience of all the wars of Canaan; Verse ConceptsMilitarySurvivors Of The NationsBattleTestsisraeltrainingexams

And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life. Verse ConceptsAgingCommands, in OTKingship, HumanLife, HumanReward, DivineHow To Live LongKeep The Commandments!

This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do. Verse ConceptsChrist Knowing About HimselfIdentityIdentity In ChristTestsexamstrying


For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come. Verse ConceptsDecayCitySociety, Positive Aspects OfDeath, Preparation ForCitizens, HeavenlyThe Future AgeCity Of GodCitizensseeking

And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their wanderings. Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftSojourningGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsAlienscovenant


Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers. Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimSilenceWeepingPilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfSpiritual DeafnessTearsCryingReckoned As ForeignersHear Prayer!Pay Attention O God!Feelings Of Alienation

And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers. Verse ConceptsAge, Span Of LifePhysical LifePilgrimagePilgrims, Examples OfFamily Problems

For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on. Verse ConceptsForeignersBeing A PilgrimHope, Results Of Its AbsenceLife, HumanPhysical LifePessimismPassing ThroughShadowsYear Of JubileeLife, Brevity OfPilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfImmigrantsAliens

I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me. Verse ConceptsPilgrimsReckoned As ForeignersGod's Things Concealed



For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins. Verse ConceptsBacksliding, CausesLackPast, TheDefective VisionForgetting ThingsBeing Cleansed From SinThe Pastcleansingpastpeter



So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Verse ConceptsDistinguishing


But they will go no farther: for their foolish behaviour will be clear to all men, as theirs was in the end. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfManifesting (making Something Clear)Foolishness Of MenAspects Of People Made Knowncancer


For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light. Verse ConceptsCharacterSecret ThingsFrom Darkness To LightAcquiring KnowledgeHidden ThingsAvoiding SecrecyDisclosuressecretshiding






But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself. Verse ConceptsLearningResentment, Against PeopleSuffering, Encouragements InContentmentComplaintsShortagesCircumstancesAbasementRespectBeing Content

For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you; If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus: That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit; read more.
And be made new in the spirit of your mind,

Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning; Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.


It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules. Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfAfflictions, Benefits OfEncouragement In LifePersonal GoodAfflictions

The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of 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

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