Thompson's Chain Reference: Special Bible Readings

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Skip to section: Abiding in Christ Abundant Salvation, For the Faithful Adaption of Truth, to the Weak Believers Kept Bringing Men to Jesus Childhood, Marks of (Physical And Spiritual) Christ, Conqueror of Death Christ Defamed Christ Precious Christianity, Characteristics of True Christ's Attitude toward Children Christ's Prayers in Great Crises Church Similitudes Cords of the Cross Death the Great Reaper Defender of the Weak, Christ the Delayed Blessings Test Faith Delusions, Common Divinity Acknowledged, Christ's Divinity Challenged Eagerness For the Truth, Examples of Effort Demanded Before a Blessing Can Be Given Family Cares, Causes of Fleeting Impressions Foreordained Plan of Salvation Fuller Revelation Gain Through Loss Gifts From God Giving Sacrificial, Examples of God's Tool Chest 1 Corinthians Chapter 1 God's Ways Good and Evil Adjacent, Often in Close Contact Heart the Centre of Life Heartlessness, Examples of Heavenly Citizenship The Holy Spirit, Office and Work of I Am's of Christ I Will's of Christ Ignorance of Self, Perils of The Inescapable Question Concerning Christ's Person Inner Circle of the Disciples The Insanity of Sin, Examples of The Inseparable Christ Inspiration of Example Inward Fire Joy, Heavenly, Causes of Judgment Forbidden Justice Unsparing, of God Lambs of the Fold Lessons of Life Let Us Life's Purpose Love Preeminent Love, the Test Meaning of the Risen Life Memory, Spiritual Messianic Hope One Thing Only Saviour, Jesus the Opportunity, Universal Outcasts Received by Christ Peter Empowered by the Holy Spirit Pilgrims, Characteristics of Power of Prayer Power Realized, Christ's Realized by Men Prisons Opened Privileges Misused Purposes Divine Reward Proportionate to Service Rendered Satan Limited in Power The Satanic "If" Which Challenged Christ's Divinity Satanic Invasion, Satan's Entrance into Human Hearts The Service Test Seven Morning Glories of John Chapter 14 Shallowness Sin's Increment Soul Winner's Joy Spirit of Christ Spiritual Persuasion Telling Jesus Truth Misunderstood Unbelievers Universal Blessings, Possible Unrealized Power of Christ Unrealized Service on the part of Workers, Who did not Appreciate how much they were Doing Unworthiness Felt Verily, Verilys of Christ in Regard to the New Life Virgin Birth, the, of Christ Water of Life

1. Abiding in Christ
2. Abundant Salvation, For the Faithful
3. Adaption of Truth, to the Weak
4. Believers Kept
5. Bringing Men to Jesus
6. Childhood, Marks of (Physical And Spiritual)
7. Christ, Conqueror of Death
8. Christ Defamed
9. Christ Precious
10. Christianity, Characteristics of True
11. Christ's Attitude toward Children
12. Christ's Prayers in Great Crises
13. Church Similitudes
14. Cords of the Cross
15. Death the Great Reaper
16. Defender of the Weak, Christ the
17. Delayed Blessings Test Faith
18. Delusions, Common
19. Divinity Acknowledged, Christ's
20. Divinity Challenged
21. Eagerness For the Truth, Examples of
22. Effort Demanded Before a Blessing Can Be Given
23. Family Cares, Causes of
24. Fleeting Impressions
25. Foreordained Plan of Salvation
26. Fuller Revelation
27. Gain Through Loss
28. Gifts From God
29. Giving Sacrificial, Examples of
30. God's Tool Chest 1 Corinthians Chapter 1
31. God's Ways
32. Good and Evil Adjacent, Often in Close Contact
33. Heart the Centre of Life
34. Heartlessness, Examples of
35. Heavenly Citizenship
36. The Holy Spirit, Office and Work of
37. I Am's of Christ
38. I Will's of Christ
39. Ignorance of Self, Perils of
40. The Inescapable Question Concerning Christ's Person
41. Inner Circle of the Disciples
42. The Insanity of Sin, Examples of
43. The Inseparable Christ
44. Inspiration of Example
45. Inward Fire
46. Joy, Heavenly, Causes of
47. Judgment Forbidden
48. Justice Unsparing, of God
49. Lambs of the Fold
50. Lessons of Life
51. Let Us
52. Life's Purpose
53. Love Preeminent
54. Love, the Test
55. Meaning of the Risen Life
56. Memory, Spiritual
57. Messianic Hope
58. One Thing
59. Only Saviour, Jesus the
60. Opportunity, Universal
61. Outcasts Received by Christ
62. Peter Empowered by the Holy Spirit
63. Pilgrims, Characteristics of
64. Power of Prayer
65. Power Realized, Christ's Realized by Men
66. Prisons Opened
67. Privileges Misused
68. Purposes Divine
69. Reward Proportionate to Service Rendered
70. Satan Limited in Power
71. The Satanic "If" Which Challenged Christ's Divinity
72. Satanic Invasion, Satan's Entrance into Human Hearts
73. The Service Test
74. Seven Morning Glories of John Chapter 14
75. Shallowness
76. Sin's Increment
77. Soul Winner's Joy
78. Spirit of Christ
79. Spiritual Persuasion
80. Telling Jesus
81. Truth Misunderstood
82. Unbelievers
83. Universal Blessings, Possible
84. Unrealized Power of Christ
85. Unrealized Service on the part of Workers, Who did not Appreciate how much they were Doing
86. Unworthiness Felt
87. Verily, Verilys of Christ in Regard to the New Life
88. Virgin Birth, the, of Christ
89. Water of Life

Abiding in Christ
Spiritual Fruitfulness	Jhn 15:5
Answered Prayer	Jhn 15:7
Peace in the Storm	Jhn 16:33
New Life	2Cr 5:17
Robe of Righteousness	Phl 3:9

Abundant Salvation, For the Faithful
Become Radiant as Stars	Dan 12:3
Receive a Royal Welcome in Heaven	Mat 25:34
Afflictions add to the Final Glory	2Cr 4:17
Accorded a Triumphant Entrance into Heaven	2Pe 1:11
Given a Place near the Throne	Rev 7:14, 15

Adaption of Truth, to the Weak
The Use of Parables	Mar 4:33
Human Weakness Necessitates	Jhn 16:12
Feeding the Lambs	Jhn 21:15
Simple Truth for the Immature	1Cr 3:2
Paul's Example	1Cr 9:22
Some Unable to Receive Deeper Truths	Hbr 5:12
Different Messages to Different Classes	1Jo 2:13

Believers Kept
Kept in the Father's Name	Jhn 17:11
Kept in Safety	Jhn 17:12
Kept in Joyfulness	Jhn 17:13
Kept in Purity	Jhn 17:15
Kept Separated from the World	Jhn 17:16
Kept in Process of Sanctification	Jhn 17:17
Kept in Active Service	Jhn 17:18
Kept in Perfect Unity	Jhn 17:20, 21
Kept for the Coming Glory	Jhn 17:22-24

Bringing Men to Jesus
The Sick	Mat 4:24; 8:16
The Insane	Mat 9:32
Those whom the Church Fails to Help	Mar 9:17-20
The Helpless	Luk 5:18, 19
The Blind	Luk 18:40
The Seekers	Jhn 1:41, 42; 12:20-22
The Doubters	Jhn 1:45, 46
The Sinful	Jhn 8:3
The Sorrowing	Jhn 11:28

Childhood, Marks of (Physical And Spiritual)
Dependence	Num 11:12
Credulity	Pro 14:15
Foolishness	Pro 22:15
Love of Amusement	Zec 8:5
Petty Complaints	Mat 11:17
Need of Rulers	Gal 4:2
Fickleness	Eph 4:14
Ignorance	Hbr 5:12
Weak Digestion	Hbr 5:13

Christ, Conqueror of Death
Foretold by the Prophets	Isa 25:8, Act 2:27
Defied Death to Hold Him	Jhn 10:17, 18
Submitted to the Stroke of Death for our Sins	1Cr 15:4
Three Times He Entered the Realms of Death, and Rescued Victims	Luk 7:14, 15; Jhn 11:43, 44
Demonstrated His Victory by His Own Resurrection	Rom 1:4
Carries the Keys of the Grave in His Girdle	Rev 1:18
Will Call all Men from Death's Domain	Jhn 5:28, 29
Will Completely Destroy Death at Last	1Cr 15:25, 26

Christ Defamed
Accused of Keeping Bad Company	Mat 9:11
Accused of Gluttony and Intemperance	Mat 11:19
Accused of Blasphemy	Mat 26:65
Accused of Insanity	Mar 3:21
Accused of Being Possessed with Devils	Jhn 7:20; 10:20
Accused of Breaking the Sabbath	Jhn 9:16
Accused of Treason	Jhn 19:12

Christ Precious
The Fairest Among Ten Thousand	Sgs 5:10
A Jewel Beyond Compare	Mat 13:46
The Only Saviour	Act 4:12
The Only Foundation	1Cr 3:11
Paul's Estimate of	Phl 3:8
Priceless to Believers	1Pe 2:7

Christianity, Characteristics of True
A New Birth	Jhn 3:5
A Growth	2Pe 3:18
A New Dress	Isa 61:10
A Radiant Life	Mat 5:16
A Character Building	Mat 7:24
A Fellowship	Luk 24:32
A Sonship	Jhn 1:12
An Education	Jhn 8:31, 32
A Service	1Ti 6:18
A Sacrifice	Rom 12:1
A Walk	Col 2:6
A Warfare	1Ti 6:12
A Race	Hbr 12:1
A Victory	1Jo 5:4
An Assurance of Immortality	Jhn 17:3

Christ's Attitude toward Children
Gentle	Isa 40:11
Promises a Reward for Kindness to	Mat 10:42
Used a Child as an Example	Mat 18:2
Declared that a Childlike Spirit is Absolutely Essential in Religion	Mat 18:3, 4
Warned Against Despising	Mat 18:10
Commands Reception of	Mar 9:37
Said, "Suffer the little children to come unto Me"	Mar 10:14
Observed the Children at Play	Mat 11:16
Commanded that They Should be Fed Spiritual Food	Jhn 21:15

Christ's Prayers in Great Crises
At His Baptism	Luk 3:21
Before Calling the Twelve Apostles	Luk 6:12
When the People Would Crown Him	Jhn 6:15
At His Transfiguration	Luk 9:29
His Farewell Prayer	Jhn 17:1-26
Before the Agony of the Cross	Mat 26:39
On the Cross, for His Enemies	Luk 23:34

Church Similitudes
The Church Compared To:
1. A Building	1Cr 3:9
Christ the Builder	Mat 16:18
Christ the Corner Stone	Eph 2:19, 20
2. A Living Body	1Cr 12:27
Christ Being the Head	Col 2:19
3. A Flock	Luk 12:32
Christ Being the Shepherd	Jhn 10:11
4. A Bride	Rev 21:2
Christ Being the Bridegroom	Jhn 3:29
5. A Casket of Jewels	Mal 3:17
6. Branches of the Vine	Jhn 15:2
7. A Temple	1Cr 3:16
Christ Being the High Priest	Hbr 4:15

Cords of the Cross
What Was it that Held Christ to the Cross?
It was not because he was friendless	Mat 26:53
It was not human weakness	Jhn 10:18
It Was the Cords of
Our Sins,
A Saviour's Love,
Resignation to the Divine Will	Mat 26:42
Loyalty to an Eternal Purpose

Death the Great Reaper
All Journey to His Narrow House	Job 30:23
Wise and Foolish Alike are Smitten by Him	Psa 49:10
Resistance is in Vain	Ecc 8:8
He Entered the World Through Sin	Rom 5:12
Only Two Men in all History have Escaped His Scythe	2Ki 2:11; Hbr 11:5

Defender of the Weak, Christ the
Little Children	Mat 19:13, 14
A Sinful Woman	Luk 7:37-48
A Weak Woman	Luk 13:10-16
A Sinful Woman	Jhn 8:3-11
Mary of Bethany	Jhn 12:3-8
The Frightened Disciples	Jhn 18:8

Delayed Blessings Test Faith
A Delayed-
Birth of a Son	Gen 15:2-5
(Many years waiting)	Gen 21:2
Sacrifice, Provided	Gen 22:8-14
Victory (seven days marching)	Jos 6:12-20
Messiah	Gen 3:15; Luk 2:25-30
Healing	Mat 15:22-28
Relief and Resurrection	Jhn 11:6, 32, 43,44
Gift of the Spirit	Luk 24:49
Deliverance	Act 12:5-7
Escape	Act 27:40-44

Delusions, Common
Thinking that Sin will give Fulness of Life	Gen 3:5, 6
Trusting in Racial Connections for Salvation	Mat 3:9
Using Vain Repetitions in Prayer	Mat 6:7
Self-confidence	Mat 26:33
Building on Sand	Luk 6:49
Trusting in Riches	Luk 12:19
Thinking the Deity is Represented by Idols	Act 17:29
Thinking that there is Plenty of Time	Act 24:25; Gal 6:3; 1Ti 6:5
Presuming upon Unchanging Conditions	Jam 4:13, 14

Divinity Acknowledged, Christ's
By Peter	Mat 16:16
By Demons	Mar 5:7
By the Centurion	Mar 15:39
By Nathanael	Jhn 1:49
By the Samaritans	Jhn 4:42
By Martha	Jhn 11:27
By Thomas	Jhn 20:28

Divinity Challenged
By Satan	Mat 4:3, 6
By Scribes and Pharisees	Luk 5:21
By the Jewish People	Jhn 5:18; 8:53; 10:33
By the Scribes and Elders	Luk 20:1, 2
On the Cross-by the Rabble	Mat 27:39, 40
By the Rulers	Luk 23:35
By the Soldiers	Luk 23:36, 37
By one of the Thieves	Luk 23:39
By the Chief Priests	Mar 15:31, 32

Eagerness For the Truth, Examples of
A Jewish Ruler	Mar 10:17
The Common People	Mar 12:37
Attendants upon the Temple	Luk 21:38
The Samaritans	Jhn 4:40
Cornelius and His Family	Act 10:33
The Gentiles at Antioch	Act 13:42
The Bereans	Act 17:11

Effort Demanded Before a Blessing Can Be Given
To Secure,
Money for Taxes	Mat 17:27
Healing of Withered Hand	Mar 3:5
Great Draught of Fishes	Luk 5:4
Healing of Palsy	Luk 5:24
Healing of Leprosy	Luk 17:14
Wine for Wedding	Jhn 2:7
Water of Salvation	Jhn 4:16
Ability to Walk	Jhn 5:8
Eyesight	Jhn 9:7
Raising of a Brother from the Dead	Jhn 11:39

Family Cares, Causes of
Servant's Ills	Mat 8:6
Children's Sickness	Mat 15:22
Entertainment of Guests	Luk 10:40
Hospitality	Luk 11:5, 6
Responsibility for Husband or Wife	Luk 14:20; 1Cr 7:33
Providing for the Family	1Ti 5:8

Fleeting Impressions
Made by the Message	Eze 33:31
Seed in Shallow Hearts	Mat 13:20, 21
Miracles soon Forgotten	Mar 8:18, 19
The Truth Fails to Grip	2Ti 3:7
Hearers with a Short Memory	Jam 1:24

Foreordained Plan of Salvation
First Recorded Promise concerning	Gen 3:15
Announced by the Prophets	Act 2:23
Based upon the Foreknowledge of God	Rom 8:29
The Wisdom of	1Cr 2:7
An Unchanging Purpose	2Ti 1:9
Antecedent to Creation	Tts 1:2
Provided for the Sanctification of Believers	1Pe 1:2
At the Beginning Centred in the Death of Christ	Rev 13:8

Fuller Revelation
Gained by-
Persevering Endeavour	Hsa 6:3
Intimate Fellowship with Christ	Mat 13:11
Abiding in Christ's Words	Jhn 8:31, 32
Will Come in Due Time	Jhn 13:7
Through the Guidance of the Holy Spirit	Jhn 16:13
Promised to the Disciples	Jhn 16:25

Gain Through Loss
Loss of Earthly Treasures Secures Spiritual	Mat 19:21
Self-sacrifice a Paying Investment	Mat 19:29
A Spiritual Paradox	Mar 8:35
Humility Leads to Exaltation	Mar 9:35
Life Comes out of Death	Jhn 12:24
Paul Gave up All, and Won the Great Prize	Phl 3:8

Gifts From God
Of Understanding	Job 32:8
According to the Character of Men	Ecc 2:26
Ability for Comforting Speech	Isa 50:4
Diversity of	Mat 25:15
To those who Ask Aright	Luk 11:9
He the only Source of	Jhn 3:27
Forbids Pride	1Cr 4:7
Include Wisdom	Jam 1:5

Giving Sacrificial, Examples of
Israel, at the Erection of the Tabernacle	Exd 36:5
The Widow of Zarephath	1Ki 17:13, 15
Mary of Bethany	Mat 26:7
The Poor Widow	Luk 21:4
Members of the Early Church	Act 4:34
The Churches of Macedonia	2Cr 8:3, 4

God's Tool Chest 1 Corinthians Chapter 1
Foolish Things	1Cr 1:27-29
Weak Things	1Cr 1:27-29
Base Things	1Cr 1:28-29
Despised Things	1Cr 1:28-29
Non-existent Things	1Cr 1:28-29

God's Ways
Perfect	Psa 18:30
Not Like Man's	Isa 55:8, 9
Sinners Stumble at	Hsa 14:9
Everlasting	Hab 3:6
Inscrutable	Rom 11:33
Just and True	Rev 15:3

Good and Evil Adjacent, Often in Close Contact
In Society	Mat 9:10
In the Field of Christian Work	Mat 10:16
In the Church	Mat 13:29
The Good in Contact with Evil as a Saving Influence	Mat 5:13; Joh 17:15
There Will Come a Day of Separation	Luk 17:34

Heart the Centre of Life
Hence Should Be Carefully Guarded	Pro 4:23
Determines Character	Pro 23:7; Mt 6:18
The Source of Evil	Mat 15:18
Controls Speech	Luk 6:45
Source of Faith	Rom 10:10

Heartlessness, Examples of
Cain	Gen 4:9
Disciples	Mat 15:23
The Priest and Levite	Luk 10:31, 32
The Unjust Judge	Luk 18:4, 5
The People Who Rebuked the Blind Man	Luk 18:39
The Spectators at the Cross	Mat 27:42
Those Who Fail to Help the Poor	Jam 2:16

Heavenly Citizenship
A Source of Real Joy	Luk 10:20
Assures Future Exaltation	Luk 22:30
Promises a Place of Permanent Residence	Jhn 14:2
Furnishes an Undying Hope	Phl 3:20
Provides a Glorious Inheritance	1Pe 1:4
A Register is Kept of the Names of the Citizens	Rev 21:27

The Holy Spirit, Office and Work of
Note- Each verse given below contains either the number 6, 7 or 8. Hence this Bible Reading is called "The 6's, 7's and 8's of the Holy Spirit"
The Abiding Guest	Jhn 14:16
The Teacher and Remembrancer	Jhn 14:26
The Testifier	Jhn 15:26
The Reprover	Jhn 16:7, 8
The Guide, the Voice of God, the Prophet	Jhn 16:13
The Glorifier of Jesus	Jhn 16:14
The Exhibitor of Jesus	Jhn 16:15
The Spiritual Dynamo	Act 1:8
The Witness to Sonship	Rom 8:16
The Helper in Prayer	Rom 8:26
The Solicitor	Rev 22:17

I Am's of Christ
The Messiah	Jhn 4:26
The Bread of Life	Jhn 6:35
From Above	Jhn 8:23
The Eternal One	Jhn 8:58
The Light of the World	Jhn 9:5
The Door	Jhn 10:7
The Son of God	Jhn 10:36
The Resurrection and Life	Jhn 11:25
The Lord and Master	Jhn 13:13
The Way, Truth, and Life	Jhn 14:6
The True Vine	Jhn 15:1
Alpha and Omega	Rev 1:8
The First and the Last	Rev 1:17

I Will's of Christ
Not as "I will"	Mat 26:39
"I Will," Be Thou Clean	Luk 5:13
"I Will" Raise Him up at the Last Day	Jhn 6:40
If I Be Lifted up, "I Will" Draw	Jhn 12:32
"I Will" Come Again	Jhn 14:3
"I Will" that They Be with Me	Jhn 17:24
If "I Will" that He Tarry	Jhn 21:22

Ignorance of Self, Perils of
It Misleads, Fetters and Deceives Men	Isa 44:10
It Results in Unconscious Deterioration of Men	Hsa 7:9
It Manifests Itself in Self-confidence	Mar 10:39; Jhn 13:37
It Retains Sin in the Heart	Jhn 9:41; Rom 7:18
It Alienates from God	Eph 4:18
It is Associated with Self-righteousness	Rev 3:17

The Inescapable Question Concerning Christ's Person
Diverse Opinions of Men	Mat 16:13-15
Peter's Opinion	Mat 16:16
Question of the Multitude	Mat 21:10
The Pharisees' Opinion Sought	Mat 22:41-43
Pilate's Dilemma	Mat 27:22; Jhn 9:17

Inner Circle of the Disciples
At the Maid's Bedside	Mar 5:37
At Gethsemane	Mat 26:37
At the Transfiguration	Mar 9:2

The Insanity of Sin, Examples of
The Sons of Men	Ecc 9:3
Nebuchadnezzar	Dan 4:33, 34
The Prodigal Son	Luk 15:17
The Jews	Act 7:54
The Rulers of Israel	1Cr 2:8
Balaam	2Pe 2:16

The Inseparable Christ
Believers Constantly-
Accompanied by His Presence	Mat 28:20
Held Close by His Hand	Jhn 10:28
Like Branches in the Vine	Jhn 15:4
In Perpetual Fellowship	Jhn 17:23
No Power Can Dissever	Rom 8:38, 39

Inspiration of Example
Moses	Exd 14:13
Gideon	Jdg 7:17
Jonathan	1Sa 14:6, 7
David	1Sa 17:50-52
Paul	Act 27:35, 36
Christ	Hbr 12:3

Inward Fire
Kindled by Meditation	Psa 39:3
Makes the Message Inevitable	Jer 20:9
Christ Came to Ignite	Luk 12:49
Divine Fellowship Lights	Luk 24:32

Joy, Heavenly, Causes of
	Psa 16:11
The Incarnation of Christ	Luk 2:13, 14
The Return of the Penitent Sinner	Luk 15:7
The Exaltation of the Lamb	Rev 5:9, 10; 12:12
The Gathering Home of the Saints	Rev 14:2, 3
The Triumph of Righteousness	Rev 19:6

Judgment Forbidden
Christ's Command	Mat 7:1, 2
Inexcusable	Rom 2:1
Not Our Prerogative	Rom 14:4
Judge Our Own Lives	Rom 14:13
Because not Acquainted with all Facts	1Cr 4:5
It Is Assuming Too Much	Jam 4:12

Justice Unsparing, of God
He Spared Not:
1. The Angels that Sinned	2Pe 2:4
2. The Old World (the Antediluvians)	2Pe 2:5
Sodom and Gomorrha	2Pe 2:6
The Egyptians	Exd 12:29
The Canaanites	Deu 7:23
The Amalekites	1Sa 15:18
3. The Natural Branches (the Jews)	Rom 11:21
4. His Own Son	Rom 8:32

Lambs of the Fold
Carried in Christ's Bosom	Isa 40:11
Reward for Attention to	Mat 10:42
Precious to the Heavenly Father	Mat 18:14
To Be Nourished by the Ministry	Jhn 21:15

Lessons of Life
Learned in the School of Affliction	Psa 119:71
Practical, Every Day	Isa 1:16, 17
The Great Teacher of Says	Mat 11:29
All Lead to Christ	Jhn 6:45
Truly learned, Purify the Soul	Eph 4:20-23
Result in Perfect Contentment	Phl 4:11; 1Ti 5:4

Let Us
Fear	Hbr 4:1
Labour	Hbr 4:11
Come Boldly	Hbr 4:16
Go On	Hbr 6:1
Draw Near	Hbr 10:22
Hold Fast	Hbr 10:23
Consider on Another	Hbr 10:24

Life's Purpose
The Service of God	Jos 24:15
Seeking God's Kingdom	Mat 6:33
Doing the Father's Will	Jhn 4:34
Finishing the Divine Task	Jhn 17:4
Completing the Course Joyfully	Act 20:24
Attaining Christlikeness	Phl 3:13, 14

Love Preeminent
The Greatest Commandment	Mar 12:30, 31
The Fulfilling of the Law	Rom 13:10
Preeminent Above-
The Gift of Tongues	1Cr 13:1
The Gift of Prophecy, Knowledge and Faith	1Cr 13:2
Benevolence and Martyrdom	1Cr 13:3
The Greatest Gift of All	1Cr 13:13

Love, the Test
Of True Discipleship	Jhn 13:35
Of Genuine Service	Jhn 21:16
Of Speech	1Cr 13:1
Demonstrates the Reality of the New Life	1Jo 3:14
Love to God Proven by Brotherly Love	1Jo 4:20

Meaning of the Risen Life
A New Inward Power	Rom 8:11
Christlikeness	2Cr 4:10
Devotion to a New Master	2Cr 5:15
Heavenly Ambition	Col 3:1
Heavenly Affections	Col 3:2
Exaltation to Heavenly Places	Eph 2:5, 6

Memory, Spiritual
Calls to Mind-
Past Mercies	Deu 32:7
The Wonderful Wworks of God	Psa 77:11
The Lord as a Deliverer	Jon 2:7
The Words of Christ Concerning Benevolence	Act 20:35
The Death of Christ	1Cr 11:25, 26
All the Teachings of the Gospel	2Pe 3:2
Brings Joy in the Night Season	Ps 63:5, 6
Is Quickened by the Holy Spirit	Jhn 14:26

Messianic Hope
Examples of	Mar 15:43
Simeon	Luk 2:26
Anna	Luk 2:38
The Jewish People	Luk 3:15
John the Baptist	Jhn 1:31
The Woman of Samaria	Jhn 4:25
Abraham	Jhn 8:56
The Twelve Tribes	Act 26:7

One Thing
Desired	Psa 27:4
Happens to all	Ecc 3:19
Lacking	Mar 10:21
Needful	Luk 10:42
Known	Jhn 9:25
To Do	Phl 3:13
About Time	2Pe 3:8

Only Saviour, Jesus the
The Gift of Love	Jhn 3:16
He Alone Has the Saving Message	Jhn 6:68
Rejection of Him means Death	Jhn 8:24
His is the Only Saving Name	Act 4:12
His Sacrificial Death is the Central Theme of Preaching	1Cr 2:2
All Hope of Eternal Life is Built upon Him	1Cr 3:11

Opportunity, Universal
For the Sinful	Mar 16:15
For Prayer	Luk 11:10
Peter Discovered	Act 10:34
Paul Declared	Rom 10:12
The Spirit Invites All	Rev 22:17

Outcasts Received by Christ
The Lepers	Mat 8:3
The Publicans and Harlots	Mat 21:31, Luk 7:29
The Sinful Women	Luk 7:47, Jhn 8:11
Despised Sinners	Luk 15:2
The Dying Thief	Luk 23:43
The Excommunicated Blind Man	Jhn 9:35

Peter Empowered by the Holy Spirit
Giving Him Wisdom to Instruct Penitent Sinners	Act 2:14
Enduing Him with Boldness and Courage	Act 4:13, 19,20
Making Him a Channel of Blessing to the Sick	Act 5:15
Making His Prayer Effective in the Raising of Tabitha	Act 9:40
Qualifying Him to Become a Medium of the "Spirit" to the Gentiles	Act 10:44

Pilgrims, Characteristics of
	Hebrews 11:8-16
Obeyed the Call	Hbr 11:8
Never Settled Down	Hbr 11:9
Looked for an Eternal City	Hbr 11:10
Had Telescopic Vision	Hbr 11:13
Acknowledged Their Faith	Hbr 11:13
Never Turned Back	Hbr 11:15
Longed for a Better Land	Hbr 11:16
Died in the Faith	Hbr 11:13

Power of Prayer
Increased by Self-denial	Mat 17:21
Dependent upon Faith	Mat 21:22; Jhn 14:13
Unlimited to those who Abide in Christ	Jhn 15:7
To Be Most Effective, Should be Accompanied by Praise	Act 16:25, 26
Manifest in the Life of Elijah	Jam 5:18
Examples of Jacob	Gen 32:26-28
Elijah	1Ki 17:21, 22
The Dying Thief	Luk 23:42
Early Disciples	Act 4:31

Power Realized, Christ's Realized by Men
Ability to Heal Lepers	Mat 8:2
Ability to Give Absent Healing	Luk 7:7
Ability to Control Demons	Luk 8:31, 32
Ability to Raise the Dead	Jhn 11:22
Ability to Hold Fast to the Believer	Rom 8:39
Ability to Keep Spiritual Treasures	2Ti 1:12
Ability to Save to the Uttermost	Hbr 7:25

Prisons Opened
Joseph's	Gen 41:14
The Apostles'	Act 5:19
Peter's	Act 12:10
Paul and Silas'	Act 16:26

Privileges Misused
By the Gadarenes	Mar 5:17
By the Nazarenes	Mar 6:4, 5
By the People of Northern Galilee	Luk 10:14
By the People of Jerusalem	Luk 19:42
By Israel in Different Periods	Jhn 15:22, Hbr 3:17

Purposes Divine
Irresistible	Isa 14:27
Sure of Fulfilment	Jer 51:29
Seen in His Choice of Instruments	Act 26:16
Revealed in the Gospel	Eph 1:9
Eternal in Christ	Eph 3:11
Involves the Overthrow of Satan	1Jo 3:8

Reward Proportionate to Service Rendered
Great Soul-winners Radiant	Dan 12:3
At the Coming of Christ	Mat 16:27
Even in the Present Life	Luk 18:30
In the Lord's Vineyard	1Cr 3:8
Reaping According to the Amount of Seed Sown	2Cr 9:6
Assigned by the Lord	Rev 22:12

Satan Limited in Power
In the Affliction of the Saints	Job 1:12
May be Overcome by Divine Grace	Luk 10:19; Rom 16:20
A Limit to His Temptations	1Cr 10:13
Knows when He is Defeated	Jam 4:7
His Time is Short	Rev 12:12; 13:5

The Satanic "If" Which Challenged Christ's Divinity
1. At the Temptation
"If thou be the Son of God, turn stones into bread"	Mat 4:3
"If thou be the Son of God, leap from the top of the temple"	Mat 4:6
2. At the Cross
"If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross"
a. The Cry of the Rabble	Mat 27:40
b. The Cry of the Soldiers	Luk 23:37
c. The Cry of the Thief	Luk 23:39

Satanic Invasion, Satan's Entrance into Human Hearts
Of Mary Magdalene	Luk 8:2
Of the Man of Gadara	Luk 8:30
Of the Backslider's Heart	Luk 11:26
Of Judas Iscariot	Luk 22:3
Of All Who Will Give Him Entrance	1Pe 5:8

The Service Test
It was Established in Israel	Deu 10:12
King Saul was Condemned by It	1Sa 15:22
It Excludes Mere Professors of Religion from the Kingdom	Mat 7:21
Christ Applies It in the Parable of the Good Samaritan	Luk 10:37
It Reveals the Quality of Love	Jhn 21:17
It Will be Applied in Determining Man's Final Destiny	Mat 25:35, 36

Seven Morning Glories of John Chapter 14
1. Future Home	Jhn 14:2
2. Reunion	Jhn 14:3
3. Achievements	Jhn 14:12
4. Resources	Jhn 14:13
5. Companionship	Jhn 14:16
6. Legacy	Jhn 14:27
7. Joy	Jhn 14:28

Shallowness
No Deep Affection	Eze 33:31
Of Sentimental Hearing	Eze 33:32
No Deep Roots	Mar 4:16, 17
No Deep Foundation	Luk 6:49
Inability to Receive the Deeper Message	Jhn 6:66
No Deep Convictions	Eph 4:14

Sin's Increment
Seen in the History of Israel	Jer 5:28; Ezr 9:6
Illustrated in the Life of Backsliders	Mat 12:45; 2Pe 2:20
Shown by Increasing Insensitiveness of the Spiritual Faculties	Mat 13:15
The Steps in Peter's Fall Illustrate	Mat 26:74
Will Become More Evident in the Last Days	2Ti 3:13

Soul Winner's Joy
Essential to Success in Christian Work	Psa 51:12, 13
Comes from Bringing in the Sheaves	Psa 126:6
From Finding the Lost Sheep	Luk 15:6, 7
The Sower and the Reaper Rejoice Rogether	Jhn 4:36
Thrills the Church	Act 15:3; Phl 2:16
Souls Won Are a Crown of Rejoicing	1Th 2:19, 20
It Sustained Christ in His Suffering upon the Cross	Hbr 12:2

Spirit of Christ
Divine	Isa 11:2
Wise	Isa 11:3
Just and Fearless	Isa 11:4
Faithful	Isa 11:5
Tender	Isa 40:11
Quiet	Isa 42:2
Gentle	Isa 42:3
Persevering	Isa 42:4
Liberating	Isa 61:1
Saving	Isa 63:1
Compassionate	Mat 9:36
Meek and Lowly	Mat 11:29
Longsuffering	Luk 9:55, 56
Forgiving	Luk 23:34
Zealous	Act 10:38
Burden-bearing	Gal 6:2
Loving	Eph 5:2

Spiritual Persuasion
Of the Divine Ability	Rom 4:21
Of the Inseparable Love of God	Rom 8:38, 39
Of the Divine Keeping Power	2Ti 1:12
Of the Certainty of the Divine Promises	Hbr 11:13

Telling Jesus
Our Perils	Mat 8:25
- Questions	Mat 24:3
- Sicknesses	Mar 1:30
- Difficulties	Mar 6:35, 36
- Needs	Mar 10:51
- Failures	Mar 9:28; Luk 5:5
- Family troubles	Luk 9:38
- Victories	Luk 10:17
- Disappointments	Luk 24:18
- Bereavements	Jhn 11:21

Truth Misunderstood
Christ's Bodily Temple Confused with the Earthly Temple	Jhn 2:20
The New Birth Confused with the Physical Birth	Jhn 3:4
The Water of Life Confused with Physical Water	Jhn 4:15
Spiritual Nourishment Confused with Food	Jhn 4:33
Absorbing Christ's Spirit Confused with Eating His Body and Drinking His Blood	Jhn 6:52
Christ's Departure Confused with Suicide	Jhn 8:22
Spiritual Bondage Confused with Physical Slavery	Jhn 8:33; 11:12

Unbelievers
Their Lifetime Spent in Vanity	Psa 78:32, 33
Already Condemned	Jhn 3:18
Die in their Sins	Jhn 8:24
Shall be Judged by God's Word in the Last Day	Jhn 12:48
Are Blinded by the God of this World	2Cr 4:4
Will be Classed with Outbreaking Sinners in Eternity	Rev 21:8

Universal Blessings, Possible
Eternal Life - "If any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever"	Jhn 6:51
Spiritual Knowledge - "If any man will do his will,he shall know of the doctrine"	Jhn 7:17
Salvation - "By me if any man enter in, he shall be saved"	Jhn 10:9
Wisdom - "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God"	Jam 1:5
Divine Fellowship - "If any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him"	Rev 3:20

Unrealized Power of Christ
To Still the Tempest	Mat 8:27
To Forgive Sins	Mar 2:7
To Heal the Sick	Mar 2:12
To Provide for the Multitude	Mar 8:4
To Cast Out Demons	Mar 9:22
To Control the Forces of Nature	Mar 11:21
To Come Down from the Cross	Mar 15:31
To Raise the Dead	Jhn 11:37
To Conquer Death	Jhn 20:25

Unrealized Service on the part of Workers, Who did not Appreciate how much they were Doing
Of the Righteous	Mat 25:38
Of Mary	Mat 26:12
Of the Poor Widow	Mar 12:44
Of Andrew in Bringing Peter to Jesus	Jhn 1:42
Of Barnabas in Going after Paul	Act 11:25, 26

Unworthiness Felt
By John the Baptist	Mat 3:11
By the Centurion	Mat 8:8
By the Righteous	Mat 25:37
By Peter	Luk 5:8; Jhn 13:8
By Paul	1Cr 15:9

Verily, Verilys of Christ in Regard to the New Life
The Necessity of	Jhn 3:3
How to Obtain	Jhn 5:24
How to Keep	Jhn 6:53
How to Spend	Jhn 12:24
How to Act it Out	Jhn 14:12

Virgin Birth, the, of Christ
a. Christ Not the Son of Joseph	Isa 7:14; Mat 1:18, 25; Luk 1:34, 35
b. The Only Begotten Son of God	Jhn 1:14; 3:16; 1Jo 4:9
Water of Life
The Brook for the Pilgrim (intermittent in its flow)	Psa 110:7
The Well (local in its refreshment)	Isa 12:3
The Inward Well (of spiritual experience)	Jhn 4:14
The Inward Well becomes a Flowing River of Blessing (after the baptism of the Holy Spirit)	Jhn 7:38, 39
The River Gives Life Wherever it Flows	Eze 47:9