Thematic Bible: Lessons of


Thematic Bible







For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will save it. Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfLossMartyrdom, Qualities OfRestitutionSelf SacrificeKeeping Oneself AliveLosing One's LifeThe Surrendered life


For we who live are always given over to death because of Jesus, so that Jesus' life may also be revealed in our mortal flesh. So death works in us, but life in you.

For you have died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God. When the Messiah, who is your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.


In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.” Verse ConceptsForbearance Of GodAmoritesCompletionPunishment, DelayedForbearanceDivine DelaysFractions, One FourthFourthReturning to their landIncomplete WorksWaiting Till Marriage




And they must also be tested first; if they prove blameless, then they can serve as deacons. Verse ConceptsBeing FirstCharacterPraising Specific PeopleTestsServing The Churchfitness

These are the nations the Lord left in order to test Israel, since the Israelites had fought none of these in any of the wars with Canaan. Verse ConceptsMilitarySurvivors Of The NationsBattleTestsisraeltrainingexams

If you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commands just as your father David did, I will give you a long life.” Verse ConceptsAgingCommands, in OTKingship, HumanLife, HumanReward, DivineHow To Live LongKeep The Commandments!

He asked this to test him, for He Himself knew what He was going 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 they lived in as foreigners. Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftSojourningGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsAlienscovenant


“Hear my prayer, Lord,
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.
For I am a foreigner residing with You,
a temporary resident 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, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.” Verse ConceptsAge, Span Of LifePhysical LifePilgrimagePilgrims, Examples OfFamily Problems

For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. Verse ConceptsForeignersBeing A PilgrimHope, Results Of Its AbsenceLife, HumanPhysical LifePessimismPassing ThroughShadowsYear Of JubileeLife, Brevity OfPilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfImmigrantsAliens

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



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



So you’ll recognize them by their fruit. Verse ConceptsDistinguishing


But they will not make further progress, for their lack of understanding will be clear to all, as theirs was also. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfManifesting (making Something Clear)Foolishness Of MenAspects Of People Made Knowncancer


For nothing is concealed that won’t be revealed, and nothing hidden that won’t be made known and come to light. Verse ConceptsCharacterSecret ThingsFrom Darkness To LightAcquiring KnowledgeHidden ThingsAvoiding SecrecyDisclosuressecretshiding






I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. Verse ConceptsLearningResentment, Against PeopleSuffering, Encouragements InContentmentComplaintsShortagesCircumstancesAbasementRespectBeing Content

But that is not how you learned about the Messiah, assuming you heard Him and were taught by Him, because the truth is in Jesus: you took off your former way of life, the old man that is corrupted by deceitful desires; read more.
you are being renewed in the spirit of your minds;

"Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil. Learn to do what is good. Seek justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow's cause.


It was good for me to be afflicted
so that I could learn Your statutes.
Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfAfflictions, Benefits OfEncouragement In LifePersonal GoodAfflictions

It is written in the Prophets: And they will all be taught by 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

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