Thematic Bible: Pharisaic separation condemned


Thematic Bible



I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me." Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstChoicesListeningRejection Of GodGod's Call, Few RespondReprobatesAnswering GodNot Pleasing GodOthers Not Answeringfate

Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord, Verse ConceptsHatredRejecting ThingsHating GoodNo Fear Of GodHateFearing GodMoralityhaters

The one who slaughters a bull also strikes down a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog's neck; the one who presents an offering includes pig's blood with it; the one who offers incense also praises an idol. They have decided to behave this way; they enjoy these disgusting practices. Verse ConceptsBlood Of SacrificesAtonement, in OTDelighting, Wrong Kinds OfBlood, Figurative UseMemorialPleasureAbominations, Sin IsKilling Domesticated AnimalsPigsIncense Offered AmissKilling SacrificesMaking Cereal Offerings And Libationspork

The governor asked them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas!" Verse ConceptsBarabbasChoosing PeoplePeople Releasing OthersTwo Other Menliberation

Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then gather the wheat into my barn."'" Verse ConceptsBinding cornHarvestSicklesBindingEternal JudgmentMixed MultitudeJoining ThingsGathering FoodBurning PlantsGod's StorehousesPlants Growing UpGrowing

It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous Verse ConceptsLast JudgmentLast DaysPunishment Of the WickedEnd Of The WorldPlucking OutThe End Of The WorldEnd Times




I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. Verse ConceptsSleep, PhysicalBedsDuring One NightTwo PeopleTaking Other PeopleThe Rapturecouples

Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.' Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceGehennaProbation PeriodGapsUnable To Do Other ThingsOccupants Of HellPurgatorybridges


But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us. Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toExcommunicationSluggardsTraditionsFellowship With WickedBad CompanyEvil AssociationsIn The Name Of ChristChristian TraditionsA Mans CharacterHaving No DealingsMen's OrdersChristians Being Called Brothers


and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit. Verse ConceptsCorruption, CausesMind, The HumanPoverty, SpiritualProfitsSpiritual DestitutionPerversionBad CompanyEvil AssociationsThoughts Of The WickedConflictcorruptionmindsetpiety


But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person. Verse ConceptsBad CompanyAlcoholGreed, Believers' Response ToBad FriendsFellowship With WickedSexual ChastityCorrecting A BrotherGood AssoiciatesWarnings Of Evil AssociationsAvoid ImmoralityAvoiding IdolatryNo DealingsAbusive RelationshipsAddictionCovetousnesssexGreedSexual Immoralitydrunkards

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector. Verse ConceptsChurchProblem SolvingPagansSin, God's Judgment OnTax CollectorsDisfellowshipAvoiding ForeignersEach Local ChurchTreating OthersConflictGoing To ChurchFamily Conflict

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not give him any greeting, Verse ConceptsNot Welcoming PeopleDo Not GreetDoctrines of the The Gospelatheismgoodbyesdoctrinewelcome

Therefore you must distinguish between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean, and you must not make yourselves detestable by means of an animal or bird or anything that creeps on the ground -- creatures I have distinguished for you as unclean. Verse ConceptsDefilement, Ceremonial CausesMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanAnimals Having A Soul

as well as to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean, Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfPriests, Function In Ot TimesRitual LawMan DifferentiatingClean And Unclean

Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst. Verse ConceptsAtonement, in OTHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPriests, Function In Ot TimesUnfaithfulness, To GodCorrupt PriestsClean And UncleanSabbath ViolatedThey Do Not Keep CommandsLack Of Holiness

to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the living creatures that may be eaten and the living creatures that must not be eaten.'" Verse ConceptsAnimal LifeMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanFood Defined

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