Thematic Bible: Moral Brankruptcy


Thematic Bible



Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a human king who wished to settle accounts with his attendants. When he began the accounting, one was brought to him who owed him 10,000 talents [probably about $10,000,000], And because he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and his children and everything that he possessed, and payment to be made.


remember that at that time you were separated from Christ [excluded from any relationship with Him], alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise [with no share in the sacred Messianic promise and without knowledge of God’s agreements], having no hope [in His promise] and [living] in the world without God. Verse ConceptsHopelessnessPessimismPoverty, SpiritualSin, Effects OfAlienation, Examples OfAtheism, Description OfEstrangementSpiritual DestitutionMoral BankruptcySeparation From GodWhat Foreigners Are LikeWithout GodWithout HopeHope, Of The WickedThe promises of GodStrangers in israelPromises concerningCitizensPromisesAliensFeeling LostRemoving People From Your Lifeisraelcovenantatheismimprovement


Then I said, “[Surely] these are only the poor (uneducated);
They are [sinfully] foolish and have no [spiritual] understanding,
For they do not know the way of the Lord
Or the ordinance of their God [and the requirements of His just and righteous law].
Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Effects OfPoverty, SpiritualMoral BankruptcySpiritual IgnorancePoor PeopleCounted As Fools

Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to do without and be in need. Verse ConceptsNeedPoverty, Causes OfSpiritual DestitutionMoral BankruptcyBeing UnsatisfiedShortagesBecoming PoorA Fool And His Money Shall Part