EARNESTNESS-INDIFFERENCE

Thompson Chain Reference (1908)

(A) EARNESTNESS

In Love

Deuteronomy 6:5 Deuteronomy 30:2

In Obedience

Psalms 119:2 Psalms 119:34

In Trust

In Prayer

In Repentance

Joel 2:12 Matthew 22:37 Acts 8:37

(B) THE PRESSURE OF DUTY

It burns Like an Inward Fire

It Calls like the Voice of a Lion

It Binds the Soul to its Task

It Urges to Haste

It Makes the Message Imperative

Acts 4:20 Acts 18:5 Acts 20:22

It Sounds a Woe in the Ears of him who Falters

1 Corinthians 9:16

(C) CRYING TO GOD

Exodus 2:23 Exodus 14:10 Exodus 17:4 Judges 3:9 Judges 4:3 Judges 6:7 1 Samuel 7:9 1 Kings 17:20 1 Chronicles 5:20 2 Chronicles 13:14 2 Chronicles 14:11 Psalms 34:6 Psalms 61:2 Lamentations 2:18

(D) SEVEN EARNEST SUPPLIANTS

Genesis 32:26 Exodus 32:31 Exodus 32:32 1 Kings 3:7-9 Psalms 51:1 Psalms 51:2 Luke 23:42 Acts 16:30 2 Corinthians 12:8 2 Corinthians 12:9

(E) ZEAL

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Romans 12:11 1 Corinthians 14:12 Galatians 4:18 2 Timothy 1:6 2 Peter 1:13 Revelation 3:19

(F) ZEALOUSNESS

2 Kings 10:16 Nehemiah 4:21 Psalms 119:139 Isaiah 62:1 Jeremiah 20:9 Luke 8:39 Acts 18:25 2 Corinthians 9:2 Colossians 4:13 1 Thessalonians 2:9

(G) CHRIST'S ZEAL

(1) General References to

Isaiah 59:17 Luke 2:49 John 2:17 John 4:34 John 9:4 Acts 10:38

(2) He Felt the Imperative Call of Duty

Luke 2:49 Luke 4:43 Luke 12:50 John 9:4 Matthew 16:21

(H) ZEAL IN SOUL WINNING

Matthew 18:11 John 4:35 Romans 9:3 Romans 10:1 Romans 11:14 1 Corinthians 9:22

(I) SOLICITUDE

(1) For the Wayward

Psalms 119:53 Psalms 119:136 Psalms 119:158 Jeremiah 13:17 Jeremiah 14:17 Matthew 23:37 Mark 8:12 Acts 20:31 Philippians 3:18

(2) For the Welfare of the Church

Romans 1:11 2 Corinthians 2:4 2 Corinthians 11:3 2 Corinthians 11:29 Galatians 4:19 Colossians 2:1

(3) For Israel

Ezra 9:3 Nehemiah 1:4 Isaiah 22:4 Isaiah 62:1 Jeremiah 4:19 Jeremiah 8:21 Jeremiah 9:1 Lamentations 2:13 Lamentations 3:48 Micah 1:8 Luke 13:34 Luke 19:41 Romans 9:2

(J) HOLY AMBITION

Luke 13:24 1 Corinthians 9:24 1 Corinthians 12:31 1 Corinthians 14:1 1 Corinthians 14:12 Philippians 3:13 Philippians 3:14 2 Timothy 2:15

(K) SPIRITUAL STRIVING

Luke 13:24 1 Corinthians 9:25 Philippians 1:27 Philippians 3:14 Colossians 1:29 Hebrews 12:4

(L) INDIFFERENCE

(1) In Spirit

Psalms 123:4 Isaiah 32:9 Isaiah 47:8 Isaiah 64:7 Amos 6:1 Zephaniah 1:12 Matthew 22:5 Matthew 24:12

(2) In Service

Numbers 32:6 Joshua 18:3 Judges 5:23 2 Chronicles 24:5 Nehemiah 3:5 Jeremiah 48:10 Ezekiel 33:31

(M) NEGLECT

(1) Of Duty

Judges 5:23 Judges 21:8 Nehemiah 3:5 Nehemiah 9:35 Matthew 7:26 Matthew 25:27 Luke 12:47 James 2:14 James 4:17

(2) Of Mercy and Help

Psalms 109:16 Proverbs 21:13 Ezekiel 34:4 Zechariah 11:16 Matthew 25:43 Luke 16:20 Luke 16:21 James 4:17

(C) Of Salvation

Impenitence

Absorption in Business

Procrastination

Insensibility

Perilous if Persisted in

Hebrews 2:3 Hebrews 12:25

(N) HALF-HEARTEDNESS

Jehu

Joash

2 Kings 13:18 2 Kings 13:19

Jehoshaphat's Subjects

2 Chronicles 20:33

Amaziah

2 Chronicles 25:2

Judah

Israel

(O) PRAYERLESSNESS

Psalms 53:4 Isaiah 43:22 Isaiah 64:7 Jeremiah 10:21 Daniel 9:13 Hosea 7:7 Zephaniah 1:6 James 4:2